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Mystery & Thriller books

Suspenseful mysteries and thrilling page-turners

22 books in this category

Cover of Number One Ladies' Detective Agency

Number One Ladies' Detective Agency

Alexander McCall Smith

Cover of The Guest List

The Guest List

Lucy Foley

Cover of The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

Alan Bradley

Cover of The Pale Horse

The Pale Horse

Agatha Christie

Cover of Gone Girl

Gone Girl

Gillian Flynn

Cover of Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency

Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency

Alexander McCall Smith

Cover of Conclave

Conclave

Robert Harris

Cover of Ice Hunt

Ice Hunt

James Rollins

Cover of Verity

Verity

Colleen Hoover

Cover of Out of the Easy

Out of the Easy

Ruta Sepetys, Álvaro Abella Villar

Cover of The Thursday Murder Club

The Thursday Murder Club

Richard Osman

Cover of A Time to Kill

A Time to Kill

John Grisham

Cover of The hollow man

The hollow man

John Dickson Carr

Cover of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Stuart Turton

Cover of The Hunting Party

The Hunting Party

Lucy Foley

Cover of Projekt 1065

Projekt 1065

Alan Gratz

Cover of The Stand

The Stand

Stephen King

Cover of The Pillars of the Earth

The Pillars of the Earth

Ken Follett

Cover of Akin

Akin

Emma Donoghue

Cover of The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

Raymond Chandler

Cover of Fiendish Deeds

Fiendish Deeds

P. J. Bracegirdle

Cover of Sugar Skull

Sugar Skull

Denise Hamilton