[CASL-L] FW: book recommenadtions

[Nancy Carlson]

I would second the thought of April Henry. My student really liked *The
Night She Disappeared*.
The other one I would suggest is *Ten* by Gretchen McNeil. I also agree
with the suggestion of
*One Of Us is Lying*.

Nancy M. Carlson
Farmington High School
Farmington, CT  06032
carlsonn at fpsct.org
FHS Library website www.fpsct.org/fhslibrary
Twitter @FHSbooklovers
Currently reading * Small Great Things *by Jodi Picoult
Currently listening to *Salt to the Sea by Ruth Sepetys*

On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 6:43 PM, H Jordan <jordans28 at cox.net> wrote:

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> These recommendations come from a well-read mystery reader. He is not an
> educator, but I think there are some interesting ideas.
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>     Twelfth graders at middle school reading level?  I hope these
> suggestions aren't too challenging.  I was reading very adult mysteries
> (and other books) by this age.  Here's my best shot!
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>     I suggest the following:   (* are my best picks)
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> *Classic *
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> *The Moonstone *by Wilkie Collins (lengthier, but clearly written)
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> **The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes *by Arthur Conan Doyle (clear prose,
> occasional anachronisms)
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> **The Hound of the Baskervilles *by Arthur Conan Doyle (ditto)
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> *The Maltese Falcon *by Dashiell Hammett
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> *Murder on the Orient Express *by Agatha Christie (about to be released
> as a new film)
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> *Police Procedural*
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> *The Black Echo *by Michael Connelly (the first in a long series)
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> *Easy to Read*
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> **The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches *by Alan Bradley (and the rest of the
> series, a precocious girl detective)
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> *Diversity*
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> **The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency *by Alexander McCall Smith
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> *Devil in a Blue Dress *by Walter Mosley (Mature)
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> *Private Eye*
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> *A is for Alibi *by Sue Grafton (and the rest of the series, a female PI,
> B and C are even better)
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> **The Promised Land *by Robert B. Parker, and the rest of the series
> about Spenser, good macho but sensitive politically correct reading)
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> *The Big Sleep *by Raymond Chandler
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> *Modern and Digital*
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> *Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore* by Robin Sloan (a cyber mystery about
> the difference between digital and print books)
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> *Graphic Novel (Mature)*
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> *The Watchmen *by Alan Moore (who killed the superhero, The Comedian?)
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> *Sin City *by Frank Miller (noir)
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> Mysteriously yours,
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> Andy Tranquilli
>
> Murder by the Book Mystery Book Group
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