Author
Tiffany D. Jackson
6 books here
The Scammer
Middle grade · ages 10–14 · 750L
Jackson's tightest middle-grade mystery—a con-artist thriller that treats a working-class Black girl's survival ingenuity as intelligence, not villainy, while genuinely earning its moral complexity.
Ghost in the Night
Young adult · ages 14–18 · 820L
Tiffany Jackson's tight, atmospheric mystery that doesn't shy from racial trauma or the cost of family secrets; compelling for strong teen readers ready for real stakes.
Grown
Young adult · ages 14–18 · 820L · 2020
Smart, urgent portrait of a Black teen commodified by the influencer economy; Jackson nails the mechanics of online cruelty and the cost of visibility, though the plot occasionally pivots toward thriller beats that distract from the character work.
Blood in the Water
Middle grade · ages 10–14 · 800L · 2025
A taut mystery about how fast lies travel in a community — Jackson doesn't let anyone off easy, including the reader, and the protagonist's voice stays sharp under real pressure.
Monday's Not Coming
Young adult · ages 14–18 · 800L · 2018
A devastating, structurally brilliant missing-person mystery that interrogates friendship, privilege, and complicity—Jackson refuses easy answers and trusts teens to sit with moral ambiguity.
The Weight of Blood
Young adult · ages 14–18 · 820L · 2022
A sharp, unsettling mystery that uses the death of a white girl to examine how race and class make some girls' lives matter more — darker and more structurally ambitious than most YA thriller-mysteries.