27 Murder Mystery Books You Won't Be Able to Put Down

by Country Living

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27 books

These lethal literary gems—from classics to the fantastical—will keep you guessing.

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The Maidens

Alex Michaelides, 2021

The 22 Murders of Madison May

Max Barry, 2021

When the Stars Go Dark

Paula McLain, 2021

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Patricia Highsmith, 2008

Death at Greenway

Lori Rader-Day, 2021

My Sister, the Serial Killer

Oyinkan Braithwaite, 2018

Big Little Lies

Liane Moriarty, 2017

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It

Elle Cosimano, 2021

One of Us Is Lying

Karen M. McManus, 2017

Alias Grace

Margaret Atwood, 2011

The Alienist

Caleb Carr, 2017

The 7 1⁄2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Stuart Turton, 2019

We Are All the Same in the Dark

Julia Heaberlin, 2020

Under the Midnight Sun

Keigo Higashino, 2016

Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder

T.A. Willberg, 2020

The Good Girls

An Ordinary Killing

Sonia Faleiro, 2022

The Diviners

Libba Bray, 2012

The Secret History

Donna Tartt, 2011

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

A Flavia de Luce Novel

Alan Bradley, 2009

Gone Girl

Gillian Flynn, 2014

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Holly Jackson, 2021

Mystic River

Dennis Lehane, 2009

In Cold Blood

Truman Capote, 2001

Bluebird, Bluebird

Attica Locke, 2017

The Dry

Jane Harper, 2017

Night Film

Marisha Pessl, 2013

The Crossing Places

Elly Griffiths, 2010