Russian writers of the detective genre. List of interesting detectives
Anna and Sergei Litvinov are the golden feathers of the Russian detective. That says it all. Let us only add that the plot is built around a heroine already known to readers - Varvara Kononova, an employee of a secret intelligence service who studies everything strange and unknown (our answer to The X-Files). Together with her lover, the psychic Danilov, the beautiful girl is relaxing at a Black Sea resort. Everything is quiet and peaceful, the sea, the beach, churchkhela... And suddenly the base of peaceful vacationers is stormed by special forces. Then everything is as we love: pursuit, intellectual duels and fist fights, and in the finale - the solution to the most burning secrets of the recent past...
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“You deftly laid them both down,” he said calmly to rear seat Zubtsov. Danilov did not answer. And the retiree continued: “I’m impressed.” Of course, I’ve met guys like you, the best, but even compared to them, you’re good.
What have you done?! - Varya grabbed her head. - Why did you have to do this?! - like all women, she could not help but saw off her lover - but in this situation, one cannot but agree, there was a reason for it. Alexei, gritting his teeth, was silent, only rushing at a speed of one hundred and fifty. She continued: “Get off the road.” Now we are definitely wanted.
“I know it myself,” Danilov muttered.
Bachelor Vorobyov: Have a beautiful fairy tale Did not work out
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"Universal Conspiracy"
Tatyana Ustinova's latest detective story begins with a trip to the planetarium. Marusya, a twenty-four-year-old girl, a French teacher, goes out of boredom to look at the stars. In the company of my friend Grisha. They accidentally meet scientist Yuri Fedorovich, who has been monitoring UFOs for a long time. And it seems like a little “peek-a-boo.” But he warns that humanity will soon perish in terrible disaster. A meteorite will arrive or something worse. While the couple is admiring the constellations in a dark room, the scientist is killed. Who? How? Why? And what about the catastrophe - to wait or not to wait... The investigation will be interesting, and Ustinova’s special, textured language is captivating from the first page. Recommended for long flights and trips, because until you finish reading, you are unlikely to put it down.
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Grandfather believes that he is in a sect. In a sect of admirers alien civilizations! Well, all sorts of knights of the Ninth Gate, worshipers of the god Chronos, adorers of the Moon in the Seventh House! Grandfather says this is unforgivable obscurantism. Especially for an educated person. Our yurt is educated, but rubbish.
How - rubbish?
Usually. Just a crappy guy, that's all. I drove Margoshka crazy. I thought that only happened in Victorian novels! Well, when the villain harasses the beautiful Brünnhilde in order to take possession of her castle, land and the inheritance of her late father. But Yurets was fine, and in our time he coped quite well.
His wife died?! - Marusya asked in amazement.
All this did not fit into any gates. Yuri Fedorovich Basalaev, crazy - or not crazy, who knows! - scientist, expert on alien civilizations, funny man with a disheveled beard and a burning gaze, really an evil monster?!
Lorak pushed Baskov into the pool at Emin's party
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"Art requires sacrifice"
There are three detective stories in the book, all about love. Stas Babitsky devoted many years to journalism and conducted his own high-profile investigations, often at the risk of his life. That is why the heroes of his works are so realistic and recognizable. Simple people who do terrible things. A neighbor hangs a birdhouse in the yard. Nothing suspicious. But suddenly he is the maniac who kills passers-by from sniper rifle? A young actor is rehearsing the role of Othello, but is he capable of strangling his cheating wife? Read and find out.
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Will he really allow Lyudmila to marry his businessman or deputy, but it doesn’t matter who... All you have to do is come up and say: I love you! After all, he loves? Or not? Ruslan did not yet know the exact answer as he approached the girl. She silently exhaled a thin stream of smoke. He silently held out the bouquet.
That's for me? - feigned surprise, although joy sparkled in the eyes. - Thank you.
She leaned forward to kiss his cheek. And then, no, a second earlier, a strange sound was heard. It was as if a string had broken on that huge balalaika. Lyudmila fell, and out of surprise, Ruslan could not hold her. He fell to his knees, clutching his limp body, breaking the roses, which suddenly turned red. And the blood continued to pour into the dress. Ruslan waited for the next bullet to hit him. The brain even threw up a spell suitable for the occasion: Our Father, who art like you... But it whispered something completely different:
Love you. Love you!!!
But there was still no shot.
Baranovskaya: I stood on my knees in front of Andrei and roared
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This selection contains the best foreign detective stories - books by famous authors. On the list you will find bestsellers that have become famous through adaptations in films and TV series.
Donato Carrisi. Prompter
Basics actor novel by Mila Vazquez. She is a detective who must, together with her team "Albert", search for six girls who are in no way connected with each other. The heroes managed to find a burial with five left hands, which means that the last victim can still be saved from death... Continue
The novel tells about the Quebec police academy, which has a bad reputation. There is corruption and illegal activities here. teaching staff. Main character- a retired senior inspector who became the head of the Academy. His name is Armand Gamache. After a map was discovered in the wall, Arman instructed the cadets to deal with it, but the matter took an unexpected turn. Further
Camille Parker works as a journalist for a small Chicago publication. The girl was assigned to write an article about a maniac who takes the lives of schoolgirls by pulling out the victims’ teeth. During the investigation, it turned out that all the town's inhabitants were keeping terrible secrets. Further
People are threatened deadly danger in the form of wasps that can take a human life with just one bite. With all this, they lay eggs in the bodies of their victims. To figure this out, the Sigma squad gets down to business, because only they can prevent this terrible disaster capable of destroying humanity. Further
Donato Carrisi. Girl in the fog
The detective story “The Girl in the Fog” is about the disappearance of a young lady named Anna Lou. She went to church, but never reached her destination. To figure this out, Detective Vogel takes on the case. It was he who attracted media workers to cooperation. But will this help the investigation? Where did Anna go? Further
Jo Nesbø. Thirst
Detective Harry has always strived to eliminate crime and restore order in this world. He returned to work in Oslo to catch a serial killer who was preying on people making dates through a dating site. This returns the hero to his dark past. Further
Peter James. Jump over the abyss
Vera Ransom is married to a plastic surgeon. They have a son, Alec. Thanks to her husband, Vera looks great, but for what reason was she deeply depressed? Perhaps it’s all about the spouse who controls every step of the missus? Further
Megan Miranda. All the missing girls
Psychologist Nicoletta Farrell works in Philadelphia and prepares for a wedding. She left her native land after her friend Corinna disappeared. After her brother’s call, the girl returned to her father’s house, because her father had lost his mind and was again talking about his missing friend. In his words, the police find new facts about the girl’s disappearance. Everything will be revealed soon, but is the heroine ready for this? Further
Dan Brown. Lost symbol
Robert Langdon is preparing to give a lecture in the National Statuary Hall of the Capitol when he suddenly hears a scream. Having rushed, he sees a severed hand with a ring on a pedestal. It symbolizes the "Hand of the Mysteries". The main thing is that the owner of the hand is Robert’s longtime friend and mentor, whose name is Peter... Continue
Joel Dicker. The truth about the Harry Quebert case
Marcus Goldman suffers from the fact that his muse has not visited him for a long time, so he goes to his friend, the successful writer Harry Quebert. Harry is accused of an old murder. Marcus starts own investigation, and unexpectedly receives advice on writing a bestseller. Further
Once again, readers will be treated to a continuation of the adventures of detective Cormoran Strike and his assistant Robin Ellacott. This time the heroes will be looking for a psycho who kills victims with a machete. In this book, the author will reveal the secrets of the heroes’ former lives, so the reader will be able to understand what contributed to Cormoran and Robin becoming such individuals. Further
A group of girls receives a message from their friend Kate, which is exactly the same as 17 years ago, when Kate's father died. The heroines have always been inseparable, but they got a bad reputation because they lied to others, but did not lie to each other while playing the game. Now they must get together again to realize that the main rule of their fun has been broken. Further
Richard always wanted to join the closed club of the course ancient culture, but getting here is not so easy. Over time, his dream came true. And so, one day a student of this closed club died, but the culprits escaped punishment. Now unpleasant secrets begin to surface, turning into a series of tragedies. Further
Stieg Larsson. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
For 40 years now, the elderly tycoon has been concerned about the mystery of his relative’s disappearance. He asks for help from a journalist, Mikael Blomkvist, who takes on this case as a distraction. But when he comes close to the solution, the man’s life is in danger. The investigation leads to a quiet town where hell reigns. Further
Mayfly. James Hazel
Charlie Priest is a lawyer and former police officer who was attacked in his own home. The offender demanded something that the hero did not have, then the enemy left the house. Very soon he was found impaled. Charlie cannot leave the case without investigation, so he conducts his own investigation. Further
Jonathan Kellerman. The Killer's Daughter
main character novel by Grace Blades. She is a successful psychotherapist who finds an approach to every patient. The girl has a hobby - casual relationships with strangers. Everything changes when one of her patients turns out to be one of her random lovers. He was found dead, and the police had a lot of questions for Grace. Further
Liane Moriarty. Big little lies
The book tells the story of three mothers whose children are studying in the same educational institution. Everything is fine in their families, but everyone keeps an unpleasant secret. How to overcome difficulties that arise in families? What causes domestic violence, misunderstandings and disrespectful behavior? Will these secrets become the subject of public attention? Further
Robert Bryndza. Dark Waters
In this novel, Erica Foster continues her detective investigations. This time the heroine will deal with the case of a girl who disappeared 6 years ago. She was recently found dead, and Erica takes up the case. New facts are gradually being revealed about the family of the deceased, and the woman herself fears for own life… Further
Gillian Flynn. Dark Secrets
Libby lost all her relatives except her brother in early childhood. The girl grew up and turned into an egoist who does not take into account other people's opinions. It was her brother who she blamed for the death of her loved ones, but was he guilty? Will Libby be able to accept the truth about the terrible event that happened 24 years ago? Further
The story tells about a psychiatrist named Mathias Frere. His life changed after one patient suffered from the “patient without baggage” syndrome. Now the hero is forced to collect memories bit by bit in order to become who he was before. In addition, certain events contributed to Matthias being accused of the murders. Further
These were the best foreign detective stories - books from the most popular world-famous authors. If you have already read something from our list, tell us about your impressions. 😉
Text: Alexandra Bazhenova-Sorokina
Detective is a relatively young genre. The fruit of love between realism and gothic, it arose in the middle of the 19th century, became terribly popular and has not lost ground since then. The rise of the Japanese mystery detective, the edgy social psychological thriller from Scandinavia, the American existential thriller, and the continuing tradition of the British puzzle detective demonstrate just how varied detective stories can be in both plot and style.
We have selected eleven detective stories published in the 2000s, which are in no way inferior to such book hits as “The Girl on the Train” or “Gone Girl”, and will not get lost against the backdrop of hegemony modern masters genre by Dennis Lehane, Jo Nesbø, Henning Mankell and Robert Galbraith (hello, JK Rowling!).
The truth about the Harry Quebert case
Joel Dicker
The sensational debut of twenty-seven-year-old Swiss Dicker about a young popular writer in a creative crisis, the cult novel of his mentor and how novels are created in principle, at one time received conflicting responses. The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair has been criticized for purporting to have intellectual depth that it lacks. Whether this is so - decide for yourself while reading. What is definitely there is a dashingly twisted plot with unexpected twists and a setting in best traditions noir: juvenile femme fatale, strange and complex men, dark humor and an ever-changing picture of events - isn't this the recipe for an excellent detective story?
Sharp objects
Gillian Flynn
American Gillian Flynn became the absolute star of the psychological thriller after the film adaptation of her third novel, Gone Girl; the film was directed by David Fincher, and the script was prepared by the writer herself. “Sharp Objects” is her debut and deserves no less attention. A journalist with severe psychological problems living in Chicago and looking for a way out self-harm and alcohol, is forced to return to her small Missouri hometown to cover the murder of one girl and the disappearance of another. Southern Gothic, well-written characters, a twisting plot - “Sharp Objects” is clear proof that the writer’s success is not at all accidental. Like the book's heroine, Gillian Flynn worked for many years as a journalist, which clearly influenced her storytelling skills.
Voice of the night bird
Robert McCammon
Robert McCammon is an American horror master who at some point decided to try his hand at historical detective fiction. The Voice of the Nightbird takes place somewhere in Carolina in 1699. The trial of a witch who allegedly killed her husband and had sex with the devil himself shakes the town of Fount Royal, and teenage clerk Matthew Corbett grows up before his eyes and turns into a detective in an attempt to establish the truth and save the woman. Adventure, romance, secrets and conspiracies, plus the history and life of America, still subordinate to Britain, are an excellent combination for a detective story; it is not for nothing that the author has already published several books about Corbett.
Judgment Day
Kurt Aust
Scandinavia regularly supplies the world with detective and thriller masters, just remember the Norwegian Jo Nesbø and the Dane Peter Høeg. A resident of the Norwegian Horten, Kurt Aust, approached the popular genre from the other side: before us is a historical detective story, in which there is almost less from the modern northern detective than from Umberto Eco. A cold New Year's Eve in 1699 finds several people locked in an inn due to snowfall: among them, Professor Thomas Buberg and his assistant Peter - they have to figure out what happened to the dead count found in a snowdrift. The deliberate slowness of the narrative and the lack of detective superpowers among the main characters are more than compensated by the local (and temporary) flavor.
Crimes of the past
Kate Atkinson
Fans of the BBC series Case Histories of the same name know and appreciate the skill of Kate Atkinson, who created Jackson Brody, a former police officer turned private detective. The first novel in the series turned critical darling Atkinson into an icon. modern detective, the reading of whose books is widely promoted, for example, by Stephen King. A story of three The seemingly unrelated family tragedies that Brody is forced to take on are truly dark and cannot be called light reading. However, for those who are not afraid of the world of truly unpleasant people and not the fastest development of events, there is an amazing atmosphere here, family secrets and a wonderful author's style.
Over the settled graves
Jess Walter
IN small town Spokane, Washington, serial killer hunts for prostitutes, revealingly lays out their bodies on the riverbank, after slipping 20 bucks into each victim's fist. "Over the Settled Graves" is an investigative story that subtly combines an intriguing yet plausible investigation with the complex style of high literature. The main character Caroline Mejbri suffers from depression, loneliness and questions about the limits of her own capabilities as a policewoman. Her former mentor and once failed lover, and now her partner in the case, is also suffering - due to family problems and unrequited love. Their personal tragedies and problems are no less important in the story than the detective plot and the image of a gradually dying city, giving rise to nightmares.
Golden scales
Parker Bilal
Makana is a refugee from Sudan, where his wife and daughter died. He lives in Cairo, barely makes ends meet and works as a private detective. The hero takes on literally any business (due to the difficult financial situation there is no choice), and one day an oligarch with a dark past and an equally dangerous present turns to him for a service. The first novel in the series about detective Makana is by no means the debut of the author of British-Sudanese origin Jamal Mahjoub, who recently began writing detective stories under the pseudonym Parker Bilal. The main character of “The Golden Scales” is not a detective, but the city of Cairo, which, with its implausible life as an oasis in the desert, a dream that turned into a frightening and enchanting reality, resembles Dostoevsky’s Petersburg.
Crossing
Ellie Griffiths
In the novels of the British author Ellie Griffiths about the forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway, one can now and then hear an echo of another popular heroine - the forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan from the series "Bones" and the series of books by the American Katie Reich that formed its basis. However, the similarities are not limited to bones as evidence: while Reich based the heroine on herself, Griffiths was inspired by her archaeologist husband and the Norfolk countryside, whose nature and myths were introduced to the writer by her aunt. The charm of the British writer's debut novel comes from the combination of a sinister story with... ritual murders, the charm of the sad and funny Ruth and the bewitching English landscapes.
Thirteen hours
Deon Meyer
It’s not just the northern landscapes that a detective lives on, and this is brilliantly proven by the South African writer Deon Meyer, who tells exciting stories in Afrikaans about the life of the Cape Town Major Crimes Unit. There, Inspector Grissel is torn every minute between preventing a potential international scandal, mentoring newcomers to the department, and his own problems that require immediate solutions. Just one day with Inspector Grissel involves you not only in a dashing detective story, but also in the life of a very special multinational world of South Africa, about which you want to learn more and more with every page.
Collini case
Ferdinand von Schirach
Ferdinand von Schirach himself would make a wonderful hero of the novel: the grandson of the Hitler Youth leader Baldur von Schirach and the great-grandson of an American woman whose roots go back to the signers of the Declaration of Independence and directly to the first settlers of the New World. A successful criminal lawyer, von Schirach began writing stories based on cases from his practice, and quickly became famous as a writer. In the novel “The Collini Case,” the author, in German, insinuatingly and restrainedly raises the question of the difference between justice and fairness in the format of a court drama. What do you do if you have to defend a confessed murderer and you don't know his motives? No surprises or plot twists, but real food for thought, especially important in the context of the global rethinking of one’s own identity by any resident of Europe after World War II.
I compiled a list from your advice, it turned out to be very solid and, apparently, promises a lot of fun.
For those who, like me, love detective stories, I will post it here. I will be glad if these tips are useful not only to me.
So:
1. Donald Edwin Westlake “The Cursed Emerald.” A masterpiece!) Sometimes you want unpredictability from a detective. I couldn’t say “Oh, I knew it!” about any of the Donald Westlake novels I read. or “Well, how could it be otherwise!” or “Who would doubt it!”
http://lib.aldebaran.ru/author/uyestleik_donald/uyestleik_donald_proklyatyi_izumrud/
http://lib.ru/DETEKTIWY/UESTLEJK/
The fool is dead...
The dude is a waste...
2. J. Simenon - a series of books about Commissioner Maigret. I read it just when I was very interested in detective stories.
3. Earl Stanley Gardner with his hero lawyer Perry Mason. Gardner is great.
4. Wilkie Collins - "The Woman in White", "The Moonstone".
5. Neyo Marsh is quite a detective story, but there are funny moments. Maybe not a detective modern understanding, but it made an impression :)
6. The Magnificent J. Dixon Carr. If you find Carr, start with the Emperor's Snuff Box. Great stuff. That's class, that's class.
7. D. Francis
8. A. Christie
9. A. Conan Doyle
10. S. Japrizo. “A Lady with Glasses and a Gun in a Car” (simply high-class) and “Trap for Cinderella” (no worse, but different in atmosphere). “Killing Summer”, “Farewell, Friend” - delight. “Favorite of Women” and “Running of the Hare through the Fields”
"The Executioner" is a detective story for the keen amateur.
11. B. Akunin
12. Rex Stout - delicious! real jam.
13. Carter Brown - boldly, brazenly, humorously and very much in the style of America a certain number of years ago (Lieutenant Wheeler is a kind of Dr. House, only serving in the police))
14. Mickey Spillane
15. D.H.Chase
16. Gaston Leroux. A little boring, IMHO.
17. Hadley
18. Maurice and his Arsene Lupine.
19. John Le Carré "Our Game"
http://www.ingushetiya.ru/history/nasha_igra/
20. Deshiel Hammett
http://mydetectiveworld.ru/hemmet.html
21. Perez-Reverte - not action films with puzzle elements
22. Victor Canning, "Passed Pawn".
23. Also probably Ellery Queen. I've only read a couple of works, but the impressions are positive.
24. Chesterton
25. Alistair MacLean
26. Jerzy Edigei
27. From modern Russians Malyshev. Especially her early stuff.
28. Priestley - Blackout at Gretley. You can call him a military detective.
29. Have you read Patricia Wentworth? She wrote somewhat earlier than Agatha Christie. Wentworth has a funny detective: Miss Silver - spinster, former governess.
30. Charles Snow - a great detective story "Death Sailing"? This is a very worthy detective story. http://lib.ru/INPROZ/SNOW/snow.txt
31. Nora Roberts - not a classic, but somehow nice. There is reflection.
32. Chandler, http://www.lib.ru/DETEKTIWY/CHANDLER/
33. Eksbrayya, http://publ.lib.ru/ARCHIVES/E/EKSBRAYYA_Sharl "/_Eksbrayya_Sh..html
34. Andras Totis, http://lib.ru/DETEKTIWY/TOTIS/
35. Ross Thomas, http://lib.aldebaran.ru/author/tomas_ross/
36. Penticost http://lib.ru/DETEKTIWY/PENTIKOST/
37. Boileau-Narcejac. "The one who was gone." And other books too.
38. Alistair MacLean
39. Yu. Semenov - why not political detectives?
40. Robert Ludlem
41. Try reading The Cat Who by Lillian Brown. There are about 20 very nice classic detective stories, I love them.
42. If you like historical detective stories, a series of novels by Ellis Peters about Brother Cadfael.
43. There is a wonderful Phyllis Dorothy James - this is no longer a historical detective story, but an ordinary one.
44. Ed McBain is a good police novel.
45. Patricia Cornell - a little dark and naturalistic, but overall not bad written.
46. Josephine Tay “Daughter of Time” and others.
47. Margaret Allingham
48. Dorothy Sayers - almost English. classic;
49. Georgette Heyer (she has a lot of romance novels, but detective stories are humorous)
50. Elizabeth Peters - a little lady-adventure-humorous
51. Of ours, I liked Elena Afanasyeva “ne-bud-duroy.ru” and its sequels, but this is not quite a detective story.
52. Robert van Gulik - classic detective from a stylized medieval China. Super.
53. Richard Stark
54. "The Paper Conspiracy" by David Liss. I recommend it to you with pleasure, it’s a wonderful thing. A good English novel, but also very good as a detective story.
55. Umberto Eco “The Name of the Rose” is a medieval detective story with psychology and mysticism.
56. Rebecca de Mornay - psychological detectives from English life in the 19th century.
57. Valeria Verbinina - series about an agent Russian Empire Amalia. The action takes place in the 19th century, the heroine is a very charismatic person. There are already about ten books, but what’s good about them is that each has its own genre. There is a thriller, there is an ironic, gothic and hermetic detective story, there is a western, there is a treasure hunt detective. And many books have different narrators, so the familiar heroine is introduced through the words of other characters - a very interesting effect.
58. In modern detective fiction, I don’t miss the books of Olga Tarasevich (Artifact Detective series) and Maria Bricker (Reality Detective series). Tarasevich builds plots on cultural themes and biographies of famous people of the past ("Chagall's Weeping Angel", "The Curse of Edvard Munch" - about artists, "Deadly Fragrance No. 5" - about Coco Chanel and her famous perfumes). Detective stories combine two times - a crime in the present is intertwined with events of the past and life history famous people. I also read her books as a cultural reference book - in them the biographies simply come to life, and the work of artists or fashion designers is written in a very fascinating way. Bricker's plots are quite cleverly twisted and the characters are very colorful.
59. Chesterton
60. E. Po
61. Forsyth
62. I recommend Henning Mankell to everyone. If he forced me, not a detective fan, to read book after book, then this is a worthy author!
63. Well, Benaquista and Pennac (stories about Mr. Malosen).
64. Fred Vargas and Jean-Christophe Grange are amazing French detectives. Both write very psychologically, you can’t put it down. But Vargas is more sophisticated, with humor, while Granger has more shocking details and hints of mysticism (but everything turns out to be more prosaic).
65. Eugene Pepperow, one of the most enjoyable masters of the short detective story. I recommend it.
66. Victoria Platova to the list. All things except "Death in the fragments of a meben vase", "Nubian cross", "Dance of Lakshmi". That's not her.
67. Mary Higgins Clark. One of the best-selling detective stories in America and virtually unknown in Russia.
68. James Patterson.
69. Were there Weiners? What would it be like without them?! These are our detective classics!
The most famous and most read (and most loved):
“A Visit to the Minotaur”, “A Cure for Fear”, “The Noose and the Stone in the Green Grass” and so on.
70. Ellery Queen. Also a classic of the genre.
Here you can read his things: http://www.2lib.ru/getbook/6251.html
"Sanatorium of Death" I liked it very much.
71. Anton Chizh and his “Divine Poison”. This is an absolutely amazing book! It's a pity that she is little known. In my opinion, one of the best Russian detectives for recent years five.
72. Gregory MacDonald, Fletch series. Masterpiece!
73. Elizabeth George with her magnificent, dare I say it, series about Inspector Linley and Sergeant Havers. .
74. Ian Rankin and his series about Inspector Rebus.
75. Jeffrey Deaver and his books about Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs.
76. Natalya Solntseva, modern author of mystical detective stories:) http://www.solntseva.com/
77. S. Rodionov, “A Long Business” - Soviet detective story. Super!
78. Gregory MacDonald
79. Elmore Leonard.
80. There is also a good Scottish detective - Ian Rankin.
81. And my aunt writes well about maniacs (but in a painfully naturalistic, amateurish way) - Val McDermit.
82. Elizabeth George with her magnificent, dare I say it, series about Inspector Linley and Sergeant Havers. It's strange that she wasn't named.
83. Ian Rankin and his series about Inspector Rebus.
84. Jeffrey Deaver and his books about Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs.
85. Another very popular guy in the West - Jeffrey Deaver
86. Michael Connelly
87. Lee Child
88. Harlan Coben
89. David Baldacci
90. Popular aunts - Katie Reichs
91. Caryn Slaughter.
92. Joanna Khmelevskaya. Everything is red. What the dead man said. Wells of ancestors.
Although her works are sometimes called ironic detective stories, she has nothing in common either with Dontsova or with all the other “ironic detective stories.” The humorous wrapper is obvious, but at the core there is a real classic detective story.
Panya Vanya can be found here -
http://lib.ru/DETEKTIWY/HMELEVSKA/
93. Lev Sheinin “Notes of an Investigator”. The author is painfully ambiguous, but essentially this is a detective story. Although I would rather view it from a historical perspective - as another look at the USSR.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Stig Larson
For forty years, the mystery of the disappearance of a relative has haunted the aging tycoon, and now he makes the last attempt in his life - he entrusts the search to journalist Mikael Blomkvist. He takes on a hopeless case more in order to escape from his own troubles, but soon realizes: the problem is more complicated than it seems at first glance. How is this long-standing incident related to the murders of women that have happened in different parts of Sweden?
Red rivers. Jean-Christophe Grange e
A small university town in the Alps is gripped by horror: heinous crimes follow one after another. The police find mutilated corpses either in a rock crevice, or in the thickness of a glacier, or under the roof of a house. Detective Nieman decides to stop this fanaticism at all costs, but while pursuing the criminal, he discovers more and more victims...
The Cuckoo's Call. Robert Galbraith
When a notorious top model falls to her death from the snow-covered balcony of her penthouse, everyone decides it was suicide. But the girl’s brother cannot come to terms with this conclusion and turns to the services of a private detective named Cormoran Strike. Strike went through the war, suffered physically and mentally; his life is going downhill. Now he hopes to close at least the financial gap, but the investigation turns into an insidious trap.
Leviathan. Boris Akunin
In a fashionable quarter of Paris, the British collector Lord Littleby and the entire staff of the mansion were killed with particular cruelty. A unique golden figurine of the Indian god Shiva and one of the painted Indian scarves were stolen from a renowned collection of oriental rarities. The detective of the Parisian prefecture, Gustave Gauche, begins to investigate the case. In the hand of the dead man, he discovers the emblem of a golden whale. As it turns out, this is the emblem of the miracle ship “Leviathan”.
Murder on the Orient Express. Agatha Christie
Poirot travels on the luxurious Orient Express and, as always, finds himself drawn into a puzzling story. A man's body was discovered in a first-class compartment this morning. At the same time, the train is stopped en route by snow drifts and cannot move. Poirot will have to unravel a situation in which any of the respectable passengers could be the killer. Only the brilliant talents and unsurpassed logic of a great detective can help solve a crime.
Angels and Demons. Dan Brown
Illuminati. An ancient mysterious order, famous in the Middle Ages for its fierce struggle with the official church. A legend from the distant past? Perhaps... But why then on the chest of the person killed at mysterious circumstances Is it the Illuminati symbol that the scientist carved out? A symbolism specialist invited from Harvard and his partner, the daughter of the murdered man, begin their own investigation - and soon come to incredible results...
A weed wrapped around the executioner's bag. Alan Bradley
“There are still devils in still waters” - this proverb accurately characterizes the eccentric family living in the old Buckshaw estate. A father obsessed with stamps, a crazy aunt and two sisters: a prude and a blue stocking - how do you tell a young detective to have fun in such company? The investigation into the absurd death of a visiting puppeteer reveals other dark secrets that no one has remembered for a long time - a great time.
Moon rock. Wilkie Collins
“Moonstone” is the most famous and, undoubtedly, best book Wilkie Collins. This wonderful work organically combines the features of a classic detective story, adventure and adventure novel, and the fascinating narrative immediately captures the reader and keeps him in suspense until the last page.
Sweetness in the pie crust. Alan Bradley
The ancient English estate of Buckshaw is home to the last representatives of an aristocratic family - the eccentric Colonel de Luce and his three daughters. In the summer of 1950, a viscous swamp rural life are disrupted by incredible events: the murder of a stranger and the arrest of the colonel. While the older daughters, as befits a well-mannered English lady, are sobbing into their handkerchiefs, the youngest, eleven-year-old Flavia, is delighted: finally something has happened in her life!
Flemish board. Arturo Perez-Reverte
“The Flemish Board” is an intellectual detective story, paradoxical and multifaceted. The novel fascinates with the movement of action from one time and cultural layer to another, with a dizzyingly twisted plot. In the world of antique dealers and collectors, an antique painting is the key to unraveling the brutal crimes that occur today, and every lost piece in a chess game is paid for with a human life.
Silkworm. Robert Galbraith
After Owen Quine disappears, his wife turns to private investigator Cormoran Strike. Believing that her husband is simply hiding from his family, as has happened more than once, Leonora Quine instructs Strike to find the fugitive and return him to the bosom of the family. But during the investigation, Strike realizes that the matter is much more serious than Leonora thinks. Owen Quine took with him the manuscript of a new novel, where he exposed very famous and influential people in an unsightly light.
Smoked herring without mustard. Alan Bradley
The Buckshaw estate is home to the last representatives of the aristocratic family - Colonel de Luce and three daughters. While the colonel is feverishly looking for ways to save his family from ruin, selling off his stamp collection and family silverware, the two eldest daughters, Ophelia and Daphne, play the Inquisition with the youngest, but Flavia has no time for games, the young detective is busy with another investigation. On Buckshaw's territory, a gypsy fortune teller who has set up camp in the forest is attacked, and Flavia finds a corpse.
Disappeared. Gillian Flynn
Everything was ready to celebrate the anniversary of married life when one of the heroes of the occasion disappeared. There were traces of a struggle in the house, blood that they obviously tried to wipe off, and a chain of “keys” in a game called “treasure hunt”; a smart and incredibly inventive wife arranged it every year for her adored husband. And it seems that these “keys” - the notes she posted - provide the only chance to shed light on the fate of the disappeared woman.
If tomorrow comes. Sydney Sheldon
A gripping melodrama novel about the incredible robberies committed by a humble former bank employee after she herself became a victim of the New Orleans mafia. She fights scammers with their own techniques and constantly outplays them, receiving, however, from this not only moral, but also quite tangible material satisfaction.
Dead swell. Johan Theorin
One day, a very thick fog fell on the secluded island of Öland, which happened infrequently - only a few times a year. And on this very day a little boy, Jens Davidsson, left his grandfather's house for a walk and got lost. In a fog as white as milk, he met a man in a dark coat who introduced himself as Niels Kant. He took the boy by the hand and promised to take him home. Since then, Jens has never been seen again, nor has the man in the coat, who, according to the police, died long before these events...
A lady in a car, wearing glasses and holding a gun. Sebastian Japrizo
This blonde is the most beautiful, the most deceitful, the most sincere, the most clueless, the most stubborn, the most restless of all known heroines. The lady runs away from the police and keeps repeating that she is not crazy... However, those who see her do not think so. She injured her hand at a gas station. To top it all off, she doesn't have any money with her. It seems that no matter where she goes, she can be harmed in some way, that no matter where she runs, she will not be able to remain alone, free from what she knows, from what she hides...
I speak from the tomb. Alan Bradley
An incredible event disrupts the pastoral idyll of the lovely English village of Bishop Lacy. A team of archaeologists arrives to make the discovery of the century, to excavate the tomb of St. Tancred. This alone is enough to provide food for gossip for a hundred years to come. But in the place where the tomb of the saint should be, they find a rather fresh corpse of a local handsome organist... As usual, the eternal nightmare of the local police, Flavia de Luce, a curious weasel, zealously takes up the investigation.
Passenger. Jean-Christophe Grange
A meeting with an amnesiac patient leads psychiatrist Mathias Frere to a terrible discovery: he has the same "passenger without luggage" syndrome. Over and over again, he loses his memory and creates a new personality for himself from the fragments of the past. To find his true self, he will have to go through all his previous incarnations. Frere is pursued by mysterious killers in black, the police are chasing him, convinced that he is a serial maniac who has committed terrible murders imitating ancient Greek myths...
Silence of the Lambs. Thomas Harris
Dr. Hannibal Lecter is a brilliant psychiatrist, but the world can only be safe as long as he stays behind him. steel door solitary confinement in a maximum security prison. Dr. Lecter is a killer. He is a gourmet cannibal. Clarice Sterling is a cadet at the FBI Academy. She is susceptible to other people's misfortune, and this is what determines all her actions. Fate forces the heroes to work together to capture Buffalo Bill, the most dangerous maniac killer.
Mysterious river. Dennis Lehane
Three little friends, Sean, Jimmy and Dave, playing mischief on the street, are approached by two imaginary police officers and take away the weakest and most defenseless of them, Dave, in their car. A few days later, the boy escapes from his kidnappers and returns home, but this story leaves a scar in the soul of each of its participants and, twenty-five years later, brings them together again in a monstrous nightmare.
The thirteenth tale. Diana Setterfield
Margaret Lee works in a used bookstore. She prefers Dickens and the Bronte sisters to modern times. Margaret's surprise is all the greater when she receives an offer from the writer Vida Winter to become her biographer. And so Margaret, who finds herself within the walls of a gloomy mansion inhabited by ghosts of the past, unfolds into a gothic story of twin sisters, which strangely echoes her personal story...