The best mystery novels don’t simply dazzle readers with byzantine plots or throw them off track with unreliable narrators or MacGuffins. Truly suspenseful stories keep us guessing even if we ...

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Lucy Jago has written a couple of non-fiction titles for adults, but Montacute House is her first novel for teen readers.

Whether hunting for a hidden truth or trying to decode a complex mystery, these 10 novels will make you feel like you're on a literary treasure hunt, where the prize is the story itself.

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Janet Evanovich may be over two dozen books into her hit Stephanie Plum series, with No. 31, 'Now or Never,' set to hit the ...

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But I decided to accept Connelly’s tally and celebrate Bosch’s silver jubilee by rereading all 25 books in order, something you might consider doing, too, if you love mystery novels and Los ...

A BRITISH expat has topped the Amazon book charts with her fifth novel, a thriller based in Marbella. Karen Brady, 62, ...

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