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

You'll Be the Death of Me
All Her Little Secrets
These Silent Woods
Comfort Me with Apples
Hello, Transcriber
Autopsy (Kay Scarpetta, #25)
The Hidden
Miss Moriarty, I Presume? (Lady Sherlock, #6)
An Heiress's Guide to Deception and Desire (A Lady's Guide, #2)
Nanny Dearest
Year of the Reaper
All the Queen's Men
A Blizzard of Polar Bears (Alex Carter, #2)
The Pilot's Daughter
Do I Know You?
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    Bake, Borrow, and Steal (A Bakeshop Mystery, #14)
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