Genre Mash: RTW x Mystery

Updated April 14, 2026
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Genre Mash: RTW x Mystery

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My sister, the serial killer
Braithwaite, Oyinkan
Paper Book
"Pulpy, peppery and sinister, served up in a comic deadpan...This scorpion-tailed little thriller leaves a response, and a sting, you will remember."--NEW YORK TIMES "The wittiest and most fun murder party you've ever been invited to."--MARIE CLAIRE WINNER...

RTW Africa (Nigeria)

The fox wife
Choo, Yangsze
Paper Book
Some people think foxes are similar to ghosts because we go around collecting qi, but nothing could be further than the truth. We are living creatures, just like you, only usually better looking . . . Manchuria, 1908. In the last years of the dying...

RTW Asia (China)

The Bangalore Detectives Club
Nagendra, Harini
Paper Book
A "">New York Times Notable Book of the Year The first in a charming, joyful crime series set in 1920s Bangalore, featuring sari-wearing detective Kaveri and her husband Ramu. Perfect for fans of Alexander McCall Smith's The No. 1 Ladies...

RTW Asia (India)

The devotion of suspect X
Higashino, Keigo
Paper Book
Yasuko Hanaoka is a divorced, single mother who thought she had finally escaped her abusive ex-husband Togashi. When he shows up one day to extort money from her, threatening both her and her teenaged daughter Misato, the situation quickly escalates into violence and Togashi ends up dead on her...

RTW Asia (Japan)

The Kamogawa Food Detectives
Kashiwai, Hisashi; Kirkwood, Jesse
Audiobook
The Kamogawa Food Detectives is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese series, for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold. What's the one dish you'd do anything to taste just one more time? Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto...

RTW Asia (Japan)

Real world
Kirino, Natsuo
Ebook
In a crowded Tokyo suburb, four teenage girls indifferently wade their way through a hot, smoggy summer. When one of them, Toshi, discovers that her nextdoor neighbor has been brutally murdered, the girls suspect the killer is the neighbor's son. But when he flees, taking Toshi's bike and cell phone...

RTW Asia (Japan)

Queen of the tiles
Hanna Alkaf
Paper Book
They Wish They Were Us meets The Queen's Gambit in this "stunning...unforgettable" (Publishers Weekly) thriller set in the world of competitive Scrabble, where a teen girl is forced to investigate the mysterious death of her best friend when her Instagram comes back to life...

RTW Asia (Malaysia)

Lemon
Kwo?n, Yo?-so?n
Paper Book
New York Times Book Review: Editor's Choice  Philadelphia Inquirer: Best Book of the Month   World Literature Today: Notable Translation of the Year   CrimeReads: Best International Crime Novel of the Year Ms. Magazine:...

RTW Asia (South Korea)

Please look after mom : a novel
Sin, Kyo?ng-suk
Paper Book
A million-plus-copy best seller in Korea—a magnificent English-language debut poised to become an international sensation—this is the stunning, deeply moving story of a family’s search for their mother, who goes missing one afternoon amid the crowds of the Seoul Station subway.

RTW Asia (South Korea)

The old woman with the knife
Ku, Pyo?ng-mo
Paper Book
*A New York Times Book Review Notable Book* *An NPR Best Book of the Year* *An NPR Book We Love* *A New York Times Editors' Choice Pick* *A Most Anticipated Read in LitHub, CrimeReads, Thrillist, and Popsugar* *A Boston Globe Thriller...

RTW Asia (South Korea)

The silence of bones
Hur, June
Ebook
June Hur's elegant and haunting debut The Silence of Bones is a bloody YA historical mystery tale perfect for fans of Kerri Maniscalco and Renée Ahdieh. I have a mouth, but I mustn't speak; Ears, but I mustn't hear; Eyes, but I mustn't see.<...

RTW Asia (South Korea)

The likeness
French, Tana
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author Tana French, author of the forthcoming novel The Hunter, is "the most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years" (The Washington Post) and "inspires cultic devotion in readers" (The New Yorker). ...

RTW Europe (Ireland)

The lost daughter
Ferrante, Elena
Ebook
Now a major motion picture directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal and starring Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Paul Mescal, and Peter Sarsgaard Another penetrating Neapolitan story from  New York Times-bestselling author of  My Brilliant Friend...

RTW Europe (Italy)

The shape of water
Camilleri, Andrea
Paper Book
Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano has become an international sensation whose adventures have been translated from Italian into eight languages, from Dutch to Japanese. The Shape of Wateris the first book in this sly, witty, engaging series with its sardonic take on Sicilian life. The goats...

RTW Europe (Italy)

The snowman
Nesbø, Jo
Paper Book
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * Inspector Harry Hole tracks a Norwegian serial killer in this "fiendishly complex and terrifically entertaining" (The New York Times Book Review) installment of the New York Times bestselling series. "Maddeningly addictive." --Vanity Fair<...

RTW Europe (Norway)

Drive your plow over the bones of the dead
Tokarczuk, Olga
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century "A brilliant literary murder mystery." --Chicago Tribune "Extraordinary. Tokarczuk's novel is funny, vivid, dangerous, and disturbing...

RTW Europe (Poland)

The shadow of the wind
Ruiz Zafon, Carlos
Paper Book
"This is one gorgeous read." --Stephen King "A sprawling magic show. . . . We are taken on a wild ride that executes its hairpin bends with breathtaking lurches." --The New York Times Book Review "Anyone who enjoys novels that are scary, erotic, touching, tragic...

RTW Europe (Spain)

An elderly lady is up to no good
Tursten, Helene
Ebook
Maud is an irascible 88-year-old Swedish woman with no family, no friends, and... no qualms about a little murder. This funny, irreverent story collection by Helene Tursten, author of the Irene Huss investigations, features two-never-before translated stories that will keep you laughing all the...

RTW Europe (Sweden)

The girl with the dragon tattoo
Larsson, Stieg
Paper Book
A sensation across Europe--millions of copies sold A spellbinding amalgam of murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue. It's about the disappearance forty years ago of Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden . . . and...

RTW Europe (Sweden)

Stolen
Laestadius, Ann-Hele?n
Paper Book
* NOW A NETFLIX FILM * AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * A spellbinding Swedish novel that follows a young indigenous woman as she struggles to defend her family's reindeer herd and culture amidst xenophobia, climate change, and a devious hunter whose targeted kills are considered mere...

RTW Europe (Sweden)

The swimmer
Zander, Joakim
Ebook
With the "intensity of a Jason Bourne adventure," this thriller about a spy racing to save the daughter he gave up is a "page-turner with unexpected heart" (Kirkus Reviews). Klara Walldéen was raised by her grandparents on a remote archipelago in the Baltic Sea, learning to fish...

RTW Europe (Sweden)

A castle in the clouds
Gier, Kerstin; Fursland, Romy
Audiobook

RTW Europe (Switzerland)

Gaudy Night
Sayers, Dorothy L
Paper Book
"Gaudy Night stands out even among Miss Sayers's novels. And Miss Sayers has long stood in a class by herself." --Times Literary Supplement The great Dorothy L. Sayers is considered by many to be the premier detective novelist of the Golden Age, and her dashing sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey,...

RTW Europe (U.K.)

The hound of the Baskervilles : another adventure of Sherlock Holmes
Doyle, Arthur Conan
Paper Book
The series Sherlock offers a fresh, contemporary take on the original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories and has helped introduce a whole new generation of fans to the legendary detective--these tie-in editions feature introductions from the show's creators and...

RTW Europe (U.K.)

The silver bone : a novel
Kurkov, Andrei?; Dralyuk, Boris
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2024 "Very intriguing and atmospheric ... a fascinating read in the light of contemporary events." -Alexander McCall Smith, Bestselling Author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency "With its...

RTW Europe (Ukraine)

Turtles of the midnight moon
Fitzgerald, Mari?a Jose?
Paper Book
When poachers threaten the island they love, two girls team up to save the turtles-and each other. An eco-mystery with an unforgettable friendship story at its heart from a fresh new voice in middle grade. Twelve-year-old Barana lives in a coastal village in...

RTW North America (Honduras)

Homecoming
Morton, Kate
Paper Book
The highly anticipated new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Clockmaker's Daughter, a sweeping novel that begins with a shocking crime, the effects of which echo across continents and generations Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959: At the end of a...

RTW Oceania (Australia)

The survivors
Harper, Jane
Paper Book
NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES Instant New York Times Bestseller "I love Jane Harper's Australia-based mysteries....and The Survivors is the best yet. There are cave scenes that will freeze your blood." --Stephen King

RTW Oceania (Australia)

The things she's seen
Kwaymullina, Ambelin
Ebook
This brilliantly written thriller explores the lives--and deaths--of two girls, and what they will do to win justice. Sure to be one of the most talked-about books of the year! A Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book of the Century Nothing's been the same for...

RTW Oceania (Australia)

Better the blood
Bennett, Michael
Paper Book
Winner of the Ngaio Marsh First Novel Award An absorbing, clever debut thriller that speaks to the longstanding injustices faced by New Zealand's indigenous peoples, by an acclaimed Māori screenwriter and director A tenacious Māori detective, Hana Westerman...

RTW Oceania (New Zealand)

The luminaries : a novel
Catton, Eleanor
Paper Book
The bestselling, Man Booker Prize-winning novel hailed as "a true achievement. Catton has built a lively parody of a 19th-century novel, and in so doing created a novel for the 21st, something utterly new. The pages fly."-New York Times Book Review It is 1866, and Walter Moody has...

RTW Oceania (New Zealand)

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