Digging for Clues: Mysteries

Dig deep for secrets, clues, and crimes galore! Try one of these mysteries and see if you can solve it yourself. The titles on this list range from cute and cozy to very violent - choose with care. Plant a seed, read!

Updated May 11, 2026
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Digging for Clues: Mysteries

Dig deep for secrets, clues, and crimes galore! Try one of these mysteries and see if you can solve it yourself. The titles on this list range from cute and cozy to very violent - choose with care. Plant a seed, read!

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The expectant detectives
Ailes, Kat
Paper Book
Motherland meets Midsomer Murders in this fresh and funny mystery about a group of soon-to-be mums who turn detective when there's a murder at their antenatal class.
Mystery mile
Allingham, Margery
Paper Book
The quiet mother
Arnaldur Indriðason
Paper Book
'Arnaldur Indridason is a literary phenomenon - and it's easy to see why' HARLAN COBEN 'Indridason writes crime novels that are as chilling as the landscape where they're set' ANN CLEEVES 'The undisputed King of the Icelandic Thriller' Guardian ...
Endangered
Box, C. J.
Paper Book
She was gone. Joe Pickett had good reason to dislike Dallas Cates, even if he was a rodeo champion, and now he has even more — Joe’s eighteen-year-old ward, April, has run off with him.
The sweetness at the bottom of the pie : a Flavia de Luce novel
Bradley, Alan
Paper Book
Now a major film: Flavia, starring Martin Freeman and Toby Jones! Meet Flavia: Mystery Solver. Master Poisoner. 11 Years Old. England 1950. At Buckshaw, the crumbling country seat of the de Luce family, very-nearly-eleven...
Mystery royale
Cavalancia, Kaitlyn
Paper Book
"Mystery Royale dazzles with high-stakes mystery, glittering magic, and wonderfully morbid curiosities. The sharp pacing and clever reveals hooked me from the first page, while the witty, endearing characters made it impossible to put down." - Emily J. Taylor, New York Times...
Gin and panic : a mystery
Chance, Maia
Paper Book
"Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets--and has a high old time doing it! So will you."--Ann B. Ross, New York Times bestselling author of the Miss Julia series Former socialite Lola Woodby is now struggling to make ends meet as a not-so-discreet private eye in Prohibtion-era...
A Caribbean mystery
Christie, Agatha
Paper Book
As Miss Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine, she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever happened. Eventually, her interest was aroused by an old soldier's yarn about strange coincidence. Infuriatingly, just as he was...
The guest list : a novel
Foley, Lucy (Novelist)
Paper Book
Don't miss Lucy Foley's latest book, The Midnight Feast! A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST THRILLERS OF THE YEAR "I loved this book. It gave me the same waves of...
A is for alibi
Grafton, Sue.
Paper Book
READ THE SENSATIONAL BLOCKBUSTER THAT STARTED IT ALL! Take it from the top in #1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton's knockout thriller that introduced detective Kinsey Millhone--and a hot new attitude--to crime fiction... A IS FOR AVENGER
Murder on the Ballarat train
Greenwood, Kerry
Paper Book
In Phryne's third adventure, Phryne is off to Ballarat for a week of fabulousness, but the sedate journey by train turns out to be far from the restful trip she was planning.
The knowledge : a Richard Jury mystery
Grimes, Martha
Paper Book
In the new mystery in the bestselling Richard Jury series, MWA Grand Master Martha Grimes brings London's finest and "the Filth" together on a double-homicide case that involves Kenyan art, rare gems, astrophysics, and a long-fermented act of revenge With their signature wit, sly plotting,...
Guilt: by the million-copy bestselling author of The Devotion of Suspect X
Higashino, Keigo.
Paper Book
A tour de force crime novel from one of the international masters of the form, where a simple murder case questions the simple notions of good and evil, guilt and redemption. 'Masterfully explores the fine line between innocence and guilt in a compelling tale that will...
Kindness goes unpunished
Johnson, Craig
Paper Book
Sheriff Walt Longmire brings Western-style justice to Philadelphia in this action-packed thriller from the New York Times bestselling author Craig Johnson The hit drama Longmire is now streaming on Paramount+ Walt Longmire has been Sheriff of...
The Paris mystery
Manning, Kirsty
Paper Book
In a city that flouts all the rules, journalist Charlie James has come to Paris to break news and, even more importantly, to break with her past.
Death in the stacks : a library lover's mystery
McKinlay, Jenn
Paper Book
Lindsey Norris and her staff are gearing up for the Briar Creek Library's annual Dinner in the Stacks fund-raiser. The night of dinner and dancing is not only a booklover's dream -- it's the library's biggest moneymaker of the year. But instead of raising funds, the new library board president is...
The Red House mystery
Milne, A. A.
Paper Book
Far from the gentle slopes of the Hundred Acre Wood lies the Red House, the setting for A.A. Milne's only detective story, where secret passages, uninvited guests, a sinister valet and a puzzling murder lay the foundations for a classic crime caper.
Mexican gothic
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "It's Lovecraft meets the Brontës in Latin America, and after a slow-burn start Mexican Gothic gets seriously weird."--The Guardian   ONE OF TIME'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME * WINNER OF THE LOCUS...
The whisper man
North, Alex
Paper Book
After the death of his wife, Tom Kennedy believes a fresh start will help him and his young son Jake heal. A new beginning in a new town. Featherbank. But the town has a dark past. Twenty years ago, a serial killer abducted and murdered five residents. Until Frank Carter was finally caught, he...
Emergent properties
Ogden, Aimee
Paper Book
"If you're missing your Murderbot fix, Emergent Properties is a worthy successor."--Sarah Pinsker "A short, laser-focused packet of fun."--Wall Street Journal Emergent Properties is the touching adventure of an intrepid...
The case of the missing maid : a novel
Osler, Rob
Paper Book
Instant USA Today bestseller! The acclaimed author of the Anthony, Agatha, Macavity, and Lefty Award-nominated Devil's Chew Toy delights with the first in a new historical mystery series set in turn-of-the-20th-century Chicago, as America is entering its Progressive Era and...
Still life
Penny, Louise.
Paper Book
Read the series that inspired Three Pines on Prime Video. In Still Life, bestselling author Louise Penny introduces Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surêté du Québec. Winner of the New Blood Dagger, Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony, and Dilys...
Those opulent days : a mystery
Pham, Jacquie
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT CRIME FICTION One will lose his mind. One will pay. One will agonise. And one will die. Duy, Phong, Minh, and Edmond have been best friends since childhood. Now, as young men running their families' formidable...
The Maid: A Novel
Prose, Nita.
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK * "A heartwarming mystery with a lovable oddball at its center" (Real Simple), this cozy whodunit introduces a one-of-a-kind heroine who will steal your heart.   FINALIST FOR...
Lavender House
Rosen, Lev AC
Paper Book
A "Best Of" Book From: Amazon * Buzzfeed * Rainbow Reading * Library Journal * CrimeReads * BookPage * Book Riot * Autostraddle A delicious story from a new voice in suspense, Lev AC Rosen's Lavender House is Knives Out with a queer historical twist.<...
Unnatural death
Sayers, Dorothy L.
Paper Book
Blackout
Segura, Alex
Paper Book
NOMINATED FOR THE ANTHONY AWARD FOR BEST NOVELONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED CRIME, MYSTERY, AND THRILLERS OF 2018 --LitHubONE OF THE THE BIGGEST MYSTERY AND THRILLERS OF SPRING 2018 --BookBubONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2018 --MysteryPeople"A series not to be missed." -Megan AbbottIn...
Vera Wong's unsolicited advice for murderers
Sutanto, Jesse Q.
Paper Book
A USA Today bestseller Edgar Award Winner for Best Original Paperback Audie Award Winner for Mystery Libby Award Winner for Best Mystery A lonely shopkeeper takes it upon herself to solve a murder in the most peculiar way in this captivating mystery by...
Agony Hill : a mystery
Taylor, Sarah Stewart
Paper Book
Set in rural Vermont in the volatile 1960s, Agony Hill is the first novel in a new historical series full of vivid New England atmosphere and the deeply drawn characters that are Sarah Stewart Taylor's trademark. In the hot summer of 1965, Bostonian Franklin Warren...
Brat Farrar
Tey, Josephine
Paper Book
A stranger enters the inner sanctum of the Ashby family posing as Patrick Ashby, the heir to the family's sizeable fortune. The stranger, Brat Farrar, has been carefully coached on Patrick's mannerisms, appearance and every significant detail of Patrick's early life, up to his thirteenth year when...
Murder by memory
Waite, Olivia
Paper Book
Becky Chambers meets Miss Marple in this sci-fi ode to the cozy mystery, helmed by a formidable no-nonsense auntie of a detective A mind is a terrible thing to erase... Welcome to the HMS Fairweather, Her Majesty's most luxurious...
The mimosa tree mystery
Yu, Ovidia
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER 'Simply glorious. Every nook and cranny of 1930s Singapore is brought richly to life' CATRIONA MCPHERSON 'Charming' RHYS BOWEN 'One of the most likeable heroines in modern literature'...
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