Mystery

The pursuit of justice gets rather messy, but unraveling the means and motives leads to a satisfying, highly traditional reveal.

The pursuit of justice gets rather messy, but unraveling the means and motives leads to a satisfying, highly traditional reveal.

Susan Cox keeps this story moving breathlessly along, mixing suspense and humor with a dash of fascinating old-school spycraft.

Susan Cox keeps this story moving breathlessly along, mixing suspense and humor with a dash of fascinating old-school spycraft.

Rozan’s excellent latest installment in the Bill Smith and Lydia Chin series boasts a particularly intriguing premise.

Rozan’s excellent latest installment in the Bill Smith and Lydia Chin series boasts a particularly intriguing premise.

Well-drawn characters and first-rate suspense provide fine examples of the dark delights of Scandinavian noir.

Well-drawn characters and first-rate suspense provide fine examples of the dark delights of Scandinavian noir.

This beloved series continues to hold its own, its small mysteries strangely compelling and never descending into treacly sweetness.

This beloved series continues to hold its own, its small mysteries strangely compelling and never descending into treacly sweetness.

As mysterious and fun a caper as you will ever read, with plenty of misdirection and intrigue to keep you guessing.

As mysterious and fun a caper as you will ever read, with plenty of misdirection and intrigue to keep you guessing.

Evocative and lyrical, this is a mystery worth reading slowly to savor every perfectly rendered detail.

Evocative and lyrical, this is a mystery worth reading slowly to savor every perfectly rendered detail.

Thomas masterfully handles all the ins and outs of the mystery while layering the story with suspense and intrigue to keep readers guessing.

Thomas masterfully handles all the ins and outs of the mystery while layering the story with suspense and intrigue to keep readers guessing.

No vampires or zombies populate these pages, but the ghosts of restless spirits, residing for a time in the minds of the living, most certainly do.

No vampires or zombies populate these pages, but the ghosts of restless spirits, residing for a time in the minds of the living, most certainly do.

Atmospheric to the max, Seeck’s Helsinki would be enough to give you the shivers, but the killer (or killers) are the stuff of nightmares.

Atmospheric to the max, Seeck’s Helsinki would be enough to give you the shivers, but the killer (or killers) are the stuff of nightmares.

March deftly uses sleuth James Agnihotri’s biracial background to depict the societal structure of India during the British Raj.

March deftly uses sleuth James Agnihotri’s biracial background to depict the societal structure of India during the British Raj.

Exquisitely suspenseful and suffused with paranoia that is very much of our present moment.

Exquisitely suspenseful and suffused with paranoia that is very much of our present moment.

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