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Murder at the Vicarage
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4.06 avg rating — 179,634 ratings
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
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3.80 avg rating — 258,205 ratings
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Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1)
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 71,612 ratings
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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
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3.82 avg rating — 163,588 ratings
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The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #1)
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4.05 avg rating — 80,385 ratings
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Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher, #1)
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3.82 avg rating — 25,374 ratings
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One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, #1)
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4.04 avg rating — 532,761 ratings
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Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1)
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3.92 avg rating — 104,596 ratings
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
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4.16 avg rating — 3,040,188 ratings
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A is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone, #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 179,464 ratings
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Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)
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4.20 avg rating — 28,434 ratings
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An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (Cordelia Gray, #1)
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3.82 avg rating — 18,354 ratings
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4:50 from Paddington
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3.96 avg rating — 60,624 ratings
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The Body In The Library (Miss Marple, #3)
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3.83 avg rating — 96,225 ratings
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The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway, #1)
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3.92 avg rating — 48,118 ratings
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The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (Miss Marple #9)
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3.95 avg rating — 43,319 ratings
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Her Royal Spyness (Her Royal Spyness Mysteries, #1)
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3.81 avg rating — 35,501 ratings
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The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (Flavia de Luce, #2)
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3.99 avg rating — 54,193 ratings
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In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)
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3.79 avg rating — 379,613 ratings
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The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad, #2)
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4.06 avg rating — 154,955 ratings
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Bootlegger's Daughter (Deborah Knott Mysteries, #1)
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3.96 avg rating — 7,188 ratings
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Silent in the Grave (Lady Julia Grey, #1)
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3.90 avg rating — 25,387 ratings
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Flying Too High (Phryne Fisher, #2)
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3.88 avg rating — 12,672 ratings
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The Redeemer (A Shanna Regan Mystery, #1)
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4.27 avg rating — 52 ratings
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Murder Caribbean-Style
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3.73 avg rating — 82 ratings
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Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1)
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4.03 avg rating — 235,472 ratings
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A Caribbean Mystery
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3.84 avg rating — 38,959 ratings
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Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 144,557 ratings
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Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum, #17)
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3.98 avg rating — 81,638 ratings
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A Red Herring Without Mustard (Flavia de Luce, #3)
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4.05 avg rating — 43,184 ratings
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Murder on the Ballarat Train (Phryne Fisher, #3)
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3.96 avg rating — 10,962 ratings
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Now You See Me (Lacey Flint, #1)
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4.04 avg rating — 20,838 ratings
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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
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3.88 avg rating — 129,973 ratings
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The Quiche of Death (Agatha Raisin, #1)
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3.74 avg rating — 33,558 ratings
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The Janus Stone (Ruth Galloway, #2)
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3.93 avg rating — 32,377 ratings
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Nemesis
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3.86 avg rating — 35,807 ratings
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The Thirteen Problems
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3.93 avg rating — 31,755 ratings
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Explosive Eighteen (Stephanie Plum, #18)
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3.96 avg rating — 77,277 ratings
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Solomon's Whisper (Liv Bergen Mystery #5)
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4.54 avg rating — 190 ratings
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The Green Mill Murder (Phryne Fisher, #5)
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3.94 avg rating — 7,906 ratings
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Murder on a Ghost Ship
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4.35 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Naked in Death (In Death, #1)
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4.13 avg rating — 185,729 ratings
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Murder with Peacocks (Meg Langslow, #1)
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3.89 avg rating — 11,317 ratings
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The Cater Street Hangman (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt, #1)
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3.90 avg rating — 19,788 ratings
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Indemnity Only (V.I. Warshawski, #1)
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3.90 avg rating — 17,909 ratings
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A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #2)
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4.04 avg rating — 25,043 ratings
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Death at Victoria Dock (Phryne Fisher, #4)
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3.93 avg rating — 8,830 ratings
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The Skull Beneath the Skin (Cordelia Gray, #2)
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3.78 avg rating — 8,382 ratings
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China Trade (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith #1)
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3.73 avg rating — 2,292 ratings
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Mistress of the Art of Death (Mistress of the Art of Death, #1)
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3.93 avg rating — 39,239 ratings
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Bones Never Lie (Temperance Brennan, #17)
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4.03 avg rating — 18,327 ratings
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A Pocket Full of Rye (Miss Marple, #7)
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3.91 avg rating — 41,205 ratings
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Partners in Crime (Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries, #2)
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3.77 avg rating — 19,097 ratings
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Murphy's Law (Molly Murphy Mysteries, #1)
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3.95 avg rating — 16,723 ratings
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The Burning (Maeve Kerrigan, #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 10,919 ratings
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Mr. Churchill's Secretary (Maggie Hope Mystery, #1)
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3.73 avg rating — 29,217 ratings
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The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #2)
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4.17 avg rating — 10,135 ratings
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The House at Sea's End (Ruth Galloway, #3)
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3.96 avg rating — 27,269 ratings
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F is for Fugitive (Kinsey Millhone, #6)
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3.94 avg rating — 37,338 ratings
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Deep Extraction (FBI Task Force, #2)
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4.31 avg rating — 896 ratings
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Facing the Enemy
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4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Blood and Circuses (Phryne Fisher, #6)
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3.81 avg rating — 6,443 ratings
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The Serpent's Tale (Mistress of the Art of Death, #2)
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3.96 avg rating — 12,864 ratings
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Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener (Agatha Raisin, #3)
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3.80 avg rating — 17,766 ratings
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen, #1)
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3.70 avg rating — 56,964 ratings
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Murder on a Midsummer Night (Phryne Fisher, #17)
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,265 ratings
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Grave Sight (Harper Connelly, #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 63,712 ratings
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Edwin of the Iron Shoes (Sharon McCone #1)
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3.87 avg rating — 6,297 ratings
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And Justice There Is None (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #8)
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4.10 avg rating — 8,344 ratings
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They Do It With Mirrors
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3.78 avg rating — 35,340 ratings
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Raisins and Almonds (Phryne Fisher, #9)
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3.92 avg rating — 5,294 ratings
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Sleeping Murder
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3.97 avg rating — 40,901 ratings
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O Jerusalem (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #5)
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4.14 avg rating — 18,168 ratings
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The Tale of Hill Top Farm (The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, #1)
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3.91 avg rating — 3,832 ratings
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A Letter of Mary (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #3)
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19,513 ratings
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Murder in Montparnasse (Phryne Fisher, #12)
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4.12 avg rating — 5,002 ratings
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At Bertram's Hotel
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3.71 avg rating — 35,737 ratings
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Blind Corners
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3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Roanoke Ridge (Creature X Mysteries, #1)
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3.64 avg rating — 133 ratings
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2)
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4.25 avg rating — 894,945 ratings
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The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1)
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3.85 avg rating — 57,541 ratings
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Tegen Punishment (Tegens, #3)
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4.55 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Death at Wentwater Court (Daisy Dalrymple, #1)
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3.70 avg rating — 10,676 ratings
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Haunted Ground (Nora Gavin, #1)
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3.69 avg rating — 7,104 ratings
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Ruddy Gore (Phryne Fisher, #7)
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3.82 avg rating — 6,044 ratings
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Tears of Pearl (Lady Emily, #4)
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3.72 avg rating — 6,518 ratings
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The Mapping of Love and Death (Maisie Dobbs, #7)
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4.23 avg rating — 27,150 ratings
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Agnes and the Hitman (The Organization, #0)
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3.95 avg rating — 20,039 ratings
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Among the Mad (Maisie Dobbs, #6)
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4.12 avg rating — 26,483 ratings
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The English Breakfast Murder (A Tea Shop Mystery, #4)
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3.90 avg rating — 3,486 ratings
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I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (Flavia de Luce, #4)
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4.09 avg rating — 35,468 ratings
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Dead Man's Chest (Phryne Fisher, #18)
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4.08 avg rating — 4,165 ratings
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| 93 |
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The Surgeon (Rizzoli & Isles, #1)
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4.09 avg rating — 154,409 ratings
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| 94 |
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Earthly Delights (Corinna Chapman, #1)
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3.82 avg rating — 4,106 ratings
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The Moor (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #4)
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3.94 avg rating — 17,108 ratings
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Urn Burial (Phryne Fisher, #8)
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3.87 avg rating — 5,481 ratings
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1st to Die (Women's Murder Club, #1)
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4.10 avg rating — 329,185 ratings
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The Vicious Vet (Agatha Raisin, #2)
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3.73 avg rating — 20,233 ratings
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Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1)
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3.89 avg rating — 108,133 ratings
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Death Before Wicket (Phryne Fisher, #10)
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3.76 avg rating — 4,763 ratings
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I wish the list were limited to the first of any series instead of many titles all with the same female sleuth.
Would like to see Harry Bingham's Fiona Griffiths on the list.
