Great mysteries Ive read this year (2009)

Discover the best mystery books of 2009 with this curated list of thrilling reads. Uncover gripping plots, suspenseful twists, and top-rated page-turners I couldn't put down this year.

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L.A. Requiem

by Robert Crais

Ex-cop Joe Pike and his partner, private detective Elvis Cole, run afoul of the LAPD's elite Robbery-Homicide Division when they are hired to monitor the police investigation into the death of Joe's former lover, Karen Garcia.
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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher

by Kate Summerscale

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Prayers for Rain

by Dennis Lehane

A killer who fells his victims with his mind is on the loose, but Boston's most unlikely private investigator team--Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro--is on the case.
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The Black Ice

by Michael Connelly

L.A.P.D. detective Harry Bosch investigates the mysterious death of a narcotics officer who was reportedly selling a new drug called black ice.
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Angels Flight

by Michael Connelly

A novel about the investigation of an attorney's murder in Los Angeles.
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A darkness more than night

 

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The Glass of Time: A Novel

by Michael Cox

Taking a job as a Victorian lady's maid in the household of baroness Tansor, nineteen-year-old orphan Esperanza Gorst hides the truth about her mission to uncover her mistress's secrets about a past injustice that has affected Esperanza's own life. By the author of The Meaning of Night.
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The House Sitter

by Peter Lovesey

"Peter Lovesey loves strong women, cerebral killers and diabolical puzzles—the very ingredients that make The House Sitter one of the most cunning mysteries in his Inspector Diamond series." —The New York Times Book Review The corpse of a beautiful woman, clad in only a bathing suit, is found strangled to death on a popular Sussex beach. When she is finally identified, it turns out she was a top profiler for the National Crime Faculty, who was working on the case of a serial killer. And though she was a Bath resident, the authorities don't want Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond to investigate the murder. How strange. What could they be trying to hide?
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The False Inspector Dew

by Peter Lovesey

“Absolutely riveting . . . A masterpiece. I defy anyone to foresee the outcome.”—Ruth Rendell The year is 1921. A passionate affair between voracious romance reader Alma Webster and her dentist, Walter Baranov, has led to his wife’s murder. The lovers take flight aboard the Mauretania and the dentist takes the name of Inspector Dew, the detective who arrested the notorious wifekiller Dr. Crippen. But, in a disquieting twist, a murder occurs aboard ship and the captain invites “Inspector Dew” to investigate.
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When Will There Be Good News?

by Kate Atkinson

The author of One Good Turn presents a tale involving the unexpected intersection of three lives, including a woman whose life had been shattered thirty years earlier, an ex-detective on a crowded train, and a teenage girl who is called upon to test her preparedness.
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