Oregon City Adult Mystery Genre List

Mystery books in the Oregon City Adult Fiction Collection.

Updated March 28, 2025
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Archer, Jeffrey
Paper Book
The gripping new instalment in the Willian Warwick series, An Eye for an Eye, is available to pre-order now! International bestseller Jeffrey Archer returns THE UNPUTDOWNABLE NEW THRILLER FROM THE MASTER STORYTELLER 'Only someone like Jeffrey Archer . . ....
Exit
Bauer, Belinda
Paper Book
Killing time
Beaton, M. C.
Paper Book
The cat who dropped a bombshell
Braun, Lilian Jackson.
Paper Book
The whispering house
Brooks, Elizabeth
Paper Book
'Shimmering, lush...will keep you up all night' - Rene Denfeld, author of THE ENCHANTED 'Eerie and addictive' - New York Times When I think of Byrne Hall - which I do more often than I'd like - it's the dead weight of the heatwave...
A private cathedral
Burke, James Lee
Paper Book
Detective Dave Robicheaux is caught in the crossfire of Louisiana's oldest and bloodiest gangland feud... From the wreckage of Louisiana's oldest and family rivalry, Detective Dave Robicheaux faces his most sinister enemy yet . . . Isolde and Johnny - the star-crossed...
Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy
Le Carré, John
Paper Book
George Smiley, who is a troubled man of infinite compassion, is also a single-mindedly ruthless adversary as a spy. The scene which he enters is a Cold War landscape of moles and lamplighters, scalp-hunters and pavement artists, where men are turned, burned or bought for stock. Smiley's...
The big sleep
Chandler, Raymond
Audiobook
Phoenix Audio presents Raymond Chandler's 1939 celebrated novel The Big Sleep; the first mystery to feature detective Philip Marlowe. Here, the cynical sleuth takes on a blackmail case for the Sternwood family and ends up being surrounded by lies and bodies.
The body in the library : a Miss Marple mystery
Christie, Agatha
Audiobook
Ten little niggers : a play in three acts
Christie, Agatha
Paper Book
The book that topped the international online poll held in Agatha Christie's 125th birthday year to discover which of her 80 crime books was the world's favourite. 1939. Europe teeters on the brink of war. Ten strangers are invited to Soldier Island, an isolated rock near the...
The rising tide
Cleeves, Ann
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author of the Shetland and Two Rivers series, Ann Cleeves, returns with the tenth in the acclaimed Northumbrian set Vera Stanhope series, following on from The Darkest Evening. Fifty years ago, a group of teenagers spent a weekend on Holy Island,...
Robert B. Parker's The hangman's sonnet : a Jesse Stone novel
Coleman, Reed Farrel
Paper Book
Jesse Stone, still reeling from the murder of his fiancee by crazed assassin Mr. Peepers, must keep his emotions in check long enough to get through the wedding day of his loyal protege, Suitcase Simpson. The morning of the wedding, Jesse learns that a gala 75th birthday party is to be held for folk...
The woman in white
Collins, Wilkie
Paper Book
The Woman in White famously opens with Walter Hartright's eerie encounter on a moonlit London road. Engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie, Walter is drawn into the sinister intrigues of Sir Percival Glyde and his 'charming' friend Count Fosco, who has a taste for white mice,...
Desert star
Connelly, Michael
Paper Book
Livid
Cornwell, Patricia Daniels
Paper Book
Racing the light : a novel
Crais, Robert
Paper Book
'Another grand slam for the master storyteller' DAVID BALDACCI 'A modern master of crime fiction' GREGG HURWITZ 'Robert Crais is a legend who deserves his place alongside Chandler, Hammett & Himes as a true master of the crime and mystery genre' STEVE CAVANAGH...
Now or never : thirty-one on the run
Evanovich, Janet
Paper Book
Stephanie Plum's life is ready to explode in the pulse-pounding new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich! She said yes to Morelli. She said yes to Ranger. Now Stephanie Plum has two fiancés and no plan. But the way things are going, she...
The midnight feast : a novel
Foley, Lucy
Paper Book
🔥 TAKE YOUR PLACE AT THE TABLE FOR THE THRILLER OF THE YEAR🔥 __________________________________________________________ Midsummer, the Dorset coast In the shadows of an ancient wood, guests gather for the opening weekend of The Manor: a...
Something to hide : a Lynley novel
George, Elizabeth
Paper Book
Listen to me : a novel
Gerritsen, Tess
Paper Book
Rizzoli & Isles return, in the nail-biting, new Sunday Times bestselling thriller from Tess Gerritsen. The murder of Sofia Suarez is both gruesome and seemingly senseless. Why would anyone target a respected nurse who was well-liked by her friends and her neighbours? As...
Murder your employer : the McMasters guide to homicide
Holmes, Rupert
Paper Book
'Full of twists, the emphasis is on comedy . . . but the extraordinary Holmes can pull the heartstrings too.' THE TIMES The McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts - a luxurious, clandestine college dedicated to the fine art of murder where earnest students study how...
Magpie murders
Horowitz, Anthony
Paper Book
The first Atticus Pund and Susan Ryeland mystery from bestselling author Anthony Horowitz, and inspiration for the major hit BBC series MAGPIE MURDERS. Editor Susan Ryland has worked with bestselling crime writer Alan Conway for years. Readers love his detective, Atticus Pünd,...
Smoke
Ide, Joe
Paper Book
SOON TO BE A MAJOR TV SERIES PRODUCED BY SNOOP DOGG'The best new discovery I've come across in a long time' Michael Connelly'Writing so sharp you may cut your fingers on the pages' Attica Locke'The best thing to happen to mystery writing in a very long time' New York Times...
The lost coast : a novel
Kellerman, Jonathan
Paper Book
The fifth gripping novel in the bestselling Clay Edison series When coroner-turned-private investigator Clay Edison is approached to work on a fraud case, he uncovers more than he bargained before: a decades-old scheme targeting the vulnerable. His investigation...
A refiner's fire
Leon, Donna
Paper Book
When two teenage gangs are arrested after clashing violently in one of Venice's campi, the son of a local hero is implicated. But when Commissario Guido Brunetti is asked by a wealthy foreigner to vet this man, Monforte, for a job, he discovers that Monforte might not be such a hero after all...
The glass hotel
Mandel, Emily St. John
Paper Book
The New York Times bestselling novel, from the author of Station Eleven. 'A damn fine novel . . . haunting and evocative and immersive' George R R Martin, author of A Game of Thrones Vincent is the beautiful bartender at the Hotel...
A silent death
May, Peter
Paper Book
The scorching new thriller from worldwide bestselling author of The Blackhouse, Coffin Road and I'll Keep You Safe. Spain, 2020 A SILENT VOW When ex-pat fugitive Jack Cleland watches his girlfriend die,...
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
McCall Smith, Alexander
Audiobook
This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith's widely acclaimed The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series tells the story of the delightfully cunning and enormously engaging Precious Ramotswe, who is drawn to her profession to "help people with problems in their lives." Immediately upon setting up shop...
Homecoming : a novel
Morton, Kate
Paper Book
'Lush, rich, beautiful . . . Homecoming is Kate Morton at her very best' - Kristin Hannah Discover this breathtaking mystery of love, lies and a cold case come back to life, from the multi-million-copy bestseller, Kate Morton. Adelaide Hills, 1959....
Every man a king
Mosley, Walter
Paper Book
Killing moon
Nesbø, Jo
Paper Book
The Thursday murder club
Osman, Richard
Paper Book
THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE RECORD-BREAKING, MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES. ---------- 'Smart, compassionate, warm, moving and so VERY funny' Marian Keyes 'So smart and funny. Deplorably good' Ian Rankin 'Thrilling,...
Overboard
Paretsky, Sara
Paper Book
'Forty years since her debut, Indemnity Only, Sara Paretsky's social conscience burns brighter than ever . . . the cracking pace maintains the intrigue and tension . . . Further proof, if any were needed, that Paretsky is a giant of modern American crime' TIMES ONLINE ...
A world of curiosities
Penny, Louise
Paper Book
Book 18 in the acclaimed and number one-bestselling Three Pines series featuring the beloved Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. It's spring and Three Pines is re-emerging after the harsh winter. But not everything buried should come alive again. Not everything lying dormant...
The maid : a novel
Prose, Nita
Paper Book
*Molly the maid returns in THE MAID'S SECRET - available to pre-order now* _________________________________________________________________ Get swept away by the million-copy bestseller ... *THE NO.1 NEW YORK TIMES & SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER
The bone hacker
Reichs, Kathy
Paper Book
A gripping high-stakes thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, from Number One Bestselling author Kathy Reichs. EVEN ON AN ISLAND PARADISE, DANGER STILL LURKS Called in to examine what is left of a body struck by...
Payback in death
Robb, J. D.
Paper Book
The book of cold cases
St. James, Simone
Paper Book
In 1977, in the small town of Claire Lake, two men were murdered with the same gun. Beth Greer was the prime suspect - a rich, eccentric 23-year-old woman, seen fleeing one of the crimes. Ever since her surprise acquittal, she's retreated to her mansion and never commented publicly on the case...
Not the ones dead
Stabenow, Dana
Paper Book
The gripping new Kate Shugak novel by New York Times bestselling author Dana Stabenow. What seems a tragic accident soon becomes a murder investigation as Kate is drawn into a case of political intrigue. A mid-air collision in the Alaskan wilderness between two small...
Everyone in my family has killed someone
Stevenson, Benjamin
Paper Book
EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY IS A KILLER. EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY IS A SUSPECT. BUT WHICH OF THEM IS A MURDERER? 'The best thing I've read in ages' STUART MACBRIDE 'Fun, witty and exciting. This is not one to miss!' 5***** READER REVIEW 'A must...

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