10 Best Travel and Puzzle-Solving Mystery Books for Adventure Seekers
Adventure junkies and mystery enthusiasts, listen up! If you've got a wanderlust that just can't be tamed and a knack for solving tricky riddles, we're on the same page. Get hitched with the thrill of traveling to exotic locales and the adrenaline rush of uncovering hidden secrets, right in the safety of your comfortable couch.
You're in for a treat with our top selection of 10 travel-themed mystery novels that perfectly blend gripping narratives with stimulating puzzles. Dive into meticulously crafted worlds filled with fascinating characters. Get engrossed in plots brimming with clues and navigate through picturesque settings while cracking convoluted cases.
From eerie mansions in unexplored islands to bustling city streets, these books span across various locales, immersing readers in vibrant cultures, histories, and atmospheres, taking you on a global adventure without ever leaving your seat.
Who says you can’t travel the world and satisfy your detective tendencies at the same time? Whether you're a cozy mystery lover or a hard-boiled crime connoisseur, our top picks are tailored to offer a thrilling literary journey. Get ready to pack your intellectual bags and let the mind-blowing adventures unfold.
Hop on board and embark on these enticing literary adventures that will excite, challenge, and inspire you. No passport required, just an insatiable appetite for adventure and intrigue!
『The Da Vinci Code』
#1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER • While in Paris, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is awakened by a phone call in the dead of the night. The elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum, his body covered in baffling symbols. “Blockbuster perfection.... A gleefully erudite suspense novel.” —The New York Times “A pulse-quickening, brain-teasing adventure.” —People As Langdon and gifted French cryptologist Sophie Neveu sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to discover a trail of clues hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci—clues visible for all to see and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter. Even more startling, the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion—a secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci—and he guarded a breathtaking historical secret. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle—while avoiding the faceless adversary who shadows their every move—the explosive, ancient truth will be lost forever.
Author | Dan Brown |
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Price | unknown |
Publisher | Anchor |
Release Date | Mar 28, 2006 |
Source | Google Books |
『Angels & Demons - Movie Tie-In』
The murder of a world-famous physicist raises fears that the Illuminati are operating again after centuries of silence, and religion professor Robert Langdon is called in to assist with the case.
Author | Dan Brown |
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Price | unknown |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Release Date | Mar 31, 2009 |
Source | Google Books |
『The Eight』
The “fascinating” #1 international bestseller of a quest across centuries by two intrepid women to reunite the pieces of a powerful, ancient chess set (Los Angeles Times Book Review). A fabulous, bejeweled chess set that belonged to Charlemagne has been buried in a Pyrenees abbey for a thousand years. As the bloody French Revolution rages in Paris, the nuns dig it up and scatter its pieces across the globe because, when united, the set contains a secret power that could topple civilizations. To keep the set from falling into the wrong hands, two novices, Valentine and Mireille, embark on an adventure that begins in the streets of Paris and leads to Russia, Egypt, Corsica, and into the heart of the Algerian Sahara. Two hundred years later, while on assignment in Algeria, computer expert Catherine Velis finds herself drawn unwillingly into the deadly “Game” still swirling around the legendary chess set—a game that will require her to risk her life and match wits with diabolical forces. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Katherine Neville including rare images from her life and travels.
Author | Katherine Neville |
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Price | $17.99 |
Publisher | Open Road Media |
Release Date | Jul 21, 2015 |
Source | Google Books |
『The Historian』
The record-breaking phenomenon from Elizabeth Kostova is a celebrated masterpiece that "refashioned the vampire myth into a compelling contemporary novel, a late-night page-turner" (San Francisco Chronicle). Breathtakingly suspenseful and beautifully written, The Historian is the story of a young woman plunged into a labyrinth where the secrets of her family’s past connect to an inconceivable evil: the dark fifteenth-century reign of Vlad the Impaler and a time-defying pact that may have kept his awful work alive through the ages. The search for the truth becomes an adventure of monumental proportions, taking us from monasteries and dusty libraries to the capitals of Eastern Europe—in a feat of storytelling so rich, so hypnotic, so exciting that it has enthralled readers around the world. “Part thriller, part history, part romance...Kostova has a keen sense of storytelling and she has a marvelous tale to tell.” —Baltimore Sun
Author | Elizabeth Kostova |
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Price | $12.99 |
Publisher | Little, Brown |
Release Date | Jun 01, 2005 |
Source | Google Books |
『The Shadow of the Wind』
From A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers—featuring cover art by Jessica Hische It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and hardcover editions, each with a type cover showcasing a gorgeously illustrated letter of the alphabet. In a design collaboration between Jessica Hische and Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, the series features unique cover art by Hische, a superstar in the world of type design and illustration, whose work has appeared everywhere from Tiffany & Co. to Wes Anderson's recent film Moonrise Kingdom to Penguin's own bestsellers Committed and Rules of Civility. With exclusive designs that have never before appeared on Hische's hugely popular Daily Drop Cap blog, the Penguin Drop Caps series debuted with an 'A' for Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, a 'B' for Charlotte Brönte's Jane Eyre, and a 'C' for Willa Cather's My Ántonia. It continues with more perennial classics, perfect to give as elegant gifts or to showcase on your own shelves. Z is for Zafón. Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War. Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer’s son who mourns the loss of his mother, finds solace in what he finds in the “cemetery of lost books,” a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind, by one Julián Carax. But when he sets out to find the author’s other works, he makes a shocking discovery: someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book Carax has written. In fact, Daniel may have the last of Carax’s books in existence. Soon Daniel’s seemingly innocent quest opens a door into one of Barcelona’s darkest secrets--an epic story of murder, madness, and doomed love.
Author | Carlos Ruiz Zafon |
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Price | unknown |
Publisher | Penguin |
Release Date | Sep 24, 2014 |
Source | Google Books |
『The Prague Cemetery』
A top-selling international work by the author of The Name of the Rose follows the controversial 19th-century story of a European world where violence and occult practices shaping key historical events are commonly linked by a solitary evil genius.
Author | Umberto Eco |
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Price | unknown |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) |
Release Date | Jan 01, 2011 |
Source | Google Books |
『The Secret History』
A transfer student from a small town in California, Richard Papen is determined to affect the ways of his Hampden College peers, and he begins his intense studies under the tutelage of eccentric Julian Morrow. BOMC & QPB Alt. Tour.
Author | Donna Tartt |
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Price | unknown |
Publisher | Alfred a Knopf Incorporated |
Release Date | Jan 01, 1992 |
Source | Google Books |
『The Rule of Four』
“One part The Da Vinci Code, one part The Name of the Rose and one part A Separate Peace . . . a smart, swift, multitextured tale that both entertains and informs.”—San Francisco Chronicle NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Princeton. Good Friday, 1999. On the eve of graduation, two friends are a hairsbreadth from solving the mysteries of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, a Renaissance text that has baffled scholars for centuries. Famous for its hypnotic power over those who study it, the five-hundred-year-old Hypnerotomachia may finally reveal its secrets—to Tom Sullivan, whose father was obsessed with the book, and Paul Harris, whose future depends on it. As the deadline looms, research has stalled—until a vital clue is unearthed: a long-lost diary that may prove to be the key to deciphering the ancient text. But when a longtime student of the book is murdered just hours later, a chilling cycle of deaths and revelations begins—one that will force Tom and Paul into a fiery drama, spun from a book whose power and meaning have long been misunderstood. “Profoundly erudite . . . the ultimate puzzle-book.”—The New York Times Book Review
Author | Ian Caldwell/Dustin Thomason |
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Price | unknown |
Publisher | Dial Press Trade Paperback |
Release Date | Aug 21, 2012 |
Source | Google Books |
『Montague Island Mysteries and Other Logic Puzzles』
Solve logic puzzles AND play sleuth at the same time! This thoroughly unique book--written by the former editor of Games magazine--offers the immersive pleasure of a novel as it follows a group of friends who meet regularly to play murder-mystery games at the island home of a wealthy couple. As you go about completing the puzzles, you'll learn more about the guests, the house, and the island . . . and uncover a secret about the mansion itself. Maps of the island throughout enhance the atmosphere and draw solvers deeper into the story.
Author | R. Wayne Schmittberger |
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Price | unknown |
Publisher | Puzzlewright |
Release Date | Nov 01, 2016 |
Source | Google Books |
『The Luminaries』
The winner of the Man Booker Prize, this "expertly written, perfectly constructed" bestseller (The Guardian) is now a Starz miniseries. It is 1866, and Walter Moody has come to stake his claim in New Zealand's booming gold rush. On the stormy night of his arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of 12 local men who have met in secret to discuss a series of unexplained events: a wealthy man has vanished, a prostitute has tried to end her life, and an enormous cache of gold has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Moody is soon drawn into a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely ornate as the night sky. Richly evoking a mid-nineteenth-century world of shipping, banking, and gold rush boom and bust, The Luminaries is at once a fiendishly clever ghost story, a gripping page-turner, and a thrilling novelistic achievement. It richly confirms that Eleanor Catton is one of the brightest stars in the international literary firmament.
Author | Eleanor Catton |
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Price | $3.99 |
Publisher | Little, Brown |
Release Date | Oct 15, 2013 |
Source | Google Books |
In conclusion, there’s a wild ride waiting for everyone in these pages. For anyone with a hankering for far-off places, stomach-turning twists, and brain-teasing puzzles, these travel-themed mystery books are your ticket. They seamlessly blend stunning landscapes, cultural exploration, daring adventures, and mind-boggling enigmas into rollicking good reads. Every one of these books is a passport to a thrilling escapade - from the comforts of your armchair or your cozy bed. So buckle up, fellow adventure-seekers, for a literary journey that will whisk you away to enigmatic destinations - no suitcase or plane ticket needed! These books stand as every adventurer’s gateway to explore the world, solve mysteries, and quench your thirst for thrilling narratives. Just remember, each adventure is only as good as the reader perceives it. So, open your mind, tap into your inner sleuth, and let the adventure unfold through the captivating power of words!
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