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Best Mystery Books

Mystery and detective fiction

2,086 summaries

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  1. The Last Time I Lied

    Riley Sager

    ★ 4.1 (65k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Fifteen years after her friends vanished from a summer camp, an artist returns to the grounds as an instructor, unearthing a web of lies and clues that threaten to expose the camp's dark secrets and put her life at risk.

  2. Faceless Killers

    Henning Mankell

    ★ 3.8 (64k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A small-town Swedish detective, battling personal demons, must navigate a rising tide of xenophobia and a brutal double murder triggered by a dying whisper to catch the 'faceless killers' before his community implodes.

  3. The Litigators

    John Grisham

    ★ 3.8 (64k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Two down-on-their-luck lawyers and a burned-out associate stumble into a potentially lucrative class-action lawsuit against a pharmaceutical giant, hoping to strike it rich without ever stepping foot in a courtroom.

  4. Sadie

    Courtney Summers

    ★ 4.1 (64k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    After her younger sister is brutally murdered, Sadie seeks vengeance, leaving clues for a podcast host to follow through rural America.

  5. The Black Ice

    Michael Connelly

    ★ 4.1 (63k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    When a detective's apparent suicide unravels into a series of murders from Hollywood to Mexico, Harry Bosch must navigate a deadly game where the truth is as elusive as 'black ice'.

  6. The Midnight Line

    Lee Child

    ★ 4.1 (63k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    An ex-military drifter finds a woman's West Point ring in a pawn shop. His quest to return it uncovers a criminal conspiracy in the American Midwest.

  7. The Silent Sister

    Diane Chamberlain

    ★ 4.0 (63k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    When a woman discovers her presumed-dead sister is alive and living under a new identity, she unravels a twenty-year-old family conspiracy that forces her to question everything she thought she knew about her past.

  8. The Secret Place

    Tana French

    ★ 3.9 (63k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A cryptic note from a boarding school girl thrusts two detectives into the insular, venomous world of teenage cliques to unravel a year-old murder, revealing that the secrets of adolescence can be as deadly as any adult crime.

  9. Brother Odd

    Dean Koontz

    ★ 4.0 (62k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In an isolated monastery, psychic Odd Thomas seeks solace from a lost love, only to find himself stalked by sinister, death-heralding specters and an ancient, inexorable adversary threatening innocent children.

  10. The Cask of Amontillado

    Edgar Allan Poe

    ★ 4.1 (62k) average on Goodreads

    A connoisseur's pride becomes his tomb as a vengeful friend lures him into catacombs with the promise of a rare vintage, only to entomb him alive.

  11. Notorious Nineteen

    Janet Evanovich

    ★ 3.9 (62k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum navigates vanishing felons, a sassy grandma undercover in assisted living, and a dangerous double-duty guarding her enigmatic mentor, all while trying to solve a Trenton mystery and avoid an excess of taffeta.

  12. The Associate

    John Grisham

    ★ 3.7 (62k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A brilliant Yale Law graduate is blackmailed into infiltrating a cutthroat corporate law firm, where he must lie, steal, and navigate a deadly conspiracy to protect a dark secret from his past.

  13. The Obsession

    Nora Roberts

    ★ 4.2 (62k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A woman who escaped her serial killer father's legacy finds new love and a fragile peace, only for his dark past to resurface, threatening to shatter her carefully built world once more.

  14. Bunnicula

    Deborah Howe

    ★ 3.9 (62k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A suspicious cat and his loyal dog companion must uncover the truth about their new, fanged bunny housemate before his nocturnal, vegetable-draining habits turn their home into a produce-less wasteland.

  15. The New York Trilogy

    Paul Auster

    ★ 3.9 (62k) average on Goodreads

    In New York City, a detective's search for a missing person turns into an investigation of identity, coincidence, and existence.

  16. Factotum

    Charles Bukowski

    ★ 3.9 (61k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Henry Chinaski, a defiant, drunken poet, stumbles through WWII-era America, leaving a trail of broken jobs and sordid encounters.

  17. The Hazel Wood

    Melissa Albert

    ★ 3.6 (61k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A nomadic teen, haunted by bad luck, must enter the sinister world of her reclusive grandmother's dark fairy tales to rescue her abducted mother, uncovering the truth behind her own cursed life.

  18. Heat Wave

    Richard Castle

    ★ 3.6 (61k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    During a New York City heatwave, an NYPD detective investigates a real estate tycoon's suspicious death among Manhattan's elite, all while dealing with a ride-along journalist.

  19. Gorky Park

    Martin Cruz Smith

    ★ 4.0 (61k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In Moscow, where truth is a luxury, Chief Investigator Arkady Renko investigates a triple murder of unrecognizable victims in Gorky Park, navigating international espionage and Soviet corruption to find a killer before he becomes the next casualty.

  20. If Tomorrow Comes

    Sidney Sheldon

    ★ 4.0 (61k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Framed by the mob and abandoned, a woman seeks ingenious revenge, becoming a master of disguise to outwit those who ruined her future.

  21. I See You

    Clare Mackintosh

    ★ 3.9 (61k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A woman finds her photo in a newspaper's classifieds, then realizes it's part of a disturbing pattern, making her wonder if she's being watched or hunted.

  22. The Confession

    John Grisham

    ★ 3.9 (61k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    With only days left until an innocent man's execution, a paroled killer with a brain tumor wrestles with his conscience, desperate to confess the truth and overturn a wrongful conviction before time runs out.

  23. Only the Good Spy Young

    Ally Carter

    ★ 4.3 (60k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A teenage spy, hunted by a terrorist group, uncovers a traitor at her elite academy, making her question alliances and memories as she unearths a past conspiracy that threatens her future.

  24. Triptych

    Karin Slaughter

    ★ 4.1 (60k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A serial killer's gruesome methods grip Atlanta. A disgraced detective, his ex-lover, and an ex-con race to find the killer whose victims expose the city's dark secrets.

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