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I'm reading The Luminaries at the moment and it's the sort of mystery story I like.
It reminds me of Raymond Chandler because you're also trying to figure out what the mystery is. It's not a simple case of 'someone died, who did it?' It's a much more complex case of 'what the fuck is happening?'
Also, it's set in New Zealand during a 19th century good rush so that's somewhere different for a story.
Interesting. Will give that a go.