Looking for some good mystery novels/short story compilation, etc. Preferably no sci fi or futuristic stuff, no Stephen King. TIA.
FWIW just finished reading “We have to talk about Kevin” by Lionel Shriver. It was OK.
I’ve been hooked on the Cleopatra Fox series. Despite not being overly complex, it delivers likable characters and keeps the story moving without getting bogged down.
I think anything by C.J Tudor would fit your bill
The Chalk Man is very good, as is The Burning Girls
English author, very distinctive storytelling style
Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.
Oh this one I read many years ago and liked it a lot.
Really, it’s hard to go wrong with Umberto Eco. Though I have to admit, I’ve tried MULTIPLE times to crack Foucalt’s Pendulum and that’s a super dense read.
Basically the same plot as Dan Brown’s DaVinci Code, but for intellectuals. :)
Oh that woulld be The island of the day before for me. Couldn’t fully understand it but read it nonetheless. Foucault’s pendulum was my late father’s favorite book so thanks for the memory.
I’m going to go with a classic and recommend Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Great recommendation, read it many years ago and liked it.
Tana French, Dublin Murder Squad.
Oh that reminds me of The Dublin Trilogy
A Man With One Of Those Faces definitely crime/mystery!
By Caimh McDonnell, just downloaded it. Thanks!
Enjoy all 5 books of The Dublin Trilogy 😅
Downloaded! Thank you.
Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen
Downloaded! Thank you.
Horror, last year I read Between two fires, cant remember the author. Felt like I was reading dark souls, but with more of a religious horror vibe. It was okay. Gave me ideas for my dnd campaigns.
Will look it yp. Thank you.
I’ve been reading some Agatha Christie here and there. Fun short mystery reads!
I’d like to recommend Laird Barron who mostly writes horror stories and novels. I’ve read his short story collection “The Beautiful Thing That Awaits us All” and there are some really good ones in there (along with some mediocre of course). And his novel The Croning is my favorite horror novel in recent memory. I felt like it could be adapted well into a movie, too.
Another great (very scary imo) novel is Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons. Might be my top horror novel.
Also, I’d like to second someone else’s suggestion for Between Two Fires.
@Thewhizard I just read Carrion Comfort’s prologue (Literally, is all I have read) and I am hooked! It looks like I am going to enjoy the hell out of this book.
Super cool!
