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10 bestMystery Writersof December 2025

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1

The Girl in the Glass Case : Keep Your Girls Safe. Boys Safer.
The Girl in the Glass Case : Keep Your Girls Safe. Boys Safer.

Penguin

9.8

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2

When a Stranger Comes to Town: A Collection of Stories from Crime Fiction's Top Authors (Mystery Writers of America, 2)
When a Stranger Comes to Town: A Collection of Stories from Crime Fiction's Top Authors (Mystery Writers of America, 2)

Hanover Square Pr

9.6

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3

Close to Death: the BRAND NEW Sunday Times bestseller, a mind-bending murder mystery from the bestselling crime writer (Hawthorne, 5)
Close to Death: the BRAND NEW Sunday Times bestseller, a mind-bending murder mystery from the bestselling crime writer (Hawthorne, 5)

Penguin

9.4

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4

Ellery Queen's Japanese Mystery Stories
Ellery Queen's Japanese Mystery Stories

Tuttle Publishing

9.2

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5

Writing Mysteries: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America
Writing Mysteries: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America

Writers Digest Books

8.9

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6

How to Write a Mystery
How to Write a Mystery

Scribner Book Company

8.7

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7

THE RILLOBY FAIR MYSTERY: THE BARNEY MYSTERIES 2
THE RILLOBY FAIR MYSTERY: THE BARNEY MYSTERIES 2

Hodder Children's Books

8.4

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8

Deadly Anniversaries
Deadly Anniversaries

Hanover Square Press

8.1

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9

Scream and Scream Again!: A Horror-Mystery Anthology: Spooky Stories from Mystery Writers of America
Scream and Scream Again!: A Horror-Mystery Anthology: Spooky Stories from Mystery Writers of America

HarperCollins

7.8

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10

African American Mystery Writers: A Historical and Thematic Study
African American Mystery Writers: A Historical and Thematic Study

McFarland

7.5

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