School Thrillers

When seventh-grade teacher Mildred Pinkerton is found dead before first period, it's another headache for St. Polycarp's beleaguered principal, Father Felix. Especially when two teachers suspect Mildred was murdered. They've got an empty bottle of pills and a motive: Miss Pinkerton was suspicious of something - or someone - rotten at the school. The victim had requested a meeting to discuss an important matter. Instead, she ended up face down in her morning coffee. Searching for clues, Julia Hopwood and Amelia Johnston try to connect a series of strange events.

First published in 1911, A School Story is a classic paranormal tale written by M. R. James, an author considered to be the originator of the modern-age ghost story. In this particularly story, a Latin teacher is troubled by unusual phrases from the dead language that start to show up among the work he sets his students; something about the phrases remind him of a dark secret from his past.

Everyone has their own version of what happened to the school that day: The survivor, who escaped but is now trapped in a lie. The newspapers, hellbent on turning a tragedy into a spectacle. And the outsider, who claims it never really happened at all… They all want the truth. But who’s ready to face it? As events spiral out of control and conspiracies ignite, the true story is revealed. Piece by shocking piece.

Eleanor Jones has just started at her ninth high school in less than five years. Since she and her mum are always moving on, Eleanor likes to stay on the outer, to stay invisible. So maybe it's just bad luck that the very first person she talks to at Cooinda Secondary College, Angus Marshall, is stabbed and left for dead the same day. The last message on Angus's phone is from Eleanor Jones.

Habitual teenage delinquent Wayne Banstead is expelled from yet another school. He finds himself hauled off to Gafin School for Misdirected Boys, a "special school" for "special children".

En Colegio Maldito I, Gabriel Korenfeld explora el mundo de los estudiantes secundarios y los pone en evidencia en sus cuentos. Los cuentos tienen como tema el amor, la venganza, la vida y la muerte. Esta primera parte de Colegio Maldito conduce a los lectores hasta el misterioso y escalofriante cuarto 15/60, les hará sentir el frío del laboratorio, quedarán hipnotizados con la melodía del tiempo y los elevará por venganza hasta la angosta cornisa de la terraza de la escuela. Será como pasear en una montaña rusa dentro de un colegio, pero con el carrito a punto de descarrilar.

يتلقى شيرلوك هولمز زيارة من الدكتور ثورنيكروفت هوستابل، مؤسس ومدير مدرسة بريوري الإعدادية بشمال إنجلترا. يرجوه أن يعود معه إلى ماكليتون للتحقيق في اختفاء أحد تلاميذه، اللورد سالتير ذو العشر سنوات، ابن الدوق هولدرنس صاحب الثراء والشهرة الواسعة.

Don’t trust anyone, not even yourself…. You think you know someone pretty well, until you’re awoken in the middle of the night to the sound of unfamiliar voices and realize your sister’s being swept away by some supernatural creatures who climb in and out of windows and leap from two-story houses like it’s nothing. My parents tried to tell me everything was fine, but when Cadence finally did come back from wherever they’d taken her, I knew there was something unusual about my older sister. Now, her best friend is dead. Her ex-boyfriend is acting bizarre. And I’m afraid I might...

One life begins with a careless mistake . . . another ends in coldblooded murder.After losing his father in a tragic accident, 16-year-old Zachary Miller finds a brief escape from his pain in a one-night stand with Karissa—a perfect stranger. Four months later, she shows up at his door, pregnant with his baby. Zachary promises Karissa that he'll take responsibility and even allows her to move in, much to his mother's displeasure, but Karissa is not satisfied. The beyond clingy teenager starts to take control of every aspect of Zachary's life, driving a wedge between him and the people ...

An urgent phone call from principal/friend Antonio Petrocelli sends retired music teacher Susan Wiles rushing through the doors of Westbrook Middle School, where she discovers a missing bookkeeper and a ransacked office. Eager to keep the break-in quiet, the principal enlists her help.

Flying in the middle seat can literally be murder. Upon landing in Westbrook, Susan Wiles and new friend Valerie Holmes discover the man sitting between them is dead, presumably from a heart attack. Of course, Susan notices his blue lips and the snack spilled out onto the floor.

Greer has just recovered from her terrifying experience during the S.T.A.G.S. play. Was she really put on trial by the sinister Dark Order of the Grand Stag? Or was it purely her overheated imagination? The imprint of an M for murderer that has appeared on her thumb, though, is puzzling but incomplete evidence.... Meanwhile Ty is staying on at Longcross Manor and Greer, Nel and Shafeen are increasingly worried for her safety. When Ty sends a cryptic message directing them to Cumberland Place, the de Warlencourts' palatial home in London, they decide to risk a visit.

El colegio Priory es una de las escuelas más exclusivas de Inglaterra y tiene entre sus alumnos a los hijos de los personajes públicos más importantes del momento. Cuando el hijo de un conocido miembro de la sociedad británica desaparece, el director del colegio recurre a los servicios de Sherlock Holmes para intentar localizar al niño. En este extraño suceso las manifestaciones de ambición, los deseos de venganza y los sentimientos de culpa, se van a combinar para convertirse en los protagonistas de esta original aventura.

Endlich: Allie ist jetzt ein vollwertiges Mitglied der geheimnisvollen "Night School". Dort erhält sie nicht nur ein unglaublich hartes Training...

Sixteen-year-old Devon Mackintosh has always felt like an outsider at Keaton, the prestigious California boarding school perched above the Pacific. As long as she's not fitting in, Devon figures she might as well pad her application to Stanford's psych program. So junior year, she decides to become a peer counselor, a de facto therapist for students in crisis. At first, it seems like it will be an easy fly-on-the-wall gig, but her expectations are turned upside down when Jason Hutchins commits suicide.

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.

Motivated by greed and jealousy, the criminal in this classic Sherlock Holmes mystery "The Adventure of the Priory School" aims to kidnap a young lord—but causes a far greater tragedy. This story is read by a true master, Edward Hardwicke, a talented actor who plays Sherlock Holmes's associate, Dr. Watson, in the popular PBS series Mystery!

Father Felix, head master and parish priest at St. Polycarp Church and School is on his way to Palermo, Sicily, with a wild bunch of teenage girls from St. Hilda's school. He is sharing chaperone duties with Amelia Johnston and Julia Hopwood, both teachers at St. Polycarp and incorrigible amateur detectives, or snoopy busybodies in father Felix's mind, who credit themselves with solving the recent murder of Ms. Pinkerton at St. Polycarp School. Ms. Johnston and Ms. Hopwood think their trip is just an exciting week away during the long summer break.

Ellie, a 30-year-old college professor, decides to purchase and renovate an old schoolhouse in the country. Despite the constant disapproval from her nagging mother, she is ready for the peace and the solitude of country living. Ellie instead finds her new home to have some unwelcome, paranormal guests. After a terrifying couple of nights, that she tries, but logically cannot explain, she enlists the help of her twin brother, Gauge. Ellie and Gauge turn to the university where they are both employed, and find a small Paranormal Psychology Department.

When one of their own is tragically killed in a car crash, Argyle Prep is full of questions. Who was at the wheel? And more importantly, who was at fault? But in a place ruled by pedigree and privilege, the answers can only come at a price. Set against the glitz and glamour of an elite LA private school, Melissa de la Cruz's first YA thriller is an addictive whodunit perfect for fans of Gossip Girl and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.