Mysteries: Books for Teens
- Avi. Wolf Rider: A Tale of Terror. 1986.
- Fifteen-year-old Andy Zadinski risks his own safety to protect a young woman while tracking down her pretended killer, a stranger named Zeke.
- Bennett Jay. Death Grip. 1993.
- While pretending to find out who stole his precious violin, violinist Shane Lockwood falls in love with a beautiful young woman who, Shane discovers, could be involved in the disappearance of his instrument.
- Bennett, Jay. The Executioner. 1982.
- Three survivors of an automobile crash in which the driver was killed are threatened by an executioner who believes they should die too.
- Bennett, Jay. Sing Me a Death Song. 1990.
- Jason risks his life to find evidence that his mother, a convicted murderer facing execution, was framed.
- Bennett, Jay. The Skeleton Man. 1986.
- When his uncle Ed commits suicide, after giving him a birthday gift of $30,000, Ray receives mysterious death threats and becomes involved in a dangerous series of events.
- Bennett, Jay. Skinhead. 1991.
- A plea from a dying man he has never seen before gets nineteen-year-old Jonathan involved in a life-and-death struggle with a group of white-supremacist skinheads.
- Cadnum, Michael. Zero at the Bone. 1996.
- When 18-year-old Anita fails to return home from work, her parents and younger brother try to understand and cope with her disappearance.
- Cascone, A.G. In a Crooked Little House. 1994.
- People are dying at Huntington Prep in what appear to be accidents, but Iggy-Boy knows they're not.
- Chandler, Raymond. The Big Sleep. 1967.
- Phillip Marlowe's classic case involves a paralyzed California millionaire, his two psychotic daughters, blackmail,and murder.
- Christie, Agatha. And Then There Were None. 1976.
- Ten men and women, invited to an island retreat by an American millionaire whose identity remains unknown to them, begin to die off one by one.
- Cooney, Caroline. Face on the Milk Carton. 1990.
- Fifteen-year-old Janie sees a picture of her younger self on the side of a milk carton and is forced to seek the truth of her past.
- Cooney, Caroline. Wanted! 1997.
- Pursued by the police and her father's killer, Alice struggles to prove her innocence.
- Cormier, Robert. Tenderness. 1997.
- A psychological thriller told from the points of view of a teenage serial killer and the runaway girl who falls in love with him.
- Duncan, Lois. Don't Look Behind You. 1989.
- Seventeen-year-old April finds her comfortable life changed forever when death threats to her father force her family to go into hiding under assumed names and flee the pursuit of a hired killer.
- Duncan, Lois. Killing Mr. Griffin. 1978.
- A group of students kidnap their English teacher to "teach him a lesson," but their plans go awry when he dies.
- Duncan, Lois. I Know What You Did Last Summer. 1973.
- Four teenagers, trying to conceal their responsibility for a hit-and-run accident, are pursued by a mystery figure seeking revenge.
- Duncan, Lois. Third Eye. 1984.
- When a neighborhood child disappears, high school senior Karen discovers that she can somehow "see" the missing child.
- Erlich, Amy. Where it Stops, Nobody Knows. 1988.
- Moving from place to place seemed like a game to Nina when she was small. Now it seems more like hiding, and Nina wants to know why.
- Guy, Rosa. The Disappearance. 1979.
- Acquittal doesn't mean freedom.
- Hahn, Mary Downing. Look for Me by Moonlight. 1995.
- Cynda, feeling lonely and isolated with her father and his new family at their old Maine inn, takes solace in the attentions of a charming but mysterious guest.
- Hauptman, Pete. Mr. Was. 1996.
- In order to prevent his mother's death at the hands of his father, Jack travels back in time fifty-five years through a door in his grandfather's house.
- Konigsburg, E.L. Silent to the Bone. 2000.
- Is the British nanny lying when she accuses 13-year-old Bramwell of injuring his baby step-sister? His best friend thinks so, but Bramwell isn't talking. He's gone mute.
- MacGregor, Rob. Hawk Moon. 1996.
- Will faces a mystery involving drugs at his high school, while being framed for the disappearance and possible murder of his girlfriend.
- Myers, Walter Dean. Monster. 1999.
- Sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon is on trial for murder. As the circumstances unfold, readers get a chance to think carefully about the crime and decide his innocence or guilt.
- Nixon, Joan Lowery. The Name of the Game is Murder. 1993.
- Everyone has a motive, and one is already dead.
- Nixon, Joan Lowry. The Other Side of Dark. 1986.
- Seventeen-year-old Stacy awakens from a four-year coma, ready to identify, locate, and prosecute the man who murdered her mother and wounded her.
- Nixon, Joan Lowry. Whispers from the Dead. 1989.
- After making contact with the spirit world during a near-death experience, sixteen-year-old Sarah receives other-worldly messages about a murder committed in her family's new house.
- Peck, Richard. Are You in the House Alone? 1976.
- A high school girl who receives threatening notes and phone calls, realizes that she is under constant observation, and survives her worst nightmare.
- Plum-Ucci, Carol. The Body of Christopher Creed. 2000.
- Did he run, was he kidnapped, or was he murdered?
- Pullman, Philip. The Ruby in the Smoke. 1985.
- In nineteenth century London, sixteen-year-old Sally becomes involved in a deadly search for a mysterious ruby.
- Qualey, Martha. Close to a Killer. 1999.
- Seventeen-year-old Barrie finds herself involved in a string of murders that are somehow connected to her mother's hair salon.
- Roberts, Willo Davis. Twisted Summer. 1996.
- Cici may be on the right track -- will she live long enough to find out?
- Taylor, Theodore. The Weirdo. 1991.
- Unexpectedly, the weirdo steps forward to take on the hunters, despite the risks of messing with hunters' rights.
- Walter, Virginia. Making Up Megaboy. 1998.
- When 13-year-old Robbie shoots an old man in a liquor store, everyone struggles to find out why such a seemingly nice kid would do such an unsettling thing.
- Werlin, Nancy. The Killer's Cousin. 1998.
- After being acquitted of murder, seventeen-year-old David goes to stay with relatives, where he is forced to face his past as he learns more about his strange cousin Lily.
- Westall, Robert. A Place to Hide. 1986.
- Lucy's father has a secret so dangerous that she is sent into hiding with a suitcase of money. She must change her name, her appearance, and her entire life.