Mystery

The mystery genre is a genre of fiction that follows a crime (like a murder or a disappearance) from the moment it is committed to the moment it is solved. Mystery novels are often called “whodunnits” because they turn the reader into a detective trying to figure out the who, what, when, and how of a particular crime. Most mysteries feature a detective or private eye solving a case as the central character.

The Hearth Witch's Guide to Magic & Murder (The Hemlock Saga, #1)
Boom Town
All of Us Murderers
Bog Queen
The Hong Kong Widow
Tom's Crossing
The Bone Thief
Witches of Dubious Origin
She's Going to Pay
We Had a Hunch: A Mystery
And Then There Was the One
If the Dead Belong Here
The Murder at World's End (Stockingham & Pike, 1)
Atlas of Unknowable Things
An Amateur Witch's Guide to Murder
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