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

Devil House
The Other Family
The Accomplice
Real Easy
The Red Palace
The Fields (Riley Fisher, #1)
The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
A Thousand Steps
Blackout
Hot and Sour Suspects (A Noodle Shop Mystery,#8)
The Storyteller
Her Last Goodbye
The Twyford Code
It Will End Like This
Murder at the Mansions: A 1920s Historical Mystery
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    Quicksilver
    Where the Crawdads Sing
    Death in the Sunshine (Retired Detectives Club, #1)
    Layla
    Apples Never Fall
    The Guest List
    One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)
    A Flicker in the Dark
    These Tangled Vines
    The Lost Apothecary
    Lucky
    The Maidens
    The Stranger in the Lifeboat
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    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)
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