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Books tagged with Mystery[49 found]

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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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The Mystery of Edwin Drood

by Charles Dickens

Published: 1870-01-01. 97,289 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Mystery

A young man’s mysterious disappearance in a small English town sparks suspicion, jealousy, and dark intrigue. Unfinished yet haunting, the story explores obsession, guilt, and the shadowed corners of the human heart.

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Our Mutual Friend

by Charles Dickens

Published: 1865-01-01. 332,042 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Mystery

A drowned heir, a fortune made from London’s refuse, and a city of strivers collide when mistaken identities and ruthless ambitions entangle lovers and swindlers alike. From riverside murder to drawing-room intrigue, greed, charity, and class pretensions are unmasked, until loyalty and love sift treasure from the muck and reveal who truly deserves a second life.

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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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The House of the Seven Gables

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Published: 1851-04-09. 107,404 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Mystery

An old New England mansion, stained by a judge’s crime and a witch’s curse, shelters a proud spinster, her shattered brother, and a bright young cousin whose arrival brings sunlight to faded rooms. As a mesmerizing lodger uncovers buried deeds and decades of greed, love and truth work to break the past’s hold and let the house—and its heirs—breathe again.

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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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