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Thrilling Gifts for Mystery Lovers

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Here are the best mystery books of the year from favorite authors like Dan Brown, John Grisham, and more to gift this holiday season!

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    The Missing Half

    by Ashley Flowers

    Two women haunted by their sisters’ unsolved disappearances band together in this captivating mystery from the author of All Good People Here and host of the #1 true crime podcast Crime Junkie.
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    Not Quite Dead Yet: A GMA Book Club Pick

    by Holly Jackson

    In seven days, Jet Mason will be dead … The author of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder returns with her first novel for adults: An “irresistible” (The Washington Post) thriller about a young woman trying to solve her own murder, “full of the writer’s signature twists and turns” (People).
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    The Maid’s Secret

    by Nita Prose

    A daring art heist on the eve of Molly’s wedding reveals long-buried secrets in this intriguing and heartwarming novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest. A spirited heist caper and an epic love story, The Maid’s Secret is a spell-binding whodunit that will capture your heart.
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    The Thursday Murder Club (Netflix Tie-In)

    by Richard Osman

    Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves. A female cop with her first big case. A brutal murder. Welcome to … The Thursday Murder Club! Now a Netflix film.
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    One of Our Kind

    by Nicola Yoon

    A hotly-anticipated and endlessly provocative new thriller of race and privilege set in an all-Black gated community from the #1 New York Times bestselling author, Nicola Yoon. Thrilling with insightful social commentary, One of Our Kind explores the ways in which freedom is complicated by the presumptions we make about ourselves and each other.
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    The Secret of Secrets

    by Dan Brown

    The world’s most celebrated thriller writer returns with his most stunning novel yet — a propulsive, twisty, thought-provoking masterpiece that will entertain readers as only Dan Brown can do. In a thrilling race through the dual worlds of futuristic science and mystical lore, Robert Langdon uncovers a shocking truth about a secret project that will forever change the way we think about the human mind.
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    The Widow

    by John Grisham

    #1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham is the acclaimed master of the legal thriller. Now, he’s back with his first-ever whodunit, even more suspenseful than his courtroom dramas, as a small-time lawyer accused of murder races to find the real killer to clear his name.
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    Exit Strategy

    by Lee Child and Andrew Child

    Jack Reacher will make three stops today. Not all of them were planned for. The page-turning new Jack Reacher thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child.
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    She Didn’t See It Coming

    by Shari Lapena

    When a beloved wife and mother disappears, a luxurious condo building transforms into a potential crime scene, and the investigation begins: can the detectives find her before it’s too late?
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    Coded Justice

    by Stacey Abrams

    A prescient new thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling Avery Keene series, by nationally renowned author and leader Stacey Abrams, Coded Justice follows Avery down a dark rabbit hole into the breathtaking — and dangerously evolving — world of AI in the medical industry.
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    The Bewitching

    by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    Three women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multigenerational horror saga from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic.
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    The Possession of Alba DĂ­az

    by Isabel Cañas

    When a demonic presence awakens deep in a Mexican silver mine, the young woman it seizes must turn to the one man she shouldn’t trust … from bestselling author Isabel Cañas.
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    With a Vengeance

    by Riley Sager

    In 1942, six people destroyed Anna Matheson’s family. Twelve years later, she’s ready for retribution. Under false pretenses, Anna has lured those responsible onto a luxury train from Philadelphia to Chicago, an overnight journey of thirteen hours, in order to get them to confess to their crimes. But Anna’s plan is quickly derailed by the murder of one of the passengers. As the train barrels through the night, it becomes clear that someone else on board is enacting their own form of revenge — and that they won’t stop until everyone else is dead …
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    The Stolen Queen

    by Fiona Davis

    From the New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis, an utterly addictive new novel that will transport you from New York City’s most glamorous party to the labyrinth streets of Cairo and back.
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    Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man)

    by Jesse Q. Sutanto

    Ever since a man was found dead in Vera’s teahouse, life has been good. For Vera that is. She’s surrounded by loved ones and her shop is bustling. Still, Vera wishes more dead bodies would pop up in her shop, but one mustn’t be ungrateful, even if one is slightly … bored. So when an enigmatic social media influencer is found dead, Vera is determined to solve the murder. Vera Wong is back and as meddling as ever in this follow-up to the hit Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers.
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    The Impossible Fortune

    by Richard Osman

    Who’s got time to think about murder when there’s a wedding to plan? But when Elizabeth meets Nick, a wedding guest asking for her help, she finds the thrill of the chase is ignited once again. And when Nick disappears without a trace, his cagey business partner becomes the gang’s next stop. It seems the duo have something valuable — something worth killing for. Plunged back into the action once more, can the four friends solve the puzzle and a murder in time? The unmissable new mystery in the Thursday Murder Club series.
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    Lethal Prey

    by John Sandford

    Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers join forces to track down a ruthless killer who will do whatever it takes to keep the past buried, in this latest thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford.
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    The Matchmaker

    by Aisha Saeed

    A society matchmaker realizes she’s in danger when her clients’ weddings are sabotaged in increasingly disturbing ways — an utterly original mystery from the New York Times bestselling author Aisha Saeed.
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    The Librarians

    by Sherry Thomas

    Murder disrupts four quirky librarians’ lives when they try to hide among books to keep their secrets … When two patrons turn up dead after the library’s inaugural murder mystery-themed game night, the librarians’ quiet routines come crashing down. The only way the librarians can save the library — and themselves — is to let go of their secrets, trust one another, and band together …
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    Tiny Threads

    by Lilliam Rivera

    In this sinister, slow-burn novel of supernatural suspense, a young woman gets her dream job working for a famous designer — and discovers the dark side of high-stakes fashion.
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    The Grand Paloma Resort

    by Cleyvis Natera

    The Grand Paloma Resort is a lush paradise in the Dominican Republic where the guests enjoy incredible luxury, and the staff is always eager to please — that is, until they are pushed to the brink. Set over the course of seven days, The Grand Paloma Resort offers an unforgettable story of class, family, and community, building to an intense climax in which the true costs of luxury are laid bare, redeemed only by true acts of love.
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    MrBallen Presents: Where Nightmares Live

    by MrBallen

    From the New York Times bestselling author and creator of the hit MrBallen podcast and YouTube channel, a vividly illustrated graphic novel featuring nine spine-chilling stories — based on real events — of the horror that lurks within the unknown.
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    Old Soul

    by Susan Barker

    The Historian meets Under the Skin in this searingly provocative literary horror novel about one woman’s determination to stay alive at any terrifying cost. Part horror, part western, part thriller, Old Soul is a fearlessly bold and genre-defying tale about predation, morality and free will, and one man’s quest to bring a centuries-long chain of human devastation to an end.
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    House of Monstrous Women

    by Daphne Fama

    In this game, there’s one rule: Survive … A young woman is drawn into a dangerous game after being invited to the maze-like home of her childhood friend, a rumored witch, in this gothic horror set in 1986 Philippines.
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    Exiles

    by Mason Coile

    The human crew sent to prepare the first colony on Mars arrives to find the new base half-destroyed and the three robots sent to set it up in disarray — the machines have formed alliances, chosen their own names, and picked up some disturbing beliefs. Each must be interrogated. But one of them is missing … A terrifying locked-room mystery from the author of William — this time set on a remote outpost on Mars.
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