School Thrillers

A story that tugs at the heartstrings...Thirteen-year-old Katie is new to her Missouri town, living alone with a stern, inaccessible father following her mother’s death. Unable to fit in at school, she forges alliances where she can: With her housekeeper, with a pimply fellow misfit named Cynthia, and with the gorgeous Taylor, who gets her kicks out of shoplifting. Most frustrating of all is Katie’s imperfect friendship with the proprietor of a local gas station, a handsome twenty-three-year-old who shares her love of checkers but doesn’t return her crush.

Cooking is nourishing. Murder isn't. Kelly and her husband, Sheriff Mike, take a belated honeymoon and travel to a cooking school at the Castello di Nardo in Tuscany. The day after they arrive, they discover that Signora Nardo, the owner of the cooking school, has been murdered. The Signora had her share of people who would like to see the first lady of the castle dead, including her brother, Salvadore, her lover, Giovanni, her lover's wife, Angelica, the Signora's husband, a rival cooking school owner, and her sister-in-law, who happens to be the resident chef at the cooking school.

In a few short terms since joining the exclusive Cimmeria Academy, Allie Sheridan has been kidnapped, fallen in love - twice, and become a pawn in an international power struggle. After months on the run, Allie returns to find the school in turmoil. The atmosphere is thick with danger. Overshadowing it all is Nathaniel. He is close - very close - to getting everything he wants. A secret civil war is tearing the British political elite apart. And Allie’s family is in the thick of it. Both sides want her.

Raine Campbell and her friends arrive to team up with another school to tackle the Magical Multitudes Project, ready for a little fun during the school break. But the island is full of secrets and creatures not normally found on Earth. And the island doesn’t stay quiet for long. Earthquakes plague the area, and Raine even thinks she sees other people on the island - people who aren’t supposed to be there. When the students find a dead creature, they finally know for certain - there’s trouble on the island.

Where the food is delicious, the people are nosy, and murder is always on the menu. Delaney Dodge has it all. Her bakery is thriving. She teaches baking lessons at night. She's landed a big deal with a New York publisher for a cookbook. And the most eligible bachelor in town can't stop flirting with her. But all of this is threatened when Delaney finds a dead body early one cold January morning. The most respected businessman in town has been murdered, and the evidence points to one of Delaney's oldest and dearest friends.

Als Mary erachter komt dat haar dochter Susan haar jongste kind niet van de crèche heeft opgehaald en ook de rest van de avond niets van zich laat horen, wordt ze ongerust. Susan houdt zielsveel van haar drie kinderen en zou ze nooit de rug toekeren. Nog diezelfde avond belt Mary de politie. Inspecteur Gina Harte denkt aanvankelijk aan een standaard vermissingszaak, maar als er aan de rand van het stadje Cleevesford een vermoorde man wordt gevonden, blijkt niets minder waar. Het slachtoffer heeft een connectie met Susan en de verlammende vraag rijst of zij het volgende slachtoffer zal zijn.

Ariana has a problem. Arachnophobia. This abnormal fear of spiders - big, little, any kind of spider - keeps her from living the life she wants to live. But then, Bobby Daniels appears in her life with a solution. He runs a spider school for people just like her. People who want to take control of their lives. People who want to laugh at their fears. Ariana, after much negative introspect, embraces the idea of the school - and Bobby Daniels. She is determined to rid herself of the dreaded phobia. But there is something sinister about the school. And it just may be too late for Ariana to kick the spider habit.

In desperation, Holmes is asked to rescue the kidnapped only son of the Duke of Holdernesse. Motivated by greed and jealousy, the criminal in this classic Sherlock Holmes mystery causes a far greater tragedy than mere kidnapping.

Emmy and her friends have been kept after school before - but never this late. The sky has turned to night. The school is dark and empty. Has everyone forgotten about them? The terror gets intense as they begin to wonder if they have been locked in school forever!

This is a story from The Return of Sherlock Holmes II collection.

Have you seen this girl? When 14-year-old Poppy vanishes on a family boating trip, suspicion soon turns close to home - to the two people who should do everything to keep her safe: her parents, Kit and Neve. Neve has a secret. Kit is lying. Everyone is watching. Who do you believe?

Graduation is right around the corner, which means finals, long good-byes, and difficult decisions about the future. But Alison and friends have to make it to graduation first. Easier said than done, especially when the consequences of saving Christie’s mom come home to roost. Dead animals are discovered. Magic is stolen. And someone, or something, targets the local shifter pack.

The Florida State reform school, notorious for its abuses, is now in the headlines for more than just abusing its guests. Bodies are being discovered and the deaths are referred to as being the most brutal killings of the century. This is mainly because the boys were young and some innocent. Not everyone that stayed at the Dozier school was guilty of a crime but rather simply had nowhere else to go.

Want to know what it's like when a quiet romantic dinner ends in murder? Ace reporter Colin Crampton and his feisty girlfriend Shirley Goldsmith are tucking into their meal when Shirley discovers more blood on her rare steak than she'd expected. And once again, Colin is on the trail of a big story that can only end in more murder. Colin reckons he's cracked the story when he uncovers a plot involving a sinister figure from the past. A tango academy seems to lie at the heart of the conspiracy.

Many years ago, Tom Stevenson was a soldier and became one of the founding members of a secret program called Project: Hercules. Now, he has returned to where it all started, an abandoned military base out on Long Island called Camp Hero. While exploring the old base, he discovers the base is not as abandoned as one would believe. Project: Hercules is still up and running with deadly results.

Set in 1840’s Hawaii, the Ghost of Queen Liliuokalani forces modern-day lovers to time travel and view damaging residential school she attended with other high ranking children who became actual monarchs of Hawaii.

When Jolie Gentil's parents leave her with Aunt Madge for her junior year so they can "work things out" in their marriage, she's angry. She knows no one at Ocean Alley High School. Some kids snub her, but she makes friends with irreverent Scoobie. He's quirky and fun, but he's skipped school and smoked pot in the past, so people avoid him.You've met Jolie and Scoobie as crime-solving adults. Check out their high school friendship.

Стася привыкла держать свои чувства и эмоции под контролем, ведь у нее за плечами суровое воспитание в княжеской семье и первый курс магической академии. В новой школе ей пришлось нелегко, но первый семестр подошел к концу, впереди каникулы…. и переживут их не все.

Após meses procurando trabalho, Harold Weld finalmente encontra um cargo na Lea House Academy. Mas há uma estranha exigência: o professor que aceitar o cargo deve ter um bom temperamento imperturbável. Harold aceita prontamente, mas fica bastante curioso quando descobre que os professores anteriores fugiram da escola tão rapidamente que nem sequer voltaram para buscar seus salários... Quais mistérios se escondem entre os muros dessa escola?

The distraught head of an elite boarding school hires Holmes and Watson to investigate the sensitive disappearance of the young heir of a local nobleman. Searching in the fields surrounding the school, they make a grisly discovery - the dead body of one of the boy’s teachers. Sensing the growing danger to the young boy and suspecting the interference of the duke’s secretary, Holmes and Watson question the duke himself, who reveals a shocking detail to them.