Mystery Thriller List

MYSTERY / THRILLER
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DREAM HOUSE
by Marzia BISOGNIN
It’s everything she’s ever wanted in a home, so when the Blooms
invite her to stay the night to avoid an impending storm, she
instantly accepts. Yet when she wakes the next morning, alone
and unable to bring herself to leave, Amethyst comes face-to-face
with unexpected twists and turns. Will she be able to break free
of the house’s allure, or will its secrets keep her trapped forever?
SMART
by Kim, SLATER
“I found Jean’s friend dead in the river. His name was Colin Kirk.
He was a homeless man, but he still wanted to live.” There’s been
a murder, but the police don’t care. It was only a homeless old
man after all. Kieran cares. He’s made a promise, and when you
say something out loud, that means you’re going to do it, for real.
He’s going to find out what really happened.
NIL
by Lynne MATSON
On the mysterious island of Nil, the rules are set. You have exactly
365 days to escape - or you die. Seventeen-year-old Charley
doesn’t know the rules. She doesn’t even know where she is. The
last thing she remembers is blacking out, and when she wakes up,
she’s naked in an empty rock field. Lost and alone, Charley find no
sign of other people, until she meets Thad, the gorgeous leader
of a clan of teenage refugees. Soon Charley learns that leaving
the island is harder than she thought...

BOOK OF LIES
by Teri TERRY
They are trapped, frozen. Waiting. Straining against the wood
that holds them. The unwary catch a glimpse now and then -- feel
their desperate hunger, see a glint of red eyes - and scurry out of
the shadows of the wood, back to the light. She’s coming; it will
be soon. An ancient curse placed on a family of witches foretells
that twins will be born -- one good, one evil; and one will destroy
the other. But who can be trusted when no one is as they seem?
THE CARTOGRAPHER
by Peter TWOHIG
Set in Melbourne in 1959, an 11-year-old boy witnesses a
murder when he is spying through a window of a strange house.
In the following weeks he comes to map out all the significant
adventures he has in the labyrinthine city, trying to make sure he
doesn’t cross the path of the murderer, who he believes wishes
to silence and dispose of him.
IRIS AND THE TIGER
by Leanne HALL
Twelve-year-old Iris has been sent to Spain on a mission: to make
sure her elderly and unusual aunt, Ursula, leaves her fortune
and estate to Iris’s scheming parents. But from the moment Iris
arrives at Bosque de Nubes, she realises something isn’t quite
right. There is an odd feeling around the house. While outside, in
the wild and untamed forest, a mysterious animal moves through
the shadows. Just what is Aunt Ursula hiding?

THE LOST AND THE FOUND
by Cat CLARKE
LOST- When six year old Laurel Logan was abducted, her younger
sister Faith was the only witness. Faith’s childhood has been
dominated by Laurel’s disappearance - from her parent’s broken
marriage and the constant media attention.
FOUND- Thirteen years later a young woman is found in the
garden of the Logan’s old house, disorientated and clutching the
teddy bear that went missing with Laurel. Faith always dreamed
of getting her sister back, but can anything lost really be found?
GAME CHANGER
by Tim BOWLER
Life is hard for Mikey. He’s frightened of open spaces and would
much rather curl up in his room and avoid the world outside. So
going to a noisy, public place is a big deal - but with his sister
Meggie by his side, it should be safe. But things go badly wrong
when he encounters a gang and witnesses something terrible. To
make matters worse, they know where he lives, and now they
want to see him...
THE THEODORE BOON SERIES
by John GRISHAM
With two attorneys for parents, thirteen-year-old Theodore
Boone knows more about the law than most lawyers do. But
when a high profile murder trial comes to his small town and
Theo gets pulled into it, it’s up to this amateur attorney to save
the day

OUT OF THE ICE
by Ann TURNER
When environmental scientist Laura Alvarado is sent to a an
abandoned whaling station on a remote Antarctic island, she
begins to uncover more than she could ever imagine. Reminders
of the bloody, violent past are everywhere. Rules have been
broken, and the protected wildlife is behaving strangely. Piecing
together a past and present, Laura will stop at nothing to unearth
the truth.
MOTH GIRLS
by Anne CASSIDY
Five years have passed since Petra and Tina were determined
to explore the dilapidated house on Princess Street. But what
started off as a dare ended with the two girls vanishing. As
Mandy’s memories of the disappearance of her two friends are
ignited once again, disturbing details will resurface in her mind.
ROGUE LAWYER
by John GRISHAM
A nomadic lawyer because of frequent death threats, Sebastian
Rudd takes on a case involving a brain-damaged young man
accused of murdering two little girls.

TWENTY QUESTIONS FOR GLORIA
by Martyn BEDFORD
Gloria is tired of her ordinary life. So when a mysterious new boy
bent of breaking all the rules strolls into her classroom, Gloria
is ready to fall under his spell. By the time she learns the truth
about him, Gloria is a long way from home.
THE LEAVING
by Tara ALTEBRANDO
Eleven years ago, six children went missing without a trace.
Until today. Today five of those kids return. They’re now sixteen.
Scarlett comes home and finds a mom she barely recognizes. But
she thinks she remembers Lucas. Lucas remembers Scarlett, too,
except they’re entirely unable to recall where they’ve been, and
neither of them remember the sixth victim, Max--the only one
who hasn’t come back. But as details of the disappearance begin
to unfold, no one is prepared for the truth.
INHERIT MIDNIGHT
by Kate Kae MYERS
Avery is the black sheep of the wealthy VanDemere clan--the
ostracized illegitimate daughter. So she’s less than excited when
her grandmother ropes her into a competition to determine the
VanDemere most worthy of inheriting the family fortune, until a
chance to gain information about her long-lost mother motivates
Avery to try to win the game.

THE EMBASSY ROW SERIES
by Ally CARTER
Grace Blakely is absolutely certain of three things : she is not
crazy, her mother was murdered, someday she is going to find the
killer and make him pay. As certain as Grace is about these facts,
nobody else believes her - so there’s no one she can completely
trust. Not her grandfather, a powerful ambassador. Not her new
friends, who all live on Embassy Row.
UNDER GROUND
by S.L. GREY
The Sanctum is a luxurious, self-sustaining survival condominium
situated underground in rural Maine. It’s a plush bolt-hole for
the rich and paranoid - a place where they can wait out the
apocalypse in style. When a devastating super-flu virus hits the
States, several families race to reach it. And all are hiding secrets.
But when the door locks and someone dies, they realize the
greatest threat to their survival may not be above ground - it may
already be inside . . .
THE SALLY LOCKHART MYSTERIES SERIES
by Phillip PULLMAN
Sally Lockhart is sixteen, an orphan, and she’s just struck a man
dead. Not with a weapon, though she has a pistol, and probably
the heart to use it. Sally killed Mr Higgs with just three words
- The Seven Blessings. Unfortunately, she still has no idea what
they mean, and why her drowned father’s colleague died of fear
when he heard them. Sally only knows that she’ll do anything, say
anything, be anything to find out.

BLACK
by Fleur FERRIS
Ebony Marshall is in her final year of high school. Five months,
two weeks and four days. She can’t wait to leave the town where
she’s known only as ‘Black’. Because of her name, of course. But
for another reason, too. Everyone says Black Marshall is cursed.
Three of her best friends have died in tragic accidents. But when
her date for the formal ends up in intensive care, old secrets are
revealed and terrifying new dangers emerge.
THE MARPLE SERIES
by Agatha CHRISTIE
She is Agatha Christie’s unflappable and much beloved female
detective, Miss Jane Marple. With her gift for sniffing out the
malevolent side of human nature, Jane finds herself in the middle
of mysterious deaths and confounding cases on her travels.
THE POIROT SERIES
by Agatha CHRISTIE
Hercule Poirot is a famous Belgian detective, using his considerable
skills to solve everything from theft, to murder, to kidnappings,
along with his good friend Hastings, he travels the world.

THE CONFESSIONS SERIES
by James PATTERSON
Tandy Angel leads a privileged life as a member of one of
Manhattan’s wealthiest and most connected families. But outside
of the public eye, Tandy is haunted - by the sudden, mysterious
death of her sister; by holes in her memory that she cant make
sense of; by the ever-watchful presence of her parents. Convinced
that secrets are being kept from her, Tandy sets out to uncover
her dark past
FOLLOW ME BACK
by Nicci CLOKE
The first time Aiden Kendrick hears about Lizzie Summersall’s
disappearance is when the police appear at his front door. He and
Lizzie used to be friends; they aren’t anymore. And when Aiden
finds out that Lizzie had been talking to strangers on Facebook;
that the police think she went to meet one of them, he begins to
wonder how well he ever really knew her at Aiden doesn’t know
it yet, but with Lizzie’s disappearance his life is about to take a
twisted and desperate turn.
WOLF BY WOLF
by Ryan GRAUDIN
The year is 1956, and the Axis powers of the Third Reich and
Imperial Japan rule. To commemorate their Great Victory, they
host the Axis Tour: an annual motorcycle race across their
conjoined continents. The prize? An audience with Adolf Hitler.
Yael, a former death camp prisoner, has witnessed too much
suffering, and the five wolves tattooed on her arm are a constant
reminder of the loved ones she lost. The resistance has given Yael
one goal: Win the race and kill Hitler.

THE SPECIAL ONES
by Em BAILEY
Esther is one of the Special Ones -- four people who live pretected
in a remote farmhouse. The Special Ones are not allowed to
leave, but why would they want to? Here, they are safe from
toxic modern life, safe from a meaningless existence, safe in their
endless work. He watches them every moment of every day, all
while broadcasting their lives to eager followers on the outside.
Esther knows he will renew her if she stops being Special, and
that renewal almost certainly means death.
THE ROCK WAR SERIES
by Robert MUCHAMORE
Meet Jay, Summer, and Dylan. Jay plays guitar, writes songs and
dreams of being a rock star. But his ambitions are stifled by seven
siblings and a terrible drummer. Summer works hard at school,
looks after her nan and has a one-in-a-million singing voice. But
can her talent triumph over her nerves? Dylan is happiest lying on
his bunk smoking, but his school rugby coach has other ideas, and
Dylan reluctantly joins a band to avoid crunching tackles and icy
mud. They’re about to enter the biggest battle of their lives. And
there’s everything to play for.
THE ALIENIST
by Caleb CARR
The year is 1896, the place, New York City. On a cold March
night New York Times crime reporter John Schuyler Moore is
summoned to the East River by his friend and former Harvard
classmate Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a psychologist, or “alienist.” On the
unfinished Williamsburg Bridge, they view the horribly mutilated
body of an adolescent boy, a prostitute from one of Manhattan’s
infamous brothels.

TELL THE TRUTH, SHAME THE DEVIL
by Melina MARCHETTA
Chief Inspector Bish Ortley of the London Met, divorced and still
grieving the death of his son, has been drowning his anger in
Scotch. He’s no sooner suspended from the force than a busload
of British students is subject to a deadly bomb attack. Bish’s
daughter is one of those on board. Also on the bus is Violette
LeBrac. Thirteen years ago her grandfather bombed a London
supermarket, killing dozens of people. But before Violette’s part
in the French tragedy can be established she disappears.
THE WINTER QUEEN
by Boris AKUNIN
Moscow 1876. A young law student commits suicide in broad
daylight in Moscow’s Alexander Gardens. But this is no ordinary
death, for the young man was the son of an influential industrialist
and has left a considerable fortune. Erast Fandorin, a hotheaded
new recruit to the Criminal Investigation Department, is assigned
to the case and the investigation will take him from palatial
mansions to seedy backstreets.
EVEN DOGS IN THE WILD
by Ian RENKIN
Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke is investigating the death of
a senior lawyer during a robbery. But the case becomes more
complex when a note is discovered, indicating that this may have
been no random attack.

SEVEN ANCIENT WONDERS
by Matthew REILLY
Two thousand years ago, an ancient secret was divided into seven
pieces and hidden within the Seven Wonders of the Ancient
World. Now, with the imminent arrival of a rare solar event, it
must be found again and reassembled. Led by archaeologist and
soldier Jack West, a team of nine courageous men must discover
the modern-day locations of the Seven Ancient Wonders and
unlock their secret. But the odds are stacked against them: entire
nations are also after this legendary prize.
THE GAMES
by James PATTERSON
Two years ago Jack Morgan - the head of the renowned worldwide
investigation firm Private - was in charge of security for the World
Cup in Bazil. During the championship final, the action nearly
spilled from the field into the stands. Fortunately, Jack and his
team averted disaster on football’s biggest stage. Now he has
returned to Rio to secure the Olympics. But before the torch is lit,
the threats come fast and furious as Jack discovers that someone
is trying to sabotage the games.
THE BEAUTY IS IN THE WALKING
by Caleb CARR
Everyone thinks they know what Jacob O’Leary can and can’t
do- and they’re not shy about telling him either. But no one, not
even Jacob, knows what he’s truly capable of. And he’s desperate
for the chance to work it out for himself. When a shocking and
mystifying crime sends his small country town reeling, and fingers
start pointing at the newcomer, Jacob’s convinced that the police
have accused the wrong guy; that the real villain is still out there.
And he’s determined to prove it, and himself, to everyone.