Best YA Mysteries/Thrillers for Adult Readers

UnderlinedFive years ago, Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. Case closed—or so everyone in Fairview believes. But Pip remembers Sal differently. When she reexamines the case for her senior project, she uncovers dark secrets that could prove his innocence. Someone in Fairview wants the truth to stay buried—and the closer Pip gets to uncovering it, the more danger she’s in. Available in deluxe editions! YA should first and foremost always be written for young adults. That doesn’t mean, however, that adults shouldn’t also read YA—even when they’ve crossed into an age where they would never get into a time machine that went back to being a teenager (IYKYK). Part of being a teenager is navigating a changing body and world while being expected to act like an adult, as you’re treated like a child and have yet to fully develop your prefrontal cortex. It’s a lot, and every adult has been through their own unique version of it. The latter makes it especially baffling that so many adults look down on teenagers, and YA books, though maybe at least some of that is due in part to wanting to distance themselves from who they once were as teens. But it’s ...