Browse Books: Fiction / Mystery & Detective

Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide (Hardcover) By Rupert Holmes $28.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	The Man Who Died Twice: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery (Paperback) By Richard Osman $17.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	The Hunting Party: A Novel (Paperback) By Lucy Foley $16.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now
Gone Girl: A Novel (Paperback) By Gillian Flynn $18.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Murder Most Puzzling: 20 Mysterious Cases to Solve (Murder Mystery Game, Adult Board Games, Mystery Games for Adults) (Hardcover) By Stephanie von Reiswitz $16.95 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	The Mysterious Affair at Styles: The First Hercule Poirot Mystery (Paperback) By Agatha Christie $12.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot #3) (Paperback) By Agatha Christie $12.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	The Colorado Kid (Paperback) By Stephen King $12.95 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Wolf Pack (A Joe Pickett Novel #19) (Paperback) By C. J. Box $9.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now
The Girl in the Spider's Web: A Lisbeth Salander Novel (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Series #4) (Paperback) By David Lagercrantz, George Goulding (Translated by) $9.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	A Red Death: An Easy Rawlins Novel (Easy Rawlins Mystery #2) (Paperback) By Walter Mosley $19.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Killer, Come Back to Me: The Crime Stories of Ray Bradbury (Paperback) By Ray Bradbury $16.95 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now

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Banned or challenged books - a small selection

The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale (Pantheon Graphic Library) By Art Spiegelman Cover Image

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story By Nikole Hannah-Jones (Created by), The New York Times Magazine (Created by), Caitlin Roper (Editor), Ilena Silverman (Editor), Jake Silverstein (Editor) Cover Image

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning By Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi Cover Image

A Light in the Attic By Shel Silverstein, Shel Silverstein (Illustrator) Cover Image

The Hate U Give: A Printz Honor Winner By Angie Thomas, Amandla Stenberg (Foreword by) Cover Image

The Bluest Eye (Vintage International) By Toni Morrison Cover Image

Halloween Books

Stranger Things: Heroes and Monsters (Choose Your Own Adventure) By Rana Tahir, Patrick Spaziante (Illustrator), Katherine Spaziante (Illustrator) Cover Image

A Halloween Scare in St. Louis By Eric James, Marina Le Ray (Illustrator) Cover Image

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Three Books to Chill Your Bones: All 3 Scary Stories Books with the Original Art! By Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell (Illustrator) Cover Image

Edgar Allan Poe: Collected Works (Leather-bound Classics) By Edgar Allan Poe, A. J. Odasso (Introduction by) Cover Image

Something Wicked This Way Comes: A Novel By Ray Bradbury Cover Image

Vegetables in Halloween Costumes By Jared Chapman Cover Image

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