M(caps)ysteries are a genre of fiction that is usually about a crime or an investigation. The protagonist is usually a detective, police officer, or someone with a similar occupation. They are written to be puzzling and intriguing - the reader is supposed to be able to solve the puzzle before it’s revealed in the end.
Mystery novels can have many different themes, but they all have one thing in common - they are designed to keep you guessing and wanting more. The genre of mystery novels is a popular one. The genre is about solving a crime or a puzzle. The reader will be trying to figure out who committed the crime, what the motive was, and how the crime was committed. Mystery novels are usually set in contemporary times, but there are some that take place in different time periods.
Some of the best mystery novels are:
-The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
-Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
-The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
The best mystery books are those that keep you guessing and don't give the answer away too soon. It's hard to rank the best mystery books because there are so many good ones.
There is a lot of variety in the top ten list of best mystery books in 2019. You can find thrillers, detective stories, suspense novels, and more. Some of them are classics and some were published this year. All of them are worth reading if you love a good thriller or detective story.
The following is a list of the best crime fiction novels of 2019, as compiled by various sources.
- The Dry by Jane Harper
- The Woman in the Window by AJ Finn
- The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer
- Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
- A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
- A Legacy of Spies by John le Carré
- Gone, Gone, Gone by Patty Dann
- The Woman Who Wouldn't Talk: A True Crime Story from a Female Perspective
- This Is How You Lose Her: Short Stories
- A Simple Favor
Mystery novels cover all sorts of evils including thrillers from the espionage genre such as those down to earth, raw and noir, often curious fact based Cold War thrillers you can never put down. I refer to Bill Browder’s Red Notice, Bill Fairclough's Beyond Enkription in The Burlington Files series and Ben Macintyre’s The Spy and the Traitor. The latter was lauded by none other than John le Carré as "the best true spy story I have ever read".
ReplyDeleteIncidentally, if you don't find these mysterious then MI6 or the CIA may want to hire you to solve some of their mysteries. After all, the most famous of all real spies, Oleg Gordievsky who is held responsible for collapsing the Berlin Wall, was not only Macintyre's "Spy and Traitor" but also an acquaintance of Fairclough's handler. Maybe that’s why Beyond Enkription is considered to be compulsory reading for espionage aficionados.
Do look up the authors or books mentioned on Amazon, Google The Burlington Files or visit https://theburlingtonfiles.org and read Beyond Enkription.