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This is *NOT*NOT*NOT* a list to include the likes of the Dresden Files, Buffy, or Anita Blake. This is a list about detectives caught up in very strange circumstances/cases/settings, be it challenged by mental disorders or living in postapocalyptic/dystopian settings.
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The Last Policeman (The Last Policeman, #1)
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Ben H. Winters (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 35,073 ratings
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Countdown City (The Last Policeman, #2)
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Ben H. Winters (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 15,886 ratings
score: 596,
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6 people voted
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Trueman Bradley: Aspie Detective
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Alexei Maxim Russell (Goodreads Author)
4.44 avg rating — 90 ratings
score: 400,
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4 people voted
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The City & the City
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China Miéville (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 77,288 ratings
score: 390,
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4 people voted
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Gun, With Occasional Music
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3.76 avg rating — 11,570 ratings
score: 389,
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union
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3.72 avg rating — 79,714 ratings
score: 299,
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3 people voted
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World of Trouble (The Last Policeman, #3)
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4.04 avg rating — 12,547 ratings
score: 296,
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3 people voted
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Trueman Bradley - The Next Great Detective
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Alexei Maxim Russell (Goodreads Author)
4.45 avg rating — 33 ratings
score: 198,
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Immobility
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3.77 avg rating — 1,904 ratings
score: 196,
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Yok
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3.51 avg rating — 67 ratings
score: 193,
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A Scanner Darkly
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4.03 avg rating — 109,087 ratings
score: 189,
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Osama
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3.47 avg rating — 1,171 ratings
score: 100,
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Still Waters: A Mystery
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3.73 avg rating — 878 ratings
score: 100,
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Mystery Man (Mystery Man #1)
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3.95 avg rating — 2,591 ratings
score: 100,
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You’re Welcome
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G.G. Baker (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Little Sleep (Mark Genevich, #1)
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Paul Tremblay (Goodreads Author)
3.51 avg rating — 2,418 ratings
score: 98,
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A Man of Shadows (John Nyquist, #1)
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3.36 avg rating — 1,626 ratings
score: 98,
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No Sleep Till Wonderland (Mark Genevich, #2)
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Paul Tremblay (Goodreads Author)
3.51 avg rating — 837 ratings
score: 97,
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Amberville
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3.27 avg rating — 927 ratings
score: 95,
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Lanceheim
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3.37 avg rating — 91 ratings
score: 94,
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Tourquai
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3.59 avg rating — 75 ratings
score: 92,
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