Best twist? - Page 3

BenG · 01-10-2013, 12:08 AM

I wasn't really trying to solve the mystery, the idea just sort of popped in my head.

jehane · 01-12-2013, 07:21 AM

Another Agatha Christie: Witness for the Prosecution (short/novella)
Ray Bradbury: The Toynbee Convector (short, SF)

Lin2412 · 01-28-2015, 11:48 PM

This thread needs to be bookmarked! (Already did, haha.) I think the one book that really got me to enjoy the plot twists would be Gone Girl (and the movie / direction was amazing also, and lived up to my expectations).

Geralt · 01-29-2015, 08:54 AM

I Am Not A Serial Killer (John Cleaver #1) by Dan Wells GR Link
The "twist" happens around page 100. Depending on what kind of reader you are you will either hurl the book across the room or go bonkers and read the rest of the book that day.
I personally loved it.

Synopsis here

Spoiler:

hildea · 02-01-2015, 03:03 PM

I just recommended Megan Whalen Turner's "The Thief" in another thread, but it fits here too. http://meganwhalenturner.org/NovelsThief.html

Another one is Sarah Rees Brennan's "Demon's Lexicon". (I was about to link to the author page for the book, but there's a spoiler in the description of a later book in the series. The Goodreads page for it is spoilerish too, so be wary if you go looking for it. This description is spoiler free, though: http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/06/2...-rees-brennan/

Both these are first in series, but can stand on their own. For both, there are twists in the later books in the series, too. They are really, really good, with twists that made me want to reread immediately, to pick up hints and foreshadowings.

rkomar · 02-01-2015, 05:40 PM

I'm going to throw in the mystery "Murder at Mt. Fuji" by Shizuko Natsuki. It starts out with a disappointingly obvious murder, but it gets curiouser and curiouser as the plot unfolds. Twists right to the end.

Hmm, no English ebook version available.

NickyWithNook · 02-01-2015, 07:40 PM

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters has a huge twist.

Lin2412 · 02-01-2015, 10:31 PM

@hildea: Megan Whalen Turner's "The Thief" is one of my all time favorites. I had a slight prediction at the start of the book wherein I had an idea of the possible twist, but Magen Whalen Turner's righting is so good she still had me grasp more for the details and still had me surprised at the reveal on the latter part.

01-29-2015, 08:54 AM	#34
Geralt Witcher Posts: 933 Karma: 7321117 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Swamp. Slaying Drowners. Device: Kindle PW2	I Am Not A Serial Killer (John Cleaver #1) by Dan Wells GR Link The "twist" happens around page 100. Depending on what kind of reader you are you will either hurl the book across the room or go bonkers and read the rest of the book that day. I personally loved it. Synopsis here Spoiler: John Wayne Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it. He’s spent his life doing his best not to live up to his potential. He’s obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn’t want to become one. So for his own sake, and the safety of those around him, he lives by rigid rules he’s written for himself, practicing normal life as if it were a private religion that could save him from damnation. Dead bodies are normal to John. He likes them, actually. They don’t demand or expect the empathy he’s unable to offer. Perhaps that’s what gives him the objectivity to recognize that there’s something different about the body the police have just found behind the Wash-n-Dry Laundromat---and to appreciate what that difference means. Now, for the first time, John has to confront a danger outside himself, a threat he can’t control, a menace to everything and everyone he would love, if only he could. Dan Wells’s debut novel is the first volume of a trilogy that will keep you awake and then haunt your dreams.

02-01-2015, 05:40 PM	#36
rkomar Wizard Posts: 2,986 Karma: 18343081 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	I'm going to throw in the mystery "Murder at Mt. Fuji" by Shizuko Natsuki. It starts out with a disappointingly obvious murder, but it gets curiouser and curiouser as the plot unfolds. Twists right to the end. Hmm, no English ebook version available. Last edited by rkomar; 02-01-2015 at 05:47 PM.

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01-10-2013, 12:08 AM	#31
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,729 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	I wasn't really trying to solve the mystery, the idea just sort of popped in my head.

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jehane Book addict Posts: 441 Karma: 2650464 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Antarctica/Australia/Ohio Device: Sony PRS-300/T1/Asus TF101	Another Agatha Christie: Witness for the Prosecution (short/novella) Ray Bradbury: The Toynbee Convector (short, SF)

01-28-2015, 11:48 PM	#33
Lin2412 Grand Sorceress Posts: 456 Karma: 12931465 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Florida Device: Kindle	This thread needs to be bookmarked! (Already did, haha.) I think the one book that really got me to enjoy the plot twists would be Gone Girl (and the movie / direction was amazing also, and lived up to my expectations).

02-01-2015, 03:03 PM	#35
hildea Wizard Posts: 1,218 Karma: 63835638 Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Norway Device: PocketBook Touch Lux (had Onyx Boox Poke 3 and BeBook Neo earlier)	I just recommended Megan Whalen Turner's "The Thief" in another thread, but it fits here too. http://meganwhalenturner.org/NovelsThief.html Another one is Sarah Rees Brennan's "Demon's Lexicon". (I was about to link to the author page for the book, but there's a spoiler in the description of a later book in the series. The Goodreads page for it is spoilerish too, so be wary if you go looking for it. This description is spoiler free, though: http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/06/2...-rees-brennan/ Both these are first in series, but can stand on their own. For both, there are twists in the later books in the series, too. They are really, really good, with twists that made me want to reread immediately, to pick up hints and foreshadowings.

02-01-2015, 07:40 PM	#37
NickyWithNook Guru Posts: 748 Karma: 3942770 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Michigan, USA Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite (Don't use Nook anymore)	Fingersmith by Sarah Waters has a huge twist.

02-01-2015, 10:31 PM	#38
Lin2412 Grand Sorceress Posts: 456 Karma: 12931465 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Florida Device: Kindle	@hildea: Megan Whalen Turner's "The Thief" is one of my all time favorites. I had a slight prediction at the start of the book wherein I had an idea of the possible twist, but Magen Whalen Turner's righting is so good she still had me grasp more for the details and still had me surprised at the reveal on the latter part.