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Advice a detective novel that isn't so predictable

Posted: 24 Jan 2020, 15:08
by Filip
Good evening guys,

I have a friend who is always complaining that every detective story is predictable and after reading a few pages she already knows how the book ends. So I would like to ask for a recommandation for a detective novel that is goood and also isn't so predictable. Is there such a book? I have no idea because I came here. :)

Thank you :)

Re: Advice a detective novel that isn't so predictable

Posted: 02 Feb 2020, 14:30
by mariana90
Does she find Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle too easy?

I would recommend any Dick Francis novel. They aren't 100% detective stories but definitely "detectivesque", in the sense that something criminal happens and an unwilling person (usually a jockey) is dragged into finding the guilty parties.

Re: Advice a detective novel that isn't so predictable

Posted: 05 Feb 2020, 01:34
by mary-annef
Has she tried Scandi crime? The Wallender series is quite accessible and I like Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson's House of Evidence.

Re: Advice a detective novel that isn't so predictable

Posted: 26 Mar 2020, 19:44
by khaulah
The crucifix killer by Chris Carter. It was a lovely reading experience. I couldn't stop reading till I found out who the real killer was.

Re: Advice a detective novel that isn't so predictable

Posted: 11 May 2020, 06:06
by Yearly Joy Besoy
I have recently read The opening night murders by James Scott Byrnside and it was honestly a great book. He also has another book of the same genre and maybe you'd be interested to check out his books.