Mystery books for adults

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows mystery books for adults

poster Secrets
Secrets
(3.2/5)
108mn - Drama
An old woman's memories are rekindled as she rereads her diary. She recalls her youth in England when she married a suitor over the objections of her parents and moved with him to the Wyoming frontier. Th…
poster The Music Box
The Music Box
83mn - Thriller
An orphaned six-year-old girl becomes dangerously entranced by a mysterious antique music box that plays longer each time it's wound, forcing her desperate aunt to race against time and an evil spirit to …
poster Guilty Conscience
Guilty Conscience
(3.3/5)
104mn - Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A brilliant criminal defense attorney meticulously plans the perfect murder of his wife to avoid devastating alimony payments, mentally rehearsing each scenario like a courtroom case, but discovers that h…
poster The Canary Murder Case
The Canary Murder Case
(3.0/5)
82mn - Crime, Mystery
A beautiful showgirl, name "the Canary" is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and with that she ends up dead. But who killed "the Canary". All the suspects knew and were used by her and…
poster False Arrest
False Arrest
(3.2/5)
192mn - Crime, Drama, Thriller
A luxury home, a handsome husband and terrific children. But it all comes crashing down when she is accused of being a mastermind behind a brutal triple-homicide and is arrested and handcuffed in front of…
poster Rogues' Gallery
Rogues' Gallery
60mn - Mystery, Thriller
Reporter Patsy Reynolds and photographer Eddie Porter are assigned to interview John Foster, head of the Emmerson Foundation regarding a listening device the organization is working on. Foster evades them…
poster The Bat Whispers
The Bat Whispers
(3.2/5)
83mn - Crime, Drama, Mystery
Infamous burglar "The Bat" commits a daring jewelry theft despite heavy police presence. Soon after, a bank theft occurs, which may be the work of the criminal as well. Meanwhile, Cornelia Van Gorder has …
poster The Ghost Galleon
The Ghost Galleon
91mn - Horror
After a pair of models go missing from a boat, a rescue party discover an empty galleon carrying the coffins of the long dead Knights Templar. The rescue party board the galleon and then discover their ow…
poster True Justice
True Justice
Nonemn - Drama
Elijah Kane and his elite Special Forces team receive a dangerous CIA mission to take down a high-level gang boss involved in human smuggling. But when their investigation uncovers a sinister organ-traffi…
poster One Exciting Night
One Exciting Night
(2.7/5)
128mn - Mystery
A young orphan girl, courted by an unpleasant older suitor who has a hold over her adoptive mother, falls in love with Fairfax, a young stranger at a party. A group of bootleggers try to get away with the…
poster The Curse of Lilith Ratchet
The Curse of Lilith Ratchet
105mn - Horror
Alice and her best friend Lauren inadvertently set a hellish curse in motion after surprisingly acquiring a mysterious shrunken head. Wanting to know more about their fiendish find, they pay a visit to a …
poster Suspense.
Suspense.
10mn - Drama, Thriller, Horror
An isolated house is too remote for a lone servant, who leaves a note, quietly exits the back door, and puts the key under the mat. Left alone in the house is a mother and her infant. A tramp has watched …
poster The Magic Book
The Magic Book
(3.1/5)
3mn - Fantasy
Characters from a large magic book come to life.
poster The Treasures of Satan
The Treasures of Satan
3mn - Horror, Fantasy
The setting of this fantastic scene represents the hall of an old chateau in which a miser has locked up seven large bags containing his wealth. Satan, who has made his way into the chateau, puts the seve…
poster The Lie
The Lie
(2.9/5)
64mn - Short, Drama, Mystery
A man who owns a diamond importing business goes out for a night on the town with his girlfriend, her brother and her brother’s fiancé. The group stops by a circus to see the act of a trapeze artist who’s…
poster Alpine Lake
Alpine Lake
85mn - Horror
Five college friends retreat to an isolated cabin by Alpine Lake for a weekend of partying, but their celebration turns into a nightmare when a mysterious killer emerges from the woods to hunt them down o…
poster Manfish
Manfish
88mn - Adventure
Three deep sea divers get involved in murder while searching for a lost treasure.
poster The Cat and the Canary
The Cat and the Canary
(3.6/5)
108mn - Horror, Comedy, Mystery
Rich old Cyrus West's relatives are waiting for him to die so they can inherit. But he stipulates that his will be read 20 years after his death. On the appointed day his expectant heirs arrive at his bro…
poster Conspiracy
Conspiracy
(2.6/5)
69mn - Mystery
Margaret Holt and her brother Victor set out to smash a narcotics ring responsible for their father's death. Young reporter John Howell and eccentric mystery writer Winthrop Clavering help unravel the tru…
poster The Lady Vanishes
The Lady Vanishes
(5/5)
96mn - Mystery, Thriller
On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suf…
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