Agatha Christie used to be my favourite murder mystery writer, and I have always believed that she deserves her title of being the Queen of Murder Mystery. I have read dozens of her books, and never thought I would find a better author of murder mystery.

Then I read ‘The Vanished Man’ by Jeffrey Deaver. It initially intrigued me because the murderer in the story based all of his murders on famous magic tricks, and used illusion and sleight of hand to escape the authorities. Once I finished the last page of the book I knew that Christie was no longer number one for me. It was Deaver by a mile.

The twists throughout his books are what makes Jeffrey Deaver so good. Just when you start to get comfortable, he hits you from behind with something you did not see coming.

Goal 53 therefore will be a fun one to complete. The goal is to read every Jeffrey Deaver novel, including the short stories. Below the chalk outline is the full list of Deaver’s works, with those that I have read written in red. If you are any sort of crime fiction fan, make sure you give Deaver a try. You will not regret it.

The Bodies Left Behind

The Broken Window

The Sleeping Doll

The Cold Moon

The Vanished Man

Mistress of Justice

The Lesson of Her Death

Praying for Sleep

A Maiden’s Grave

Speaking in Tongues

The Devil’s Teardrop

The Blue Nowhere

Garden of Beasts

Manhattan is my Beat

Death of a Blue Movie Star

Hard News

The Twelfth Card

Shallow Graves

Bloody River Blues

Hell’s Kitchen

The Bone Collector

The Coffin Dancer

The Empty Chair

The Stone Monkey

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