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.

Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel
The French Illusion (The French Illusion, #1)
Bodies of Magic
Hawk & Sparrow
Mazywood
Nightjars
The Sisters of Crimson House
The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies (The Oxford Guide #1)
I Am the Monster Under the Bed
The Velvet Knife (Truly Devious, #6)
Beyond the Graves Waits Mist and Sea
A Map to Murder (The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco Mysteries, 3)
The Mystic and the Missing Girl
A Killer for Christmas
Wildwood
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    Hollow Bones
    Rock Paper Scissors
    The Secrets We Hide (North Falls, #2)
    The Perfect Divorce (Perfect, #2)
    The Back Bedroom: A True Story of Exorcism and Murder
    Dead Beat (Ninth House Trilogy, #3)
    Daybreak (Sorrowsong University, #2)
    The Paris Apartment
    Warm Bodies
    The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1)
    Apples Never Fall
    Ironwood (Catalina, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #42)
    A Flicker in the Dark
    The Lost Apothecary
    A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K.  RitzThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
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    A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Tiger's Eye by Scott B DelaneyMurder on Family Grounds by Susan  RowlandHidden Pictures by Jason RekulakThose Empty Eyes by Charlie Donlea
    Beach Reads - Mysteries & Thrillers
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    The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
    Best Literary Mysteries
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    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
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    Best Cozy Mystery Series
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    And Then There Were None
    Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
    A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
    Gone Girl
    The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
    The Girl on the Train
    The Silent Patient
    The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
    The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
    The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #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)
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