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Best Mystery Books

Mystery and detective fiction

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  1. Vector

    Robin Cook

    ★ 3.8 (9k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A disillusioned Russian bioweapons expert orchestrates a chilling bioterror plot in New York City, using unsuspecting victims as his macabre test subjects before unleashing a catastrophic modern plague.

  2. Maggot Moon

    Sally Gardner

    ★ 3.8 (9k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a dystopian Motherland where conformity rules, a dyslexic boy with mismatched eyes uncovers a secret behind a forbidden wall, changing everything he knows about his world and the lunar landing.

  3. A Tangle of Knots

    Lisa Graff

    ★ 4.0 (9k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    An orphaned baker with a special gift for cakes travels to a lost luggage shop, where she uncovers a mysterious recipe and a family secret that leads her to her long-lost parent.

  4. Dirt

    Stuart Woods

    ★ 3.9 (9k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    When a notorious gossip columnist becomes the target of an anonymous faxing campaign revealing her own dark secrets, lawyer Stone Barrington must navigate a cutthroat world of tabloid journalism and socialite scandal before the truth turns deadly.

  5. The Secret Wisdom of the Earth

    Christopher Scotton

    ★ 4.1 (8k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In a summer of grief and environmental destruction, a city boy and a wild mountain kid uncover a hate crime, forcing them into a fight for survival in Appalachia.

  6. Growth of the Soil

    Knut Hamsun

    ★ 4.1 (8k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In the wild beauty of Norway, a lone pioneer builds a life from the soil, battling nature and his own isolation.

  7. The Rules for Disappearing

    Ashley Elston

    ★ 3.9 (8k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Tired of life on the run, a teen girl in rural Louisiana defies Witness Protection rules and her father's silence to uncover the truth, finding love and danger with a local boy who might expose everything.

  8. Catacomb

    Madeleine Roux

    ★ 3.8 (8k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    On a post-graduation road trip to New Orleans, Dan, Abby, and Jordan find their past horrors aren't buried as deep as they thought when messages from the dead and a sinister group called the Bone Artists pull them into a deadly web of fate.

  9. Sleep No More

    Greg Iles

    ★ 3.8 (8k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    John Waters's perfect life shatters when a mysterious woman's single word reawakens a forgotten obsession, pulling him back into a dangerous world of love, passion, and deadly secrets.

  10. Innocent Blood

    James Rollins

    ★ 4.2 (8k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    An archaeologist, a soldier, and a priest race across the globe to protect a miraculous child from an ancient, apocalyptic enemy, unraveling Christ's lost history to save humanity from damnation.

  11. The Man in the Queue

    Josephine Tey

    ★ 3.8 (8k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In the bustling queue for London's hottest show, a man drops dead with a silver dagger in his back, leaving Inspector Alan Grant to untangle a seemingly impossible murder witnessed by many but seen by none.

  12. Creep

    Jennifer Hillier

    ★ 3.8 (8k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A psychology professor's attempt to end a torrid affair with her manipulative graduate student spirals into a terrifying game of blackmail and murder when he refuses to let her go, threatening to expose her secrets and destroy her life.

  13. Thereby Hangs a Tail

    Spencer Quinn

    ★ 4.0 (8k) average on Goodreads

    When a pampered show dog and her owner disappear, canine detective Chet and his human Bernie must find the dognappers and untangle a dangerous plot.

  14. All Things Cease to Appear

    Elizabeth Brundage

    ★ 3.7 (8k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In a town marked by an unsolved murder, a professor's wife is found dead, revealing family secrets, old suspicions, and a chilling look at psychopathy that affects a community for decades.

  15. Darkest Hour

    Jenny Carroll

    ★ 3.9 (8k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A modern teen's forbidden love for a 19th-century ghost clashes with the spectral fury of his murdered fiancée, who demands an end to backyard construction to keep her lover's century-old secret buried.

  16. The Mystery of the Yellow Room

    Gaston Leroux

    ★ 3.7 (8k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A young woman is attacked in a room locked from the inside, but her assailant disappears without a trace, creating a mystery that defies logic.

  17. If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things

    Jon McGregor

    ★ 3.9 (8k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A single day on a quiet English street unfolds into a web of interconnected lives, where ordinary hopes and despairs build to a sudden, shattering tragedy and a surprising twist that redefines everything.

  18. Far Far Away

    Tom McNeal

    ★ 3.9 (8k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In the isolated town of Never Better, a young outcast, Jeremy Johnson Johnson, finds his only friend and protector in the mischievous ghost of Jacob Grimm. Jacob warns him of a growing evil, just as a curious local girl threatens to expose their secret, putting their otherworldly bond and the town at risk.

  19. Dead to You

    Lisa McMann

    ★ 3.7 (8k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A kidnapped boy's return at sixteen shatters his family's peace as forgotten memories expose a truth more terrifying than his absence.

  20. What Came Before He Shot Her

    Elizabeth George

    ★ 3.6 (8k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Fifteen-year-old Joel makes a desperate pact to protect his younger brothers from a gang, leading to the tragic murder of Inspector Thomas Lynley's wife.

  21. Zombie

    Joyce Carol Oates

    ★ 3.3 (8k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    This novel explores the chilling mind of Quentin P., a sexual psychopath whose twisted logic turns the story into a terrifying journey through a killer's thoughts.

  22. Mistress of Mellyn

    Victoria Holt

    ★ 3.9 (8k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A young governess arrives at a windswept Cornish estate. She becomes entangled in the master's dark past, a spoiled child's secrets, and a forbidden love that threatens to expose a dangerous truth.

  23. Mildred Pierce

    James M. Cain

    ★ 3.9 (8k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 1940s California, Mildred Pierce goes from divorced waitress to successful restaurateur, but her triumphs are undone by dangerous men and her devotion to her manipulative daughter.

  24. Evil Genius

    Catherine Jinks

    ★ 3.8 (8k) average on GoodreadsFantasy
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