The best mystery books to read now

Fans of mystery, you need to get your hands on these books curated by the team at Mystread. We love our mystery novels and hope you enjoy these Mystread reviews.

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

A dark, epic saga that’s spawned widespread acclaim and multiple adaptations, Larsson’s Millennium series begin with this book. Lisbeth Salander is a researcher and computer hacker with a troubled past and a taste for vengeance. Naturally, she’s happy to use her skills to help investigate a young woman’s murder. But as she and journalist Mikael Blomkvist get closer to the truth, they start to receive their threats — still, this won’t stop our heroine, who’s determined to bring as many violent misogynists to justice as she can.

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Did you think we’d write a list of the best suspense novels ever and not include Gone Girl? What starts as a standard domestic thriller about unhappy couple Nick and Amy escalate into an unputdownable tale of love, duplicity, and media distortion. However, the masterful prose and revolutionary plot twists of this zeitgeist-defining novel can only be appreciated firsthand. If you haven’t read it, read it right now; and if you have, go back and reread it. Trust us; it holds up.

The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty

What if your husband wrote you a letter containing his deepest, darkest secret, only to be opened in the event of his death… but you accidentally stumbled upon it long before then? When this predicament befalls Cecelia Pitzpatrick, a happily married mother of three, she must decide whether to open the letter and jeopardize her relationship and blissful life — or live in doubt and fear until her husband’s death. Another stunning work of suspense from Moriarty, The Husband’s Secret, takes a relatively simple premise and turns it into something extraordinary.

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Murder Mysteries You Won’t be Able to Put Down

A compelling read can get the blood pumping and the heart racing, and can thrill with every chapter! Here are three murder mysteries that will have you turning pages until the very end.

Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke. Described as a thrilling depiction of the intersection between love, race, and justice, Bluebird, Bluebird tells the story of Darren Matthews, a black Texas ranger who is summoned to investigate two murders in the small town of Lark. A writer and producer on the Fox drama Empire, Locke won the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction for her 2016 novel Pleasantville.

Six Suspects by Vikas Swarup. When playboy Vivek “Vicky” Rai is murdered at his own party, investigative journalist Arun Advani interrogates six very different suspects with very different motives. This is Swarup’s second novel, the first being the immensely successful New York Times Bestseller Q&A, adapted into the major motion picture hit Slumdog Millionaire.

Night Film by Marisha Pessl. More of a thriller than a detective novel, Night Film tells the tale of journalist Scott McGrath, who discovers that he himself may be in danger as he investigates the death of Ashley Cordova, the daughter of a controversial film director. A finalist for the 2013 Shirley Jackson Award, Night Film reached sixth on The New York Times Bestseller’s list in September 2013.

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