Tell me /lit/, what sort of tropes and common themes do you like

i don't like murder mysteries

The problem with murder mysteries is that the killer is always the last person you would think it would be. Therefore, paradoxically, the killer is obvious within the first few chapters.

I like being able to figure out who the killer/thief/culprit is without having to be told flat out on the last page that it was this guy
I like a little less when the cuplrit is mentioned early in the story, or the motive is glanced over, and always very briefly, or hints at dealings that are larger than either the victim or the detective themselves.

>>10018639
You'd love the book Mysteries of Winterthurn, then. There's three cases, and what even happens in the first one takes a while to figure out. Even the protag doesn't remember entirely afterwards. Things are implied so subtly that you'll probably need to read it a couple times.

>>10018654
rad, I was only replying because I thought OP was writing a story or something, but i'll definitely check these out when I can.
Thanks for the rec

>>10018538
The mad or mysterious sibling motif as in The Little Sister or LA Confidential.

>>10018538
What is that gif supposed to represent?