SYKM


Mysteries for Young Adults

Cynthia Blair (Cynthia Baxter)
  • Susan and Christine, the Pratt Twins

Evelyn Coleman
  • American Girl mysteries for young readers

Chris Grabenstein
  • Zack and his stepmother Judy, in spine-tinglers for young adults

John Grisham
  • Theodore Boone: 13-year-old who dispenses legal advice and solves crimes in a series for young adults

April Henry
  • Non-series mysteries for young adults

Gabrielle Lord
  • Conspiracy 365 young adult series

Mel Malton
  • Alan Nearing: 11-year-old sleuth in Canada

Philip Pullman
  • Sally Lockhart, starting as a 16-year-old in 1872 London, England [YA historical thrillers]

Kathy Reichs
  • Tory Brennan: science-obsessed niece of Temperance Brennan, living on a remote island off the coast of South Carolina in a suspense series for teens

Carlos Ruiz Zafón
  • The Mist Trilogy for young adults

Jennifer Sturman
  • Delia Truesdale: searching for her mother, an internet tycoon, who has gone missing, in New York City

Nancy Means Wright
  • Northern Spy Club children’s mysteries