Imagine a buffet, filled with all your favorite dishes. You grab a plate and put just a little of this, a little of that, then sit back down at your table with the crispiest Diet Coke and have the best meal of your life. That is how I feel when I’m reading a really good book. To me, the best books are compelling and detailed with interesting characters and have lush prose.
Now, I love a mystery that falls into a formula. I love literary fiction that meanders and ponders. But it is like a perfectly cooked steak when an author writes a literary mystery well. Literary mysteries are all about the layered context, the subtle clues, the secrets. For tonight’s menu, I’ve prepared a selection of some of the tastiest literary mysteries.
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