SJPL Picks: YA Speculative Mysteries and ThrillersLike this list

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• The Bad Ones

  Albert, Melissa,

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  Teenage Nora uncovers dangerous secrets and eerie local lore surrounding disappearances in her small town, where a teacher and three high school students, including her best friend, go missing.

• Snowglobe

  Park, Soyoung,

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  Given the opportunity to enter Snowglobe, the last place on Earth that's warm, where its residents, in exchange for fame, fortune and safety, broadcast their lives 24/7 to the less fortunate outside, Chobahm discovers reality is a lie--and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Invocations

  Sutherland, Krystal,

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  To get what they want most, Zara and Jude search for Emer, an orphaned witch with dark and deadly powers, but when a serial killer targets Emer's clients, the three girls form an uneasy alliance to hunt the killer before they meet the same…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Curious Tides

  Lacelle, Pascale,

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  Fantasy mysteries. After a tragedy claims the lives of her classmates, sole survivor Emory is plagued by strange, impossible powers that would ruin her life if discovered as she searches for answers, leading her to a cult-like secret…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Society for Soulless Girls

  Steven, Laura,

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  Thrillers and suspense, Paranormal fiction. Ten years ago, four students lost their lives in the infamous North Tower murders at the elite Carvell College of Arts, forcing Carvell to close its doors. Now Carvell is reopening, and fearless…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What Stalks Among Us

  Hollowell, Sarah,

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  Supernatural mysteries, Horror. Sadie and Logan make their first mistake when they ditch their senior field trip in favor of exploring some old, forgotten backroads. The last thing they expect to come across is a giant, abandoned corn…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rook

  Ritter, William, 1984-

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  Supernatural mysteries, Historical mysteries. Abigail Rook, the mortal bridge between the human and supernatural world of New Fiddleham, works to solve the disappearances of magical beings while also dealing with her visiting parents, who…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Grim

  Elfgren, Sara B.,

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  Dark fantasy, Mysteries. Landing his dream job at the Grona Lund amusement park, 18-year-old Kasper uses this opportunity to investigate the death of his father's best friend and former bandmate, Grim, 30 years earlier, to figure out why…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Court of the Undying Seasons

  Strickland, AdriAnne, 1984-

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  Paranormal romance, Fantasy mysteries, Dark fantasy. Sent by her village to Courtsheart, where she must train to be a vampire, 19-year-old Fin must decide whether to blend in or cling to her humanity when she stumbles upon a plan to wake…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Starlet's Secret to a Sensational Afterlife

  Kulper, Kendall,

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  Supernatural mysteries, Historical mysteries, Paranormal romance. In 1934 Los Angeles, aspiring actress Henrietta, who can talk to ghosts, and her brooding co-star Declan, who is immune to injury, go from bitter enemies to friends to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Threads That Bind

  Hatzopoulou, Kika,

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  Fantasy fiction, Mysteries. In a world where the children of the gods inherit their powers, a descendant of the Greek Fates must solve a series of impossible murders to save her sisters, her soulmate, and her city.

• The Wolves Are Watching

  Lund, Natalie,

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  Supernatural mysteries. The night little Madison disappears from her crib, Luce sees a pair of eyes...and feels certain they belong to a wolf. Her town, Picnic, Illinois, is the kind of place where everyone knows one another...It's not the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Blood and Moonlight

  Beaty, Erin,

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  Fantasy fiction, Thrillers & suspense. The orphan caretaker of the holy Sanctum who possesses unique skills, Catrin witnesses a murder that traps her between a killer and the brilliant detective investigating the case, forcing her to hide…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You Should Have Seen This Coming

  Michelle, Shani,

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  Paranormal fiction, Thrillers & suspense. Hayden has visions of the past, using her ability to extract justice and cash from her classmates, and Cassie has visions of the future, helplessly watching her boyfriend fall in love with someone…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Remember Me Gone

  Stokes, Stacy,

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  Magical realism, Thrillers & suspense. Learning her family's unique ability to remove people's painful memories, 16-year-old Lucy Miller, after practicing on her father, wakes up with no memory of what happened and teams up with a local to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• No Beauties or Monsters

  Goedjen, Tara,

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  Rylie hasn’t been back to Twentynine Palms since her dad died. She left a lot of memories out there, buried in the sand of the Mojave Desert. Memories about her dad, her old friends Nathan and Lily, and most of all, her enigmatic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Forgotten Memories of Vera Glass

  Priemaza, Anna,

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  Coming-of-age stories, Fantasy fiction, Mysteries. When people she loves, as well as all memory of them, start to disappear from Vera's life, leaving behind only a haunting sorrow, she and her best friend set out to solve a mystery they…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dark and Shallow Lies

  Sain, Ginny Myers,

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  Paranormal fiction, Thrillers & suspense. In a small town deep in the bayou, seventeen-year-old Grey searches for answers about the disappearance of her best friend, uncovering long-held secrets that threaten everything she believed about…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The River Has Teeth

  Waters, Erica,

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  Paranormal fiction, Thrillers & suspense. When her sister goes missing on the Bend, becoming the second girl to disappear from the wildlife preserve, Natasha turns to a local girl rumored to be a witch to find her.

• Curse of the Specter Queen

  Moke, Jenny Elder,

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  Fantasy mysteries, Historical fantasy, Mythological fiction. Sam Knox must use her archaeological skills and her knowledge of ciphers to crack the code of a mysterious diary and outsmart a nefarious brotherhood seeking to activate the…Read moreRead more of this annotation