Mysteries can help a plot gallop along even when the book you’re reading isn’t strictly speaking a “mystery,” plucked from the crime shelves of your local library. That’s certainly the case for three of the novels on this week’s list: In one, an immigrant searches for her missing husband, in another the return of a prodigal daughter brings buried family secrets to light, and in the third a hard-boiled Sam Spade-ish cryptozoologist stalks mystical creatures through the streets of a Chinese city.
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A dog rests next to its owner reading a book in the sunshine at the Stadtpark (City-Park) in Vienna, Austria on May 10, 2021.
