Mystery Books

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. Are you the lawyer who got blown up with his girlfriend? Defense lawyer Brian ...

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When Irish Mick Shannon, a hungry young fighter, gets caught by a lucky punch, he loses a lot more than the fight. His manager bet heavily on him, and now ...

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Tough-talking single mother Michelle Mitchell has been making ends meet the hard way by deepwater welding in the Gulf of Mexico. After the death of her ...

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In the third in a series featuring deep-water diver Michelle "Mitch" Mitchell, Doug Allyn explores the troubled relationship between a mother and son and, in ...

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Lupe Garcia, a "cowboy" cop with a wild reputation, and Lamont Yarborough, an itinerant musician and acknowledged killer, clash as they investigate the ...

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Allyn is an Edgar Award-winner. He's written a number of short stories featuring veterinarian David Westbrook. This is the first full-length work featuring ...

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After two critically acclaimed cop novels, Edgar Award-winning author Doug Allyn moved from the mean streets of Detroit to the glistening ice fields and ...

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Kirkus Reviews All Creatures Dark And Dangerous (, paper Jun. 30; 208 pp.; 1-885941-31-5, paper 1-885941-32-3): Prolific storyteller Allyn (A Dance in Deep ...

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Chesapeake Crimes: Storm Warning is the latest installment of the Agatha- and Anthony-award-winning Chesapeake Crimes series. This volume features tales ...

Rebels with a Cause! Nearly 100 years ago, The Reverend Monsignor Ronald Knox of the famed Detection Club developed ten rules-a Decalogue he called ...

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Readers will flock to New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews's next installment in the award-winning Meg Langslow series. Meg has finally found ...

'Tis the season for sleuthing in Donna Andrews' cheery new addition to the New York Times bestselling Meg Langslow series. Meg has been roped into ...

The seventh volume in the Chesapeake Crimes series presents an impressive set of tales by new and well established authors. Included this time ...

Donna Andrews returns with her latest charming addition to the bestselling Meg Langslow mystery series. Meg is in the backyard of the house her brother Rob, ...

Dashing Through the Snowbirds is the next merry installment of Donna Andrews's New York Times bestselling Meg Langslow mystery series. Christmas in ...

Description

The mystery genre is a category of fiction that centers around a crime—such as a murder or a disappearance—tracing the journey from the moment the crime occurs to the moment it is solved. These novels are often referred to as “whodunnits” because they invite the reader to step into the shoes of a detective, piecing together the who, what, when, and how of the crime. Most mysteries feature a detective or private investigator as the main character, tasked with unraveling the case.