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921 past books matching Mystery
Lights Out turns a celebrity murder into a personal reckoning, where loyalty, family history, and public scrutiny collide around one impossible case.
Lights Out
Mystery · Thriller · Psychological Thriller
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Lights Out turns a celebrity murder into a personal reckoning, where loyalty, family history, and public scrutiny collide around one impossible case. Former Olympic athlete and sports reporter Kate Green refuses to believe her best friend killed an NBA superstar, but proving it pulls her into a web of secrets that threatens her career, her children, and the fragile return of her detective father.
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In this exciting debut novel comes a fast-paced thriller that follows a sports reporter’s journey off the court…and into a world of murder and deception.
Former Olympic athlete and sports reporter Kate Green isn’t sure how much more tumultuous her life can get. She’s been put on temporary leave from her job, then NBA superstar Kurt Robbins is killed and the prime suspect in his murder is none other than his wife…and Kate’s best friend.
Kate knows that Yvette’s marriage wasn’t exactly stable, but her friend is no murderer, and Kate is determined to prove it with her own investigation. While she tries to salvage Yvette’s life, Kate’s own continues to unravel. Her career is in limbo. Gossip columns speculate about her future. Her children are battling their own demons. And her estranged father suddenly reenters her life as a detective assigned to Kurt’s homicide case.
As her worlds collide—exposing secrets, lies, and ulterior motives—Kate may have to choose between the games she can play and the one she might lose.
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When Diane Matthews’s son-in-law is charged with her daughter’s murder three years after her “accident,” Diane’s quest for the truth leads her to FBI agent Eva Rae Thomas.
Dark Little Secrets
Mystery
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When Diane Matthews’s son-in-law is charged with her daughter’s murder three years after her “accident,” Diane’s quest for the truth leads her to FBI agent Eva Rae Thomas. As Eva digs deeper, she faces a web of lies and corruption that threatens to keep the town’s darkest secrets buried.
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Diane Matthews lost everything when her daughter, Angela, died in a tragic accident—or so she believed.
Three years later, when Angela’s husband, Will, is suddenly charged with murder, Diane’s grief is reignited. Desperate for answers, she turns to Eva Rae Thomas, a skilled FBI agent known for solving impossible cases.
As Eva Rae digs into the case, she uncovers startling inconsistencies in the evidence against Will. But her pursuit of the truth puts her up against a corrupt detective and a web of secrets buried deep in a seemingly quiet town.
With every clue, Diane and Eva Rae realize there’s more at stake than they ever imagined.
Can Eva Rae expose the truth, or will the town’s secrets stay buried forever?
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In picturesque St Andrews, a killer is counting down, leaving numbered cards with each new victim.
See Them Run
Mystery · Police Procedural
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In picturesque St Andrews, a killer is counting down, leaving numbered cards with each new victim. Detective Clare Mackay must connect the dots between the victims before time runs out, but with hidden secrets—and her own past—haunting the case, stopping the killer might be her toughest challenge yet.
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In the charming town of St Andrews, a killer is counting down.
Detective Inspector Clare Mackay, newly relocated from Glasgow, faces her most chilling case yet when a guest at a wedding celebration becomes the first victim in a hit-and-run, a “5” card ominously left on his chest. The next night, another victim falls, with a “4” card marking the scene.
As the murders continue, Clare and her team race against time to uncover the connection between the victims before the countdown ends in more bloodshed. But with secrets lurking in the victims’ lives—and her own past—Clare’s resolve will be tested.
Can she unravel the killer’s twisted pattern before the body count reaches zero?
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An unbreakable vow shattered.
The Reaper
Mystery · Romantic Suspense
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An unbreakable vow shattered. A woman he can’t resist. Tristan "The Predator" Caine lives in shadows until Morana Vitalio forces him to confront a deadly mystery and his own scarred past. As secrets unravel and tensions ignite, their forbidden connection may be the only light in a world of darkness.
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When the untameable wind collides with the endless sea, storms are bound to rise. Tristan "The Predator" Caine has never broken a promise—until the night he meets Morana Vitalio. Haunted by a painful past and a vow now shattered, he’s torn between retribution and redemption, pulled by a woman who seems to hold his future in her hands.
Morana’s world has crumbled, leaving her stranded in enemy territory with her freedom—and her life—at stake. She can’t afford to trust anyone, yet Tristan holds secrets she needs, and his loyalty to her runs deeper than either can understand.
As their search for the truth pulls them closer, Tristan and Morana unravel a dark mystery tied to missing girls and buried secrets. Each revelation ignites a new danger, pushing them toward a treacherous path they can’t escape. In a storm of betrayal and desire, will they uncover the truth before it consumes them both?
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When a teenage boy vanishes from Cheap Street Mission, detective Jack Delamere plunges into London’s shadowy underworld, following leads through opium dens, macabre illusions, and secrets lurking beneath…
A Case of Make Believe
Historical Fiction · Historical Mystery
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When a teenage boy vanishes from Cheap Street Mission, detective Jack Delamere plunges into London’s shadowy underworld, following leads through opium dens, macabre illusions, and secrets lurking beneath the city. With danger mounting, he races against time to prevent a brutal, very public death linked to the boy’s mysterious disappearance.
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When a teenage boy disappears from London’s Cheap Street Mission, Jack finds himself in charge of the Delamere detective agency—and on a case that plunges him into London’s darkest corners. Desperate to find his missing brother, Simeon turns to Jack, whose only lead is a sinister cutthroat razor.
As Jack and his partner, Will, follow clues from the eerie illusions of Piccadilly’s Egyptian Hall to an opium den in Whitechapel, the case grows increasingly complex and dangerous. Beneath the city's surface, secrets and hidden identities threaten to unravel their search.
But time is slipping away, and if they don’t find the boy soon, the razor will play a bloody role in a public death. Will Jack and Will reach him before it’s too late?
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A good pick for readers who like atmospheric Scandi noir, cold-case secrets, and murder mysteries rooted in landscape and memory.
Until Thy Wrath Be Past
Mystery · Police Procedural
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Called “Rebecka Martinsson: the new Scandi-noir heroine to rival Saga Noren and Sarah Lund” by iNews, Until Thy Wrath Be Past follows prosecutor Rebecka Martinsson after a young woman’s body surfaces in the River Torne in northern Sweden. A good pick for readers who like atmospheric Scandi noir, cold-case secrets, and murder mysteries rooted in landscape and memory.
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"Rebecka Martinsson: the new Scandi-noir heroine to rival Saga Noren and Sarah Lund" iNews
"In a television world now awash in female coppers, there aren't many as interesting and human as Rebecka" Wall Street Journal
In the first thaw of spring the body of a young woman surfaces in the River Torne in the far north of Sweden.
Rebecka Martinsson is working as a prosecutor in nearby Kiruna, her sleep troubled by visions of a shadowy, accusing figure. Could the body belong to the girl in her dream?
Joining forces with Police Inspector Anna-Maria Mella, Martinsson will need all her courage to face a killer who will kill again to keep the past buried under half a century of silent ice and snow.
"Well written, atmospheric and gripping to the end." Reader Review
"The first book I read by Asa Larsson and I expect to read all the others." Reader Review
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When a prisoner claims he was framed by Will Trent’s late mentor and hints at a long-hidden serial killer, Will faces a dangerous choice.
The Silent Wife
Mystery · Police Procedural
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When a prisoner claims he was framed by Will Trent’s late mentor and hints at a long-hidden serial killer, Will faces a dangerous choice. As another woman is murdered, he must reopen a decade-old case—with his girlfriend, Sara Linton, caught in the middle. The truth could destroy everything.
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GBI investigator Will Trent faces a chilling dilemma. A prisoner claims innocence in a brutal attack and accuses Will’s late mentor, Jeffrey Tolliver, of framing him. Even more disturbing—the real culprit may be a serial killer who’s been preying on women for years.
As Will reopens the cold case, another woman is found murdered in northern Georgia. With time erasing memories and evidence, Will is forced to work with Sara Linton, his girlfriend and Tolliver’s widow, to uncover the truth.
With his career, relationship, and lives on the line, Will must solve both murders. But can he handle the explosive secrets that link the two cases, or will his past destroy everything?
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The Highgate Cemetery Murder opens with a dying man’s cryptic notes, then follows the sister determined to understand the murder he could not stop.
The Highgate Cemetery Murder
Historical Fiction · Mystery · Cozy Mystery · Historical Mystery
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The Highgate Cemetery Murder opens with a dying man’s cryptic notes, then follows the sister determined to understand the murder he could not stop. Nurse Gemma Tate brings her brother’s clues to Inspector Sebastian Bell, forcing an uneasy partnership through Victorian drawing rooms, London slums, and a case tangled in class, danger, and buried truth. This is historical mystery with gothic atmosphere, investigative tension, and slow-burn series potential.
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His heart pounding, the man scribbles the words in his notebook as fast as he can: “Woman dead in Highgate. Man in caped coat. Milky way and red streaks. I’m being followed.”
Hours later, the man’s cold body lies in the city mortuary, alongside the woman he couldn’t save. And his sister, unconventional nurse Gemma Tate, tracks down troubled police inspector Sebastian Bell to unravel the truth.
Sebastian has enough pressure to solve the murder of an aristocratic heiress without Gemma meddling in his case. But the cryptic sentences she brings him from her brother’s notebook could be a crucial lead. If only they knew what “milky way” meant. But as the trail of clues takes them away from the gilded drawing rooms of the nobility and into the dangerous slums of London, how far will their partnership be tested on the quest for justice, and will they both emerge unscathed?
Fans of Andrea Penrose, Deanna Raybourn and Miss Scarlet and the Duke will be hooked on this intricate, compelling mystery set in Victorian London.
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Anna Fekete’s summer holiday takes a dark turn when a local thief is found dead and her investigation uncovers buried family secrets and decades-old corruption.
The Exiled
Mystery · Noir
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Anna Fekete’s summer holiday takes a dark turn when a local thief is found dead and her investigation uncovers buried family secrets and decades-old corruption. As she digs deeper, Anna becomes entangled in a dangerous web of lies and a looming refugee crisis that threatens to destroy everything she holds dear.
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Anna Fekete returns to her childhood village in the Balkans, expecting a peaceful summer. But when her bag is stolen and the thief turns up dead, her holiday becomes anything but relaxing.
As a detective, Anna can’t resist investigating. Her search for answers leads her to disturbing family secrets and a cover-up that spans decades. The deeper she digs, the more she unearths a web of corruption and injustice—one that directly threatens her family.
Amid the chaos of a growing refugee crisis, Anna must uncover the truth before it destroys them all.
But can she unravel the lies before time runs out?
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Investigative reporter Janne Vuori uncovers a mining company’s deadly secrets in a small Finnish town, but the deeper he digs, the more dangerous his life becomes.
The Mine
Mystery · Noir
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Investigative reporter Janne Vuori uncovers a mining company’s deadly secrets in a small Finnish town, but the deeper he digs, the more dangerous his life becomes. As mysterious deaths pile up and his personal life crumbles, Janne must face a terrifying truth that could cost him everything.
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A hitman, a journalist, and a toxic secret collide in the frozen north. Janne Vuori, an investigative reporter, is determined to expose a mining company’s illegal activities that have poisoned a small Finnish town. But as executives mysteriously die, Janne’s own life spirals out of control.
With his family falling apart and a shadowy killer closing in, Janne realizes that uncovering the truth could cost him everything. The deeper he digs, the more dangerous his world becomes.
As past sins resurface and the body count rises, one question haunts him: Will he survive long enough to expose the deadly truth?
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When Hedda Hellberg vanishes without a trace, journalist Henning Juul is pulled into a deadly web of secrets tied to a powerful family and a long-buried murder.
Cursed
Mystery · Noir
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When Hedda Hellberg vanishes without a trace, journalist Henning Juul is pulled into a deadly web of secrets tied to a powerful family and a long-buried murder. As he uncovers chilling connections, Juul must confront his own tragic past, risking everything to reveal the truth before it’s too late.
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What secret would you kill to protect?
When Hedda Hellberg vanishes on a supposed retreat in Italy, her husband uncovers a twisted mystery—Hedda never left Oslo. As the pieces unravel, she's tied to the murder of an old man deep in the Swedish forests. Henning Juul, a journalist still reeling from the death of his son, joins the search with his ex-wife.
Together, they plunge into the shadowy secrets of a wealthy Swedish family, where personal pain intersects with a dangerous conspiracy. As the threat closes in, Juul risks everything to uncover a maze of secrets leading to a dark chapter in European history.
But how far will he go when their own lives are on the line?
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Colleen Hayes thought her latest case was routine—until she uncovers a deadly link to a vigilante group hunting ex-Nazis.
Line of Darkness
Mystery · Noir
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Colleen Hayes thought her latest case was routine—until she uncovers a deadly link to a vigilante group hunting ex-Nazis. Her search leads from San Francisco to the Italian Alps, where a sinister WWII conspiracy still claims lives. As danger mounts, Colleen must stop the killers before it’s too late.
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When PI Colleen Hayes is hired to track down a missing relative in 1979 San Francisco, she expects a simple case. But the “nephew” is linked to a global vigilante group hunting ex-Nazis, and Colleen’s investigation uncovers dark WWII secrets—a banknote, an SS officer’s ID, and a body on the railway.
As her search takes her from San Francisco to Italy, Colleen uncovers a chilling conspiracy involving the infamous Vatican Ratlines. With her daughter’s life in danger, Colleen faces a deadly choice: stop the killers or walk away.
How far will she go to bring justice to a buried past?
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