Best Mystery Novels Compared
From Agatha Christie to modern thrillers, Jim compares the greatest mystery novels ever written. Who done it best? Let's find out.
| Book | Rating |
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 And Then There Were None | 5/5
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 Gone Girl | 5/5
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 The Silent Patient | 4/5
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 Murder on the Orient Express | 5/5
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 Rebecca | 5/5
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 The Hound of the Baskervilles | 4/5
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Jim's Quick Takes
And Then There Were None
"The Queen of Crime at her absolute finest. Jim has read this five times and the solution STILL blows his wormy mind. Christie invented the isolated-gr..."
Read full review →Gone Girl
"Jim has trust issues now. Seriously, this book rewired something in Jim's wormy little brain. Flynn's dueling unreliable narrators had Jim flipping pa..."
Read full review →The Silent Patient
"Jim read this in one sitting — which is saying something because worms don't actually sit. The premise alone is irresistible, and Michaelides builds t..."
Read full review →Murder on the Orient Express
"Poirot on a train! Jim adores this one because the solution is so audacious that you either love it or throw the book across the room. Jim loves it. T..."
Read full review →Rebecca
""Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." One of the greatest opening lines ever, and it only gets better. Du Maurier builds dread the way othe..."
Read full review →The Hound of the Baskervilles
"The greatest Sherlock Holmes novel, and Jim will not hear arguments. The Dartmoor setting is magnificently eerie — Jim could feel the fog seeping thro..."
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