Mystery

A Christie classic with the famous Hercule Poirot and the immaculate train the Orient Express. High rolling characters travel on this train and when a snowstorm traps the Orient Express these travelers are trapped on board for days. A man is murdered with the murderer trapped on board the train with the travelers. With 12 people on board there are 12 suspects for Poirot to investigate. With Poirot’s need for balance will he find the balance he needs to bring the murderer to light?

Bill Hodges Trilogy by Stephen King
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This series of books is not typical for Stephen King and he calls it his “first hard-boiled detective book”.  Each book starts out very much like the opening scenes in many of Stephen King's books with the reader coming to sympathize with the characters. Then the carnage starts. The main character, Bill Hodges, is a very hardy type and finds purpose with solving the crimes committed by Mr. Mercedes, so named from the opening scene. He comes into contact with some very unconventional people that come together to form an unlikely group to chase a criminal. The suspense abounds as the series continues in Finders Keepers, the second book.  Bill is back with Holly and a few others to continue crime fighting with a new detective agency of the same name. The crime to be solved this time is any book lovers nightmare, an author’s retirement and murder before he published the last two installations in a series of books called the Runner Trilogy. Also well known, is that the missing notebooks are still out there. Suspense builds as the events slip into the unnatural that we have come to love from Stephen King. He must have a touch of mythical added in there! The third novel finds Bill not as well as we hope, but he continues to impress as his drive keeps him on the path to find out what is behind the series of suicides happening around a familiar character, Mr. Mercedes. How will it all end?
*As with all Stephen King books, especially these dealing with crime can be graphic, violent, disturbing, and of course scary!

This book is about a pediatrician whose wife was killed over a decade prior. One day, he receives a message which causes him to question whether or not his wife is really dead. This message spurs him on a search to discover the truth. With a bit of romance thrown in, this is an enjoyable book even for someone who doesn't read mysteries often. Though this is adult fiction, it is not explicit.

The Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear take place in England between WWI and WWII. The main character, Maisie Dobbs, is trained in psychology and solves mysteries using her knowledge of human behavior. The whole series is very well written and the characters are expertly developed. 

This dark and edgy mystery series are thrillers set in England. Would you kill someone to save yourself?...

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