7 Mystery & Thriller Books to Read for Taurus Season

It seemed like Kate Nelson had the perfect life: a handsome husband in a happy marriage, a flourishing company founded with him, and a beautiful daughter.

Then John leaves her for Tish, a woman half his age.

Tish may think she's won just because she's stolen Kate's husband and forged an easy bond with Ashlyn. But she's dead wrong.

Thinking she's one step ahead of Kate, Tish plans to disappear with John to a romantic getaway. It seems like the best way to keep him and his petty ex from reconciling.

What unfolds next takes both Kate and Tish by surprise. But who could predict what a woman will do for love—or better yet, revenge?

That Taurus stubborn streak is easy to see in Kate's refusal to let her husband go. And the dark side of this earth sign is fed by both women's possessiveness.

In this medical thriller, a brutal monster terrorizes Richmond, Virginia, under the cover of darkness, leaving a horrific trail of stranglings in its wake.

As the city is gripped by fear, medical examiner Kay Scarpetta suspects this is the deliberate chaos caused by an ingenious serial killer whose nasty work leaves few clues behind.

Armed with the latest forensic advances, Scarpetta sets out to identify the madman.

But when her investigation falls victim to some internal sabotage, one thing becomes clear: someone wants her dead.

Like the sign of the Bull, Scarpetta is an uncompromising woman. She will use every resource at her disposal to find her answers.

Answers gotten by the most practical means, of course.

Nina Quinn is in the business of landscaping, but it seems there's nothing she's better at than finding trouble.

Overwhelmed by a cheating soon-to-be-ex husband, a terrorizing stepson, and an untrainable Chihuahua, the opportunity to do a backyard makeover for her sister, Maria, and her fiancé, Nate is the perfect way to get her groove back.

But when Nate vanishes and Nina discovers a dead body in the garden, things start to get a little dicey.

Add to that a neighborhood thief robbing the elderly, a mysterious package, and a second corpse?

Nina has got her work cut out for her if she's going to dig up her community's dirtiest secrets.

A perfect example of an earth sign, Tauruses love gardening. Having landscaping at the center of this cozy mystery will have them hooked on every page!

On Caribbean's beautiful Saint Marie island, Aslan Kennedy is the head guru at a luxurious spiritual spa resort. He's also the victim of a murder that should be an open-and-shut case.

Aslan was killed inside a locked room in the presence of five other people. One of them has even confessed.

But Detective Inspector Richard Poole is as annoyed with the heat and atmosphere of paradise as he is sure that nothing is as it seems.

To him, the one person taking responsibility is the one person who couldn't have possibly done it.

Determined to find the truth, Poole sets out to reveal the killer at all costs.

Those born under the sign of Taurus love a routine, so shaking things up is going to be uncomfortable for them, as it is for Poole. But once they commit to something, you won't get them off the case.

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache has just returned to the homicide department, but his first day back isn't so easy. On top of sharing his position with his once second-in-command, floods are plaguing the province.

When a grief-stricken father begs Gamache for help finding his daughter, it is just the first of many crises to befall the department.

It becomes clear that the search for Vivienne Godin should come to an end, but as a father himself, Gamache lets his empathy guide his choices.

Social media brutalizes Gamache, the rivers rise—and then a body turns up.

But what would one do if their child's killer walked free?

Gamache's empathy-driven choices may seem out of character for the ever-practical Bull.

However, his dedication to the case puts the sign's realiability front and center.

It's the roaring 20s, and London's season is in full swing. However, Phryne Fisher has grown bored of arranging flowers, forcing polite conversation, and dancing with all the wrong men.

For fun, Phryne decides she might as well become a detective.

Nearly as soon as she checks in at the Windsor Hotel, Phryne is dropped into the middle of a mystery. Her new adventure flings poisoned wives, cocaine smuggling, police corruption, communism, and a steamy affair into her lap.

But the fun comes to an end in the Turkish baths of Little Lonsdale Street. As the danger closes in, it's up to Phryne to save herself and the other young women of the city.

Alright, so Phryne is hardly practical, but you can't argue that she's not stubborn.

Plus, the opulence of the setting and adventures will spark joy in this sign's love of the finer things in life.

“Practical” and “romantic” may seem like two traits that conflict with each other, but nonetheless, romance is a true Taurus' guilty pleasure.

Melissa Baxter is in rough shape. Lost with amnesia, it seems she has a massive target on her back.

As skittish as she has been, she has only one handsome hero to help her find her way back to herself.

Carson Lane is a paramedic, but that doesn't mean there isn't some darkness in his past. Though he's still hurting from his partner's murder, he can't resist helping the beautiful amnesiac he's taken under his wing.

As Melissa and Carson piece together the clues of her identity, surprising feelings ignite between them.