Best Witch & Wizard Mysteries Books
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1. The Searcher: A Novel
Author: by Tana French
Published at: Viking (October 6, 2020)
ISBN: 978-0735224650
Best Book of 2020New York Times |NPR | New York Post”This hushed suspense tale about thwarted dreams of escape may be her best one yet … Its own kind of masterpiece.” -Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post”A new Tana French is always cause for celebration …
Read it once for the plot; read it again for the beauty and subtlety of French’s writing.” -Sarah Lyall, The New York TimesCal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a bucolic Irish village would be the perfect escape. After twenty-five years in the Chicago police force and a bruising divorce, he just wants to build a new life in a pretty spot with a good pub where nothing much happens.
But when a local kid whose brother has gone missing arm-twists him into investigating, Cal uncovers layers of darkness beneath his picturesque retreat, and starts to realize that even small towns shelter dangerous secrets.”One of the greatest crime novelists writing today” (Vox) weaves a masterful, atmospheric tale of suspense, asking how to tell right from wrong in a world where neither is simple, and what we stake on that decision.
2. Battle Ground (Dresden Files)
Author: by Jim Butcher
Published at: Ace; 1st edition (September 29, 2020)
ISBN: 978-0593199305
THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET SERIOUS FOR HARRY DRESDEN, CHICAGO’S ONLY PROFESSIONAL WIZARD, in the next entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files. Harry has faced terrible odds before. He has a long history of fighting enemies above his weight class.
The Red Court of vampires. The fallen angels of the Order of the Blackened Denarius.The Outsiders. But this time it’s different. A being more powerful and dangerous on an order of magnitude beyond what the world has seen in a millennium is coming.
And she’s bringing an army. The Last Titan has declared war on the city of Chicago, and has come to subjugate humanity, obliterating any who stand in her way. Harry’s mission is simple but impossible: Save the city by killing a Titan.
And the attempt will change Harry’s life, Chicago, and the mortal world forever.
3. In the Woods: A Novel
Author: by Tana French
Published at: Penguin Books; Reprint edition (May 27, 2008)
ISBN: 978-0143113492
The bestselling debut, with over a million copies sold, that launched Tana French, author of the forthcoming novel The Searcher and the most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years (The Washington Post). Required reading for anyone who appreciates tough, unflinching intelligence and ingenious plotting.
The New York TimesNow airing as a Starz series. As dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the summer of 1984, mothers begin to call their children home. But on this warm evening, three children do not return from the dark and silent woods.
When the police arrive, they find only one of the children gripping a tree trunk in terror, wearing blood-filled sneakers, and unable to recall a single detail of the previous hours. Twenty years later, the found boy, Rob Ryan, is a detective on the Dublin Murder Squad and keeps his past a secret.
But when a twelve-year-old girl is found murdered in the same woods, he and Detective Cassie Maddoxhis partner and closest friendfind themselves investigating a case chillingly similar to the previous unsolved mystery. Now, with only snippets of long-buried memories to guide him, Ryan has the chance to uncover both the mystery of the case before him and that of his own shadowy past.
4. Peace Talks (Dresden Files)
Author: by Jim Butcher
Published at: Ace (July 14, 2020)
ISBN: 978-0451464415
HARRY DRESDEN IS BACK AND READY FOR ACTION, in the new entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files. When the Supernatural nations of the world meet up to negotiate an end to ongoing hostilities, Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only professional wizard, joins the White Council’s security team to make sure the talks stay civil.
But can he succeed, when dark political manipulations threaten the very existence of Chicagoand all he holds dear?
5. Faithful Place
Author: by Tana French
Published at: Penguin Books; Reprint edition (June 28, 2011)
ISBN: 978-0143119494
From Tana French, author of the forthcoming novel The Searcher, the most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years (The Washington Post), the bestseller called the most stunning of her books (The New York Times) and a finalist for the Edgar Award.
Back in 1985, Frank Mackey was a nineteen-year-old kid with a dream of escaping hisi family’s cramped flat on Faithful Place and running away to London with his girl, Rosie Daly. But on the night they were supposed to leave, Rosie didn’t show.
Frank took it for granted that she’d dumped him-probably because of his alcoholic father, nutcase mother, and generally dysfunctional family. He never went home again.Neither did Rosie. Then, twenty-two years later, Rosie’s suitcase shows up behind a fireplace in a derelict house on Faithful Place, and Frank, now a detective in the Dublin Undercover squad, is going home whether he likes it or not.
6. Storm Front (Dresden Files)
Author: by Jim Butcher
Published at: Roc; 1st edition (April 1, 2000)
ISBN: 978-0451457813
In the first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files series, Harry Dresden’s investigation of a grisly double murder pulls him into the darkest depths of magical Chicago As a professional wizard, Harry Dresden knows firsthand that the everyday world is actually full of strange and magical thingsand most of them don’t play well with humans.
And those that do enjoy playing with humans far too much. He also knows he’s the best at what he does. Technically, he’s the only at what he does. But even though Harry is the only game in town, businessto put it mildlystinks.
So when the Chicago P.D. Bring him in to consult on a double homicide committed with black magic, Harry’s seeing dollar signs. But where there’s black magic, there’s a black mage behind it. And now that mage knows Harry’s name…
A great seriesfast-paced, vividly realized and with a hero/narrator who’s excellent company.Cinescape
7. Ink and Shadows: A Witty & Page-Turning Southern Cozy Mystery (A Secret, Book and Scone Society Novel)
Author: by Ellery Adams
Published at: Kensington (January 26, 2021)
ISBN: 978-1496726414
“Entertaining…Packed with mystery, romance, and sisterhood.” -Kirkus ReviewsNew York Times bestselling author Ellery Adams is back with the latest in her acclaimed Secret, Book, and Scone Society series. Local bookstore owner Nora Pennington is back on the case in Miracle Springs, North Carolina when an accidental death turns out to be something much more sinister…
Nora Pennington is known for her window displays, and as Halloween approaches, she decides to showcase fictional heroines like Roald Dahl’s Matilda and Madeline Miller’s Circe. A family-values group disapproves of the magical themes, though, and wastes no time launching a modern-day witch hunt.
Suddenly, former friends and customers are targeting not only Nora and Miracle Books, but a new shopkeeper, Celeste, who’s been selling CBD oil products. Nora and her friends in the Secret, Book, and Scone Society are doing their best to put an end to the strife-but then someone puts an end to a life.
Though the death is declared an accident, the ruling can’t explain the old book page covered with strange symbols and disturbing drawings left under Nora’s doormat, a postcard from an anonymous stalker, or multiple cases of vandalism. The only hope is that Nora can be a heroine herself and lead the Secret, Book, and Scone Society in a successful investigation-before more bodies turn up and the secrets from Celeste’s past come back to haunt them all …
8. The Likeness: A Novel (Dublin Murder Squad)
Author: by Tana French
Published at: Penguin Books (January 12, 2021)
ISBN: 978-0143136491
New York Times bestselling author Tana French, author of the forthcoming novel The Searcher, is the most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years (The Washington Post) and inspires cultic devotion in readers (The New Yorker). Required reading for anyone who appreciates tough, unflinching intelligence and ingenious plotting.
The New York TimesNow airing as a Starz series. In the compelling (The Boston Globe) and pitch perfect (Entertainment Weekly) follow-up to Tana French’s runaway bestseller In the Woods, Cassie Maddox has transferred out of the Dublin Murder Squaduntil an urgent telephone call brings her back to an eerie crime scene.
The victim looks exactly like Cassie and carries ID identifying herself as Alexandra Madison, an alias Cassie once used as an undercover cop. Suddenly, Cassie is back undercover, to find out not only who killed this young woman, but, more importantly, who she was.
The Likeness is a supremely suspenseful story exploring the nature of identity and belonging.
9. Fool Moon (Dresden Files)
Author: by Jim Butcher
Published at: Roc; Reprint edition (January 1, 2001)
ISBN: 978-0451458124
One of the most enjoyable marriages of the fantasy and mystery genres on the shelves,(Cinescape) the Dresden Files have become synonymous with action-packed urban fantasy and nonstop fun. Fool Moon continues the adventures of Jim Butcher’s most famousand infamousreluctant hero You’d think there’d be a little more action for the only professional wizard listed in the Chicago phone book.
But lately, Harry Dresden hasn’t been able to dredge up any kind of work: magical, mundane, or menial. Just when it looks like he can’t afford his next meal, a murder comes along that requires his particular brand of supernatural expertise.
There’s a brutally mutilated corpse, and monstrous animal markings at the scene. Not to mention that the killing took place on the night of a full moon. Harry knows exactly where this case is headed. Take three guessesand the first two don’t count…
10. Broken Harbor: A Novel (Dublin Murder Squad)
Author: by Tana French
Published at: Penguin Books; Reprint edition (April 30, 2013)
ISBN: 978-0143123309
From Tana French, author of the forthcoming novel The Searcher, a New York Times bestselling novel that proves anew that [Tana French] is one of the most talented crime writers alive (The Washington Post). Required reading for anyone who appreciates tough, unflinching intelligence and ingenious plotting.
The New York Times Mick Scorcher Kennedy is the star of the Dublin Murder Squad. He plays by the books and plays hard, and thats how the biggest case of the year ends up in his hands. On one of the half-abandoned luxury developments that litter Ireland, Patrick Spain and his two young children have been murdered.
His wife, Jenny, is in intensive care. At first, Scorcher thinks its going to be an easy solve, but too many small things cant be explained: the half-dozen baby monitors pointed at holes smashed in the Spains walls, the files erased from the familys computer, the story Jenny told her sister about a shadowy intruder slipping past the houses locks.
And this neighborhoodonce called Broken Harborholds memories for Scorcher and his troubled sister, Dina: childhood memories that Scorcher thought he had tightly under control.
11. The Secret Place: A Novel
Author: by Tana French
Published at: Penguin Books; Reprint edition (August 4, 2015)
ISBN: 978-0143127512
An absolutely mesmerizing read…. Tana French is simply this: a truly great writer. Gillian Flynn Read the New York Times bestseller by Tana French, author of the forthcoming novel The Searcher and the most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years (The Washington Post).
A year ago a boy was found murdered at a girls boarding school, and the case was never solved. Detective Stephen Moran has been waiting for his chance to join Dublin’s Murder Squad when sixteen-year-old Holly Mackey arrives in his office with a photo of the boy with the caption: I KNOW WHO KILLED HIM.
Stephen joins with Detective Antoinette Conway to reopen the casebeneath the watchful eye of Holly’s father, fellow detective Frank Mackey. With the clues leading back to Holly’s close-knit group of friends, to their rival clique, and to the tangle of relationships that bound them all to the murdered boy, the private underworld of teenage girls turns out to be more mysterious and more dangerous than the detectives imagined.
12. The Trespasser: A Novel
Author: by Tana French
Published at: Penguin Books; Reprint edition (August 8, 2017)
ISBN: 978-0143110385
The bestselling novel by Tana French, author of the forthcoming novel The Searcher, is required reading for anyone who appreciates tough, unflinching intelligence and ingenious plotting (The New York Times). She inspires cultic devotion in readers (The New Yorker) and is the most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years (The Washington Post).
Atmospheric and unputdownable. People In bestselling author Tana French’s newest tour de force (The New York Times), being on the Murder Squad is nothing like Detective Antoinette Conway dreamed it would be. Her partner, Stephen Moran, is the only person who seems glad she’s there.
The rest of her working life is a stream of thankless cases, vicious pranks, and harassment. Antoinette is savagely tough, but she’s getting close to the breaking point. Their new case looks like yet another by-the-numbers lovers’ quarrel gone bad.
Aislinn Murray is blond, pretty, groomed-to-a-shine, and dead in her catalog-perfect living room, next to a table set for a romantic dinner. There’s nothing unusual about herexcept that Antoinette’s seen her somewhere before. And that her death won’t stay in its neat by-numbers box.
13. Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, Book 3)
Author: by Jim Butcher
Published at: ROC; Reprint edition (September 1, 2001)
ISBN: 978-0451458445
Wizard for hire Harry Dresden gets mixed-up with the dead in this haunting, fantastical novel(Publishers Weekly) in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Harry Dresden’s faced some pretty terrifying foes during his career.Giant scorpions.Oversexed vampires. Psychotic werewolves.
It comes with the territory, when you’re the only professional wizard in the Chicago area phone book. But in all Harry’s years of supernatural sleuthing, he’s never faced anything like this: the spirit world’s gone postal. All over Chicago, ghosts are causing troubleand not just of the door-slamming, boo-shouting variety.
These ghosts are tormented, violent, and deadly. Someoneor somethingis purposely stirring them up to wreak unearthly havoc.But why? And why do so many of the victims have ties to Harry? If Harry doesn’t figure it out soon, he could wind up a ghost himself…
14. Skin Game (Dresden Files)
Author: by Jim Butcher
Published at: Roc; Reprint edition (March 3, 2015)
ISBN: 978-0451470041
Chicago’s only professional wizard is about to have a very bad day in the latest novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files… As Winter Knight to the Queen of Air and Darkness, Harry Dresden never knows what the scheming Mab might want him to do.
Usually, it’s something awful. Mab has traded Harry’s skills to pay off a debt. And now he must help a group of villains led by Harry’s most despised enemy, Nicodemus Archleone, to break into a high-security vault so that they can then access a vault in the Nevernever.
Problem is, the vault belongs to Hades, Lord of the freaking Underworld. And Dresden is dead certain that Nicodemus has no intention of allowing any of his crew to survive the experience. Dresden’s always been tricky, but he’s going to have to up his backstabbing game to survive this mess…
