Almost done with the Eldritch horror book The Fisherman by John Langan.
Now I’m itching for a new good book (mystery/thriller preferred but another horror is fine) that fits the description. With an adult man as a protagonist who you men relate to or who you women find likeable as the mc. Thanks!
Looking for a good fast-paced summer thriller/mystery. Preferably with a tropical/vacation locale.
Hey guys! Hope everyone is well!
So this was one of the first novels I read and thrifted, and one of the only books I love to re-read, except I have no memory of the title or the author nor name the characters, but I do remember the plot and few details😅
The female protagonist is the main lead and she’s a veterinarian if I’m not wrong. She has a job in a big city but breaks up with her bf and returns to this lakeside hometown. As soon as she arrives a bunch of serial killings start , the first being her best friend’s twin sister( which is how the novel begins). The male lead is the young sheriff of the town and is a single dad and honest character. Her father is a single dad and a surgeon who brought her up and also had designed their house.
These are the parts I remember about the novel. If anyone has any idea, please help me out. I lost the book quite sometime ago( have no idea how I lost it) and I got not clue about the author🥲.
Posting this again because I realized I made a mistake in my original request ⭐
I've been reading Anthony Horowitz lately, and that's exactly the vibe I'm looking for: novels (standalones or series) with "old-school" mysteries in the spirit of Agatha Christie: clever puzzle plots, fair-play clues, and classic motives.
Please, suggest modern mysteries (2015-...)
I hope it's okay to ask this here. I've asked in a fantasy server, but the suggestions are somewhat limited, and I'm hoping mystery readers might have more. As the title says, I finished A Drop of Corruption the other day and have really wanted to find another murder mystery in an "imaginary garden."
I don't necessarily need fantasy, in that I'm not necessarily looking for magic to be actually involved in the story (or even exist). What I'm hunting for is well-written murder mysteries set in worlds that run on laws and systems completely alien to ours. If you haven't read the Ana and Din mysteries, they're set in a world where people kill Leviathans and turn their blood into "grafts" that they use to enhance humans in various ways, or to grow houses, or to breed plants and animals and insects that can do any number of things that we use technology for in our world. (When my boyfriend overheard the audiobook for A Drop of Corruption, he asked of Ana, "So is she like a mentat?" and he's... not wrong.) So it doesn't have to be fantasy per se; alternate history, steampunk/solarpunk/etc., far future, Eldritch horror, any of that is on the table as long as it's an "imaginary garden" and a good murder mystery.
Honestly, the mystery is the hard part for me to find. I want the well-crafted mystery with the hints that are dropped that make me feel clever for catching them, then make me feel that the author and detective are infinitely more clever when they point out all the clues I missed. I've read a ton of fantasy and have an endless TBR for that genre, but mystery is a newer genre for me. I picked up A Drop of Corruption because I happen to have been on a bit of a murder mystery kick lately, but most of the ones I know and reach for are still modern settings.
Here's what I've got so far:
The only other "weird" setting murder mystery I can think of that I've read is Fugitive Telemetry, book 5/6 of the Murderbot Diaries (#6 by publication order, #5 by chronological order (and my recommended reading order)). I love the Murderbot Diaries series and this one is a pretty self-contained murder mystery set between the two major arcs of the series.
I have a decent short list of modern murder mysteries, so I'm set on those. I'm just really trying to find an excellent murder mystery in another world with its own set of rules and laws and ways of leaving clues. I hope someone has some suggestions. TIA!
Hey
I have been intrigued by the genre
So if you have any recommendations please suggest
Last one I read was the silent patient
Except agatha christie
I've been reading Anthony Horowitz lately, and that's exactly the vibe I'm looking for: crime novels or police procedurals (standalones or series) with "old-school" mysteries in the spirit of Agatha Christie: clever puzzle plots, fair-play clues, and classic motives.
I also enjoy Janice Hallett, even though her books are quite different in style. I tried Benjamin Stevenson, but his books didn't quite live up to my expectations.
I'm not looking for cozy mysteries (or at least nothing cozier than Horowitz's books). I'm after genuinely strong, well-constructed mysteries.
Edited: Please, suggest modern mysteries and don't recommend any books by the authors I've already mentioned. 😅
So I was trying to fill out an alignment chart for best books and now I'm focusing on myster as the main genre. I already have Annihilation under Main genre Sci Fi subgnre mystery, and the Name of the Rose (main genre Historical Fiction subgenre Mystery). But I need some recommendations of what would be the best book for the genre blends listed below.
No Spoiliers for any of the books please
This is a controversial point of view but I have always wondered this. I don't mind Agatha Christie's books (and a few are quite good) but there were so many others of her generation who wrote much better stuff.
I'm thinking of Anthony Berkeley, Josephine Tey, Dorothy Sayers, Margery Allingham, Ngaio Marsh and even Patricia Wentworth (some of her books are better than others but Miss Silver is far superior to Miss Marple).
They are all well known by anyone who reads classic crime fiction but much less well known among the masses who have heard about Agatha Christie and regard her as a Queen of Crime
I read The Devotion of Suspect X and really loved it, also because I really like suspense thriller genre as a whole. I'm wondering what to read next and the version I had of Suspect X had written on it that the author is labelled as the Japanese Steig Larrson. So I'm thinking of going into Steig Larrson books
I'm new to reading so can y'all recommend me anything to read next!!!!!!
As you might have guessed, I'm looking for books similar to the plot of decagon house murders.
I am currently reading death among the undead, which follows kind of a similar premise but the problem is that most of the characters don't even know each other. I'm looking for books where it's a friend group or members of a club that are familiar with each other.
The setting should not be in the college campus but either at someone's home or in a villa. I would love it if it is a Japanese honkaku novel but it's not necessary.
I've been seeking mysteries with a real sense of place, not just a backdrop, but a setting that shapes everything about the story. Remote, isolated, before technology took over.
The concept I keep coming back to is post-Korean War era, a tight-knit frontier community where people are used to solving their own problems. Kind of Western in spirit but set in Alaska's interior, right around statehood, before the pipeline changed everything.
I love Craig Johnson and William Kent Krueger for their rugged settings, close communities, and protagonists who think like lawmen even when they aren't one. Trying to find anything that scratches that itch with an Alaskan historical setting.
Is this too niche to have a readership, or am I just looking in the wrong places?
i read this in the early 2000' it started in the womans apartment/house, mentions she has dark skin, she has to go home to louisiana cuz there was a death in the family, the mansion is located on an island off of new orleans, it's hinted that it may be haunted, the mystery is part of the plot the rice festival rice princesses have been going missing for decades, they found a body in the river, her cousin is a cop he's called to the scene, they start a romance (not incestuous since she's adopted) , she (and i think her mother) were the ones that 'got away' and the killer is still after her, they find out that it's her uncle or someone close to her, she finds all the girls still in thier rice festival outfits after decade of being preserved and put on display
This might be rare. But I'm pretty sure there must be a few such books?
I’m looking for books kinda like Ghostwritten, by David Mitchell (if you have not read Ghostwritten, confusing read it right now, it’s amazing). Short stories that touch on each other, or see events from a different perspective that culminate together in solving a Whodunnit.
I’m aware of “The Afterparty” tv series, which is phenomenal and I loved both seasons, but that’s not quite what I’m looking for. Like I said, something akin to Ghostwritten.
I’m also aware of “An Instance of the Fingerpost” which I have a copy of but have not read yet.
Thanks in advance.
Hello guys, I have recently started reading a lot and would like some recs for thriller mystery suspense books that are not Murder mysteries or domestic thrillers. I recently liked kind worth killing and Finlay Donovan. Probably Books where normal people are thrust into a situation(like devotion of suspect x - it's a detective story but an extraordinary one) or about organised crime( haven't come across anything regarding counterfeit notes or such crimes).
Thank you guys... Looking forward to your suggestions...
I am looking for romances where the mcs solve crimes. Think of Sherlock or Poirot but with romance. I prefer m/fs. I have searched past threads but haven’t found anything. Some that kinda of have this element are Cynster Series by Stephanie Laurens and A few of the books in Lisa Kleypas The Ravenels.
I have read all of Agatha Christie, Sherlock Holmes, The Dresden Files, Alex Verus series
Tv shows that I love: Scooby Doo, Midsomer Murders, Sherlock (all of his various TV series), Dexter, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Law and Order
I am looking for a gripping action-packed mystery, with strong character development, thought provoking Clues. I would prefer it to be a series but a good standalone book is also welcome.
Or just tell me some of your favorite Mystery novel and why
Good afternoon! Im back looking for some more recommendations. I do enjoy some good murder mysteries but I prefer when a little something more is going on like Stuart Turton's 3 books, or Gideon the 9th. I also greatly prefer when the Main character either is not clear (and then there were none) and/or they are also under threat of being killed as they are solving.
Bonus points for queer themes but not a requirement at all.
Ive recently read 'The Decagon Murders' series and 'The Magpie murders'. I enjoyed both (but Magpie more). Ive also read an assortment of Christie books and some odds and ends here and there.
Thank you in advance!
Edit:
For the heck of it off the top of my head my top 10 murder mysteries so far (in no perticular order):
Gideon the 9th
7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
The Devil and the Dark Water
The Last Murder at the End of the World
And then there were none
Murder on the Orient Express
The Magpie Murders
From Hell (Graphic Novel)
Watchmen (Graphic Novel)
Batman: The Long Halloween (Graphic Novel)