07-06-2013, 12:47 PM
SolemnBoy Wrote:So can anyone recommend me an actual crime/mystery novel? I was thinking Agatha Christie but since I've never read any of her books I can't tell if they're what I'm looking for at the moment.
Christie's novels are whodunnit's that are mostly supposed to be solvable by the reader, which is what made her a big hit. Sherlock Holmes novels are silly, campy fun in their own right.
Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep is quite good if you like those 1930s American P.I. stories.