Mystery books are detective short stories or novels that are thematized around a puzzling element to solve a crime. It incorporates logical solutions in contrast with hardcore detective stories may focus on action plays and gritty realistic criminal texts.
The history of Mystery fiction stories years back to the 1840s, when Edgar Allan Poe wrote first f its kind named The Murders in the Rue Morgue. Following Poe, in 1860 Wilkie Collins penned down some more classics of this genre, first being The Woman in White.
Classic Mystery books are among those unprecedented literary works of this genre that carves a long time impression in the readers’ mind. Some great authors in this genre include Raymond Chandler, Sherlock Holmes, Leslie Charteris, Agatha Christie, Daphne Du Maurier, Erle Stanley Gardner, Ellery Queen, Dashiell Hammett, Ross Macdonald, John D. MacDonald, Rex Stout, and Dorothy L. Sayers.
Sub genres of Mystery books encompasses Amateur Sleuth, Female PI, Hard-boiled, Historical Mysteries, Legal Thrillers, Police and Professionals, Private Investigators, Suspense and Thrillers, True Crime, British Mysteries, Cat Mysteries, Cozy Mysteries, Spy/Espionage, Forensic Science, Humor Mysteries, Romance Mysteries, etc.
Some Classic Mystery literary works since its inception comprise of:
- The Moonstone
- The Big Bow Mystery
- The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes
- The Hound Of The Baskervilles
- The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd
- Red Harvest
- The Surfeit Of The Lampreys (Also Published As Death Of A Peer)
- The Bride Wore Black
- Green Is For Danger
- The Tiger In The Smoke
- The Long Goodbye
- The Talented Mr. Ripley
- The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
- In Cold Blood
- The Blue Hammer
- Aristotle Detective
- The Name Of The Rose
- Gorky Park
Excluded from these are some of the all time legendary Classic Kid Mystery authors like Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys and J.K. Rowling.
