Can you recommend some short mystery adult stories?

One great adult romantic mystery story is 'Gone Girl' by Gillian Flynn. It's a story full of twists and turns. The relationship between the two main characters, Nick and Amy, is complex and mysterious. Another one could be 'The Silent Patient' which also has elements of romance intertwined with a deep mystery about a woman who stops talking after shooting her husband.

Sure. 'The Tell - Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe is a great short mystery story. It's about a narrator who tries to convince the reader of his sanity while describing how he murdered an old man because of his 'evil eye'.

Sure. 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band' by Arthur Conan Doyle is a great one. It has a really suspenseful plot with strange happenings in a locked room.

Sure. One of the great short mystery stories is 'The Tell - Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe. It's a classic that delves into the mind of a mad narrator. Another one could be 'Lamb to the Slaughter' by Roald Dahl. The story has an unexpected twist when the seemingly innocent wife uses a frozen leg of lamb as a weapon. And then there's 'The Speckled Band' by Arthur Conan Doyle, a Sherlock Holmes mystery where Holmes has to solve a strange case involving a young woman's fear for her life.

One short story I like is 'A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings' by Gabriel García Márquez. It has elements of the magical and the ordinary. An old man with wings appears in a village, and the villagers' reactions range from curiosity to cruelty. Also, 'The Lady, or the Tiger?' by Frank R. Stockton is quite interesting. It ends with a cliffhanger, making the reader wonder whether the lady or the tiger will come out of the door.

Another is 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner. It's a complex tale set in the South. The story of Miss Emily Grierson unfolds gradually, revealing her isolation, a past relationship, and the secrets she has been keeping within her old, decaying house.

Sure. One great short mystery story is 'The Tell - Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe. It's a classic where the narrator's guilt over a murder drives him to madness as he imagines he can still hear the victim's heart beating. Another is 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band' by Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes solves the mystery of a woman's strange death in a locked room. And 'Lamb to the Slaughter' by Roald Dahl, where a wife cleverly disposes of evidence after murdering her husband in a rather unexpected way.

Sure. 'The Tell - Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe is a great short mystery fiction story. It's about a narrator who tries to convince the reader of his sanity while describing a murder he committed. Another one is 'Lamb to the Slaughter' by Roald Dahl, where a woman cleverly covers up her crime. Also, 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band' by Arthur Conan Doyle is a classic Sherlock Holmes mystery in short form.

One short scary mystery story is 'The Tell - Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe. It's about a man who is haunted by the vulture - like eye of an old man he lives with. His paranoia leads him to commit a terrible act, and then he's driven mad by the sound of the old man's still - beating heart that he imagines he can hear.

Sure. One great mystery fiction short story is 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' by Edgar Allan Poe. It's considered a pioneer in the detective story genre.