best mystery fiction 2013

Are you a fan of thrilling plots, unexpected twists, and enigmatic characters? If you enjoy getting lost in a world of suspense, then you must delve into the best mystery fiction novels of 2013. In this article, we will explore some of the most highly acclaimed books and talented authors that captivated readers with their intriguing narratives.

One of the standout novels of 2013 in the mystery fiction genre is "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn. This psychological thriller quickly gained popularity and received widespread critical acclaim. Flynn's ability to weave a complex web of deception and create characters with questionable motives kept readers on the edge of their seats. The gripping tale of a marriage gone wrong and a wife's disappearance will leave you guessing until the very end.

Another novel that left readers both thrilled and chilled in 2013 was "The Cuckoo's Calling" by Robert Galbraith, also known as J.K. Rowling. This gripping detective story introduces private investigator Cormoran Strike, a compelling character with a troubled past. Rowling's masterful storytelling and attention to detail make this novel a must-read for any mystery enthusiast.

For those who prefer historical mysteries, "The Gods of Gotham" by Lyndsay Faye is an excellent choice. Set in 1845 New York City, this meticulously researched novel follows Timothy Wilde, a newly appointed "copper star" who embarks on a quest to solve a series of gruesome murders. Faye's vivid descriptions of the gritty streets and colorful characters bring the era to life, making this book a captivating read for history buffs and mystery lovers alike.

If you are in the mood for a classic detective story with a modern twist, "The Silkworm" by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling) should be on your reading list. This second installment in the Cormoran Strike series delves into the world of publishing and uncovers dark secrets within the literary community. With Rowling's trademark storytelling prowess and a thought-provoking plot, "The Silkworm" will leave you eagerly awaiting the next book in the series.

To experience a chilling psychological thriller, "The Shining Girls" by Lauren Beukes is a must-read. Set in multiple timelines, this unique novel follows the hunt for a time-traveling serial killer, and the sole survivor who is determined to bring him to justice. Beukes' intricate narrative and well-drawn characters make this book a standout in the genre.

For avid mystery readers looking for an online community to discuss their favorite books and discover new authors, Goodreads is an invaluable resource. Goodreads provides a platform for users to rate and review books, join book clubs, and connect with fellow readers who share their passion for mystery fiction. It is an excellent place to find recommendations, engage in discussions, and explore new titles.

In conclusion, 2013 was a thrilling year for mystery fiction enthusiasts, with a variety of novels offering spine-tingling suspense and captivating storytelling. Whether you prefer psychological thrillers, historical mysteries, or classic detective stories, the best mystery fiction novels of 2013 have something for everyone. So grab a book, prepare to be engrossed in a world of intrigue, and get ready to solve some mysteries!
Infinite Witch Exchange Fiction
Infinite Witch Exchange

His name was Cheng Wang, the successful Cheng, the king among kings. He was a special forces soldier, and most importantly, he found himself in the space of the main god! The most incredible thing was that he had a privilege, which was to summon other girls who had died from different dimensions. Cheng Wang fell into deep thought. It seemed... alright! [During the release of the new book, I will update a guaranteed minimum of four thousand words at noon and night, with occasional bursts. Also, please click, recommend, and save.]

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Phoenix Medical Waste Consort Fiction
Phoenix Medical Waste Consort

She is a foolish princess, subjected to constant ridicule and abandoned by her lover, confined to a cold, heartless palace. She is a modern military doctor, unexpectedly transported and left to suffer in a cruel and neglectful world. Fully aware that being kind to her enemies is being cruel to herself. She leaves behind her reputation as a naive princess, using calculated methods to transform into a ruthless and sharp-witted empress. Within the depths of the palace, she carefully strategizes, determined to exact revenge on those who have tormented her. Little did she know, the mighty emperor, who once held himself above all, has unknowingly fallen for her genuine heart...

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Those Years When I Was a Stock Trader Fiction
Those Years When I Was a Stock Trader

In the eyes of others, I am worthless, but what they don't know is that I am secretly the wanted Spinach King...

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Transmigration: Mulan's Journey Fiction
Transmigration: Mulan's Journey

Others travel through time as princesses, legitimate or illegitimate daughters, or at the very least, as rural girls who rely on their wisdom to become wealthy. But, somehow, when it comes to Mulan, she ends up as a nanny, a nanny who has lost her memory. Reluctantly, Mulan follows Nuguluxinlan into the Sibeile Mansion, originally to retrieve her memories and find a way back home. Little did she know, it would gradually develop into a thrilling love story between her and Yinzhen.

300.68 Million words | 2020-09-07 19:00Update

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Yinxia under the willow Fiction
Yinxia under the willow

Become a foster daughter, sister plans for fiancé's betrayal, she drowns her sorrows in alcohol, he enters the wrong room, three mysterious treasures appear out of nowhere.

148.13 Million words | 2021-02-10 15:24Update

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Old Love Returns: Please Keep Away, Mr. Chu Fiction
Old Love Returns: Please Keep Away, Mr. Chu

With a marriage contract, Bai Jia became a woman despised by everyone in Ancheng. Not only did she steal her younger sister's boyfriend, but she also proclaimed her sovereignty everywhere. Only she knew that this return was not for a happy life in a wealthy family, but for a living hell... After enduring physical and mental torment, she finally left in despair. Since then, every time the sound of rain is heard outside the window, Chu Muyan's eyes turn red as he remembers that woman he hated to the bone...

211.34 Million words | 2020-10-06 11:11Update

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Vixen Marries a Husband and Farms Well Fiction
Vixen Marries a Husband and Farms Well

The vixen faces the seduction of a third party, while her scoundrel husband wants to divorce her. The in-laws, however, force her to become a concubine. She remains silent, enduring their mistreatment. But she has no intention of letting her husband divorce her. She refuses to be a lowly concubine without even a window. Taking her child with her, she embarks on a new path in life. Determined to make a perfect comeback, she acquires vast fertile lands, numerous servants, and becomes a respected figure. But... that bandit? Government official? General? Prince? What are you doing? Let me go!

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The Charm of the Poisoned Physician Fiction
The Charm of the Poisoned Physician

Rumors have it that the foolish Miss Yun from the Yun family, who woke up from a coma after hitting a pillar, received divine guidance. Not only did she recover from her foolishness, but she also became skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. The sickly and possessive Prince from the Chi family refused to believe and entered Miss Yun's residence to have his pulse checked by the divine hermit. Chi Mo: I am plagued by an illness. Yun Rong: Your Highness is in good health and enjoys all delicacies. Chi Mo: I suffer from a condition known as lovesickness, and I require Miss Yun's constant presence by my side.

15.75 Million words | 2022-10-12 23:39Update

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Vertical Pupil Fiction
Vertical Pupil

Qu Nan, a young reporter from 'Anxiety' magazine, becomes possessed by a magical eye, embarking on a journey of the supernatural. Ghosts, curses, demons, zombies, and spirit puppets...none of these are as treacherous as the human heart...

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Evil Young Master, Leave Me Alone!! Fiction
Evil Young Master, Leave Me Alone!!

Yang Le'er accidentally transmigrated to the Shangguan Mansion and became Kou Le'er. When she woke up, she was being beaten up by the servants. She was looking for her husband in a glamorous manner, only to find out that her husband hadn't seen her in three years. However, her husband Shangguan Jue'ai started treating her exceptionally well. Unexpectedly, a beautiful woman entered the mansion and humiliated her. With the words, 'I'm done playing,' she was left severely injured, both physically and emotionally. Her once black hair turned white. After being hurt in body and soul, Kou Le'er completely gave up on her beloved Shangguan Jue'ai. A lifetime, a pair of people, a strand of love rooted in green hair. After a dance, her heart turned cold, and from then on, the young man became a stranger. This story is filled with physical and emotional torment. We hope you will enjoy it.

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Eternal Friendship of the Interstellar Fairy, Lantodo Fiction
Eternal Friendship of the Interstellar Fairy, Lantodo

Lan Dodo gave up his qualification as an interstellar elf and the power of magic to stay on Earth with his good brother Cai Xiaodou. However, the Black Star people did not give up and sought revenge at any cost. As a result, Lan Dodo and his companions faced crisis after crisis once again...

34.74 Million words | 2021-12-08 18:18Update

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The female tyrant in the village owns thousands of acres of fertile land. Fiction
The female tyrant in the village owns thousands of acres of fertile land.

Tenli Town is named after its location ten li away from Huai'an County. Gushan Village is named after the village bully, Xu Sanhua. As a result, no one dares to marry the village girls, and no one dares to marry the village boys. Do the villagers hate it? Yes, they do! They itch to get their revenge! Unfortunately, Xu Sanhua is as strong as a bull, capable of lifting large stones with one hand. He can smash through the stone walls of the village leader's house with a punch and kick away three or four strong men with one foot. The villagers dare not speak up, they can only worship him like an ancestor. But now, the village bully who was rumored to never find a spouse has actually gotten married. The poorest village in Tenli Town is becoming richer, and the girls and boys in the village have become the objects of admiration from the surrounding areas. The old village chief is beaming with joy, praising the female village bully whenever he sees someone.

143.32 Million words | 2022-07-04 05:13Update

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There is a harem called "German Concubine". Fiction
There is a harem called "German Concubine".

Entering the palace, Lanqi was just an inconspicuous palace maid, serving her master diligently without ever dreaming of soaring to new heights. That rainy day, the sorrowful figure of Emperor Xuanye mourning his deceased wife imprinted itself in her heart. Many times, many things, fate has its own arrangements. In order to protect her master, Wu Ya Lanqi went so far as to frame the current emperor. The young emperor, wishing only to frighten this naive palace maid, never expected that her eyes, brimming with kindness and tenderness, would deeply penetrate his heart. "I just wanted to...," on the dragon bed, Wu Ya Lanqi couldn't help but fix her gaze on the emperor, as if engraving

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Make a contract, Great Fox. Fiction
Make a contract, Great Fox.

A modern girl falls in love with the Fox Demon King burdened with deep-seated grudges, and ventures into the world of demons and spirits for him. "Come, let me become your blood oath companion! From now on, you will never be alone!" With her divine icy plum blossom blade, she severs the ties of fate and braves through mountains of blades and seas of fire, bound to him in life and death. She was his savior ten years ago, but little did she know that the small fox she rescued was the descendant of the Fox Demon King, the ruler of the Demon Realm. He has carried the burden of a cursed destiny since birth, growing up in a world filled with deceit and loneliness, yet never forgetting the debt of gratitude he owed to the human girl. They meet again unexpectedly, this time in a high school campus...

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My Groom is a Fierce Ghost Fiction
My Groom is a Fierce Ghost

Have you ever experienced sleep paralysis? For the past two weeks, I have been having the same dream, where an indistinct man touches and kisses me. I can clearly feel the icy sensation as his tongue grazes my skin. At first, I thought it was just a dream. After all, I'm twenty years old and I do have normal physical desires. But last night, I dreamt of him licking that particular place...

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Evil Emperor's Cold Concubine Fiction
Evil Emperor's Cold Concubine

A selection process turned her from a commoner into an empress. Can she soar like a phoenix on a branch? Entering the palace, participating in the selection, becoming a concubine, everything went as planned. Becoming a concubine was merely a result of the empress's command, but she knew her intentions well. She didn't want to be a concubine, and he didn't want to take a concubine. Two loveless souls forced together, caught in a web of manipulation and transactions, torment, and harm! He doted on her, loved her, and even tormented her, all to protect the woman he loved. She rejected him, hated him, and eventually surrendered, all for the sake of her beloved. The palace caught fire, she narrowly escaped, survived a great calamity, and returned after undergoing trials. He exterminated her entire clan, and she took the lives of his other consorts. Wasn't it a contest of who was more ruthless? He, the evil one, and she, the cold one. Can the evil emperor's cruelty prevail over the obstinacy of the cold concubine? In the end, she subverted everyone's choices but couldn't change her own fate. She could never escape the entanglement with him. She experienced pain, hatred, and love. And in the end, who would be her true ruler?

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Peach Blossom Spirit Fiction
Peach Blossom Spirit

This life is too long, she spent too short a time with him, yet spent most of her time chasing after him. And he thought he was protecting her, unaware that he was the one being protected... One infatuated peach spirit vs one sorrowful boy.

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Determined Fiction
Determined

She was hopelessly wrong, losing everything! She believed she would never love again in this lifetime, until she met him... I have always longed to be cherished, properly placed, carefully preserved! Spare me from surprise, spare me from suffering, spare me from a lifetime of wandering with no support. I know, he... will come, he will definitely come! - Chu Yunge.

387.80 Million words | 2023-01-12 02:24Update

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Fox Mr. Mo, be not arrogant Fiction
Fox Mr. Mo, be not arrogant

【Explicit Fresh】 New book is out, 'My classmate Xie Ziyu' http://mm.motie.com/book/ Still a week before the wedding, the fiancé ran away with the mistress. The mistress is a stunning beauty with a slim waist like a web celebrity. In order to get revenge, I used the Shake feature and unexpectedly shook out Mr. Zeng next door. I thought it was the end of the story but little did I know it was just the beginning. One night, I asked Mr. Zeng meaningfully, 'Am I really that messy?' Mr. Zeng raised his eyebrows and smiled, 'You still have some merits, like that D.' Completed recommendation: http://mm.motie.com/book/ (Sleep with you forever) http://mm.motie.com/book/ (Love you, in the name of friendship).

226.79 Million words | 2020-07-18 19:41Update

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The Little Princess is Popular Today Fiction
The Little Princess is Popular Today

[New Book 'His Little Naughty Girl is Copying the Four Virtues and Duties' has been released, please collect it] In the youth, love is the easiest to ignite. Qi Yinyin, the little princess of Yin Kingdom, should have spent her days immersed in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. However, she spends all her time following her adopted brother, Gu Huaicheng. Well, Gu Huaicheng thinks that the little princess is quite cute and a good match, so he brings her back to marry her, regardless of her previous engagement to someone else. He turns her from a little princess of Yin Kingdom into a little empress of Wei Kingdom. One day, a misunderstanding is cleared up, and Gu Huaicheng stops Qiyin Chen, shamelessly whispering in her ear, 'I'll blow a gentle breeze for you beside the pillow. When you're happy, you can give me a baby!' Qi Yinyin glances at their eldest daughter, who has just learned to ride a horse, their eldest son, who has just been forced to ascend the throne as an emperor, and their youngest son, who has just learned to call her 'mother,' and gives a disdainful look to the man beside her, 'Get lost!'

114.41 Million words | 2022-12-29 21:59Update

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