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Best Mystery Books

Mystery and detective fiction

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  1. The Wishing Game

    Patrick Redmond

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Decades after a sinister 'wishing game' among privileged boys at a rigid 1950s boarding school led to a horrific event, a journalist unearths the dark secrets buried by an institution determined to protect its own.

  2. The Beast Must Die

    Nicholas Blake

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A grieving father, a celebrated mystery author, trades his pen for a pistol in a relentless, real-life quest to avenge his son's hit-and-run death, blurring the lines between justice and his own dark obsession.

  3. The Chair

    James L. Rubart

    ★ 4.1 (1k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    An antiques dealer's cynical world shatters when a mysterious chair, supposedly made by Jesus, begins to heal people, forcing him to confront his past and protect its power from exploitation.

  4. Behind Closed Doors

    B.A. Paris

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Beneath their perfect marriage, a chilling story of control unfolds as Grace's every move is dictated by her charming, yet menacing, husband, Jack.

  5. The Switch

    Anthony Horowitz

    ★ 3.7 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When a denied theme park trip leads Tad Spencer to wish for a different life, he awakens to find himself trapped in the unexpected reality of someone else's shoes.

  6. After Midnight

    Santino Hassell

    ★ 3.8 (1k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A pragmatic drug dealer's life unravels into a thrilling dance with death and desire after witnessing an assassin's brutal work, forcing both men to confront a dangerous attraction that could be their undoing.

  7. Pish Posh

    Ellen Potter

    ★ 3.8 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    An eleven-year-old, wealthy snob who runs a posh New York restaurant discovers a 200-year-old mystery, forcing her to team up with a young jewel thief for a dangerous adventure.

  8. Story Time

    Edward Bloor

    ★ 3.5 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    At a "prestigious" magnet school promising the best education, two students uncover a sinister plot involving demonic forces and a deadly obsession with standardized tests.

  9. The Waiting Room

    F.G. Cottam

    ★ 3.8 (1k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A retired rock star's quiet life ends when the old waiting room on his estate, once a WWI troop transport hub, comes alive with a malevolent presence, forcing him to face the supernatural with a fake ghost-hunter.

  10. The Good Thieves

    Katherine Rundell

    ★ 4.2 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In 1920s Manhattan, a determined girl assembles a crew of circus misfits and a pickpocket to reclaim her grandfather's stolen mansion from a crooked tycoon, proving that loyalty and love can outsmart even the city that never sleeps.

  11. Stolen

    Kelley Armstrong

    ★ 4.0 (1k) average on Goodreads

    Elena Michaels, the only female werewolf, must escape a ruthless billionaire's underground lab where he hunts supernaturals for sport, turning her into the ultimate prey.

  12. The Night I Disappeared

    Julie Reece Deaver

    ★ 3.8 (1k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A teenage girl's vivid daydreams become terrifyingly real, forcing her to uncover forgotten horrors from her past before her mind traps her forever.

  13. City Spies

    James Ponti

    ★ 4.4 (1k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A brilliant hacker goes from juvenile detention to international espionage, finding her place among a team of MI6 kid spies who use their skills to save the world.

  14. The Gloaming

    Melanie Finn

    ★ 3.8 (1k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    Haunted by a tragic accident and an unraveling marriage, a guilt-ridden woman flees to the sun-baked plains of East Africa, only to find herself embroiled in a chilling local mystery involving a witch doctor's curse and the unsettling feeling of being relentlessly pursued.

  15. The Winter People

    Jennifer McMahon

    ★ 3.8 (1k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In a town with chilling disappearances and old legends, a teenager finds a century-old diary that may explain her mother's vanishing, making her face a past that seems to repeat itself.

  16. The Time of the Fireflies

    Kimberley Griffiths Little

    ★ 4.2 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Guided by an antique phone and shimmering fireflies, Larissa races through time along the muddy riverbanks to unravel a generations-old family curse before it claims another victim.

  17. Click Here to Start

    Denis Markell

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A video game-obsessed twelve-year-old finds his skills tested when his eccentric great-uncle's apartment turns into a real-life escape room, sending him and his friends on a quest for a hidden WWII treasure.

  18. Midnight Is a Place

    Joan Aiken

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    After a fire destroys their home, orphaned Lucas and the spoiled French heiress Anna Marie must survive the dangerous streets of 19th-century industrial Blastburn, forming an unlikely alliance.

  19. Target

    Joe Craig

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Genetically engineered teen assassin Jimmy Coates must outmaneuver a ruthless government agency, a deadly rival, and his own estranged father, all while questioning where his true loyalties lie.

  20. The House Next Door

    Richie Tankersley Cusick

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    After spending a night in a haunted house, Emma Donovan is pulled into its tragic past, reliving a romance and a horrific death with a mysterious young man, blurring the lines between dream and a dreadful reality she's destined to repeat.

  21. Thieves Like Us

    Stephen Cole

    ★ 3.7 (986) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A brilliant teen hacker joins a crew of talented outlaws, including a one-eyed locksmith and a human lie detector, to globe-trot for ancient artifacts that promise immense wealth or eternal life under their enigmatic benefactor.

  22. Streams of Babel

    Carol Plum-Ucci

    ★ 3.8 (985) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A New Jersey suburb poisons itself with every glass of water. A Pakistani teen hacker races against time to decipher extremist chatter about 'Red Vinegar' and prevent a bioterror attack.

  23. When the Butterflies Came

    Kimberley Griffiths Little

    ★ 4.3 (968) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Orphaned from her grandmother but followed by a dazzling swarm of butterflies, Tara uncovers a trail of cryptic letters and keys that lead her to a perilous, world-altering secret hidden within her Grammy Claire's past.

  24. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

    J.L. Murray

    ★ 3.6 (967) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Niki Slobodian sees ghosts in a city run by a totalitarian government that calls her 'Abnormal.' To save her freedom, she must hunt a body-hopping demon from Hell and uncover her imprisoned father's connection to escalating murders.

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