What is the best mystery you ever read?

I am more old-school. I like Agatha Christie. Murder On The Orient Express was a good one.

I would recommend Contest by Matthew Reilly! It is a really good (GREAT) suspenseful novel and I finished it in two days (despite it's quite long length). It is really good and easy to get lost in. I would also recommend Catherine Coultirs, Riptide. I loved this book a lot and am saving it to read it agian sometime in the future. I recommended this book to my friend to read, and she loved it. She almost stopped reading because the beginning was boring for her (not me) but just before she quit she reached a point that made her want to keep reading! I promise if you read these books you won't be disappointed! A lot of surprises in them, ESPECIALLY in Contest.

Harlan Coben does some awesome mystery writing. I highly suggest any of his books. I never been disappointed yet with one of his books.

More than a decade a go I had read "Than there were none" by Agatha Christie, I still have to read a more thrilling mystery. It has been so far the best.

I used to be a real die hard mystery fan ever since my Nancy Drew days...then graduated to Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, etc...now I hardly ever read mysteries, but the closest I got I guess to a mystery type, least I thought it was, was The Da Vinci Code...couldn't put that book down

I would highly recommend anything by Mary Higgins Clark or Anne Perry. I've never read anything by either of these ladies that I didn't like, especially Mary Higgins Clark.

I like series, where the same hero is there. I really like Tony Hillerman, Janet Evonvich, Lilian Jackson Braun and Ellis Peters. That's not to say I don't like lots of others, just those are probably my favorites. Since Sherlock Holmes went out of copyright, there have been a lot of new Holmes books available & I enjoy those too.

It depends on what kind of stories you like. There are what's called "cosy" mysteries that are light hearted, without much blood, guts anf violence. One of my favorite series in that category is "The Cat Who..." series, by Lillian Braun. (I think I have the author's name right, not sure.) If you like the more realistic murder stories then anything by James Patterson might suit you better. There are historical mysteries. Elizabeth Peters writes a series about a female archeologist in Egypt in the early 1900's. Another author, Ellis Peters, writes about a monk detective in the middle ages. Sue Grafton has the alphabetical series, i.e., "A is for Alibi" that features a female detective by the name of Kinsey Milhone. Nevada Barr writes about a female park ranger that solves mysteries in the US national parks. Elliot Roosevelt and Harry Truman's daughter Margaret (can't think of her last name) write mysteries involving the White House and the government. Lots of good mysteries out there, these are just a few of my favorites. I hope you will find something you really enjoy. . Hope you

I've just finished reading all of the Inspector Lynley books by Elizabeth George. I'm getting my Inspector Lynley fix while waiting for PBS to air the next season of the Inspectory Lynley Mysteries on Mystery! I'm old school also - love Agatha Chrisie and (I hope I get this right, it's been ages since I've read her books) Margery Allingham ?? Geez, now this is going to bug me. Peter Davidson (Dr Who, Distant Shores, All Creatures Great/Small) played a dectective in the TV adaption series. My mind has gone a complete blank. Sorry. But, her books are great also!

Hiya AA, I loved reading the Moonstone I have forgotten who it was written by but I found it a really good book. Oh it was written by Wilkie Collins really good not that I like mysteries in Books that much but I did take to this one. I have read Mysteries and Romance Books that are intermingled mystery with Romance I much prefer those. Again I read them all ages ago and I had to give the Books away in the end. I was not able to take all of them with me.

I love sherlock holmes...thhree students was the best i ever read ...