10 Best Crime Novels

Ipsita Bhattacharya
Dec 14, 2023

The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd

In Agatha Christie's cult classic, a wealthy widow unexpectedly commits suicide a year after her abusive husband's demise. This distresses her fiancé Roger Ackroyd, also a widower, who is later found dead. Detective Hercule Poirot has to unravel the mystery.

Strangers On A Train

Written by Patricia Highsmith, the novel talks about a psychotic male who meets a tennis player and they realise that both wish to kill someone. He puts forth an idea where they both exchange murders to evade the cops.

A Taste For Death

In this PD James novel, poet and detective Adam Dalgliesh investigates one of the most convoluted cases of his career after Matthew's Church becomes the blood-soaked scene of a double murder.

Where Are The Children?

Mary Higgins Clark's novel is about a beautiful young mother who is accused of murdering her two young children. While she gets off the hook on a technicality and reinvents herself in a new place and marries, suspicions resurface as two kids go missing.

In Cold Blood

Truman Capote's non-fiction book is based on real events that took place in and around Holcomb, Kansas in 1959. Multiple murders rock the town and the book delves into the killings and their consequences.

The Woman In The Window

AJ Finn writes about an agoraphobic protagonist who witnesses a murder while keeping tabs on her neighbours, the Russell family. Truth and fiction get blurred as the woman tries to unravel the secrets even when the cops disbelieve her.

The Silent Patient

Alex Michaelides's gripping psychological thriller novel revolves around a woman's act of violence against her husband who she murders for no apparent reason. The woman stops talking and her therapist is obsessed with uncovering her motive.

Magpie Murders

In this novel by Anthony Horowitz, you get two murder mysteries for one. The last chapter of a mystery novel by an author who has been killed is missing. His editor has to discover the last chapter, and in turn, the author's murderer and the two are somehow connected.

The Snowman

In Jo Nesbo's book, a young boy wakes up after a night of snowfall to discover his mother has disappeared. A pink scarf, the boy's Christmas gift to his mom is now worn by the snowman that inexplicably appeared in their yard earlier that day.

Mr Mercedes

The book by Stephen King revolves around a lone driver in a stolen Mercedes who runs over a crowd of desperate unemployed people who had lined up for a spot at a job fair.

VIEW ALL

Read Next Story