Mystery

The Brothers Karamazov

Yeah, I want to know, too.

Who writes mystery stories that aren't corny and twee, or labored, or merely clever but very thin as lit.

I see a lot of mystery book covers that look promising -- moody or spooky or what-have-you -- but I start to read them and they don't really grab me.

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The Pledge by F Durrenmatt

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New York Trilogy

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Isn't this a play?

When the Black-Tailed Gulls Cry.

Mysteries by Knut Hamsun

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The Erasers by Alain Robbe-Grillet. A very po-mo "twist" on the mystery novel written in an accessible style, without any Pynchonian language party tricks and great for this time of the year. All for under 300 pages.