Best Mystery & Suspense Series Books. More to come as the year progresses. Flavia de luce by alan bradley
If your favorite thing about the girl on the train is the train, you’re in luck. It also marks one of the first uses of the “doubles” trope in suspense fiction — the titular woman in white bears a striking resemblance to another character, and this becomes a major plot device in the novel. ***winner best novel 2020 edgar allan poe awards*** the stranger diaries is a gothic take on a modern mystery, with a fictional victorian author, rm holland, as a central part of the plot.
She's written several series, each with an intrepid, if flawed, female lead.
This time around, bestselling author robert crais focuses his story on series sidekick joe pike in. In white butterfly, easy rawlins is hired by an lapd detective to investigate the murders of four women by a serial killer. This series follows clare, the manager of a coffeehouse in greenwich village that is host to a surprising number of murders. The 10 best mystery suspense books 9,347 reviews scanned.