Best The Locked Room Mystery Books

Murder on the Orient Express

A Hercule Poirot Mystery • Book 10

by Agatha Christie

Trapped by snow on a luxury train, Poirot investigates a murder where every passenger has an alibi and the victim had enemies everywhere.

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Trapped by snow on a luxury train, Poirot investigates a murder where every passenger has an alibi and the victim had enemies everywhere.

The Only One Left

by Riley Sager

Sager places a nurse in the crumbling mansion of Lenora Hope, who may have killed her family decades earlier but now communicates only by tapping out disturbing messages.

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Sager places a nurse in the crumbling mansion of Lenora Hope, who may have killed her family decades earlier but now communicates only by tapping out disturbing messages.

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sherlock Holmes • Book 5

by Arthur Conan Doyle, Akash Chauhan

A supernatural hound supposedly kills the Baskerville heir on the fog-shrouded Devon moors. Doyle's most famous Holmes case perfectly balances gothic atmosphere with logical deduction.

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A supernatural hound supposedly kills the Baskerville heir on the fog-shrouded Devon moors. Doyle's most famous Holmes case perfectly balances gothic atmosphere with logical deduction.

Shutter Island

by Dennis Lehane

Marshals Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule arrive at Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane to investigate an escape, but the island holds darker secrets than one missing patient.

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Marshals Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule arrive at Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane to investigate an escape, but the island holds darker secrets than one missing patient.

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

A Hercule Poirot Mystery • Book 1

by Agatha Christie

Christie's debut novel introduces Hercule Poirot investigating a poison murder at an English country house. The case that launched a thousand mysteries establishes all the classic whodunit conventions.

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Christie's debut novel introduces Hercule Poirot investigating a poison murder at an English country house. The case that launched a thousand mysteries establishes all the classic whodunit conventions.

Where Shadows Dance

Sebastian St. Cyr • Book 6

by C.S. Harris

How do you investigate a murder no one can admit occurred? Sebastian St. Cyr confronts this puzzle when a illegally-obtained corpse reveals a Foreign Office star's suspicious death in 1812 London.

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How do you investigate a murder no one can admit occurred? Sebastian St. Cyr confronts this puzzle when a illegally-obtained corpse reveals a Foreign Office star's suspicious death in 1812 London.

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Miss Marple • Book 7

by Agatha Christie

Miss Marple investigates a murder witnessed between moving trains — no body, no crime scene, just an impossible puzzle only she takes seriously.

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Miss Marple investigates a murder witnessed between moving trains — no body, no crime scene, just an impossible puzzle only she takes seriously.

Death at the Diogenes Club

Sherlock Holmes and Lucy James Mystery • Book 5

by Anna Elliott, Charles Veley

Sherlock and Lucy face their most dangerous adversaries yet when a locked-room murder at London's exclusive Diogenes Club reveals a ruthless gang leader's involvement.

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Sherlock and Lucy face their most dangerous adversaries yet when a locked-room murder at London's exclusive Diogenes Club reveals a ruthless gang leader's involvement.

Cards on the Table

Hercule Poirot • Book 15

by Agatha Christie

Christie constructs her most elegant puzzle: four murder suspects, four potential victims, and one dead host at a bridge table. Poirot must deduce which player made the fatal move using only psychology and card skills.

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Christie constructs her most elegant puzzle: four murder suspects, four potential victims, and one dead host at a bridge table. Poirot must deduce which player made the fatal move using only psychology and card skills.

The Whisper House

Rylan Flynn • Book 3

by Dawn Merriman

Rylan Flynn's ghost-hunting expertise is tested when her ex-boyfriend's mansion harbors both restless spirits and a fresh corpse. Merriman blends paranormal investigation with murder mystery in this third series installment.

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Rylan Flynn's ghost-hunting expertise is tested when her ex-boyfriend's mansion harbors both restless spirits and a fresh corpse. Merriman blends paranormal investigation with murder mystery in this third series installment.

The Hidden Staircase

Nancy Drew Mystery Stories • Book 2

by Carolyn Keene

Emma Nossal brings youthful energy to this classic mystery where Nancy must distinguish between supernatural haunting and very human deception.

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Emma Nossal brings youthful energy to this classic mystery where Nancy must distinguish between supernatural haunting and very human deception.

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Threshold • Book 1

by Peter Clines

Mysterious apartment features like padlocked doors and bizarre light fixtures reveal themselves as gateways to cosmic horror beyond comprehension. Clines builds dread through seemingly mundane details.

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Mysterious apartment features like padlocked doors and bizarre light fixtures reveal themselves as gateways to cosmic horror beyond comprehension. Clines builds dread through seemingly mundane details.

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

by Stuart Turton

Every day Aiden wakes up in a different body at the same house party, watching Evelyn Hardcastle die at 11 p.m. until he identifies her killer. This murder mystery-time loop hybrid creates an entirely new puzzle structure.

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Every day Aiden wakes up in a different body at the same house party, watching Evelyn Hardcastle die at 11 p.m. until he identifies her killer. This murder mystery-time loop hybrid creates an entirely new puzzle structure.

Death in the Clouds

Hercule Poirot • Book 12

by Agatha Christie

Hercule Poirot investigates when a woman dies from poisoned dart in an airplane's enclosed cabin, with every passenger a potential killer.

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Hercule Poirot investigates when a woman dies from poisoned dart in an airplane's enclosed cabin, with every passenger a potential killer.

White Corridor

Bryant & May: Peculiar Crimes Unit • Book 5

by Christopher Fowler

The Peculiar Crimes Unit's unorthodox methods meet their match in an impossible crime where someone vanishes from a locked room leaving only questions and corpses.

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The Peculiar Crimes Unit's unorthodox methods meet their match in an impossible crime where someone vanishes from a locked room leaving only questions and corpses.

one, two, buckle my shoe agatha christie

Hercule Poirot • Book 22

by Agatha Christie

Christie weaves a deadly puzzle where a simple shoe buckle becomes the thread that unravels murder disguised as suicide in a busy dental practice.

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Christie weaves a deadly puzzle where a simple shoe buckle becomes the thread that unravels murder disguised as suicide in a busy dental practice.

Everyone in This Bank Is a Thief

The Ernest Cunningham Mysteries • Book 4

by Benjamin Stevenson

A bank robbery becomes a murder mystery when the doors are chained shut and someone dies inside. Stevenson traps Ernest in his most claustrophobic case yet, where every hostage is a suspect.

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A bank robbery becomes a murder mystery when the doors are chained shut and someone dies inside. Stevenson traps Ernest in his most claustrophobic case yet, where every hostage is a suspect.

The Ice House

by Minette Walters, Unknown Author

A decomposed body in an English country estate's ice house puts three reclusive women under police suspicion in this psychological mystery that questions everything about guilt and innocence.

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A decomposed body in an English country estate's ice house puts three reclusive women under police suspicion in this psychological mystery that questions everything about guilt and innocence.

The clocks Agatha Christie

Hercule Poirot • Book 34

by Agatha Christie

A stenographer finds a dead man surrounded by five clocks in a house where neither she nor the blind owner should be, creating one of Christie's most intricate puzzles for Poirot to solve.

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A stenographer finds a dead man surrounded by five clocks in a house where neither she nor the blind owner should be, creating one of Christie's most intricate puzzles for Poirot to solve.

Bloodhounds

Peter Diamond • Book 4

by Peter Lovesey

Inspector Diamond investigates a corpse locked inside a houseboat where the only key rests in the victim's pocket, while a mystery enthusiasts' club demands justice.

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Inspector Diamond investigates a corpse locked inside a houseboat where the only key rests in the victim's pocket, while a mystery enthusiasts' club demands justice.

The Man with the Twisted Lip - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes • Book 6

by Arthur Conan Doyle, Edward Raleigh

A visit to London's underworld opium dens becomes a baffling case when Holmes investigates murder while Watson searches for a friend's missing husband.

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A visit to London's underworld opium dens becomes a baffling case when Holmes investigates murder while Watson searches for a friend's missing husband.

A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs

The Felse Investigations • Book 4

by Ellis Peters

Opening Jan Treverra's centuries-old tomb should reveal devoted husband and wife together, but scholars find a mystery that shatters their romantic legend.

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Opening Jan Treverra's centuries-old tomb should reveal devoted husband and wife together, but scholars find a mystery that shatters their romantic legend.

Cruel is the Night

by Karo Hämäläinen, Owen F. Witesman

Three cell phones ring in a London apartment, but the calls go unanswered because the recipients are dead, setting up this Finnish author's Christie homage about four friends and a deadly dinner party.

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Three cell phones ring in a London apartment, but the calls go unanswered because the recipients are dead, setting up this Finnish author's Christie homage about four friends and a deadly dinner party.