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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Friendly Enemies

 

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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 …