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Thrillers and Mysteries for the Adrenaline Junkie
Tired of predictable endings? In need of a gripping novel to read? Want to be captivated until the very end? Then pick up these quick reads that are sure to make your knuckles turn white, if not your hair!
Click the title below to see if the book is in the library at this time.
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Abrahams, Peter
Down the Rabbit Hole: an Echo Falls Mystery
Lost on the wrong side of town, Ingrid receives help from Cracked-Up Katie, the resident whacko. When Katie
is discovered murdered the next day, Katie realizes she left her soccer shoes at Katie's house -- and might be a
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Ferguson, Alane
The Christopher Killer: a Forensic Mystery
Cameryn Mahoney wants to become a forensic pathologist and gets a job assisting her dad, the county coroner.
One of her first autopsies is the body of a friend, murdered by a serial killer. Can Cameryn find the killer?
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Giles, Gail
What Happened to Cass McBride?
Kidnapped and buried alive, teen queen Cass McBride has very little time to convince her captor that she's not
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Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Double Identity
Abandoned by her parents in the middle of the night, Bethany is left with an aunt she's never met in a
town she's never visited. People in town think they know her, four different birth certificates arrive at
her aunt's house, and she learns what happens when humans play God. |
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Hautman, Pete
Invisible
Doug Hanson has no friends and people call him antisocial. He thinks about how he would prefer to die. He spies
on Melissa Haverman while she undresses. Doug Hanson is accused of many unsavory things -- but is he a killer?
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Shusterman, Neal
Everlost
After dying in a car accident, Nick and Allie are stranded in the land of the in-between, a world known as
"Everlost." In order to keep from sinking to the center of the Earth, Nick and Allie enlist the help of some
very shady and very dangerous souls. |
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Sleator, William
The Boy Who Couldn't Die
After his best friend dies in a plane crash, Ken will do anything to prevent his own death. He visits a sorceress and
pays her to remove his soul to make him immortal. The ritual works, but unbeknownst to Ken, performing her evil
deeds is part of the deal!
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Westerfeld, Scott
So Yesterday
Have you ever wondered who decides what's cool? Seventeen-year-old Hunter Braque, a paid trendsetter, finds
himself at the center of a mystery perpetrated by a secret group taking aim at corporate consumerism.
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Zusak, Markus
I am the Messenger
Ed was a taxicab driver living an uneventful life until he became a hero during a bank robbery. Soon, Ed
starts receiving playing cards in the mail with directions to people who need help. Who is behind these
instructions, and why is Ed chosen to execute them?
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List updated by Jen, May 2007.
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