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.

The Mayor of Maxwell Street
The Clinic
The House of Last Resort
Rabbit Hole
The Invocations
Where You End
The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
The Search Party
One of the Good Guys
The Woman on the Ledge
Northwoods
The Busy Body
These Deadly Prophecies
The Night of the Storm
The Excitements
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    Last Night
    The Bad Weather Friend
    A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
    The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1)
    The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1)
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    The Berry Pickers
    Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)
    The Guest List
    A Flicker in the Dark
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    The Amish Wife
    All Good People Here
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    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
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    The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
    A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
    The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
    The Silent Patient
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    The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
    The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
    Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
    The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
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