New Titles 5/20/2023

Youth Titles
Posted on 05/20/2023
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Nine Liarscover of Nine Liars
by Maureen Johnson

Available as: Print Book

It’s senior year for amateur detective Stevie Bell and she feels adrift. Her boyfriend is studying abroad in England, her friends are obsessed with college applications, and Stevie has just solved the cold case of the century. There’s nothing to distract Stevie from her uncertain future until her boyfriend David invites her and her friends to visit him in England. Upon arrival, Stevie is soon drawn into an English double murder cold case.  In 1995, nine University friends played hide-and-seek. Two were found in the woodshed the next day, murdered. The case was assumed to be a burglary gone wrong, but one of the remaining seven saw something she can’t explain. Someone’s lying about what happened. Seven suspects. Two murders. One killer still playing a deadly game.

 

cover of The Box in the WoodsThe Box in the Woods
by Maureen Johnson

Available as: Print Book, eBook, eAudio Book

Amateur detective Stevie Bell finds herself bored now that she’s solved and caught the killer at her high school. Now she’s home for the summer and there’s not a mystery in sight! Then she gets a message from the owner of an abandoned campground, the site of a notorious unsolved murder case. The new owner invites Stevie and her friends to stay at the camp and work with him on creating a true crime podcast about the case. What Stevie thinks will be a fun summer adventure quickly turns dark when it becomes clear that evil still lurks in the woods.

 

After Dark with Roxie Clarkcover of After Dark with Roxie Clark
by Brooke Lauren Davis

Available as: Print Book

This Young Adult thriller is full of twists and turns that are sure to leave you on the edge of your seat! People say Roxie Clark’s family is cursed, and it seems like it may be true since most of Roxie’s ancestors have met tragic ends. Most people would be afraid of such a curse, but Roxie has combined her flair for the dramatic and her macabre family history into a successful ghost tour. But when Roxie’s sister’s boyfriend winds up murdered, it’s up to Roxie and her sister Skylar to get to the bottom of the mystery.