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what are some titles of EXCELLENT mystery books!?
(not interested in anything vampire related)Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Classic mysteries:
-And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (or Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, Cards on the Table, The ABC Murders, Sleeping Murder, The Moving Finger, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The Mousetrap and other stories)
-Whose Body!? by Dorothy L!. Sayers (first Lord Peter Wimsey mystery)
-The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (and The Moonstone)
-Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
-A Man Lay Dying by Ngaio Marsh (1st Rodderick Alleyn mystery)
-Fer-De-Lance by Rex Stout (1st Nero Wolfe mystery)
-The Innocence of Father Brown by G!.K!. Chesterton
-A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters (set in Medieval times)
-The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (and other Sherlock Holmes mysteries)
-The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham (1st Albert Campion mystery)
-The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett

Humorous:
-One for the Money by Janet Evanovich (1st Stephanie Plum mystery)

Unique:
-The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (1st Thursday Next mystery)
-Aunt Dimity's Death by Nancy Atherton (1st Aunt Dimity mystery)

Courtroom:
-The Case of the Sulky Girl by Erle Stanley Gardner (and other Perry Mason stories)
-Compelling Evidence by Steve Martini (1st Paul Madriani novel)

Romantic Suspense:
-Black Amber by Phyllis A!. Whitney (or any of her others like The Trembling Hills, Daughter of the Stars, Listen for the Whisperer)
-Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart (or any of her others like The Ivy Tree, Touch Not the Cat, Airs Above the Ground)
-The King of the Castle by Victoria Holt (or others of hers like Menfreya in the Morning, Kirkland Revels, The India Fan; these are historical)
-Where are the Children!? by Mary Higgins Clark (or others of hers like All Around the Town, A Stranger is Watching, Loves Music, Loves to Dance)
-The Lemon Garden by Elizabeth Rossiter

Thrillers:
-From the Corner of His Eye by Dean Koontz (and others of his like The Face, Odd Thomas {series}, Watchers, Fear Nothing, Seize the Night, The Good Guy)
-Term Limits by Vince Flynn (and his Mitch Rapp books, which begin with Transfer of Power)
-The Oath by Frank Peretti (and others of his, which are generally supernatural thrillers)
-The Last Jihad by Joel C!. Rosenberg

Police/FBI:
-The Cove by Catherine Coulter (1st of her FBI mysteries)
-D!.C!. Detectives books, Sacred Sins, Brazen Virtue by Nora Roberts
-Inspector Maigret novels of Georges Simenon (starting with The Crime of Inspector Maigret

Hard-boiled:
-The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
-Philip Marlowe stories by Raymond Chandler (like The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye)

There are many more, some of which might fight into several categories!. Hopefully, however, this will help!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

What kind of mysteries do you like!? Locked room cozies!? Puzzles!? Thrillers!? Funny!? British!? Southern!? Forensic!?

A good website is http://www!.stopyourekillingme!.com/ReadAl!.!.!.

This part lists mysteries you might like based on books you've liked already!.Www@QuestionHome@Com