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Best Mystery Books

Mystery and detective fiction

2,086 summaries

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  1. Marathon Man

    William Goldman

    ★ 4.1 (20k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A graduate student and marathon runner is pulled into international espionage, torture, and murder after his brother's visit, forcing him to uncover a diamond conspiracy and answer the chilling question: 'Is it safe?'

  2. Wait Till Helen Comes

    Mary Downing Hahn

    ★ 4.1 (20k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A malevolent century-old ghost, rising from a fiery past, manipulates a lonely stepsister into a deadly friendship, drawing her ever closer to a watery grave while her stepsiblings race against time to unravel the spectral trap.

  3. The Bungalow Mystery

    Carolyn Keene

    ★ 3.9 (19k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Nancy Drew's quick thinking and courage are tested when a deserted bungalow hides more than just secrets, endangering her life as she uncovers a friend's problem.

  4. The Gun Seller

    Hugh Laurie

    ★ 3.7 (19k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A jaded hitman botches a job to save his target, then falls into a darkly comedic global conspiracy, battling eccentric billionaires and alluring femme fatales to stop an international bloodbath.

  5. Savannah Blues

    Mary Kay Andrews

    ★ 4.0 (19k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    Banished from her beloved Savannah home by a vindictive ex, antiques picker Weezie Foley sifts through the city's charming quirks and hidden treasures, determined to reclaim her life and perhaps a little sweet revenge.

  6. The Nightmare

    Lars Kepler

    ★ 3.8 (19k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A drowned woman with dry clothes and a a man hanged in an empty room pull Detective Inspector Joona Linna into a Stockholm mystery where impossible deaths are just the beginning.

  7. Midnight in Death

    J.D. Robb

    ★ 4.2 (19k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In a futuristic New York, Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her enigmatic billionaire husband, Roarke, must race against time to stop a vengeful serial killer who has escaped prison and is systematically targeting Eve on his twisted Christmas list.

  8. Temple

    Matthew Reilly

    ★ 4.1 (19k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    An American linguist races a shadowy group and ancient Incan guardians to find a hidden, alien idol in the Peruvian jungle—an artifact with the power to save or destroy humanity.

  9. The Lady in the Lake

    Raymond Chandler

    ★ 4.1 (19k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In sun-drenched, shadow-laden Los Angeles, Philip Marlowe investigates disappearing wives, where truth shifts and deceit lingers.

  10. Dead End in Norvelt

    Jack Gantos

    ★ 3.7 (19k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Grounded for the summer and prone to nosebleeds, young Jack finds his summer plans upended when he types obituaries for his utopian town's founders, uncovering murder, molten wax, and historical secrets that bring the past dangerously to life.

  11. The Informers

    Bret Easton Ellis

    ★ 3.4 (19k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In 1980s Los Angeles, privileged, disconnected people drift through betrayal, sex, and dread, their lives unraveling into quiet desperation and unseen violence.

  12. Harvest

    Tess Gerritsen

    ★ 4.1 (19k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A medical resident's morally charged decision to re-route a harvested heart plunges her into a terrifying conspiracy within Boston's elite transplant world, where falsified records and a hidden ship in the harbor conceal a murderous truth.

  13. If You Find Me

    Emily Murdoch

    ★ 4.1 (19k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    After a decade of secluded forest life with their mentally ill mother, two sisters are thrust into modern society, forcing the elder to confront the dark secrets of their past and the true reason for their abduction before it shatters their fragile new world.

  14. Hornet Flight

    Ken Follett

    ★ 3.9 (19k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In the dangerous summer of 1941, an ordinary Danish teenager uncovers a secret that could change World War II, forcing him to risk everything on a broken biplane he can barely fly to deliver the information to England.

  15. Murder Must Advertise

    Dorothy L. Sayers

    ★ 4.2 (19k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Undercover as a copywriter, Lord Peter Wimsey enters the 1930s London advertising world, facing catapults, cocaine, and cricket to find the killer who pushed a colleague down a staircase.

  16. The Monsters of Templeton

    Lauren Groff

    ★ 3.6 (19k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
  17. Diamonds are Forever

    Ian Fleming

    ★ 3.6 (19k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    James Bond goes undercover to expose a diamond-smuggling operation, uncovering a criminal network and a plot that threatens more than just precious gems.

  18. Iron Lake

    William Kent Krueger

    ★ 3.9 (19k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Former sheriff Cork O'Connor battles a Minnesota blizzard and his own past to solve murders and disappearances, uncovering a conspiracy at the heart of his snowy hometown.

  19. Time and Again

    Jack Finney

    ★ 4.0 (19k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    An advertising artist in a covert government operation travels to 1882 New York City to investigate a mysterious death, only to fall in love and face the impossible choice between his present and a meticulously recreated past.

  20. Spook Country

    William Gibson

    ★ 3.7 (19k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A journalist, an information specialist, a high-end junkie, and a military navigation troubleshooter find their lives linked in a conspiracy where information is manipulated, and the line between real and digital blurs.

  21. The Haunted Mask

    R.L. Stine

    ★ 3.8 (19k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A shy girl's quest for a Halloween fright turns real when her monstrous mask fuses to her face, changing her into the nightmare she wanted to be.

  22. Palace of Treason

    Jason Matthews

    ★ 4.2 (19k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Russian operative Dominika Egorova, a CIA mole, navigates a deadly world of love, espionage, Kremlin power, and assassination attempts as a mole hunt closes in and her forbidden passion for her handler threatens to unravel everything.

  23. The Jefferson Key

    Steve Berry

    ★ 3.9 (19k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Cotton Malone uncovers Thomas Jefferson's secrets to stop a shadowy pirate society from using a hidden constitutional clause to fuel presidential assassinations.

  24. The Seven Dials Mystery

    Agatha Christie

    ★ 3.8 (19k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    When a prank involving eight alarm clocks ends in the discovery of a dead body and a missing timepiece, a seemingly innocent game at Chimneys transforms into a perilous quest to unravel a fatal mystery.

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