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crime

Books about crime for readers of all ages.

Cover of Payback

Payback

Andy McNab, Robert Rigby

Ages 13–18revengecrime

Cover of Payback

Payback

Andy McNab, Robert Rigby

Ages 13–18justicerevenge

Cover of The boy who stole from the dead

The boy who stole from the dead

Orest Stelmach

Ages 14–18secretsmystery

Cover of Poison Under Their Lips

Poison Under Their Lips

Mark Svendsen

Ages 13–18mysterydeception

Cover of Hacker!

Hacker!

Alex Kropp

Ages 12–16technologyethics

Cover of The Body Finder

The Body Finder

Kimberly Derting

Ages 14–18psychic abilitymystery

Cover of Mystery of the melted diamonds

Mystery of the melted diamonds

Carol J. Farley

Ages 8–12mysterydetective work

Cover of Code Red

Code Red

Janie Chodosh

Ages 13–18mysterycourage

Cover of The Borden Murders

The Borden Murders

Sarah Miller

Ages 12–18justicecrime

Cover of The paper chase

The paper chase

Julian Symons

Ages 13–18mysteryinvestigation

Cover of The high window

The high window

Raymond Chandler

Ages 14–18mysteryinvestigation

Cover of Scared to Death

Scared to Death

Norah McClintock

Ages 13–18mysterycrime

Cover of Murder most strange

Murder most strange

Dell Shannon

Ages 13–18mysterydetective work

Cover of Inferno

Inferno

Jo Macauley

Ages 10–14espionageadventure

Cover of Murder and Mayhem

Murder and Mayhem

Sandra Lawrence

Ages 10–14historycrime

Cover of Payback

Payback

Kristen Simmons

Ages 14–18revengejustice

Cover of Fear Street Novel - The Lost Girl

Fear Street Novel - The Lost Girl

Robert Lawrence Stine

Ages 13–18mysterysuspense

Cover of Cold in earth

Cold in earth

Melissa Jones

Ages 14–18mysteryjustice

Cover of 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories

100 Crooked Little Crime Stories

Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Edgar Allan Poe

Ages 12–18mysterydetective work

Cover of Dear Killer

Dear Killer

Katherine Ewell

Ages 15–18moral ambiguityobsession

Cover of Pop. 1280

Pop. 1280

Jim Thompson

Ages 18–18corruptionmoral ambiguity

Cover of As red as blood

As red as blood

Salla Simukka

Ages 14–18mysterycrime

Cover of In the Shadow of the Master

In the Shadow of the Master

Edgar Allan Poe, Michael Connelly, Nelson DeMille, Stephen King

Ages 14–18mysterycrime

Cover of The photographer II

The photographer II

Barbara Annette Steiner

Ages 12–16mysterycrime