Cathy,

For a 17-year-old I would suggest something more mature like I Hunt Killers by Lyga, Barry or One of Us is Lying by McManus, Karen. They both include a psychological thriller along with the mystery.

You can always go to Novelist Plus via MEL and get a good list of mysteries for older readers.

Linda Smith
she/her/hers
Teen Services Coordinator
   Traverse Area District Library
   610 Woodmere Ave.
   Traverse City MI, 49686
   231-932-8500 ext. 270


On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 10:18 AM Cathy Campbell via Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:

These are my go-to series:

Young (Teenage) Sherlock Holmes series by Andrew Lane is good.  First book is Death Cloud.

Teen James Bond series by Charles Higson.  Silverfin is first, I think.

Good luck.

Cathy

 

Cathy Campbell

Youth Services

Otsego County Library

youthservices@otsego.org

989-732-5841

 

 

From: Michlib-l [mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org] On Behalf Of Steven K. Bowers via Michlib-l
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2020 7:42 AM
To: director@oscoda.lib.mi.us; Oscoda County Library
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Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Mystery titles

 

There was a good piece on the Alex Rider books series the other day on NPR:

 

A teenager spy novel series.

 

-Steve

 

Steven K. Bowers
Executive Director
The Library Network
(248) 536-3100 x107
sbowers@tln.lib.mi.us
tln.lib.mi.us

(he/him/his)

 

From: "michlib-l@mcls.org" <michlib-l@mcls.org>
To: "MichLib-L Listserv" <michlib-l@mail2.mcls.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2020 8:19:56 PM
Subject: [Michlib-l] Mystery titles

 

Good evening:

I am hoping the collective wisdom can help with some book suggestions. I have a patron who is looking for mystery titles/series for a 17 year old boy. She gathered his name from DHHS, and knows nothing about him. She is not sure if his family has any Internet access, so she does not want to purchase an Amazon gift card.

Thank you in advance for all of your assistance.

‘Amy

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Amy Knepp, Director
Oscoda County Library
430 W. Eighth Street
Mio, MI  48647
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TAX: 989-826-5461
http://www.oscoda.lib.mi.us


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