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921 past books matching Mystery
A sharp fit for readers drawn to dark romance with serial killers, obsession, mind games, and lovers-or-enemies tension.
Born, Madly
Mystery · Romance · Thriller · Dark Romance · Psychological Thriller · Romantic Suspense
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From USA Today best-selling author Trisha Wolfe and called “deliciously twisted” by readers, Born, Madly follows Dr. London Noble and Grayson Sullivan as a buried past, psychological warfare, and a copycat killer threaten their bond, with a 4.2-star rating from more than 2,300 Amazon reviewers. A sharp fit for readers drawn to dark romance with serial killers, obsession, mind games, and lovers-or-enemies tension.
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From USA Today best-selling author Trisha Wolfe comes her most dark and dangerous romance that readers say is: "deliciously twisted"
Duet: a performance by two.
But who is acting, and who is devolving?
A buried past is unearthed, and Grayson Sullivan--AKA The Angel of Maine--retaliates against the system who made him, deploying psychological warfare on the woman who initially set him free. Dr. London Noble probes deep into the mind of the killer she's fallen for, searching for answers, as a copycat killer threatens their unity. Are they partners, lovers, or enemies? One final trap will reveal all.
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Best for readers who want pitch black psychological thrillers with dark romance, trauma, vigilante violence, and heavy emotional themes.
In You
Mystery · Romance · Thriller · Psychological Thriller · Romantic Suspense · Suspense
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In You follows Tamryn, a woman searching for love and protection, and Caleb, a lonely vigilante killer whose connection with her forces both of them toward their darkest secrets, with a 4.3-star rating from more than 1,000 Amazon reviewers. Best for readers who want pitch black psychological thrillers with dark romance, trauma, vigilante violence, and heavy emotional themes.
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My name is Tamryn.
I am a woman with a job, a home, and a mother who loves me. Not whole, but not quite incomplete, either. I have many faces, but they all want one thing; someone to protect me. Someone to love me. And then I find him...He's everything I thought I ever wanted. Handsome, suave, gentlemanly, my knight in shining armor with a hand stretched out to make everything perfect. And everything is perfect, that is, until my true savior comes along and shows me just how broken I am, and works to piece me back together... At the end of the day, all I really know my name is Tamryn, and I've always wanted to live by the sea. Preferably in a kingdom, but a small house will do...
My name is Caleb.
I am a survivor, a killer, a loner. Ruthless in my pursuit of justice, I fill my time moonlighting as a vigilante, cleansing the world of the filth that walks upon it. I handle what needs to be taken care of, then I retreat back to my thousand acres of woods until I'm needed again. Though the kills aren't ever enough to erase the touch of my abuser, the bloodlust I feel is sweet, and so far, it's been enough to soothe the aching loneliness that threatens on a daily to swallow me whole. I've accepted my heart is dead, that is, until I meet Tamryn. This fragile woman touches something inside of me, and forces me to realize that I need so much more than that what I've been settling for. She makes me crave more, and enables me to face my deepest, darkest secrets.
This book is a psychological thriller and pitch black romance. As well as various aspects of abuse, it also features heavy themes depicting Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). It is recommended to read the trigger warnings before proceeding. 18+ only.
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A strong fit for readers drawn to military thrillers with Special Operations suspense, divided loyalties, revenge, and high-stakes betrayal.
Cold Barrel Zero
Mystery · Thriller · Military Thriller
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Cold Barrel Zero follows disgraced Special Operations legend John Hayes as he returns to the United States on the run, while Thomas Byrne, a former combat medic and old friend, is pulled back into danger to help capture him, with a 4.3-star rating from more than 1,100 Amazon reviewers. A strong fit for readers drawn to military thrillers with Special Operations suspense, divided loyalties, revenge, and high-stakes betrayal.
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In this heart-pounding military thriller, Special Operations legend John Hayes finds himself disgraced and on the run as he returns to the United States to get back to his wife and daughter—and take revenge on his accusers. Only one man can stop him: Thomas Byrne. He once fought alongside Hayes as a combat medic, but he gave up the gun. Now a surgeon, he moves from town to town, trying to forget his past, until he is called upon by a high-ranking government official to help capture the man he once called a friend. Hayes and Byrne were once as close as brothers, but with the fate of the nation hanging in the balance and nothing as it seems, both men must decide whom to trust—and whom to betray. In a final, explosive battle for justice, they face off along a rifle's cold barrel. Cold Barrel Zero brings together the blistering pace of Lee Child, the nonstop action of Brad Thor, and the richly drawn characters and moral stakes of Daniel Silva. An experienced reporter armed with deep behind-the-scenes research into America's Special Operations Forces, Quirk takes the military thriller to a new level of suspense.
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Best for readers who like Cold War thrillers, space-race tension, technical detail, and high-stakes missions in isolated settings.
The Apollo Murders
Mystery · Sci-Fi · Thriller · Space Exploration
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“An exciting journey,” The Apollo Murders follows a top-secret Apollo 18 mission as flight controller Kaz Zemeckis uncovers a darker objective tied to a secret Soviet space station, with astronauts, spies, and political rivals colliding far beyond the reach of rescue, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 5,600 Amazon reviewers. Best for readers who like Cold War thrillers, space-race tension, technical detail, and high-stakes missions in isolated settings.
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From New York Times bestselling author and astronaut Chris Hadfield comes this exceptional thriller into the dark heart of the Cold War and the space race—soon to be a major TV series from Altitude and Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions.
"An exciting journey" —Andy Weir, author of The Martian and Project Hail Mary
1973: a final, top-secret mission to the Moon. Three astronauts in a tiny spaceship, a quarter million miles from home. A quarter million miles from help.
NASA is about to launch Apollo 18. While the mission has been billed as a scientific one, flight controller Kazimieras "Kaz" Zemeckis knows there is a darker objective. Intelligence has discovered a secret Soviet space station spying on America, and Apollo 18 may be the only chance to stop it. But even as Kaz races to keep the NASA crew one step ahead of their Russian rivals, a deadly accident reveals that not everyone involved is quite who they were thought to be. With political stakes stretched to the breaking point, the White House and the Kremlin can only watch as their astronauts collide on the lunar surface, far beyond the reach of law or rescue.
Full of the fascinating technical detail that fans of The Martian loved, and reminiscent of the thrilling claustrophobia, twists, and tension of The Hunt for Red October, The Apollo Murders is a high-stakes thriller unlike any other. Chris Hadfield captures the fierce G-forces of launch, the frozen loneliness of space, and the fear of holding on to the outside of a spacecraft orbiting the Earth at 17,000 miles per hour as only someone who has experienced all of these things in real life can.
"Packed with cosmic action ... Featuring undercover spies, scheming Russians and psychopathic murderers, sometimes all at once, it teems with authoritative details." —The New York Times
“Nail-biting ... I couldn’t put it down.” —James Cameron, writer and director of Avatar and Titanic
“Not to be missed.” —Frederick Forsyth, author of The Day of the Jackal
“An explosive thriller by a writer who has actually been to space ... Strap in for the ride!” —Gregg Hurwitz, author of Orphan X
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A good pick for readers who like action-packed crime thrillers with coastal danger, political corruption, ancient secrets, and high-stakes rescue missions.
Tomlinson’s Wake
Mystery · Indigenous Fiction
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Tomlinson's Wake sends Doc Ford to Honduras after Tomlinson’s shipwreck off the Mosquito Coast draws them into the path of a hidden twelve-year-old Mayan descendant, corrupt politicians, and a catastrophic earthquake, with a 4.1-star rating from more than 1,800 Amazon reviewers. A good pick for readers who like action-packed crime thrillers with coastal danger, political corruption, ancient secrets, and high-stakes rescue missions.
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Doc Ford returns for a perilous journey into Mesoamerica after a world-shattering earthquake threatens his family's safety—and all of their lives
In the wake of a killer hurricane, Doc Ford heads to Honduras, where his best friend, Tomlinson, crashed his beloved sailboat into a reef off the Mosquito Coast. Tomlinson swears he died in the shipwreck and was brought back to life by a runaway orphan—the direct descendant of the last king of the ancient Mayan people.
Corrupt politicians want the child out of the picture before he catalyzes a revolution among the Indigenous population. But the boy, a charismatic twelve-year-old, has gone underground with the help of Tomlinson and a network of street urchins. They're all on the run and in the crosshairs when Ford arrives and picks up his friend’s trail.
The Marina family has already suffered the death of one key member, and Ford is determined not to burden his homeless friends with yet another funeral wake. What no one is prepared for, however, is a cataclysmic earthquake that hits the area with the impact of a meteor that nearly destroyed all life on earth more than sixty million years ago.
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Ten years after her daughter’s murder, Bree Winter is trying to rebuild her life when the convicted killer makes a deathbed confession that changes everything: he killed four…
I Came Back for You
Thriller · Mystery · Amateur Sleuths
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Ten years after her daughter’s murder, Bree Winter is trying to rebuild her life when the convicted killer makes a deathbed confession that changes everything: he killed four girls, but not Melanie. I Came Back for You follows Bree back to the town where her nightmare began as new clues, old trauma, and unsettling secrets force her to question the crime, the killer, and her daughter’s hidden past. Rated 4.1 stars on Amazon.
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A mother begins to challenge everything she’s been told about her daughter’s murder in a shocking novel of suspense by a New York Times bestselling author.
Ten years after her daughter, Melanie, was murdered, Bree Winter is finally moving on with a new love, a new home, and a new beginning. Then a deathbed confession from the convicted killer throws Bree’s life into a tailspin all over again. He readily confesses to murdering four girls. But not Melanie.
At first, Bree and her ex-husband don’t buy a word of it. Until inconsistencies about the crime emerge. So does the dreadful feeling that the monster who shattered Bree’s family isn’t lying. The only way she can get to the truth is to power through the trauma and return to the town in upstate New York where Melanie’s life came to a brutal end.
Bree will do anything to find justice for her daughter and finish this nightmare forever. Instead, it’s just beginning. Not only could the real killer still be in their midst, but as Bree begins to dig through Melanie’s past, what she discovers calls into question everything she has believed—about the crime and about Melanie herself.
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Good for readers who like suspense thrillers with copycat crimes, investigative danger, and shocking reveals.
Hour Game
Mystery · Thriller · Police Procedural · Suspense
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A #1 Best Seller in Thriller & Suspense Action Fiction, Hour Game follows ex-Secret Service agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell as a burglary case pulls them into a murder investigation involving killings modeled after infamous murderers. As the secrets pile up, the partners risk their lives to uncover the truth, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 28,100 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like suspense thrillers with copycat crimes, investigative danger, and shocking reveals.
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A man accused of burglary seems innocent, but two ex-Secret Service agents quickly learn that nothing is more dangerous than the truth in this propulsive thriller from a #1 New York Times bestselling author.
A woman is found murdered in the woods. It seems like a simple case but it soon escalates into a terrible nightmare. Someone is replicating the killing styles of the most infamous murderers of all time. No one knows this criminal's motives ... or who will die next.
Two ex-Secret Service agents, Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, have been hired to defend a man's innocence in a burglary involving an aristocratic family. Then a series of secrets leads the partners right into the frantic hunt that is confounding even the FBI.
Now King and Maxwell are playing the Hour Game, uncovering one horrifying revelation after another and putting their lives in danger. Because the closer they get to the truth, the closer they get to the most shocking surprise of all.
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Good for readers who like dark romance with obsession, betrayal, online secrets, cold-case mystery, and dangerous devotion.
A Smile Full of Lies
Horror · Mystery · Romance · Erotica
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A struggling writer moves in with her obsessed neighbor, who reveals he's both her online stalker and keeper of evidence from his family's massacre, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 170 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like dark romance with obsession, betrayal, online secrets, cold-case mystery, and dangerous devotion.
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For readers who like literary historical mysteries with famous figures, metafictional questions, and conspiracy-driven suspense.
The Fifth Heart
Historical Fiction · Mystery · Historical Mystery · Historical Thriller
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Suicidal Henry James and doubting Sherlock Holmes team up to investigate a suspicious death and vast conspiracy in Gilded Age America, with a 4.1-star rating from more than 900 Amazon reviewers. For readers who like literary historical mysteries with famous figures, metafictional questions, and conspiracy-driven suspense.
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In 1893, Sherlock Holmes and Henry James come to America together to solve the mystery of the 1885 death of Clover Adams, wife of the esteemed historian Henry Adams -- member of the Adams family that has given the United States two Presidents. Clover's suicide appears to be more than it at first seemed; the suspected foul play may involve matters of national importance.
Holmes is currently on his Great Hiatus -- his three-year absence after Reichenbach Falls during which time the people of London believe him to be deceased. Holmes has faked his own death because, through his powers of ratiocination, the great detective has come to the conclusion that he is a fictional character.
This leads to serious complications for James -- for if his esteemed fellow investigator is merely a work of fiction, what does that make him? And what can the master storyteller do to fight against the sinister power -- possibly named Moriarty -- that may or may not be controlling them from the shadows?
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Good for readers who want tense military thrillers, confined settings, and lone-wolf investigators.
Steel Fear
Mystery · Thriller · Military Thriller
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A Barry Award nominee called “Sensationally good” by Lee Child, Steel Fear follows disgraced Navy SEAL sniper Finn aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, where disappearing crew members point to a serial killer hiding among thousands. Under suspicion himself, Finn must find the killer before more people die, with a 4.6-star rating from more than 1,400 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want tense military thrillers, confined settings, and lone-wolf investigators.
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An aircraft carrier adrift with a crew the size of a small town. A killer in their midst. And the disgraced Navy SEAL who must track him down . . . The high-octane debut thriller from New York Times bestselling writing team Webb & Mann—combat-decorated Navy SEAL Brandon Webb and award-winning author John David Mann.
A BARRY AWARD NOMINEE • “Sensationally good—an instant classic, maybe an instant legend.”—Lee Child
The moment Navy SEAL sniper Finn sets foot on the USS Abraham Lincolnto hitch a ride home from the Persian Gulf, it’s clear something is deeply wrong. Leadership is weak. Morale is low. And when crew members start disappearing one by one, what at first seems like a random string of suicides soon reveals something far more sinister: There’s a serial killer on board. Suspicion falls on Finn, the newcomer to the ship. After all, he’s being sent home in disgrace, recalled from the field under the dark cloud of a mission gone horribly wrong. He’s also a lone wolf, haunted by gaps in his memory and the elusive sense that something he missed may have contributed to civilian deaths on his last assignment. Finding the killer offers a chance at redemption . . . if he can stay alive long enough to prove it isn’t him.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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Good for readers who want twisty crime thrillers with flawed investigators and dark family secrets.
False Positive
Mystery · Thriller
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Alabama detective Cooper Devereaux is searching for a missing seven-year-old boy when the case begins exposing disturbing truths about the child’s background and his own. False Positive follows a damaged detective through bloodlines, mass murder, obsession, and a dangerous partnership, with a 4.1-star rating from more than 600 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want twisty crime thrillers with flawed investigators and dark family secrets.
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For fans of Craig Johnson and James Lee Burke—False Positive follows up the powerful punch of Andrew Grant’s novel RUN with a staggering second dose of thrills and suspense that is just as smart, atmospheric, and soul-searing.
Alabama detective Cooper Devereaux makes no apologies for his luxe lifestyle or the way he does his job. Most cops haven’t lived the kind of life he has—starting out as an orphan, raised by a grizzled cop savior—and most don’t use his kind of high-risk tactics. But he may have met his match in fellow detective Jan Loflin, who’s fresh off a long undercover stint in Vice when they’re partnered on a case that will test them both beyond their direst nightmares.
A seven-year-old boy has disappeared from his home in the Birmingham suburbs. But the more Devereaux digs into the missing child’s background, the more he discovers about his own, eventually shaking loose a series of harrowing truths—about bloodlines, mass murder, obsession, and what two damaged detectives have in common with the innocent victim they’re so desperate to save. This twisty page-turner—the debut of the Detective Cooper Devereaux series—hurtles at a mile a minute through an action-packed search for a missing child, culminating in an ending that no reader will see coming.
Praise for False Positive
“A fast-moving thriller . . . Readers who like defects in their heroes will love this guy, who knows he’s not as good as he’d like to be. The final twist comes just as all finally seems well with the world. A dark, enjoyable novel. One of Grant’s better works.”—Kirkus Reviews
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Good for readers who want atmospheric Scottish crime fiction with cold cases, hidden guilt, and mounting danger.
In the Silence
Mystery · Detective Fiction · Noir
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Shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize and longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize, In the Silence follows criminology lecturer Anna Scavolini as her return to Glasgow turns deadly when she finds an old flame stabbed in Kelvingrove Park. As Anna investigates, long-buried secrets point back to a decade-old crime, with a 4.1-star rating from more than 6,300 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want atmospheric Scottish crime fiction with cold cases, hidden guilt, and mounting danger.
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE AND LONGLISTED FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE, 2019.
Some secrets refuse to stay silent.
Anna Scavolini hasn’t set foot in Glasgow for ten years – and she’s not short of reasons. Her first night back in town takes a decidedly macabre turn when she stumbles upon an old flame, Andrew Foley, bleeding to death on the snow-clad slopes of Kelvingrove Park.
Who killed Andrew in such a savage way – and why? If the police have any leads, they’re keeping them to themselves. Convinced that Andrew was deliberately targeted rather than a random victim, Anna begins her own investigation, unearthing a trail of long-buried secrets leading back to a crime committed over a decade ago.
A crime so unspeakable its perpetrators are prepared to take their silence to the grave.
Perfect for fans of Denise Mina, Rachel Abbott and Val McDermid, In the Silence is the first in a gripping and atmospheric series of Scottish crime novels featuring criminology lecturer Anna Scavolini.
Praise for M.R. Mackenzie
‘One of the most consistently accomplished writers on the current scene.’ – Financial Times
‘Brings a fresh new voice to the field of Tartan Noir.’ – James Oswald
‘Writes with precision and passion.’ – Caro Ramsay
‘An immersive slow burn of a tale, peppered with disquieting fire-crackers of revelation.’ – Morgan Cry
‘Mackenzie has come up with something that defies easy definition and is truly original.’ – NB Magazine
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