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919 past books matching Mystery
When a podcaster is found murdered where five teens vanished decades ago, Mercy Kilpatrick and Truman Daly must confront a past drenched in secrets.
At the River
Mystery · Romance · Police Procedural · Psychological Thriller
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When a podcaster is found murdered where five teens vanished decades ago, Mercy Kilpatrick and Truman Daly must confront a past drenched in secrets. As old memories surface, new deaths follow. At the River holds 4.6 stars on Amazon and 4.5 on Goodreads, a tense, emotional thriller from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Kendra Elliot.
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Twenty years ago, five teenagers vanished in the Oregon wilderness. Two were found bound and left for dead on the rocky shore of the Columbia River. Only one survived, Devin Bonner, who remembers nothing of what happened that night. Now, the past has returned.
When a true-crime podcaster is discovered murdered at the same site, FBI Special Agent Mercy Kilpatrick and her husband, Police Chief Truman Daly, reopen the cold case that never stopped haunting their town. As Devin’s memories begin to resurface, a new trail of blood emerges, drawing Truman’s ward, Ollie, into a danger far greater than he understands.
At the River holds 4.6 stars on Amazon and 4.5 on Goodreads, a gripping Columbia River novel of memory, trauma, and buried truth from Kendra Elliot.
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In postwar Hollywood, returning soldier Ben Collier investigates his brother’s mysterious death and finds a world of secrets, politics, and lies.
Stardust
Historical Fiction · Mystery · Historical Mystery · Noir
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In postwar Hollywood, returning soldier Ben Collier investigates his brother’s mysterious death and finds a world of secrets, politics, and lies. As he searches for the truth, he uncovers a darkness that threatens everything he loves. Joseph Kanon’s Stardust is a gripping historical thriller of intrigue, betrayal, and moral reckoning.
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Hollywood, 1945. A city of secrets, where glamour hides betrayal and every shadow tells a lie.
Ben Collier returns from war-torn Europe to discover that his brother, a decorated filmmaker, has died in what appears to be suicide. But the story doesn’t add up. Drawn into the world of studio politics and postwar paranoia, Ben uncovers a tangle of ambition, corruption, and buried truth that reaches far beyond Hollywood’s glittering facade.
As he searches for answers, he’s forced to confront his own family’s past and the moral compromises of a country still haunted by war.
Joseph Kanon’s Stardust is a haunting historical thriller about love, loyalty, and the dangerous illusions that define both movies and men.
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When terrorists kidnap the family of famed anchorman Crawford Sloane, the veteran reporter becomes the story he once covered.
The Evening News
Mystery · Action Thriller · Political Thriller · Suspense
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When terrorists kidnap the family of famed anchorman Crawford Sloane, the veteran reporter becomes the story he once covered. As he hunts the men who shattered his life, the line between journalist and avenger disappears. The Evening News holds 4.5 stars on Amazon and 4.0 on Goodreads, a tense, human thriller from Arthur Hailey.
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Crawford Sloane has spent his career chasing chaos from behind the camera. A respected network anchorman and former war correspondent, he thrives on crisis, reporting breaking stories with calm precision. But when terrorism hits home, the story turns deadly personal.
His wife and child are abducted by radicals who see him as the perfect symbol of American influence. With the world watching, Sloane steps out from the safety of the newsroom and into the heart of danger, determined to bring his family back, no matter the cost.
The Evening News holds 4.5 stars on Amazon and 4.0 on Goodreads. From the #1 New York Times–bestselling author Arthur Hailey, this gripping thriller exposes the ruthless world behind television news and the terrifying price of fame.
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Haunted by a mission gone wrong, DIA operative Matt Drake is pulled back into the field to rescue a scientist with a deadly secret.
Without Sanction
Mystery · Thriller · Political Thriller · Suspense
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Haunted by a mission gone wrong, DIA operative Matt Drake is pulled back into the field to rescue a scientist with a deadly secret. To stop a weapon of mass destruction, he must return to the place that nearly killed him. 4.4 stars on Amazon and 4.2 on Goodreads for Don Bentley’s Without Sanction, a gripping espionage thriller.
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Matt Drake left Syria alive but broken. His last mission ended in disaster, costing innocent lives and crippling his closest friend. Now, haunted by guilt and determined to stay in the shadows, he is pulled back into a world he swore to abandon.
A Pakistani scientist working for an extremist group has built a weapon capable of mass destruction. He will defect only if Matt is the one to bring him out. To save thousands, Matt must return to the place that nearly destroyed him and face the ghosts waiting there.
Don Bentley’s Without Sanction, the first Matt Drake novel, is a taut and explosive thriller about redemption, loyalty, and the brutal choices demanded by duty in a world without mercy.
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A pair of killers leaves a trail of mutilated victims across the West.
The Killing Lessons
Thriller · Police Procedural · Psychological Thriller
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A pair of killers leaves a trail of mutilated victims across the West. A survivor escapes their latest attack, and detective Valerie Hart races to find her before the killers strike again. 4.0 stars on Amazon and 3.7 on Goodreads for Saul Black’s The Killing Lessons, a dark and brilliantly written psychological thriller.
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"Shockingly good writing . . . It's impossible not to be swept away by its propulsive momentum. . . . peer into the depths of . . . many richly developed characters" —The New York Times Book Review
When the two strangers turn up at Rowena Cooper's isolated Colorado farmhouse, she knows instantly that it's the end of everything. For the two haunted and driven men, on the other hand, it's just another stop on a long and bloody journey. And they still have many miles to go, and victims to sacrifice, before their work is done.
For San Francisco homicide detective Valerie Hart, their trail of victims—women abducted, tortured and left with a seemingly random series of objects inside them—has brought her from obsession to the edge of physical and psychological destruction. And she's losing hope of making a breakthrough before that happens.
But the murders at the Cooper farmhouse didn't quite go according to plan. There was a survivor, Rowena's ten-year-old daughter Nell, who now holds the key to the killings. Injured, half-frozen, terrified, Nell has only one place to go. And that place could be even more dangerous than what she's running from.
"Brilliant." —Jeffery Deaver, New York Times–bestselling author of The Skin Collector and Solitude Creek
"Compelling . . . graphic and disturbing." —Associated Press
"The Killing Lessons is state of the art in the ever-darkening serial-killer genre." —The Washington Post
"[An] exceptional police thriller." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Unbelievably good . . . this one has it all." —Lee Child, New York Times–bestselling author of Personal
"A powerhouse of a thriller." —Lisa Gardner, New York Times–bestselling author of Fear Nothing
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After surviving a childhood killer, Detective Carolina McKay returns home to find his signature on a new murder.
Her Deadly Homecoming
Mystery
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After surviving a childhood killer, Detective Carolina McKay returns home to find his signature on a new murder. The police call it coincidence. She knows it’s not. 4.4 stars on Amazon and 4.3 on Goodreads for Tony Urban and Drew Strickland’s Her Deadly Homecoming, a chilling start to the Carolina McKay Crime Thriller series.
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Seventeen years ago, Detective Carolina McKay escaped a killer who destroyed her childhood. Now, recovering from a near-fatal shooting, she returns to her hometown to heal—only to find a young woman’s body dumped in a ditch. The details are unmistakable. The signature is the same. He’s back.
The local police call it coincidence, but Carolina knows better. When another woman vanishes, the nightmare that once defined her life begins again. To stop the murderer, she must confront the past she’s spent years burying and the fear that still haunts her every breath.
Tony Urban and Drew Strickland’s Her Deadly Homecoming begins the Carolina McKay Crime Thriller series, a tense and emotional story of trauma, vengeance, and one woman’s fight for justice.
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When a man is found dead in a flooded quarry, Detective Karen Eiken Hornby must return to the island she tried to forget.
Wild Shores
Mystery
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When a man is found dead in a flooded quarry, Detective Karen Eiken Hornby must return to the island she tried to forget. Surrounded by secrets and family she cannot trust, she uncovers a crime rooted deep in the past. 4.4 stars on Amazon and 3.9 on Goodreads for Maria Adolfsson’s Wild Shores, an atmospheric Nordic mystery.
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Detective Karen Eiken Hornby thought she had left her father’s chaotic family and the northern island of Noorö behind. But when a man’s body is found in a flooded quarry and her team is sidelined by illness, she has no choice but to return.
The isolated community guards its secrets tightly, and the people Karen once called family seem to know more than they admit. As she digs into the case, old resentments resurface, the past stirs to life, and the line between loyalty and justice begins to blur.
Maria Adolfsson’s Wild Shores, the second novel in the Doggerland series, is a haunting and atmospheric police procedural that captures the stark beauty and buried darkness of a northern island nation.
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With 4.1 stars on Amazon, The Anomaly delivers gripping, claustrophobic suspense for readers of The X-Files and Behind Her Eyes.
The Anomaly
Mystery · Thriller · Action Thriller · Suspense
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Rogue archaeologist Nolan Moore leads his crew into the Grand Canyon in search of a legendary cave. What begins as a daring expedition becomes a fight for survival when the rock itself turns against them. With 4.1 stars on Amazon, The Anomaly delivers gripping, claustrophobic suspense for readers of The X-Files and Behind Her Eyes.
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Deep in the Grand Canyon, something waits to be found.
Rogue archaeologist Nolan Moore has made a career chasing myths for his low-budget documentary crew. When they retrace the path of a 1909 explorer who claimed to find a hidden cavern in the canyon walls, the discovery feels like the break he’s been waiting for. Then the cave closes in, and the air grows strange.
Trapped miles below the surface, Nolan must uncover the truth buried in the rock before it consumes them all. Each clue leads deeper into a mystery that defies time, science, and reason itself.
With 4.1 stars on Amazon and over 12,000 Goodreads ratings, The Anomaly blends razor-edged suspense and archaeological intrigue into a haunting modern survival classic.
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Best for readers who want a dark YA psychological thriller involving serial killers, FBI investigations, and teenage investigators.
None Shall Sleep
Mystery · Teen + Young Adult · Thriller · Suspense
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A New York Times bestseller and Aurealis Award winner, None Shall Sleep follows teenagers Emma Lewis and Travis Bell as they help the FBI interview convicted juvenile killers in 1982. Their work draws them into the hunt for a serial murderer targeting teenagers, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 500 Amazon reviewers. Best for readers who want a dark YA psychological thriller involving serial killers, FBI investigations, and teenage investigators.
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The Silence of the Lambs meets Sadie in this riveting psychological thriller about two teenagers teaming up with the FBI to track down juvenile serial killers.
In 1982, two teenagers—serial killer survivor Emma Lewis and US Marshal candidate Travis Bell—are recruited by the FBI to interview convicted juvenile killers and provide insight and advice on cold cases. From the start, Emma and Travis develop a quick friendship, gaining information from juvenile murderers that even the FBI can't crack. But when the team is called in to give advice on an active case—a serial killer who exclusively hunts teenagers—things begin to unravel. Working against the clock, they must turn to one of the country's most notorious incarcerated murderers for help: teenage sociopath Simon Gutmunsson.
Despite Travis's objections, Emma becomes the conduit between Simon and the FBI team. But while Simon seems to be giving them the information they need to save lives, he's an expert manipulator playing a very long game... and he has his sights set on Emma.
Captivating, harrowing, and chilling, None Shall Sleep is an all-too-timely exploration of not only the monsters that live among us, but also the monsters that live inside us.
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Kidnapped from her wedding into a realm of magic, Dr.
Cursed
Romantasy · Cozy Mystery
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Kidnapped from her wedding into a realm of magic, Dr. Alessia Wells discovers she is the last living Fae, and the only one who can lift a deadly curse. To save the island that has stolen her heart, she must accept the power she never believed in. 4.6 stars on Amazon and 4.3 on Goodreads for Gina LaManna’s Cursed.
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On her wedding day, Dr. Alessia Wells is ready to build a life of reason and order. Instead, a dark stranger crashes the ceremony and whisks her away to an island that should not exist. Magic is real, the Fae are not extinct, and she is one of them.
As Alessia adjusts to a realm filled with strange beauty and deadly secrets, she learns that the island is dying under a centuries-old curse. Only a true Fae can break it, and she may be the last. Torn between logic and destiny, she must embrace the power she never believed in to save the world that has claimed her heart.
Gina LaManna’s Cursed begins the Court of Isles series, a lush fantasy brimming with romance and wonder.
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When Rosie Meyers’s husband is found murdered the day after their anniversary party, she becomes the prime suspect.
After All These Years
Mystery · Amateur Sleuths
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When Rosie Meyers’s husband is found murdered the day after their anniversary party, she becomes the prime suspect. On the run and desperate to prove her innocence, Rosie uncovers dangerous secrets about the man she loved and the life she lost. Susan Isaacs’s After All These Years is a sharp, funny, and utterly addictive suburban mystery.
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The morning after her anniversary party, Rosie Meyers finds her husband dead in their perfect Long Island kitchen. The police find her fingerprints everywhere.
Rosie’s comfortable suburban life shatters overnight. Once a devoted English teacher and wife, she’s suddenly the only suspect in a murder that’s made front-page news. Determined to clear her name, she slips into Manhattan’s shadows, hunting the truth about the man she thought she knew.
Each secret she uncovers pulls her deeper into a web of deceit, betrayal, and unexpected courage. Somewhere between the city’s glitter and its grit, Rosie learns who she really is—and how far she’ll go to survive.
Susan Isaacs’s After All These Years is a witty, fast-paced mystery of marriage, money, and murder.
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Sixteen years after a terrible lie, Becky returns to her island home for her mother’s funeral.
The Day She Disappeared
Mystery · Thriller · Psychological Thriller
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Sixteen years after a terrible lie, Becky returns to her island home for her mother’s funeral. The locals want her gone, but when she learns a girl has vanished, the truth she buried threatens to surface. 4.4 stars on Amazon and 4.2 on Goodreads from #1 bestselling author Lisa Hall’s The Day She Disappeared.
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Never go home.
Sixteen years ago Becky told a lie. And someone died. Now she’s back on the tiny island off the windswept Dorset coast where she grew up. The place she swore she’d never return to. She is home for her mum’s funeral.
The islanders make clear she isn’t wanted. They haven’t forgotten what she did. Some ignore her. Some won’t look her in the eye.
Becky wants to get away. But she hears a story that she can’t ignore. About a teenage girl who went missing a year ago. Some say she left for the mainland with her boyfriend. But the girl’s sister thinks they’re lying.
As a storm rages towards the island, Becky knows someone in this tightly-knit community is hiding the blackest of secrets.
Page after page of gripping suspense.
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