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Locked Room Mysteries

Check out these titles that center around crimes that take place in isolated circumstances or secured and confined spaces.

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  • Doomed to repeat the same day over and over, Aiden Bishop must solve the murder of Evelyn Hardcastle in order to escape the curse in a world filled with enemies where nothing and no one are quite what they seem.
    Book, 2018Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Landmark, [2018]
  • Ten houseguests, trapped on an isolated island, are the prey of a diabolical killer. A famous nursery rhyme is framed and hung in every room of the mansion: Ten little Indian boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were nine…
    Book, 2011New York : Harper, 2011.
  • After years of avoiding each other, Daisy Darker's entire family is assembling for Nana's 80th birthday party in Nana's crumbling gothic house on a tiny tidal island. Finally, back together one last time, when the tide comes in, they will be cut off…
    Book, 2022New York : Flatiron Books, [2022]
  • In 1947, Kindaichi is consulted by 20-something Mineko Tsubaki. Her father, Hidesuke, a flautist and composer, disappeared the previous spring, and his corpse was found six weeks later. The official verdict was that Hidesuke poisoned himself, but…
    Book, 2023London : Pushkin Vertigo, 2023.
  • I'm Ernest Cunningham. Call me Ern or Ernie. When the Australian Mystery Writers' Society invited me to their crime-writing festival aboard the Ghan, the famous train between Darwin and Adelaide, I was hoping for some inspiration for my second book.…
    Book, 2024New York : Mariner Books, [2024]
  • A huge diamond, originally stolen from a temple in India, is given to Rachel Verinder on her eighteenth birthday. That night the diamond, the Moonstone, is stolen. Many are suspected of the theft, including Rachel. The truth is concealed under a…
    Book, 2020London : Flame Tree 451, 2020.
  • When the creator of a high school gossip app mysteriously dies in front of four high-profile students, all four become suspects. It's up to them to solve the case.
    Book, 2017New York : Delacorte Press, [2017]
  • Half-hidden by forest and overshadowed by threatening peaks, Le Sommet has always been a sinister place. Once a sanatorium treating tuberculosis patients, it was abandoned years ago and had fallen into disrepair. Long plagued by troubling rumors, it…
    Book, 2021[New York] : Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, 2021.
  • It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime. Delighted by a surprise invitation, Miriam Macy sails off to a luxurious private island off the coast of Mexico, with six strangers--an ex-cop, a chef, a financial advisor, a nurse, a lawyer, a young…
    Book, 2019New York : Forge, 2019.
  • A weekend retreat at a cozy mountain lodge is supposed to be the perfect getaway. But when the storm hits, no one is getting away. It's winter in the Catskills and Mitchell's Inn, nestled deep in the woods, is the perfect setting for a relaxing…
    Book, 2018New York, New York : Pamela Dorman Books / Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2018]
  • In 1942, six people destroyed Anna Matheson's family. Twelve years later, she's ready for retribution. Under false pretenses, Anna has lured those responsible for her family's downfall onto a luxury train from Philadelphia to Chicago, an overnight…
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Dutton, 2025.
  • In this tightly wound, enthralling story reminiscent of Agatha Christie's works, Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: a week on a luxury cruise with only a handful of cabins.…
    Book, 2016New York : Scout Press, 2016.