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921 past books matching Mystery
Years after a traumatic event tore their childhood friendship apart, Sean, Jimmy, and Dave are drawn back together when Jimmy’s daughter is found murdered.
Mystic River
Mystery · Thriller
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Years after a traumatic event tore their childhood friendship apart, Sean, Jimmy, and Dave are drawn back together when Jimmy’s daughter is found murdered. As Sean investigates, old wounds reopen, and Jimmy’s criminal instincts return. With Dave harboring dark secrets, all three are forced to confront their past in a tense psychological thriller.
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As kids, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends—until a fateful day when one of them got into a stranger’s car, shattering their bond forever.
Now, 25 years later, Sean is a homicide detective, Jimmy is an ex-con turned shop owner, and Dave is a man struggling with inner demons. When Jimmy’s daughter is found murdered, Sean is assigned to the case. His investigation reignites old tensions, especially as Jimmy’s criminal past tempts him to take justice into his own hands. Meanwhile, Dave’s dark secrets bubble to the surface, as he comes home the night of the murder covered in blood.
As the truth unravels, these three men must confront their buried pasts in a gripping, psychological thriller that explores loyalty, guilt, and justice.
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In 1347 Italy, Brother William of Baskerville is sent to investigate heresy at a wealthy abbey, but his mission is interrupted by a series of strange deaths.
The Name of the Rose
Literary Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
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In 1347 Italy, Brother William of Baskerville is sent to investigate heresy at a wealthy abbey, but his mission is interrupted by a series of strange deaths. With his young apprentice by his side, William unravels cryptic clues and dangerous secrets, racing against time to solve the mystery before more lives are lost.
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Italy, 1347. Brother William of Baskerville arrives at a wealthy abbey to investigate accusations of heresy, but his mission is derailed when a series of mysterious deaths shocks the monastery. Tasked with uncovering the truth, William uses his sharp detective skills, combining logic, theology, and empirical knowledge to hunt for the killer.
With the help of his young apprentice, William scours the abbey’s dark corners, deciphering cryptic symbols and ancient manuscripts. As they delve deeper into the abbey’s secrets, they realize the deaths are connected to something far more sinister.
As the body count rises and tensions grow, William must race against time to uncover the truth. But in a place where "the most interesting things happen at night," will he solve the mystery before it’s too late?
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U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels arrives at Shutter Island to investigate the disappearance of a dangerous patient from an asylum.
Shutter Island
Literary Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
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U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels arrives at Shutter Island to investigate the disappearance of a dangerous patient from an asylum. But as he digs deeper, he’s pulled into a web of unsettling secrets, mind games, and his own unraveling sanity. Shutter Island is a gripping psychological thriller where nothing is what it seems.
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When U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels arrives on Shutter Island, a remote asylum for the criminally insane, he’s investigating the mysterious disappearance of a dangerous patient. But as Teddy delves deeper, nothing is as it seems.
Haunted by his own past and surrounded by unsettling secrets, Teddy begins to question everything: the asylum, the staff, and even his own sanity. As paranoia and fear take hold, Teddy uncovers chilling truths about the island’s dark history—truths that could change his life forever.
With time running out and danger closing in, Teddy must decide whether he can trust anyone, including himself. But what if the real horror lies within his own mind?
In Shutter Island, Dennis Lehane masterfully weaves a suspenseful tale of madness, deception, and haunting revelations.
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This will appeal to readers who want literary fiction about grief, family, loss, and the aftermath of violent crime.
The Lovely Bones
Mystery · Thriller · Psychological Thriller
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A #1 bestseller, The Lovely Bones is narrated by Susie Salmon, a fourteen-year-old girl watching from heaven after her murder. As her killer hides what he has done, Susie sees her family unravel and her friends continue with their lives. This will appeal to readers who want literary fiction about grief, family, loss, and the aftermath of violent crime.
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"My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973."
So begins the story of Susie Salmon, who is adjusting to her new home in heaven, a place that is not at all what she expected, even as she is watching life on earth continue without her -- her friends trading rumors about her disappearance, her killer trying to cover his tracks, her grief-stricken family unraveling. Out of unspeakable tragedy and loss, The Lovely Bones succeeds, miraculously, in building a tale filled with hope, humor, suspense, even joy.
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Robert Langdon is summoned to analyze a mysterious symbol tied to a murdered physicist.
Angels & Demons
Thriller · Historical Mystery
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Robert Langdon is summoned to analyze a mysterious symbol tied to a murdered physicist. What he uncovers is the resurgence of the Illuminati—a secret brotherhood bent on destroying the Vatican with an unstoppable weapon. With time running out, Langdon and scientist Vittoria Vetra must race through ancient clues to prevent catastrophe.
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When Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is called to a Swiss research facility to examine a cryptic symbol burned into a murdered physicist’s chest, he uncovers a shocking truth: the ancient brotherhood known as the Illuminati has returned. Their goal? To unleash a devastating weapon and destroy the Catholic Church.
As the Vatican’s holy conclave begins, Langdon’s fears are confirmed—an Illuminati time bomb is hidden within Vatican City. With only hours to spare, Langdon teams up with Italian scientist Vittoria Vetra to race through crypts, catacombs, and cathedrals, following a 400-year-old trail of symbols that may lead them to the Illuminati’s hidden lair.
The clock is ticking. Can Langdon and Vetra stop the Illuminati’s deadly plan, or will Vatican City be their final victim?
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When a vengeful jihadist, a dangerous cold case, and a ruthless sailor collide in Longboat Key, chaos erupts.
Mortal Dilemma
Mystery
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When a vengeful jihadist, a dangerous cold case, and a ruthless sailor collide in Longboat Key, chaos erupts. With bodies piling up, Jock Algren’s dark past resurfaces, pulling him and his friends into a deadly web. Matt Royal must uncover the truth before the violence spirals out of control.
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Matt Royal has faced danger before, but never like this.
Jock Algren, a government operative, arrives in Longboat Key broken by a failed mission. As his friends Matt and detective J.D. Duncan try to pull him from despair, three menacing forces converge: a vengeful jihadist, a cold case suspect, and the "meanest man" Matt has ever encountered.
Bodies start piling up, and Jock’s deadly past returns to haunt him. With danger closing in from all sides, the stakes couldn’t be higher—if they don’t act fast, more innocent lives will be lost.
As chaos erupts in Key West, Matt must figure out how these threats are connected. But can they stop the violence before it’s too late?
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Jake Grafton, a seasoned pilot returning from Vietnam, faces new battles aboard the U.S.S. Columbia.
The Intruders
Mystery · Historical Mystery
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Jake Grafton, a seasoned pilot returning from Vietnam, faces new battles aboard the U.S.S. Columbia. Tasked with training unruly Marines, tensions run high—especially with the rebellious Captain Le Beau. But when a deadly enemy strikes, they must set aside differences to protect their crew and survive the skies together.
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Jake Grafton, a battle-worn fighter pilot fresh from Vietnam, feels lost back home. So, he returns to what he knows best: flying dangerous missions.
Now stationed on the U.S.S. Columbia in the South Pacific, Grafton must train a group of unruly Marines in carrier-based flight operations. But one Marine, Captain Le Beau, makes the job far more challenging—and far more risky.
When an unexpected enemy threatens from the skies, Grafton and Le Beau must put aside their differences to save the entire crew.
Can these two pilots survive their conflict—and the enemy above—before it’s too late?
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Alice Butler’s job at PopCo seems exciting—until she’s tasked with creating a product to manipulate teenage girls.
PopCo
Mystery
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Alice Butler’s job at PopCo seems exciting—until she’s tasked with creating a product to manipulate teenage girls. As if that wasn’t enough, she starts receiving encrypted messages tied to her cryptanalyst grandfather and a mysterious family secret. The more she uncovers, the more dangerous her world becomes.
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Alice Butler, a shy cryptographer, lands a job at PopCo, a wildly successful—and oddly unsettling—toy company. Her quirky outfits draw attention, but it’s the company’s new project that rattles her: designing a product to exploit teenage girls.
Amidst growing discomfort with her job, Alice receives strange encrypted messages. These codes might connect to her cryptanalyst grandfather, her missing father, a centuries-old manuscript, and the mysterious engraving on her childhood necklace.
As Alice delves deeper, she realizes the secrets she’s uncovering could change everything she thought she knew.
Will she unravel the mystery before PopCo pulls her too far into their game?
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Ten strangers, each with a buried secret, are lured to a remote island.
And Then There Were None
Mystery · Thriller
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Ten strangers, each with a buried secret, are lured to a remote island. Soon, they’re accused of past crimes and begin dying one by one, following a sinister nursery rhyme. With no escape and trust shattered, they must race to uncover the killer among them before they all meet a deadly fate.
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Ten strangers are invited to a remote island, each with a dark secret. Upon arrival, they discover their mysterious host is missing, but they’re not alone for long. A chilling message accuses each of them of past crimes, and one by one, they begin to die.
As the deaths mirror an eerie nursery rhyme, fear and paranoia grip the group. Isolated and with no way off the island, they must confront their guilt while trying to uncover the identity of the unseen killer. But as trust erodes and tension mounts, it becomes clear—the murderer is among them.
With time running out, will anyone survive to reveal the truth? Or are they all doomed to meet their fate according to the rhyme?
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Three years after David Thomas disappeared in the Arabian Desert searching for his real father, a powerful oil tycoon, lawyer George Grant uncovers dangerous secrets about his fate.
The Doomed Oasis
Mystery
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Three years after David Thomas disappeared in the Arabian Desert searching for his real father, a powerful oil tycoon, lawyer George Grant uncovers dangerous secrets about his fate. Caught in the volatile politics of the Middle East, Grant’s search leads to a deadly confrontation that could topple an empire.
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A sweeping adventure set in the Arabian Desert, where the shadow of British colonialism threatens to destroy a father and son.
Three years ago, nineteen-year-old David Thomas beat his father to death. Actually, David only punched the old man, but it was hard enough to cause him to have a fatal stroke. And the man wasn't really David's father at all: The fight started because David learned that his true father was Col. Charles Stanley Whitaker, a legendary figure who made his fortune in the oil fields of the Arabian Desert.
With the help of George Grant, a lawyer he'd just met, David escaped the police and set out to find his real father. But like so many travelers before him, he was swallowed by the desert and never seen again . . .
Now, Grant is working for Colonel Whitaker, helping him negotiate the tangled politics of the turbulent Middle East. When he begins asking questions about the circumstances of David's disappearance, he will be forced to confront the nightmare at the heart of the British Empire.
A globe-trotting adventure with the sweep of Lawrence of Arabia, The Doomed Oasis is a thrilling political novel, one of the finest ever written by the legendary Hammond Innes.
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Nate Vigil stumbles into a small town cover-up when a wind farm worker is murdered and locals call it an accident.
In The Wind
Mystery
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Nate Vigil stumbles into a small town cover-up when a wind farm worker is murdered and locals call it an accident. After thugs try to force him out, Vigil uncovers deadly secrets tied to billions. With a mysterious partner by his side, he’s ready to take on a powerful enemy.
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"Badass by birth. Drifter by choice. Vigilante because justice requires it."
Son of a controversial Navy SEAL—raised to survive a societal collapse that never came—Nate Vigil roams the heart of America restoring justice to victims of con men, criminals, and the corrupt. He's found a calling, but can he find redemption?
IN THIS ADVENTURE...
When a wind farm worker is gunned down on the job, the County Sheriff agrees with the locals and deems it an accident:
“Wrong place, wrong time.”
But to Vigil, it looks like murder. And he says so.
Bluntly.
Not that it’s any of his business. He’s just passing through...
At least until three thugs with Brooklyn accents try to run him out of town.
Now they've made it his business.
Big mistake.
Vigil figures they’re covering something up. But what?
The beautiful and deadly Mira Getty—who claims to be a private investigator for an insurance company—wants the answer even worse than he does. But why is she so intent on enlisting Vigil’s help? And who is she really? Because she’s too good with a gun to be working for GEICO. That’s for damn sure.
There are secrets buried beneath the wind generators in Carlin, Texas. Worth billions to an evil man if he can keep them hidden. The only problem? He didn’t count on Vigil showing up.
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Five years after their friend Mallory’s mysterious death, Fern and Jaq are haunted by her vengeful spirit.
Come Out, Come Out
Mystery · Teen + Young Adult · Thriller
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Five years after their friend Mallory’s mysterious death, Fern and Jaq are haunted by her vengeful spirit. As dark secrets from their past resurface, so do memories of who they truly are—and what really happened in the woods that night. Facing the truth could set them free—or destroy everything.
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Fern, Jaq, and Mallory always found refuge in their friendship—and the abandoned house deep in the woods—when it wasn’t safe to be themselves. But one night, Mallory never made it home, and Fern and Jaq returned with no memory of what happened.
Five years later, Fern and Jaq seem content living straight, cisgender lives—until a spirit resembling Mallory appears, seeking revenge for her death and their role in it. As the haunting intensifies, long-buried memories resurface, forcing them to confront who they really are, who they love, and the dark secrets lurking in the woods.
Will uncovering the truth finally set them free, or will it destroy them?
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