Reading is a great pastime for people of all ages, and a really good mystery novel will keep you on the edge of your seat for hours. Mysteries draw in readers, making them interested in who or what is the secret and how the mystery will be solved.
Arthur Conan Doyle, the author that created Sherlock Holmes, is one of the top mystery novelists of all time. The Hound of the Baskervilles is one of his more famous works. This novel is about a ferocious hound that haunts and terrorizes a family, creating a difficult and unusual mystery for Holmes to solve.
Murder on the Orient Express is another very popular mystery novel written by Agatha Christie. She is the creator of Hercule Poirot, a private detective who is taking a train ride while some very peculiar things are happening -- like murder. From the very start of Poirot's trip, there are unusual occurrences, and it is up to him to find out what is going on.
Edward Stratemeyer, the creator of the Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Tom Swift and the Rover boys characters, also wrote some very popular mystery novels. The Tower Treasure, The House on the Cliff and The Secret of the Old Mill were the first of the Hardy Boys mystery novels.
There are many popular mystery novels written by some of the greatest authors of all time. A great mystery novel will always keep you in suspense and can also make you feel like you are a character in the story.
