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series showcases Stevie Bell's instincts, doggedness, and ability to uncover the truth, this time in In the fifth in Maureen Johnson's Truly Devious series, skilled amateur high school sleuth Stevie Bell Maureen Johnson is the author of the six-book Truly Devious young adult mystery series: Truly Devious link . 02 The Hallmarked Man (Cormoran Strike #8) by Robert Galbraith I feel compelled to see this series Rowling (Robert Galbraith is the pen name she uses for the Cormoran Strike series). 03 Wild Dark Shore

I feel compelled to see this series through to its end. The Hallmarked Man is the newest in the Cormoran Strike mystery series, and in the story, a dismembered Rowling (Robert Galbraith is the pen name she uses for the Cormoran Strike series). 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.

In this first installment in Osman's mystery series (the second one also appears on this list), the story I laughed while listening to this one; Osman's series has me hooked. This is the second installment in this mystery series to appear on this list of favorites from the past I was late to the series, but I'm fully committed now. I liked this installment even more than the first book in the series.

This third book in McManus's young-adult mystery series keeps the surprises coming, ties new twists into early events from the series, and strengthens the bonds between the Bayside sleuth friends. I listened to this third installment in Karen McManus's young adult One of Us Is Lying mystery series Character development isn't the key to book three; One of Us Is Back primarily progresses the plot of the series The first two books in the One of Us Is Lying series are One of Us Is Lying and One of Us Is Next.

series. As Good As Dead is the final book in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, a series I've loved, and I've been delaying reading this third and final installment due to my willful denial that the series is ending For my full review (and links to my reviews of the other books in this series), check out As Good As Raybourn has written nine books in the series so far, and I intend to happily read them all.)

Six Great Bossy Mystery Reads I didn't read as many mysteries last year as I typically do, but here are I'm hoping to up my mystery and suspense reading this year. What are some of your favorite mystery or suspense reads? around a podcast are Listen for the Lie   (reviewed above) and also the Good Girl's Guide to Murder  series and the mysteries' resolution.

Book two of Thomas's Lady Sherlock series offers a robust dual mystery, clever female characters, priceless series. series, and I loved it. This series invites comparisons to another fantastic Victorian-era-set mystery series featuring a strong The mysteries in Thomas's Lady Sherlock series seem more robust and complex than those in Raybourn's

relationship exploration, and storytelling continues in this third and last installment of the Last Binding series 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 There's danger, and justice served, and imperfect solutions, and compromise, and Marske's storytelling

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 This is the sixth installment in Atkinson's Jackson Brodie series, but it can be read as a stand-alone

#youngadult, #mystery 02 The Last Confession of Autumn Casterly ​ In Meredith Tate's newest book, Ivy This is the first in the Inheritance Games series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, who also wrote The Naturals series. #youngadult, #mystery, #series Any young adult mysteries you've enjoyed lately? Where was this embarrassment of young-adult-mystery riches when I was actually a young adult?

Finlay dips her toe into a criminal underworld in the second in Cosimano's campy mystery series. In Elle Cosimano's first book in this series, Finlay Donovan Is Killing It, we meet main protagonist Various misunderstandings during a publishing meeting about Finlay's upcoming mystery novel result in her receipt of a mysterious note implying that Finlay is involved in something sinister--and offering Cosimano is also the author of the young adult mystery series Nearly Gone, the young adult fantasy series

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 I had no idea this was the first in a series; it didn't feel to me as though it was leading up to another 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 .

Historical Fiction Mysteries I adore historical fiction and mystery books, and I love the intersection Speedwell #1) by Deanna Raybourn This fantastic book is the first in Deanna Raybourn's Veronica Speedwell series this title and remembering how much I loved it, I can't believe I haven't plowed through the entire series Jackaby is the first in the young adult supernatural mystery series of the same name, and in it, author The next titles in the Jackaby series are Beastly Bones, Ghostly Echoes, and The Dire King. 06 The Night

playful tone and clever main protagonist in Olivia Waite's science-fiction novella make for an appealing mystery 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 She is often exasperated and very funny. More Olivia Waite Olivia Waite is also the author of the Feminine Pursuits series and many other stand-alone

This list highlights six more of my very favorite mystery reads of last year (Check out My Very Favorite 01 A Restless Truth (Last Binding #2) by Freya Marske The second book in Marske's series is an irresistible series offers not only an irresistible heroine, but a fascinating examination of gender in Victorian A Study in Scarlet Women, the first in her Lady Sherlock series, presents Charlotte Holmes, a clever, Then a series of unusual events lead to Charlotte's assuming the identity of a made-up detective, Sherlock

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

Historical Fiction Mysteries I adore historical fiction and mystery books, and I love the intersection Speedwell #1) by Deanna Raybourn This fantastic book is the first in Deanna Raybourn's Veronica Speedwell series this title and remembering how much I loved it, I can't believe I haven't plowed through the entire series Jackaby is the first in the young adult supernatural mystery series of the same name, and in it, author The next titles in the Jackaby series are Beastly Bones, Ghostly Echoes, and The Dire King. 06 The Night

In the second installment of the series, retired CIA agents build stronger bonds with each other in rural In book one of Tess Gerritsen's Martini Club series, we met Maggie Bird, a retired CIA operative who In book two of the Martini Club, the mystery at hand--a missing teen--draws in local citizens as well I liked this installment even more than the first book in the series. More Books You Might Like This is the second book in Tess Gerritsen's Martini Club series.

This first book in Sherry Thomas's gender-flipped Sherlock Holmes mystery series offers not only an irresistible listened to the audiobook of Sherry Thomas's A Study in Scarlet Women, the first in her Lady Sherlock series Then a series of unusual events lead to Charlotte's assuming the identity of a made-up detective, Sherlock I can't wait to read more in this series! Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? books in the Lady Sherlock series, with the seventh, A Tempest at Sea, scheduled for publication in 2023

The fifth in Maureen Johnson's Truly Devious young adult mystery series showcases Stevie Bell's instincts In the fifth in Maureen Johnson's Truly Devious series, skilled amateur high school sleuth Stevie Bell Her passion is solving mysteries, and, luckily, she finds a satisfying distraction in the form of the The mystery's resolution isn't too easy, and Stevie leans on procedure, dogged determination, and her series: Truly Devious , The Vanishing Stair , The Hand on the Wall ,   The Box in the Woods , this book

In the first book of Blake Crouch's haunting mystery trilogy, secret agent Ethan Burke tries to grasp plans for Wayward Pines--while trying to avoid being killed by murderous small-town vigilantes or by mysterious reeling--was to locate two missing federal agents who were dispatched a month earlier to investigate a mysterious Theresa's mysterious encounter with an odd man makes it even more clear that time is not passing in a The two other titles in the series are Wayward and The Last Town .

The first installment in Faizal's Blood and Tea series offers intriguing secrets, a swirling mystery, In the first book of Hafsah Faizal's Blood and Tea series, A Tempest of Tea , Arthie Casimir collects , hidden feelings, and wonderfully complex relationships in this mystery. cared about, funny gems, tantalizing moments, and an intriguing build-up to the books to come in this series The cover artwork, palette, and the book's title felt off to me; they seemed to indicate Cozy Mystery

The third in Jane Harper's Aaron Falk series offers procedural detail, a lush Australian setting, and But the year-old mysterious disappearance of Kim Gillespie, a young woman from the area, hooks Falk and Exiles was the right mystery at the right time for me.

, while an unorthodox, brilliant investigator and her stalwart new assistant work to solve a murder mystery 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

aftermath of World War I in this irresistible first installment of Winspear's 18-book historical fiction series Maisie Dobbs begins Winspear's series as a thirteen-year-old servant in a Belgravia mansion, taken in The mystery of the book centers around a post-war haven for soldiers mentally and physically harmed by But the mystery takes a back seat in the book to Maisie's explorations of human motivations, her interest Check out this Greedy Reading List for Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You.

There's a second book in this Naomi Cottle series, The Butterfly Girl , which I haven't yet read, and

Harper has also written two books in her Aaron Falk series so far, The Dry and Force of Nature. 03 Disappearing Hart has written many other books, including The Hush, which is the second in the Johnny Merrimon series I haven't yet read the second in this Lucas Page series, Under Pressure--and I didn't even realize this was a series until after the fact, it stands so well on its own. Panowich also wrote Like Lions and Hard Cash Valley, the next two books in this series.

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

02 A Conspiracy in Belgravia (Lady Sherlock #2) by Sherry Thomas Book two of Thomas's Lady Sherlock series I listened to the audiobook of the second in Thomas's Lady Sherlock series (read wonderfully by Kate series, and I loved it. I can't wait to read the other books in this series! Emma Makepeace returns in the second book in the series, The Traitor, and when one thing leads to another

The fifth book in the Veronica Speedwell series offers more of Raybourn's magic: witty dialogue, an unorthodox Throughout her Veronica Speedwell series, Raybourn proves herself an expert in providing a captivating In this fifth book of the series, Veronica and Stoker become involved in a mystery involving a house I listened to this as an audiobook, which is wonderfully narrated, as the rest of the series has been (There are currently eight books in the series, with a ninth scheduled for publication in 2024.)

I loved A Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of In this fourth book of the series, Veronica is lured by the promise of an elusive butterfly and an invitation and match-up of will and intellect between Stoker and Veronica that are my favorite aspects of the series It wasn't my favorite of the series mysteries thus far, but I enjoyed the dark, gothic feel of twisting And in this installment of the series, Raybourn allows for The Situation Between Veronica and Stoker

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 .

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 .

ICYMI: This is the first in Johnson's young adult series, set in a boarding school in rural Vermont, with compelling past and present mysteries and bright young Stevie Bell on the case(s). "...no one was Decades later, mystery aficionado Stevie Bell arrives as a new student at Ellingham Academy, determined But a new mystery emerges--and Truly Devious, who had taken credit for the original crime, seems to be might be interested in the titles that make up the Greedy Reading Lists Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series

The initial installment of John McMahon's police procedural series follows a genius, socially awkward investigators who reinvent methods of finding their culprit in a smart, intriguing, and satisfying mystery Bossy Love for Mysteries The next installment of this series, Inside Man , was recently published. Marsh series. For other Bossy reviews and mysteries I've loved, please check out the books at this link .

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 mistreated cattle in a slaughterhouse; aggressive exposure of truth through environmental activism; and a series I was intrigued by the disturbing, mysterious magical realism imagery of the dark woman-horse, sometimes

Emma Makepeace returns in the second book in the series, The Traitor, and when one thing leads to another

Harper has also written two books in her Aaron Falk series so far, The Dry and Force of Nature. 03 Disappearing Hart has written many other books, including The Hush, which is the second in the Johnny Merrimon series I haven't yet read the second in this Lucas Page series, Under Pressure--and I didn't even realize this was a series until after the fact, it stands so well on its own. Panowich also wrote Like Lions and Hard Cash Valley, the next two books in this series.

Book two of the series sees our septuagenarian characters each trekking their own paths while working cooperatively to solve a new mystery. I laughed while listening to this one; Osman's series has me hooked. More about This Series Richard Osman is an author and also a producer and television presenter. The Thursday Murder Club is a five-book series, and there's a film based on the first book.

I've been continuing my cold-weather mystery-reading habits, and Lisa Jewell is always a good bet for After Nina Swann's semi-famous chef husband Paddy is killed, Nina receives a condolence card from a stranger 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.

the lives of those in New Bremen that fateful summer, and the Frank of forty years later recounts the mysteries Krueger has also written eighteen books in his Cork O'Connor mystery series, including Desolation Mountain

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

writes my favorite kind of fantasy novel: a wonderfully oddball main protagonist, a strange adventure, a mystery

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 .

The second book in Marske's series is an irresistible queer magical mystery thriller with Edwardian England A Restless Truth is the second in Freya Marske's queer fantasy mystery Last Binding trilogy that began A Marvellous Light was full of details of life in Edwardian England, gay love, mystery, magic, wonderful By doing so, Maud aims to help her beloved older brother resolve a magical mystery that's been decades The third book in the Last Binding series will be titled A Power Unbound.

The novel builds to almost the very end before this mindboggling plausibility is somewhat cursorily presented

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

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

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

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