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 Burning Library
Haven't Killed in Years
Innocence Road
Made You Look
The Devil in Oxford (Ruby Vaughn, #3)
The Botanist's Assistant
At Midnight Comes the Cry (The Rev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries Series, #10)
I'll Make a Spectacle of You
Death and Dinuguan (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #6)
The Secret Astronomers
The Queen Who Came in From the Cold (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates #5)
Revenge, Served Royal (Lady Petra Inquires, #3)
Girls Who Play Dead
The Ivory City
Murder at Donwell Abbey (An Emma Knightley Mystery)
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    The Case of the Missing Maid (Harriet Morrow Investigates)
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  • The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2)
    The Guest List
    The River Is Waiting
    Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)
    Rock Paper Scissors
    The Mad Wife
    The Black Wolf (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #20)
    Best Offer Wins
    The Paris Apartment
    The Fix
    The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1)
    Call Me Anytime (The Protectors #1)
    A Flicker in the Dark
    The Restoration Garden
    The Reappearance of Rachel Price
    The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
    Thrillers You Must Read!
    4,709 books — 6,525 voters
    And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonDeath on the Nile by Agatha Christie
    Best Detective/Mystery Series
    2,201 books — 2,284 voters

    The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonAngels & Demons by Dan    Brown
    Thrillers
    4,594 books — 5,588 voters
    And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieGone Girl by Gillian FlynnHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboShutter Island by Dennis Lehane
    Best Twists
    8,338 books — 8,948 voters

    Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëRebecca by Daphne du MaurierDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
    Best Gothic Books of All Time
    582 books — 3,496 voters
    Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha ChristieChocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne FlukeThe Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha ChristieThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
    Best Cozy Mystery Series
    2,512 books — 2,672 voters

    And Then There Were None
    Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
    Gone Girl
    The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
    A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
    The Girl on the Train
    The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
    The Silent Patient
    The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
    The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
    The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)
    One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)
    The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
    The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
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