Countless books of various genres huddle on store shelves. Each reader gives his preference to one or another. The bestsellers displayed at the entrance or at the windows immediately catch the eye. But among this variety there are detectives that excite and exercise the mind. Of course, as in any genre, you can always highlight the "good" and "bad" to your taste. And in order not to make a mistake with the choice, we offer you this selection of intellectual detectives. What we consider good. What will make you strain your convolutions, follow not only the events of the plot, like the script, but also notice details, notice evidence and, together with the characters, solve complex crimes.
Content:
- 1 Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes. Full composition of writings"
- 2 Agatha Christie, Ten Little Indians
- 3 Dan Brown, Da Vinci Code
- 4 Jim Thompson, “The Killer Inside Me”
- 5 Yu Nesby, “The Snowman”
- 6 Tana French, “In the Forest Thicket”
- 7 Ian Rankin, Sinners and the Righteous
- 8 Michelle Bussy, “Until You Sleep”
- 9 Elizabeth George, The Great Deliverance
- 10 Gillian Flynn, "Disappeared"
Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes. Full composition of writings"
Sherlock Holmes is known to almost everyone, but rather for popular films and series, rather than for a series of books. Initially, the stories of the great English detective Sherlock Holmes, living on 221B Baker Street, and his friend Dr. Watson found their life in the collection "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes."
In many countries, there was its own “best” literary detective, but it is the story of Sherlock Holmes that is the most famous for the whole world. Unusual detective, looking at everything around from the side, unusual for a simple person. His approach strikes the mind, and paradoxical guesses make you think about the things around us. The atmosphere of the "Foggy Albion" of the XIX century and many unsolved secrets will impress not only the Anglomans, but also avid adventure hunters.
Agatha Christie, Ten Little Indians
The greatest detective novel that will catch your interest.
Ten people who did not know each other before, are together on the island. All of them were collected there at the invitation of the Onim family. The Onim couple themselves did not arrive at the guests. In the living room there are ten porcelain black children, and in the room of each of the strangers there is a poster with a children's reading room.
Ten little Indians went to dinner
One choked, nine of them left
It is these words of the poem that serve as the starting point for frightening events, when real guests suddenly also become nine. The author creates an atmosphere of tension, suspicion for each of the characters present in the book. Interest is growing with each new line of the reader, because in this way the story develops. You have to solve the riddle of words and people yourself that suddenly were together.
Dan Brown, Da Vinci Code
This book can be safely called a “veteran” of the list of not only detective works, but also books that are simply required to be read.
The protagonist of the book, Dr. Robert Langdon, is investigating the murder of an employee of the Louvre. Unusual in the crime is that the body was discovered naked and positioned exactly as in the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci “The Vitruvian Man”, with a strange encrypted inscription on the body.
It can truly be called a delicacy for the mind. After all, the key to the solution lies precisely in the works of Leonardo da Vinci. You will not only practice solving secrets, but also learn interesting details about the works of the greatest representative of art.
Jim Thompson, “The Killer Inside Me”
This work immediately boasts a huge number of positive reviews from various critics, writers, and publications. For example, from Stephen King, who mentioned Jim Thompson as one of his favorite writers.
Noir detective tells of a deputy sheriff in a small town in Texas. The guy is friendly, open and leads a very normal life. But it seems only at first glance. Under the guise of a good-natured worker, a brutal killer is hiding.
The mind is captured by the behavior of the hero, his double life, his thoughts, motives. You initially know who the killer is hiding in, but the book will not leave you without surprises.
A powerful argument in favor of reading can be the fact that the legendary director Stanley Kubrick considered this detective the best work in his genre. Definitely worth finding out why.
Yu Nesby, The Snowman
A modern bestseller, known to many by the recent film adaptation, released in the 2017th year. The book is only part of a series of detective stories about investigator Harry Hall, but, despite this, it is completely perceived as a separate work outside the cycle.
The brutal murders of women, complex investigations, details for which you can cling to the mind - all this is accompanied by a snowman stuck together near the crime scene. You, along with the main character, have to find a connection between the killings and unravel the meaning of all the “messages” that the killer leaves.
The book is valuable not only in the frankness of what is written, but also in the opportunity to test one’s judgment. The author is constantly trying to confuse the reader by adding new suspects, interlacing storylines. After such hard work of the mind, you will really be excited when you learn the clue, and experience the satisfaction of what you read.
Tana French, “In the Forest Thicket”
The title of the book directly indicates the events taking place in it. Each of us has days that we don’t want to remember. So the main character, detective Rob Ryan, has a day that has always been his secret. The day when two of his friends disappeared into the forest, and he himself was accidentally found.
The past followed on his heels and finally overtook. In the same forest, the body of a brutally murdered girl was found.
The complete absence of clues and the realization that the detective will have to remember that terrible day in order to solve the crime, force the reader to dig deeper into the chair and walk on the heels of the plot. The book is read in one gulp, the atmosphere of the Irish forests and secrets absorbs attention, and the reader recalls the events of the past with the detective, trying to apply the memories to the present.
Ian Rankin, Sinners and the Righteous
The plot takes you to Inspector Rebus - a detective of the Scottish investigation. The hero is retired, but wants to prove that even despite his many years of work, it is too early to write him off. That's just the spectacular return prevents the resumption of the case 30 years ago, unsolved by a group of investigators earlier. They constituted a kind of fraternity with their own ideology, and the inspector himself was part of this group. They called themselves saints.
But who are these people really? Sinners or the righteous? What did they actually do? And why the crime was not solved? You yourself have to figure it out. The book runs into various analytical judgments, moral issues, causes a desire to think about their own actions.
Michelle Bussy, “Until You Sleep”
The plot of the book immediately catches with its mystery. Every night, when little Malon is left alone, his favorite plush toy is talking to him. She tells the kid mysterious stories. The boy lives in a beautiful family, but constantly talks about the "other mother", which he considers real. All this is considered children's fairy tales until the child shares his stories with the police commissioner. The heroes have yet to understand how children's stories relate to the crime that took place in the city.
The book weaves together seemingly unrelated things, forcing the reader to look at what is happening from a different angle. With this work, Michelle Bussy has definitely established himself as a strong detective writer.
Elizabeth George, The Great Deliverance
Another book that has previously gained popularity with a detective writer.
The story begins with a very clear picture. At first sight. In the house they find the body of a decapitated man. Next to the body is the daughter of the slain, splattered with blood and holding an ax in her hands. The girl immediately confesses to the murder, and the case could be closed. But it happens that for some reason no one believes her. But will you believe?
Investigators from London arrive in the city to still get to the truth and find out if the girl is guilty. You have to figure out what happened together with them and shed light on the situation that initially seemed obvious, but which is completely different.
Gillian Flynn, "Disappeared"
It is impossible not to mention "Disappeared." The book aroused the interest of the general public after the film adaptation in the 2014th year and fully justified its success.
On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the couple, the wife disappears. Traces of enforced disappearance and “clues” from the game, which the woman always arranged for her husband on their anniversary, remained in the house. These are the only leads that a baffled man can grab onto. But, trying to follow in the footsteps of his wife to find out the truth, he will reveal some of his own secrets. The question remains how desirable the discoveries will be.
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