I LOVE a good mystery. My favorites would have to be And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown and The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Who else likes this genre?

Not a big fan of mysteries but I always enjoy The Burglar books by Block (as well as Hit Man and Hit List), the Archie McNally books by Sanders, and the Lucas Davenport Prey series by Sandford.

There's one mystery series that I really like: The Cat Who Series by Lillian Jackson Braun. What I like about it is how Koko (the Cat) and Qwill (his owner) are a two person detective team. Other mystery authors that I like are Mary Higgings Clark and Carol Higgins Clark.

Always been a fan of Tony Hillerman's mystery novels, especially the teamings of Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Sgt. Jim Chee.

My most favorite mystery is "Smilla's Sense of Snow" by Peter Hoeg. Really well written, suspensful with different settings and ideas, I highly recommend it.

OH MY GOD! i TOTALLY agree with you E.M those are my favroite mystery novels too! XD i am currently reading "unexpected guest" by agatha christie. ^^

An amazing mystery writer is Caleb Carr. he wrote two fantastic historical novels...the alienist and the angel of darkness. Both very high quality books set in late 19th century NYC.

like HIllerman, give Steven F. Havill a shot. Iread them all straight thru last week.
Margaret Coel writes a neat series with a Native American lawyer and a priest as crimesolvers on a reservation in Wyoming. It works quite well

Some of my favorite mysteries and thrillers are:

John le Carré

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
The Honourable Schoolboy
Smiley's People
The Little Drummer Girl
The Night Manager
The Mission Song

Graham Greene

The Quiet American
The Human Factor
The Honourary Consul

Martin Cruz Smith

Gorky Park
Polar Star
Red Square
Havana Bay
Wolves Eat Dogs
Rose

Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow
Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
March Violets by Philip Kerr
Noble House by James Clavell (not exactly the greatest writing, but the characters are quite dynamic, the setting is well-described, and the plot is one of the most intricate I've ever read)

I second The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, but also Tom Clancy's "If Tomorrow Never Dies."

When I was a teenager, I read every Sherlock Holmes mystery and loved all of them. Then, I progressed to Agatha Christie and especially love the Miss Marple series. I reread them if I want "comfort books."

For me, Daphne du Maurier's My Cousin Rachel is a wonderful mystery, even better than Rebecca. I haven't read it in years, but I have a new copy downstairs and can't wait to reread it. Also love Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White.

Mysteries remind me of being a teenager and the time when I didn't have to cope with things I'm coping with now. I guess that's why they're "comfort books" to me. They aren't my usual fare, the classics and literary novels are, but my goodness, sometimes just nothing beats a really good mystery.

Like I always say, good writing is good writing.
I don't care about genre.
If a mystery is well-written, I'll read it.

The Real Inspector Dew is a great one.

So is the Bible, I still don't know who did it.....

My favorite novel is Three Shirt Deal by Stephen J. Cannell. Here is a video of Stephen talking about it.