Tara Kelly | Top 5 Mystery Movies

In celebration of releasing my own mystery on September 1st, I thought I’d share my top 5 favorite mystery movies (or movies with a mysterious element)!

5. Se7en
It’s everything a good serial killer movie should be—twisted, complex characters, a highly intelligent villain, and an ending you don’t see coming.

4. The Usual Suspects
Now that is how to do an ending. I’m not surprised often, but this completely caught me off guard. I couldn’t have dreamed it up in a million years!

3. The Others
I’m always in search of a good ghost movie, but 98% disappointment. I loved this one because of how subtle the haunting felt. I actually HATE it when we see the ghosts. I find it much more creepy when we hear them, we might see a shadow…it’s that anticipation of waiting for the big reveal. This movie creeped me out like no other ghost movie. And also—the ending. Wow. They got me.

2. Fight Club
I love unreliable narrators, and this is my go-to movie when I want to remind myself how to do it well!

1. Donnie Darko
I’m not sure how you’d classify this movie, exactly, but I count it as a mystery. I love this movie so much because I can watch it again and again and still be figuring things out. I’ll still catch something I didn’t catch before. Plus it has, you know, misfit characters, plenty of wit and humor, and a great soundtrack.

About Tara Kelly

Tara Kelly adores variety in her life. She’s an author, one-girl-band, graphic designer, editor, and photographer. She lives in Sin City with her beloved guitars, sound design master husband, and a fluffy cat named Maestro.

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About THE FOXGLOVE KILLINGS

Gramps always said that when the crickets were quiet, something bad was coming. And the crickets have been as silent as the dead. It started with the murdered deer in the playground with the unmistakable purple of a foxglove in its mouth. But in the dying boondock town of Emerald Cove, life goes on.

I work at Gramps's diner, and the cakes—the entitled rich kids who vacation here—make our lives hell. My best friend, Alex Pace, is the one person who gets me. Only Alex has changed. He's almost like a stranger now. I can't figure it out...or why I'm having distinctly more- than-friend feelings for him. Ones I shouldn't be having.

Then one of the cakes disappears.

When she turns up murdered, a foxglove in her mouth, a rumor goes around that Alex was the last person seen with her—and everyone but me believes it. Well, everyone except my worst enemy, Jenika Shaw. When Alex goes missing, it's up to us to prove his innocence and uncover the true killer. But the truth will shatter everything I've ever known about myself — and Alex.