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Shadowy figures and buried secrets await in a world where determined minds piece together elusive truths, one clue at a time. Whether following seasoned detectives through crime scenes or learning the art of deductive reasoning from history's greatest sleuths, these books illuminate the fascinating science and psychology of solving life's most baffling mysteries.

Mystery Book Summaries

We Are Watching Summary
We Are Watching
by Alison Gaylin 2025 325 pages
3.47
4.2K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Not So Perfect Strangers Summary
Not So Perfect Strangers
by L.S. Stratton 2023 320 pages
3.60
9.2K ratings
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Mystery
Evil Spy School Summary
Evil Spy School
by Stuart Gibbs 2015 336 pages
4.50
13.3K ratings
Mystery
Middle Grade
Adventure
Midnight Howl Summary
Midnight Howl
by Clare Hutton 2011 192 pages
4.19
2.3K ratings
Middle Grade
Childrens
Fantasy
That Green Eyed Girl Summary
That Green Eyed Girl
by Julie Owen Moylan 2022 368 pages
3.89
2.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Lesbian
LGBT
Storm Watch Summary
Storm Watch
by C.J. Box 2023 368 pages
4.20
25.9K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Westerns
The Kill Artist Summary
The Kill Artist
by Daniel Silva 2000 501 pages
4.01
95.3K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Espionage
The Woman Who Lied Summary
The Woman Who Lied
by Claire Douglas 2023 384 pages
3.93
27.4K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Beekeeping for Beginners Summary
Beekeeping for Beginners
by Laurie R. King 2011 77 pages
4.13
4.6K ratings
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Short Stories
Cards on the Table Summary
Cards on the Table
by Josh Lanyon 2007 95 pages
4.03
1.5K ratings
M M Romance
Mystery
Romance
All-Night Party Summary
All-Night Party
by R.L. Stine 1997 160 pages
3.76
1.8K ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Thriller
Run on Red Summary
Run on Red
by Noelle W. Ihli 2022 291 pages
3.73
79.1K ratings
Thriller
Horror
Mystery Thriller
Everything We Didn't Say Summary
Everything We Didn't Say
by Nicole Baart 2021 368 pages
3.75
31.1K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Fool's Gold Summary
Fool's Gold
by P.J. Skinner 2019 302 pages
3.82
1.6K ratings
Adventure
Mystery
Action
Fool Me Once Summary
Fool Me Once
by Harlan Coben 2016 387 pages
3.97
132.3K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Encore in Death Summary
Encore in Death
by J.D. Robb 2023 375 pages
4.40
24.7K ratings
Mystery
Romance
Crime
White Ivy Summary
White Ivy
by Susie Yang 2020 354 pages
3.55
33.5K ratings
Contemporary
Thriller
Mystery
The Investigator Summary
The Investigator
by John Sandford 2022 400 pages
4.27
33.2K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Letters from the Dead Summary
Letters from the Dead
by Isabella Valeri 2025 480 pages
3.34
196 ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Dark Angel Summary
Dark Angel
by John Sandford 2023 416 pages
4.21
23.9K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Influence Summary
Influence
by Sara Shepard 2020 368 pages
3.41
4.0K ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Contemporary
UFOs for the 21st Century Mind Summary
UFOs for the 21st Century Mind
A Fresh Guide to an Ancient Mystery
by Richard M. Dolan 2014 506 pages
4.27
396 ratings
Aliens
Paranormal
Science
Delicious Monsters Summary
Delicious Monsters
by Liselle Sambury 2023 512 pages
4.04
7.4K ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Fantasy
The Quaker Café Summary
The Quaker Café
by Brenda Bevan Remmes 2015 321 pages
3.68
4.6K ratings
Book Club
Chick Lit
Mystery
Down to the Woods Summary
Down to the Woods
by M.J. Arlidge 2017 471 pages
4.15
10.2K ratings
Thriller
Crime
Mystery
The Lifters Summary
The Lifters
by Dave Eggers 2018 352 pages
3.61
2.2K ratings
Fantasy
Middle Grade
Adventure
Hunting for Hidden Gold Summary
Hunting for Hidden Gold
by Franklin W. Dixon 1928 177 pages
3.93
6.8K ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Childrens
The Last Valentine Summary
The Last Valentine
by Felix Alexander 2017 241 pages
4.07
407 ratings
Romance
Mystery
Love Story
Random in Death Summary
Random in Death
by J.D. Robb 2024 368 pages
4.47
25.3K ratings
Mystery
Romance
Crime
Apostle's Cove Summary
Apostle's Cove
by William Kent Krueger 2025 336 pages
4.32
530 ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
The Bog Wife Summary
The Bog Wife
by Kay Chronister 2024 336 pages
3.59
8.6K ratings
Horror
Gothic
Fantasy
No Mercy Summary
No Mercy
by Blake Pierce 2022 233 pages
4.03
3.8K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Skywave Summary
Skywave
by K. Patrick Donoghue 2018 504 pages
4.34
1.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Aliens
Thriller
The Enemies of My Country Summary
The Enemies of My Country
by Jason Kasper 2021 368 pages
4.24
10.5K ratings
Thriller
Military Fiction
Espionage
Body Language Summary
Body Language
by A.K. Turner 2020 384 pages
3.98
5.3K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Possession Summary
Possession
by A.S. Byatt 1990 555 pages
3.90
83.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Classics
Red War Summary
Red War
by Kyle Mills 2018 364 pages
4.24
21.4K ratings
Thriller
Espionage
Spy Thriller
Cult Classic Summary
Cult Classic
by Sloane Crosley 2022 304 pages
3.28
21.7K ratings
Mystery
Contemporary
Romance
23 1/2 Lies Summary
23 1/2 Lies
by James Patterson 2023 448 pages
3.71
16.6K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Wicked Ways Summary
Wicked Ways
by Lisa Jackson 2014 480 pages
3.92
3.5K ratings
Mystery
Suspense
Thriller
Tiny Pretty Things Summary
Tiny Pretty Things
by Sona Charaipotra 2015 448 pages
3.67
15.6K ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Mystery
One Dark Night Summary
One Dark Night
by Hannah Richell 2025 384 pages
4.00
1.7K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Land Rites Summary
Land Rites
by Andy Maslen 2021 347 pages
4.40
4.8K ratings
Crime
Thriller
Mystery
Death of an Earl Summary
Death of an Earl
by G.G. Vandagriff 2021 257 pages
4.28
1.1K ratings
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Historical
The Butcher Summary
The Butcher
by Jennifer Hillier 2014 352 pages
4.10
47.8K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Grim Sleeper Summary
The Grim Sleeper
The Lost Women of South Central
by Christine Pelisek 2016 325 pages
3.92
1.1K ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
Game of Cones Summary
Game of Cones
by Cynthia Baxter 2020 256 pages
3.74
175 ratings
Mystery
Cozy Mystery
Cozy
Silent Crime Summary
Silent Crime
by W.L. Knightly 2019 218 pages
3.97
1.5K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Payback Summary
Payback
by Fern Michaels 2005 317 pages
4.25
11.8K ratings
Mystery
Romance
Chick Lit
Death of a Bore Summary
Death of a Bore
by M.C. Beaton 2005 272 pages
3.84
6.2K ratings
Mystery
Cozy Mystery
Crime
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