The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

Hey can you guess the killer before you finish reading this ultimate crime thriller novel??

Rarely.

But it probably show’s that it’s a better mystery if you can’t guess.

mostly..many are predictable.

In most cases, yes... :D

My detection skills are pretty good, so I'd say I can get it right in general

Not usually.

It has to be really difficult for me not too.

Perhaps but it isn’t always so; as rarely do I get killer, motive and denouement.

Let's just say that it's a good reading day when I can't, and I find that it's mainly older crime that stumps me. I tend to get frustrated when I figure out the who long before I really should.

Most of the time!

Only once have I been able to do that, and that was when I read Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie in March 2020! I knew it was Simon and Jacqueline, the victim’s best friend and her husband.

Sometimes.

Sometimes, but only if I make a mental list of all the characters and try to figure out who seems the least suspicious: that's the one that usually ends up being the killer! :)

Usually who I think the killer is isn’t the killer at all, especially when I’m reading Agatha Christie’s books!

ClaraBelle, I usually can when reading Agatha Christie novels, but only because I’ve read a lot, and her formula is usually the least likely person.

Agatha had a gift for fooling me. I sometimes cant figure the killer on a reread. LOL I think that is one of the joys of getting older. I am able to reread some favorite mysteries and still be surprised

I guess who it is most of the times..Agatha Christie has raised the bar for me to judge a mystery. I find it a true treat if I can crack a Christie mystery and to my delight, I have had a few successes.

Many times, yes, but only because I like the solve the crime with the sleuth so I work at it.

Kait wrote: "Many times, yes, but only because I like the solve the crime with the sleuth so I work at it."

Dear try reading this novel and guess the killer .......
https://www.amazon.com/Investigating-...

AnuLatha wrote: "Kait wrote: "Many times, yes, but only because I like the solve the crime with the sleuth so I work at it."

Dear try reading this novel and guess the killer .......
https://www.amazon.com/Investi..."

Sorry, AnuLatha, but this isn't an appropriate spot for promoting your book. We have plenty of places for you to do that.

I challenge anyone to find the perpetrator in my book before finishing it.

@ Kait, I do figure out the killers way before the end, what intrigues me is the why and sometimes the how too. however, recently I finished Rita Herron's Wildflower Graves and I was pleasantly surprised xoz I couldn't figure out the killer. I totally enjoyed it .

It's funny that this thread seems to have been originally posted by an author looking for some self promotion but we have kind of taken it over and turned it into a legit topic.

It really depends on how well the book is written

Leena wrote: "@ Kait, I do figure out the killers way before the end, what intrigues me is the why and sometimes the how too. however, recently I finished Rita Herron's Wildflower Graves and I was pleasantly sur..."

I’m off to check out this book.

When I watched "Twin Peaks" in the early 1990's I've recognized Laura Palmer's killer right away (in the first episode in which he was included).