Atmospheric Mystery

Clues arranged with intelligence — payoffs that feel earned in the dark.

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And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie · 1939

Accessible · 635 pp.

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In Cold Blood

Truman Capote · 1966

Challenging · 440 pp.

Atmospheric Mystery4.1

Murder on the Orient Express

Agatha Christie · 1934

Accessible · 324 pp.

Atmospheric Mystery3.9

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Stuart Turton · 2018

Moderate · 569 pp.

Atmospheric Mystery3.5

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle · 1892

Accessible · 610 pp.

Atmospheric Mystery3.5

The Big Sleep

Raymond Chandler · 1939

Accessible · 324 pp.

Atmospheric Mystery3.9

The Guest List

Lucy Foley · 2020

Moderate · 348 pp.

Atmospheric Mystery4.1

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Arthur Conan Doyle · 1902

Accessible · 435 pp.

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The Long Goodbye

Raymond Chandler · 1953

Moderate · 337 pp.

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The Maltese Falcon

Dashiell Hammett · 1930

Accessible · 521 pp.

Atmospheric Mystery4.3

The Man Who Died Twice

Richard Osman · 2021

Challenging · 606 pp.