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

The Maidens
Survive the Night
Ace of Spades
The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious #4)
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels (Dangerous Damsels, #1)
Hairpin Bridge
Dream Girl
Dead Dead Girls (Harlem Renaissance Mystery #1)
Girl One
A Dark and Secret Place
The Witness for the Dead (The Goblin Emperor, #2)
The Damage
Darling
The Third Grave (Pierce Reed/Nikki Gillette #4)
Bath Haus
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  • The Maidens
    Where the Crawdads Sing
    Golden Girl
    The Silent Patient
    The Guest List
    The President's Daughter
    The Lost Apothecary
    The Venice Sketchbook
    Legacy
    Later
    The Family Upstairs
    One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)
    The Hive
    21st Birthday (Women's Murder Club #21)
    Ocean Prey (Lucas Davenport #31)
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    The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
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    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieOne for the Money by Janet EvanovichThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
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    Escaping Reality by Lisa Renee JonesThe 5th Wave by Rick YanceyReal by Katy EvansBranded by Abi KetnerThe Law of Attraction by N.M. Silber
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    Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
    Gone Girl
    The Girl on the Train
    The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
    The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
    Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
    The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot #1)
    In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)
    The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2)
    A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
    The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
    The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
    The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)

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