Now the genre of fantastic detective is gaining great fame. This is due to the appearance of sensational adaptations of such books, as well as the development of the genre itself. Every year, new stars appear in the literary horizon, which are not bored by tracking and seeing on black and white astronomical maps. In this collection, we have listed both time-tested classics and modern bestsellers, so that every reader can find what he considers worthy for himself.
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, "Hotel" At the Dead Mountaineer "
A certain police inspector Peter Glebski comes to rest in a hotel with the unusual name “At the Dead Mountaineer”. The next day, an avalanche overwhelms the only exit from the gorge where the hotel is located. Soon, a strange man knocks on the front door and demands to call Mr. Olaf, who stayed at the hotel a little earlier, but Olaf himself is found murdered. Inspector Glebsky will have to solve this case, as well as find out what role the alien, robots and gangsters played in the case.
The story was written in 1969, when the Strugatsky entered into confrontation with the authorities. There was a need to write something simpler and uncensored, which could be published for the purpose of earning. But the Strugatsky is not one of those who could rivet cheap pulp fiction. Even under censorship, they found room for experimentation and decided to combine the genre of the detective with their favorite genre of fiction. As a result, the story "Hotel" At the Dead Mountaineer "has become one of their most famous works.
Max Fry, Echo Labyrinths
Svetlana Martynchik and Igor Styopin, known under the pseudonym Max Fry, began their writing career with a series of detective science fiction books “Labyrinths of Echo”. The cycle tells the story of the adventures of Sir Max Fry, who was magically transported from our world to the magical world of Echo, where he becomes an employee of the Bureau of Secret Investigation - an organization that monitors the use of magic in the kingdom. He has to solve many puzzles and crimes in which magic forces are involved.
If you are a big fan of not only detective fantasy, but also humorous or are looking for something simple, but fascinating to just relax after a hard day, then undoubtedly the book from the cult Max Fry is exactly what you need.
Sergey Lukyanenko, The Genome
The cycle of Sergey Lukyanenko, consisting of two novels and one story ("Dancing in the Snow", "Genome" and "Cripples") is well known to all fans of Russian science fiction. And not just like that! Beautiful classic fiction with its world, spaceships and aliens. But, since we are considering detective fiction, we are only interested in the second novel from the cycle.
The plot of the novel develops in the second half of the XXII century. People not only conquered space, but also learned to rebuild the human genome. Now, for a fairly large amount of money, parents can order a modification of the genome of their child in accordance with any profession. Such modified people are called specialists. The protagonist is Alex Romanov, a pilot special. He becomes the captain of the ship on which the mysterious abduction and murder take place. The hero has to find out which of the crew members carefully selected by himself is a criminal.
Isaac Asimov, The Book Series Detective Elije Bailey and Robot Daniel Olivo
You can’t talk about science fiction and not mention Isaac Asimov. It was he who invented such terms as robotics, positron, psychohistory, and also composed the famous three laws of robotics. He is considered one of the best writers in the genre of detective fiction thanks to the series of books "Detective Elijah Bailey and Robot Daniel Olivo."
The relations between the spacers (people who live in abundance on colonized planets) and earthlings who suffer from overpopulation of the planet and who are forced to live in collectivist cities are heating up to the limit. At this time, a talented earthling detective takes up the investigation into the murder of a spacer residing on Earth. To help in this difficult matter, they give him a robot Daniel Olivo as a partner. Not only the outcome of the case, but also the fate of the universe depends on the actions of detectives.
Glen Cook, The Adventures of Garrett
The famous modern science fiction writer Glen Cook also could not ignore the genre of detective fiction. The action of his series of books "The Adventures of Garrett" takes place in the original fantasy world inhabited by elves, centaurs, wizards, vampires, gods and other magical creatures. However, magic requires the use of silver, and therefore it is considered the most important resource in the world and is the cause of many political disputes and intrigues.
Private detective Garrett and his partner, the Dead Man (a representative of the unusual race of loghirs, who are famous for the fact that after death their souls can remain in the body for a very long time), will have to unravel a lot of amazing and extremely mysterious cases.
