Give me your favorite murder/mystery book! – TheBookSwarm

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Almost anything by Steve Mosby.

Classic: Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers
Contemporary: Still Life by Louise Penny — and all the books that follow in the series.

Inspector Gamanche series by Louise Penny

Sue Grafton’s alphabet series!

Tell no one by Harlen Coben

Yeah, I love that one!!!!

Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot.

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie.

Any murder mystery from Agatha Raisin and M.C. Beaton

Murder on the orient express

Into the water. Paula Hawkins

After the Fire by Jane Casey…!!

Any Elizabeth George.

The Hound of Bakersville , a Sherlock Holmes novel. My favorite adventure by far. Also anything Poirot :3

Wow…..that’s a toughie. There are so many! Lol! The best one I have in a long time though is “The Dry,” by Jane Harper. ?

The Pendergast series by Preston and Child.

Tana French books

I can’t wait for her next book!

Currently, The magpie murders by Anthony Horowitz! But as soon as I read the next one I expect that will change. ?

The Magpie Murders are my next read.

I hope you love it as much as I did

Murder on the Orient Express and anything by Agatha Christie.

Agatha Christie, especially Murder on the Orient Express!

Books by Dana Stabenow

The Kate Burkholder series by Linda Castillo

Blind Faith by Joe McGinniss..unbelievable true story

Prior Bad Acts by Tami Hoag

Gone Girl

SamanthaQuestion author

Thanks y’all! Keep the recommendations coming!

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (cant remember if it totally qualifies as murder but def mystery! One of my all time favorites.)

Anything by Linwood Barclay

Gone Girl ♡

Following

Murder on the Orient Express #Agatha

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Any book by Patricia Cornwell does it for me.

The child

Cradle and All (anything James Patterson actually).

The Fiona series by Harry Bingham

Killer next door

writer’s name?

Alex Marwood.

Saima thanks. do you happen to have goodreads? :S

No

Jussi Adler-Olsen’s dept Q mysteries, also the Flavia de Luce mysteries (maybe by Alan Bennett?) and the inimitable Bryant and May that Christopher Fowler writes about.

Alan Bradley rather than Alan Bennett! Excellent books

Dorothy Sayers’ “Lord Peter Wimsey” mysteries. Classics of the genre. Wish I had more authors like her to read!

Tried one of hers but couldn’t get into it. I’ll have to try again.

I’d start with “Murder Must Advertise”.

The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter!!!

The Westing Game

Murder of roger ackroyd though I haven’t read many out of murder on the orient express and and then there were none, roger ackroyd was my favorite.

Oh my so many… I like In Death books, Lisa Gardner book, Lisa Jackson.. I can’t name just one

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