I love the amnesia trope, creepy kids trope, the inheritance trope, well I love every mystery trope! I'm really looking forward to a new inhertance trope book, The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes.

Definitely the Oops!

definitely the Oops!

"Oops! We're Trapped Here Together" is the trope that gets me every time! I never tire of it and am likely never to accept such an invitation. From anonymous invites to accepting invites with frienemies or worse... Why do they keep going?! I don't know, but I can't stop reading.

Lucy Foley's The Hunting Party was perfect & her follow up, The Guest List is all about a wedding on an island & it was fabulous.

"Oops! We're Trapped Here Together" is definitely my favorite. I LOVED No Exit by Taylor Adams. Hands down one of the best in this trope that I've read in a long time.

I'm surprised "The Escape Room" didn't make the "Oops! We're Trapped Here Together" list but I thought it was a cool concept. Despicable people trapped in an elevator!

"Oops!..." is it. I loved both No Exit and The Hunting Party.

I do not understand why you chose Murder on the Orient Express as Agatha Christie's best example of Oops, We're Trapped when the pinnacle of the subgenre is so obviously And Then There Were None.

My favorite trope is called Anything By Agatha Christie. And Then There Were None is at the very top of the list.

"The Escape Room" would be more the The Locked Room trope. After Anna could go into the Creepy Kids, and The Breakdown into one of them, but mentioning it would be a spoiler. I love this!

I absolutely love the "I think my spouse is out to get me" trope! I'm quickly finding I love most mysteries, but that is my favourite one. Also, I definitely tried "We Have Always Lived in the House", and couldn't figure it out. like, sure, the kids were a bit weird, but I liked them for that, so maybe I'm a creepy kid? I was worried for them with the townspeople, but I only got maybe a chapter in. I'll have to try it again.

Power read "7 1/2 Deaths". Absolutely fantastic. Have so far gave it to and couple of friends who loved it as well. Highly recommend.

I love the "We're All Trapped Here" together trope, and the best I've read so far is "In The Dark" by Loreth Anne White

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

Louie wrote: "I love the amnesia trope, creepy kids trope, the inheritance trope, well I love every mystery trope! I'm really looking forward to a new inhertance trope book, The Inheritance Games..."

Here's a bit of a twist on the Inheritance trope, Louie! Best-selling Amazon #1 author Joseph Badal's Natural Causes leads New Mexico detectives Barbara Lassiter and Susan Martinez to a nursing home after a resident's untimely(?) death. Purchase the audiobook and send proof of purchase to Info@TheCaptainsVoice.com for a free promo code to Borderline , Book #1 in the Lassiter/Martinez Case Files! All 3 books inspired by actual events! Natural Causes

I love the oops we are trapped genre. Builds so much suspense

I'm starting to wonder if I actually like mysteries anymore.

I'm down for any "Oops! We're all trapped here together" and "The locked room" story that I can get. Total page-turners!

I love this site on goodreads. Please keep it up!

I love a stylish couple investigating mysteries together, like the Amory Ames series by Ashley Weaver and the Thin Man movie series. Or I like a detective duo who has obvious romantic chemistry, like in the Cormoran Strike series by Robert Galbraith and in In the Woods by Tana French.

I was hoping for Police Procedural under "tropes". Maybe no one reads those anymore (except me!)

https://crimereads.com/what-is-a-poli...
You'll find a great list of suggestions for police-procedural's books. Although if you are a big fan of those, you might have read many of them. Many of them are the usuals. But maybe something will catch your eye.

Ms. Colbert wrote: "https://crimereads.com/what-is-a-poli...
You'll find a great list of suggestions for police-procedural's books. Although if you are a big fan of those, you might have read many of them. ..."

Thanks for the list!

I like historic mysteries, such as Brother Cadfael, Jacqueline Winspear, Phryne Fisher, and Daisy Dalrymple books.

I would also mention/recommend The Girl on the Train for "Help! I Think My Spouse is Out to Get Me."

Aviva wrote: "I do not understand why you chose Murder on the Orient Express as Agatha Christie's best example of Oops, We're Trapped when the pinnacle of the subgenre is so obviously And Then There Were None."

I was thinking the exact same thing. That should have been at the top of the list.

THANK YOU for making me LOL on your descriptions of the various tropes. I needed that this morning!

My favorite trope isn't on here: The Troubled Detective. Can be subdivided--Troubled Past (Harry Bosch, many Tana French protagonists, Lisbeth Salander) Addition Issues (Sara Gran) Disabled Detective (Robotham's Joe O'Laughlin), Former Criminal (Steve Hamilton's Nick Mason). Lots more fit into this category, can't think of them right now.

I love the "Oops we are all trapped here together" genre. I would recommend Shari Lapena's "An Uninvited Guest"

Pamela wrote: "Louie wrote: "I love the amnesia trope, creepy kids trope, the inheritance trope, well I love every mystery trope! I'm really looking forward to a new inhertance trope book, [book:The Inheritance G..."

Natural Causes sounds really intriguing! I will look more into it.

I'm surprised more haven't picked the Locked Room trope, which is my favorite. Love the puzzle! Sherlock Holmes has to be mentioned for that one. Love Sherlock! Oops comes next on my list.

Oh yeah, I love it when the characthers start dying one by one, even though most of the time the end doesn't make any sense

Julie wrote: "My favorite trope isn't on here: The Troubled Detective. Can be subdivided--Troubled Past (Harry Bosch, many Tana French protagonists, Lisbeth Salander) Addition Issues (Sara Gran) Disabled Detecti..."

The Cormoran Strike series are a good example of this too.

I love this! Please keep doing trope recommendations in different genres!

Zach wrote: "Julie wrote: "My favorite trope isn't on here: The Troubled Detective. Can be subdivided--Troubled Past (Harry Bosch, many Tana French protagonists, Lisbeth Salander) Addition Issues (Sara Gran) Di..."

Elizabeth George's tomes deserve mention here IMO.

Shay Lynn wrote: "I'm a long time Agatha Christie fan, having read and re-read every one of her mysteries over a 50 year span. And even I can't recommend "Sleeping Murder". Miss Marple and Mrs. Christie had both got..."

totally agree. Love AC, but her last few were off.

Bob wrote: "I was hoping for Police Procedural under "tropes". Maybe no one reads those anymore (except me!)"

And me! It's frustrating that thrillers seem to be the genre of the moment. Thank God Audible is bringing in some old Catherine Aird books.

98 percent of John Dickson Carr (or Carter Dickson) books are locked room.

Julie wrote: "My favorite trope isn't on here: The Troubled Detective. Can be subdivided--Troubled Past (Harry Bosch, many Tana French protagonists, Lisbeth Salander) Addition Issues (Sara Gran) Disabled Detecti..."

Yes! (Not that I can think of any at the moment.) Harry Bosch is my favorite American. Would you count Gamache as a troubled detective? He is often under attack. He has grave qualms and tragic empathy.

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Aviva wrote: "I do not understand why you chose Murder on the Orient Express as Agatha Christie's best example of Oops, We're Trapped when the pinnacle of the subgenre is so obviously And Then There Were None."

Agreed!

Shay Lynn wrote: "I'm a long time Agatha Christie fan, having read and re-read every one of her mysteries over a 50 year span. And even I can't recommend "Sleeping Murder". Miss Marple and Mrs. Christie had both got..."

I love Sleeping Murder :)

I love the idea of this list! It'd be great to see similar recommendations for other genre fiction. There are some tropes that never wear out.

I adore psychological modern Gothic novels; old mansions, smart houses, creepy houses, and murder of course.

Aviva wrote: "I do not understand why you chose Murder on the Orient Express as Agatha Christie's best example of Oops, We're Trapped when the pinnacle of the subgenre is so obviously And Then There Were None."

Agreed. I was thinking the same thing.

The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham - now that's creepy children!

The "Oops, We're All Trapped Here Together" and the "Help! I Think My Spouse Is Out to Get Me!" are my favourite tropes.

Aviva wrote: "I do not understand why you chose Murder on the Orient Express as Agatha Christie's best example of Oops, We're Trapped when the pinnacle of the subgenre is so obviously And Then There Were None."
Have to agree. "Murder on the Orient Express" is a good book, but "And Then There Were None" tops my list too.

Valerie wrote: "Bob wrote: "I was hoping for Police Procedural under "tropes". Maybe no one reads those anymore (except me!)"

And me! It's frustrating that thrillers seem to be the genre of the moment. Thank God ..."
Yes, yes, yes! Me too! Police procedurals are are my favorite mystery/thriller reads!

Aviva wrote: "I do not understand why you chose Murder on the Orient Express as Agatha Christie's best example of Oops, We're Trapped when the pinnacle of the subgenre is so obviously And Then There Were None."

100% agree. That said, I think they should have mentioned The Mysterious Affair at Styles, which is the book where Dame Christie actually invented this trope (usually known a Country House mystery.) Styles also happens to be BOTH a country house mystery and a locked room mystery.

Cheryl wrote: "Valerie wrote: "Bob wrote: "I was hoping for Police Procedural under "tropes". Maybe no one reads those anymore (except me!)"

And me! It's frustrating that thrillers seem to be the genre of the mo..."

If I may chime in on this! I so wish that more thrillers were the genre of the moment. If you had to go by the selection of New Books displayed on your local library book self. [View mine at Winter Haven, FL https://pclc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_...] click on New books. Thrillers don't make up more than 15% of the new books from the last 6 months. A majority like over 60% are all Women's fiction that are mostly in the general fiction category and very few ever include thriller mentioned on the cover and flaps. Also Fantasy and Sci-Fi also make up a majority of the New Books on the self. Then you also have a majority of historical fiction in the Women's fiction genre. Then add on the 99% cozy mysteries that are mainly written for women readers.
The publishing world changed so much that it's hard find books that are targeted for men in the thriller genre so why would anything change when the big publishers have the upside down world view that men don't read books anymore. By the your welcome to view my to read list. I do have a lot of female protagonist and female authors on my reading list they are mainly in mystery & suspense
genres.