The Best Mystery Books
Who dunnit? Cozy, procedural, legal, detective, historical, psychological. Love a good mystery in all shapes and sizes.
Part mystery, part psychological thriller, part ghost story. This is the book that started them all.
The book that introduced Travis McGee to the world. Righter of wrongs and likely the model for Jack Reacher, Travis follows his own code of honor. Stay out of his way once he's on the case.
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This has been called the greatest crime/mystery book of all time. Detective Alan Grant opens the cold case of all cold cases trying to clear Richard III, of a murder, history has placed at his feet.
Sara Gran is one of the most inventive writers working today. And Claire Dewitt is the world's greatest detective. Imagine if Salvador Dali slapped his paintbrush onto Sherlock Holmes. You'd get Claire.
Megan Abbot only writes great books. Ambition, drive, and secrets blend together as dead bodies keep popping up.
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Classic psychological thriller/mystery. Takes inspiration from Woman in White. Also a pretty great Hitchcock film.
I'll read anything James Sallis writes. Sarah Jane ends up as de facto sheriff when the town sheriff gets killed. And as she investigates she unveils the twisted fabric of a the life we've all lead.
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