The best mystery movies that were once books

Mysteries are something that appeal to people of all ages, so it’s no wonder that mystery books are one of the biggest and best selling genres out there. It also means that there are plenty of good books for movie adaptation. Here is our list of the top mystery movies that were once books.

Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

The Agatha Christie novel of the same name is one of the most beloved Poirot books, so it should be no surprise that the movie adaptation of the same name is one of the most popular and best mystery movies that used to be books. In December 1935 the Orient Express that Poirot is travelling on gets stuck in deep snow and he must solve the mystery of a murder on the train that happened during the night.

The Big Sleep (1946)

The movie that gave use Bogey and Bacall, The Big Sleep is one of the most complex and wonderful books by Raymond Chandler, and the movie adaption gives the book the perfect treatment. Detective Philip Marlowe is a private eye that is hired by a rich family to solve a seemingly simple case, but it is much more complicated than it first seems.

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

The 1930 detective novel by Dashiell Hammett is a classic detective book and movie that cannot exclude from any best of list in the mystery book and movie genres. Spade and Archer are detectives in San Francisco, but one night Miles is found dead, Spade is left in the middle of a world of murder for the sake of a statue – the Maltese Falcon.

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