FROM WHODUNITS TO COZY CRIMES: 10 MURDER MYSTERY BOOKS WITH VARIED STYLES

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  • Опубликовано: 12 янв 2025

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  • @tristanandtheclassics6538
    @tristanandtheclassics6538  Месяц назад +15

    Tell me, what murder mysteries do you love?

    • @georgesly
      @georgesly Месяц назад +3

      Conan-Doyle's Sherlock Holmes particularly The Speckled Band and the Sign of Four. Any of Raymond Chandler's Phillip Marlowe stories particularly the Long Goodbye. The novels you've mentioned here by Allingham, Christie and James. James is the most realistic of that lot. You're right there are too many too list all of them.

    • @MissVindicat
      @MissVindicat Месяц назад +11

      The Thursday Murder Club.

    • @monicamoskovics8686
      @monicamoskovics8686 Месяц назад +2

      It is drama, but I loved Sleuth! Excited to give these a read, thank you!

    • @wburris2007
      @wburris2007 Месяц назад +8

      Nancy Drew & The Hardy Boys, but that was about 55 years ago that I was reading them.

    • @seannolan9754
      @seannolan9754 Месяц назад +2

      I would have added to the list The Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing. I don't want to say too much, but the novel is written all in first person; however, the narrating character does not stay consistent.

  • @annadupont7615
    @annadupont7615 9 дней назад +9

    I love that you included PD James on your list - she's a fantastic author! Her writing style and the development of her characters makes it such a pleasure to read her books. I haven't read her books in a few decades, so thank you for the reminder to go back and do some re-reading ❤

  • @lizannebutner876
    @lizannebutner876 Месяц назад +21

    It is so refreshing to see someone talking about real literature regardless of genre! You mentioned a few I have not read but now really want to read! Thank you!

  • @aamnahere6250
    @aamnahere6250 Месяц назад +65

    Readers of classic literature often ten to look down upon murder mysteries and thrillers but they can be just as well crafted, illuminating, atmospheric and enjoyable as the most highly regarded masterpieces. There's a whole world to discover in their creative mysteries and thrills from all over the world.

    • @kathleensmith644
      @kathleensmith644 28 дней назад +1

      I think you mean tend to not ten.

    • @katherineschmitt831
      @katherineschmitt831 26 дней назад +1

      My son had a high school English class that explored all the genres. There is good literature in science fiction, fantasy, thrillers, probability even romance. Don’t waste your time on the badly written ones, enjoy the good ones.

    • @teleriferchnyfain
      @teleriferchnyfain 5 дней назад +1

      I’ve graduate degrees in English & French lit, & taught English in HS & junior college. Murder mysteries are not only my fav genre but some are classic lit - Edgar Allen Poe (Murders in the Rue Morgue is arguably the first murder mystery) & Wilkie Collin’s (Lady in White, The Moonstone) are considered‘classics’, also to my everlasting delight, Dashielle Hammett (The Maltese Falcon) & Agatha Christie are both now considered worthy of inclusion in college lit classes 🥰

    • @Sandra-cw6vt
      @Sandra-cw6vt 3 часа назад

      I loved listening to you thank you!

  • @bonniejalsevac7946
    @bonniejalsevac7946 20 дней назад +10

    I love all Josephine Tey and Dorothy Sayers books!
    As I listen I am looking at your picture behind you…love it…

  • @peggykeith4391
    @peggykeith4391 Месяц назад +42

    Hello Tristan, please do more of the murder mysteries… wonderful video!

  • @tamsinjohnson1599
    @tamsinjohnson1599 Месяц назад +27

    I do love murder mysteries. Thank you so much Tristan. Just for those like me who want the titles - Here’s the list - 1. The Mystery of the Yellow Room, 2. The Crime at Black Dudley, 3. Cards on the Table, 4. Death of an Author, 5. Cover her face, 6. Double indemnity 7. Gallows Thief, 8. Tokyo Express, 9. The Ministry of Fear and 10. Morality Play

  • @joannemoore3976
    @joannemoore3976 Месяц назад +24

    I very much enjoy the Cadfael books. Murder and mystery but embedded in the context of a country in civil war and with none of the benefits of modern forensics. Cadfael himself is such an unusual character, ex soldier, Benedict monk, herbalist, a man of spirituality, pragmatism, compassion and endless curiosity. His unlikely and enduring friendship with Shrewsbury's deputy Sheriff/Sheriff Hugh Berengar is also at the heart of the books. Read in order, the reader also discovers a gentle story and character arc.

    • @tristanandtheclassics6538
      @tristanandtheclassics6538  Месяц назад +4

      I love Cadfael.🙌😀

    • @Slivings911
      @Slivings911 27 дней назад +4

      I loved the Cadfael books.

    • @achsinal
      @achsinal 25 дней назад +5

      I read the complete series in order and wasn’t disappointed with even one. Some of them even made me cry. In fact, it was a real wrench to have to come back from the world of Cadfael.

    • @bonniedavidson936
      @bonniedavidson936 16 дней назад +1

      Thanks. Sounds good !

    • @teleriferchnyfain
      @teleriferchnyfain 5 дней назад +2

      Cadfael is wonderful!

  • @sharondunn6513
    @sharondunn6513 Месяц назад +17

    so glad you mentioned Josephine Tey at the end. I've loved every thing she has written. Brat Farrer is my favorite so far. I just read Ministry of Fear. The POV is from a man with PTSD so it can get confusing but the story is compelling. The description of the bombings is powerful. It such an intricate book, I will read it again.

  • @DemeterTelphousia-Erinyes
    @DemeterTelphousia-Erinyes 25 дней назад +5

    What a wonderful video. Agatha Christie was the first grown- up fiction I read aged about 12 ( I preferred non- fiction) as my mum had her books. I was immediately hooked. I’ve read most of the classics of literature ( I’m now 53) and although I love reading them, I now feel entitled to indulge in ones from the Classic Crime era. The BL reprints and the old Green Penguins turn up some unjustly neglected or forgotten authors.

  • @susantownsend8397
    @susantownsend8397 Месяц назад +27

    I love Margery Allingham’s Albert Campion mysteries. Such a delightful series. I discovered them because of the BBC series starring Peter Davison.

    • @acratone8300
      @acratone8300 Месяц назад

      I don't know if true, I saw or read somewhere that she started the Campion mysteries as sort of a spoof on the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries by Dorothy L. Sayers. For example the detective's personalities being opposite. I can't imagine Albert Campion having moral angst, a troubling in the soul. He would instead likely crack a clever joke. LOL.

    • @johnlinvill8819
      @johnlinvill8819 Месяц назад +1

      Watching this now.

    • @susantownsend8397
      @susantownsend8397 Месяц назад

      @@acratone8300 Yes she said she introduced him as a minor character for comic relief but readers liked him so she made him the main character in later books. He does become much more serious as the series goes on.

    • @annhird5560
      @annhird5560 23 дня назад

      Try Traitor's Purse for a bit of angst. Campion in a totally different light.​@@acratone8300

  • @matildac9672
    @matildac9672 Месяц назад +6

    Love love love this video. Murder mystery is my favorite genre and my most book read genre. So many in your list that I can’t wait to read in future. Thanks Tristan

  • @doctormorbuis
    @doctormorbuis Месяц назад +19

    I couldn't name a favorite murder mystery. I can probably name my favorite Agatha Christies, though, which are The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and Murder on the Orient Express, which are both examples of Christie bending the conventions of the mystery novel until they break. She was a great experimentalist. (Oh, and throw in And Then There Were None, too).

  • @insidethefishbowl
    @insidethefishbowl Месяц назад +26

    Lousie Penny and Robert Galbraith are my modern guilty pleasure. I get so sucked in. But I adore Dorothy Sayers! Gaudy Night is my favorite, but I also loved Murder Must Advertise and Busman's Honeymoon.

    • @smb-zf9bd
      @smb-zf9bd 28 дней назад +1

      My wife kept after me to read Gaudy - “the only murder mystery without a murder”. I did and went on to read the series. Someone who writes in the spirit of Sayers is Elizabeth George whose long,deep, complex, character-driven novels are near perfection. (Britbox has made several into short features - leaving out parts of the stories)

    • @teleriferchnyfain
      @teleriferchnyfain 5 дней назад

      @@smb-zf9bdElizabeth George is too hard on her detective for me - I read several of her books but I kept wishing she’d stay focused more on the murders. I got spoiled by the adroitness of PD James & Dorothy Sayers 😊

    • @smb-zf9bd
      @smb-zf9bd 5 дней назад +1

      @@teleriferchnyfain What drew me to E G was her study of the human condition and the reasons behind all actions. The crimes were not random but the culmination of a long, psychologically damaging period. Love Sayers - my wife finally got me to read her and I really liked them.

    • @bonniedavidson936
      @bonniedavidson936 5 дней назад

      @@insidethefishbowl I just started listening to a Dorothy sayers book. Wow is it good. And the English narrator is delightful. Due to eye sight issues I listen while I walk more than I read. It’s a delight !

  • @hanichay1163
    @hanichay1163 Месяц назад +10

    I found Agatha Christie late in life. So well done.

  • @l.c.6282
    @l.c.6282 Месяц назад +16

    I never knew Double Indemnity was a book. One of my favourite noir movies.

  • @jenniferlawrence9598
    @jenniferlawrence9598 28 дней назад +6

    I really love Christie's "Taken At The Flood". Chapter 2 is some of the best writing I believe she ever did.

  • @spbausch
    @spbausch Месяц назад +12

    I don't read a lot of mysteries these days because I have never found anyone as good as P.D. James. Her books are more like novels that happen to contain a murder. Her writing and the complexity of her characters are unparalled. And I have had a crush on Adam Dalgleish for 40 years. But you have inspired me to try some of these other books.

    • @katg5369
      @katg5369 Месяц назад +2

      You might enjoy Dorothy Sayers Lord Peter Wimsey novels. They are just lovely.

    • @spbausch
      @spbausch Месяц назад +2

      @katg5369 I read all of sayers many years ago and did really like her. I will have to read them again! Thanks for the reminder.

  • @teleriferchnyfain
    @teleriferchnyfain 5 дней назад +1

    Margery Allingham wrote the Campion mysteries.
    Also Le mystery de la chamber Jayne (yes I read it in the original French) features the same detective who’s in Le phantome de l’opera.
    Everyone interested in mysteries should read Ngaio Marsh, Dorothy Sayers & Josephine Tey.

  • @philnasmith9755
    @philnasmith9755 28 дней назад +3

    Very enjoyable - thanks, Tristan, and I will add my voice to those who love Dorthy Sayers and Josephine Tey.
    I have just rewatched this video - and liked it even more second time around ; such an excellent choice of books.

  • @rgc1600
    @rgc1600 18 дней назад +14

    A mystery writer I always loved who's seldom mentioned in "best of" lists, is Dick Francis. Lots of great stories centered around the world of horse racing.

    • @bonniedavidson936
      @bonniedavidson936 16 дней назад

      I’ve just listened to two of them. I think they are great !

    • @kittmarie8285
      @kittmarie8285 16 дней назад +2

      Loved his books. :)

  • @traceyarnaud8433
    @traceyarnaud8433 День назад +2

    Ruth Rendell was another great mystery writer!

  • @kristinmarra7005
    @kristinmarra7005 Месяц назад +7

    Love Allingham. Good call. Big fan of the golden age of crime. ECR Lorac wrote some great books.

  • @smb-zf9bd
    @smb-zf9bd 28 дней назад +5

    All are good but hard to leave out Dorothy Sayers, Elizabeth George, Edmund Crispin and even the incredible Anthony Horowitz. Thanks for adding the literary content.

  • @Priyamvadha8958
    @Priyamvadha8958 Месяц назад +7

    Hello Tristan, I discovered your channel only 6 days ago. A happenstance. I was teaching English language and literature for thirty years and 6 months in a college. After retiring in March this year, reading has become my priority. You have helped me to explore hidden nuances in the classics, fixate on things that really matter " far from the madding crowd".I really plan to revisit the classics.Binge- watching your TBRs in the initial days really started meddling with my reading 🙂. By the way you have never discussed William Darlymple ?
    Lasitha
    Kerala
    India

  • @daphnekivinen9482
    @daphnekivinen9482 28 дней назад +4

    P.D. James "Original Sin" is great! I ready almost all of them, but I need to read "Cover her Face". Thx!

  • @Nurse_Kathy
    @Nurse_Kathy Месяц назад +19

    It’s strange. I always get a hankering for classic murder mysteries at Christmas time! 🤷‍♀️

    • @susannah1066
      @susannah1066 Месяц назад +4

      Must be the visiting relatives? 😄

  • @margaretinsydney3856
    @margaretinsydney3856 Месяц назад +6

    Another great list, thank you! I thought I'd read all of the Agatha Christies, but Cards on the Table doesn't sound familiar at all. So maybe I have a new Christie for Christmas!
    I discovered Ellis Peters a while ago and just love them.😊

  • @kathrynbrowning4644
    @kathrynbrowning4644 17 дней назад +2

    Is Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca considered a murder mystery, or does the fact that the murder is not planned make it something else? I know other stories of Du Maurier's tend toward horror, like Don't Look Now, but Rebecca does involve a murder. It just isn't revealed until the twist at the end. Also, some of the supporting characters - Mrs. Danvers certainly, and Mrs. Van Hopper - really take on a life of their own they're so well done.

  • @michaeljohnangel6359
    @michaeljohnangel6359 16 дней назад +1

    I loved this video and have just bought three of the books recommended! At 78yo, I'm an avid reader of whodunits - although the majority of them are awful - but books by these authors are almost guaranteed to be brilliant. Thank you for making this video; I shall certainly watch more of yours. You present the books enthusiastically and are very charming with it.

  • @bmniac
    @bmniac 29 дней назад +4

    Colin Dexter is a personal favorite, yet he seems to be ignored.

  • @marycutler5258
    @marycutler5258 23 дня назад +2

    Louise Penny, Walter Mosley and Michael Connelly. Of course, Christie is not to be missed!

  • @SusanClark-ig3rm
    @SusanClark-ig3rm 29 дней назад +2

    Just found your channel! I like PD James, read most of them. And Agatha Christie, read all of them many times over. Started with mysteries when I was a young child, never gave them up! Thank you for this, I am thrilled to find you!🤓

  • @story-powerpodcastbylucind4149
    @story-powerpodcastbylucind4149 29 дней назад +5

    Though these will probably not make your best of list, I love the Cadfael series by Ellis Peters. The historical setting is fantastic. And I’ve just discovered Patricia Wentwoth’s Miss Silver series. Both of these series I would say are in the cozy mystery category which are very soothing for me right now.

  • @jell3914
    @jell3914 Месяц назад +4

    I read Morality Play at your suggestion and absolutely loved it. It was one of my favorite reads in 2024. Thank you.

  • @suzannebousquet2710
    @suzannebousquet2710 Месяц назад +4

    As a mystery lover, you have given me some new mysteries to read! I am making my list of new books to look forward to!

  • @susan3037
    @susan3037 7 дней назад

    This is a wonderful list! There is nothing like classical mysteries. I’ve immediately put Gallows Thief , Tokyo Express, Ministry of Fear and Morality Play on my TBR list. And, yes please, do this over and over again!

  • @barbaralemon4170
    @barbaralemon4170 27 дней назад +2

    I'm older so I've read most of these authors. I reread these partly to avoid all these modern mysteries with so much technology, emails and texts and pinging locations, etc. Mary Roberts Rinehart is famous for The Bat which has been made into a suspense movie. Ngaio Marsh wrote Tied Up in Tinsel which is a wonderful old Christmas mystery.

  • @LS-yk5zd
    @LS-yk5zd Месяц назад +4

    I'm currently reading Morality Play because of your past recommendation. I am enjoying it!

  • @lindatempleton8258
    @lindatempleton8258 24 дня назад +1

    I am new to listening to you and I am very impressed. I have been busy making a list to read even of the ones I have read before. What a fantastic memory you have I envy you. You must reread the one you have forgotten. More please!

  • @DefaultName-nt7tk
    @DefaultName-nt7tk Месяц назад +4

    This was so exciting. I am all tuned up for finding murderers everywhere. 😊.Thank you Tristan, you are terrific.

  • @michellegleave2550
    @michellegleave2550 26 дней назад +1

    I’m so happy to find somebody talking about the type of mysteries I have on my shelves! I too, loved Cards on the table and Double Indemnity, but I’ve not read the others on your list even though a few of them are on my shelves. I love all things mystery, so I enjoyed this video immensely and will check out these titles for sure! I appreciated your knowledge of some of the “golden age” crime authors, I have many of these to read, and I’ve just started to pick up a few Japanese mysteries although I haven’t got right into them yet. Perhaps 2025 is my time to do that, you’ve certainly piqued my interest. Thankyou!

  • @ainwena7595
    @ainwena7595 Месяц назад +5

    The Crime at Black Dudley and Double Indemnity sound like a lot of fun. Added them to my Christmas list!

  • @lynnadamson2340
    @lynnadamson2340 Месяц назад +5

    Hi Tristan, I'm in Western Australia and I love your reviews and commentary. I went straight on to my library's app and only got one from your list. They have ebooks and audio books but I have to have a book. I've sent this video yo my sister in Queensland as she is in the process of trying to get her first murder mystery published. I have to say that as we had 40°C a couple of times this week I am not looking for anything cosy! More like a beach umbrella and a long cold drink! Have a great Holiday season. Lynn 14/12/24 noon

  • @bestill670
    @bestill670 20 дней назад +1

    I live Patricia Highsmith, Graham Greene, Craig Silvey, and many more! This is a great list and I will read the ones I haven’t already!

  • @kmwwrench
    @kmwwrench 29 дней назад +2

    I'm a murder mystery fanatic. I haven't read all the ones you mention, but most of them. I will definitely look up the Japanese one. I've read quite a few Japanese murder mysteries and find them very intriguing and quite different from American and British ones. One I particularly enjoyed was Murder in the Crooked House by Soji Shimada. Hard to pick favorites for me. Christie and Poe, of course. And Margery Allingham. And the Dalgliesh books. And Nero Wolfe. And from the present, Anthony Horowitz. I could go on for pages, but I'll stop now. Happy holidays!

  • @DwaKsiezyce
    @DwaKsiezyce Месяц назад +3

    What a fantastic set of recommendations 😱, I rushed to my Audible account straight away ( THE MYSTERY OF THE YELLOW ROOM is read by my favourite!). I love mystery books; I remember one of my uni tutors claim that a detective story is an ideal of a book as it engages the reader and keeps them in suspense. I do not intend to argue with that 😁
    Thanks a million 👍

  • @elainelawson4965
    @elainelawson4965 13 дней назад +1

    How on earth do you recall in such detail books which you may not have read in a while? I wish I had such facility! I just love your enthusiasm and have noted down most of these to read myself! Thank you for the remarkable service you provide.

  • @bananasplit3805
    @bananasplit3805 Месяц назад +1

    Wonderful video, as usual. I’ve read Cards on the Table, a classic Christie, and earlier this year had the pleasure to read Tokyo Express and loved it so much. I wish there were more translations of the author’s work.

  • @bill8784
    @bill8784 29 дней назад +1

    Wonderful episode. Thank you.

  • @t.k3025
    @t.k3025 12 дней назад +1

    Thank you! Haven’t read many of these books. Just subscribed. Like your descriptions of the plots.

  • @fashionearrings
    @fashionearrings 26 дней назад +4

    I was half hoping you would include Dick Francis and Georges Simenon :-)

    • @teleriferchnyfain
      @teleriferchnyfain 5 дней назад

      Simenon is fabulous - love Maigret! One of my French professors had us read his novels as the use of idioms would help our French!

  • @tmtb80
    @tmtb80 Месяц назад +3

    Love a mystery. Perfect audio books for road trips.

  • @juliequick5526
    @juliequick5526 Месяц назад +2

    Loved this so much, I’m always on the lookout for new writers in the genre. The only one I have read is the PD James which I agree is not her greatest Dalgleish novel. For me she was finding her feet with this one and then lets rip as her confidence rises! A very different author for me is Louise Penny and her series of books about Chief Inspector Gamache of the Quebec Sureté. Happy reading!

  • @rolmarmeier6210
    @rolmarmeier6210 Месяц назад +2

    Great suggestions Tristan, you are the best book reviewer. I took note of all your suggestions minus the Unsworth novel which I have read. Thank you.

  • @Slivings911
    @Slivings911 27 дней назад +2

    I used to love murder mysteries in my younger days. Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Martha Grimes (always fun), P.D. James.

  • @tommcmillan2300
    @tommcmillan2300 Месяц назад +2

    I read Morality Play years ago and had forgotten about it. Thanks for the reminder! Now I’m going to read it again!!

  • @dijanawarrender8627
    @dijanawarrender8627 11 дней назад +1

    New to your channel and loving your recommendations as I am looking to expand my reading list this year. The Bernard Cornwell was fantastic. Just started Tokyo Express

  • @kallistoindrani5689
    @kallistoindrani5689 12 дней назад

    This video made me subscriped. I want to read all of these now! He has such an authentic way to talk about these books. You can just see the joy for them as he goes through the list.

  • @galcarm1168
    @galcarm1168 9 дней назад

    Thank you so much for this list !

  • @HumbleVoyager
    @HumbleVoyager 27 дней назад +2

    Hi, Tristan! I just recently found you and I'm really enjoying your recommendations. I've been reading lots of Mary Roberts Rinehart mysteries lately. Apparently she was well read from the 1920's through 1950's, but I never knew about her. In my humble opinion, her best that I've read is, The Album. Thanks for sharing mysteries from long ago. I find I enjoy older, true mysteries most of all. Have a lovely day, Tristan!

    • @tristanandtheclassics6538
      @tristanandtheclassics6538  27 дней назад +1

      Thanks for mentioning Rinehart, I've heard of them but never got around to reading them. 😀❤️

  • @raraavis7782
    @raraavis7782 Месяц назад +3

    Funny, I just started to listen to some 'oldies but goodies' Sherlock Holmes stories on my podcast app. It's great diversion from all the pre Christmas hustle and bustle.
    Maybe I'll pick up a book or two as well!

  • @june1319
    @june1319 Месяц назад +5

    What a list!

  • @Susan-z2b5g
    @Susan-z2b5g 18 часов назад

    Delightful list.

  • @bookslara
    @bookslara Месяц назад +3

    Hello Tristan! I've read cards on the table by Agatha Christie, I really enjoyed it (as most of her books, i guess I read almost 30 of her stories!)
    I will surely search all the books you mentioned at my local library, they're all intriguing! Thank you for your wonderful recommendations as always! 😊

  • @elizabethjonczyk6818
    @elizabethjonczyk6818 Месяц назад +2

    This is a really interesting list, thanks!

  • @Ken-rb7gq
    @Ken-rb7gq Месяц назад +3

    Thanks so much.. I'm looking forward to reading some of these 😊

  • @gerganasandeva3999
    @gerganasandeva3999 24 дня назад +1

    Morality Play has also been adapted into a movie. It's called The Reckoning and is quite good, has great actors too.

  • @philtrabaris7033
    @philtrabaris7033 28 дней назад +1

    Double indemnity is also an excellent film. Thank you for sharing your opinions.

  • @FranklyItsMe
    @FranklyItsMe Месяц назад +5

    I read A Study in Scarlett on your recommendation and I absolutely loved it!

    • @tristanandtheclassics6538
      @tristanandtheclassics6538  Месяц назад +3

      What a superb book. So glad you enjoyed it. Sign of the four, scandal in bohemia, are also very good.

    • @FranklyItsMe
      @FranklyItsMe Месяц назад

      @ I have the Sign of Four. It’s been on my tbr forever. I’m reading David Copperfield right now! So it’s now next up! 😊

    • @teleriferchnyfain
      @teleriferchnyfain 5 дней назад

      @@tristanandtheclassics6538All the Holmes stories are marvelous - comfort reads for me. I have reread Hound of the Baskervilles every year for decades!

  • @danielenright4298
    @danielenright4298 9 дней назад

    love this youtube find. am buying copies of them all

  • @vivianmavros2963
    @vivianmavros2963 23 дня назад +1

    Great list

  • @tracyjohn826
    @tracyjohn826 Месяц назад +2

    Thank you. Some new authors to explore 🎉

  • @annalockwood3021
    @annalockwood3021 28 дней назад

    Love a good mystery story!! Thanks for the recommendations.

  • @Dinadoesyoga
    @Dinadoesyoga Месяц назад +8

    Murder mysteries aren't typically my fave, but shoot, these all sound great.

    • @tristanandtheclassics6538
      @tristanandtheclassics6538  Месяц назад +2

      I'm the same with sci-fi. Of the ones here though, I'd recommend maybe Double Indemnity or Morality Play. 😀

  • @dqan7372
    @dqan7372 Месяц назад +3

    Surprised I don't have Morality Play yet; you sold me on it quite some time ago. Will be my next purchase. [NOW I own it.]

  • @rgc1600
    @rgc1600 18 дней назад

    Lots of great mysteries to add to my wish list. Thanks!

  • @syncionebresgal8523
    @syncionebresgal8523 15 дней назад

    Thanks for these! I am familiar with most of these authors but not some of their books. Great suggestions!

  • @trishbirchard1270
    @trishbirchard1270 28 дней назад +2

    This was great, thank you,
    I don’t know when you have time to read so much.
    James Cain was an absolutely terrific writer, you fell right in with his genius first paragraphs.
    The only other writers who were able to do that were ( in my book, that is, ha ha)
    Shirley Jackson and Charles Portis .
    🥰

  • @CarolineLeSage-k7s
    @CarolineLeSage-k7s 22 дня назад

    Excellent video! Please do this over and over and over again 🙂

  • @TheMidlifeShift
    @TheMidlifeShift 28 дней назад +4

    Cozy mysteries are my all time favorite escapist reading

    • @teleriferchnyfain
      @teleriferchnyfain 5 дней назад

      I REALLY hate the term ‘cozy mystery’. Christie especially is no such thing - several of her novels disturb me (as in, so tragic - Sad Cypress for instance).

  • @nusratzahra5828
    @nusratzahra5828 15 дней назад

    Hi Tristan, loved your selection. I'm a murder mystery buff and some of these are new to me. Even from authors that I have read quite a bit of. So on the list now. Love your presentation too. Btw you look and sound like Michael Sheen, has anyone ever told you that? Cheers and a happy new year.

  • @margijohnson3900
    @margijohnson3900 29 дней назад

    Thoroughly enjoyable list Tristan, thank you

  • @tmtb80
    @tmtb80 Месяц назад +1

    Love that dark statement wall!! Ballsy choice. Huzahh.

  • @sandracoombs2255
    @sandracoombs2255 19 дней назад

    Greetings from Australia! 🇦🇺 Loving your channel. Thank you so much for giving me my holiday reading - I love murder mysteries..❤

  • @nedludd7622
    @nedludd7622 Месяц назад +12

    The detective in "The Yellow Room" is Rouletabille, pronounced about "rule-ta-BEE". It is a funny name which means "roll your head", slang for "use your noggin".

  • @Booksociopath
    @Booksociopath Месяц назад +3

    I like murder mustery of agatha christie's . And she is the only author of which i had read murder mystery of 😢😢😢😢

  • @lisataylor9079
    @lisataylor9079 23 дня назад +1

    I love the Cadfael books. Im just finishing a trilogy by Bernard Cornwall so i was excited to see rhis recommendation. Thank you!

  • @maryphillipps9889
    @maryphillipps9889 Месяц назад +1

    Once again, thankyou.

  • @tahlia__nerds_out
    @tahlia__nerds_out 24 дня назад

    What a great video! Once you moved away from the Detection Club and away from the Yellow Room (the latter of which I just finished reading for the first time), you moved into territory of authors and works I have not read before. I hope you revisit this topic in the future!

  • @juanmorales9738
    @juanmorales9738 Месяц назад +5

    I love murder mysteries, Tristan. Thank you. I think I want to try Gallows Thief and the Poirot mystery.

  • @nancyrignall3808
    @nancyrignall3808 26 дней назад

    Just found your channel and totally love your approach to literature and the way you craft your videos! I will def take some recommendations and enjoy. Thank you

  • @fredcasden
    @fredcasden 29 дней назад +1

    Excellent choice of books.

  • @mikeminden1090
    @mikeminden1090 14 дней назад +1

    For stand-alones, I like Eco's Name of the Rose and Harkaway's Gnomon.
    A talk about mystery series as series is in order.
    Cadfael, Falco, Rhodenbarr . . .

  • @carmenaguilar8958
    @carmenaguilar8958 Месяц назад

    Thank you sooooo much. You always come up with so many great ideas and you make me want to read.

  • @susanmaxwell7623
    @susanmaxwell7623 9 дней назад

    Thank you for your video! I wrote down quite a few to buy at Better World Books. Happy New Year! Susan in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands

  • @SamanthaPajor
    @SamanthaPajor 25 дней назад

    Adding several of these to my TBR! Thank you!

  • @a.m.8252
    @a.m.8252 12 дней назад +1

    Tristan, you and your videos are brilliant! One tiny correction, if you don't mind: you use the Greek expression, "hoi poloi" as if it means fancy and high society, but it actually means the opposite. You are so literate and careful that this was an unusual error. Kudos galore on your terrific videos!!!

    • @tristanandtheclassics6538
      @tristanandtheclassics6538  12 дней назад +1

      Thank you very much ❤️

    • @a.m.8252
      @a.m.8252 12 дней назад +1

      @@tristanandtheclassics6538 You're most welcome! Not only is the content of your videos absolutely absorbing but your voice is a pleasure to hear! I am a fan for life! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 And a very happy new year!💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

    • @tristanandtheclassics6538
      @tristanandtheclassics6538  12 дней назад +1

      @a.m.8252 You are wonderful. I hope you find buried treasure in your garden. 😀❤️

    • @a.m.8252
      @a.m.8252 12 дней назад

      @@tristanandtheclassics6538 😅😍😅😍

  • @muai
    @muai 21 день назад

    I will always love your videos :)

  • @chiewsuiyeen2419
    @chiewsuiyeen2419 28 дней назад

    Just found your channel and subscribed. I'm a fan of murder mysteries and I love investigations in diverse environments, historic ages and detectives. I like it when 2 detectives come from different places but connected to one case. Even tho I'm 64, I enjoyed A Good Girls Guide to Murder and altho not a book, the British Netflix series called Bodies was great detective stuff.