Title. I've been on a murder mystery kick recently and am looking for more writers to get into. Some that I've been enjoying are Seishi Yokomizo, Ruth Rendell, and of course Agatha Christie, but I'm looking for something a little more current-day if possible. Bonus points for no noir (not my cup of tea) as well as for anything that's a bit more "literary"; no pulp, please!
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Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, In the Woods by Tana French, Still Life by Louise Penny, The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths, The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen, Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler, The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie R King, The Splendour Falls by Susanna Kearsley
I enjoyed these recently:
*Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide* by Rupert Holmes – Aspiring murderers enrolled in a specialist school designed to help their students complete their ‘Thesis Project’ be they fee-paying members, natural talents or scholarships. Weirdly a ‘cosy murder’ book but nice and page turning compelling.
*Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone* and *Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect* by by Benjamin Stevenson. Murder mysteries, but written by a knowing author in a meta-style ‘You know I survive because I wrote this book’ and ‘Just to let you know, the murderer’s name will be mentioned 56 times before the final chapter…’ Clearly designed with the Solve-Along reader in mind, so it becomes a compelling little puzzle too.
The first one is a family reunion at a Ski Resort, the second a writer’s book tour on a cross-Australia train.
I would say Liz Moore and Laura McHugh are “a bit more literary.”