EPL Picks - Teen - Mystery
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Annotation:Christopher Newell takes a summer job in a morgue after he finishes high school. A dead body with multiple bullet wounds is declared a suicide and next thing he knows, Christopher is up to his neck in murder, blackmail and revenge. Grade 7 - up
Annotation:Emma was the last person to have seen her old friend Abby, so she feels compelled to investigate her mysterious disappearance. A suspenseful novel for Grade 6 - 9.
Annotation:Theft, assassination and political intrigue are just some of the sinister entanglements that Sally Lockhart encounters in these page-turners set in 19th-century London. Grade 7 - up
Annotation:Convinced her brother's death was murder rather than suicide, sixteen-year-old Frances begins her own investigation into suspicious student activities at her boarding school. Grade 7 - up
Annotation:Working as an assistant to her coroner father has taught 17-year-old Cameryn Mahoney the skills she needs to track down killers. More gory than Nancy Drew, but "CSI fans won't blink an eye." Grade 7 - up
Annotation:Joan Lowery Nixon's books often involve teenage girls dealing with personal problems as well as solving mysteries. Grade 5 - 10
Annotation:First in a gritty trilogy of mysteries about a troubled 17-year-old struggling to free himself from his past and the conspiracies that surround him. Grade 9 - up
Annotation:Robyn has an off and on romantic relationship with Nick D'Angelo in between solving mysteries. This is just one of several popular mystery series by Canadian author Norah McClintock. Grade 6 - up
Annotation:Enola Holmes is the much younger sister of the famous detective, Sherlock. 14-year-old Enola runs away from boarding school and sets up a detective agency in London. Grade 4 - 8
Annotation:When Linka Perflinger, a jaunty mouse, brings a watch into his shop to be repaired and then disappears, Hermux Tantamoq is caught up in a world of dangerous search for eternal youth as he tries to find out what happened to her. See also other amusing Hermux Tantamoq mysteries. Grade 5 - 9
Annotation:Trying to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance from their rural Canadian community, fourteen-year-old Jim gets help from the disturbed Ruth Rose, who suspects her stepfather, a local pastor. Grade 5 - up
Annotation:While working as an apprentice in a London theater company in 1597, fourteen-year-old Richard uncovers a mystery involving the disappearance of his father and a traitorous plot to overthrow Queen Elizabeth. Grade 5 - 10
Annotation:In this psychological thriller, Claudine, the daughter of an alcoholic mother, digs for a dark, buried truth. Grade 8 - up
Annotation:A 14-year-old orphan helps a young woman suffering from amnesia in her suspenseful search for the man who kidnapped her. Grade 9 - up
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The settings of these mysteries vary from historical to contemporary, but they are all about solving puzzles. The mental challenge is often made even more appealing with intriguing characters and suspenseful action. LP/MNJ
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