Contemporary Mystery Fiction
Explore the best contemporary mystery fiction books—gripping thrillers, suspenseful whodunits, and modern detective stories from today's top authors.
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Thus Was Adonis Murdered
by Sarah Caudwell
A young woman accused of murder while on holiday in Venice enlists a friend to come help her—but once they begin unraveling clues, there’s no …
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The Perfect Murder
by Henry Reymond Fitzwalter Keating
Inspector Ghote's first cases for the Bombay Police Department include a seemingly unsolvable murder and the theft of one rupee from the desk of the …
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Mask For A Diva
by Grant Michaels
Stan Kraychik, Boston hair-dresser extraordinaire, has been hired as the wig master's assistant for the upcoming season of a local opera company. For the main …
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Outsider in Amsterdam
by Janwillem Van de Wetering
When Piet Verboom is found dangling from a beam in the Hindist Society he ran, Detective-Adjutant Grijpstra and Sergeant de Gier of the Amsterdam police …
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Maigret and the Madwoman
by Georges Simenon
"Simenon created one of the great moral detectives . . .a master of the slow unfolding of the criminal mind."-JOHN MORT I M E R …