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921 past books matching Mystery
Good for readers who like small-town detective mysteries, missing person cases, and secrets tied to the past.
Murder in the Pines
Mystery · Thriller
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Detective Riley Quinn returns to her quiet NorCal hometown and is pulled into a missing person case when Delilah Preston vanishes after a baby shower. When a body matching Delilah’s description is found, the discovery only deepens the mystery and forces Riley’s past and present together, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 5,400 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like small-town detective mysteries, missing person cases, and secrets tied to the past.
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In the quiet town of Pine Brooke, all is not as it appears…
Detective Riley Quinn left the big city to return to her hometown. a sleepy town, where the origins of the many mysteries of her life began. When she is called to a missing person's case involving a young woman. She never expected the strange twists of events that would soon unfold.
While attempting to solve a case of teenage disturbances across town, Detective Riley Quinn and her partner are called to search for Delilah Preston. A young woman who vanished on her way home after celebrating a baby shower.
As days pass, a body matching Delilah's description is found near where she was last seen. But it's not Delilah and the entire town is shocked to find out the identity of the dead young woman.
Now, with the mysteries of Riley's past and the present intertwining, this sleepy NorCal town seems to be harboring more than just dangerous phantoms of the past.
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Good for readers who like romantic suspense, serial killer investigations, vigilante allies, and revenge-driven thrillers.
No Darker Place
Mystery · Thriller · Police Procedural
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Called “A dark, twisted game of cat and mouse!” by Lisa Gardner, No Darker Place follows Detective Bobbie Gentry as she hunts the serial killer who destroyed her family with help from Nick Shade, a mysterious vigilante with his own mission. As Bobbie grows more reckless, both must decide whether trust is possible between two broken people, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 1,200 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like romantic suspense, serial killer investigations, vigilante allies, and revenge-driven thrillers.
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A cop and a mysterious vigilante search for vengeance in this romantic suspense series opener by the USA Today–bestselling author of The Blackest Crimson.
Detective Bobbie Gentry has one objective: to stop the serial killer who robbed her of her husband, her child and her life. Nick Shade understands Bobbie’s pain—and her desire for vengeance. He’s on a mission of his own, and the murderer known as the Storyteller is next on his list.
Nick knows that the best way to find his target is to stick close to Bobbie. But as she becomes more and more reckless in her attempts to lure the Storyteller out of hiding, he must make a choice. Will he protect her from herself even if it means passing up the chance to take out one more monster?
As for Bobbie, she’s forced to decide just how much she can trust this stranger who knows so much about her. And both of them are about to learn whether or not two broken people can save each other . . .
Praise for No Darker Place
“A dark, twisted game of cat and mouse! Debra Webb mines our innermost fears as a police detective takes on a serial killer with help from an unexpected ally—or is he the bigger threat? You will fly through the pages of this action-packed thriller!” —Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times Bestseller
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Good for readers who like domestic thrillers built around impossible choices, family danger, and one-night survival stakes.
The Good Father
Mystery · Thriller · Suspense
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Lucas is hiding his job loss from his pregnant wife when a rideshare pickup turns into a nightmare in The Good Father. With a gun to his head, he must help passenger Damon kill men on a list or risk his family becoming the next target, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 280 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like domestic thrillers built around impossible choices, family danger, and one-night survival stakes.
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‘Clear your day because once you start reading this, you won't be able to put it down… One of the most gripping books you'll ever read, and the ending! OMG!’ Reader review
When faced with a killer, he'll do anything to keep his family safe.
Lucas and Julia are about to become parents, but there’s something Lucas hasn’t told his wife. Two months ago, he lost his job and has been secretly working as a rideshare driver in a desperate attempt to make ends meet.
But that’s about the be the least of his problems. One evening he picks up a passenger in the Hollywood Hills. The man, Damon, puts a gun to Lucas’s head, and tells him to drive.
Because Damon has a list of men he intends to kill, and he needs Lucas’s help. If Lucas complies, his family will be safe, but others will suffer. If he fights back, Damon will target his wife and daughter.
It’s an impossible choice, but what’s clear is that Lucas’s life is about to change forever. If he survives the night.
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Good for readers who like locked-room mysteries, luxury settings, and Christie-style sleuthing.
The Butler
Mystery · Thriller · Noir
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Called “a diverting tale of murder and money” by Publishers Weekly, The Butler follows Baxter, a polished butler whose assignment at a glamorous French villa turns deadly when a guest is found in the pool. As wealthy guests trade accusations, Baxter helps the gendarmes search for the killer. Good for readers who like locked-room mysteries, luxury settings, and Christie-style sleuthing.
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From the New York Times–bestselling author: A glamorous French villa. A carefully curated guest list. A body in the pool.
The South of France is stunning, though not without its imperfections, from pickpockets to burglars to the occasional cold-blooded killer. But in his twenty-five years of service, Baxter—with a spotless reputation as a polished, well-mannered butler—has never run into any issues catering to the ultrawealthy. Until now.
Baxter’s latest assignment is at Villa Sérénité, where Alec Prescott is hosting a colorful cast of characters, including his ex-wife, his much younger lady friend, and some Hollywood hotshots, after the Cannes Film Festival. But it doesn’t take long for a week of sun, wine, and a family birthday celebration to devolve into bickering and backstabbing. And soon, secrets aren’t the only thing floating to the surface . . .
When one of the guests is found dead in the villa’s glittering pool, the unflappable Baxter must assist the gendarmes in determining who’s responsible. With some standing to gain and others motivated to take it away, fingers are pointed in all directions. A good butler is expected to see everything and say nothing—but what if he too becomes a target?
“Mackintosh shrewdly mixes soapy drama with quality sleuthing to deliver a diverting tale of murder and money.” —Publishers Weekly
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Good for readers who want procedural suspense, prison-set danger, and cat-and-mouse mystery.
Say Never
Mystery · Thriller · Suspense
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Prison psychologist Dr. Alison Payne is pulled into a deadly case when a body is found in a forsaken Philadelphia prison and a killer begins recreating unsolved crimes with chilling changes. In Say Never, Alison must confront her own past judgments before more victims become part of the murderer’s twisted vendetta. Good for readers who want procedural suspense, prison-set danger, and cat-and-mouse mystery.
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Prison psychologist Dr. Alison Payne has interviewed hundreds of convicted killers, advocating for their release—or determining if they should remain behind bars.
But when a body is discovered in a forsaken Philadelphia prison, Alison Payne is thrust into a killer's twisted vendetta against criminal experts. As the murderer recreates unsolved crimes with chilling "corrections," Alison must confront her own past judgments and catch the culprit before more grisly "errors" are corrected.
SAY NEVER (BOOK #11) is the eleventh book in a long-anticipated new series by #1 bestseller and USA Today bestselling author Blake Pierce, whose bestseller Once Gone (a free download) has received over 7,000 five star ratings and reviews. The series begins with SAY DIE (BOOK #1).
The Alison Payne mystery series is a page turning suspense ride, immersing you in a captivating cat-and-mouse game brimming with shocking twists. This refreshing take on the thriller genre features an ingenious female protagonist who can outsmart them all, and who is guaranteed to capture your heart. Fans of Rachel Caine, Karin Slaughter, and Melinda Leigh are sure to fall in love.
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Good for readers who want psychological thrillers built around disbelief, surveillance, and escalating threats.
I Know What I Saw
Mystery · Thriller · Police Procedural
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Called “A page turner of a read that it kept me guessing until the very end,” I Know What I Saw follows Ria as she witnesses a murder in her gated community, but when police find no evidence, she receives a threatening video showing her own death, warning her to stop investigating. Good for readers who want psychological thrillers built around disbelief, surveillance, and escalating threats.
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YOU WITNESSED A MURDER.
NO ONE BELIEVES YOU.
When Ria moves with her husband to Silverleaf Heights, she hopes to recover from the incident that nearly took her life. Everything seems perfect - the houses are beautiful, the neighbours welcoming and the locked gate keeps the danger out.
Or does it?
Late one night, Ria sees a woman being attacked. When she raises the alarm, there's no evidence. No crime. No victim. But Ria knows what she saw - and she won't let it go.
Then an anonymous text appears on her phone, a video of another woman being murdered. Looking closer, Ria realises the woman is her. The message vanishes without a trace, but its meaning is clear: stop searching for the dead woman, or you'll be next.
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Good for readers who want clever whodunits with unusual methods and sharp investigator dynamics.
Murder by Design
Mystery
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A #1 Best Seller in Murder, Murder by Design follows wealthy, brilliant insurance investigator Edison Bixby and struggling actor Wally Nash as they examine a woman’s fatal fall at a shopping mall. Bixby believes the death was no accident, but a murder engineered through the mall’s design, with a 4.3-star rating from more than 3,200 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want clever whodunits with unusual methods and sharp investigator dynamics.
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In a world carefully constructed for murder, solving crimes takes a keen mind and eye in a witty, clever, and fresh reinvention of the whodunit by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg.
Edison Bixby is wealthy, handsome, and, due to a traumatic brain injury, impulsively rude. He’s also a brilliant insurance investigator who solves baffling crimes by figuring out how the design of the man-made world around us makes them possible. Enter Wally Nash: a struggling actor hired to keep Bixby from offending everyone he meets.
Their first case together looks like a simple accident. Caroline Crowley took a nasty fall down a staircase at a shopping mall in front of dozens of witnesses. Video clearly shows the deadly misstep. But Bixby is certain she was murdered by design, subtly manipulated into causing her own demise. The mall itself made the crime intentional, if not inevitable.
Now Bixby must prove his outrageous theory before a very cunning killer gets others on his hit list to murder themselves, too.
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Good for readers who want gritty Scottish police procedurals with dark motives and rising tension.
Dirt Road Dead
Mystery · Thriller · Detective Fiction
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A #1 Amazon chart-topping series with over one million copies sold, Dirt Road Dead follows DCI Duncan Bone after teenage joyriders are found at Hangman’s Gorge, one dead and one barely alive. When another young victim is killed in similar circumstances, Bone uncovers a pattern tied to secrets buried in Kilwinnoch’s past. Good for readers who want gritty Scottish police procedurals with dark motives and rising tension.
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TWO TEENAGERS. A STOLEN CAR. A DIRT ROAD IN THE DARK.
One headlight behind them. Then the ramming started.
Neither boy was supposed to survive. But one did.
When two teenage joyriders are found at the bottom of Hangman's Gorge — one dead, one barely alive — DCI Duncan Bone and his team are called to what looks like an accident on a remote Campsie Fells road.
But when a third young motorcyclist turns up dead in similar circumstances, Bone realises they're not investigating accidents. They're hunting a killer with a pattern — and a motive buried deep in the town's past.
As panic grips Kilwinnoch and the body count rises, dark secrets surface. Secrets that powerful people would kill to keep buried.
The last case nearly broke him. This one might finish what's left.
Over one million copies sold. #1 Amazon chart-topping series. Read free in Kindle Unlimited.
"Stylish, dark, and relentlessly brilliant." JM Dalgliesh
For fans of Val McDermid, Stuart MacBride, J.D. Kirk, LJ Ross, and Ian Rankin.
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Good for readers who like psychological thrillers about obsession, digital trails, missing women, and dangerous secrets.
Last Girl Ghosted
Mystery · Thriller · Psychological Thriller
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Called “a five-alarm fire of a situation” by The New York Times, Last Girl Ghosted follows a woman whose dating-app connection vanishes before she discovers other women were ghosted and later went missing, with a 4.2-star rating from more than 5,200 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like psychological thrillers about obsession, digital trails, missing women, and dangerous secrets.
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"A five-alarm fire of a situation…the surprises keep coming." —The New York Times
Secrets, obsession and vengeance converge in this riveting thriller about an online dating match turned deadly cat-and-mouse game, from the New York Times bestselling author of Confessions on the 7:45
She met him through a dating app. An intriguing picture on a screen, a date at a downtown bar. What she thought might be just a quick hookup quickly became much more. She fell for him—hard. It happens sometimes, a powerful connection with a perfect stranger takes you by surprise. Could it be love?
But then, just as things were getting real, he stood her up. Then he disappeared—profiles deleted, phone disconnected. She was ghosted.
Maybe it was her fault. She shared too much, too fast. But isn't that always what women think—that they're the ones to blame? Soon she learns there were others. Girls who thought they were in love. Girls who later went missing. She had been looking for a connection, but now she's looking for answers. Chasing a digital trail into his dark past—and hers—she finds herself on a dangerous hunt. And she's not sure whether she's the predator—or the prey.
Don't miss The New Couple in 5B, Lisa Unger's newest psychological thriller about a couple that inherits an apartment with a truly chilling past.
Looking for more spine-tingling thrillers? Check out these other titles by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger:
- Under My Skin
- The Stranger Inside
- Confessions on the 7:45
- Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six
- The New Couple in 5B (coming March 2024!)
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Good for readers who like near-future sci-fi mysteries, alien-human partnerships, police investigations, and conspiracy-driven crime stories.
Alien Blues
Mystery · Sci-Fi
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Detective Silver investigates a serial killer while partnering with String, a seven-foot-tall alien from the advanced Elaki race, in a complex case that reveals a deadly conspiracy, with a 3.9-star rating from 50 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like near-future sci-fi mysteries, alien-human partnerships, police investigations, and conspiracy-driven crime stories.
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A jaded homicide detective working a serial murder case is teamed up with a new partner—a law enforcer from an alien race
Big-city life in the near future is full of violence and tension for Saigo City homicide detective David Silver. His latest assignment is to track down a serial killer dubbed "Machete Man" because he hacks his victims to pieces. But Silver and his partner Mel Burnett just caught a break: One of Machete Man's intended victims—an elderly woman who would've been number six—escapes. And the killer left some DNA behind. Too bad the bureaucrats in charge have brought in a third wheel to assist the Homicide Task Force. Hailing from a superior race gifted with advanced technology, the Elaki have come to Earth to advise in everything from politics to medicine to big business—and now, it seems, police fieldwork. Standing seven feet tall with scales that ripple in the breeze, String resembles a stingray and smells like fresh lime. But he's turning out to be an unexpected asset in a case that's quickly morphing into something even more sinister: a far-reaching conspiracy that could leave a lot more people dead, including Detective Silver.
A twisting, complex crime tale with intriguing characters, including Silver's DEA- turned-enforcer wife, Rose, and an Elaki named the Puzzle Solver, Alien Blues realistically depicts a world in which aliens and humans can coexist.
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Four eccentric conspiracy theorists spend their days watching Washington, D.C. from the fringes, searching for the truth behind government power.
The Camel Club
Mystery · Thriller
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Four eccentric conspiracy theorists spend their days watching Washington, D.C. from the fringes, searching for the truth behind government power. Then they witness a murder and stumble into a far-reaching plot with terrifying national consequences. The Camel Club launches David Baldacci’s bestselling thriller series with corruption, terrorism, unlikely heroes, and a mystery that reaches straight into the heart of American power.
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After witnessing a shocking murder, four conspiracy theorists team up with a Secret Service agent to uncover the government corruption that threatens to cause an international terrorism crisis in this New York Times bestselling thriller.
Welcome to The Camel Club.
Existing at the fringes of Washington, D.C., the Club consists of four eccentric members. Led by a mysterious man known as "Oliver Stone," they study conspiracy theories, current events, and the machinations of government to discover the "truth" behind the country's actions. Their efforts bear little fruit—until the group witnesses a shocking murder ... and becomes embroiled in an astounding, far-reaching conspiracy.
Now the Club must join forces with a Secret Service agent to confront one of the most chilling spectacles ever to take place on American soil-an event that may trigger the ultimate war between two different worlds. And all that stands in the way of this apocalypse is five unexpected heroes.
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Good for readers who like YA thrillers with heists, family secrets, murder, and characters who know how to lie.
Such Charming Liars
Teen + Young Adult · Mystery · Thriller · Detective Fiction · Suspense
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A New York Times bestseller, a mother-daughter grifter duo sets out on their final job, but things take a deadly turn when they cross paths with a serial scammer and his son. Such Charming Liars has a 4.2-star rating from more than 1,300 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like YA thrillers with heists, family secrets, murder, and characters who know how to lie.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • When mother-daughter grifters set out on their final job, the heist turns deadly—and dangerously personal—in this twisty thriller from the #1 bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying!
For all of Kat’s life, it’s just been her and her mother, Jamie—except for the forty-eight hours when Jamie was married and Kat had a stepbrother, Liam. That all ended in an epic divorce, and Kat and Liam haven’t spoken since.
Now Jamie is a jewel thief trying to go straight, but she has one last job—at billionaire Ross Sutherland’s birthday party. And Kat has figured out a way to tag along. What Kat doesn’t know, though, is that there are two surprise guests at the dazzling Sutherland compound that weekend. The last two people she wants to run into. Liam and his father—a serial scammer who has his sights set on Ross Sutherland’s youngest daughter.
Kat and Liam are on a collision course to disaster, and when a Sutherland dies, they realize they might actually be in the killer’s crosshairs themselves. Somehow Kat and Liam are the new targets, and they can’t trust anyone—except each other.
Or can they? Because if there’s one thing both Kat and Liam know, it’s how to lie. They learned from the best.
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