The world is a theater whose every act is shrouded in mystery. Great writers have managed to capture these mysteries in their narratives leaving readers hanging on every word of a novel. The stories appear normal on the surface until you take a ride to an unknown underworld. Successful authors have used this style to create the best mystery books for adults. Here are a few of these titles.

Stephen King has reigned among writers because he produces unbelievable novels. One such novel is The Revival, A Novel. It takes you through five decades that connect a newly posted pastor and a small boy in the town. They develop a strange bond that results from shared grief and an attack by demons. The two have to survive. The author uses incredible mysteries to weave this tale.

Thrill lovers will love the work of Lee Child in the novel Personal, A Jack Reacher Novel. It is a story about a former cop in the US police department tasked with unraveling the secret behind the attempted shooting of the French president. He knows the only person who can fire from such a range and he has to find him.

The police department has given up on the case involving the murder of Chris Harper. Just before they close the file, a note surfaces declaring I KNOW WHO KILLED HIM. It is freshly written. It is the work of Antoinette Conway and Moran Stephen to unravel the mysteries that define the lives of teenagers. Tana French has managed to weave a mysterious story in the novel The Secret Place.

The Wolf in White Van is the work of Danielle John. It opens with Sean Phillips being confined to a wheelchair through an accident. He takes to creating video games to kill time. One of the games involves crimes and has become a favorite of two daring gentlemen. They decide to actualize what they see in the video game. This is the end of the game and the beginning of a new world of mysteries.

Johnson Denis is the writer behind The Laughing Monsters. It is about two friends who come together after a decade of separation. Ronald returns to Sierra Leone to visit Adriko and his wife-to-be. The trio embarks on a journey through the jungle to Uganda. Unknown to any of them, each is on a personal mission. It will surprise you to discover that relationships are bound by mysteries.

Terry Hayes does an excellent Job with the title I Am a Pilgrim. It attempts to unravel the secret that connects four foul murders. Each of them is brutal and would best be forgotten in the shortest time possible. But to a retired CIA agent, this is what he should have been doing all his active life. He has a chance to rediscover his investigative instincts.

Mysteries are the glue that binds the narratives in great novels. Each reader is interested in a particular category of mysteries. Writers on the other hand adopt a style that will keep you glued and turning pages until the last sentence in a novel. The above titles are an example of a combination of excellent writing style and superb narratives.