6 Responses to “My brother likes mystery books, he's going into 9th grade in August. Any recommendations?”

1. By boo on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

   Any books by Agatha Christie. She is like the Queen of mystery and suspence. My personal favorite is Then There Were None.
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2. By Emma on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

   Any books by Agatha Christie. She is an amazing myster book writer.
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3. By ck1 on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

   I'd agree about Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None, Murder on the Orient Express, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Death on the Nile, A Pocketful of Rye, The ABC Murders, A Caribbean Mystery, Nemesis (which should be read after A Caribbean Mystery), The Moving Finger, Sleeping Murder, Lord Edgeware Dies, Endless Night (this one is rather Gothic) and many more.

   Your brother might also enjoy some of the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. My personal favorite is The Hound of the Baskervilles, but he wrote many good ones. His collection of stories called The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is excellent.

   G.K. Chesterton wrote a series of shorter Father Brown mystery stories. These were also excellent. One set is called The Innocence of Father Brown.

   If your brother enjoys historical mysteries, he may enjoy the Brother Cadfael stories which are set in Medieval times. The first is called A Morbid Taste for Bones. These mysteries are also very good.

   Margery Allingham wrote the Albert Campion mysteries, starting with The Crime at Black Dudley. Dorothy L. Sayers wrote the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries, starting with Whose Body? Ngaio Marsh wrote the Rodderick Alleyn mysteries, starting with A Man Lay Dead. They are all good.

   If your brother enjoys the hard-boiled detective fiction, you might suggest Dashiell Hammett, Mickey Spillane and Raymond Chandler (among others).

   Steve Martini has written some really good courtroom drama/mysteries. John Grisham is another author whose works he may enjoy.

   Janet Evanovich wrote a series of mysteries that are funny, starting with One for the Money.

   David Baldacci is another good author of stories full of mystery and intrigue.

   There are many more, but I hope this helps.
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4. By tron451 on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

   Jack's Run by Roland Smith. http://www.amazon.com/Jacks-Run-Roland-Smith/dp/B00196UBVM/ref=pd_bbs_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213134905&sr=8-8 I enjoyed this when I was about that age. There's also a sequel–Zach's Lie— and a third one too, I think.
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5. By anobium625 on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

   You might try the Cadfael books by Ellis Peters. There are about twenty of them, only lightly dependent upon each other, and order won't matter much. You will find them in libraries, in stores–of course–and in cheap used paperbacks at Abebooks. To start with, try "The Virgin in the Ice," which is exciting and features a brave 13-year-old boy.

   These aren't chapter books. They were written for adults, but if your brother is a good reader, he won't have a problem.
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   http://www.abebooks.com/

6. By @ng3l@!!! on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

   I agree that any books by Agatha Christy would be great!
   Some of my favourites r with Tommy and Tuppence:

   "Partners In Crime"
   "The Secret Adversary"
   "Postern Of Fate"
   "By The Pricking Of My Thumbs"

   Also, there is a series of books starting with "Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators in…" or "The Three Investigators in…" They r written by various authors and they r really pleasant 4 all ages.

   I give u a list of them below:

   Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators in…

   * #1: The Secret Of Terror Castle (1964, by Robert Arthur)
   * #2: The Mystery Of The Stuttering Parrot (1964, by Robert Arthur)
   * #3: The Mystery Of The Whispering Mummy (1965, by Robert Arthur)
   * #4: The Mystery Of The Green Ghost (1965, by Robert Arthur)
   * #5: The Mystery Of The Vanishing Treasure (1966, by Robert Arthur)
   * #6: The Secret Of Skeleton Island (1966, by Robert Arthur)
   * #7: The Mystery Of The Fiery Eye (1967, by Robert Arthur)
   * #8: The Mystery Of The Silver Spider (1967, by Robert Arthur)
   * #9: The Mystery Of The Screaming Clock (1968, by Robert Arthur)
   * #10: The Mystery Of The Moaning Cave (1968, by William Arden)
   * #11: The Mystery Of The Talking Skull (1969, by Robert Arthur)
   * #12: The Mystery Of The Laughing Shadow (1969, by William Arden)
   * #13: The Secret Of The Crooked Cat (1970, by William Arden)
   * #14: The Mystery Of The Coughing Dragon (1970, by Nick West)
   * #15: The Mystery Of The Flaming Footprints (1971, by M. V. Carey)
   * #16: The Mystery Of The Nervous Lion (1971, by Nick West)
   * #17: The Mystery Of The Singing Serpent (1972, by M. V. Carey)
   * #18: The Mystery Of The Shrinking House (1972, by William Arden)
   * #19: Secret Of Phantom Lake (1973, by William Arden)
   * #20: The Mystery Of Monster Mountain (1973, by M. V. Carey)
   * #21: The Secret Of The Haunted Mirror (1974, by M. V. Carey)
   * #22: The Mystery Of The Dead Man's Riddle (1974, by William Arden)
   * #23: The Mystery Of The Invisible Dog (1975, by M. V. Carey)
   * #24: The Mystery Of Death Trap Mine (1976, by M. V. Carey)
   * #25: The Mystery Of The Dancing Devil (1976, by William Arden)
   * #26: The Mystery Of The Headless Horse (1977, by William Arden)
   * #27: The Mystery Of The Magic Circle (1978, by M. V. Carey)
   * #28: The Mystery Of The Deadly Double (1978, by William Arden) #
   * #29: The Mystery Of The Sinister Scarecrow (1979, by M. V. Carey)
   * #30: The Secret Of The Shark Reef (1979, by William Arden)

   The Three Investigators in …

   * #31: The Mystery Of The Scar-Faced Beggar (1981, by M. V. Carey)
   * #32: The Mystery Of The Blazing Cliffs (1981, by M. V. Carey)
   * #33: The Mystery Of The Purple Pirate (1982, by William Arden)
   * #34: The Mystery Of The Wandering Cave Man (1982, by M. V. Carey)
   * #35: The Mystery Of The Kidnapped Whale (1983, by Marc Brandel)
   * #36: The Mystery Of The Missing Mermaid (1983,M. V. Carey)
   * #37: The Mystery Of The Two-Toed Pigeon (1984, by Marc Brandel)
   * #38: The Mystery Of The Smashing Glass (1984, by William Arden)
   * #39: The Mystery Of The Trail Of Terror (1984, by M. V. Carey)
   * #40: The Mystery Of The Rogues' Reunion (1985, by Marc Brandel)
   * #41: The Mystery Of The Creep-Show Crooks (1985, by M. V. Carey)
   * #42: The Mystery Of Wrecker's Rock (1986, by William Arden)
   * #43: The Mystery Of The Cranky Collector (1987, by M. V. Carey)

   I hope u find smthg good 4 ur brother in there…
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