Author: Jessica Goodman
Published: 2022 Goldie has been going to Camp Alpine Lake ever since she was younger. This camp is very expensive and many wealthy families send their kids there, but Goldie gets to go for free because her parents work there. Every summer Goldie and her two best friends Ava and Imogen have the time of their lives at camp. This year they are coming back as counselors. But Goldie has been keeping a secret from them. She has had a really rough year and is basically now an outcast at her school because of something terrible that happened one night. When Goldie's ex-boyfriend, who doesn't even go to the camp, turns up dead in the lake suddenly Goldie discovers that she is not the only one keeping secrets. The Counselors is a really great summer mystery that readers of Karen McManus will love!
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Lovett High has finally elected their first Black Homecoming Queen. Nova is proud to wear the crown and isn't intimidated by Tinsley, the white girl who tried to convince Nova to withdraw from the competition because Tinsley believes she should be the rightful queen.
When Nova wins, Tinsley is so mad she says that she should have killed her. Someone records her saying this and the video goes viral. The next day, Nova turns up dead, and Tinsley is the prime suspect. Tinsley swears she didn't touch Nova. Duchess, Nova's best friend is heartbroken but she doesn't think Tinsley did it either. Duchess knew that Nova was keeping secrets from her. While she doesn't like Tinsley, she finds herself working with her to figure out who really killed her best friend. The Black Queen is a great thriller for fans of Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany Jackson and anything by Karen McManus. Author: Bryce Moore
Published: 2021 Zuretta and her sister Ruby live with an abusive father and their mother. Ruby decides to run away to Chicago but Zuretta can't stand the thought of abandoning her mom. That night was the last time she saw Ruby. At first Ruby writes her letters, but when they stop coming Zuretta is worried that something horrible has happened. Zuretta decides to go to Chicago and try to get help from the Pinkertons, a famous detective agency. She discovers that she won't get any help unless she has some proof, so Zuretta goes to the Castle, a strange hotel that Ruby was employed at before she disappeared, and she goes undercover as a maid. While there, Zuretta learns that this hotel has had a bad reputation for disappearing girls. She is flabbergasted at the very strange way that the building is created. There are random doors that open up to brick walls and weird twists and turns. Soon she finds that she is in more danger than she realizes. The Perfect Place to Die is a great historical thriller that will have readers captivated until the end. Author: Karen M. McManus
Published: 2022 Four years ago, Brynn's favorite teacher was killed and his body was found by three students. No one ever found out what happened to him. Brynn's family moved away, but now that she is moving home, she thinks that she can figure out what really happened to Mr. Larkin. She even got a part-time job at a true crime show and is looking into the murder for the show. Brynn's ex-best friend Tripp was one of the students who discovered Mr. Larkin's body, but he is keeping a secret. What he told the police four years ago was a lie. Nothing More To Tell is another great thriller by Karen McManus sure to entertain those who enjoyed her other mysteries! Author: Karen M. McManus
Published: 2021 Cal, Ivy, and Mateo all used to be really good friends, but now they don't even talk to each other. It's not that they are mad--they just grew apart. One day they are all late to school and meet each other in the parking lot. They decide randomly that they are going to skip school and go on an adventure. While they are driving, they soon decide that it was a mistake; they don't really have anything to say to each other. But then they see another student, Boney, walking into a building mysteriously. They decide to follow him and by the time they get up there they find his dead body. Absolutely horrified, the three run away from the scene of the crime. But on the news they report that a witness saw a blond girl with a ponytail attack Boney. This description matches Ivy, so the three decide they need to figure out what actually happened or else they will become suspects. But all three teenagers are keeping secrets from one another. Did they accidentally run into each other or was it somehow a setup from the beginning? McManus delivers another addictive thriller! Fans of her other books will enjoy this one! Author: Kathleen Peacock
Published: 2020 Cat used to visit her aunt in Montgomery Falls every summer, but she stopped after the summer she turned twelve. That summer, Cat learned more about her psychic power. She is able to touch someone and then have a vision about their greatest fear or greatest desire. But it takes a toll on her with a terrible migraine. Something happened that summer with the boy she spent a ton of time with, Riley. He was her best friend, the only one who knew about her power, and suddenly they stopped speaking. Five years later, Cat is in some trouble in her hometown, and her dad is sending her back to stay with her aunt again in Montgomery Falls. When she gets there she notices that there are missing posters hung up that say Riley went missing three months ago and no one has seen him since. Cat has spent the past five years avoiding touching anyone, refusing to get too close to people. But when a body shows up in the town with strange marks, Cat thinks that this person and Riley's disappearance are somehow connected. She needs to decide if she is going to open up to anyone and use her power in order to figure out what is going on. You Were Never Here is a fantastic thriller! I had a hard time putting it down and just had to know how it ended. Author: Eileen Cook
Published: 2019 Kim is going on a week-long group trip that her ex, Connor, also happens to be going on. When they were together, she begged and begged her parents to let her go, and now that they are broken up, her parents stayed firm in making her go. And to make it even worse, Connor has started seeing someone else who is also going on the trip. On the plane, Kim meets a girl named Nicki and they start talking. Kim talks about how much she doesn't like Connor and eventually says that she wishes he was dead. Nicki then brings up her mom, who she really doesn't like and jokes that they should make a deal--Nicki will kill Connor and Kim will kill Nicki's mom. This makes Kim kind of uncomfortable but ends up believing that it's a joke. But then Connor turns up dead on their trip, and Kim finds out that now it's her turn and Nicki isn't taking no for an answer. You Owe Me a Murder is everything you want in a young adult mystery/thriller. I read this entire book in 24 hours because I didn't want to stop reading! I had to know how it was going to end, and I definitely wasn't disappointed. Author: June Hur
Published: 2021 Hwani and her younger sister Maewol went missing years ago and were discovered unconscious next to a dead body in a forest. Hwani has no memory of the event, and Maewol remembers seeing a man in a white mask. Their father, who is a detective, has never been able to figure out what happened the day they went missing. Years pass and now Detective Min, their father, is missing. He learned that thirteen girls had gone missing near that same forest, and when he went to go investigate he never came home. Hwani sees it as her duty to find her father, figure out what happened to those thirteen girls, and maybe even figure out what happened in that forest years ago. But nothing is simple. She and her sister do not have a great relationship, and Hwani doesn't know who she can trust. The Forest of Stolen Girls is good for readers of historical fiction and mysteries. Author: Court Stevens
Published: 2020 The Gemini Thief has been kidnapping boys for the past decade. On June 1st, three boys go missing. They are then held until June 30th the following year. They are held captive but are fed and watched over for thirteen months before they are returned. The boys who come back are not able to identify their kidnapper because of the welding mask they wear to keep their identity hidden. Thea is positive that her cousin Aulus has been taken by the Gemini Thief. He went missing on June 1st and no one has heard from him since. When the body of a young boy who also was taken on June 1st turns up dead with Aulus' key on his body, Thea knows for sure that her cousin was kidnapped. The really scary thing is that the police are looking at Thea's father as a suspect. He has always been a little bit strange--he has been building a castle for years and he kept it a secret from Thea. Soon Thea starts to share the police's suspicion, but is her father really capable of this? The June Boys is a really interesting mystery that definitely surprised me! Fans of thrillers and authors like Karen McManus and April Henry will love The June Boys. Author: Karen M. McManus
Published: 2020 When Milly's mom was in college, she and her brothers got letters from their mother with the sentence, "You know what you did." From that point on, her kids were cut off financially and personally--she refused to see her children anymore. Milly's mom swears she has no idea what caused her mom to send the letter and she hasn't seen or heard from her since. Milly, however, has just gotten a letter from her grandmother Mildred. She is inviting Milly and her two cousins to come work at a resort that she owns for the summer. The letter states that she hopes this would be a good way for her to get to know her grandchildren. Milly and her cousins, who barely know one another, go to this resort to work for the summer, but when they get there it is very clear that there is something wrong. Their grandmother keeps her distance, and soon the cousins start to uncover dark family secrets that have been buried for a long time. The Cousins is a fantastic mystery that fans of McManus' other books will absolutely love! |
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