Popular Russian authors of detectives list. List of interesting detectives

Popular Russian authors of detectives list. List of interesting detectives
Popular Russian authors of detectives list. List of interesting detectives

As a point of reference, the Russian detectives, the list of which is presented in the article, take the 90s of the last century, when the deposits of bookstores hung the detective product from abroad on the shelves of bookstores. This prompted the domestic writers to take up the pen (as an option - the ballpoint pen, and proceed to the composition of the stories fascinating the average readers with plot turns.

Boris Akunin

The list of the best Russian detectives begin the books of Grigoria Chkhartishvili (that is, Boris Akunina). In Russia, it is hardly possible to find a person, more or less interested in modern literature, who would not hear about the "adventures of Erast Fandorin". The named cycle consists of a number of books united by the main person. ERAST, as well as accompanying the action of detectives XIX century, is a model of true nobility. Fandorine appears in the first novel of the "Azazel" cycle, where the activities of the powerful group exposes. And more than a modest post of writing of this is not a hindrance. Then other novels will follow, and some of them healed the second life on the TV screens ("Turkish Gambit", "Stat Counselor"). The final is the book "Black City", the action of which unfolds in 1914 before the war.

The Fandorinsky cycle Akunin seems to want to understand for himself and readers, what is a Russian detective. The list of all sorts of modifications of this genre (some of them were specially invented by the author) amazing imagination. Akunin gives examples of political, spyware, adventure detectives, these are the works listed above. And after such specific branches of the genre appear, as an ethnographic ("diamond chariot"), theatrical ("The whole world - theater") and even ... an idiotic detective. Another postmodern game, nothing more.

A cycle dedicated to Fandorina is not the only work of Akunin in a detective genre. He also belongs to the trilogy about the Monastery Pelagae, who, living in the fictional Valvian province, reveals crimes. To do this, she needs to show all its qualities to the maximum, including the ability to become a brilliant secular lioness when it is required to visit events that do not quite correspond to its activities.

Darya Dontsova

But not only the works of Akunin make up the list continue to the novels of Dtzova, using enviable popularity from the domestic reader. Writing their Daria began after she was put in 1998 a terrible diagnosis of breast cancer. Apparently, the disease opened some creative resources of the writer, and it was discharged from the hospital, having time to call 5 books. In the first of them, "cool heins" - a heroine has a lot of common with the author himself. She loves animals, women are connected with tongues, and then ... and crimes that she has the ability to attract, like a magnet. In total, 46 novels were created about Dasha Vasilyeva (some of them - "for all hares," "My husband's wife" and others were fascinated) and several works of a small genre form.

After that, Dttsova decided to replenish the list of Russian detectives with books in which other heroes are involved - Evlampia Romanova ("Manicure for the Dearman", "Lunch at the cannibal" and many others), Viola Tarakanova ("File from the Golden Cockery", "Three Test Sweets" ). Special attention is attracted to the only male detective created by Donz, - Ivan Pushkin. His image largely reflects the female understanding he is Galanten, noble and does not get tired of care of his mother, a very eccentric woman. At the moment, 19 detectives were created about the pillow, some of them were shielded.

Alexandra Marinina

The audience of the beginning of the present century is likely to remember Nastya Kamenskaya - ash blonde who drinks a lot of coffee, does not like to cook, not at all paints. But knows several languages \u200b\u200band just loves to catch criminals. With its creation, this colorful character must Alexander Marinina, another honorary member of the club "Russian writer of detectives". The list of novels in which Kamenskaya is valid, is quite extensive - enough for 6 seasons of television series! Anastasia appears in the novel "Costed circumstances", so that they are then successfully acting in other detectives ("game on a foreign field", "death for death", "posthumous image" ...).

Tatyana Ustinov

Ustinova one of the first to start writing Russian detectives. The list of works of it, however, is not limited to detective novels ("thunderstorm over the sea" - a sample of this genre in her work). The writer manages to combine bloody crimes with a melodramatic background, solving the heroes of their own love collisions. Thereby, one of the 20 commandments is disturbed, sending data to Stephen Van Diain, and even if.

Andrey Konstantinov

And again an example from the movies. The viewer began "zero", it must be remembered by the gloomy Sagu "Gangster Petersburg" about the elusive antibiotic and brave journalist, which was played by Domogarov. Her creator was a journalist and translator. Increase the list of Russian detectives with their creations, he solves in the mid-90s, making the novels "lawyer" and "journalist", after which other detectives followed. It is also necessary to note the art project "The Agency" Golden Bullet ", carried out by the writer.

Natalia Solnev

The scene's mystical turns also includes a Russian detective. The list of works of the authors who tried to combine in their books the process of disclosing a crime with unreal events, crowned Natalia Solntsev. As the author declares, she wrote the first novel ("Golden Threads") in 2000, and before that, almost nothing wrote. Her works are not ordinary Russian detectives. The list of the main actors of its creations is artifacts that suggests the supernatural impact on the fate of their owners. Whatever a similar impact may be - this is exactly what it wants to explain Natalia in his novels ("What dreams of blood", "Mantle with golden bees", "Etruscular mirror" and others).

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Stig Larson

Forty years old The mystery of the disappearance of a relative does not give rest to the aging magnate, and so he takes the last in his life attempt - I will instruct the search for a journalist Mikael Blumquist. He is taken for a hopeless thing more in order to distract from his own trouble, but soon understands: the problem is more difficult than it seems at first glance. How is a long-standing incident with the killings of women who have happened in different parts of Sweden?

Red rivers. Jean-Christoph Grunae.

The small university town in the Alps is covered by horror: monstrous crimes follow one after one. The police find a disheveled corpus, then in the raft of rocks, then in the thickness of the glacier, then under the roof of the house. Nieman detective decides in order not to stop this israza, but, pursuing a criminal, he discovers all new victims ...

Cowing cuckoo. Robert Galbreit

When the scandalous well-known top model, falling from a snow-covered balcony of his penthouse, is divided into death, everyone decide that this suicide. But the brother of the girl cannot accept this conclusion and appeals to the services of a private detective named Corveroran Strike. Strike passed war, suffered physically and mentally; His life rushes under the slope. Now he expects to close at least financial bare, however, the investigation turns into a cunning trap.

Leviathan. Boris Akunin

In the fashionable quarter of Paris with a special cruelty killed, the British collector Lord Littleby and the entire service personnel mansion. A unique golden figurine of the Indian god Shiva and one of the painted Indian headscarves are stolen from the famous collection of Oriental rarities. The case begins to investigate the detective of the Paris Prefecture Gustave Gosh. In the hand of the killed, he discovers the emblem of Golden China. As it turns out, this is the emblem of the wonder-ship "Leviafan".

Murder in "Eastern Express". Agatha Christie

Poiro is riding in chic "Eastern express" and, as always, it turns out to be drawn into puzzles. In the coupe of the first class in the morning the corpse of a man was found. At the same time, the train stopped in the way with snowy drifts and can not touch. Poiro will have to unravel the situation in which any of the respectable passengers can be a killer. Only brilliant talents and the unsurpassed logic of the Great Detective are able to help disclose the crime.

Angels and Demons. Dan Brown

Illuminati. An ancient mysterious Order, famous in the Middle Ages, fierce struggle with the official church. Legend of the distant past? Perhaps ... But - why then on the chest killed during the mysterious circumstances of the scientist carved precisely the symbol of the Illuminati? Invited from Harvard Symbols Specialist and His Parliament, the daughter of the dead, they begin their own investigation - and soon come to incredible results ...

Weed, whining the bag's bag. Alan Bradley

"In the still waters, the devils are found" - this proverb accurately characterizes an eccentric family living in an old bouquet estate. Father, turned on the brands, a nuts aunt and two sisters: Hange and blue stockings - How do you order to have fun in such a company? Investigation of the ridiculous death of a arrival puppeteer opens other gloomy secrets, no one has recalled for a long time - a great time forwarding.

Moon rock. Wineli Collins

"Lunar Stone" is the most famous and, undoubtedly, the best book of Willow Collins. In this beautiful work, the features of a classic detective, adventure and adventure novel are organically combined, and the fascinating story immediately captures the reader and keeps in tension to the last page.

Sweetness on cake crust. Alan Bradley

In the old English estate, the last representatives of the aristocratic race live - the eccentric colonel de Luce and three of his daughters. In the summer of 1950, an incredible event of rural life violate the incredible marsh: the murder of a stranger and the arrest of the Colonel. While the eldest daughters, as expected well-brought up English ladies, sobble in handkerchiefs, younger, eleven-year-old Flavia, delighted: Finally, something happened in her life!

Flemish board. Arturo Perez-Reverse

"Flemish board" is an intellectual detective, paradoxical and multifaceted. Roman fascinates the movement of action from one temporary and cultural reservoir in another, dizzyfully swirling plot. In the world of antiques and collectors, the old picture is the key to the raysterity of cruel crimes taking place in our days, and for each lifted figure in the chess game, human life is paid.

Silkworm. Robert Galbreit

After the disappearance of Owen Quayna, his wife turns to the private detective to feed the strike. Believing that the husband is simply hiding from relatives, as it happened more than once, Leonora Quiine entrusts the strike to find a fugitive and return to the Lono of the family. But during the investigation, the strike understands that the situation is much more serious than seems to be Leonore. Owen Quiine took the manuscript with him a new novel, where he put very well-known and influential people in an unsightly light.

Smoked searer without mustard. Alan Bradley

The last representatives of the aristocratic clan - Colonel de Luce and three daughters live in the destitute. While the colonel is frantically looking for ways to save the family from ruin, selling the brands and family table silver, two senior daughters, Ophelia and Daphne, play with younger in the Inquisition, but Flavia is not up to the games, the young detective is engaged in another investigation. On the territory of the Buchwow, they attack the gypsy-fortune tune, which broke the camp in the forest, and Flavia finds the corpse.

Disappeared. Gillian Flynn.

Everything was ready for the celebration of the anniversary of the marital life when one of the culprits of the celebration was missing. Traces of struggle in the house were left, the blood, which was clearly trying to erase - and the chain of "keys" in the game called "Treasure Hunting"; An intelligent and incredibly inventive wife arranged her annually for her adorable husband. And it seems that these "keys" - the notes placed by it - give the only chance to shed light on the fate of the disappeared.

If tomorrow comes. Sidney Sheldon

An exciting romance melodrama on incredible robbers, which makes a former modest employee of the bank, after herself became a victim of Novoorlean Mafia. She fights the fraudsters by the same techniques and constantly replays them, getting, however, from this not only moral, but also quite tangible material satisfaction.

Dead asb. Yuhan Teorin

One day a very thick fog descended to the secluded Eland Island, which happened infrequently - just a few times a year. And it is on this day a little boy, Jens Davidsson, left the house of the grandfather to walk and lost. In white, like milk, he met a man in a dark coat, who introduced himself as Niels Kant. He took the boy by his hand and promised to take him home. Since then, Nobody has seen anymore, like a person in a coat, which, according to police, died long before these events ...

Lady in the car, in glasses and with a gun. Sebastian Zaprizo

This blonde is the most beautiful, most false, the most sincere, most stupid, the most stubborn, the most restless of all famous heroines. The lady runs away from the police and he repeats all the time that she is not crazy ... However, those who see her do not think so. At the gas station, she damaged her hand. To top it all, she has no money with him. It seems that, wherever she is, she can at least eat something that, wherever she escaped, she will not be able to stay alone, get rid of what she knows from what she hides ..

I have a broach from the tomb. Alan Bradley

An incredible event violates the pastoral idyll of the cute English village of Bishop Lacy. The archaeological team comes to make the opening of the century, perform excavations of the graves of St. Tancred. One thing is already enough to give food for woven a hundred years ahead. But in the place where the tomb of the saint should be pretty fresh corpse of the local handsome organist ... For the investigation, as usual, the Eternal Nightmare of Local Police Flavia de Luce is taken for the investigation, as usual Ryano is taken.

Passenger. Jean-Cristof Grine

Meeting with a patient suffering from Amnesia leads a psychiatrist Matias Frera to the terrible discovery: he has the same "passenger without baggage" syndrome. Once at once, he loses his memory and from the fragments of the past creates a new person. To find your true "I", he will have to go through all his former hypostasis. Frera pursue the mysterious killers in Black, the police chase him, convinced that it was he - the serial maniac who made terrible murders imitating the ancient Greek myths ...

Silence of the Lambs. Thomas Harris

Dr. Hannibal Lecter is a brilliant psychiatrist, but the world can consider himself safely until it is behind the steel door of a single camera in a strict regime prison. Dr. Lecter - killer. He is gourmet eater. Clairis Sterling - Cadet of the FBI Academy. She is susceptible to someone else's trouble, and this is exactly what all its actions define. Fate makes the heroes act together in the case of the capture of Buffalo Bill - the most dangerous maniac killer.

Mysterious river. Dennis Lihan.

To three little buddies, Sean, Jimmy and Daiva, Burning on the street, approach two imaginary policemen and will be taken away in their car the most weak and defenseless of them - Dave. A few days later, the boy runs away from the kidnappers and returns home, but this story leaves the scar in the soul of each of her participants and in twenty-five years again leads them together in a monstrous nightmare.

Thirteenth fairy tale. Diana Setterfield

Margaret Lee works in a buckiest shop. Similarly, she prefers Dickens and Sisters Bronte. The greater the surprise of Margaret, when she gets from the writer species Winter offer to become her biographer. And so before Margaret, which was in the walls of the gloomy populated by the ghosts of the past, the mansion, unfolds into the Gothic history of twin sisters, which in a strange way echoes her personal history ...

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In this selection, the best foreign detectives are the books of famous authors. In the list you will find bestsellers who have become famous from the screening in films and serials.

Donato Carrisi. Prompter

The main acting face of the novel is Mila Vasquez. She is a detective, who should, together with his team, "Albert" to search for six girls who are not connected with each other. The characters managed to find burial with five left hands, which means that the last sacrifice can still be delivered from death ...

The novel will talk about the police academy of Quebec, who has bad glory. There are corruption and illegal acts of teaching staff. The main character is the senior inspector retired, which was at the head of the Academy. His name is Arman Hamash. After the map was discovered in the wall, Arman instructed to deal with these cadets, but the case took an unexpected turn. Further

Camilla Parker works by a journalist in a small Chicago edition. The girl was instructed to write an article about the maniac, who deprives the life of schoolgirls, pulling his teeth from the victims. In the process of the investigation it turned out that all city inhabitants keep terrible secrets. Further

People threaten the deadly danger in the form of OS, which are able to take human life with one bite. With all this, they lay eggs in the bodies of their victims. To understand this, the squad "Sigma" is taken for business, because only they can prevent this terrible catastrophe that can destroy humanity. Further

Donato Carrisi. Girl in the fog

In the detective work "Girl in Tuman", we will talk about the disappearance of a young person named Anna Lou. She went to church, but never reached the destination. To figure it out, a detective phoel is taken for business. It was he who attracted to cooperation of media workers. But does this investigate help? Where did Anna disappear? Further

Yu Meste. Thirst

Detective Harry always sought to eliminate crime and bring order in this world. He returned to work in Oslo to catch the serial maniac, who hunts the personalities of the dating site. It returns the hero to his dark past. Further

Peter James. Jump over the abyss

Faith Rans are married to a plastic surgeon. They grow the son of Alec. Thanks to her husband, faith looks great, but for what reason did she have a deep depression? Perhaps the whole thing in a spouse that controls each pitch of the beloved? Further

Megan Miranda. All missing girls

The psychologist Nicoletta Fallows works in Philadelphia and prepare for the wedding. She left the native edges after the girlfriend of Corinna's girlfriend. After the brother's call, the girl returned to the father's house, because his father lost his mind, and again hesitates about the disappeared girlfriend. In his words, the police find new facts about the disappearance of the girl. Soon everything opens, but is it ready for this heroine? Further

Dan Brown. Lost symbol

Robert Langdon is preparing to read a lecture in the National Hall of the Capitol statues, but suddenly hears a cry. Having hauled, he sees a severe hand with a hand on a pedestal. It symbolizes the "hand of Mysteries." The main thing is that the owner of the hand is a long-time comrade and the Mentor of Robert, whose name is Peter ... Further

Joel Dicker. True on the case of Harry Quebert

Marcus Goldman suffers from the fact that he was not attended by a muse for a long time, so he goes to his comrades - a successful writer Harry Quebert. Harry is accused of a long murder. Marcus starts his own investigation, and suddenly receives advice on writing bestseller. Further

Recommenders again waiting for the continuation of the baud in the feast of the feeder of the root and his assistant Robin Ellakot. This time, the heroes will look for a psycho that kills victims by machete. In this book, the author will open the secrets of the former life of heroes, so the reader will be able to understand what contributed to the fact that Korotran and Robin became such personalities. Further

The company of girls receives Keith a message from his girlfriend, which exactly the same as she and 17 years ago, when Kate had a father. The heroines were always inseparable, but they got bad glory, because they lied around others, but did not rotate each other, playing the game. Now they must come together again to realize - the main rule of their fun is violated. Further

Richard always wanted to get into the closed club of the course of ancient culture, but it's not so easy to get here. Over time, his dream came true. And now, once the student of this closed club died, but the perunion was avoided. Now the imparting secrets begin to emerge, turning into a tragedy series. Further

Stig Larsson. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

For 40 years, the elderly magnate is concerned about the secret disappearance of his relatives. He asks for help from a journalist - Mikael Blumquist, who is taken for this case in order to distract. But when he approaches the randering closest, the man's life threatens the danger. The investigation leads to a quiet town in which hell reigns. Further

Penka. James Hasel

Charlie Priest - a lawyer and a former policeman who was attacked in his own house. The offender demanded that the hero did not have, then the enemy left the house. Very soon found him planted on count. Charlie cannot leave the case without the investigation, therefore it is conducting its own investigation. Further

Jonathan Kellerman. Daughter of the killer

The main heroine of Roman - Grace Blades. She is a successful psychotherapist that finds an approach to each patient. The girl has a hobby - random ties with strangers. Everything changes when one of her patients was one of the random lovers. He was found dead, and the police had a lot of questions to Grace. Further

Liana Moriarty. Big little lie

The book will tell about three mothers whose children are studying in one educational institution. In their families, everything is safely, but everyone keeps an impartial secret. How to overcome the difficulties arising in families? What is the cause of domestic violence, misunderstanding and disrespectful behavior? Will these secrets become the subject of universal attention? Further

Robert Bryndza. Dark waters

In this novel, Eric Foster continues his detective investigations. This time the heroine will deal with the business of the girl, which disappeared 6 years ago. He recently discovered her dead, and Erica takes about the case. The new facts about the family of the deceased are gradually opening, and the woman itself fears for his own life ... Further

Gillian Flynn. Dark secrets

Libby lost all his relatives in early childhood, except brother. The girl grew up and turned into an egoist, which is not considered a stranger opinion. It was the brother that she blamed the death of loved ones, but did he guilty? Will Libby be able to take the truth about a nightmare event that occurred 24 years ago? Further

History will tell about the psychiatrist named Matthias Freer. His life has changed after one patient suffering from a "patient without baggage" syndrome. Now the hero is forced to collect memories for the crumbs to become the one who he was before. In addition, some events contributed to the fact that Matthas accuses murder. Further

These were the best overseas detectives - books from the most popular authors with world name. If you have already read something from our list, tell us about your impressions. 😉


Detective is a pretty young genre in literature, as well as a cinema, the essence of which is the permanent investigations of crimes in order to clarify who all of this costs, his goals and motives. The reader appears the opportunity to develop the flexibility of thinking and observation, their deductive and analytical data. For the promotion of detectives in Russian culture today, Boris Akunin, Elena Mikhalkov, Tatiana Ustinova and other no less talented authors.

Detectives are classified by the following styles:

  • Psychological (disclosure of crimes in the process of studying characters and psychotypes);
  • Historic (events occur in the past or in the focus of the events of the past years);
  • Fantastic (characters may have magical abilities; it is possible to move in temporary spaces);
  • Ironic (the work contains humor and witty statements in itself);
  • Acrely (rapidly developing plot, holding in voltage);
  • Closed (actions unfold in a closed space, where there is a group of people and among them a criminal).

Top 10 best Russian detectives

10 Rose and Cross

Unusual mixture of styles

Rosa and Cross - the debut book of the Russian writer Eleanora Pakhomoyov. This detective is an unusual mix of realism, psychology, mystics, gothic. Events occur in our time. The famous psychotherapist find the dead in its office. Everything points to ritual murder. Major Ivan Zamyatin and Psychotherapist, Candidate of Philosophy, Expert on Occultim, Miroslav Pogodin, are taken for the work.

Someone makes ritual killings on the design of Tarot cards: "Supreme Priestess", "Ierofant", "Fool". The search for a killer lead them to one of the Moscow sects. What is hiding behind a series of terrible killings? Each character attracts attention, everyone experiences in its deep injury. Someone breaks, someone becomes better, and someone goes crazy. In the reviews they write that the final is predictable, but reading the detective does not become less interesting.

9 Silence of the Old Cemetery

Best mystical

Mystical detective, the authors of which are young writers Elena Obukhov and Natalia Tymoshenko, has already managed to enter the ratings of the best Russian mystical detectives. The action takes place in our time in St. Petersburg. At the old Lutheran cemetery, two girlfriends were upheld to make photographs of the tombstones, but the entrance to the territory was closed, so it was necessary to find another. Finding the entrance, they decided to take a walk in the silence of the old cemetery. But besides them, someone wandered there. He walked behind them, breathed into his head, touched their hair. From the walk of the girl did not return, they stayed forever in the cemetery.

Someone kills girls in the cemetery, and then sending messages alive in love. The victims are found in a specific posture, in special robes, with the same tattoo on the back of the head. Perhaps these are ritual killings? Lovers of detectives note that it is difficult to read the book, as it is difficult to understand who is worth it.

8 newspaper

The most transmitted atmosphere

The book is deeply impregnated by the atmosphere of the 90s, so the reader is not familiar with this time, in full swing will imbued with this "Likim" mood. The author skillfully describes the atmosphere of despondency and disappointment. The action occurs in 1996. In the small northern village mysteriously disappeared schoolgirl. A journalist from the regional newspaper is conducting a journalistic investigation in order to obtain information about this mysterious incident, during which it detects a whole world with its own mysteries and secrets.

Every resident there is something to hide and they are ready to go on a lot in order to truth not opened. Everything spins around a schoolgirl's disappearance, which has not disappeared at all. This incident, as if on the principle of domino, completely looses the fragile equilibrium between the locals. According to the reviewers of readers of literary forums, the plot of the detective constantly keeps in suspense; It is noted that the work is easy to read and interesting.

7 Poisoned mask

Best historical

"Poisoned Mask" - Detective Valeria of Verbinina about the idleness. The book is written in the genre of historical detective. Home Heroine, Amalia Tamarin, Young girl 17 years old. Her father died from Chatheka, so it is forced to return from France to Russia. At home, she is met by the arrogant Mother and Uncle-Survived. There is no money in the family, so they temporarily gave the shelter's relative of the father, rich landing. But for her, three extra homes are heavy, so its main goal becomes successful to marry Amalia, but Amalia itself does not even want to think about it.

One day, Amalia goes to the country estate of his friend and there are attempted at her. One, second, third ... Characters, atmosphere of those times are spelled out in the book. According to reviews on literary forums, the detective firmly occupied the leading places in the ranking of the best modern Russian detectives, the booklers read it in one breath.

6 Fifth bad

Intriguing plot

"Fifth inweetest" - the work of the Russian writer Albina Nuri, who loves to add mystics. The new year, a cozy country house, who gathered a family in him and nothing foreshadows trouble. Four heroes - Rosa, with a failed personal life, her strange mother, everly reading morality, grandfather - an undervalued writer and poet, and his arrogant and proud sister - hostess at home. Each chapter is written on behalf of one of them.

Suddenly, at six o'clock in the evening, frightening things began to occur. Each family member experiences his fear alone, without telling anything to anyone. All of them hold the resentment to each other, however, when events cease to be explained, the heroes begin to get closer. It seems that there is someone outsider in the house ... According to reviews, the most impressive part of the book is the story of a rose mother. The book is read quickly thanks to the light syllable.

5 evil wind

Best old detective

Roman "Evil Wind", written by the famous writer Arkady Adamov in 1970, is considered to be a classic of a Russian detective genre. Events are developing in Soviet Moscow and Odessa. Vitaly Losev, an Inspector of Throat, is investigating a series of hotel corners and murders in Moscow. During the investigation, it turned out that the criminal group is engaged in the embezzlement and speculation on a huge scale: from building materials to women's clothing.

Here is a complete detective set: surveillance, chase, fights, analytical work. Each character with its own character, with their problems, with his attitude to life, to work. The author fascinates the reader of a rich line of the plot development line and an extremely interesting investigation. For many decades, according to readers' reviews, the book is included in the ranking of the best Russian detectives of the XX century.

4 trail foxes on stones

The most tangled

Detective "Trail of Fox on Stones" Helena Mikhalkova was published in 2018 and had already managed to win the love of Russian readers. We have to follow the investigation of the extremely confusing business of private owners of Sergei Babkin and Makara Ilyushin. The story begins unexpectedly: the killer hires Babkin and Ilyushin to search for a corpse. But was there a killer and the victim? Perhaps this is an inflamed imagination?

The actions of the book occur in a small village on a dozen houses - Kamyshivka. The characters of the inhabitants are very well disclosed. All the misfortunes of the village are connected with the ill-fated fire that occurred in 1991, as a result of which one person died, the second was in prison. Local has something to hide. The case is not easy, because each of the detectives has its own point of view on what is happening, they are often arguing. Will Babkin and Makarov be able to act one one or they will come to a common opinion?

3 oligarch with big bear

Best-seller

"Oligarch from a big bear" best selling detective Tatyana Ustinova and it is easy to read. The book successfully combines an adventurous-detective and fabulous love line. Elizabeth Arsenieva, the main character, leads a successful advertising agency. She is waiting for positive and interesting changes in his life, but at the same time fears something new. Suddenly, the homeless Dmitry appeared in her life, and the peripetics begins. At first, the heroine finds the corpse of his employee in the garage, it is incomprehensible as it turned out. Further - shooting in Elizavet and Dmitry at the cottage, but it is unclear to whom that shot.

Dmitry actually in the past was oligarch, and now he is forced to live in the country's cooperative. But his unclean past began to pursue and now he must save and his life, and the life of Elizabeth. The book firmly occupied a leading place in the ranking of the best-selling Russian detectives.

2 No Grasshopper in the Grass

Leader feedback

The book "No Grasshopper in the grass" of the Russian writer Elena Mikhalkova is a mixture of detective and social drama. The narrative is divided into two parts - the present and past life of Olya Belkin. A prosperous married couple goes to rest in Greece. Once in the morning, Olya unexpectedly disappears ... in pajamas, without slippers. Oli's husband asks for private detectives, Sergey Babkin and Makara Ilyushin, find a missing spouse.

At the same time, the reader tells about the past Oli: about the father-supro, about the mother-cluster, about the evil grandmother and a small child who is trying to comprehend what is happening and survive in inhuman conditions. It is necessary to understand that it combines the past and present, trace the two lines to the point of their connection. Inside the developing plot allowed the book to collect many positive feedback, in which many recognize the work as one of the best modern Russian detectives.

1 Azazelle

The most readable

"Azazel" - the famous Russian novel about the detective Erast Fandorin. The detective became the first book from the cycle of an extraordinary policeman. The main character is a young man, twenty years old. Good luck accompanies him due to its courage, nobility and charm. The plot action unfolds at the end of the XIX century. The author pleases an elegant, a little old-fashioned language, which is nice to read and the charming atmosphere of Tsarist Russia.

The hero of the book will have to investigate the case of the mysterious suicide of a rich student. The main character could not imagine that this investigation would turn the chain of deaths. Investigate the crime will only help disinterestedness, loyalty to the Motherland and luck. Roman for several years in a row has been in a row leading places in the rankings of the best Russian detectives. The plot seizes attention from the first pages and does not want the book to end, the author leaves the final more or less open.

Dozens of years of the book of this genre help not only to spend time with interest, but also to develop their own smelling, for which they are loved almost every one. There are many subgenaries of this direction of literature, but how not to get lost in this diversity as good and not very books? We have made a list of 15 of the 15 most worthy representatives of the detective genre, about the reading of which you definitely do not regret! In our library.

Top Foreign Detectives

Modern detective books from foreign authors will enjoy those who appreciate not only the riddle, but also the individuality of the author himself and its style. This genre has become an excellent platform for the most bold experiments. If you are ready for unexpected turns, really shocking mysteries and an unusual atmosphere - these works will come to your taste.

1. Mats Ulsson

Losing popularity and former zeal journalist Harry Svensson decides to change its activity when sensation falls in his hands. The artist known for the whole country was the cauldron in the hotel room alone with the explosive body of a young woman. Harry decides not to miss the chance and will dip in the investigation. He has and personal accounts - the second victim of the real killer becomes a familiar journalist, with which they agreed on the basis of the overall hobby of BDSM.

2. Yu Nesboy

A policeman from Oslo Harry Hole faces the first in Norway with a serial killer, a distinctive feature of which is the first snow. As soon as the earth is covered with a thin white blanket, women disappear in the city. Hasp's shaky snowman becomes gravestone for their brutally taken away lives.
Roman Pedit is bloody details of crimes and depressive atmosphere, but the charismatic protagonist will not let you drown in the darkness of someone else's madness.

3. Camilla Lackberg

A woman is not a frequent guest of a serious detective, but Camilla Lackberg definitely does not allow to doubt his talent.
A lonely lighthouse on the alienated island among the sea becomes the starting point in the investigation of the murder of Mats Sterina - director and the head of a serious social project. It is rumored that the lighthouse is cursed and the ghosts of those who died there were previously pulled a man behind them, because he was there a few days before his death. But these are prejudices, the killer must be found and punished. But who could commit a crime if the victim did not have enemies?

4. Inger Frymanssone

There are women by which death walks on the heels. Everyone who finds himself next to Justine risks to go to the world. Perhaps this is a curse? Or unhappy childhood and the early loss of the mother turned it into a bloodthirsty monster, forced to stay in an empty house alone with one bird. But without reading the novel to the end, you will not recognize the true cause of the zeasts.

5. Harlan Koben.

The life of Adam is radically changing when an unfamiliar person is attached to him with a pleasant person and reports that everything that he knew about his wife is not quite true. This stranger warned not only him. Appearing, he destroyed the life of the truth and sometimes even demanded money so that this truth did not become public. But Adam does not want to believe him say. You will have to find out yourself.

Top Russian detectives

The domestic detective is a practical course, with its own characteristics and its stylistics. These books will like those who like to read about the mystery in a familiar setting. Russian characters are easier to empathize and put themselves at the place of the main character in such conditions is easier. The list of best books-detectives is shown below.

1. Boris Akunin

Baku before the First World War becomes the background for the fatal events of the novel. The gloomy oil city, taking off criminals of all the masters. The reader is waiting for chase shocking secrets, bright characters and fear. Does the main character of the novel perishing?

2. Tatyana Ustinova

The director and his assistant stay in Nizhny Novgorod to work on radio production. However, instead of the usual working days, they are waiting for the investigation of the mysterious death, which occurred right during one of the performances in the local theater. How to find a killer among those who are endowed with an outstanding acting talent? The main characters will have to make every effort to raid the fatal incidents.

3. Natalia Solnev

A small town takes back those who left him for a long time. Heroes of Larisa and Renat and did not expect to face ghosts, unknown science animals and certainly did not expect to be involved in the investigation. But who knows, perhaps it is their common past that has become a push for what is happening here.

4. Alexandra Marinina

The heroine goes to the Siberian town to help familiar find a place to build a boarding house. However, this case goes into the background when it is involved in political intrigues of local authorities. Residents accuse politicians in a whole series of murders and only truly flexible mind can unravel this bloody blister crimes.

5. Anton Leontyev

Popular TV presenter is trying to restore its reputation after the live scandal. It agrees to the place in the project on psychics and to his surprise understands that not all of them are greedy charlatans. One of the participants will find out the terrible details of the old business - the abduction and killing of the child. But she does not see his own ambulance ...

World bestsellers detective genre

With Bestseller's books, every self-respecting lover of detectives should be familiar with. These are the best and most famous books on which you can safely put a quality mark. They love them, films and serials are removed on them. But it will always be better familiar with the original! So, detective books are a list of the best.

1. Agatha Christie

The classic plot is a mysterious person collects completely different people in a remote home. Guests die one after another, but who needs it?

2. Arthur Conan Doyle

Collection of the most interesting Affords of Sherlock Holmes.
⦁ Silver
⦁ Yellow face
⦁ Clerk Adventures
⦁ "Gloria Scott"
⦁ Rite home Mesrevov
⦁ Reague Squires
⦁ Gorbun
⦁ Permanent patient

3. James Grady

"Condor" - Nickname Ronald Malcolm, who suddenly becomes the main suspect in the murder of his colleagues right in the workplace. He has to take into his own hands the proof of his innocence. But this is not all the troubles that fall on his life.


Art and science are truly mysterious areas. What if a secret code is hidden in the legendary paintings, which leads to the randering of the most incredible world secrets.

5. Stig Larsson

To distract from problems, Mikael journalist is taken for the investigation of a completely hopeless case. A young girl was brutally killed a few years ago. However, this turns out to be not the only crime of the maniac, and the journalist himself threatens a deadly danger.