Looking for a book like Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" for 15 yo nephew

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<p>All of you Agatha Christie and mystery book fans, I have a challenge for you. My 15 year old nephew’s favorite book is “And Then There Were None.” He has read some other Agatha Christie books and does not like them nearly so much. He says that what he likes about “And Then There Were None” is that the plot develops with each successive murder. Not having read the book, nor any other mystery books that I can think of, I am hoping that those of you who are mystery book fans can recommend some other books that he would like and that would be appropriate for a 15 year old boy.</p>

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<p>How about the Da Vinci Code? When my younger son was around that age he read it and absolutely LOVED it. He is one of those kids who rarely read for pleasure as a teenager but couldn’t put it down!</p>

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<p>How about [The</a> Daughter of Time -](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daughter_of_Time]The”>The Daughter of Time - Wikipedia)</p>

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<p>I haven’t read these but what about Joan Lowery Nixon books?</p>

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<p>I’ll second Daughter of Time - great book</p>

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<p>Other mystery writers who are very good and w/o graphic sex/violence are Dorothy Sayers & Sarah Caudwell. ( well a little graphic perhaps, but not compared to todays books)</p>

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<p>How about Sherlock Holmes? I’ve read all of them and pretty much all of the Agatha Christie books as well and they’re somewhat similar (and good). If you have a Kindle or if he wants to read them on his computer they’re free since the Sherlock Holmes books are public domain. They’re also fairly inexpensive books where there are a lot of stories in each volume.</p>

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<p>If you go to the Amazon page for a book you like, there are usually suggestions for what “people like you” like"…</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Then-There-Were-None/dp/0312979479[/url]”>http://www.amazon.com/Then-There-Were-None/dp/0312979479&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Wow! I’ve always liked that book, but didn’t know it was a contender for “best mystery ever written”!</p>

<p>Looks like “Hercule Poirot” stuff should work ( “Murder on The Orient Express” and the like).</p>

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<p>^^ Hercule Poirot is one of the characters in Agatha Christie’s books.</p>

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<p>Yes, but I thought books featuring him might be good, no? As opposed to Miss Marple maybe?</p>

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<p>^^ I see - you’re right - he might like the ones with Poirot, I like them, but then I like the ones with Miss Marple as well. The Sherlock Holmes ones are a bit different because Holmes is an unusual character to say the least but I like them. I like the period these books are set in as well.</p>

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<p>My 15-year-old son recommends “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.” It is by Agatha Christie, but is different from many of the others; it doesn’t feature Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple.</p>

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<p>^Sounds good!</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/1579126278/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books[/url]”>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/1579126278/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>"Considered to be one of Agatha Christie’s most controversial mysteries, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd breaks all the rules of traditional mystery writing. A widow’s suicide has stirred rumors of blackmail, and of a secret lover named Roger Ackroyd, who was found stabbed to death in his study. The case is so unconventional that not even crack detective Hercule Poirot has a clue as to how to solve it. "</p>

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<p>Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe mysteries would be perfect for a 15 y/o.</p>

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<p>I would also recommend Bruce Alexander’s Sir John Fielding series, the protagonist is a teenage boy who helps a blind magistrate solve mysteries.</p>

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<p>My son got addicted to John Grisham around that age. He still enjoys his books.</p>

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<p>If your nephew is into classics, he might like Wilkie Collins’s mystery novels (The Moonstone, The Woman in White, etc.)</p>

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<p>Seconding the Sir John Fielding series by Bruce Alexander.</p>

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<p>I thoroughly enjoyed Thr3e by Ted Dekker…elements of suspense…</p>

<p>Review: “Imagine answering your cell phone to hear a stranger’s voice issuing a chilling threat: You have three minutes to confess your sin, or he’ll blow your car to smithereens. You pull over and flee just in time—but the threats keep coming. What “sin” is he talking about? How will you escape? An unputdownable thriller!”</p>

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<p>It is a Poirot story, I thought…</p>