What are some really good murder mystery books to read?

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Answer 1

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Answer 2

Some of my fav mystery authors, in no particular order:
Lilian Jackson Braun
Carole Nelson Douglas
Camille Minichino
M. R. Sellars
Karen Irving
Jasper Fforde
Sandra Tooley
Lee Driver
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 3

Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch series. Mr. Connelly is a former LA Times Crime Beat reporter and he knows his stuff when it comes to writing murder. I would also recommend Nelson De Mille and Daniel Silva's Gabriel Allon series for some very advanced, slick books that are head and tails above the usual mystery crap out there. Then I would say go back to Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie and the Detective Noir geniuses of the 40's etc. Dashiell Hammet, Mickey Spillane et al. And do not forget Poe -the father of the modern Detective novel and Murders on the Rue Morgue - the original locked door scenario. And just for fun - the hilarious murder mysteries of Carl Hiaasen - expecially Lucky Me. He makes murder hilarious. Pax - C.

Answer 4

Patricia Cornwell books are great..They are a bit graphic sometimes but a pretty good read..And she has a series with Kay Scarpetta as A medical examiner..the books are as follows...
Postmortem (1990) ISBN 0-684-19141-5
Body of Evidence (1991) ISBN 0-684-19240-3
All That Remains (1992) ISBN 0-684-19395-7
Cruel and Unusual (1993) ISBN 0-684-19530-5
The Body Farm (1994) ISBN 0-684-19597-6
From Potter's Field (1995) ISBN 0-684-19598-4
Cause of Death (1996) ISBN 0-399-14146-4
Unnatural Exposure (1997) ISBN 0-399-14285-1
Point of Origin (1998) ISBN 0-399-14394-7
Black Notice (1999) ISBN 0-399-14508-7
The Last Precinct (2000) ISBN 0-399-14625-3
Blow Fly (2003) ISBN 0-399-15089-7
Trace (2004) ISBN 0-399-15219-9
Predator (2005) ISBN 0-399-15283-0
Book of the Dead(2007)
Book of the Dead hasnt been released yet and I can't wait!

Answer 5

Dorothy Sayers 'Gaudy Night' of the Harriet Vane books is my favorite
Peter Lovesey 'Daimond Solitaire'
Raymond Chandler 'Farewell My Lovely' or 'The Big Sleep'
Margery Allingham ' The Tiger in the Smoke'
Josephine Tay 'The Daughter of Time'
Kate Ross 'Cut to the Quick', 'Whom the Gods Love'
Laurie King 'With Child', 'The Bee Keepers Apprentice'
Margaret Frazer, the Sister Frevisse Medieval Mysteries
Sharyn McCrumb Appalachian Ballad novels or the Elizabeth McPherson series
John Sherwood 'Green Trigger Fingers'

Answer 6

Val McDermid's books are great but pretty graphic - especially the Tony Hill series

Sara Paretsky
Patricia Cornwell
Sue Grafton
Dennis Lehane's series featuring Angela Gennaro and Patrick Kenzie has won awards for good reason; he's one of the best writers of mysteries alive today. The series starts with "A Drink Before the War" then goes on in
"Darkness, Take My Hand"
"Sacred"
"Gone, Baby, Gone"
"Prayers For Rain"

Karen Kijewski
Nelson DeMille
Jaqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs series focusing on a WWI nurse who opens a private detective agency after the war

Answer 7

Authors: Patricia Cornwell, Dick Francis, Joseph Wambaugh, Linda Barnes, Sidney Sheldon.

Answer 8

Agatha Christie is the best.
Annie Perry is wonderful if you are into Victorian times mysteries.
Edgar Allen Poe's "Murders at Rue Morgue" , That classic always entertains me.

Answer 9

Patricia Cornwell

Answer 10

Nevada Barr is a former park ranger who writes murder mysteries that take place in national parks.

Answer 11

Agatha Christie Novels are the best selling murder series ever. Go to http://uk.agathachristie.com/site/home/ to chack out all the different titles and read the synopsis plot summary etc. I myself find them amazingly interesting. Happy Reading!