Mystery

Mystery fiction is a loosely-defined term that is often used as a synonym of detective fiction — in other words a novel or short story in which a detective (either professional or amateur) solves a crime. The term "mystery fiction" may sometimes be limited to the subset of detective stories in which the emphasis is on the puzzle element and its logical solution (cf. whodunit), as a contrast to hardboiled detective stories which focus on action and gritty realism. However, in more general usage "mystery" may be used to describe any form of crime fiction, even if there is no mystery to be solved ...more

Disappearing Earth
Into the Jungle
Westside
The Missing Season
The Satapur Moonstone (Perveen Mistry, #2)
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Keep This to Yourself
The Clockwork Ghost (York, #2)
Conviction
Missing, Presumed Dead
Bright Burning Stars
The Lovely and the Lost
Living Lies (Harbored Secrets #1)
The Body in the Wake: A Faith Fairchild Mystery
Odd Partners: An Anthology
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    James Rollins

    Author of Map of Bones

    James Rollins is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of international thrillers that have been translated into more than forty languages. Known for unveiling unseen worlds, scientific breakthroughs, and historical secrets, Rollins has a knack for breakneck pacing and stunning originality that has been hailed by critics and embraced by millions of readers around the world.

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    Rabindranath Tagore
    “ Love is an endless mystery, because there is no reasonable cause that could explain it. ”
    ― Rabindranath Tagore

    Henry David Thoreau
    “ We need the tonic of wildness...At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature. ”
    ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Or, Life in the Woods

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