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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The quiet mother
Arnaldur Indriðason
Paper Book
Retired detective Konrad returns to Reykjavik in The Quiet Mother by Arnaldur Indridason, "one of the most brilliant crime writers of his generation" --The Sunday Times (UK) A woman is found murdered in her Reykjavík home, her apartment ransacked. On her desk lies...
Endangered
Box, C. J.
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling writer C. J. Box returns with a thrilling new novel, featuring Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett. 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--Joes eighteen-year-old ward, April, has run off...
The sweetness at the bottom of the pie : a Flavia de Luce mystery
Bradley, C. Alan
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE AGATHA * ARTHUR ELLIS * DILYS * DEBUT DAGGER AWARDS  "Wonderfully entertaining . . . sure to be one of the most loved mysteries of the year . . . [Flavia is] a delightful, intrepid, acid-tongued new heroine."--Chicago Sun-Times...
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...
The guest list : a novel
Foley, Lucy
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 : a Kinsey Millhone mystery
Grafton, Sue.
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestselling mystery series READ THE SENSATIONAL BLOCKBUSTER THAT STARTED IT ALL! Take it from the top in award-winning author Sue Grafton's knockout thriller that introduced detective Kinsey Millhone--and a hot new attitude--to...
Murder on the Ballarat train : a Phryne Fisher mystery
Greenwood, Kerry.
Paper Book
When the 1920s' most glamorous lady detective, the Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher, arranges to go to Ballarat for the week, she eschews the excitement of her red Hispano-Suiza racing car for the sedate safety of the train. The last thing she expects is to have to use her trusty Beretta .32 to save...
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: A Mystery
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. Homicide Detective Godai of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is assigned to investigate the...
Kindness goes unpunished
Johnson, Craig
Paper Book
Walt Longmire returns for his third adventure but this time he is in the City of Brotherly Love, where no act of kindness goes unpunished Walt has been the sheriff in Wyoming’s Absaroka County for twenty-four years, where his wit and charm have helped him solve many crimes. But that can’t...
Death in the stacks
McKinlay, Jenn
Paper Book
In the latest Library Lover's Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of Better Late Than Never, the library's big fund-raiser leaves director Lindsey Norris booked for trouble . . .  Lindsey Norris and her staff are gearing up for the Briar Creek...
She doesn't have a clue : a novel
Moke, Jenny Elder
Paper Book
With a colorful cast of characters and a cellar full of wine, anything can happen--from murder to a second chance at love--in Jenny Elder Moke's half mystery, half romance adult debut set at a lavish destination wedding. A high-end wedding on a private island off...
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
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **Soon to be a Netflix film starring Robert De Niro, Michelle Monaghan, and Adam Scott** In this dark, suspenseful thriller, Alex North weaves a multi-generational tale of a father and son caught in the...
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
Jacquie Pham's transportive debut, Those Opulent Days, delivers a classic historical murder mystery centered around the glamor, violence, wealth, and opium of 1920's French-colonial Vietnam that meshes the structural brilliance of Lucy Foley's The Guest List with the historical...
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.<...
A mortal likeness : a Victorian mystery
Rowland, Laura Joh
Paper Book
Fresh off the Jack the Ripper case, Sarah Bain and her ragtag team of investigators search for the missing child of a wealthy banker-who may be more perpetrator than victim A photographer in 1889 London, Miss Sarah Bain runs a private detective agency with her friends, Lord Hugh...
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...

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