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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

You'll enjoy these titles because: If you like suspenseful murder mysteries, cold cases, small towns with secrets, and novels that hold a mirror to societal issues in the justice system and beyond, then this list is for you!

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  • To earn her final high school credit, overachieving Lydia teams up with Bristol, her opposite in every way, to make a podcast investigating an unsolved 30-year-old murder case. Together, the girls uncover small-town secrets, ones that…
    BookNew York : Katherine Tegen Books, [2023] — TEEN F MCGIN
  • In this fast-paced thriller, three teen boys of colour become suspects in the murder of their school’s principal. To prove their innocence, the boys team up to investigate the crime, uncovering horrific secrets in the process. [Also…
    BookNew York, NY : Henry Holt and Company, 2023. — TEEN F BROOK
  • Piper begins a true-crime podcast to investigate the seventeen-year-old murder cold case in her new town. But as she begins digging for answers, she discovers she’s put herself in more danger than she realized. A fast-paced mystery that…
    BookNew York : Christy Ottaviano Books/Little, Brown and Company, 2023. — TEEN F HENRY
  • Tracy’s world is upended when her brother is accused of killing a white girl. Tracy knows he is innocent, but she’ll have to find the real killer to prove it. Throughout this gripping murder mystery, Johnson explores the skeletons of their…
    BookNew York : Random House, [2020] — TEEN F JOHNS
  • After finding a note from his deceased best friend, who he secretly harboured feelings for, Mac seeks out the serial killer who murdered him and several others in their quaint seaside town. An atmospheric mystery that will give you chills.
    BookChicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman and Company, 2019. — TEEN F RYAN
  • Tabby and her boyfriend Mark went hiking... but only Tabby returned. Now, everyone suspects Tabby of killing golden boy Mark. Interspersed with diary entries, newspaper clippings, and police interviews, this compelling mystery will draw…
    BookNew York, NY : Imprint, 2020. — TEEN F FLYNN
  • Two teens start a podcast investigating a 1999 murder in their small town. But things go wrong when they accidentally accuse a potentially innocent man of the crime.
    BookNew York : Wednesday Books, 2023. — TEEN F JONES
  • The homicide of a prom queen sets Cecilia on an investigative journey when she realizes the crime closely resembles the popular mystery novel written by her grandmother... a novel that was inspired by the murder of a prom queen 50 years…
    BookNew York : Crown, [2022] — TEEN F DONNE