Mystery

The mystery genre is a genre of fiction that follows a crime (like a murder or a disappearance) from the moment it is committed to the moment it is solved. Mystery novels are often called “whodunnits” because they turn the reader into a detective trying to figure out the who, what, when, and how of a particular crime. Most mysteries feature a detective or private eye solving a case as the central character.

Everyone in This Bank Is a Thief (Ernest Cunningham, #4)
Stakeouts and Strollers
The Dreadfuls
The Best Little Motel in Texas
A Bad, Bad Place
The Survivor
A Ghastly Catastrophe (Veronica Speedwell, #10)
Young World
Hunting the Strange
The Plans I Have for You
Most Likely to Murder
Ruby Falls
The Pie & Mash Detective Agency
A Lie for a Lie
A Deadly Inheritance
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    Richard P. Feynman
    I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. I have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees of uncertainty about different things, but I am not absolutely sure of anything and there are many things I don't know anything about, such as whether it means anything to ask why we're here. I don't have to know an answer. I don't feel frightened not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without any purpose, whic ...more
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