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Horror

Mystery

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  • 1639 first published
  • 548 pages
  • 18 editions
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Peter Straub's Mystery (1639) is a horror novel. The story is set in Wisconsin. Readers will find themes of Psychological, veterans, private investigators and murder.

13 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 18 editions across 3 languages.

It runs to roughly 548 pages — 10–11 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Mystery

Blue Rose Trilogy #2 After a tragic accident which he barely survives, Tom Pasmore develops an obsession with death--an obsession which leads him to investigate two murders--one in the past and one in the present. And during his investigation, Pasmore learns more than anyone needs--or deserves--to know!
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“One June day in the mid-fifties Tom Pasmore, a ten-year-old boy with skin as golden as if he had been born with a good fourth-day suntan, jumped down from a milk cart and found himself in a part of Mill Walk he had never seen before.”

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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Mystery fiction
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • Horror
  • Psychological
  • Pasmore, tom
  • Horror stories
  • Mystery and detective stories
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Veterans
  • Private investigators
  • Murder
  • Fiction - General
  • American Detective and mystery stories

Quick answers

Who wrote Mystery?

Mystery was written by Peter Straub and first published in 1639.

What genre is Mystery?

It is usually shelved as Horror.

How long is Mystery?

The median edition has 548 pages, about 10–11 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Mystery?

Readers who like it often enjoy Everything's Eventual. 14 Dark Tales, Crandall's Castle and The Murders in the Rue Morgue.

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