Is it just me or are there not that many YA crime novels? Some of my favorite shows are Bones, White Collar, Psych, Monk, etc, and I would love to not just watch shows like those, but also read some novels like the shows. One of my go to authors for spies and con-mans is Ally Carter. She has the Heist Society Series which follows a family of high class thieves, and The Gallagher Girls series which follows Cammie, a spy-in-training destined to become the next legend.
Another author I’ve gone to is Jennifer Lynn Barnes with her The Squad Series (Gov’t OPS/Spies), and her most recent novel, The Naturals, which follows five teenagers with extraordinary talents that help the FBI solve cold cases. There is also these two phenomenal sisters, Lisa and Laura Roecker, who write about secret societies and murder. Lastly, we have Kara Taylor’s debut novel, Prep School Confidential, which is another murder mystery story that takes place within the walls of a high class preparatory.
Apart from the authors I mentioned above, I don’t really know about other crime/secret society novels within YA. This sub genre within YA is not very well known or talked about, which is why I assume there aren’t many books in the genre.
I really wish there were more…. Anyone else think the same thing?
The Talking Bookworm 
I agree! I also love the show Bones, but I don’t think I’ve read a single crime book this year. It’s been entirely too long. It’s weird though, I think, because crime tv shows are soooo popular, you’d think it’d be more popular in YA fiction. Hopefully I’ll find some good crime books in 2014. 🙂
Right?! I feel like it should be more popular, but all the hype os around contemps, paranormal and dystopian novels. I love those but I want some ya crime love too.