Hair-Raising Horror Mystery and Suspense
Discover hair-raising horror, mystery, and suspense in this curated book list. From John Grisham's legal thriller *A Time to Kill* to Arthur Conan Doyle's *The Hound of the Baskervilles*, explore gripping YA and juvenile fiction by Carol Plum-Ucci, Lois Duncan, and Robert Cormier, blending eerie plots with edge-of-your-seat tension.
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The Body of Christopher Creed
by Carol Plum-Ucci
When Christopher Creed, the class freak and whipping boy, suddenly disappears without a trace, everyone speculates on what could have happened to him. Soon fingers begin pointing, and several lives are changed forever.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle
When Sir Charles Baskerville is found mysteriously dead, Sherlock Holmes looks into the case.
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Don't Look Behind You
by Lois Duncan
Seventeen-year-old April finds her comfortable life changed forever when death threats to her father, a witness in a federal case, force her family to go into hiding under assumed names and flee the pursuit of a hired killer. Reissue.
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Heroes
by Robert Cormier
Francis Joseph Cassavant is eighteen. He has just returned home from the Second World War, and he has no face. He does have a gun and a mission: to murder his childhood hero. Francis lost most of his face when he fell on a grenade in France. He received the Silver Star for bravery, but was it really an act of heroism? Now, having survived, he is looking for a man he once admired and respected, a man adored by many people, a man who also received a Silver Star for bravery. A man who destroyed Francis's life. Francis lost most of his face when he fell on a grenade in France. He received the Silver Star for bravery, but was it really an act of heroism? Now, having survived, he is looking for a man he once admired and respected, a man adored by many people, a man who also received a Silver Star for bravery. A man who destroyed Francis's life. -->
