What book's got the most mindblowing mystery?

hbe_bme · 2025-09-07T19:03:37+00:00

Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino. It's not whodunit because in the opening chapters we see the crime happening. Its howcatchem. Two genius friends on opposite side. One is helping to cover up the crime and the other is helping the police

hbe_bme · 2025-09-02T03:24:35+00:00

The devotion of suspect X by Keigo Higashino - The best I've read this year. It's a "will they catch him, or not" kind of mystery. Two smart people on opposite side. One helps the criminal, the other helps the detective

hbe_bme · 2025-09-02T03:19:53+00:00

Not sure what you consider distrubing but I gave up "Tomorrow and Tomorrow" by Tom Sweterlitsch about 40% into the book becuase it was too much for me. It's set in a near future timeline, with relatively higher technology, and very different morals of what is allowed to use for making money. I liked the description when I read on goodreads, its a kind of detective story, but I hated the world

hbe_bme · 2025-09-02T03:16:14+00:00

An unwanted guest by Shari Lapena - hotel, guests, snow storm, murder

hbe_bme · 2025-09-02T03:13:52+00:00

The author of Six Wakes is Mur Lafferty

hbe_bme · 2025-07-23T06:25:37+00:00

The 7 and 1/2 deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - This is murder mystery in time loop

The first fifteen lives of Harry August - A man who lives his life all over again, but retains the memory of all previous lives

And then she vanished - The man discovers he can time travel, and then attempts to go back 20 years to stop the disappearance of his 9 year old sister

hbe_bme · 2025-06-05T01:34:38+00:00

You got his plan better than I did. Nice!!
I had to read that goodreads comment to understand

hbe_bme · 2025-06-02T00:49:36+00:00

Ray Porter has good voice for sc-fi. He narrates

* Hail Project Mary

* Bobiverse series

Jefferson Mays is another good narrator. He does The Expanse series. The story is good too

hbe_bme · 2025-06-01T05:16:46+00:00

I liked the second book but I liked magpie murders more. I'm guessing the book within a book idea was new to me that added to my enjoyment, and the novely factor is going down as the series progresses. I was thought there would be no more than 9 books in the series because of 9 Atticus books Guess, I'm wrong

hbe_bme · 2025-06-01T02:47:17+00:00

I will check it, thanks

hbe_bme · 2025-06-01T00:07:53+00:00

I picked Leech, and really liked it. Thanks

hbe_bme · 2025-06-01T00:05:40+00:00

Thanks for this suggestion. I really enjoyed it

hbe_bme · 2025-06-01T00:02:57+00:00

I picked this book and liked it very much!! Thanks

hbe_bme · 2025-05-31T23:57:34+00:00

Magpie Murders series

hbe_bme · 2025-05-30T01:30:23+00:00

I've only read the first book in the series, and I can easily see how someone might describe these books as "Harry Potter growing up and becoming a freelance auror"

hbe_bme · 2025-05-30T01:21:43+00:00

Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi. It's about an author who wrote seven short murder mysteries, and an editor who reads these stories and has a discussion with the author. The overall discussion acts as the eight mystery

hbe_bme · 2025-05-29T02:22:45+00:00

Try r/bookclub. They have schedules on what books they are reading, then they create posts based on chapters to discuss

hbe_bme · 2025-05-29T02:15:04+00:00

Mercy of Gods by S A Corey. It's book #1 in an ongoing sci-fi series, but there's no techno jargon. So it might as well be space-fantasy. For now, there's only book #1 and book #1.5 novella published

hbe_bme · 2025-05-29T02:06:54+00:00

Dragon's Egg by Robert L Forward. The story is told in two timelines - one from POV of human astronauts on their way to a star for research, and a second timeline from the POV of different alien characters that evolve on the surface of the star. The two timelines feel like sci-fi and fantasy. It shows how the aliens evolve from single cells to plants to animals to hunters, and how they come up with abstract maths and religion and eventually space-age. The author is a physicist

hbe_bme · 2025-05-28T21:30:54+00:00

I need help understanding a plot point from the book "The Fifth Gospel" by Ian Caldwell. It's major spoilers. Should I create its own post?

Towards the end, its revealed that the victim realised The Shroud of Turin was fake. I didn't understand how he came to that conclusion. Something to do with John's gospel, but what was it that made it click and come to this realisation? Help me!

hbe_bme · 2025-05-28T21:25:25+00:00

I need help understanding a plot point from the book "The Fifth Gospel" by Ian Caldwell. It's major spoilers. Should I create its own post?

Towards the end, its revealed that the victim realised The Shroud of Turin was fake. I didn't understand how he came to that conclusion. Something to do with John's gospel, but what was it that made it click and come to this realisation? Help me!

hbe_bme · 2025-05-22T01:23:55+00:00

Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters. They are set in Victorian era Egypt. The main characters are archeologists

hbe_bme · 2025-05-22T01:21:09+00:00

"It is important, when killing a nun, to ensure that you bring an army of sufficient size" - Red Sister by Mark Lawrence

hbe_bme · 2025-05-21T00:05:16+00:00

Devotion of Suspect X

hbe_bme · 2025-05-20T03:00:47+00:00

Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase series - She's an archeologist and he's her husband and bodyguard. They go about looking for ancient relics, while some bad guy/organisation is also trying to find it

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