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10 Best Detective Mystery Books for a Battle of Wits!

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Listen up all you Sherlock wannabes and armchair detectives out there! If you get a kick out of solving riddles, cracking codes, and unraveling enigmatic mysteries; if you find solace in the intricate labyrinth of deceits, alibis, and motives then buckle up, buddy. You are in for a ride. I’ve got just the list for you - one that’s intriguingly curated just to satisfy all those detective instincts lurking within you.

These ten detective mystery books are not just tales; they're intellectual jousting arenas. These are stories that will make your brain whirl faster than a blender, engaging in a captivating tête-à-tête with some of the best fictitious detectives in the literary world. From examining infinitesimal clues that even the keenest eye could overlook, to dissecting perplexing psychological profiles, these books offer it all. Prepare to be outwitted, duped, and left in the dust with one plot twist after another, urging you to catch your breath and plunge head-first right back into the narrative. Trust me, these stories will leave you second guessing your every thought. So, refill that coffee, find your comfy nook, and let's begin this electrifying literary investigation right now!

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『Still Life』

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Read the series that inspired Three Pines on Prime Video. In Still Life, bestselling author Louise Penny introduces Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surêté du Québec. Winner of the New Blood Dagger, Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony, and Dilys awards. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surêté du Québec and his team of investigators are called in to the scene of a suspicious death in a rural village south of Montreal. Jane Neal, a local fixture in the tiny hamlet of Three Pines, just north of the U.S. border, has been found dead in the woods. The locals are certain it's a tragic hunting accident and nothing more, but Gamache smells something foul in these remote woods, and is soon certain that Jane Neal died at the hands of someone much more sinister than a careless bowhunter. Still Life introduces not only an engaging series hero in Inspector Gamache, who commands his forces---and this series---with integrity and quiet courage, but also a winning and talented new writer of traditional mysteries in the person of Louise Penny.

Author Louise Penny
Price $9.99
Publisher Minotaur Books
Release Date Sep 30, 2008
Source Google Books
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『The Torment of Others』

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Detective Chief Inspector Carol Jordan turns to clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill to help solve the grotesque murder of a prostitute, a crime that bears a striking resemblance to an earlier series of solved crimes.

Author Val McDermid
Price unknown
Publisher Macmillan
Release Date Aug 29, 2006
Source Google Books
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『The Empty Chair』

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Author Jeffery Deaver
Price unknown
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Release Date Jan 01, 2005
Source Google Books
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『A Taste for Death』

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When the quiet Little Vestry of St. Matthew's Church becomes the blood-soaked scene of a double murder, Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh faces an intriguing conundrum: How did an upper-crust Minister come to lie, slit throat to slit throat, next to a neighborhood derelict of the lowest order? Challenged with the investigation of a crime that appears to have endless motives, Dalgliesh explores the sinister web spun around a half-burnt diary and a violet-eyed widow who is pregnant and full of malice--all the while hoping to fill the gap of logic that joined these two disparate men in bright red death. . . .

Author P. D. James
Price $12.99
Publisher Vintage
Release Date Dec 08, 2010
Source Google Books
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『Dead Scared』

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When a rash of suicides tears through Cambridge University, DI Mark Joesbury recruits DC Lacey Flint to go undercover as a student to investigate. Although each student's death appears to be a suicide, the psychological histories, social networks, and online activities of the students involved share remarkable similarities, and the London police are not convinced that the victims acted alone. They believe that someone might be preying on lonely and insecure students and either encouraging them to take their own lives or actually luring them to their deaths. As long as Lacey can play the role of a vulnerable young woman, she may be able to stop these deaths, but is it just a role for her? With her fragile past, is she drawing out the killers, or is she herself being drawn into a deadly game where she's a perfect victim? Dark and compelling, S. J. Bolton's latest thriller—a follow-up to the acclaimed Now You See Me—is another work of brilliant psychological suspense that plumbs the most sinister depths.

Author Sharon Bolton/S. J. Bolton
Price $12.99
Publisher Minotaur Books
Release Date Jun 05, 2012
Source Google Books
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『Sun Storm』

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WINNER OF SWEDEN’S BEST FIRST CRIME NOVEL AWARD • In the land of silence and snow, the killing has begun . . . Rebecka Martinsson is heading home to Kiruna, the town she’d left in disgrace years before. A Stockholm attorney, Rebecka has a good reason to return: her friend Sanna, whose brother has been horrifically murdered in the revivalist church his charisma helped create. Beautiful and fragile, Sanna needs someone like Rebecka to remove the shadow of guilt that is engulfing her, to forestall an ambitious prosecutor and a dogged policewoman. But to help her friend, and to find the real killer of a man she once adored and is now not sure she ever knew, Rebecka must relive the darkness she left behind in Kiruna, delve into a sordid conspiracy of deceit, and confront a killer whose motives are dark, wrenching, and impossible to guess. . . . Praise for Sun Storm “Richly atmospheric.”—Kirkus Reviews “Larsson builds suspense gradually but inexorably, and she is equally good at creating mood. . . .This impressive debut heralds another striking voice from Scandinavia.”—Booklist “For those who eschew exotic travel in favor of the familiar hammock, there’s nothing better than a well-written and well-translated story from some place you’ll probably never visit. is that story and more!”—Rocky Mountain News

Author Asa Larsson
Price unknown
Publisher Delta
Release Date Dec 26, 2006
Source Google Books
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『Lethal White』

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An unsettling cold case investigation ensnares Cormoran Strike and his partner in a web of dangerous secrets in this #1 New York Times bestseller, the inspiration for HBO Max's acclaimed series C.B. Strike. When a troubled young man named Billy asks Cormoran Strike to help him investigate a crime he witnessed as a child, the private eye is left deeply troubled. While Billy is obviously mentally distressed and cannot remember many concrete details, there is something sincere about him and his story. But before Strike can question him further, Billy bolts from his office in a panic. Trying to get to the bottom of Billy's story, Strike and Robin Ellacott -- once his assistant, now a partner in the agency -- set off on a twisting trail that leads them through the backstreets of London, into a secretive inner sanctum within Parliament, and to a beautiful but sinister manor house deep in the countryside. And during this labyrinthine investigation, Strike's own life is far from straightforward. His newfound fame as a private eye means he can no longer operate behind the scenes as he once did. Plus, his relationship with his former assistant is more fraught than it ever has been; Robin is now invaluable to Strike in the business, but their personal relationship is much, much trickier than that. The most epic Robert Galbraith novel yet, Lethal White is "addictive, murderous fun" for British mystery lovers and crime fiction fans alike (Vox).

Author Robert Galbraith
Price $12.99
Publisher Little, Brown and Company
Release Date Sep 18, 2018
Source Google Books
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『The Hope That Kills』

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A missing daughter. A haunted cop. A deep, dark mystery.When a young woman's body is found in a disused East London building, in the shadow of the City of London's gleaming towers, DI Simon Fenchurch takes charge but soon faces an impossible situation.The victim has no ID on her, just hard-earned cash, but there is no doubting the ferocity of the attack. As Fenchurch and his team in the Met police service try to identify her and piece together her murder, they're faced with cruel indifference at every turn. Nobody cares about yet another dead prostitute.To Fenchurch, however, she could just as easily be Chloe, his daughter still missing after ten years, whose memory still haunts him, his burning obsession having killed his marriage.But the discovery of a second body forces Fenchurch to peel back the grimy layers shrouding the London sex trade, confronting his own traumatic past while racing to undo a scheme larger, more complex and more evil than anything he could possibly have imagined.Murder is intercut with humour in this fast-paced crime whodunnit set on the gritty streets of East London.

Author Ed James
Price unknown
Publisher Independently Published
Release Date May 25, 2020
Source Google Books
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『The Sinner』

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Investigating the brutal murder of one nun and the critical injury of another within a cloistered convent, medical examiner Maura Isles and homicide detective Jane Rizzoli stumble upon long-buried secrets that link these horrific crimes.

Author Tess Gerritsen
Price unknown
Publisher Random House Digital, Inc.
Release Date Jan 01, 2004
Source Google Books
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『The House at Sea's End』

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The dry humour and intelligence of Elly Griffith's Ruth Galloway mysteries, set in Norfolk, England, are fresh air in a genre dominated by surly male detectives and gun-totin' female PIs. In the third novel in the Ruth Galloway series, shoreline erosion at the village of Broughton Sea's End has revealed the skeletons of six men, their arms bound. From the mineral content of their bones, forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway can tell that they were all Germans. Most likely, DCI Harry Nelson reckons, they were killed by the local Home Guard when they tried to land during the Second World War. This is just the first complication in a story brimming with surprise twists, not all of them stemming from these murders. Ruth is a new mum of a daughter she adores but whose existence is raising eyebrows and is testing Ruth's assumption that she can be a mum, a professional archaeologist, a teacher, and an adjunct to a murder investigation all at the same time. The House at Sea's End is smart, witty, complex, intriguing, generous — much like its protagonist.

Author Elly Griffiths
Price unknown
Publisher McClelland & Stewart
Release Date Jan 03, 2012
Source Google Books
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Well, there you have it, folks! As you can see, there's espionage, forensics, femme fatales, and even a touch of the supernatural waiting for you within the pages of these mind-bending whodunits. Each of these detective mystery novels feature whip-smart detectives, blood-chilling crimes, and red herrings that will have you second-guessing until the very last page. They aren't just tests of the detectives' wits, but yours as well. So, children of the night, the game is afoot. It's time to put on your detective hat, immerse yourself in these thrilling narratives, and throw yourself into the intricate dance of deduction and deception. But remember: trust no one. Everyone's a suspect until proven otherwise. Now get out there and test your mettle against these ten masterpieces of mystery. Happy sleuthing!

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