Genre Mash: RTW x Mystery

Updated April 14, 2026
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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 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)

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)

The silence of bones
Hur, June
Paper Book
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 reckoning
Yrsa Sigur
Paper Book
The Reckoning is the stunning follow-up to The Legacy, which was the start of a thrilling new series that Booklist (starred) recommends for fans of Tana French. Vaka sits, regretting her choice of coat, on the cold steps of her new school. Her father...

RTW Europe (Iceland)

The likeness
French, Tana
Paper Book
The eagerly anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestselling psychological thriller In the Woods Six months after the events of In the Woods, Detective Cassie Maddox is still trying to recover. She's transferred out of the murder squad and started a relationship with Detective Sam O'Neill,...

RTW Europe (Ireland)

The snowman
Nesbø, Jo
Paper Book
Inspector Harry Hole tracks a Norwegian serial killer in this installment of Jo Nesbø's New York Times bestselling series. Now a Major Motion Picture starring Michael Fassbender. One night, after the first snowfall of the year, a boy named Jonas wakes up and...

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
"Anyone who enjoys novels that are scary, erotic, touching, tragic and thrilling should rush right out to the nearest bookstore and pick up The Shadow of the Wind. Really, you should." --Michael Dirda, The Washington Post "Wondrous...masterful...The ...

RTW Europe (Spain)

An elderly lady is up to no good
Tursten, Helene
Paper Book
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 way...

RTW Europe (Sweden)

The girl with the dragon tattoo
Larsson, Stieg
Paper Book
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME * #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * The thrilling first book in the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series featuring Lisbeth Salander: "Combine the chilly Swedish backdrop and moody psychodrama of a Bergman movie with the grisly...

RTW Europe (Sweden)

The night raven
Rundberg, Johan; Prime, A. A.
Paper Book
A Kirkus Best Book of the Year Shortlisted for the Global Literature in Libraries YA Translated Book Prize A USBBY Outstanding International Book Mika is not your average twelve-year-old--and she's about to prove it. It's 1880, and in...

RTW Europe (Sweden)

A castle in the clouds
Gier, Kerstin; Fursland, Romy
Paper Book
Witty and charming, New York Times-bestselling author Kerstin Gier's contemporary young adult novel A Castle in the Clouds follows a girl as she navigates secrets, romance, and danger in an aging grand hotel. Way up in the Swiss mountains, there's an old grand...

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 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
Paper Book
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! Nothing's been the same for Beth Teller since the day she died. Her dad is drowning in...

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 winner of the Man Booker Prize, this "expertly written, perfectly constructed" bestseller (The Guardian) is now a Starz miniseries.   It is 1866, and Walter Moody has come to stake his claim in New Zealand's booming gold rush. On the...

RTW Oceania (New Zealand)


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