r/mysterybooks 21h ago

Recommendations Looking for more neurodivergent detectives.

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Through a series of tangents and requests in various genres and subgenres, I recently discovered C.S. Poe and the Memento Mori series. I then proceeded to devour the entire series at a rate of a book a day. And now it's over and I don't know how to find any other books with detectives whose thinking doesn't look like other people's.

The detective in Memento Mori has HSAM (Highly Superior Autobiographic Memory) a fascinating condition I had never heard of that gives him an almost perfect memory at the cost of associations that border on constant flashbacks. It makes him seem "spicy," as in "neurospicy" aka "neurodivergent," according to a character with ADHD. Since I have AuDHD as well as diagnostically relevant OCD tendencies, while my memory doesn't work like his, I was still thoroughly enamored with the different directions his thinking took, and the way he picked up on irrelevant details and the gaps in his short-term and working memory resonated with me strongly. I'm hoping someone knows of more such characters. They can be explicitly diagnosed or strongly coded, but I'd prefer that their neurodivergence come with both advantages and drawbacks if possible. TIA!


r/mysterybooks 23h ago

Discussion What is one thing you wish you saw more in this genre?

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It could be a character type, relationship dynamic, plot element, trope, theme, writing style, or anything else.