Mystery

The mystery genre is a genre of fiction that follows a crime (like a murder or a disappearance) from the moment it is committed to the moment it is solved. Mystery novels are often called “whodunnits” because they turn the reader into a detective trying to figure out the who, what, when, and how of a particular crime. Most mysteries feature a detective or private eye solving a case as the central character.

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They Bloom at Night
Saltwater
All the Other Mothers Hate Me
Retreat
Kills Well with Others (Killers of a Certain Age, #2)
The Bane Witch
The Girl from Greenwich Street
Killer Potential
Nowhere
When the Bones Sing
A Map to Paradise
Murder at Gulls Nest (Nora Breen Investigates #1)
We Were Warned
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