Whats a good Mystery book?

Question

Whats a good mystery book thats around 200 pages long?

Can you also please tell me what its about? what you would rate it?

Thanks :)

Answer 1

"If Looks Could Kill" by Kate White.

Answer 2

Books by Mary Higgins Clark. She is very good, and I would rate her as 7 on a scale of 1 to 10. She has pretty good mysteries and not too difficult to figure out who done it.

If you want more of a challenge, go to someone like Agatha Cristie. She is a bit devious though. You may like her Miss Marple series.

Answer 3

a number of my fav secret authors, in no particular order: Lilian Jackson Braun Carole Nelson Douglas Camille Minichino M. R. Sellars Karen Irving Jasper Fforde Sandra Tooley Lee driving force Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Agatha Christie Harry Kemelman Margaret Truman P. D. James Matthew Pearl Martha C. Lawrence Ellery Queen Ralph McInery Tony Hillerman Erle Stanley Gardner Susan Wittig Albert

Answer 4

Read both Odd thomas and Forever odd by Dean Koontz.Odd Thomas is no typical twenty-year-old. What he considers ordinary most people would consider frightening.These books are about Odd Thomas who see dead people and is compelled to solve crimes.

The door to december by Dean Koontz.A psychiatrist's daughter was kidnapped by her ex-husband years ago. When the daughter is finally found, the real fight begins. One by one the people who held her captive become mysteriously tortured and killed. Everyone is afraid the young girl will be next.

The mystery unravels as to what happened to the young girl while she was kidnapped. The young girl, Melanie, is unable to speak, but her mother soon learns that the young girl went through extreme torture as her father used her for a rat in his experiments.

The Vivero letter by Desmond Bagley.Jeremy Wheale's well-ordered life is torn apart when his brother is murdered by a mob hit man, whose bait was a family heirloom - a sixteenth-century gold tray. The trail takes Wheale from Devon to Mexico and the wild tropical rain forests of Yucatan. In dense jungle, he helps two archaeologists locate the rest of a fabled hoard of gold - treasure from Uaxuanoc, the centuries-old lost city of the Mayas. But his brother's enemies are on Wheale's trail, and with them are the Chicleros, a vicious band of convict mercenaries.

Landslide by Desmond Bagley.Bob Boyd wakes up in a hospital with no memory,the only surviver of an accident.He was burned badly all over and needed extensive plastic surgery which was payed by a mysterious sponser.He is told that he's a geology student with a bad past.However Bob recovers and gets on with his life.Hired by the powerful Matterson Corporation to survey land before they build a great new dam, he begins to uncover the shaky foundations of the Matterson family and becomes a fly in their ointment.His accident and the Matterson family have more in common than he thought.

Answer 5

One of my favorites is 'The Daughter of Time', by Josephine Tey. It takes place in England in the late 1940's. Tey's detective, Alan Grant, is in hospital with a broken leg, and is bored out of his mind. Thanks to the inspirations of an actress friend and the help of a young American student, he delves into the psyche of Richard III and the mystery of the Princes in the Tower - with surprising results.

I also like the Judge Dee mysteries by Robert van Gulik. They are inspired by Chinese mystery stories of the 16th century; one (The Haunted Monastery) was adapted as a TV movie by ABC in the late 1980's. They're hard to find, but eBay is as good a source as any.

Answer 6

I would say in MY opinion, read anything by Anne Rule. Her stories are true crime, but she leads you through her books like a mystery. She used to be a police officer in WA state. She knows her stuff and I really enjoy reading her books. Hope you like!

Answer 7

It depends on the kind you like. Sherlock Holmes, Mickey Spillane, Agatha Cristie, etc.

Answer 8

Silent Assassin