I’ve read a few murder mysteries I love, and one or two that I didn’t. I absolutely adore ensemble whodunit and recently read The Guest List and The Paris Apartment by Lisa Foley and The Club by Ellery Lloyd and I loved them but the expositions take soooo long and it doesn’t get good until the last quarter of the book. I grew up loving Sherlock Holmes and wouldn’t mind detective stories but I, understandably, want modern novels lol. I also recently read The Perfect Marriage and the big twist at the end drove me up a wall. The entire time I was trying to solve the mystery only to find out that none of it mattered, then again maybe that’s on me not being good enough 😅
I really would love to find something that’s still twisty and turny but makes me feel like I’m in the story finding out details as time goes on, but not super predictable like you find out everything in exposition and then just piece it together. Some more ensemble mysteries would be great as long as they’re not just reused subplots because that can get old fast. I’d be happy to answer any questions if need be! Thank you! 🫶
by razzle720
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A Place of Execution, by Val McDermid. It’s very atmospheric. You know you’re being lead down the garden path from the beginning of the book, bit she plays fair and the ending was a surprise. I’m rarely surprised.
Most recently I read Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson, I liked it as a murder mystery/thriller because the narrator speaks to the reader by breaking the fourth wall. It hooked me from the start and it was fun to listen – the narrator walks you through lots of clues and it is just a great lighter read.
Do you like science fiction?
If you do, the best hard science fiction mystery is, “Inherit the stars”. A man is found dead on the moon. The problem is he died 50,000 years ago. So how did it happen? It’s hard science fiction, so to solve the mystery, you ‘watch’ along as the scientists talk about hard science things to solve the mystery.