Mystery and Suspense with a Strong Female Protagonist

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Wolf (A Jessica James Mystery, #1)
Wolf (A Jessica James Mystery, #1) 3.58 avg rating β€” 1,315 ratings
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Coyote (A Jessica James Mystery, #2)
Coyote (A Jessica James Mystery, #2) 3.79 avg rating β€” 753 ratings
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Don't Close Your Eyes
Don't Close Your Eyes 3.76 avg rating β€” 608 ratings
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Complicated Moonlight (DCYE, #2)
Complicated Moonlight (DCYE, #2) 4.37 avg rating β€” 307 ratings
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Daisy in Exile (Daisy Tannenbaum, #2)
Daisy in Exile (Daisy Tannenbaum, #2) 4.40 avg rating β€” 57 ratings
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Mad Love (DCYE, #3)
Mad Love (DCYE, #3) 4.37 avg rating β€” 210 ratings
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The Nude Detective (The Nude Detective #1)
The Nude Detective (The Nude Detective #1) 4.02 avg rating β€” 46 ratings
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Disbelief (Emily Graham #3)
Disbelief (Emily Graham #3) 4.57 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
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Mary, Everything (The Flapper Covenant, #1)
Mary, Everything (The Flapper Covenant, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 212 ratings
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The Blue Bar (Blue Mumbai, #1)
The Blue Bar (Blue Mumbai, #1) 3.72 avg rating β€” 4,695 ratings
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When Mimi Went Missing
When Mimi Went Missing 3.62 avg rating β€” 349 ratings
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Watch Her (Hester Thursby Mystery, #3)
Watch Her (Hester Thursby Mystery, #3) 3.85 avg rating β€” 897 ratings
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The Silence of the Lambs  (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2) 4.25 avg rating β€” 578,164 ratings
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Dying For Revenge (The Lady Doc Murders #1)
Dying For Revenge (The Lady Doc Murders #1) 4.24 avg rating β€” 141 ratings
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The Nuder Detective (The Nude Detective, #2)
The Nuder Detective (The Nude Detective, #2) 4.20 avg rating β€” 20 ratings
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Denied (A Kelly Pruett Mystery, #2)
Denied (A Kelly Pruett Mystery, #2) 4.22 avg rating β€” 139 ratings
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Dangerous Games (DCYE, #4)
Dangerous Games (DCYE, #4) 4.26 avg rating β€” 73 ratings
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B is for Burglar (Kinsey Millhone, #2)
B is for Burglar (Kinsey Millhone, #2) 3.88 avg rating β€” 59,620 ratings
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Gin & Daggers (Murder, She Wrote, #1)
Gin & Daggers (Murder, She Wrote, #1) 3.91 avg rating β€” 2,863 ratings
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The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #2)
The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #2) 3.96 avg rating β€” 44,101 ratings
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The Likeness
The Likeness 4.06 avg rating β€” 175,254 ratings
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 3,378,391 ratings
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PUNISHMENT SUMMER
PUNISHMENT SUMMER 4.39 avg rating β€” 31 ratings
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Frog Music
Frog Music 3.20 avg rating β€” 26,612 ratings
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Necessary Risk (Bodyguard, #1)
Necessary Risk (Bodyguard, #1) 3.62 avg rating β€” 340 ratings
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Hannah's Hope (The Morelville Mysteries, #8)
Hannah's Hope (The Morelville Mysteries, #8) 4.31 avg rating β€” 67 ratings
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Ice Blue (Lord and Lady Hetheridge, #1)
Ice Blue (Lord and Lady Hetheridge, #1) 4.14 avg rating β€” 10,798 ratings
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Mind Tryst
Mind Tryst 4.07 avg rating β€” 1,651 ratings
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Silent Fear
Silent Fear 4.20 avg rating β€” 265 ratings
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Trash
Trash 3.40 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
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Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher, #1)
Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher, #1) 3.84 avg rating β€” 28,560 ratings
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Scabland
Scabland 4.64 avg rating β€” 14 ratings
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The Beginning (The Lost Orphans #0.5)
The Beginning (The Lost Orphans #0.5) 4.04 avg rating β€” 473 ratings
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War Merchant
War Merchant 4.45 avg rating β€” 40 ratings
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Deadly Payload (Rim Country Mysteries #4)
Deadly Payload (Rim Country Mysteries #4) 4.61 avg rating β€” 31 ratings
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Class A Felony
Class A Felony 4.20 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
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Swimming Between Worlds
Swimming Between Worlds 3.95 avg rating β€” 795 ratings
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Death of the Cosset
Death of the Cosset 4.14 avg rating β€” 43 ratings
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Deadly Illusion (Secrets and the City Book 1)
Deadly Illusion (Secrets and the City Book 1) 3.87 avg rating β€” 15,408 ratings
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Can't Look Away
Can't Look Away 3.83 avg rating β€” 16,055 ratings
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Sailor Moon Silver Legacy
Sailor Moon Silver Legacy it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
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Entropy: A Sci-Fi Thriller
Entropy: A Sci-Fi Thriller 3.94 avg rating β€” 72 ratings
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Catalog of Desire and Disappearance
Catalog of Desire and Disappearance
by: Ana Cruz
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 28 ratings
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Unnatural Causes (Adam Dalgliesh, #3)
Unnatural Causes (Adam Dalgliesh, #3) 3.89 avg rating β€” 17,194 ratings
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Adaptation (Adaptation, #1)
Adaptation (Adaptation, #1) 3.63 avg rating β€” 7,966 ratings
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Rescuing Seneca Crane (Kari + Lucas Mysteries, #2)
Rescuing Seneca Crane (Kari + Lucas Mysteries, #2) 3.89 avg rating β€” 280 ratings
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Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1) 4.05 avg rating β€” 205,275 ratings
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The Me Too Girl
The Me Too Girl 4.20 avg rating β€” 35 ratings
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Free as a Bird: The Story of Malala
Free as a Bird: The Story of Malala 4.31 avg rating β€” 379 ratings
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Kelly and the Pirates (Kelly Winchester #3)
Kelly and the Pirates (Kelly Winchester #3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
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Derailed (A Kelly Pruett Mystery, #1)
Derailed (A Kelly Pruett Mystery, #1) 4.11 avg rating β€” 576 ratings
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You Beneath Your Skin
You Beneath Your Skin 4.25 avg rating β€” 636 ratings
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Death in Dutch Harbor
Death in Dutch Harbor 4.37 avg rating β€” 73 ratings
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The Queens of Crime
The Queens of Crime 3.83 avg rating β€” 14,954 ratings
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Third Time Charmed
Third Time Charmed it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
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D is for Deadbeat (Kinsey Millhone, #4)
D is for Deadbeat (Kinsey Millhone, #4) 3.89 avg rating β€” 44,904 ratings
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Fingersmith
Fingersmith 4.02 avg rating β€” 115,232 ratings
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The Girl on the Train
The Girl on the Train 3.96 avg rating β€” 3,202,458 ratings
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Something Rotten: A Fresh Look at Roadkill
Something Rotten: A Fresh Look at Roadkill 4.08 avg rating β€” 251 ratings
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What the Dead Know
What the Dead Know 3.57 avg rating β€” 24,639 ratings
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Affinity
Affinity 3.75 avg rating β€” 28,186 ratings
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Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1)
Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 77,752 ratings
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Dangerous Games (DCYE, #3)
Dangerous Games (DCYE, #3) 4.13 avg rating β€” 60 ratings
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Body Language (Cassie Raven, #1)
Body Language (Cassie Raven, #1) 3.98 avg rating β€” 5,513 ratings
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2) 4.26 avg rating β€” 968,918 ratings
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The Daylight Gate
The Daylight Gate 3.41 avg rating β€” 6,682 ratings
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The Crow Trap (Vera Stanhope, #1)
The Crow Trap (Vera Stanhope, #1) 3.85 avg rating β€” 30,889 ratings
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Mad Love (DCYE, #3)
Mad Love (DCYE, #3) 4.37 avg rating β€” 210 ratings
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Ocean at the End of the Lane 4.02 avg rating β€” 650,389 ratings
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Indemnity Only (V.I. Warshawski, #1)
Indemnity Only (V.I. Warshawski, #1) 3.90 avg rating β€” 19,231 ratings
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Complicated Moonlight (DCYE, #2)
Complicated Moonlight (DCYE, #2) 4.37 avg rating β€” 307 ratings
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Carmilla
Carmilla 3.87 avg rating β€” 166,895 ratings
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Hungover and Handcuffed
Hungover and Handcuffed 3.64 avg rating β€” 36 ratings
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Don't Close Your Eyes (DCYE, #1)
Don't Close Your Eyes (DCYE, #1) 3.76 avg rating β€” 608 ratings
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Erasing Ramona
Erasing Ramona 4.31 avg rating β€” 48 ratings
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Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating β€” 813,186 ratings
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Prime Suspect (Prime Suspect, #1)
Prime Suspect (Prime Suspect, #1) 3.96 avg rating β€” 5,932 ratings
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Bitter Water Blues
Bitter Water Blues 4.11 avg rating β€” 71 ratings
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Kindermalke
Kindermalke 3.80 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
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Tennison (Tennison, #1)
Tennison (Tennison, #1) 4.02 avg rating β€” 5,030 ratings
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Hunting Season (Anna Pigeon, #10)
Hunting Season (Anna Pigeon, #10) 3.90 avg rating β€” 7,093 ratings
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The Surgeon (Rizzoli & Isles, #1)
The Surgeon (Rizzoli & Isles, #1) 4.10 avg rating β€” 172,601 ratings