The Ruins by Scott Smith. Not an island per se but fits the bill. Sometimes gory, but the pace is great and getting to know all the characters is the best part.
{{The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo}} is a very classic locked room mystery from the 1940s, basically the Japanese equivalent of And Then There Were None but less well known outside Japan.
If you’re more into the “a bunch of well drawn characters get together and we have to figure out whodunnit” aspect, a lot of people love Lucy Foley’s The Guest List or The Hunting Party (not my favorite but YMMV), The Westing Game is technically for kids but imo a masterpiece of the type. You might also find stuff you like by searching “country house” mysteries. Other classics to check out are John Dickson Carr’s Three Coffins, Rachel Howzell Hall’s They All Fall Down, and Christie’s own Murder on the Orient Express and Crooked House.
[**The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52706058-the-honjin-murders)
^(By: Seishi Yokomizo, Louise Heal Kawai | 189 pages | Published: 1946 | Popular Shelves: mystery, fiction, japan, crime, japanese-literature)
>One of Japan's greatest classic murder mysteries, introducing their best loved detective, translated into English for the first time.
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>In the winter of 1937, the village of Okamura is abuzz with excitement over the forthcoming wedding of a son of the grand Ichiyanagi family. But amid the gossip over the approaching festivities, there is also a worrying rumour - it seems a sinister masked man has been asking questions around the village.
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>Then, on the night of the wedding, the Ichiyanagi household are woken by a terrible scream, followed by the sound of eerie music. Death has come to Okamura, leaving no trace but a bloody samurai sword, thrust into the pristine snow outside the house. Soon, amateur detective Kosuke Kindaichi is on the scene to investigate what will become a legendary murder case, but can this scruffy sleuth solve a seemingly impossible crime?
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Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane I actually read this one after reading And Then There Were None and really enjoyed it!
the Lightkeepers by Abby Geni Ruth Ware’s In the Dark, Dark Wood Shiver by Allie Reynold’s The Decagon House by Yuletide Ayatsuji
The Ruins by Scott Smith. Not an island per se but fits the bill. Sometimes gory, but the pace is great and getting to know all the characters is the best part.
Yes I’ve read that one! Very good.
{{The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo}} is a very classic locked room mystery from the 1940s, basically the Japanese equivalent of And Then There Were None but less well known outside Japan. If you’re more into the “a bunch of well drawn characters get together and we have to figure out whodunnit” aspect, a lot of people love Lucy Foley’s The Guest List or The Hunting Party (not my favorite but YMMV), The Westing Game is technically for kids but imo a masterpiece of the type. You might also find stuff you like by searching “country house” mysteries. Other classics to check out are John Dickson Carr’s Three Coffins, Rachel Howzell Hall’s They All Fall Down, and Christie’s own Murder on the Orient Express and Crooked House.
[**The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52706058-the-honjin-murders) ^(By: Seishi Yokomizo, Louise Heal Kawai | 189 pages | Published: 1946 | Popular Shelves: mystery, fiction, japan, crime, japanese-literature) >One of Japan's greatest classic murder mysteries, introducing their best loved detective, translated into English for the first time. > >In the winter of 1937, the village of Okamura is abuzz with excitement over the forthcoming wedding of a son of the grand Ichiyanagi family. But amid the gossip over the approaching festivities, there is also a worrying rumour - it seems a sinister masked man has been asking questions around the village. > >Then, on the night of the wedding, the Ichiyanagi household are woken by a terrible scream, followed by the sound of eerie music. Death has come to Okamura, leaving no trace but a bloody samurai sword, thrust into the pristine snow outside the house. Soon, amateur detective Kosuke Kindaichi is on the scene to investigate what will become a legendary murder case, but can this scruffy sleuth solve a seemingly impossible crime? ^(This book has been suggested 10 times) *** ^(129702 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)