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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    Rock Paper Scissors
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    You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone
    A Flicker in the Dark
    As Far as She Knew
    The Paris Apartment
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    The Reappearance of Rachel Price
    Go Gentle
    A Fatal Delivery
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    Captivation Creek (The Haven Brothers, #5)
    All Good People Here
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    And Then There Were None
    Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
    Gone Girl
    The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
    A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
    The Girl on the Train
    The Silent Patient
    The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
    The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
    The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
    The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)
    One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)
    The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
    The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
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