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921 past books matching Mystery
A missing girl search exposes another victim no one noticed.
Vanishing Girls
Mystery · Police Procedural
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A missing girl search exposes another victim no one noticed. Detective Josie Quinn races to connect the clues before more girls disappear, only to uncover a cold case everyone else ignored. This chilling crime thriller delivers relentless tension and emotional stakes, with 4.4 stars on Amazon and more than 28,000 Goodreads ratings.
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A rational cop is told he will die by dawn, and the countdown is terrifyingly precise.
Dragon Tears
Thriller · Mystery
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A rational cop is told he will die by dawn, and the countdown is terrifyingly precise. As logic collapses and danger closes in, Harry Lyon must face forces beyond reason to survive the night. This fast-paced thriller blends psychological suspense with supernatural menace, earning 4.5 stars on Amazon and more than 24,000 Goodreads ratings.
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A cop races against time to prevent his own death in this heart-pounding thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz.
Harry Lyon is a rational man, a cop who refuses to let his job harden his soul. His partner urges him to surrender to the chaos of life. But Harry believes in order and reason. Then one fateful day, he's forced to shoot a man—and a homeless stranger with bloodshot eyes utteres the haunting words that challenge Harry Lyon’s sanity...
“Ticktock, ticktock. You'll be dead in sixteen hours...Dead by dawn...Dead by dawn...Dead by dawn...”
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A woman ready to die accepts a mission designed to kill her instead.
Destination Unknown
Mystery
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A woman ready to die accepts a mission designed to kill her instead. As scientists vanish and global tensions rise, she is drawn into a deadly international conspiracy that demands courage she never knew she had. This suspenseful Christie thriller earns 4.4 stars on Amazon and remains a gripping departure from her traditional mysteries.
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The Gemini Killer hunts twins, taking one and leaving the other behind.
Dead Ringer
Mystery · Psychological Thriller
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The Gemini Killer hunts twins, taking one and leaving the other behind. Eighteen years after her sister vanished, FBI agent Rachel Ward faces the same nightmare again when another twin is abducted. This haunting psychological thriller blends trauma, obsession, and relentless suspense. 4.4 stars on Amazon with strong reader praise.
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"An intensely haunting thriller that I simply could not put down. . . . Powerful, provocative, and real." —USA Today–bestselling author David Bell
The Gemini Killer targets twins. He takes one. He leaves the other.
But one of the survivors has grown up.
Eighteen years ago, FBI Agent Rachel Ward's mirror twin was kidnapped.
Now, she's coming after the monster who stole her sister, because another twin has been abducted, and Rachel won't let Gemini escape again.
In this relentless, edge-of-your-seat thriller, Kate Kessler provides a harrowing look at how the past is never truly put to rest.
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Boston after World War I is a city on the brink.
The Given Day
Historical Fiction · Detective Fiction · Historical Mystery · Historical Romance · World War 1
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Boston after World War I is a city on the brink. Two families, one Black and one white, are swept into labor unrest, political violence, and shifting power. The Given Day is a sweeping historical epic of survival and ambition, earning 4.4 stars on Amazon and more than 28,000 Goodreads ratings.
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"Gut-wrenching force...A majestic, fiery epic. The Given Day is a huge, impassioned, intensively researched book that brings history alive." - The New York Times
Dennis Lehane, the New York Times bestselling author of Live by Night—now a Warner Bros. movie starring Ben Affleck—offers an unflinching family epic that captures the political unrest of a nation caught between a well-patterned past and an unpredictable future. This beautifully written novel of American history tells the story of two families—one black, one white—swept up in a maelstrom of revolutionaries and anarchists, immigrants and ward bosses, Brahmins and ordinary citizens, all engaged in a battle for survival and power at the end of World War I.
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A strong pick for readers who like thriller plots that feel fast, creepy, and just plausible enough to make them side-eye every device in the house.
The Murder Machine
Mystery · Police Procedural
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A woman is found dead in her own high-tech home, and the setup is as unsettling as it sounds. With every appliance online and an AI system tied into the house, the murder weapon is harder to pin down and a lot more terrifying. FBI agents Jude Mackenzie and Victoria Tennant are forced into a race against a killer using smart technology to turn everyday conveniences into deadly traps. A strong pick for readers who like thriller plots that feel fast, creepy, and just plausible enough to make them side-eye every device in the house.
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Artificial intelligence meets genuine murderous intent.
This state-of-the-art smart home has everything: a next-generation entertainment system, an ultramodern kitchen where every appliance is online and even a personal AI to control it all. Standing above its owner's lifeless body, FBI agent Jude Mackenzie is faced with the daunting task of discovering how the woman was killed by her own home. How do you catch a murderer that doesn't leave any fingerprints?
Enter Special Agent Victoria Tennant, whose familiarity with cybercrime reveals the stark truth: a machine can only do what it's been directed to. As the number of grisly "accidents" begins to rise, the pair must race to uncover the perpetrator even as they find themselves caught in their digital crosshairs! There's nowhere to hide when danger may be as close as the very phones in their pockets.
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Good for readers who like feminist folk horror, body horror, wounded narrators, and sinister small-town mysteries, with a 3.9-star rating from more than 390 Amazon reviewers.
ITCH!
Horror · LGBTQIA+ · Mystery
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Called “A deeply felt, haunting folk horror that crawls with secrets and darkness” by Lucy Rose, ITCH! follows Josie after she finds an ant-infested body in the woods near her isolated hometown and is pulled into folklore, village secrets, and a mystery that threatens her mind and flesh. Good for readers who like feminist folk horror, body horror, wounded narrators, and sinister small-town mysteries, with a 3.9-star rating from more than 390 Amazon reviewers.
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READERS LOVE GEMMA'S DARK, ITCHY WORLD
'If you are after something that is both shocking and horrifically beautiful then take a journey and discover this little atrocity for yourself'
'I kept telling myself I really should turn off the light and get to bed now, eyes dry, head heavy, but every sentence in this book commands the reader keep turning the pages and press onward...'
'Gemma pulled me in with this compelling tale. Each page turned yielded me to another. I couldn't stop. Seriously!'
Josie is at rock bottom, living a haunted existence after returning to her isolated hometown on the edge of the Forest of Dean. When she stumbles across a decaying, ant-infested body in the woods, Josie plummets into a downward spiral, facing uncomfortable truths about the victim and her own past - all whilst battling a growing infestation of her mind . . . and her flesh.
Desperate to solve the case, Josie scratches the surface of an age-old mystery - a masked predator stalks the forest around Ellwood, a place deeply gripped by folklore. As the village prepares for its annual festival, Josie gets closer and closer to unveiling a monster, and begins to ask herself:
Are these dark crawling insects leading her to uncover the truth? Or is she their next victim?
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Struck by lightning and changed forever, Andi Ellis lives off the grid to protect her daughter and escape her past.
Scar the Sky
Mystery
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Struck by lightning and changed forever, Andi Ellis lives off the grid to protect her daughter and escape her past. When lightning survivors begin turning up murdered, the hunt leads straight toward the desert haven she has built. Scar the Sky blends supernatural unease with relentless suspense, earning 4.7 stars on Amazon and strong early reader praise.
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Lightning never strikes twice —until it does.
A killer is hunting down survivors of lightning strikes in this dark and twisting thriller, perfect for fans of J. H. Markert and Richard Chizmar.
Everything changed for Andi Ellis when she was struck by lightning and her heart stopped. Andi was resuscitated, but she was never the same—electronics strangely malfunction in her presence: clocks can’t keep time; batteries swiftly die. And while many lightning strike victims are left with temporary "lightning tree" markings, on her they are permanent scars.
Years later Andi, her eight-year-old daughter, and a fellow lightning strike survivor have fled Texas and Andi’s dangerous ex to go off the grid in a strange and secluded desert community.
Meanwhile, two private investigators pursue a US senator's missing daughter who they find too late. When searching for information on the strange lightning scars on the girl's body, they find themselves pulled into an FBI investigation—people who have been struck by lightning are being murdered.
As the death toll mounts, the task force traces the killer farther west—closer and closer to Andi Ellis and her daughter, and the haven she's carefully created.
Thriller and horror readers will be enthralled by the dark turns in Scar the Sky.
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During a brutal blizzard at a luxury Rhode Island hotel, artist Maddie Morrison is murdered and her young daughter disappears.
Last Night
Mystery · Thriller · Suspense
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During a brutal blizzard at a luxury Rhode Island hotel, artist Maddie Morrison is murdered and her young daughter disappears. Trapped by the storm, investigators and family members uncover buried secrets and old grudges. This chilling thriller of family and vengeance holds 4.2 stars on Amazon and over 31,000 Goodreads ratings.
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From the Amazon Charts and New York Times bestselling author of The Shadow Box and Last Day comes a breathtaking thriller about a family shaken by lies, vengeance, and a cold-blooded crime.
A fierce blizzard is burying the eastern seaboard, but on the icy Rhode Island shore renowned artist Maddie Morrison finds warm sanctuary from a contentious divorce at the legendary Ocean House. Hours later, her body is found buried under a blanket of snow and her little daughter, CeCe, has disappeared without a trace.
For Detective Conor Reid; his brother, Tom, a coast guard commander; and Maddie’s grieving sister, Hadley, the posh hotel becomes ground zero for an investigation. Trapped by the blizzard, they must hunker down and determine who in the young mother’s life could have possibly wanted her dead. There are stories of a twisted romantic past. Of old jealousies and resentments that still cut to the bone. And a history of greed, rage, and revenge that created the perfect storm for murder. A storm that has just begun.
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Hiding in a remote cabin, a woman on the run from her past is forced into close quarters with her step-uncle, a convicted killer.
Heavy
Mystery · Romance
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Hiding in a remote cabin, a woman on the run from her past is forced into close quarters with her step-uncle, a convicted killer. Desire, guilt, and secrets blur as forbidden attraction ignites where it should not exist. This dark taboo romance holds 4.4 stars on Amazon and over 8,000 Goodreads ratings.
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Calista - Everyone has a past, but mine is a storm that never stops chasing me. When my life goes up in flames by my own doing, I'm left with an impossible choice: lose everything I've built or hide out in a remote cabin with a killer. My plan is to rebuild the vacation home where my family once spent summers, hoping it will distract me from the chaos. But there's one major complication: my roommate is way too hot. And who is this too-hot roommate? My damn step-uncle. He's a convicted murderer with a history as dark as my own, and maybe this cabin isn't the only thing I'm desperate to repair.
Ronan - Fifteen years behind bars, and freedom tastes no sweeter than my old concrete cell. I figured I'd drink myself into an early grave or wind up back in prison. Then my little step-niece showed up, begging to stay at the place my brother let me live in. She's fixing up the cabin, but I can see it in her eyes that I'm also on the plans for repairs. But I don't need fixing; I'm not broken, just forgotten. She's a beautiful fighter with secrets she's not ready to share. But she's in a cage with a lion that's been starved too long, and now that I'm free, I've got an appetite that will only be satisfied by her.
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When his teenage daughter disappears during a storm in Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains, Dr.
Switchback
Mystery · Action Thriller
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When his teenage daughter disappears during a storm in Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains, Dr. Patrick Flint abandons reason for survival. With the sheriff stalling and the wilderness closing in, he must face brutal terrain and human danger to bring her home. A tense mystery with 4.2 stars on Amazon.
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TAKEN meets LONGMIRE
Dr. Patrick Flint is desperate for a break. Between nonstop Bicentennial celebrations, volatile patients, and covering for the town veterinarian, the respected Wyoming doctor is barely holding it together.
A family camping trip into the Bighorn Mountains sounds like the perfect reset—until his teenage daughter Trish vanishes, with a storm moving in fast. Her horse, their truck, and the campsite? Gone. The only clue: a trail into the vast and unforgiving wilderness.
Is she a runaway? A victim? Or something worse?
With his wife distraught, the sheriff slow to act, and danger mounting, Patrick must confront the brutal terrain and deadly threats to save his daughter before time—and the weather—run out.
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In a world where women have nearly vanished, Zoey has spent her life imprisoned in a research facility.
The Last Girl
Mystery · Sci-Fi
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In a world where women have nearly vanished, Zoey has spent her life imprisoned in a research facility. When a deadly experiment looms, she risks everything to escape into the unknown. The Last Girl is a tense dystopian thriller with 4.1 stars on Amazon and strong reader acclaim for its brutal stakes and momentum.
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From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Joe Hart.
A mysterious worldwide epidemic reduces the birthrate of female infants from 50 percent to less than 1 percent. Medical science and governments around the world scramble in an effort to solve the problem, but twenty-five years later there is no cure, and an entire generation grows up with a population of fewer than a thousand women.
Zoey and some of the surviving young women are housed in a scientific research compound dedicated to determining the cause. For two decades, she’s been isolated from her family, treated as a test subject, and locked away—told only that the virus has wiped out the rest of the world’s population.
Captivity is the only life Zoey has ever known, and escaping her heavily armed captors is no easy task, but she’s determined to leave before she is subjected to the next round of tests…a program that no other woman has ever returned from. Even if she’s successful, Zoey has no idea what she’ll encounter in the strange new world beyond the facility’s walls. Winning her freedom will take brutality she never imagined she possessed, as well as all her strength and cunning—but Zoey is ready for war.
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