first-rate mystery novels
Discover the best first-rate mystery novels with our curated list of top-rated books. Uncover thrilling plots, suspenseful twists, and masterful storytelling in these must-read mysteries.

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Moment of Truth
by Lisa Scottoline
When attorney Jack Newlin discovers his wife dead in their home, he's convinced he knows who killed her—and is equally determined to hide the truth. …

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The Tattooed Girl
by Joyce Carol Oates
Joshua Seigl, a celebrated but reclusive author, is forced for reasons of failing health to surrender his much-prized bachelor's independence. Advertising for an assistant, he …


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Invisible Eden
by Maria Flook
Describes the still unsolved murder of acclaimed fashion writer Christa Worthington on January 6, 2002, in Truro, Massachusetts, and examines her life, her troubled family, …

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Le Fin
by Victoria Taylor Murray
The Lambert Series (Thief Of Hearts, Forbidden and Friendly Enemies), is centered around one earth-shattering week in the life of Nouri St. Charles Sommers, a …

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Shutter Island
by Dennis Lehane
Summer, 1954. U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels has come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Along with his partner, Chuck Aule, …

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Fear Itself
by Walter Mosley
Written with the voice and vision that have made Mosley one of the most entertaining writers in America, "Fear Itself" marks the return of a …


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A Place of Hiding
by Elizabeth George
A wealthy Englishman is found murdered on an isolated beach of the Island Of Guernsey.

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Edith
by Rosamond McPherson Young
Roz Young's hilarious account of Edith, the most famous cat in Dayton, Ohio, and their move to a condo apartment and the cat's adjustments to …