7 Thrilling SFF Murder Mysteries

[SheltieLover]

https://www.tor.com/2021/03/29/seven-thrilling-sff-murder-mysteries/

I have loved murder mysteries since I was in 5th grade. I started with these thriller books from Joan Lowery Nixon, then found the wide and wonderful worlds of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and others. I’ve never looked back. I’ve always been particular about the location of the book, whether it was British country estates, an art museum, or a tea shop.

But in the past few years, I’ve learned the wonders of murder mysteries taking place in entirely new worlds, space or fantasy worlds overlaid on our own. Unlike mysteries grounded in the “real world,” these mysteries have magic and magical beings, advanced technologies that can make plots even more creative and deeper. Personally, it’s all about the clever murder mystery. This list of seven books combines the genre of murder mysteries with that of fantasy and science fiction, whether it’s the locked room mystery but in space, or innovative retellings of the British manor history.

Looks like great reads!

[madaboutharry]

1. These all look like wonderful stories!

Thank you so much for posting.

BTW, I think it was you who posted about The Science of Well Being. I finished the course and earned the certificate. Thank you so much for that also. I’m working at incorporating what I learned into my life.

[SheltieLover]

2. Yaaaaaay!

So glad you enjoyed the course & are using what you learned!

These do look like yummy reads, don't they?

Enjoy!

[Demovictory9]

3. jd robb writes murder mysteries set about 40 yrs in the future

not my fave but he has a gazillion best sellers

[getting old in mke]

4. More than a gazillion...

JD Robb is Nora Roberts, one of the best-selling romance authors of all time. Robb was a pseudonym used for the Eve Dallas mystery series (53 and counting) because she was too prolific to publish them, too, under her own name!

[Demovictory9]

5. oh wow!!! I didn't know that. she really pumps them out!

not my fav. I read one because of the high review on Amazon... was'nt my thing

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. I'd add Red Planet Blues

by Robert Sawyer. It's a noir detective novel set on Mars. Very good.

Ben H. Winters (Golden State) has also written an amazing trilogy The Last Policeman, Countdown City, and World of Trouble which are essentially police procedural novels set in the final year or so before a civilization destroying asteroid is going to hit Earth. Very good.