Mystery...

"What is the location of the rebel base?" -Tarkin

Actually, a large number of Science Fiction books have mystery plots- probably right after adventures and wars in terms of numbers. Whether these meet the criteria of the refined mystery reader or not is debatable, but you can check out the specific reviews for more information.

• Anne McCaffrey
  • Partnership (Some high-class kids form a conspiracy with an unknown presence watching)
  • The Ship Who Searched (An archeological mystery- an attempt to uncover historical secrets and current smuggling crimes)
  • Sassinak (Someone is out to get Sass- if they can't send her to jail, they'll kill her)
  • Generations Warriors (Sass and Lunzie, along with Sass's crew, finally begin to crack the pirate case)
  • Killashandra (A broken organ, a repressive government, and a kidnapping all add up to Killa in trouble)
• C. J. Cherryh
  • Heavy Time (Decker's partner is dead and someone wants to keep him from talking about it)
  • Hellburner (Once again, people close to Decker have died and Ben arrives to help him just as the military tries to shut him up)
  • Rimrunners (Some ships are the kind you never get off alive, but why?)
  • Merchanter's Luck (A ship no one ever heard of arrives at the station piloted by a man who is everybody's pawn)
• David Brin
  • Sundiver (The first ship that can enter the corona of the sun is beset by sabatoge)
• David Alexander Smith
  • In the Cube (A private-eye and her alien partner try to track down a kidnapped girl through the streets of a futuristic Boston)
• Harry Turtledove
  • The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump (A member of the Environmental Perfection Agency investigates a spell dump that leads him on a weird chase)
  • The Two Georges (A painting depicting George Washington and King George III is stolen by those who want the U.S. to secede from England- in the 20th century)
• Julie E. Czerneda
  • A Thousand Words for Stranger (An amnesiac with hidden compulsions finds a spacer with his own problems- which are quickly compounded.)
• Lois McMaster Bujold
  • Mountains of Mourning (When is a secret no secret at all? When Miles is sent to investigate the murder of an infant)
  • The Vor Game (A war is brewing in the Hegen Hub, but no one knows who started it and what it's objective is)
  • Cetaganda (Miles hates being framed. The Cetagandan Empire, his hated enemies, need his help. If only they knew it....)
  • Memory (Illyan, Miles' friend and commanding officer, falls prey to a disturbing illness which may not be natural)
• Madeleine L'Engle
  • The Arm of the Starfish (Adam spends a summer in Portugal caught in a web of deceit centered on Dr. O'Keefe's biological discoveries)
• Mercedes Lackey
  • The "Diana Tregard" series has plots that are set up somewhat like normal mysteries.
• Susan Cooper
  • Over Sea, Under Stone (Someone has stolen the Holy Grail from a museum, and three siblings are determined to get it back)

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