An Introvert’s Oasis (Read a locked room mystery)
June 17, 2022
Read a mystery that focuses on an impossible crime committed in a locked room. Not even the introvert’s favorite place is safe!
One by One by Ruth Ware
Our contemporary Agatha Christie offers up her version of And Then There Were None when 11 people are stranded in a ritzy ski chalet and begin dying one by one.
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Lives unravel amid the revelry on an eerie and remote island as family and friends assemble for a glam wedding in an updated Murder on the Orient Express. Each of the principal characters has a reason to want one of their number dead.
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The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Doomed to repeat the same day over and over, Aiden Bishop must solve the murder of Evelyn Hardcastle in order to escape the curse in a world filled with enemies where nothing and no one are quite what they seem.
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Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
On a three-day journey through the snowbound Balkan hills, Hercule Poirot must weed through an array of international suspects to find the passenger who murdered a gangster on the Orient Express.
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They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall
For fans of thrilling contemporary suspense like The Woman in Cabin 10, Rachel Howzell Hall’s brilliant stand-alone novel modernizes and pays homage to Agatha’s Christie’s And Then There Were None, bringing a diverse cast of seven sinners to a private island for a reckoning that will leave you breathless.
Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty
When journalist Lily Bigelow is found dead in the courtyard of Carrickfergus castle, it looks like a suicide. Yet there are just a few things that bother Detective Sean Duffy enough to keep the case file open.
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Malice by Keigo Higashino
Acclaimed bestselling novelist Kunihiko Hidaka is found brutally murdered in his home on the night before he’s planning to leave Japan and relocate to Vancouver. His body is found in his office, a locked room, within his locked house, by his wife and his best friend, both of whom have rock solid alibis. Or so it seems.
The Branson Beauty by Claire Booth
The crash of the old paddleboat The Branson Beauty during a wintry luncheon cruise is a big enough problem for new sheriff Hank Worth. The pilot is found virtually catatonic in the wheelhouse, and there are dozens of aged passengers to rescue. But those are the least of his worries after he discovers high school track star Mandy Bryson’s body locked inside the Captain’s private dining room.
Schemers by Bill Pronzini
A locked room mystery that goes from stolen books to stolen lives. The hunt for a phantom stalker with a penchant for pouring acid to make his point give Nameless and his partner Jake more than enough work to earn their fees. As long as neither turns his back at the wrong moment.
Death in the Family by Tessa Wegert
As a nor’easter rears up against New York State’s Thousand Islands region, NYPD Detective Shana Merchant and her new partner, Tim Wellington, respond to a missing-persons report from a private island. This locked-room thriller has all of the requisite tangled motives and deductive crime-solving, along with a riveting introduction to edgy survivor Shana and Tim, her steady, easygoing foil.