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921 past books matching Mystery
Good for readers who like swashbuckling historical adventure, seafaring danger, and revenge-driven coming-of-age stories.
Wake of the Perdido Star
Historical Fiction · Mystery · Historical Mystery
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In 1805, a seventeen-year-old sailor seeks revenge in Cuba after family tragedy, embarking on a three-year journey filled with storms, shipwrecks, and adventures around the world. Wake of the Perdido Star has a 4.6-star rating from more than 700 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like swashbuckling historical adventure, seafaring danger, and revenge-driven coming-of-age stories.
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The Oscar-winning actor teams up with a shipwreck diving expert to spin a cinematic tale of nineteenth century pirates, shipwrecks, and sea adventure.
In 1805, seventeen-year-old Jack O'Reilly sets sail with his parents from America to Cuba aboard the Perdido Star. But when tragedy strikes shortly after their arrival, Jack makes a desperate escape, rejoining the departing Star as a member of the crew. On his yearslong journey around the globe, he only grows more obsessed with avenging the murder of his parents.
By the time he returns to Cuba, Jack has faced storms, shipwreck, and deadly battles. He leads a renegade band who call themselves the Right Honourable Brotherhood of the Shipwrecked Men of the Star. But having seen and suffered so much, what is Jack now willing to sacrifice for revenge?
Hackman and Lenihan infuse this swashbuckling tale with authentic details of 19th century seafaring and deep sea diving. The hero Jack is joined by a colorful cast of characters, including Paul Le Maire, the aristocratic intellectual who earns Jack's friendship; Quince, the first mate, Jack's mentor and defender; Quen-Li, the mysterious Chinese cook whose skills extend beyond the galley; Hansumbob, the ship's poet, whose simplicity belies a wisdom born of the heart; and the greedy Count de Silva, whose charm masks a murderous soul.
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Good for readers who like historical mystery, old Hollywood scandal, and murder.
Land of Dreams
Historical Fiction · Historical Mystery · Historical Romance
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From USA Today bestselling author Gian Sardar, Land of Dreams follows Frankie Donnelly, a studio fixer in 1933 Hollywood, as a celebrity wedding built to hide two stars’ darkest secrets spirals into murder. With tabloids circling, Frankie must decide whom to protect and whom to destroy, with a 4.1-star rating from more than 12,300 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like historical mystery, old Hollywood scandal, and murder.
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In the 1930s, scandal, secret loves, and murder shatter a woman’s Hollywood dream in a gripping novel by the USA Today bestselling author of When the World Goes Quiet.
It’s 1933, and though the country is stuck in the Great Depression, movies are the ultimate escape. But Hollywood is skilled at selling lies, and nothing is as it seems.
Frankie Donnelly is scrappy, smart, and ambitious. Her knack for spinning any story into stellar publicity has made her an invaluable “fixer” at RCO Studios, where she works under the tutelage of powerful Nico Marconi. Frankie’s latest fix is the upcoming marriage of Hollywood royals Jack Sawyer and June Finney, and millions of fans can’t wait to see their favorite silver-screen lovers tie the knot. But Frankie knows the truth: The marriage is an artful cover for Jack and June’s darkest secrets.
When a shocking murder occurs, allegiances fracture, the tabloids go wild, and a devastated public is left reeling. Frankie uncovers new layers of scandal and deception and is forced to choose which Hollywood player to protect and who to destroy. Now, more than ever, the country needs a happy ending—but at what cost?
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Good for readers who want YA mystery, snowbound suspense, and trapped-with-a-killer tension.
Two Truths and a Lie
Mystery · Teen + Young Adult · Thriller · Suspense
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Called “An atmospheric and entertaining thriller perfect for snowy night chills” by Kirkus Reviews, a blizzard strands theater student Nell and her troupe at a creepy motel where a game of Two Truths and a Lie reveals a killer among them, forcing Nell to fight for survival, with a 4.3-star rating from more than 260 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want YA mystery, snowbound suspense, and trapped-with-a-killer tension.
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In this chilling mystery from a New York Times bestselling author, a storm strands a group of teens in a creepy motel—leaving them trapped with a killer.
Nell has always wanted to be an actor, but she doubts her ability. As a member of her school’s theater program, she prefers working backstage. On the way to a contest, an unexpected blizzard strands her acting troupe in a creepy motel. Soon they meet a group of strangers from another high school—including the mysterious and handsome Knox, who insists they play the game Two Truths and a Lie. When it’s Nell’s turn, she draws a slip of paper written in unfamiliar handwriting:
I like to watch people die.
I’ve lost count of how many people I’ve killed.
Suddenly, a night of harmless fun turns into a matter of life and death. As guests start to go missing, it becomes clear that a murderer is hiding in their midst ready to strike again. In a room full of liars and performers, the truth is never quite what it seems. Nell is going to have to act like her life depends on it—because it does.
Amazon Editor’s Choice for Best Young Adult • Teen Vogue 15 Best New Thriller & Mystery Books for Summer • Featured in Crime Reads • Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection
"An atmospheric and entertaining thriller perfect for snowy night chills." —Kirkus Reviews
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A good pick for readers who enjoy historical fiction combining real figures, courtroom battles, and technological innovation.
The Last Days of Night
Historical Fiction · Mystery · Historical Mystery
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A New York Times bestseller called “A model of superior historical fiction” by The Washington Post, this novel follows young attorney Paul Cravath as he represents George Westinghouse against Thomas Edison in a legal battle over the invention of the light bulb. Set in 1888 New York, the story brings Cravath into a world of powerful inventors, corporate rivalries, and ambitious schemes. A good pick for readers who enjoy historical fiction combining real figures, courtroom battles, and technological innovation.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A world of invention and skulduggery, populated by the likes of Edison, Westinghouse, and Tesla.”—Erik Larson
“A model of superior historical fiction . . . an exciting, sometimes astonishing story.”—The Washington Post
From Graham Moore, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Imitation Game and New York Times bestselling author of The Sherlockian, comes a thrilling novel—based on actual events—about the nature of genius, the cost of ambition, and the battle to electrify America.
New York, 1888. Gas lamps still flicker in the city streets, but the miracle of electric light is in its infancy. The person who controls the means to turn night into day will make history—and a vast fortune. A young untested lawyer named Paul Cravath, fresh out of Columbia Law School, takes a case that seems impossible to win. Paul’s client, George Westinghouse, has been sued by Thomas Edison over a billion-dollar question: Who invented the light bulb and holds the right to power the country?
The case affords Paul entry to the heady world of high society—the glittering parties in Gramercy Park mansions, and the more insidious dealings done behind closed doors. The task facing him is beyond daunting. Edison is a wily, dangerous opponent with vast resources at his disposal—private spies, newspapers in his pocket, and the backing of J. P. Morgan himself. Yet this unknown lawyer shares with his famous adversary a compulsion to win at all costs. How will he do it?
In obsessive pursuit of victory, Paul crosses paths with Nikola Tesla, an eccentric, brilliant inventor who may hold the key to defeating Edison, and with Agnes Huntington, a beautiful opera singer who proves to be a flawless performer on stage and off. As Paul takes greater and greater risks, he’ll find that everyone in his path is playing their own game, and no one is quite who they seem.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
“A satisfying romp . . . Takes place against a backdrop rich with period detail . . . Works wonderfully as an entertainment . . . As it charges forward, the novel leaves no dot unconnected.”—Noah Hawley, The New York Times Book Review
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With a 4.5-star rating from more than 62,400 Amazon reviewers, this will appeal to readers who like fast-paced crime thrillers, strange clues, small-town corruption, and high-stakes investigations.
The Fallen
Mystery · Thriller · Suspense
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A #1 New York Times bestseller, The Fallen follows Amos Decker and Alex Jamison into Baronville, a dying rust belt town where four bizarre murders, cryptic clues, and a crumbling economy point to something far larger. With a 4.5-star rating from more than 62,400 Amazon reviewers, this will appeal to readers who like fast-paced crime thrillers, strange clues, small-town corruption, and high-stakes investigations.
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Star FBI detective Amos Decker and his colleague Alex Jamison must solve four increasingly bizarre murders in a dying rust belt town—and the closer they come to the truth, the deadlier it gets in this rapid-fire #1 New York Times bestseller.
Something sinister is going on in Baronville. The rust belt town has seen four bizarre murders in the space of two weeks. Cryptic clues left at the scenes—obscure bible verses, odd symbols—have the police stumped.
Amos Decker and his FBI colleague Alex Jamison are in Baronville visiting Alex's sister and her family. It's a bleak place: a former mill and mining town with a crumbling economy and rampant opioid addiction. Decker has only been there a few hours when he stumbles on a horrific double murder scene.
Then the next killing hits sickeningly close to home. And with the lives of people he cares about suddenly hanging in the balance, Decker begins to realize that the recent string of deaths may be only one small piece of a much larger scheme—with consequences that will reach far beyond Baronville.
Decker, with his singular talents, may be the only one who can crack this bizarre case. Only this time—when one mistake could cost him everything—Decker finds that his previously infallible memory may not be so trustworthy after all . . .
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A man wakes from a brain injury with no memory of the night his girlfriend fell to her death, and every missing detail makes him harder to trust.
Trauma
Mystery · Thriller · Medical Thriller
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A man wakes from a brain injury with no memory of the night his girlfriend fell to her death, and every missing detail makes him harder to trust. In Trauma, Cameron Todd must confront police suspicion, grieving relatives, and his own fractured mind as he searches for the truth. This psychological mystery thriller turns amnesia into a source of doubt, danger, and moral uncertainty.
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An amnesiac must learn the truth behind his girlfriend's death, but he might not like it, in this psychological thriller by the author of The Silent Girls.
Who do you trust, when you don't know who you are?
Cameron Todd is recovering from a serious brain injury. A trauma suffered the same night his girlfriend Emma plunged to her death from a clifftop. The damage erases all memory of the incident and his life leading up to that moment.
Both the police and Emma's relatives are hunting for someone to blame and question whether his amnesia is a convenient fabrication.
Desperate to understand what happened that fateful day, self-doubt creeps in when Cameron learns his relationship with Emma might not have been picture-perfect. Is he a victim, or the perpetrator?
Can he trust his injured brain's version of events? Or will unearthing the truth reveal something far more sinister? . . .
The perfect read for fans of authors like D.S. Butler and Carol Wyer.
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A respectable life becomes a trap when the man Sam Bowden helped send to prison returns with revenge as his only purpose.
Cape Fear
Mystery · Thriller · Psychological Thriller
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A respectable life becomes a trap when the man Sam Bowden helped send to prison returns with revenge as his only purpose. In Cape Fear, Bowden’s family becomes the target of Max Cady’s calculated obsession, forcing a law-abiding man into a psychological and moral battle he cannot avoid. This is hard-edged suspense built on fear, retaliation, and the limits of protection.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • How far would you go to save your family? In this masterwork of “terrific suspense” (The Philadelphia Inquirer), a mild-mannered family is tormented by an obsessed criminal—and decides to take matters into their own hands.
With an Introduction by Dean Koontz
“A powerful and frightening story.”—The New York Times
Sam Bowden has it all: a successful law career, a devoted wife, and three children. But a terrifying figure from Bowden’s past looms in the shadows, waiting to shatter his pristine existence.
Fourteen years ago, Bowden’s testimony put Max Cady behind bars. Ever since, the convicted rapist has been nursing a grudge into an unrelenting passion for revenge. Cady has been counting the days until he is set free, desperate to destroy the man he blames for all his troubles. Now that time has come.
Originally published as The Executioners
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A missing family, a ransacked house, and a reality that keeps rewriting itself pull Eden Pruitt into a nightmare no one else will believe.
The Fabrication of Eden Pruitt
Teen + Young Adult · Dystopian · Mystery · Romance · Sci-Fi
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A missing family, a ransacked house, and a reality that keeps rewriting itself pull Eden Pruitt into a nightmare no one else will believe. In The Fabrication of Eden Pruitt, her search for the truth becomes a tense young adult thriller about fear, deception, and the dangerous stranger who may be her only way out.
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After a strange day at her new school, Eden Pruitt comes home to a jarring scene. The house has been ransacked. Her parents are gone. She rushes to the police for help, but when they return, nothing is how she left it.
Alarm turns to panic. Confusion spirals into chaos.
Suddenly, Eden is on the run, trapped in a nightmare with nowhere to turn and nobody to believe her. Except for a mysterious stranger who is as dangerous as he is enticing. Someone who knows more than he should... and might be just as perilous as the truth she's desperate to uncover.
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A single body tied to three murder scenes pulls a difficult investigation into territory where motive, method, and loyalty all refuse to line up cleanly.
A Deceit of Lapwings
Mystery · Thriller
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A single body tied to three murder scenes pulls a difficult investigation into territory where motive, method, and loyalty all refuse to line up cleanly. In A Deceit of Lapwings, Domenic Jejeune must work under a former superior while a land contractor, bird migration software, and British intelligence complicate the case. This is a procedural mystery shaped by friction, divided loyalties, and quietly escalating pressure.
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Three murder scenes; two causes of death; one body. It is a case that would challenge Domenic Jejeune even under the best of circumstances. But his DCS’s temporary absence means that Jejeune must work under Marvin Laraby, an ex-superior with whom he has a particularly fractious history. Jejeune and Laraby will need to combine their skills to discover why a ruthless land contractor would want to invest in new bird migration software, and what possible interest the death of a birding app developer could be to the British intelligence services. With the appearance of Lindy’s ex-boyfriend disrupting Jejeune’s private life, and Danny Maik dealing with divided loyalties, is this the case that finally defeats Domenic Jejeune?
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In a drowned future where survival depends on silence, desire becomes dangerous when a murder exposes the man behind the mask.
Crocodile Tears
LGBTQIA+ · Mystery · Sci-Fi · Gay Romance
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In a drowned future where survival depends on silence, desire becomes dangerous when a murder exposes the man behind the mask. In Crocodile Tears, enslaved suspect Alex and grieving detective Josiah collide in an MM romantic thriller shaped by trauma, suspicion, forbidden intimacy, and secrets that threaten them both, making it a dark, emotionally charged read with dystopian tension and sharp romantic stakes.
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All About Romance Favourite Book 2025
Sold. Prostituted. Broken.
Until him.
London, 2095. The world drowned. The system broke. And people became property.
Enslaved and microchipped, Alexander Lytton survived by creating the perfect mask: blank, obedient, invisible. Behind it, he was safe. One slip, and he was dead.
Until his master is murdered, and Alex becomes the prime suspect.
Detective Josiah Raine hasn't touched another man since his husband's brutal murder seven years ago. He's a ghost investigating ghosts, running on empty, barely holding himself together.
His job: prove the beautiful, sharp-witted suspect guilty.
The problem? He isn't sure Alex did it. And when Josiah cracks Alex's mask wide open, he finds something far more dangerous—the man Alex buried to survive.
In Alex's arms, Josiah remembers what it feels like to be human. But Alex isn't his to love. He's evidence. Property. Forbidden.
And the secrets Alex is hiding could destroy them both.
Dark water. Deadly secrets. Dangerous love.
Contains dark themes intended for mature readers—see Author's Notes for content advisory.
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Danger turns intimate when a corporate heiress makes a deal with a masked gangster who may know more about her past than he can remember.
Convict’s Game
Mystery · Romance · Alpha Male Romance
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Danger turns intimate when a corporate heiress makes a deal with a masked gangster who may know more about her past than he can remember. In Convict’s Game, a crumbling family company, an underworld connection, and a deadly inheritance pull her into a dark romance built on obsession, secrets, danger, and murder mystery tension.
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***A STANDALONE SERIES IN THE #1 BESTSELLING BODY COUNT WORLD***
I never planned to chain a gangster to my bed, but now, I’m not letting him go.
I was raised in boardrooms, not back alleys.
But when my grandfather died and our company fell into chaos, I uncovered something far worse than bad accounting: a connection to the city’s darkest underworld.
I needed answers. I needed help.
So I made a deal with a devil in a skeleton mask. One with a body made for sin and a past that might destroy us both.
Convict is brutal, broken, beautiful, and claims he knows me, even if he’s a stranger. Amnesia stole his memories, yet the way he touches me, looks at me, and possesses me, tells a different story.
Now I’m in too deep, with the man, with his skeleton crew, and with the secrets someone is killing to protect.
And the only way out is to bring it all crashing down.
Convict’s Game is the first book in a high-heat, dark romance, murder mystery trilogy with a skeleton-masked crew, an obsessive-sweet gangster, the smart cookie he’s insta-obsessed with, and a city where the shadows hide more than just sin.
This series picks up where the #1 bestselling Body Count series left off.
Tropes & Themes:
- Corporate Princess x Street King
- A deal with a delicious devil
- Dangerous games (the chasing kind plus more)
- Cute AF gangster hero with amnesia
- Obsessive love, rough play, and handcuff action
- Found family, secrets, and a deadly inheritance
- A murder mystery to solve (with clues)
Check the TWs in the front or on my website. Trust me, they’re there for a reason, little gangster.
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This mystery fits readers who like psychological suspense, unconventional detectives, and clues hidden in the way people speak.
Wordhunter
Mystery · Thriller · Psychological Thriller · Suspense
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Wordhunter turns language into evidence, danger, and a way into the mind of a criminal hiding in plain sight. Maggie Moore, a gifted forensic linguistics student with a talent for decoding speech patterns, helps police investigate a stalker before a local abduction pulls her into a case that cuts too close. This mystery fits readers who like psychological suspense, unconventional detectives, and clues hidden in the way people speak.
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An Amazon Best of the Year Pick
An utterly original and compulsively readable detective story, this gripping psychological suspense novel is about a woman who uses her uncanny ability to analyze words and speech patterns to help solve crimes.
Tattooed, pierced, and a bit of a mess, Maggie Moore is a surprising genius when it comes to words, a savant able to solve any linguistic puzzle. The top student in her forensic linguistics class, she’s tapped by local police to use her skills to decipher harrowing notes left by a stalker-turned-rapist—and succeeds brilliantly.
But when the daughter of a local mayor is abducted, Maggie isn’t sure she’s the right person to help the police solve the missing person case. Given what happened to her best childhood friend, Maggie just might be too close to this one.
Yet she knows the authorities in this rural south-Central Florida town cannot crack the case without her special skill. Along with her new best friend, a detective Jackson, Maggie begins to analyze the texts, emails, and verbal tics of various suspects . . . and comes to a disturbing conclusion that will rock this small community.
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