What Is The Book That Started You On Thriller/Mysteries

[Sarah]

The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew. From the elementary school library.

[Andrew]

I had first read a lot of different types of books when I was a kid, but The first that really got me to love thrillers was The Bride Collector by Ted Dekker!

[James]

I came to the party a bit late when it comes to reading mysteries and thrillers. But back in 1991 I was stuck out in the Iraqi desert at the conclusion of Operation Desert Storm. I had two books with me. One that I brought along in my duffel bag and another that my cousin had sent to me in a care package. Those two books were GORKY PARK by Martin Cruz Smith and SILENT PARTNER by Jonathan Kellerman. Those two novels managed to light the fuse.

[Christine]

Behind Closed Door by B.A. Paris. I've read a lot of thrillers since and non match how good this book is. If you haven't read it do, Its amazing!

[Kirsten]

Eric wrote: "Flowers in the Attic by VC Andrews. Back in high school, this buddy kept raving about this novel. He let me borrow it and once I started it, I did not finish. I read that book through the night and..."

That amazes me. I can't remember any BOYS reading that when I was in high school. I too loved the trilogy. Also I liked My Sweet Audrina by the same author.

[Raymond]

As a kid, when I was allowed into the adult library, the first book I took out was "The Double" by Fyodor Dostoevsky. I was hooked. A man meets himself coming the other way on the street. From that day onward, I wanted to read and write mystery thrillers.

[Tayo]

As a child in the early 70’s I was always interested in mysteries Sherlock Holmes, Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys and Agatha Christie were my go to reads, I’ve been hooked on mysteries every since.

[M.J.]

I loved this book.

Everything about it oozed class.

[Christine]

These 2 books were game changers:

[Kirsten]

Christine wrote: "These 2 books were game changers:

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Loved them both!!

[CYIReadBooks]

I started with Nancy Drew. But life got in the way and I stopped reading for a while. Then, as an older adult, I came upon Preston & Child and read The Cabinet of Curiosities. Have been a fan of the Pendergast series and then some. Since then, I have always gravitated toward the Mystery & Thrillers genre, and I'm currently reading Still Waters by Sara Driscoll -- a Kensington Books novel with estimated release date of 11/29

[Barbara]

I think I probably started with books like Nancy Drew or the Thinking Machine and some of the Scholastic mysteries that were sold at school book sales. Moved pretty quickly to Sherlock Holmes and still read the Canon and a lot of the new fiction today. Also started reading Agatha Christie in my early teens.
As an adult, most of my favorite mystery and mystery series writers are probably not the ones that make the bestseller lists.

[Kirsten]

Barbara wrote: "I think I probably started with books like Nancy Drew or the Thinking Machine and some of the Scholastic mysteries that were sold at school book sales. Moved pretty quickly to Sherlock Holmes and s..."

Love Nancy! I've been listening to the audiobooks right now and they still thrill me.

[David]

The Barrakee Mystery by Arthur W. Upfield. It's the first of the Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte series set in Australia. A pretty good start to an excellent (IMO) series.

[BookishDramas]

Started off with the Enid Blyton series - The Famous Five Collection 1: Books 1-3 & Five Find Outers The Mystery of the Missing Necklace, proceeded to Hardy Boys, Nancy drew, Three Investigators (the last presented by Alfred Hitchcock) and some of the classics like Kidnapped, Three musketeers, tale of two cities, etc.
I graduated to The small black room, hunting of the bismarck and some of Sherlock holmes stories which kindled a flame.
The full fledged fire started when I laid my hands on Alistair Maclean's The Way to Dusty Death
The bug caught me and I have proceeded to all kinds of thrillers - legal, medical, action, mystery, etc.

[BookishDramas]

Barbara wrote: "I think I probably started with books like Nancy Drew or the Thinking Machine and some of the Scholastic mysteries that were sold at school book sales. Moved pretty quickly to Sherlock Holmes and s..."
Some quality fiction written including some great pastiche's but not up to the Canon

[Jackie]

Nancy Drew in 3rd grade. :)

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I was so into Nancy Drew when I was younger too :)