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Predicting a few elements of the mystery didn't diminish my enjoyment of the fast-paced tale in which Medard's Bay was also the center of a media whirlwind in the early 1980s following the mysterious death

The playful tone and clever main protagonist in Olivia Waite's science-fiction novella make for an appealing mystery and lay the groundwork for subsequent books. In Olivia Waite's slim science-fiction mystery, Dorothy wakes up...in a body that's not her own. In this outer-space-set mystery, Dorothy must figure out who's behind the destruction and how to save For more of my Bossy science-fiction favorites, check out the titles at this link .

I loved Ashley Elston's mystery First Lie Wins  (it was on my December favorites list ; it was one of my Bossy Fiction Ideas for Your Holiday Gift List ; and it was on my recent list of Four-Star Mysteries More Mystery Love I recently published Greedy Reading Lists of favorite mystery reads: Six Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Reading Last Year and Six More Mysteries I Loved Reading Last Year . And you can find my favorite mystery reads from the year before here .

of Howl Mountain, and Fallen Land, a title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War.

Similarly, when he stumbles onto a truth about his own mysterious heritage--a mystery he felt he had The Night Ship is historical fiction with a magical realism undercurrent that's told in two timelines Reading Lists, Six Spooky, Gothic Tales and Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You. In The Trackers, Cold Mountain author Charles Frazier offers historical fiction featuring a Great Depression-era If you're interested in Great Depression-era historical fiction like I am, you might also like the books

Their cultures are sometimes mysteries to each other, and at times conflict greatly with others' traditions fiction series. The mystery of the book centers around a post-war haven for soldiers mentally and physically harmed by Check out this Greedy Reading List for Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You. Walsh I loved each of the historical fiction story's two timelines--following a stewardess on board The

There's a book of short stories; one nonfiction book; a memoir; an atmospheric, mysterious novel; historical fiction; contemporary fiction; a rom-com with a historical fiction element; a story about music and sisters told in two timelines; a mystery that's full of surprises; and a historical fiction mystery. In Chris Bohjalian's newest historical fiction novel, Libby Steadman lives in Virginia on the edge of I loved the historical fiction aspect of Margaret's recounting of her history.

Read on for what I loved reading in March: The Night Ship, historical fiction set in two timelines featuring 01 The Night Ship by Jess Kidd Kidd's dual-timeline historical fiction, based on actual events, shines The Night Ship is historical fiction with a magical realism undercurrent that's told in two timelines Reading Lists, Six Spooky, Gothic Tales and Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You. Summer is ending, and there's a mysterious, unspoken, dark undercurrent at the Kinsellas'.

The murder mystery stories were written decades before the book's present-day events take place and are I like a mystery that makes me care about the characters and doesn't foreshadow too much. Which mysteries hooked you this year? This is a pretty eclectic group of mysteries. If you like mysteries, you might also like titles from the Greedy Reading Lists The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year and Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You.

Her heartbreaking history surprised me, as did the revelations at the end of the novel. And for more mysteries, please check out these Bossy titles.

I loved the twist, double-twist of my first Cavanagh mystery, and the story's revenge and renegade justice In Steve Cavanagh's twisty mystery Kill for Me, Kill for You , two strangers, women bearing the brunt This is the first mystery I've read by Steve Cavanagh. More Mystery Novels You might also want to check out my Bossy reviews of other mysteries .

Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: Renaissance-set historical fiction, two historical fiction mysteries (one with magical elements at its heart), a fictionalized memoir, a story of 1980s-set A Restless Truth is the second in Freya Marske's queer fantasy mystery Last Binding trilogy that began By doing so, Maud aims to help her beloved older brother resolve a magical mystery that's been decades A Restless Truth is fun and quirky yet has depth, an appealingly complicated mystery, and a satisfying

In her first historical fiction novel, Smith offers a Victorian England tableau featuring a wonderfully The situation parallels in haunting fashion with the modern-day rejection by factions of our society

, while an unorthodox, brilliant investigator and her stalwart new assistant work to solve a murder mystery In Robert Jackson Bennett's novel, The Tainted Cup , he blends a rich, historical fiction-feeling story The leviathans are grotesque, and their natures and motivations are a mystery. Ana is Sherlock Holmes-esque in that she holds many of the answers to the mysteries that abound--but

Atkinson's cozy, Agatha Christie-style novel features former lawman Jackson Brodie, a mystery within a mystery, a real-life killer who becomes mixed up in a trite murder-mystery play, and a reunion between string of unsolved art thefts--and he's led to Burton Makepeace, an old hotel that also hosts Murder Mystery The descriptions of her--as well as her fondness for old-fashioned mystery novels--begin to sound similar performance, and you've got yourself an entertaining mystery with enough sweet connections between characters

The Robin-Strike tension is finally spoken aloud, although not resolved, and the mystery twists to involve The Hallmarked Man is the newest in the Cormoran Strike mystery series, and in the story, a dismembered Regarding the mystery: The dismembered corpse mystery leads to a whole host of even more dark, disturbing This and Other Mystery Series You can click here to check out my reviews of Cormoran Strike books 1 through You can also find many other mystery series I've enjoyed here or by searching this site.

I loved the 1700s wintry Maine setting and the convictions of the historical fiction novel's strong midwife Historical fiction? Check. Maine setting? Check. Female character in the medical profession? Check. figure of Martha Ballard, an 18th-century midwife who defied tradition and convention--and, in Lawhon's historical fiction story, the law. The mystery of what happened to the man is a subplot that winds through the story.

of gymnastics details that made the setting come to life, Head Over Heels was the engrossing, light fiction , see Head Over Heels. 02 Dear Emmie Blue by Lia Louis ​ Sometimes in order to delve into a lighter fiction Not Dating by Christina Lauren Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating totally fits the bill as light-fiction What are some of your favorite lighter fiction books? So here's the greedy question: What are some other lighter fiction stories I should be reading?

the lurking folklore figure that seems to signal death and destruction, and the despairing community history of missing women set a brooding, ominous tone, yet Salt Bones often felt like a young-adult mystery Jennifer Givhan's mystery-thriller-horror novel Salt Bones  made it onto multiple best-of lists for 2025 , and I've been in a mystery-reading mood this month, so this novel went to the top of my library audiobook I was intrigued by the disturbing, mysterious magical realism imagery of the dark woman-horse, sometimes

Schwab and Cat Clarke is a locked-room mystery that's a takedown of the book publishing industry, with are invited to the private Scottish island and castle where the reclusive Arthur Fletch, bestselling mystery But when they arrive, they find that Fletch, who had been working on a new mystery, is dead. In darkly playful Agatha Christie style, they're in a locked-room (well, -castle) mystery, and it seems protagonist, Julia Petrarch, and I was hoping for (but didn't find) some echoes between that book and the mysterious

septuagenarian characters each trekking their own paths while working cooperatively to solve a new mystery Ibrahim are septuagenarians feeling let down after the thrills, danger, and success of their first solved mystery

is suffering from dissociative fugue, a rare condition that could account for her ability to act and function

But the stranger's specific intention was always to draw Elly into his mysterious, elaborate, destructive You might also like these mystery and suspense titles I've Bossily reviewed.

writes my favorite kind of fantasy novel: a wonderfully oddball main protagonist, a strange adventure, a mystery slots fantastically imperfect and wondrous main protagonists whose thoughts, dialogue, motivations, and actions

This section of the story was difficult to read, as felt appropriate, and this aspect took up relatively

Do you love nonfiction that reads like fiction? This was nonfiction that was so compelling it read like fiction (and served as the inspiration for this Macintyre's nonfiction book was wonderful; it really read to me like fiction. carefully researched and documented, with twists and turns that feel so outlandish as to seem like fiction but was fiction.

been sooooo excited to read this final installment in Freya Marske's Last Binding trilogy, a queer historical fiction fantasy-mystery series I've loved. unexpected attractions to each other and the uncovering of weighty secrets, the group works to unravel the mysterious

It always seemed clear that we would have clean resolutions to the mystery; the sometimes-gruesome aspects In this mystery by Allen Eskens, Joe Talbert is busy trying to build a life apart from his mother, who's The Life We Bury offers a slow start focused on Joe's personal situation, and when the mystery ramped More mystery novels to check out This is the first in a series of three books about Joe Talbert. If you like reading mysteries, you might enjoy some of my Bossy reviews of other mystery novels .

Elston's first adult novel ticked all of my mystery-reading boxes: a con artist, fake identity, dangerous I can't wait to read her next mystery. Now she awaits her mysterious boss Mr. intriguing, a fast and compelling read, with a main protagonist I was rooting for, and it ticked all of my mystery-reading I can't wait to read Elston's upcoming mystery, Anatomy of an Alibi , scheduled for publication January

I've been continuing my cold-weather mystery-reading habits, and Lisa Jewell is always a good bet for More Mystery Love Lisa Jewell is also the author of The Family Upstairs , None of This Is True , and You might want to check out the lists and titles at this link for more Bossy mystery reviews.

I like a story driven by a female investigaor of a main protagonist, and in this small-town mystery and More Slaughter and More Bossy Mysteries I listened to this story as an audiobook. For other mysteries I've read and Bossily reviewed, please check out the titles at this link .

investigators who reinvent methods of finding their culprit in a smart, intriguing, and satisfying mystery This was smart, intriguing, action-packed at times, and both the complexity of the investigation and I believe I heard about this book in a roundup of mystery novels recommended by national security agents Bossy Love for Mysteries The next installment of this series, Inside Man , was recently published. For other Bossy reviews and mysteries I've loved, please check out the books at this link .

There aren't significant subplots, so this is a straightforward-feeling story, a sort of "mystery light

Harpman's slim novel poses a mysterious situation without promising concrete explanations. My friend Amy suggested that I read this one, and Harpman's slim novel is mysterious, eerie, and strange

Morton's newest historical fiction involves two timelines, a decades-old tragedy, and a modern-day descendant's discovery of her family's link to mysterious deaths. "...People were wiser back then, and less selfish There are two mysteries surrounding the Turner Tragedy: the whodunit aspect and the unexplained disappearance This is a long (it's almost 550 pages), winding story with complicated connections and mysterious motivations Morton's story explores secrets, loyalties, mysteries, and the complicated matter of family--those you

When his sister tries to solve the mystery of his death, she and her own unlikely companion unravel secrets neat fashion at the close of the story, but I didn't mind because of the justice being served and the mysteries Side note: I've read and reviewed another book called Sleeping Giants; that one was a science fiction

This romance-laced mystery centered around a podcast and its host's disappearance includes some far-fetched-feeling been highly involved in the management of the podcast (and Benny and Joy's finances), go missing under mysterious When the full extent of the secrets and lies at the heart of the mystery are revealed, some of them feel Another mystery that invoves a podcaster is the great novel Listen for the Lie .

I looove a historical fiction mystery. If you do too, you might want to check out Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You.

It's nominally a mystery, but it's mainly a heartwarming story about determination and honoring old loyalties We track back in time to her youth as pieces of the mystery are revealed. The story is nominally a mystery, but more so a tale of a pony who is thwarted at nearly all of its headstrong

Lex Croucher's foray into dark academia is fantastic, with angst, mature themes, magical adventure, sinister plots, far-reaching repercussions, and a childhood heartbreak that is revisited and revised in heartbreaking, satisfying form. Briar and Sebastian are childhood best friends, but when Sebastian is accepted into the renowned nearby magic school at age 11 and Briar is not, the two have a heartbreaking, fraught split. Briar has always dreamed of attending the Temple School of Thaumaturgy, and the rejection in their youth has always stung. Their unhappiness is compounded by the complete lack of correspondence from Seb. Briar pours themself and their resentment into working out, doing menial jobs, and fully abandoning ambition or dreams. Then Briar works their way into a temporary maintenance job at the school and soon realizes that their old friend (now called Bastian) has become one of the most feared, powerful, cold students on campus. And Briar also discovers that the school is hiding dark secrets with unimaginable potential repercussions for the world. The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones is dark, edgy, yet also warm, with mature magic-focused plot points, deep friendships, romance, adventure and strategizing, plus opportunities for redemption. (This is the type of tone and grown-up magical adventure and dark academia that I had hoped Lev Grossman's The Magicians might be; for me, the feel of that book was grim and lacked satisfying character development.) Croucher offers rich characters, romantic turmoil, some steamy moments, LGBTQ+ representation, and enough intrigue to keep the pacing and my own interest moving right along. I'm a huge Lex Croucher fan and I'm in for all Croucher books, always. I listened to this novel as an audiobook courtesy of Libro.fm and Harper Voyager. More Great Lex Croucher Books Lex Croucher is also the author of the wonderful Not for the Faint of Heart and Gwen & Art Are Not in Love, as well as the upcoming Bridget & Gabe Are Not Okay. Croucher also wrote romcoms with a Regency-era twist, Reputation, which I'm about to dive into, and its sequels Infamous and Trouble.

Radden Keefe took a subject I wasn't initially captivated by and crafted another work of his signature masterful He was a trickster who confected a mysterious persona that may have been ridiculous but ultimately served Later, Keefe explores the actions of depraved, horribly evil, destructive individuals that Zac was unlucky There are so many branches of this story, and so many complicated implications of the main players’ actions

Count me in for Irish-set novels--and for suspenseful, mysterious-past stories that hint at darkness, When she was old enough, Sarah ran from an emotionally cold childhood in Michigan and mysterious circumstances I also love a story involving a character's mysterious past, and I love a suspenseful story that I'm protagonists, developing depth to her characters and their relationships amid the secrets, lies, and hidden histories

sometimes running over) the local police chief to try to find a missing teen and untangle past unsolved mysteries In book two of the Martini Club, the mystery at hand--a missing teen--draws in local citizens as well residents, their murky pasts (which are uncomfortably, distantly related to the aging former agents' own histories

The author of the fantastic Wrong Place, Wrong Time is back with a smart, twisty mystery that's wonderfully Famous Last Words  is another smart, twisty mystery from Gillian McAllister. I loved this smart mystery that relies heavily on character development and mental agility for our narrator

The second book in the series takes big swings with two large-scale mysteries (one that is hauntingly That first book was a smart, intriguing, and satisfying mystery. The two mysteries feel gigantic, with extensive ripples and effects. More Mystery Books to Check Out John McMahon is also the author of Head Cases , the first in this mystery And for more mysteries I've reviewed, check out these lists and titles .

01 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams Williams's historical fiction mystery--based on real-life In Beatriz Williams's historical fiction, Our Woman in Moscow, it's 1948, and Iris Digby, her American In Taylor Brown's recently published historical fiction novel Wingwalkers, Zeno, a former World War I looks wonderful), and Fallen Land, a title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War.

I was taken with the premise of conflicts and mystery in a post-colonial West African city, but I didn't In Tochi Onyebuchi's fantasy mystery, main protagonist Boubacar is a war veteran and a private investigator But when a young woman shows up bleeding at his home, then mysteriously disappears, he is shocked into Harmattan Season  is a dark, broody, mysterious fantasy story that takes place in an unnamed city in As Bouba explores recent mysterious events, he realizes that the upcoming election is corrupt and has

boast forces Miryem into a position of meeting the tsar's impossible challenge, she finds that the mysterious This is magical realism, folklore, and historical fiction wrapped up in one very interesting read. 05 The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo The Night Tiger is a wonderful historical fiction mystery and love story I listed this book in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You. 06 Uprooted

Prose offers a surprising amount of heart and a unique main protagonist in this lighthearted murder mystery my full review, check out Doctors and Friends. 05 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams Williams's historical fiction mystery--based on real-life double agents in the Cambridge Spy Ring--is vividly set in Europe In Beatriz Williams's historical fiction, Our Woman in Moscow it's 1948 and Iris Digby, her American The mystery skips back and forth in time, and four years later, Iris's twin sister Ruth finally receives

The third in the Cal Hooper series is a slow-burn mystery in which Tana French serves up deep character That brings me to this third and final Cal Hooper mystery, which provides more of all of it: more details The Keeper is an almost 500-page slow burn mystery. After a time the mystery is no longer a mystery; the main unknown is which form the community's renegade But I love a mystery that leans into character development, and The Keeper delivers wonderfully on that