Books tagged with Mystery[29 found]
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The Coward Behind the Curtain
by Richard Marsh
Categories: Fiction » Mystery
Raised in a convent and abruptly handed to a coarse new guardian, a sheltered young woman is drawn into a tangle of threats, vanished letters, and a murder that hides behind velvet drapes. From shuttered drawing rooms to a sinister houseboat, every ally may be a mask, every rescuer a liar, until she dares to unmask the puppeteer—and chooses courage over obedience.
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The Joss: A Reversion
by Richard Marsh
Categories: Fiction » Mystery
An uncanny idol—its jade face chipped, its history stained—passes from a London sale room into polite houses, where strange trances, animal rages, and vanishing memories follow. As a skeptical barrister hunts the truth behind a string of crimes, clues point to an older self awakening in its victims. Is the joss merely carved stone, or a key that turns men back into something darker?
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A Master of Deception
by Richard Marsh
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
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
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
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
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
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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A House in Disarray
by Vincent Berg
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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