10 Best Villain Mystery Books Featuring Intriguing Villains!
Let's face it, folks, a good mystery novel is nothing without an enthralling villain. It's that sinister character in the shadows that keeps us on our toes, flipping pages like mad and often staying up way past our bedtime! Yes, good guys are critical, but let's give some credit where it's due, shall we? This list we've curated of the 10 best villain mystery books is a veritable celebration of the most cunning, most diabolical, most captivating, and yes, the most terrifying villains that literature has to offer. They are the ones who get your pulse racing and tempt you to peek at the last page (although we trust you to resist that urge!). The villains in these books are not just pure evil, they've got layers - with compelling motives, surprising vulnerabilities, and mind-bending tactics. So, loosen up, brace yourself for some sleepless nights ahead and dive straight into these gut-twisting stories filled with intriguing villains. It's time not to just read about the heroes, but to acknowledge the irresistible lure of the dark side. After all, it's our fascination with villains that really stirs the mystery soup, isn't it?
『Vicious』
Ten years after an experiment designed to tap a human's supernatural abilities goes terribly wrong, Victor breaks out of prison and resolves to track down his former roommate, Eli, who resolves to eradicate the world's super-powered people.
Author | V. E. Schwab |
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Price | unknown |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Release Date | Sep 24, 2013 |
Source | Google Books |
『Soon I Will be Invincible』
Doctor Impossible—evil genius, would-be world conqueror—languishes in prison. Shuffling through the cafeteria line with ordinary criminals, he wonders if the smartest man in the world has done the smartest thing he could with his life. After all, he's lost every battle he's ever fought. But this prison won't hold him forever. Fatale—half woman, half high-tech warrior—used to be an unemployed cyborg. Now, she's a rookie member of the world's most famous super-team, the Champions. But being a superhero is not all flying cars and planets in peril—she learns that in the locker rooms and dive bars of superherodom, the men and women (even mutants) behind the masks are as human as anyone. Soon I Will Be Invincible is a wildly entertaining first novel, brimming with attitude and humor—an emotionally resonant look at good and evil, love and loss, power and glory.
Author | Austin Grossman |
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Price | unknown |
Publisher | Vintage |
Release Date | Jun 10, 2008 |
Source | Google Books |
『The Witches』
Only when you come face to face with a witch do you realize what they are really like.
Author | Roald Dahl |
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Price | unknown |
Publisher | Puffin |
Release Date | Jan 01, 1998 |
Source | Google Books |
『The Silence of the Lambs』
An ingenious, masterfully written novel, Thomas Harris's The Silence of the Lambs is a classic of suspense and storytelling and the basis for the Oscar award-winning horror film starring Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling and Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter. A serial murderer known only by a grotesquely apt nickname—Buffalo Bill—is stalking particular women. He has a purpose, but no one can fathom it, for the bodies are discovered in different states. Clarice Starling, a young trainee at the F.B.I. Academy, is surprised to be summoned by Jack Crawford, Chief of the Bureau's Behavioral Science section. Her assignment: to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and grisly killer now kept under close watch in the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Lecter's insight into the minds of murderers could help track and capture Buffalo Bill. Smart and attractive, Starling is shaken to find herself in a strange, intense relationship with the acutely perceptive Lecter. His cryptic clues—about Buffalo Bill and about her—launch Clarice on a search that every reader will find startling, harrowing, and totally compelling.
Author | Thomas Harris |
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Price | $9.99 |
Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
Release Date | Dec 28, 2009 |
Source | Google Books |
『The Talented Mr Ripley』
The first stage adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's famous crime novel Tom Ripley is a criminal with an ambiguous past. He is sent to Italy by a wealthy financier to try and coax home the rich man's son. In the process Ripley becomes both attracted and seduced, finding the murder the only way to deal with the situation. From that point Ripley tries to cover up his crime. Patricia Highsmith's beguiling tale of morality and amorality is given a dramatic rendering by contemporary dramatist Phyllis Nagy, who knew Highsmith in her later years in Paris. "Each play I see by Phyllis Nagy confirms me in the belief that she is the finest playwright to have emerged in the 1990s" (Financial Times)
Author | Patricia Highsmith/Phyllis Nagy |
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Price | $9.99 |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Release Date | Apr 25, 2014 |
Source | Google Books |
『American Psycho』
Patrick Bateman is Harvard-educated and intelligent. He works by day on Wall Street, earning a fortune to complement the one he was born with. His nights he spends in ways we cannot begin to fathom - doing impermissible things to women. He is living his own "American Dream."
Author | Bret Easton Ellis |
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Price | unknown |
Publisher | Vintage Books |
Release Date | Jan 01, 1991 |
Source | Google Books |
『Misery』
The #1 New York Times bestseller about a famous novelist held hostage in a remote location by his "number one fan." One of "Stephen King's best...genuinely scary" (USA TODAY). Paul Sheldon is a bestselling novelist who has finally met his number one fan. Her name is Annie Wilkes, and she is more than a rabid reader--she is Paul's nurse, tending his shattered body after an automobile accident. But she is also furious that the author has killed off her favorite character in his latest book. Annie becomes his captor, keeping him prisoner in her isolated house. Annie wants Paul to write a book that brings Misery back to life--just for her. She has a lot of ways to spur him on. One is a needle. Another is an axe. And if they don't work, she can get really nasty. "Terrifying" (San Francisco Chronicle), "dazzlingly well-written" (The Indianapolis Star), and "truly gripping" (Publishers Weekly), Misery is "classic Stephen King...full of twists and turns and mounting suspense" (The Boston Globe).
Author | Stephen King |
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Price | unknown |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Release Date | Feb 28, 2017 |
Source | Google Books |
『And Then There Were None』
And Then There Were None is the signature novel of Agatha Christie, the most popular work of the world's bestselling novelist. It is a masterpiece of mystery and suspense that has been a fixture in popular literature since it was originally published in 1939. First there were ten-a curious assortment of strangers summoned to a private island off the coast of Devon. Their host, an eccentric millionaire unknown to any of them, is nowhere to be found. The ten guests have precious little in common except that each has a deadly secret buried deep in their own past. And, unknown to them, each has been marked for murder. Alone on the island and trapped by foul weather, one by one the guests begin to fall prey to the hidden murderer among them. With themselves as the only suspects, only the dead are above suspicion.
Author | Agatha Christie |
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Price | unknown |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Release Date | May 03, 2004 |
Source | Google Books |
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Source | Google Books |
『V Is for Villain』
Brad Baron is used to looking lame compared to his older brother, Blake. Though Brad's basically a genius, Blake is a superhero in the elite Justice Force. And Brad doesn't measure up at his high school, either, where powers like super-strength and flying are the norm. So when Brad makes friends who are more into political action than weight lifting, he's happy to join a new crew-especially since it means spending more time with Layla, a girl who may or may not have a totally illegal, totally secret super-power. And with her help, Brad begins to hone a dangerous new power of his own. But when they're pulled into a web of nefarious criminals, high-stakes battles, and startling family secrets, Brad must choose which side he's on. And once he does, there's no turning back. Perfect for fans of The Avengers, Ironman, and classic comic books, V is for Villain reveals that it's good to be bad. Praise for RED MOON RISING: 2011 Nominee for YALSA Teens' Top Ten pick "The details are imaginative and believable, as are the social interactions at school and in Danny's home. This is a nifty book to pair with discussions about race and class, and a few direct references to Nazis also make it potentially useful for history connections." -Booklist "Moore tackles important issues such as self-esteem, prejudice/discrimination, loyalty, and acceptance, all woven into a teen paranormal adventure drama Fans of the genre will enjoy this different spin on the supernatural." -School Library Journal "Moore ably keeps this novel from becoming simply social commentary by allowing Danny, a kid far more concerned with his new love, his future, and his newly found wulf strength than what he might represent in larger society, to narrate his own transformative experience." -The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Author | Peter Moore |
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Price | unknown |
Publisher | Disney-Hyperion |
Release Date | May 05, 2015 |
Source | Google Books |
And there you have it, folks! These ten tantalizingly twisted tales would sure make your heart race and your mind boggle. Get ready to dive headfirst into worlds where villains are not just the side characters, but the main event. Whether they're terrifying or intriguing, every baddie in these books will shock you, each in their own hauntingly distinctive ways. It's like these authors have crafted their stories with such skilled precision, it’ll feel like you’re playing a game of high stakes chess. Remember, reading is all about the journey, so buckle up, this is gonna be one hell of a ride. Be it comic or novel, every page in these feats of fiction would tantalize your senses, leaving you craving more. A word of caution though, before you embark on this wicked roller coaster ride - these aren't your conventional stories of clear-cut good and evil. These are worlds of greys and blurred lines. But trust us, this twisted journey through shady characters, baffling mysteries and chilling revelations will be worth your while. So, don your detective caps, brace yourself for some sleepless nights, and let the wicked games begin!
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