 | OLD - Mystery and Suspense for Grades 6–8 |
| Recommended fiction from the Junior High collection. Books are shelved in Y Fiction, alphabetically by the author's last name. Many authors on this list have written mysteries in addition to those listed.
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| Abrahams | Down the Rabbit Hole: An Echo Falls Mystery |
| Allison | Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator |
| Anderson | The Last Treasure |
| Balliett | Chasing Vermeer |
| Barrett | Cold in Summer |
| Blackwood | The Shakespeare Stealer |
| Bloor | Taken |
| Bosch | The Name of This Book Is Secret |
| Bowler | Storm Catchers |
| Broach | Shakespeare's Secret |
| Brooks | The Road of the Dead |
| Bunting | Blackwater |
| Colfer | Half-Moon Investigations |
| Cooney | Diamonds in the Shadow |
| Cooney | The Face on the Milk Carton |
| Cormier | In the Middle of the Night |
| Cross | Phoning a Dead Man |
| Dowd | The London Eye Mystery |
| Dowell | Dovey Coe |
| Doyle | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Short stories) |
| Draanen | Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief |
| Duncan | Killing Mr. Griffin (Paperback only) |
| Feinstein | Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery |
| Finney | Betrayal (Lady Grace Mysteries) |
| Golding | The Diamond of Drury Lane (Cat Royal Adventures) |
| Hamilton | The House of Dies Drear |
| Hiaasen | Flush |
| Holm | The Creek |
| Hoobler | In Darkness, Death |
| Hoobler | The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn |
| Horowitz | Public Enemy Number Two: A Diamond Brothers Mystery |
| Jaffe | Bad Kitty |
| Juby | Getting the Girl: A Guide to Private Investigation, Surveillance, and Cookery |
| Karbo | Minerva Clark Gets a Clue |
| Kehret | Abduction! |
| Konigsburg | Silent to the Bone |
| Lachtman | Looking for La Unica (Paperback only) |
| Lalicki | Danger in the Dark: A Houdini & Nate Mystery |
| Landy | Skulduggery Pleasant |
| Lawrence | The Wreckers |
| Lisle | The Crying Rocks |
| Mack | The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas (Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars) |
| Miller | Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City |
| Morton-Shaw | The Hunt for the Seventh |
| Myers | Monster |
| Nixon | Murdered, My Sweet |
| Nixon | The Name of the Game Was Murder |
| Parker | Edenville Owls |
| Patneaude | Someone Was Watching |
| Pullman | The Ruby in the Smoke (Paperback only) |
| Reiss | The Strange Case of Baby H |
| Richardson | The Intruders |
| Roberts | Twisted Summer |
| Ruby | Lily's Ghosts |
| Skelton | Endymion Spring |
| Springer | The Case of the Missing Marquess: An Enola Holmes Mystery |
| Stewart | The Mysterious Benedict Society |
| Thurlo | The Spirit Line |
| Vande Velde | Never Trust a Dead Man |
| Weatherly | Missing Abby |
| Whelan | The Secret Keeper |
| Whodunit | Whodunit: Detective Stories (Short stories; paperback only; edited by Pullman) |
| Wynne-Jones | The Boy in the Burning House |
Last Updated: 3/13
