Excerpts, reviews & biographies of exceptional mystery books

I'm the Girl

by Courtney Summers

Hardcover: Sep 2022 | Paperback: Apr 2024

The next searing and groundbreaking queer young adult novel from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Courtney Summers.

My Flawless Life

by Yvonne Woon

Hardcover: Feb 2023

Yvonne Woon, author of If You, Then Me, has crafted a slow-burn thriller about fixing—our friends, ourselves, and our complicated pasts. For fans of Allegedly and We Were Liars, My Flawless Life features a compelling narrator who grapples with ...

Wonderstruck

by Brian Selznick

Hardcover: Sep 2011

Playing with the form he created in his trailblazing debut novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick once again sails into uncharted territory and takes readers on an awe-inspiring journey.

The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin

by Josh Berk

Hardcover: Feb 2010 | Paperback: Jun 2011

Those who prefer their heroes to be not-so-usual and with a side of wiseguy will gobble up this witty, geeks-rule debut.

When You Reach Me

by Rebecca Stead

Hardcover: Jul 2009 | Paperback: Dec 2010

Winner of the 2010 Newbery Medal. Miranda is an ordinary sixth grader, until she starts receiving mysterious messages from somebody who knows all about her, including things that have not even happened yet. Each message brings her closer to believing...

Huge

by James Fuerst

Paperback: Jul 2009

Life hasn’t been easy for Eugene “Huge” Smalls. But it’s not all bad. Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett have taught Huge everything he needs to know about being a hard-boiled detective, and he’s just been hired to solve ...

The Night Tourist

by Katherine Marsh

Hardcover: Sep 2007 | Paperback: Sep 2008

After an accident, Jack Perdu, a shy, ninth-grade Classics prodigy, is sent to a mysterious doctor in New York City. While there he meets Jack meets Euri, a young girl who offers to show him the secrets of Grand Central Station, with whom he ...

Kiki Strike

Inside the Shadow City

by Kirsten Miller

Hardcover: May 2006 | Paperback: May 2007

When Ananka Fishbein she ventures into an enormous sinkhole near her New York City apartment. She discovers a million rats, delinquent Girl Scouts out for revenge, and a secret city below the streets of Manhattan.

Down The Rabbit Hole

An Echo Falls Mystery

by Peter Abrahams

Hardcover: Apr 2005 | Paperback: May 2006

Welcome to Echo Falls. Home of a thousand secrets, where Ingrid Levin-Hill, super sleuth, never knows what will happen next (Ages 10+).

Hoot

by Carl Hiaasen

Hardcover: Sep 2002 | Paperback: May 2004

Roy sets himself on the trail of a mysterious boy. The chase introduces him to potty-trained alligators, a fake-fart champion, some burrowing owls, a renegade eco-avenger, and several extremely poisonous snakes with unnaturally sparkling tails. Ages...

The Sands of Time

A Hermux Tantamoq Adventure

by Michael Hoeye

Hardcover: Sep 2002 | Paperback: Oct 2003

Our favorite mouse and watchmaker, Hermux Tantamoq, is up to his ears in trouble again. A mysterious old chipmunk appears in his shop with what he claims to be a map to the royal library of a prehistoric kingdom of cats. Before long Hermux is hot on ...