Originally posted by capricornrcks
If you like historical mysteries I would like to suggest the SPQR series by John Maddox Roberts(ancient Rome),The Shinobi Mysteries by Susan Spann (feudal Japan), Lord Meren seires by Lynda S. Robinson.
For urban fantasy mysteries the Dresden files series by Jim Butcher, Nightside series by Simon R. Green are all good.
For a conventional mystery I'd recommend the Vivero Letter by Desmond Bagley.The plot is as follows.
Jeremy Wheale's brother is murdered by criminals attempted to steal a
family heirloom: a 16th-century gold tray. In attempting to find out
what was so special about the tray that someone would kill for it, he
discovers that it contains a map. Wheale pursues the trail from Devon, England to Mexico and finally to the tropical rain forests of the Yucatan peninsula,
where he joins with two archeologists to locate a legendary horde of
gold. This hoard comes from Uaxuanoc, the centuries-old lost city of the Mayas. However, the Mafia
are on the trail of Wheale as well as the Chicleros, a deadly group of
convict mercenaries, and Wheale is uncertain that he can even trust his
two archeologist friends.
Bold - Heard a lot of good things about that.
Others (classic ones) - A lot of Agatha Christie's are good like And Then There Were None, and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Or you could try Sherlock Holmes.
For thrillers - Eye of the Needle is a spy thriller novel by Ken Follett set during the World War.
Medical thrillers - Try Robin Cook (Fever, Toxin, etc.)
Legal mysteries - Any of the Perry Mason (fictional criminal defence lawyer) books by Erle Stanley Gardner. Short, fast-paced novels.
Then there's Dan Brown as well -- Angels and Demons was his best, imo. (And I found Inferno really bad.)
Edited by Nickel8 - 7 years ago