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921 past books matching Mystery
A locked library becomes a battleground when a doctor and his young daughter are forced into a game built for survival.
Contest
Mystery · Thriller
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A locked library becomes a battleground when a doctor and his young daughter are forced into a game built for survival. Contest follows Stephen Swain through the New York Public Library as seven unwilling competitors enter a brutal fight where only one can leave. It’s high-concept thriller fiction with relentless pacing, confined danger, and a father racing to protect his child.
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A stolen fortune becomes a brutal test of reinvention in American Skin, a noir crime novel about escape, identity, and the violence waiting beneath the American dream.
American Skin
Mystery · Thriller
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A stolen fortune becomes a brutal test of reinvention in American Skin, a noir crime novel about escape, identity, and the violence waiting beneath the American dream. Stephen Blake thinks the desert can help him disappear after a bank heist, but killers, loyalty, and greed turn his new life into another trap.
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At the beginning of Bruen's dark tribute to the Irish fascination with the American dream, Stephen Blake is on the run after a bank heist, hoping to disappear in the desert near Tucson. Blake has the money and his girlfriend, Siobhan, knows how to launder it. All he has to do is change his accent and his skin and pass as an American. But John A. Stapleton, contract killer for the IRA, wants more than his share of the swag—and the psychotic Dade, obsessively devoted to the music of Tammy Wynette, is wandering the Southwest like a slaughter wagon. Noir master Bruen (The Guards) effortlessly moves his storyline back and forth in time, all his trademark pop-culture references in place, the banshee of existential agony wailing loudly.
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A rescue becomes a calculated trap when a kidnapper turns one child’s life into a test designed for a fallen agent.
The Devoted Game
Mystery · Police Procedural
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A rescue becomes a calculated trap when a kidnapper turns one child’s life into a test designed for a fallen agent. In The Devoted Game, former FBI agent Ryan McBride is pulled back into the Bureau when an abductor will only speak to him. This thriller builds around puzzles, buried guilt, and a ticking case with ties to the past.
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A disgraced FBI agent is challenged to a life-or-death match by a deviously clever kidnapper in this propulsive novel by USA Today bestselling author Debra Webb.
Former FBI agent Ryan McBride crashed and burned three years ago after a case took a fatal turn. He swore he was done with the Bureau forever—until Special Agent Vivian Grace shows up at his door with a new case he can’t refuse.
Six-year-old Alyssa Byrne has been kidnapped, and her abductor, alias Devoted Fan, has threatened to kill her in twenty-four hours. He promises to reveal the girl’s location to the FBI on one condition: He’ll only talk to McBride.
With the clock ticking, Grace and McBride race to solve Devoted Fan’s puzzles, each more twisted than the last. But when another victim goes missing, with a promise of more to come, they realize that Devoted Fan is not just a stranger with a deranged obsession. His sick game is somehow connected to both their pasts—but around which dark corner lies the answer?
Revised edition: Previously published as Nameless, this edition of The Devoted Game includes editorial revisions.
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Shadow Falls begins with a missing twelve-year-old girl and a detective who knows too much about the cost of losing a child.
Shadow Falls
Mystery · Thriller · Police Procedural
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Shadow Falls begins with a missing twelve-year-old girl and a detective who knows too much about the cost of losing a child. Madison Harper enters a shaken lakeside community where delayed alarms, a disturbing drawing, and family secrets complicate the search for Jenny Lucas. This crime thriller pairs a vulnerable child investigation with personal stakes, buried danger, and a case that keeps tightening.
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‘Absolutely amazing!… It’s a rollercoaster of a read. I absolutely loved it… actually made me scream NOOOOO out loud!... I didn’t want to put it down… addictive.’ Between The Pages Book Blog, 5 stars
The little girl drags her eyes open, realizing she’s starting to fade. Using all her remaining strength, she tries calling out for help. But she’s too late and her voice just isn’t loud enough…
Detective Madison Harper’s heart shatters when she searches the bedroom of twelve-year-old Jenny Lucas, the sweet little girl last seen splashing in the lake at Shadow Falls, northern California, with her friends before she vanished. A notebook decorated with stickers pokes out beneath a pink cowboy hat on the bed, which is neatly made up, ready for her return. Madison can’t help wondering why it took their close-knit community so long to raise the alarm.
The girl’s parents are distraught, and the local police have no leads—they desperately need Madison’s help. She knows better than most what it’s like to lose a child, and she won’t let it happen again, even if that means pressing Jenny’s grieving family for answers.
Then, canvassing the local area for hidden leads, Madison discovers a disturbing portrait Jenny drew at the local library. Was this angelic girl more troubled than anybody knew? Was she in danger from those she trusted most? If Madison’s instincts are right, then the life of another innocent child could also be at risk—she must find Jenny fast…
An absolutely unputdownable crime thriller that will keep you up all night! Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Robert Dugoni and Melinda Leigh.
Everyone is talking about Shadow Falls:
‘Wow, wow, wow!... A read-all-night page-turner of the highest order… I was hooked from page one… I was kept guessing until the very end.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars
‘Wow!… Awesome!… I was on the edge of my seat… getting whiplash from reading so fast!!’ Barbs Beautiful Bookshelf, 5 stars
‘I LOVED THIS BOOK!… I was hooked… It kept me on the edge of my seat the whole way through… so many twists and turns that keep you guessing.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars
‘Wow, just wow.’ Spooky's Maze Of Books, 5 stars
‘Wow… an absolutely thrilling read… unpredictable and brilliant. I LOVED IT!’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars
‘OH MY DAYS!!!!… Gah, I am still thinking about this book!’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars
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After Chloe’s husband is killed and her stepson becomes a suspect, she must rely on Nicky, her estranged sister and the boy’s biological mother, making this a fit…
The Better Sister
Mystery · Thriller · Historical Thriller
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The Better Sister turns a family murder into a domestic thriller shaped by resentment, loyalty, and long-buried secrets. After Chloe’s husband is killed and her stepson becomes a suspect, she must rely on Nicky, her estranged sister and the boy’s biological mother, making this a fit for readers who like morally tangled suspense where family history cuts as sharply as the crime.
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Now a Prime Video TV series starring Elizabeth Banks and Jessica Biel
A Washington Post and Sun Sentinel Best Book of the Year
“Cunning. . . . Get ready to be led down the garden path to a conclusion so morally ambiguous a professional ethicist might have to be called in.” — Washington Post
From Alafair Burke, New York Times bestselling author of the runaway hit The Wife, comes another twisty suspense novel of domestic noir. When a prominent Manhattan lawyer is murdered, two estranged sisters—one the dead man’s widow, the other his ex—must set aside mistrust and old resentments. . . but can they escape their past?
Keep your enemies close and your sister closer.
Though Chloe was the younger of the two Taylor sisters, she always seemed to be the one in charge. She was the honor roll student with big dreams and an even bigger work ethic. Nicky—always restless and more than a little reckless—was the opposite of her ambitious little sister. She floated from job to job and man to man, and stayed close to home in Cleveland.
For a while, it seemed that both sisters had found happiness. Chloe earned a scholarship to an Ivy League school and moved to New York City, where she landed a coveted publishing job. Nicky married promising young attorney Adam Macintosh and gave birth to a baby boy they named Ethan. The Taylor sisters became virtual strangers.
Now, more than fifteen years later, their lives are drastically different—and Chloe is married to Adam. When he’s murdered by an intruder at the couple’s East Hampton beach house, what starts as a tragic crime quickly becomes a complex murder mystery, and Chloe reluctantly allows her teenage stepson’s biological mother—her estranged sister, Nicky—back into her life. But when the police begin to treat Ethan as a suspect in his father’s death, the two sisters are forced to unite in this gripping domestic thriller . . . and to confront the truth behind family secrets they have tried to bury in the past.
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The Honeymoon Heist turns a family getaway on the Amalfi Coast into a fast-moving espionage thriller with stolen art, criminal power, and personal stakes.
The Honeymoon Heist
Mystery · Thriller · Suspense
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The Honeymoon Heist turns a family getaway on the Amalfi Coast into a fast-moving espionage thriller with stolen art, criminal power, and personal stakes. Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill expect a rare break in Positano, but a hidden Caravaggio pulls them into a black market scheme. The result is a compact, high-pressure thriller where vacation calm gives way to danger.
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New York Times bestselling author and former Special Forces officer Brad Taylor’s thrilling new short story sets Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill on Italy’s beautiful Amalfi Coast for their long-delayed honeymoon with their daughter, Amena—where they encounter art thieves with ties to the underworld . . .
Between the delectable meals, the gorgeous Mediterranean seaside, and historical sites, Pike and Jennifer are enjoying their time with Amena in the Italian village of Positano, grateful for the reprieve from their day jobs—protecting U.S. interests from terrorist threats. But their relaxing vacation runs into trouble when Amena and Pike uncover what appears to be a priceless Renaissance painting hidden in a grotto and soon find themselves in the center of a black market art scheme.
A powerful Italian businessman and suspected crime lord had arranged to take possession of the rare, deeply significant Caravaggio artwork in the cave through less-than-legal means, and hadn’t counted on the trio of Americans interrupting his plot. He is determined to leave no witnesses . . . but when he dares to threaten Pike and his family, he learns how dangerous they truly are . . .
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A Salty Piece of Land follows Tully Mars into a drifting Caribbean adventure where escape, reinvention, and island legend blur together.
A Salty Piece of Land
Mystery
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A Salty Piece of Land follows Tully Mars into a drifting Caribbean adventure where escape, reinvention, and island legend blur together. After a schooner appears off the coast of Tulum, Tully crosses paths with an eccentric sea captain, a mysterious lighthouse, and a cast of wanderers chasing freedom in their own way. This laid-back literary adventure blends tropical escapism, offbeat encounters, and the pull of life beyond the map.
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Wander to "where the song of the ocean / Meets the salty piece of land" with Tully Mars, washed up from Margaritaville and in the mood for monkeyshines—in his shimmering Caribbean epic by the late king of tropical rock, Jimmy Buffett.
It's not on any chart, but the tropical island of Cayo Loco is the perfect place to run away from all your problems. Waking from a ganja buzz on the beach in Tulum, Tully can't believe his eyes when a 142-foot schooner emerges out of the ocean mist. At its helm is Cleopatra Highbourne, the eccentric 101-year-old sea captain who will take him to a lighthouse on a salty piece of land that will change his life forever.
From a lovely sunset sail in Punta Margarita to a wild spring-break foam party in San Pedro, Tully encounters an assortment of treasure hunters, rock stars, sailors, seaplane pilots, pirates, and even a ghost or two.
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The Muralist moves between wartime New York and the modern art world as one woman’s disappearance leaves behind secrets hidden in plain sight.
The Muralist
Historical Fiction · Mystery · Historical Mystery
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The Muralist moves between wartime New York and the modern art world as one woman’s disappearance leaves behind secrets hidden in plain sight. When Danielle Abrams uncovers mysterious paintings connected to her vanished great-aunt, Alizée Benoit, she begins tracing a past shaped by art, exile, and political danger, making this a layered historical mystery about family history, creative legacy, and the cost of being seen.
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“Vibrant and suspenseful . . . Like The Art Forger, this new story takes us into the heart of what it means to be an artist.” —The Washington Post
“B. A. Shapiro captivated us in 2012 with her ‘addictive’ novel The Art Forger. Now, she’s back with another thrilling tale from the art world.” —Entertainment Weekly**
When Alizée Benoit, an American painter working for the Works Progress Administration (WPA), vanishes in New York City in 1940, no one knows what happened to her. Not her Jewish family living in German-occupied France. Not her artistic patron and political compatriot, Eleanor Roosevelt. Not her close-knit group of friends, including Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, and Lee Krasner. And, some seventy years later, not her great-niece, Danielle Abrams, who while working at Christie’s auction house uncovers enigmatic paintings hidden behind works by those now-famous Abstract Expressionist artists. Do they hold answers to the questions surrounding her missing aunt?
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Fever Pitch begins with a murdered journalist and a cold case that refuses to stay buried.
Fever Pitch
Mystery · Noir
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Fever Pitch begins with a murdered journalist and a cold case that refuses to stay buried. Kenzie is in New York for a society wedding when she learns her friend Liesl may have been killed for investigating a predator who drugged and assaulted young women. This crime thriller blends personal stakes, investigative danger, and a relentless cat-and-mouse pursuit through secrets powerful people want hidden.
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A dead journalist… A ruthless predator… A dark secret that could get them killed.
Kenzie is covering a high society wedding in New York when she learns her investigative reporter friend, Liesl, has been murdered. The last time she spoke to Liesl, Kenzie asked her to look into a cold case – a man who drugged and raped young women.
Did Liesl discover something that got her killed
When Reid gets an urgent phone call from Kenzie, he takes some much needed time off and flies to New York to help her hunt down a ruthless predator.
What he doesn’t expect is to be embroiled in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a killer who will stop at nothing to achieve his goal.
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Witch At Heart gives a fresh start a magical complication when Jinx Hamilton inherits a shop, a new set of powers, and far more trouble than the bookkeeping…
Witch At Heart
Mystery · Cozy Mystery · Suspense
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Witch At Heart gives a fresh start a magical complication when Jinx Hamilton inherits a shop, a new set of powers, and far more trouble than the bookkeeping suggests. Between enchanted inventory, restless ghosts, four cats, and a possible serial killer, Jinx has to learn fast, making this a cozy witch mystery with small-town charm, supernatural chaos, and amateur sleuthing.
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Magic begins in the heart.
Jinx Hamilton is ready to trade in waitressing for becoming her own boss. The shop she inherits from her eccentric aunt in Briar Hollow, North Carolina, seems like the perfect fit. As Jinx handles the enchanted inventory and the unruly clientele, she discovers her aunt also willed her magical powers without an instruction manual.
As if that weren’t enough, she’s forced to deal with four cats, several homeless ghosts, and a potential serial killer.
With a little help from her best friend and a dreamy new neighbor, Jinx must keep the business afloat and the murderer at bay. And it’ll take more than clever bookkeeping and spellcasting to keep the store...and herself...from going under.
*Note: This is a republished version of Witch At Heart.
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A screenwriter, a grieving reverend, and baffled police follow separate trails of mutilation and disappearance toward a force that consumes flesh and sanity, making this a brutal splatterpunk…
Wetbones
Horror · Mystery · Thriller · Occult Horror
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Wetbones drags addiction, violence, and cosmic horror into the rot beneath Hollywood’s glamour, where pleasure becomes something predatory. A screenwriter, a grieving reverend, and baffled police follow separate trails of mutilation and disappearance toward a force that consumes flesh and sanity, making this a brutal splatterpunk horror novel for readers drawn to excess, corruption, and supernatural dread.
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A flesh-and-soul-devouring addiction runs rampant through the dark playground of the Hollywood elite in this tale of horror from a Bram Stoker Award winner.
Welcome to Los Angeles, where every addiction is encouraged. . . .
Struggling Hollywood screenwriter Tom Prentice can hardly believe that the emaciated and mutilated corpse lying on the morgue slab was once his ex-wife. Then his roommate's missing brother turns up in a local hospital having sliced open his own chest and legs for some sick, inexplicable reason. In Oakland, the Reverend Garner, a recovering addict, leaves his ministry in search of his teenage daughter, who was last seen in the company of her ghoulish kidnapper. And the Los Angeles police are meanwhile baffled in their hunt for the elusive "Wetbones" serial killer who leaves nothing of his victims behind except a damp, grisly pile of bones.
Though Tom, the reverend, and the LAPD are on separate quests for answers, they are all being led into the darkest shadows of Hollywood, where the debauchery never ceases and pleasure is a drug that devours human flesh, blood, and sanity. But the true source of the all-consuming addiction is the most horrifying revelation of all, for it is not of this rational Earth.
From International Horror Guild Award–winning author John Shirley, the acclaimed "splatterpunk" classic Wetbones combines the monstrous inventiveness of H. P. Lovecraft with the exquisite excess of Clive Barker. A true masterwork of modern terror, it's decidedly not for the faint of heart.
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Surveillance turns predatory when the man watching the city starts choosing victims from behind the screen.
I’ll Be Watching You
Thriller · Mystery · Police Procedural
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Surveillance turns predatory when the man watching the city starts choosing victims from behind the screen. I’ll Be Watching You fits Scottish crime thriller readers through its chilling focus on Casey, a CCTV operator whose access to private routines becomes a weapon for revenge, obsession, and control in a story built around the terror of being seen too closely.
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'A gripping story by a true rising star. Deborah Masson, I'll be watching you too...' PETER JAMES
Prepare to be hooked by the gripping thriller from an award winning Scottish author, a tale of obsession, power and control for fans of Steve Cavanagh and Dexter.
‘Chilling and impossible to put down.’
‘Not for the faint hearted. I raced through it.’
'Very possibly the most original and memorable psychological fiction I have ever read.'
He sees everything.
As a CCTV operator, Casey can monitor the streets of Aberdeen and keep people safe, all from the comfort of his chair.
He knows your secrets.
You are one of his favourite people to follow. He keeps an eye on you even in your most private moments, when you think you’re alone.
But now he wants more.
There's a reason he’s learnt your routine like the back of his hand. Casey wants revenge. And when you know as much as he does, it’s easy to take advantage…
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