Teen Crime Fiction

Para el estrafalario Erik Vogler, maniático del orden y la pulcritud, las cosas no podían empezar peor aquellas vacaciones de Semana Santa: en lugar del soñado viaje a Nueva York con su padre, iba a tener que pasar esos días con su abuela. Aun así, ni en su peor pesadilla el obsesivo y temeroso Erik hubiera imaginado que se vería involucrado en los asesinatos en serie que estaban conmoviendo a toda Alemania.

In 1924, 18-year-old college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb made a decision: they would commit the perfect crime by kidnapping and murdering a child they both knew. But they made one crucial error: As they were disposing of the body of young Bobby Franks, whom they had bludgeoned to death, Nathan's eyeglasses fell from his jacket pocket. Multi-award-winning author Candace Fleming depicts every twist and turn of this harrowing case.

Thirteen-year-old Boli and his friends are deep in the middle of a game of marbles. An older boy named Mosca has won the prized Devil's Fire marble. His pals are jealous and want to win it away from him. This is Izayoc, the place of tears, a small pueblo in a tiny valley west of Mexico City where nothing much happens. It's a typical hot Sunday morning except that on the way to church, someone discovers the severed head of Enrique Quintanilla propped on the ledge of one of the cement planters in the plaza, and everything changes.

Evelyn Peters is desperate. Desperate for a way out of McNair Falls, the dying Southern town that's held her captive since the day she was born. Desperate to protect her little sister from her mother's terrifying and abusive boyfriend. And desperate to connect with anyone, even fallen golden boy Ashton Harper, longtime boyfriend of the girl Evelyn can never stop thinking about - beautiful, volatile, tragically dead Reid Brewer. Until a single night sends Evelyn and Ashton on a collision course that starts something neither of them can stop.

Mein Perso? Einkassiert. Meine Adresse? Gefühlt am Allerwertesten der Welt. Mein neuer Name? Nicht so schlimm wie Lieschen Müller, aber fast. Meine Freunde? Futsch, kein Kontakt erlaubt. Und nun? Geh ich halt diesem arroganten Personenschützer auf die Nerven. Süß aussehen tut er ja.

En los lugares más bellos pueden cometerse los asesinatos más deleznables. Cuenta la leyenda del parque del Monasterio de Piedra que este surgió tras una batalla entre ángeles y demonios, una lucha que ganó el bien sobre el mal... hasta la reciente aparición de un cadáver en una de sus grutas. Un asesino y un equipo de investigación de la Guardia Civil revivirán ahora esa contienda en este thriller policíaco ambientado en uno de los lugares más turísticos de la provincia de Zaragoza. ¿Quién vencerá esta vez?

Dues històries, la mateixa nit i una fosca sospita. Dues vides que es creuen de matinada a través de les xarxes. Dos joves que es lliuren a un joc misteriós: compartir somnis, il·lusions i pors, però no la seva identitat. Aviat donaran el pas següent: una cita a cegues. No obstant, trobar-se amb un desconegut sempre comporta riscos. Perquè tothom amaga secrets...

Si bé la trama s’inicia a Bolívia, amb la fugida de Doña Flor Huanaco a Espanya, el pla de venjança d’un poderós narcotraficant es traslladarà als carrers i barris de Madrid. Darrere els seus passos arriben un implacable assassí a sou conegut com a senyor Luna, amb l’encàrrec de matar-la, i el fill del narcotraficant, desitjós d’heretar el seu imperi i, per tant, més perillós fins i tot que el pare.

La cavale d'une hors-la loi avec l'adolescent qu'elle a kidnappé. Lorsqu'une hors-la-loi débarque chez lui et le kidnappe, Garett est terrifié. Pourtant Ab Stenson, cette femme indomptable, est celle qui lui ouvrira les portes d'un avenir moins sombre, loin de son père violent.

Aphra Behn Connolly's family's resort allows few opportunities for her to make friends - much less to meet cute boys. So when a smoldering Seth Mulo arrives with his parents, she's immediately drawn to him. Sure, he's a little bit guarded, and sure, his parents are rather cold, and okay, he won't say a word about his past, but their chemistry is undeniable. Then, a famous rock star's girlfriend turns up dead on the beach - strangled by her own bikini top - and alarm bells sound. Is it too great a coincidence that Seth's family turned up just one day before a murder?

Thea's overprotective parents are about to drive her nuts. They invade her privacy, ask too many questions, and restrict her online time so much that Thea feels she can't do any of the things her friends do. She barely has time to answer her emails! When she discovers a new role-playing game online, Thea breaks the rules by staying up late to play. Soon she's living a double life: on one hand the obedient daughter, on the other a girl slipping deeper into darkness.

School is out in the summer of 1925 in Dayton, Tennessee. For Frances Robinson, a 15-year-old daydreamer with a crush on her teacher, John T. Scopes, summer vacation promises tennis and Coca-Colas from her father's drug store. But when Frances' father, the school board chairman, has Scopes arrested for teaching evolution, the sleepiest place on earth becomes a hotbed for famous thinkers, including H.L. Mencken, Clarence Darrow, and William Jennings Bryan.

Mann is only 13, yet he has already had to deal with more than most go through in a lifetime. His family is still reeling from the tragic shooting death of his little brother, Jason, each person coping with grief in his or her own way.

Die Angst ist noch nicht besiegt: Der Mörder ist noch nicht gefasst und das Dorf ist weiterhin in Aufruhr. Jeder ist potentiell verdächtig und die Polizei arbeitet auf Hochtouren. Die Freundschaft der einstigen Mädchen-Clique droht nach dem furchtbaren Mord zu zerbrechen. Eine der drei Schülerinnen hat einen Verdacht, da sie einen hieb- und stichfesten Beweis in den Händen hält.

Vier Mädchen und ein schreckliches VerbrechenDer erste Teil der spannenden "Dark Village"-Serie! Die vier besten Freundinnen Nora, Benedicte, Trine und Vilde sind gerade in die 10. Klasse gekommen und von der neuen Lehrerin genervt. Viel interessanter ist der geheimnisvolle neue Mitschüler Nick. Doch eine von ihnen wird die nächsten drei Wochen nicht überleben.

Windy Bottom, Georgia, is usually a peaceful place. Coop helps his mom at her café and bookstore, hangs out with his grandpa, and bikes around with his friends Justice and Liberty. The town is full of all kinds of interesting people, but no one has ever caused a problem...until now. And somehow, Gramps is taking all the blame! It seems like there are a lot of secrets that were buried in their small town after all....

The empire rests on the edge of a knife, and sisters Ashyn and Moria are the handle and the blade. Desperate to outmaneuver the evil Alvar Kitsune, whose hold on the people grows stronger every day, Emperor Tatsu begs Moria to put aside past grievances and ally with Gavril - at least long enough to make an attempt on Alvar's life.

Lex, a teenage Grim Reaper, has the power to damn souls - and it’s getting out of control. Her boyfriend, Driggs, is dead - sort of. She’s a fugitive, on the run from the maniacal new mayor of Croak and the townspeople who want to see her pay the price for her misdeeds. Uncle Mort rounds up the Junior Grims to flee Croak once again, but this time they’re joined by Grotton, the most powerful Grim of all time. Their new mission is clear: Fix his mistakes, or the Afterlife will cease to exist, along with all the souls in it.

Two days before the start of her junior year, 17-year-old Janelle Tenner is hit by a pickup truck and killed - as in blinding light, scenes of her life flashing before her, and then nothing. Except the next thing she knows, she's opening her eyes to find Ben Michaels, a loner from her high school whom Janelle has never talked to, leaning over her. And even though it isn't possible, she knows - with every fiber of her being - that Ben has somehow brought her back to life.

Tucked away, deep in the woods, Brunesfield Correctional Facility's cold walls and empty hallways keep dangerous girls away from the world...girls like Angela Davis, whose fate was determined by one bad decision. After a few years in juvie, Angela is finally close to her release, but everything changes the day a new warden with dark plans takes over.