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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3)
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4.09 avg rating — 127,456 ratings
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The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)
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3.59 avg rating — 46,576 ratings
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Frankenstein
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3.91 avg rating — 1,897,518 ratings
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service
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3.98 avg rating — 22,394 ratings
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A Touch Of Frost (Inspector Frost, #2)
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4.13 avg rating — 3,945 ratings
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Full Dark House (Bryant & May, #1)
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3.70 avg rating — 11,606 ratings
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
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4.14 avg rating — 389,090 ratings
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The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service
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3.63 avg rating — 7,737 ratings
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Sleepyhead (Tom Thorne, #1)
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3.83 avg rating — 19,942 ratings
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Death Message (Tom Thorne, #7)
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,423 ratings
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Scaredy Cat (Tom Thorne, #2)
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3.96 avg rating — 10,640 ratings
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Lazybones (Tom Thorne, #3)
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4.08 avg rating — 7,734 ratings
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And Then There Were None
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4.27 avg rating — 1,621,453 ratings
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Case Histories (Jackson Brodie, #1)
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3.79 avg rating — 123,223 ratings
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Carly
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4.38 avg rating — 61 ratings
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The Yard (Scotland Yard's Murder Squad, #1)
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3.84 avg rating — 17,272 ratings
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Scent of the Dragon
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4.64 avg rating — 95 ratings
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Severed
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3.97 avg rating — 3,345 ratings
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In the Woods
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3.78 avg rating — 440,312 ratings
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The Business of Dying (Dennis Milne, #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 2,835 ratings
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
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4.22 avg rating — 2,019,671 ratings
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Dead Man's Footsteps (Roy Grace #4)
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4.17 avg rating — 12,725 ratings
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Not Dead Enough (Roy Grace, #3)
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4.13 avg rating — 14,397 ratings
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THE ABDUCTION OF GRACE
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4.15 avg rating — 155 ratings
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Thunderball
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3.84 avg rating — 18,589 ratings
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Relentless (Tina Boyd #2)
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3.92 avg rating — 4,877 ratings
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Ashenden
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3.86 avg rating — 4,093 ratings
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Deadline (Tina Boyd #3)
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4.05 avg rating — 3,399 ratings
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Dead Simple (Roy Grace, #1)
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4.06 avg rating — 31,483 ratings
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A Good Day to Die (Dennis Milne, #2)
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4.09 avg rating — 2,032 ratings
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Target (Tina Boyd, #4)
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4.11 avg rating — 2,610 ratings
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The Burning Girl (Tom Thorne, #4)
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3.87 avg rating — 7,030 ratings
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Buried (Tom Thorne, #6)
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3.99 avg rating — 5,054 ratings
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Bloodline (Tom Thorne, #8)
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4.08 avg rating — 6,851 ratings
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From the Dead (Tom Thorne, #9)
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4.06 avg rating — 4,939 ratings
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Standpoint
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3.69 avg rating — 311 ratings
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Jackboot Britain
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3.67 avg rating — 112 ratings
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The Elephant Tree
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3.90 avg rating — 41,035 ratings
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Gunfight at the Old Leake Canal
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4.48 avg rating — 60 ratings
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Trafficking (Powell, #1)
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4.11 avg rating — 854 ratings
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In the Dark
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3.87 avg rating — 4,653 ratings
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The Tango Briefing
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4.11 avg rating — 441 ratings
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I, Ripper
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3.33 avg rating — 2,577 ratings
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Frost At Christmas (Inspector Frost, #1)
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4.07 avg rating — 5,055 ratings
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Hard Frost (Inspector Frost, #4)
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4.14 avg rating — 2,886 ratings
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Lifeless (Tom Thorne, #5)
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4.05 avg rating — 5,399 ratings
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Night Frost (Inspector Frost, #3)
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4.16 avg rating — 3,202 ratings
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Winter Frost (Inspector Frost, #5)
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4.15 avg rating — 2,675 ratings
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Looking Good Dead (Roy Grace, #2)
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4.11 avg rating — 17,011 ratings
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Dead Tomorrow (Roy Grace, #5)
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4.21 avg rating — 11,386 ratings
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The Zombie Room
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3.92 avg rating — 40,921 ratings
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Salazar
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Revenge
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4.27 avg rating — 128 ratings
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A Smaller Hell
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3.19 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens
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4.10 avg rating — 124 ratings
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The Crew
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3.45 avg rating — 1,023 ratings
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Top Dog
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3.99 avg rating — 284 ratings
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LS92
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4.55 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Encryption
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4.27 avg rating — 131 ratings
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Red Station (Harry Tate, #1)
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3.91 avg rating — 908 ratings
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The Quiller Memorandum
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3.87 avg rating — 2,166 ratings
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Pursuit of Angels.
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4.26 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Moriarty (Horowitz's Holmes, #2)
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3.80 avg rating — 31,830 ratings
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Call of the Reaper
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4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
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The Crime at Black Dudley
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3.60 avg rating — 9,666 ratings
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The Network
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3.59 avg rating — 223 ratings
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Remote Control (Nick Stone, #1)
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3.90 avg rating — 6,531 ratings
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Angel, Archangel
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3.72 avg rating — 80 ratings
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Charlie M (Charlie Muffin, #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 639 ratings
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The Institute
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4.19 avg rating — 342,770 ratings
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Harry Banner in Notice To Die
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4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Murder Exchange
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3.95 avg rating — 1,604 ratings
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A Killing Frost (Inspector Frost, #6)
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4.18 avg rating — 3,298 ratings
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The Missing and the Dead (Logan McRae, #9)
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4.18 avg rating — 5,285 ratings
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Dead Man's Grip (Roy Grace, #7)
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4.18 avg rating — 11,480 ratings
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Good As Dead (Tom Thorne #10)
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4.12 avg rating — 5,901 ratings
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The Bones Beneath (Tom Thorne, #12)
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4.01 avg rating — 4,147 ratings
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The Last 10 Seconds (Tina Boyd #5)
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4.07 avg rating — 3,695 ratings
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The Marlowe Conspiracy
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3.37 avg rating — 199 ratings
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Gideon's Fire (Gideon, #7)
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3.72 avg rating — 151 ratings
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Ethan Justice: Origins (Ethan Justice, #1)
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3.89 avg rating — 1,048 ratings
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Loose Lips Sinks Ships
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4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Gallows Field
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 48 ratings
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Bournemouth 90
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4.54 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Paris 75
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4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Oodles of Rubles: The Russian Oligarch's (Confidential) Guide to Martha's Vineyard Real Estate
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4.82 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Blood on Their Hands
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4.12 avg rating — 60 ratings
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Casino Royale / Live and Let Die / Moonraker
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3.95 avg rating — 296 ratings
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Aggressor
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4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Two-way Split
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3.55 avg rating — 436 ratings
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LINE OF SIGHT (Thomas Bladen #2)
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3.81 avg rating — 118 ratings
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The House of Silk (Horowitz's Holmes, #1)
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4.01 avg rating — 61,373 ratings
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LS65
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4.67 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Rogue Male (Rogue Male, #1)
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3.92 avg rating — 5,673 ratings
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From Russia with Love / Dr No / Goldfinger
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4.09 avg rating — 198 ratings
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Henrietta Who?
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3.91 avg rating — 2,827 ratings
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The Cry
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3.77 avg rating — 5,984 ratings
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The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
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3.81 avg rating — 128,581 ratings
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Watcher in the Shadows
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3.80 avg rating — 263 ratings
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Tether's End (Albert Campion Mystery, #16)
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3.97 avg rating — 1,968 ratings
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Truman Capote, Stephen King, Robert Harris, Herman Melville, Ray Bradbury, and Robert Heinlein are from America for god sake and none of those books listed are even set in Britain so could in no way qualify!
C'mon people, are you purposely vandalising this list or are you just stupid.
If you are going to add an Adams book surely Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency or the follow-up The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul...