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.

Don't Let the Forest In
Killer House Party
Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret (Ernest Cunningham, #3)
A New Lease on Death (Supernatural Mysteries, #1)
The Treasure Hunters Club
Strange Beasts
I'll Be Waiting
A Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching a Killer (S.C.Y.T.H.E. Mystery, #1)
The Debutantes
I Did Something Bad
Exposure (Rita Todacheene, #2)
The Specimen
Two Good Men
You Better Watch Out
The Undercurrent
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    Blood Betrayal (Blackwater Falls, #2)
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    Eight Very Bad Nights: A Collection of Hanukkah Noir
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    The Cinnamon Bun Bookstore (Dream Harbor, #2)
    The Guest List
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    The Paris Apartment
    A Flicker in the Dark
    Ushers
    Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker #3)
    The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1)
    The Amendment (The Arrangement, #2)
    The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1)
    The Silent Watcher (Vegas Shadows #1)
    The Reappearance of Rachel Price
    The Lost Apothecary
    Apples Never Fall
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    Best Cozy Mystery Series
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    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
    Gone Girl
    The Girl on the Train
    The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
    The Silent Patient
    The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
    One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)
    The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)
    The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
    The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
    The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
    Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
    The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)

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