Mystery genre books (461)
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Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
An instant no. 1 New York Times Bestseller Winner of CrimeFest Best YA Crime Fiction Prize Winner of the YA Fiction Goodreads Choice Awards Shortlisted for Waterstones Children's Book Prize A Time magazine pick for Best YA of All Time Keep the Secret. Live the Lie. Earn your Truth. For fans of Angie Thomas and Tommy Orange comes a ground-breaking YA thriller about a Native American teen who must root out the corruption in her community Eighteen-year-old Daunis has always felt like an outsider with her mixed heritage, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. When she witnesses... continue
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Food of Ghosts by Marianne Wheelaghan EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Nothing ever happens on Tarawa, a coral atoll in the middle of the Pacific. Then a mutilated body is found in a children's nursery hut. Detective Sergeant Louisa Townsend from Edinburgh is on the island, helping train local police officers in basic detecting skills. She is asked to find the killer and jumps at the chance to be in charge of her first murder investigation. She marvels at the simplicity of the task ahead - after all, how difficult can it be to find the murderer on a desert island the size of a postage stamp and with only one road? But nothing on Tarawa is what it seems.
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Force of Nature : A Novel by Jane Harper EN
AustraliaDescription:
Originally published: Australia: Pan Macmillan, 2017.
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Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco EN
ItalyDescription:
"As brilliant and quirky as THE NAME OF THE ROSE, as mischievous and wide-raning....A virtuoso performance." THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Three clever book editors, inspired by an extraordinary fable they heard years befoe, decide to have a little fun. Randomly feeding esoteric bits of knowledge into an incredible computer capable of inventing connections between all their entires, they think they are creating a long lazy game--until the game starts taking over.... Here is an incredible journey of thought and history, memory and fantasy, a tour de force as enthralling as anything Umberto Eco--o... continue
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Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q. Sutanto EN
IndonesiaDescription:
The aunties are back, fiercer than ever and ready to handle any catastrophe—even the mafia—in this delightful and hilarious sequel by Jesse Q. Sutanto, author of Dial A for Aunties. Meddy Chan has been to countless weddings, but she never imagined how her own would turn out. Now the day has arrived, and she can't wait to marry her college sweetheart, Nathan. Instead of having Ma and the aunts cater to her wedding, Meddy wants them to enjoy the day as guests. As a compromise, they find the perfect wedding vendors: a Chinese-Indonesian family-run company just like theirs. Meddy is hesitant at fi... continue
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Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte EN
Description:
Four dead queens. Three days to catch a killer. Two forbidden romances. One shocking twist you won’t see coming. Seventeen-year-old Keralie Corrington may seem harmless, but she’s, in fact, one of Quadara’s most skilled thieves and a liar. Varin, on the other hand, is an honest, upstanding citizen of Quadara’s most enlightened region, Eonia. He runs afoul of Keralie when she steals a package from him, putting his life in danger. When Varin attempts to retrieve the package, he and Keralie both find themselves entangled in a conspiracy that leaves all four of Quadara’s queens dead. With no other... continue
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Fremd by Ursula Poznanski, Arno Strobel DE
AustriaDescription:
Vertrau oder stirb
Stell dir vor, du bist allein zu Haus. Plötzlich steht ein Mann vor dir. Er behauptet, dein Lebensgefährte zu sein. Aber du hast keine Ahnung, wer er ist. Und nichts in deinem Zuhause deutet darauf hin, dass jemand bei dir wohnt. Er redet auf dich ein, dass du doch bitte zur Vernunft kommen sollst. Du hast Angst. Und du verspürst diesen unwiderstehlichen Drang, dich zu wehren. Ein Messer zu nehmen. Bist du verrückt geworden? Stell dir vor, du kommst nach Hause, und deine Frau erkennt dich nicht. Sie hält dich für einen Einbrecher. Schlimmer n... continue
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Fresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin EN
FranceDescription:
A 2020 INDIES INTRODUCE PICK A POIGNANT RUNAWAY BESTSELLER full of French charm and memorable characters, Fresh Water for Flowers is Valérie Perrin's English debut. Violette Toussaint is the caretaker at a cemetery in a small town in Bourgogne. Casual mourners, regular visitors, and sundry colleagues--gravediggers, groundskeepers, and a priest--visit her to warm themselves in her lodge, where laughter, companionship, and occasional tears mix with the coffee she offers them. Her life is lived to the rhythms of their funny, moving confidences. Violette's routine is disrupted one day by the arriv... continue
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Garou : ein Schaf-Thriller by Leonie Swann DE
GermanyDescription:
"Es ist soweit: Für die Schafe von Glennkill beginnt ein neues, wollsträubendes Abenteuer. Gemeinsam mit ihrer Schäferin Rebecca haben sie die irische Heimat verlassen und ihre ersehnte Europareise angetreten! In Frankreich beziehen sie Winterquartier im Schatten eines entlegenen Schlosses, und eigentlich könnte es dort recht gemütlich sein--wären da nicht die Ziegen auf der Nachbarweide, die mysteriöse Warnung eines fremden Schafes und das allgemeine Unbehagen vor dem Schnee. Ein Mensch im Wolfspelz!--wispern Ziegen und Menschen. Ein Werwolf! Ein Loup Garou! Oder doch nur ein Hirngespinst? Al... continue