Mystery Deep Dive 10
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Top Read Mystery Stories Since Deep Dive 9
Top 5 Most Read Mystery - Amateur Sleuth
Features characters who are not professional detectives but get involved in solving mysteries due to personal interest or circumstance.
- Reap the Whirlwind by Josh Aterovis Complete
- Bleeding Hearts by Josh Aterovis Complete
- Life is Like a New Suit of Clothes, Charlie Boone! by Geron Kees Complete
- Face Value by empath Temporary Hold
- SONS OF MAYHEM MC -- HIS TO KEEP by ASH PHOENIX Temporary Hold
Top 1 Most Read Mystery - Caper
Light-hearted mystery that is easy to read, witty and not too intense. Can also be more comic in nature. Examples: Clue, Scooby Doo, Hardy Boys, or Janet Evanovitch books
- A Ticklish Thriller (Revised) by Ticklishboy30 Complete
Top 8 Most Read Mystery - Classic Mystery
Often involves a murder in a closed setting like a village or a manor, with the crime solved by an amateur or professional detective by the story's end.
- Dust in the Basement by Celian Complete
- Gabriel's Gambit: Contract Terminated by Jason Rimbaud In Process
- Bell(e)s in the Woods by Celian Complete
- The Vanishing Act by E K Stokes Complete
- The Last Laugh by Celian Complete
- A salty drop of Magic by Celian In Process
- Murder in Paradise by E K Stokes Complete
- The Pink Flamingo by E K Stokes Complete
Top 10 Most Read Mystery - Cozy Mystery
also referred to as "cozies", are a sub-genre of crime fiction in which sex and violence occur off stage, the detective is an amateur sleuth, and the crime and detection take place in a small, socially intimate community. This is also a sub-genre with strong tropes that define it
- It's Always Something by Ticklishboy30 Temporary Hold
- A Ticklish Thriller (Revised) by Ticklishboy30 Complete
- A Holiday Adventure by Ticklishboy30 Complete
- Murder on the Playground by ObicanDecko Complete
- WHISPERS by PhillMakracken Complete
- Murder of a Moral Man by St. George Complete
- A Ticklish Thriller by Ticklishboy30 Abandoned
- River City by Bill W Complete
- Bellini by Cole Matthews Complete
- Ticklish Psychic by Ticklishboy30 Complete
Top 10 Most Read Mystery - Detective
stories where the protagonist is a sleuth of some sort, ranging from nosy neighbor to retired detective that is puzzling out the details of why a crime was committed and who did it. More intense than a cozy, more serious than a caper, but not as hard core has hard boiled/noir. Example: Agatha Christie books
- Kept Boy to Made Man by empath Complete
- The Mardi Gras Murders by Mark Ponyboy Peters Complete
- All Lost Things by Josh Aterovis Complete
- The Truth of Yesterday by Josh Aterovis Complete
- Dating Rules And Pretty Fools by Laura S. Fox Complete
- Keeper of the Rituals by Libby Drew Complete
- A Change of Worlds by Josh Aterovis Complete
- Coyote amongst the sheep by Topher Lydon Complete
- The Jerk-Off by JLynch Complete
- The Black Aura by Lee Wilson Complete
Top 5 Most Read Mystery - Historical Mystery
The historical mystery or historical whodunit is a sub-genre of two genres, historical fiction and mystery fiction. Raiders of the Lost Ark
- The Exchange Students by Mark Paren Complete
- Blades of Ashes by lilansui In Process
- Here Be Dragons, Charlie Boone! by Geron Kees Complete
- The House of Storms by Geron Kees Complete
- A Wolf's Skin by Boy Mercury X Complete
Top 10 Most Read Mystery - Light Mystery
Contains light mystery elements such as crimes to solve, but solving a crime is not the focus of the story.
- Circumnavigation by C James Complete
- The Brotherhood: Awakening Book II by The Writer X In Process
- The Art of Living by Robert Hugill Complete
- Bearpaw: An Old West Tale by Headstall Complete
- What Brings Us Together - Part 2 by Paladin Complete
- Journey Beyond the Sea by Geron Kees Complete
- Box Shaped Heart by Laura S. Fox Complete
- Sidewinder by Headstall Complete
- Frosted Hearts by Jason Rimbaud Complete
- Guarded by Wayne Gray Complete
Top 1 Most Read Mystery - Locked Room Mystery
A sub-genre where the crime, usually a murder, happens in circumstances where it seems impossible for the perpetrator to have entered or left the scene.
- Green Lightning by Aditus Complete
Top 6 Most Read Mystery - Noir/Hard-Boiled
(Strong Trope Alert) in noir the protagonist isn't a detective, but a victim, a suspect, and/or a perpetrator of crime. Hard-Boiled is a literary genre that shares some of its characters and settings with crime fiction (especially detective fiction and noir fiction). The genre's typical protagonist is a detective who battles the violence of organized crime that flourished during Prohibition (1920–1933) and its aftermath, while dealing with a legal system that has become as corrupt as the organized crime itself. Detectives of hardboiled fiction are often antiheroes. Notable hardboiled detectives include Philip Marlowe, Mike Hammer, Sam Spade, Lew Archer, Slam Bradley, and The Continental Op.
- Carter's Echo by Topher Lydon Complete
- Pigsty by Jack Poignet In Process
- The Theocracy - The Blackened Cross by ValentineDavis21 Abandoned
- Neon by William King Temporary Hold
- The Double Hex by Topher Lydon In Process
- Scene: An Abandoned Alleyway Leading to a Doorway by Young Sage Complete
Top 9 Most Read Mystery - Police Procedural
is a subgenre of procedural drama and detective fiction that emphasizes the investigative procedure of a police officer or department as the protagonist(s), as contrasted with other genres that focus on either a private detective, an amateur investigator or the characters who are the targets of investigation
- The Black Aura by Lee Wilson Complete
- Jail Cell Love Affair by Lee Wilson Complete
- Happy Fourth of July by Lee Wilson Complete
- Solitary by RichEisbrouch Complete
- River City by Bill W Complete
- The Witching Hour Phone Call by Lee Wilson Complete
- Unhappy New Year’s Day by Lee Wilson Complete
- Fairway to Heaven by Jeff Burton Complete
- A Memorial Day to Forget by Lee Wilson Complete
Top 10 Most Read Mystery - Psychological Mystery
Delves into the mind, exploring themes of sanity, identity, and often includes elements of suspense or thriller.
- Kept Boy to Made Man by empath Complete
- Flame and Frost by lomax61 Temporary Hold
- The Other Side of Me by DomLuka Complete
- Monstrum by Laura S. Fox In Process
- Seagull's Bay by CasualWanderer82 Complete
- Happy Fourth of July by Lee Wilson Complete
- Guideverse: The Future by Invnarcel Temporary Hold
- Hello, Claire Voiance Speaking by Lee Wilson Complete
- Murder in Paradise by E K Stokes Complete
- Neon by William King Temporary Hold
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