Locked-room mysteries are part of the classic "whodunit and how" stories made popular by authors such as Agatha Christie and John Dickson Carr. You might also think of the 2019 movie, "Knives Out." In a locked-room mystery, a crime has been committed, but the perpetrator could not have gotten in or out of the area or "locked room." We hope this list of titles helps you find your next favorite mystery novel!
- Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
- A snowdrift stops the Orient Express, uncommonly full this time of year, loses 1 passenger- found dead in his locked room.
- A snowdrift stops the Orient Express, uncommonly full this time of year, loses 1 passenger- found dead in his locked room.
- The Three Coffins by John Dickson Carr
- A house surrounded by snow, a man is murdered in his locked room leaving no clues- not even footprints in the snow.
- A house surrounded by snow, a man is murdered in his locked room leaving no clues- not even footprints in the snow.
- The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji
- Collegiates in a mystery book group travel to an island where murders took place that still remain unsolved. When they arrive, the students begin dying one by one while clues from the original murders come together.
- Collegiates in a mystery book group travel to an island where murders took place that still remain unsolved. When they arrive, the students begin dying one by one while clues from the original murders come together.
- Death in the Family by Tessa Wegert
- On an isolated island, the Sinclair family calls the police when they find a family member dead. The detectives on the scene, Shana and Tim, realize no one else is on the island besides the family so they must uncover who is lying.
- On an isolated island, the Sinclair family calls the police when they find a family member dead. The detectives on the scene, Shana and Tim, realize no one else is on the island besides the family so they must uncover who is lying.
- Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder by T.A. Willberg
- A young woman who works as a filing assistant receives a message that something terrible is about to happen. When she goes to the room the note directs her to, she is murdered with no witnesses and no evidence left behind.
- A young woman who works as a filing assistant receives a message that something terrible is about to happen. When she goes to the room the note directs her to, she is murdered with no witnesses and no evidence left behind.
- They All Fall Down by Rachel Hozwell Hall
- Accidents begin to occur when strangers are all brought to a private island under false pretenses leading to thoughts of something sinister going on beneath the seemingly picturesque island paradise.
- Accidents begin to occur when strangers are all brought to a private island under false pretenses leading to thoughts of something sinister going on beneath the seemingly picturesque island paradise.
- The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
- The old adage says "keep your friends close." But how close is too close when 10 friends rent a remote cottage in the Scottish Highlands and one of them turns up dead? Everyone claims they are innocent. Who is lying?
- The old adage says "keep your friends close." But how close is too close when 10 friends rent a remote cottage in the Scottish Highlands and one of them turns up dead? Everyone claims they are innocent. Who is lying?
- The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
- Aiden Bishop knows that every day he wakes up Evelyn Hardcastle will die until he can identify her killer. He wakes in a different body of a guest of Blackheath Manor, some more helpful in solving the murder than others.
- Aiden Bishop knows that every day he wakes up Evelyn Hardcastle will die until he can identify her killer. He wakes in a different body of a guest of Blackheath Manor, some more helpful in solving the murder than others.
- An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena
- It’s an idyllic winter at Mitchell’s Inn in the Catskills until a power outage cutting out all communication to the outside world hits. That would be the worst of it if it were not for guests turning up dead.
- It’s an idyllic winter at Mitchell’s Inn in the Catskills until a power outage cutting out all communication to the outside world hits. That would be the worst of it if it were not for guests turning up dead.
- No Exit by Taylor Adams
- Darby Thorne is on her way home to see her dying mother when snow makes roads impassable and forces Darby to pull over at a highway rest stop. Outside of the rest stop building, Darby makes a startling discovery: a little girl trapped in an animal cage. Darby has to find out which of her fellow travelers is a kidnapper without access to a phone or a way out.