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Dark Places: Disturbing Stories of Mystery and Suspense

Our maverick English Teacher and genre enthusiast looks at the mystery/suspense field and finds 52 works that truly take a walk among the dark places of human experience. Some are noir classics, some are neo-noir fictions, and some are unclassifiable..Certain authors predominate, primarily because they have staked out this territory as their own. Our compiler would be hard pressed to choose from this list, but if he had to pick one, it would be James Ellroy's "The Big Nowhere".
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American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
1
Bret Easton Ellis
Anna's Book (Ruth Rendell)
Anna's Book
2
Ruth Rendell
The Bat (Jo Nesbø)
The Bat
3
Jo Nesbø
The Big Nowhere (James Ellroy)
The Big Nowhere
4
James Ellroy
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia
5
James Ellroy
The Bride Wore Black (Woolrich)
The Bride Wore Black
6
Woolrich
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy (Barbara Vine)
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy
7
Barbara Vine
Clandestine (Ellroy)
Clandestine
8
Ellroy
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse
9
Dark Places (Gillian Flynn)
Dark Places
10
Gillian Flynn
A Dark-Adapted Eye (Barbara Vine)
A Dark-Adapted Eye
11
Barbara Vine
Eight Million Ways to Die
Eight Million Ways to Die
12
Faceless Killers (Henning Mankell)
Faceless Killers
13
Henning Mankell
Fallen Angel (Holland)
Fallen Angel
14
Holland
A Fatal Inversion (Barbara Vine/Ruth Rendell)
A Fatal Inversion
15
Barbara Vine/Ruth Rendell
Gallowglass (Barbara Vine)
Gallowglass
16
Barbara Vine
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
The Girl on the Train
17
Paula Hawkins
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
18
Stieg Larsson
The Given Day (Dennis Lehane)
The Given Day
19
Dennis Lehane
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
20
Gillian Flynn
Gone, Baby, Gone (Dennis Lehane)
Gone, Baby, Gone
21
Dennis Lehane
The House of Stairs (Barbara Vine)
The House of Stairs
22
Barbara Vine
I Married a Dead Man (Cornell Woolrich)
I Married a Dead Man
23
Cornell Woolrich
I'd Know You Anywhere (Laura Lippman)
I'd Know You Anywhere
24
Laura Lippman
L. A. Confidential (Ellroy)
L. A. Confidential
25
Ellroy
The Last Good Kiss (James Crumley)
The Last Good Kiss
26
James Crumley
The Mexican Tree Duck (Crumley)
The Mexican Tree Duck
27
Crumley
Miami Purity (Hendriks)
Miami Purity
28
Hendriks
The Missing Person (Brian Tobin)
The Missing Person
29
Brian Tobin
The Narrows (Michael Connelly)
The Narrows
30
Michael Connelly
No Time for Goodbye (Linwood Barclay)
No Time for Goodbye
31
Linwood Barclay
Perfidia (James Ellroy)
Perfidia
32
James Ellroy
The Poet (Michael Connelly)
The Poet
33
Michael Connelly
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
Red Dragon
34
Thomas Harris
Rendezvous in Black
Rendezvous in Black
35
Sharp Objects (Gillian Flynn)
Sharp Objects
36
Gillian Flynn
Shutter Island (Dennis Lehane)
Shutter Island
37
Dennis Lehane
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
38
Thomas Harris
The Snowman (Jo Nesbø)
The Snowman
39
Jo Nesbø
The Spiral Staircase (Aka Some Must Watch) (Ethel Lina White)
The Spiral Staircase (Aka Some Must Watch)
40
Ethel Lina White
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