<div dir="ltr">Cathy,<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>You can always go to Novelist Plus via MEL and get a good list of mysteries for older readers.</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2" color="#000000"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Linda Smith</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><i>she/her/hers</i><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Teen Services Coordinator</span><br><font style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size="1"> </font>  Traverse Area District Library</font><br><font style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">   610 Woodmere Ave.</font><br><font style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">   Traverse City MI, 49686</font><br></font></div><font color="#000000"><font style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">   231-932-8500 ext. 270</font><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><font style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">   </font><a href="http://www.tadl.org/" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" target="_blank">www.tadl.org</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 10:18 AM Cathy Campbell via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_-6248136589941066566WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">These are my go-to series: <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Young (Teenage) Sherlock Holmes series by Andrew Lane is good.  First book is <i>Death Cloud.<u></u><u></u></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Teen James Bond series by Charles Higson.  <i>Silverfin</i> is first, I think.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Good luck.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Cathy <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Cathy Campbell<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Youth Services<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Otsego County Library<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="mailto:youthservices@otsego.org" target="_blank">youthservices@otsego.org</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">989-732-5841<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(181,196,223);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> Michlib-l [mailto:<a href="mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Steven K. Bowers via Michlib-l<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 02, 2020 7:42 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:director@oscoda.lib.mi.us" target="_blank">director@oscoda.lib.mi.us</a>; Oscoda County Library<br><b>Cc:</b> MichLib-L Listserv<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Michlib-l] Mystery titles<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">There was a good piece on the Alex Rider books series the other day on NPR:<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/11/18/9361764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