Books tagged with Mystery[12 found]

Municipal Blondes

by Nathan Everett

Published: 2019-05-22. 65,000 Words.

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Categories: Fiction » Mystery » Women Sleuths

Computer forensics detective Deb Riley has been cut loose to continue the work of her partner, Dag Hamar. He sent her to get the code from a dead man’s tattoo. He told her she needed to crack the encryption on Simon’s thumb drive. He told her he loved her.

And then he died.

Now Deb finds she is in possession of something everyone wants. And is willing to kill for.

$3.99

Through my Eyes. Again.

by Robert Hart

Published: 2020-06-25. 117,228 Words.

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Categories: Fiction » Mystery » Historical

Seventy-year-old Will Johnstone dozes off one afternoon, half a glass of red wine beside him. He wakes in 1962 crouched beside a railway line, in his twelve-year-old body.

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The Life that Neil Fenner Had Taken

by Lacy Kennedy

Published: 2025-04-13. 56,775 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Mystery » Murder

When Neil's engineering marvel is implicated in the death of a child, his world implodes. Consumed by soul-crushing guilt, he wrestles with the unbearable burden of responsibility amidst tragedy's long shadow. Haunted by remorse, Neil confronts the harrowing emotional terrain of judgment’s consequences as he stares into the dark abyss of regret.

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Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods

by Richard Wagner

Published: 1911-01-01. 30,727 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Mystery

A legendary hero embarks on a journey of courage, love, and destiny, facing gods, dragons, and treachery. As power and fate collide, his actions set in motion the end of an age, weaving a tale of heroism, sacrifice, and the unstoppable forces of destiny.

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The Datchet Diamonds

by Richard Marsh

Published: 1898-01-01. 53,354 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Mystery

On a foggy night, a mild-mannered clerk stumbles onto a valise stuffed with diamonds—and into a conspiracy that frames him as thief and murderer. Hounded by detectives and cutthroats, he must outwit blackmailers, survive train-side escapes, and win help from a quick-witted young woman before the true mastermind vanishes with both fortune and lives.

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The Coward Behind the Curtain

by Richard Marsh

Published: 1908-01-01. 74,933 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Mystery

Raised in a convent and abruptly handed to a coarse new guardian, a sheltered young woman is drawn into a tangle of threats, vanished letters, and a murder that hides behind velvet drapes. From shuttered drawing rooms to a sinister houseboat, every ally may be a mask, every rescuer a liar, until she dares to unmask the puppeteer—and chooses courage over obedience.

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A Master of Deception

by Richard Marsh

Published: 1913-01-01. 78,855 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Mystery

A charming young man, shadowed by his father's criminal legacy, weaves a perilous web of lies to chase ambition and fortune. Entangled in four passionate romances and a manipulative family plot, his deceptions spiral into fraud and murder, forcing a desperate scramble for escape. This tense thriller probes the razor edge between allure and ruin

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Amusement Only

by Richard Marsh

Published: 1901-01-01. 75,826 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Mystery

A thrilling collection of supernatural tales set in the shadowy corners of Edwardian London, where ordinary lives unravel amid ghostly apparitions, cursed objects, and inexplicable horrors. From a possessed hat unleashing chaos to a vengeful spirit haunting high society, these eerie stories blend suspense, the uncanny, and human folly, revealing the thin veil between reality and the macabre.

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Mosses from an Old Manse

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Published: 1846-01-01. 158,718 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Mystery

Discover 19th-century New England stories blending gothic horror and moral allegory. Young Goodman Brown meets evil in a dark forest, losing faith. A scientist fatally removes his wife's birthmark. Rappaccini's Daughter is lethally poisoned by her father's experiments. These tales explore sin, ambition, and the human soul, captivating with symbolism and atmosphere that provoke reflection.

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Murdered Twice, The Tatting Club Mysteries, Book #1

by Lynn Donovan

Published: 2023-06-23. 23,041 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Mystery » Historical

When a man is found dead, and the mortician claims he was killed twice but his killer is unknown, Esther Rose and Collette get to work figuring out what has happened. How could a person be Murdered Twice?

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The Case of the Rich Man’s Wife

by Millie Dynamite

Published: 2021-09-21. 25,316 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Mystery » Hard Boiled

In August 1945, shortly after VJ day, the third richest man in America hired private investigator Theodora Drummond to find his wayward wife. Theodora suspected his motives, but not wishing to bring another woman into a dangerous situation, she dug deep into the case.

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A House in Disarray

by Vincent Berg

Published: 2017-12-16. 90,180 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Mystery » Police Procedural

Detective Emma Rules is selected by the NYCPD Commissioner to investigate a prominent city councilman's murder. She has to quickly solve the case with minimal staff, few resources and the Commissioner as the prime suspect. If successful she gains the support of the commissioner. If she fails, it'll make the NYPD look corrupt and plunge the city into turmoil.

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