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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My Sister Is Going to Kill Me
Brimstone Hollow (Annie Gore, #2)
Murder Bites
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Some Kind of Haunted
Portrait of a Witch Undone
Mia
The Responsible Party
The Seekers of Deer Creek
The Silent Appeal (The Appeal, #2)
And the Sea Gave Up the Dead
Saint Delilah
These Walls Remember
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