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Best Mystery Books

Mystery and detective fiction

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  1. Time Bomb

    Joelle Charbonneau

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Trapped in their bombed high school, six teenagers must find the bomber among them before their secrets and lives are exposed.

  2. Mark of the Plague

    Kevin Sands

    ★ 4.4 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When the Black Death returns to London, young apothecary Christopher Rowe must outwit assassins and decipher a deadly conspiracy to protect a miraculous cure, even as the plague threatens his own life.

  3. The Best Lies

    Sarah Lyu

    ★ 3.4 (3k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    After her boyfriend is murdered, a teenage girl must uncover the truth behind her best friend's confession, making her wonder if their deep bond was a haven or a trap.

  4. Heartwood

    James Lee Burke

    ★ 4.0 (3k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In the murky bayous of Louisiana, a young lawyer's dangerous defense of a local thief ensnares him in a deadly web of passion and vengeance with a ruthless crime boss and his alluring wife.

  5. The Man in 3B

    Carl Weber

    ★ 4.4 (3k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In a Jamaica, Queens, apartment building, a charismatic new tenant's arrival ignites a powder keg of forbidden desires, shattered illusions, and ultimately, murder among his neighbors.

  6. The Valley of Adventure

    Enid Blyton

    ★ 4.2 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Four children's exciting night flight with their pilot friend takes a thrilling turn when they land in a mysterious valley, uncovering a secret treasure and a dangerous plot involving two strange pilots.

  7. Insanity

    Lauren Hammond

    ★ 3.9 (3k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A tormented young woman, confined to an asylum after a tragic event, uncovers a dark conspiracy that forces her to question the very nature of her love and sanity.

  8. The Book of Dead Days

    Marcus Sedgwick

    ★ 3.6 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Between Christmas and New Year's, a desperate magician, his servant, and an orphan explore moonlit death fields and a subterranean city to escape a demonic pact before alchemy and sorcery claim his soul.

  9. The Mystery of the Secret Room

    Enid Blyton

    ★ 4.1 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    During a foggy Christmas, the Five Find-Outers uncover a secret room in a deserted house, leading Fatty into a perilous trap with wanted criminals and Mr. Goon into a dusty cellar, all while deciphering hidden messages to solve a new mystery.

  10. The Stranger

    Albert Camus

    ★ 4.1 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a sun-drenched, indifferent world, a man's impulsive murder thrusts him into an absurd legal dance, stripping away societal connection until he embraces the 'benign indifference of the universe' from his prison cell.

  11. Where Dreams Descend

    Janella Angeles

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a cutthroat magical competition held in a city of ice and ruin, a determined showgirl, a mysterious club owner, and a brooding judge must uncover dark secrets as rival magicians disappear, threatening to expose their pasts and claim their lives.

  12. Deep Water

    Patricia Highsmith

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In the quiet town of Little Wesley, a husband's made-up murder story to win back his wife's attention slowly becomes terrifyingly real, showing the dangerous side of a failing marriage.

  13. The Hunt for the Seventh

    Christine Morton-Shaw

    ★ 4.0 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Haunted by six child ghosts in a sinister mansion, Jim and his autistic friend Einstein must solve clues to find a missing 'Seventh' and stop an ancient prophecy from claiming more innocent lives.

  14. No Safe Place

    Richard North Patterson

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    In the final week of a presidential campaign, Senator Kerry Kilcannon races against time and an assassin, battling his past and a secret that could end his White House bid.

  15. Ambush

    Barbara Nickless

    ★ 4.5 (3k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A railway cop and her K9 partner race from Mexico City to Denver to protect an Iraqi boy from a killer determined to bury his past along with the child.

  16. The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow

    Katherine Woodfine

    ★ 4.0 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    At the grand opening of London's new department store, two shopgirls must solve the theft of a clockwork sparrow before a criminal mastermind ruins everything.

  17. Finch

    Jeff VanderMeer

    ★ 4.0 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a city overrun by fungal creatures, a cynical detective must solve a bizarre double murder for his new masters while navigating rebels, spies, and mind-altering drugs, all leading to a truth that will unravel his world.

  18. Fortunate Son

    Walter Mosley

    ★ 3.9 (3k) average on Goodreads

    Two brothers by bond, one privileged and one facing hardship, follow different paths until they reunite to confront a common enemy, revealing what fortune and resilience truly mean.

  19. Gallows Hill

    Lois Duncan

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    When a school fair's fortune-telling act grants 17-year-old Sarah actual prophetic visions, she finds herself terrifyingly re-enacting the Salem witch trials with her classmates as accusers.

  20. Into the Deep

    Young, Samantha Young

    ★ 4.3 (3k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Four years after a tragic incident separated them, an ordinary Indiana girl studying abroad in Edinburgh unexpectedly reunites with the extraordinary boy who once pulled her into the deep, forcing them to confront their past and the dangerous spark that still exists between them.

  21. The Resort

    Bentley Little

    ★ 3.7 (3k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A luxurious desert spa becomes a nightmarish trap where disappearing guests and monstrous entities in the pool are just part of the 'relaxation' package.

  22. The Crowfield Curse

    Pat Walsh

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In 1347, an orphan apprentice monk uncovers a buried angel, a talking goblin, and a dangerous world of Old Magic, all while two cloaked strangers hunt for answers within the abbey walls.

  23. The Body Snatcher

    Robert Louis Stevenson

    ★ 3.4 (3k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 19th-century Edinburgh, two medical students, Fettes and Macfarlane, descend into depravity, trading their souls for bodies, as their professor's shadow and the specter of damnation close in.

  24. Deathwatch

    Robb White

    ★ 3.6 (3k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A desperate college student's guiding job in the desert transforms into a deadly game of cat and mouse when his wealthy, sadistic client accidentally kills a prospector and hunts Ben to silence him.

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