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Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When her high-achieving fifteen-year-old daughter Amelia supposedly commits suicide after she is caught cheating, litigation lawyer and single mother Kate Baron, leveled by grief, must reconstruct the pieces of Amelia's life to find the truth and vindicate the memory of the daughter whose life she could not save.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A gothic-infused debut of literary suspense, set within a secluded, elite university and following a dangerously curious, rebellious undergraduate who uncovers a shocking secret about an exclusive circle of students... and the dark truth beneath her school's promise of prestige.
4) Legacies
Author
Series
Shadow grail volume 1
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After her family is killed, Spirit White is taken to Oakhurst Academy, a combination orphanage and school for those with magical powers, where she and her new friends investigate when students start mysteriously disappearing.
Author
Series
Lancaster Prep volume 4
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Weston Fontaine is the hottest senior at Lancaster Prep. He could have any girl on campus, except for one. Me. I'm a Lancaster, meaning I'm basically untouchable--or so I thought. It's my family who owns this God forsaken private school that I don't want to attend. But according to my parents, I have to endure my senior year at Lancaster Prep before I can return to what I love the most: ballet. West doesn't make my time here easy. He's arrogant. Crude....
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When young Charlie Boykin gains entry into the wealthy society of the most exclusive part of Nashville, he falls under its spell. But he soon learns what he'd have to give up in return in this novel that asks why we envy and worship a class of people that so often exhibits the worst excesses"--
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In the halls of Newport Academy, a unique private school that has attracted generations of rebels, outcasts, and visionaries, a poignant and unforgettable lesson in the eternal truths of sisterhood is about to begin for Maggie Shaw, her fourteen-year-old daughter Beck, and her sixteen-year-old son Travis.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When an anonymous neighborhood forum gets hacked, the darkest secrets of New York's wealthiest residents come to light--including some worth killing for--in this gripping suspense novel from the author of Just One Look. It was all confidential. Right up to the moment when it wasn't. UrbanMyth: It was lauded as an alternative to the performative, show-your-best-self platforms--an anonymous discussion board grouped by zip code. The residents of Manhattan's...
12) The lying club
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"At an elite private school nestled in the Colorado mountains, Natalie, an office assistant, dreams of having a life like the school moms she deals with every day. Women like Brooke--a gorgeous heiress, ferociously loving mother and serial cheater--and Asha, an overprotective mom who suspects her husband of having an affair. Their fates are bound by the handsome assistant athletic director Nicholas, whom Natalie loves, Brooke wants and Asha needs....
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"[A] thriller about a calculating teacher in a privileged private school who knows he has the power to make or break your kid's future ... and he uses it ... Teddy Crutcher has just won Teacher of the Year at the prestigious Belmont Academy, home to the best and brightest. He says his wife couldn't be more proud--though no one has seen her in a while. But Teddy can't be bothered with any of the rumors and the recent string of murders on campus. His...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The murder of a small-time drug dealer snowballs into the most complex case ever faced by Joe Gunther and his VBI team. It is said a bright and clear bomber's moon is the best asset to finding one's target. But beware what you wish for: What you can see at night can also see you. Often with dire consequences. Bomber's Moon is Archer Mayor's latest entry in the Joe Gunther series and it may just be his best yet. Two young women form the heart of this...
Author
Series
Alex Cross novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
He had always wanted to be famous. When he kidnapped two well-known rich kids it was headline news. Then one of them was found--dead. For such a high-profile case, they needed Alex Cross, police psychologist, and Jezzie Flanagan, a Secret Service agent, and even they were no match for the killer.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Thanks to the manipulations of those in the broadcast room, Nene and Sumire find themselves trapped once more in No. 6’s boundary. While Hanako-kun isn’t there to help them escape this time, they aren’t alone--No. 6 himself is there as well! Sumire is thrilled to be reunited with her beloved after so many years, and with No. 6 having come to terms with his feelings at long last, perhaps they have a chance to change how they left things..."--Back...
19) Bloodlines
Author
Series
Bloodlines (Richelle Mead) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
When alchemist Sydney is ordered into hiding to protect the life of Moroi princess Jill Dragomir, the last place she expects to be sent is a human private school in Palm Springs, California. But at their new school, the drama is only just beginning.
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