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)

When the ground is hard
Nunn, Malla
Paper Book
Edgar Award nominee stuns in this heartrending tale set in a Swaziland boarding school where two girls of different castes bond over a shared copy of Jane Eyre. A Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book of the Century Adele Joubert loves being one of the...

RTW Africa (Swaziland)

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
''The first in an effervescent new mystery series. . . a treat for historical mystery lovers looking for a new series to savour (or devour)'' NEW YORK TIMES ''A gorgeous debut mystery with a charming and fearless sleuth . . . spellbinding'...

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
Paper Book
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
Paper Book
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)

Please look after mom
Sin, Kyæong-suk.
Audiobook
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. Told...

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
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 ard ottir
Paper Book
'Yrsa is a magnificent writer' Karin Slaughter Yrsa Sigurdardottir, winner of the 2015 Petrona Award for best Scandinavian Crime Novel, delivers another tour de force in her second novel in the Freyja and Huldar series. A chilling note predicting the deaths...

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 lost daughter
Ferrante, Elena
Paper Book
NOW A MOTION PICTURE NOMINATED FOR THREE OSCARS--Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay--Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal and starring Olivia Colman, Jesse Buckley, Paul Mescal, and Dakota Johnson Another penetrating Neapolitan story from New York Times best...

RTW Europe (Italy)

The snowman
Nesb , Jo
Paper Book
The next thrilling installment in the Harry Hole series. The night the first snow falls a young boy wakes to find his mother gone. He walks through the silent house, but finds only wet footprints on the stairs. In the garden looms a solitary figure: a snowman bathed in cold moonlight,...

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 Zaf on, 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
Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared off the secluded island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger family. There was no corpse, no witnesses, no evidence. But her uncle, Henrik, is convinced that she was murdered by someone from her own deeply dysfunctional family. Disgraced journalist...

RTW Europe (Sweden)

The night raven
Rundberg, Johan
Audiobook
Mika is not your average twelve-year-old--and she's about to prove it. It's 1880, and in the frigid city of Stockholm, death lurks around every corner. Twelve-year-old Mika knows that everyone in her orphanage will struggle to survive this winter. But at least the notorious serial...

RTW Europe (Sweden)

Stolen
Laestadius, Ann-Hel en
Paper Book
NOW A NETFLIX FILM "An extraordinary novel. A coming-of-age-story you will get lost in." --Fredrik Backman, internationally bestselling author of The Winners Part coming-of-age novel, part sweeping family saga, and part love song to a disappearing...

RTW Europe (Sweden)

The swimmer
Zander, Joakim
Paper Book
A deep-cover CIA agent races across Europe to save the daughter he never knew in this electrifying debut thriller--an international sensation billed as "Homeland meets Stieg Larsson" that heralds the arrival of a new master sure to follow in the footsteps of Stieg Larsson, John Le Carré, and...

RTW Europe (Sweden)

Gaudy night
Sayers, Dorothy L.
Audiobook
When Harriet Vane attends her Oxford reunion, known as the "Gaudy," the prim academic setting is haunted by a rash of bizarre pranks: scrawled obscenities, burnt effigies, and poison-pen letters--including one that says, "Ask your boyfriend with the title if he likes arsenic in his soup." ...

RTW Europe (U.K.)

The hound of the Baskervilles
Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
Paper Book
This special 100th anniversary edition of the only full-length Holmes novel includes a new afterword. The country doctor had come to 221B Baker Street, the famous lodgings of Sherlock Holmes, with an eerie tale -the legend of the devil-beast that haunted the lonely moors around the Baskervilles'...

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 and #1 Globe and Mail bestselling author of The Clockmaker's Daughter, a sweeping saga that begins with a shocking crime that echoes across continents and generations. Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve,...

RTW Oceania (Australia)

The survivors
Harper, Jane
Paper Book
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 "As always, Harper skillfully evokes...

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
Catton, Eleanor
Paper Book
Winner of the 2013 Man Booker Prize and Governor General's Award for Fiction, and set during the heady days of New Zealand's Gold Rush, The Luminaries is a magnificent novel of love, lust, murder, and greed, in which three unsolved crimes link the fates and fortunes of twelve men...

RTW Oceania (New Zealand)

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