MYSTERY

F MAR Marsden, John. Tomorrow, When the War Began. New York : Bantam, 1993.
Coming home from a camping trip a group of Australian teens find their hometown deserted, their pets and livestock dead and must discover what has happened.

F COR Cormier, Robert. Tenderness. New York : Delacorte Press, c1997
Empahsis here is on Suspense. Eric Poole is released from juvenile prison after he has served his term for killing his mother and stepmother. Unfortunately, they are not the only victims, unbeknownst to the courts, but a strong suspicion of one law enforcement officer. Lori Cranston has escaped from the attentions of another one of her mother's boyfriends and seeks out Eric to see if he can give her the "tenderness" she so craves.

F JAC Jackson, Shirley. The Haunting of Hill House. New York, N.Y. : Penguin, 1984.
A group of individuals comes to Hill House to determine why it is haunted. They are an eccectic group and the haunting has an interesting effect on all of them!

F MAR Marantz, Robert. The Ring of McAllister. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2003.
An action paced myster that entertains and teachers you vocabulary so you will do great on the SAT exam! Filled with secret passages, disappearances, and more that affects the entire town.

F WER Werlin, Nancy. The Killer's Cousin. New York : Dell, [2000], c1998
After being acquitted of murder, seventeen-year-old David goes to stay with relatives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he finds himself forced to face his past as he learns more about his strange young cousin Lily.

F CHR Christie, Agatha Sleeping Murder: Miss Marple's last case. New York : Dodd, Mead, c1976.
A young couple moves from New Zealand to England. While searching for a house, they are drawn to one in particular which brings up memories of a murder the wife witnessed as a small child. Did her dad really do it?

F HAH Hahn, Mary Downing. Look for me by Moonlight. New York : Clarion Books, c1995.
While staying with her father and his wife, while her mom is traviling, Cynda meets a mysterious strangter Vincent Morthanos. Tales of a murder begin cropping up and Cynda feels herself pulled different directions while trying to solve the murder.

F CHR Agatha Christie. The Body in the Library. New York : Pocket, 1970.
Shocked tongues begin wagging when the body of a beautiful young girl is found on the rug at the home of Colonel Bantry. Miss Marple is called in to help figure out who the killer is and how the girl appeared at the home of this old, stuffy colonel.

F ROB Roberts, Gillian. How I spent my summer vacation. New York: Ballantine, c1994.
Amanda Pepper, an English teacher goes along with a friend to Atlantic City. Her friend, Sasha is accused of murder. A body has been found in their hotel room, bludgeoned to death.

F STR Strasser, Todd. The Accident. New York, N.Y. : Delacorte Press, 1988.
Chris had a terrible reputation, wild drinking parties at his house just for a start. But when Chris' car is found at the bottom of a ravine with all four teen dead, everyone decides he killed all 3 of his friends while driving drunk. But Matt cannot believe that Chris was that drunk.

F MCC McCrumb, Sharyn. The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter. New York: Scribner, 1992.
Laura, a mild minister's wife gets a call in the middle of the night. A murder has been committed at a young girl, Maggie's house. "There's a lot of blood." The sheriff said.

F DUN Duncan., Lois. Killing Mr. Griffin. Boston : Little, Brown, c1978.
After getting mad at their teacher, Mr. Griffin, several students kidnap him and take him out to the woods. They just meant to scare him though.

F WRE Wrede, Patricia & CCaroline Stevermer. Sorcery & Cecelia. Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2003.
In 1817 in England, two young cousins, Cecilia living in the country and Kate in London, write letters to keep each other informed of their exploits, which take a sinister turn when they find themselves confronted by evil wizards.

updated 8/10/05