Our teen book spotlight this week is on books that are filled with thrills and suspense!! These are the reads that are going to keep on the edge of your seat as you have no idea what is going to be on the next page. You will find yourself holding your breath, either in fear or anticipation, and wanting to know what comes next; there may be some speechless or mouth dropped open moments. These books and more can be found by searching the catalog using the search tag #yathriller as well as on Libby and Hoopla. Check back next week for a new teen book spotlight and if you have any book suggestions, please let us know!!
Alone by Cyn Balog--Seda, sixteen, feels her invisible childhood nemesis, Sawyer, growing stronger just as a group of stranded teens takes shelter from a blizzard in the dilapidated mansion Seda's mother inherited.
Hunting Charles Manson by Liz Wiehl--Explores the true story of Charles Manson and relates the details of the manhunt that followed in the weeks and months that followed the murders he committed in Los Angeles, culminating in the arrest of Manson and his "family" and the bizarre court cases and hearings that followed.
The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey--While working under Dr. Pellinore Warthrop, a scientist dedicated to the study of monsters, Will Henry has seen many a strange occurrence. When a grave robber suddenly shows up one night, claiming to have found a gruesome discovery, Will and Dr. Warthrop are tossed into their strangest case yet.
There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins--Soon after Makani Young moves to Nebraska from Hawaii, a serial killer begins murdering students from Mikani's high school in increasingly brutal ways. And as the hunt for the killer intensifies, Makani is forced to confront her own secrets as the killer turns his sights on her.
Ten by Gretchen McNeil--When friends Meg and Minnie attend a house party on a nearby island, their good time soon turns sinister when people begin dying and a storm cuts the teens off from the rest of the world. As the death toll mounts, the friends try to find the killer themselves, placing them in a fight for their lives.
House of Furies by Madeleine Roux--After running away from a harsh English boarding school in 1809, seventeen-year-old Louisa finds a job working as a maid at Coldthistle House--a mysterious boarding house where the guests unwittingly await judgment for their sins. When a young man named Lee comes to the house, Louisa is as taken with him as he is with her. And she becomes determined to save him from a grisly fate she's certain he doesn't deserve.