Mystery novels
Who doesn't love a mystery?
...Specifically. a good old-fashioned murder mystery?
This might be my favorite place to “play” although it can be quite complicated keeping track of who is and isn’t a bad guy. And of course, hiding their nefariousness from the readers.
My shelves are full of mysteries. I love that often you can really get to know the characters as they wander around after clues.
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Death in Hades Wells
In quiet Hades Wells, Duncan Keogh, an archaeologist, makes a grisly discovery on his dig. Clues in the burial point to the body being the victim of a vicious murder. Enlisting the aid of police captain, Nate Mondragon, and local expert, Dizzy Donovan, he soon finds himself embroiled in the investigation. When an officer guarding his site is assaulted, the mystery deepens.
With stolen antiquities and drugs being discovered scattered throughout the area, the list of suspects continues to grow. Then when one of them is attacked and left to die in the desert, the three realize that in Hades Wells, it’s not just the heat that kills.