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921 past books matching Mystery
Betrayed.
Dark State
Mystery · Thriller
Our take
Betrayed. Left for dead. Now he’s the only man who can stop the next attack. Dark State by Jack Slater is a gripping political thriller that’s part Jason Bourne, part Jack Reacher. With 4.5 stars from over 26,000 Amazon reviews, this #1 bestseller delivers nonstop action and a hero you won’t forget. The Hangman is back—read now.
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The CIA thought he was dead. His enemies hoped he was. They were all wrong.
On Bloody Monday, coordinated terrorist attacks kill thousands across the U.S., plunging the country into chaos. But for Jason Trapp—codename "Hangman"—this is more than just another mission. It’s personal.
Once the CIA’s most lethal asset, Trapp was betrayed and left for dead. He vanished off the grid, mourning the loss of his team, his partner, and his identity. But when terror strikes at home, he resurfaces with one goal: hunt down those responsible, and make them pay.
Every bullet brings him closer to a conspiracy that runs deeper than anyone imagined. And Jason Trapp doesn’t miss.
An explosive political thriller for fans of Reacher, Bourne, and Mitch Rapp. The Hangman is back—and he's out for blood.
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Good for readers who like action thrillers with vigilante justice, military-trained heroes, corruption plots, and a 4.3-star rating from more than 18,400 Amazon reviewers.
The Night Shift
Mystery · Thriller
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An Amazon #1 bestseller, The Night Shift follows former elite sniper Sam Pope as he investigates a terrorist attack at the London Marathon and uncovers organised crime, police corruption, and enemies determined to stop him. Good for readers who like action thrillers with vigilante justice, military-trained heroes, corruption plots, and a 4.3-star rating from more than 18,400 Amazon reviewers.
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THE AMAZON #1 BEST SELLER
Sam Pope was one of the UK’s finest soldiers, serving over a decade as an elite sniper. After a near fatal shooting brings an end to his career, Sam returns home to his family and a potential new career in the Metropolitan Police. When disaster strikes and his bond with his family is broken, Sam takes a job as an archive officer within the Met, hunting down criminals that have beaten the system and delivering his own brand of justice.
When a terrorist attack at the London Marathon shakes the city to its core, Sam decides to open his own line of investigation. Venturing into the world of organised crime and police corruption, Sam soon finds himself as the number one target…and faces a race against time to expose the truth.
Fans of Lee Child, Mark Dawson, Robert Ludlum and Vince Flynn who are looking for their next action hero, will be thrilled by The Night Shift, the first book in the Amazon No.1 Best Selling Series.
What the readers are saying:
'Every major city in the world needs Sam Pope...All Jack Reacher fans should read this!!'
'Highly recommend to anyone who likes an action packed, thrilling genre.'
'Sam Pope was one of the most bad ass characters that I have read in a while.'
' I enjoyed it so much I started reading it again! The story is full of action, well written and became a video in my mind.'
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A widow seeking freedom.
The Essex Serpent
Literary Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
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A widow seeking freedom. A vicar holding onto faith. A mythical creature lurking in the mist. In 1893 Essex, Cora Seaborne investigates the legend of the Essex Serpent, convinced it’s a scientific marvel rather than a supernatural terror. But as she clashes with Reverend William Ransome, their search for truth leads to an unexpected, life-altering connection. Now an Apple TV+ series!
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A widow seeking freedom. A vicar holding onto faith. A legendary creature lurking in the mist.
London, 1893: When Cora Seaborne’s oppressive husband dies, she leaves behind society’s expectations for the windswept marshes of Essex. There, she hears whispers of the Essex Serpent—a fearsome beast that has supposedly returned after three hundred years. Convinced the creature is a scientific marvel rather than a supernatural terror, Cora sets out to investigate.
Her search brings her to Reverend William Ransome, a man who sees the panic gripping his village as a test of faith. As science and religion collide, so do their lives—sparking an intense relationship that neither of them expected.
A Washington Post Notable Book and now an Apple TV+ series, The Essex Serpent is a mesmerizing historical novel of myth, love, and the battle between reason and belief.
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A must-read for fans of historical crime fiction.
The Complete Detective Suzie Mountford Mysteries
Mystery
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London, 1940. The Blitz rages, and Detective Suzie Mountford fights for justice in the shadows. The Complete Detective Suzie Mountford Mysteries by John Gardner delivers five gripping wartime murder cases packed with danger, intrigue, and a detective who refuses to quit. A must-read for fans of historical crime fiction. Get the complete series today.
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London, 1940. Bombs fall. Chaos reigns. And murder doesn’t stop for war.
At just 22, Detective Suzie Mountford is thrust into CID—not because she’s earned it, but because all the men are off fighting. Her superiors doubt her. The newspapers mock her. But Suzie has something they don’t—she refuses to fail.
With the Blitz raging overhead, criminals use the blackout to their advantage, and the notorious Balvak Twins rule the underworld with an iron grip. Suzie must prove herself fast, outwitting killers, gangsters, and the men who don’t believe she belongs in the force.
This box set includes all five gripping historical mysteries from master storyteller John Gardner. If you love fast-paced, atmospheric crime fiction, it’s time to meet Detective Suzie Mountford.
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A husband’s secret.
The Man by the Sea
Mystery
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A husband’s secret. A remote coastal cove. A mystery unlike any other. The Man by the Sea by Jack Benton is a gripping British noir packed with intrigue, eerie suspense, and a jaw-dropping twist. With 4.0 stars from over 6,700 Amazon reviews, this haunting detective thriller will keep you guessing until the end. Start the Slim Hardy Mysteries today.
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A cheating husband. A haunted cove. A mystery no one saw coming.
Private investigator Slim Hardy doesn’t consider himself much of a detective—he drinks too much, gets things wrong, and barely scrapes by. But when a woman hires him to follow her husband, Ted Douglas, he figures it’ll be an easy paycheck. After all, Ted’s weekly disappearances to a remote Lancashire cove must mean one thing—an affair.
But Slim quickly realizes Ted isn’t meeting anyone. Instead, he stands at the water’s edge, reading aloud from an old book. Something about this place is wrong, and the deeper Slim digs, the more he uncovers a past filled with betrayal, murder, and something far stranger.
An atmospheric British mystery with a shocking twist. Some secrets refuse to stay buried.
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A good pick for readers who like atmospheric YA mysteries, small-town fallout, family scandal, and secrets that stretch across generations.
The Lying Woods
Teen + Young Adult · Mystery · Thriller
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The Lying Woods follows Owen Foster as he returns to his small Louisiana town after his father vanishes amid an embezzlement scandal, forcing Owen to face threats, family secrets, and a buried injustice tied to the woods, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 700 Amazon reviewers. A good pick for readers who like atmospheric YA mysteries, small-town fallout, family scandal, and secrets that stretch across generations.
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A riveting, atmospheric, multi-generational, high-stakes mystery by Ashley Elston, New York Times bestselling author of First Lie Wins**!**
Owen Foster has never wanted for anything. Then his mother shows up at his elite New Orleans boarding school cradling a bombshell: his privileged life has been funded by stolen money. After using the family business, the single largest employer in his small Louisiana town, to embezzle millions and drain the employees' retirement accounts, Owen's father vanished without a trace, leaving Owen and his mother to deal with the fallout.
Owen returns to Lake Cane to finish his senior year, where people he hardly remembers despise him for his father's crimes. It's bad enough dealing with muttered insults and glares, but when Owen and his mother receive increasingly frightening threats from someone out for revenge, he knows he must get to the bottom of what really happened at Louisiana Frac...and the cryptic note his father sent him at his boarding school days before disappearing.
Owen's only refuge is the sprawling, isolated pecan orchard he works at after school, owned by a man named Gus who has his own secrets—and in some ways seems to know Owen better than he knows himself. As Owen uncovers a terrible injustice that looms over the same Preacher Woods he's claimed as his own, he must face a shocking truth about his past—and write a better future.
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A masked killer.
Out For Blood
Mystery · Thriller · Police Procedural
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A masked killer. A city in chaos. A detective on borrowed time. Out for Blood by Jolene Grace is a relentless crime thriller where nothing is as it seems. With a 4.6-star rating, this gripping mystery keeps you guessing until the final, breath-stealing twist. Can Detective Temple Stone stop the bloodshed before he becomes the next victim? Grab it now.
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Boston has a new nightmare, and Detective Temple Stone is running out of time.
After surviving three bullets to the chest, Temple thought he’d earned a break. But when a woman’s body is dumped in the heart of the city—her face hidden behind a mask, her blood drained—his medical leave is over. The killer has left a warning. More bodies will follow.
As the city spirals into fear, Temple is racing against a monster who thrives on chaos. The clues are misleading, the case is tangled in shadows, and every move he makes pulls him closer to his own grave.
When the final puzzle piece falls into place, Temple realizes the truth too late. The killer was always one step ahead.
A pulse-pounding thriller where survival is never guaranteed.
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Perfect for fans of Gone Girl—read now!
Cold Comfort
Mystery · Police Procedural
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A rookie detective. A brutal murder. A deadly game of cat and mouse. Cold Comfort (4.6 stars on Amazon) is a gripping police procedural where Bridgette Cash must prove a serial killer is on the loose—before he strikes again. But with skeptical superiors and little evidence, time is running out. Perfect for fans of Gone Girl—read now!
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A rookie detective. A brutal murder. A race against time to catch a serial killer.
When Bridgette Cash is assigned her first homicide case, she’s determined to prove herself. A young woman’s body is found in the forest, and Bridgette is convinced it’s the work of a serial killer. But with skeptical superiors dismissing her theory and little evidence to go on, she must fight to uncover the truth before the killer strikes again.
As the clock ticks down, Bridgette follows a twisted trail of secrets, deception, and deadly mind games—and what she finds will push her to the edge.
A gripping, edge-of-your-seat police procedural, Cold Comfort is the riveting first novel in the Bridgette Cash Mystery Thriller series—perfect for fans of Gone Girl and fast-paced crime fiction.
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In a city ruled by suspicion, truth hides behind loyalty and fear.
The Seeker
Mystery · Historical Fiction · Historical Mystery · Historical Thriller
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In a city ruled by suspicion, truth hides behind loyalty and fear. In The Seeker, Damian Seeker serves as Cromwell’s most formidable agent in 1654 London, tasked with investigating the murder of a celebrated army captain. When the obvious suspect appears too convenient, Seeker navigates a web of spies and political intrigue in a historical thriller shaped by secrecy, power, and peril.
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London, 1654. In the teeming warren of spies, exiles and assassins that is Cromwell's London, the Lord Protector's most feared agent is Damian Seeker. No one knows where Seeker comes from or even his real name. But one thing is certain - nothing remains hidden from him for long.
When a popular captain and hero of Cromwell's all-powerful army is murdered, and Elias Ellingworth, an outspoken critic of Cromwell's regime, is found standing over the bleeding body clutching a knife, his guilt seems to be without question. Yet Seeker is not convinced. He will stop at nothing to unmask the true killer and save Ellingworth from the gallows and knows better than any man where to search.
'A cut above . . . A compelling plot and some wonderful characters make this a must-read' The Times
'A first class, compelling debut for MacLean's new hero' Crime Review
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When cutting edge science turns the past into a physical destination, curiosity becomes a fatal liability.
Timeline
Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
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When cutting edge science turns the past into a physical destination, curiosity becomes a fatal liability. In Timeline, a group of archaeologists and researchers are thrust into fourteenth century France to rescue a colleague lost in time. Trapped in a violent medieval world, they face brutal politics, shifting loyalties, and the limits of modern knowledge when survival depends on adapting faster than history can kill them.
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this thriller from the author of Jurassic Park, Sphere, and Congo, a group of young scientists travel back in time to medieval France on a daring rescue mission that becomes a struggle to stay alive.
“Compulsive reading . . . brilliantly imagined.”—Los Angeles Times
In an Arizona desert, a man wanders in a daze, speaking words that make no sense. Within twenty-four hours he is dead, his body swiftly cremated by his only known associates. Halfway around the world, archaeologists make a shocking discovery at a medieval site. Suddenly they are swept off to the headquarters of a secretive multinational corporation that has developed an astounding technology. Now this group is about to get a chance not to study the past but to enter it. And with history opened up to the present, the dead awakened to the living, these men and women will soon find themselves fighting for their very survival—six hundred years ago.
Praise for Timeline
“Exciting . . . classic adventure . . . [a] swashbuckling novel . . . Crichton delivers.”—USA Today
“More screams per page . . . than Jurassic Park and The Lost World combined . . . The pace will leave many breathlessly grasping for oxygen masks.”—The San Diego Union-Tribune
“One of his best . . . [a] nonstop roller coaster of a novel.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
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A missing woman.
Missing on the Gulf Coast
Mystery
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A missing woman. A coastal paradise with a dark secret. Missing on the Gulf Coast (4.1 stars on Amazon) follows landscaper-turned-amateur sleuth Hilda Mae Palmer as she uncovers a chilling pattern of disappearances. But when her search for answers puts her own life in danger, she must race against time to uncover the truth. A gripping small-town mystery—read now!
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A missing woman. A coastal paradise with a dark secret. A landscaper who won’t stop until the truth is found.
Hilda Mae Palmer enjoys a quiet life on Florida’s Gulf Coast, turning overgrown yards into lush retreats. But when she stumbles upon the mystery of a missing woman, her world takes a dangerous turn. What begins as a simple search leads to a sinister pattern—multiple women have vanished without a trace.
As Hilda Mae digs deeper, she realizes she’s up against something far more dangerous than she imagined. Now, she’s not just searching for answers—she’s fighting to survive.
A gripping small-town mystery, Missing on the Gulf Coast is the first book in the Hilda Mae Mysteries—perfect for fans of twisty suspense, fierce heroines, and coastal secrets waiting to be uncovered.
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A nuclear explosion.
Mother of Storms
Dystopian · Mystery · Thriller · Post-Apocalyptic
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A nuclear explosion. A hurricane unlike any in history. A world on the brink. Mother of Storms (4.3 stars on Amazon) is a thrilling fusion of cyberpunk and eco-disaster, where a virtual-reality network connects humanity as civilization collapses. Passion, tragedy, and survival collide in this gripping speculative thriller. Read now before the storm hits.
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A nuclear explosion. A hurricane unlike any in history. A world on the brink of destruction.
In the middle of the Pacific, a man-made catastrophe ignites a storm so massive, so unstoppable, that it spawns dozens more in its wake. As the hurricanes rage, entire nations are swallowed by the sea, and civilization teeters on collapse.
But in a world linked by a vast virtual-reality network, people don’t just witness the devastation—they experience it firsthand. As chaos spreads, an emerging global consciousness begins to rise from the ruins. But will it be enough to save humanity from itself?
A 4.3-star Amazon bestseller, Mother of Storms is a visionary fusion of cyberpunk and eco-thriller, packed with high-stakes action, raw emotion, and a terrifyingly plausible future.
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