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Mystery Reads for Teens

Suspenseful mysteries that will keep you guessing to the end, selected by Sunnyvale Public Library staff.

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  • Haunted by the death of her sister and the decades-old cold case of best friends Bailey and Celeste, eighteen-year-old Tru becomes entangled with a mysterious girl named Rio, as their pursuit of the truth unveils an otherworldly connection to the…
    Book, 2024New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2024. — Y SAIN Ginny
  • When she finds her favorite teacher lying in a pool of blood, Gigi calls on her high school's "mystery club" to help her solve the murder, resulting in a cat-and-mouse game with the killer, continual flare-ups of her IBS and her archnemesis turning…
    Book, 2024New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — Y WINANS Justine
  • After her sister's murder acquittal, Amanda Pruitt visits Colorado to reunite with childhood friends and Aunt Amy, where she is drawn into an old murder case and when her friend is killed, Amanda must unravel the connection between the two murders…
    Book, 2024Los Angeles : Hyperion, 2024. — Y WEAVER Jessie
  • Eight months after the murder of her sister, Oli joins forces with another girl in a desperate and dangerous quest to unravel the case in their seemingly idyllic hometown.
    Book, 2024New York : Scholastic Inc., 2024. — Y RICE Luanne
  • A journalist goes undercover as Hollywood's latest teen star to learn the truth about his brother's death.
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, [2024] — Y DEAN Benjamin
  • Another girl has gone missing in Cardinal Creek. Sid knows their dad didn't do it--this time. He's currently serving a life sentence for the five girls he murdered ten years ago. And while Sid's dad couldn't have done it, suspicion is now directed…
    Book, 2024New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024] — Y TYNDALL Nita
  • Eighteen-year-old Addie Blackwood is forced to team up with her childhood rival to unmask her sister's killer.
    Book, 2024New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, 2024. — Y PAGANO MK
  • When Case arrives at her best friend Drea's isolated West Texas home and finds her missing, she embarks on a search for clues about Drea's disappearance while facing the unsettling, cult-like and possibly murderous behavior of Drea's roommates.
    Book, 2024New York : Algonquin Young Readers, 2024. — Y MABRY Samantha
  • Told in alternating voices, teenagers Lucy and Audrey investigate a town full of secrets, a family full of mystery, and an abandoned amusement park where people keep turning up dead.
    Book, 2024Los Angeles : Hyperion, 2024. — Y ROACH Mary
  • Partying with popular classmates they barely know is not what Eva and her friends had in mind for their spring break. And Eva won't admit it, but the chance to reconnect with Colton is worth putting up with Piper's constant live streams to her…
    Book, 2024Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Inkyard Press, [2024] — Y LEPORE Gabriella
  • In in 1930s Los Angeles Chinatown, the Chow sisters, May, Gemma, and Peony, suspect foul play in the death of Chinatown star Lulu Wong and take it upon themselves to solve the murder, revealing a conspiracy that threatens their Chinatown…
    Book, 2024New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2024. — Y LEE Stacey
  • Nancy Luo, Krystal Choi, Akil Patel, and Alexander Lin, juniors at Manhattan's elite Sinclair Prep, are forced to confront their secrets after Jamie Ruan, once their closest friend, is found dead.
    Book, 2021New York : Bloomsbury, 2021. — Y ZHAO Katie
  • Desperate to reach her grieving mother, Mira joins a group of college students driving home after their flight is stranded, but the road conditions are not the only mortal danger they face.
    Book, 2020Naperville, IL : Sourcebooks Fire, [2020] — YP RICHARDS Natalie
  • At Niveus Private Academy, Devon and Chiamaka are the only students chosen to be Senior Prefects who are also black, which makes them targets for a series of anonymous texts revealing their secrets to the entire student body. Both students were on…
    Book, 2021New York ; Feiwel & Friends , 2021. — Y ABIKEIYIM Faridah
  • Charity Curtis has the summer job of her dreams, playing the "final girl" at Camp Mirror Lake. Guests pay to be scared in this full-contact terror game, as Charity and her summer crew recreate scenes from a classic slasher film, Curse of Camp Mirror…
    Book, 2023New York : Bloomsbury Publishing Inc., 2023. — Y BAYRON Kalynn
  • While investigating a series of grisly murders, eighteen-year-old palace nurse Hyeon navigates royal and political intrigue and becomes entangled with a young police inspector.
    Book, 2022New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2022. — Y HUR June
  • When their friend Gabrielle is found covered in blood in front of their dead principal, with no recollection of what happened, Blythe, Tucker, and Tanya soon discover their lives are a lie as the walls built around their real memories come crashing…
    Book, 2023[Toronto, Ontario] : Tundra ; [Plattsburgh, New York] : Tundra Books of Northern New York, an imprint of Tundra Book Group, a division of Penguin Random House of Canada Limited, [2023] — Y ARMSTRONG Kelley
  • Sadie's been raising her sister Mattie in an isolated Colorado town, trying her best to provide a normal life and keep their heads above water. When Mattie is found dead, and the police investigation is botched, Sadie is determined to bring her…
    Book, 2018New York : Wednesday Books, 2018. — Y SUMMERS
  • When 19-year-old Josh returns from Rome without his budding influencer girlfriend Amelia, he immediately becomes a suspect in her disappearance, but as college sophomore and hacker Harper attempts to clear his name, she unearths secrets from both…
    Book, 2023New York : Union Square & Co., [2023] — Y DELACRUZ Melissa
  • During the annual initiation of members into the exclusive Legacy Club, the surprise nomination of Tori Tasso, a scholarship student, jeopardizes the club's clandestine truths and leads to a perilous Legacy Ball where one attendee does not make it…
    Book, 2023New York : Razorbill, 2023. — Y GOODMAN Jessica