Crime Authors to Read If You Love Agatha Christie

And the best books to start with

Agatha Christie reigned over my teenage years. I was obsessed with her witty, character-rich novels. She formed my taste for the mystery-thriller genre. I consumed every Christie book under the sun, some of them more than once.

For a few years in high school, I only ever bought Agatha Christie’s books. I never even considered picking up another crime author. But eventually, Christie’s novels ended, so I had a choice. Either to try new authors or reread her books. I reread a couple of them because I couldn’t say goodbye to her style and the atmosphere in her books.

I couldn’t say goodbye to Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, and it took me some trial and error to find other crime authors worthy of the same admiration I had for Agatha Christie.

I still revisit Murder in Mesopotamia or The Big Four if I want to be reminded of Christie’s uncanny style and plot twists. But it has been a few years since I started discovering new crime authors, and some of them are still with me. These authors, although different in many ways from the great Agatha Christie, can provide the enjoyment and entertainment of a well-written mystery-thriller

The thrill, mind games, plot turns, and clever detectives in these writers' books have given me the satisfaction I was longing for after I stopped reading Christie.

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