Theres hardly anything more satisfying than settling in witha page-turning novel.
Or maybe you just want to cuddle up with a classic.
This list has plenty of those, too.
Writers of all backgrounds and nationalities write mysteries, as this list demonstrates.
No matter what kind of mystery reader you are, theres plenty for you here.
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But the crime novel was actually created in the 1860s by Victorian sensation novelist Wilkie Collins.
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A Study in Scarlet
Mystery lovers are no doubt familiar with the worlds most famous detective.
As long as youre on its wavelength, youll have a great time.
Fortunately, Penguin has recently reissued two of her novels,The Listening HouseandThe Chuckling Fingers.
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Green for Danger
Christianna Brand, another Brit, was a prolific mysteryandchildrens book author.
The novel was also adapted into an acclaimed film in 1946.
But logic matters less than atmosphere.
(The best known of these isIn a Lonely Place, starring you guessed it Humphrey Bogart.)
She publishedThe Expendable Manin 1963, aftertaking a 10-year break.
When the girl later turns up dead, the doctors life turns upside-down.
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Complete Adventures of Feluda Vol.
The book inspired a wave of similar crime fiction in Japan and has even been turned into a manga.
Set in the postwar 1940s, it features Mosleys recurring detective Easy Rawlins, whos a classic noir P.I.
And who better to solve a crime than a maid?
As NeelytoldThe Boston Herald, A cleaning person is not noticed.
Blanches invisibility allows her to overhear all kinds of things.
Nobody is concerned about talking in front of their vacuum cleaner.
Patricia sets out to investigate her fiances disappearance, which soon leads her to an underground eugenics conspiracy.
novel, but also an allegory about race.
Instead, a romance blossoms between Sue and Maud.
On a broader level, though,The Black Minutesis about the corruption of institutions in Mexico.
AsNPRsreviewput it, Solares makes the paranoia-inducing duplicity ofChinatownseem picayune.
Nobody can be trusted in Paracuan: not any of the police, not any of the politicians.
Claire resembles a kind of grown-up Harriet the Spy, whos made investigating a profession as an adult.
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The Sound of Things Falling, Juan Gabriel Vasquez, trans.
Anne McLean
If you like more literary mysteries,The Sound of Things Fallingis the book for you.
Together, they attempt to piece together the mystery… all while a romance blooms under the surface.
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Out of Bounds, Val McDermid
Val McDermid is a force in Scottish literature.
In the wake of a personal tragedy, Karen becomes fixated on solving a cold case.
Theres just one problem… the crime took place 20 years ago, and the driver is 17.
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Six Four, Hideo Yokoyama, trans.
(Evidently, nobody wanted to have the ending of the novels sensational premise spoiled for them.)
Everything gets more complicated when a dead body shows up outside the shop the day of her grand opening.
Now she has to juggle running a storeandsolving a murder.
InSpeaking of Summer, protagonist Autumn Spencers twin sister vanishes without a trace.
Beauregard Bug Montage was once a legendary getaway driver.
Now, hes a mechanic, with a stable life and loving family.
But hes in financial trouble and the temptation of one last big score is hard to resist…
This article was originally published onMay 19, 2022
