One of the most popular genres in literature is the ironic detective story. It is believed that the founder of this genre was Joanna Khmelevskaya, but the very first ironic detective story was the work of Leroux Gaston "The Enchanted Chair", published back in 1909.
Today, books are published not only by already recognized masters, but also by young authors. Fascinating mysterious stories with a twist of humor allow you to completely immerse yourself in the world of the heroes' experiences and solve the most intricate crimes together with them.
Modern ironic detective stories by popular authors
If you want to read an interesting ironic female detective story, be sure to pay attention to the book by D. Dontsova "Fire extinguisher of Prometheus" from the series "Evlampy Romanov". This work tells the story of the mysterious murder of mother Vali Venina, whose younger sister receives calls from an anonymous subscriber with the phrase: "You killed your mother." After reading this book, you will most likely be able to recommend it to your friends, as it leaves almost no one indifferent.
There is another interesting book of this genre, written by G. Kulikova. It is called "Collection of Nightmares", where the biologist Fedorenkov begins to talk in his sleep and talks about the mysterious world of shamans and ancient treasures, and soon suddenly disappears.
Also quite exciting is the story of N. Alexandrova about the family treasure, according to legend, once belonged to Lucrezia Borgia, the Italian fatal beauty.
Joanna Khmelevskaya in the book "Bloody Vengeance" tells about a new employee who has entered the once friendly team. The girl turned her head to all men, and the girlfriends who remained aside decide to take revenge on the beauty. Very soon the corpse of a young girl is discovered in the forest, which is clearly confused with a nasty seducer …
“Lies for Hire” by Valentina Andreeva is a story that begins with a mysterious call “from the other world”, which destroys the quiet life of the main character Ira and Natasha. Trying to save Tatiana and find out the circumstances of the death of a girl who looks like Tanya, the friends are trying to take a number of actions, the result of which is quite unexpected.
Ironic detective stories of young authors
Lyudmila Milevskaya and her books "And I Love the Military" about Sonya Markhaleva, who, after a good feast, is charged with attempted assassination of the president, are quite popular.
The Blooming Business detective, which tells readers about the same Sonya, who just witnessed a brutal murder in a mysterious house.
There is also an interesting story from the writer Margarita Yuzhina. The book is called "VIP-services for a snake", it tells about experienced detectives Lucy and Vasilisa. The girlfriends, according to the police, are clearly not doing their thing and risking their lives and even their beauty. For the sake of information, they are ready to do their hair in a dubious hairdresser, but at every step they are interfered with by the investigating authorities.
The work of Tatiana Lugantseva "Snow White and Seven Corpses", which tells about the dental clinic of Yana Tsvetkova, also deserves your attention. Having visited the Snow White clinic, patients die in a strange way, being burned beyond recognition, and it is possible to identify them only by their teeth. For this, the clinic was popularly called "Snow White and the Seven Corpses", and the corpse of the clinic surgeon found in the pool, gnawed to the bone by piranhas, pushes Yana to an independent investigation, because the surgeon Shchavelev just received those very patients who had fallen into the fiery hell.
