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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 5111 times as crime)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,544,631 ratings — published 2005
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And Then There Were None And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 4264 times as crime)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,735,736 ratings — published 1939
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Gone Girl Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 3608 times as crime)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,581,278 ratings — published 2012
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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by (shelved 3419 times as crime)
avg rating 4.19 — 780,952 ratings — published 1934
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2) The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
by (shelved 3362 times as crime)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,011,210 ratings — published 2006
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The Girl on the Train The Girl on the Train (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3017 times as crime)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,410,669 ratings — published 2015
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In Cold Blood In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 2981 times as crime)
avg rating 4.09 — 762,287 ratings — published 1966
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The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1) The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 2821 times as crime)
avg rating 3.85 — 880,998 ratings — published 2020
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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1) A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
by (shelved 2786 times as crime)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,957,146 ratings — published 2019
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3) The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
by (shelved 2712 times as crime)
avg rating 4.25 — 794,045 ratings — published 2007
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The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1) The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
by (shelved 2677 times as crime)
avg rating 3.90 — 644,038 ratings — published 2013
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The Silent Patient The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2285 times as crime)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,691,448 ratings — published 2019
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A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1) A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
by (shelved 2251 times as crime)
avg rating 4.13 — 515,279 ratings — published 1887
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
by (shelved 2201 times as crime)
avg rating 4.26 — 381,168 ratings — published 1926
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1) The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
by (shelved 2178 times as crime)
avg rating 4.00 — 542,610 ratings — published 1920
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Sharp Objects Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 2057 times as crime)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,293,778 ratings — published 2006
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The Godfather (The Godfather, #1) The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)
by (shelved 1966 times as crime)
avg rating 4.40 — 482,340 ratings — published 1969
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Dark Places Dark Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1935 times as crime)
avg rating 3.94 — 874,796 ratings — published 2009
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The Elephant Tree The Elephant Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 1927 times as crime)
avg rating 3.92 — 46,240 ratings — published 2010
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In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1) In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)
by (shelved 1892 times as crime)
avg rating 3.78 — 459,559 ratings — published 2007
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The Zombie Room The Zombie Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1875 times as crime)
avg rating 3.94 — 46,158 ratings — published 2012
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Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18) Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
by (shelved 1873 times as crime)
avg rating 4.12 — 327,586 ratings — published 1937
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
by (shelved 1819 times as crime)
avg rating 4.13 — 407,795 ratings — published 1902
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Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1) Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1)
by (shelved 1800 times as crime)
avg rating 4.07 — 387,769 ratings — published 1981
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The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2) The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
by (shelved 1763 times as crime)
avg rating 4.05 — 303,646 ratings — published 2014
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The Silence of the Lambs  (Hannibal Lecter, #2) The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
by (shelved 1710 times as crime)
avg rating 4.26 — 606,567 ratings — published 1988
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The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 1587 times as crime)
avg rating 3.93 — 174,878 ratings — published 1939
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I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer (ebook)
by (shelved 1579 times as crime)
avg rating 4.11 — 274,668 ratings — published 2018
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The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2) The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 1548 times as crime)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,596,490 ratings — published 2003
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1548 times as crime)
avg rating 4.00 — 788,090 ratings — published 2003
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Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 1531 times as crime)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,176,271 ratings — published 1866
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The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13) The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
by (shelved 1504 times as crime)
avg rating 4.03 — 217,622 ratings — published 1936
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
by (shelved 1494 times as crime)
avg rating 4.30 — 336,422 ratings — published 1892
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Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3) Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)
by (shelved 1474 times as crime)
avg rating 4.22 — 236,996 ratings — published 2015
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (Paperback)
by (shelved 1445 times as crime)
avg rating 4.14 — 475,948 ratings — published 2017
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Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2) Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)
by (shelved 1409 times as crime)
avg rating 4.25 — 859,914 ratings — published 2020
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Flaggermusmannen (Harry Hole, #1) Flaggermusmannen (Harry Hole, #1)
by (shelved 1404 times as crime)
avg rating 3.55 — 138,701 ratings — published 1997
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The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2) The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2)
by (shelved 1389 times as crime)
avg rating 4.34 — 392,642 ratings — published 2021
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The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2) The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
by (shelved 1383 times as crime)
avg rating 3.88 — 188,255 ratings — published 1890
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Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1) Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by (shelved 1379 times as crime)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,472,874 ratings — published 2000
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The Snowman (Harry Hole, #7) The Snowman (Harry Hole, #7)
by (shelved 1370 times as crime)
avg rating 4.03 — 158,043 ratings — published 2007
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The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1) The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)
by (shelved 1306 times as crime)
avg rating 4.26 — 4,059,120 ratings — published 2022
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The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1)
by (shelved 1301 times as crime)
avg rating 4.06 — 279,670 ratings — published 2016
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My Sister, the Serial Killer My Sister, the Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1292 times as crime)
avg rating 3.63 — 387,785 ratings — published 2018
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The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1290 times as crime)
avg rating 3.77 — 520,038 ratings — published 2018
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Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1) Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
by (shelved 1264 times as crime)
avg rating 4.03 — 228,309 ratings — published 1930
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One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1) One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)
by (shelved 1243 times as crime)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,122,619 ratings — published 2017
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Killing Floor (Jack Reacher, #1) Killing Floor (Jack Reacher, #1)
by (shelved 1212 times as crime)
avg rating 4.08 — 364,134 ratings — published 1997
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The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1) The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1)
by (shelved 1212 times as crime)
avg rating 4.15 — 224,833 ratings — published 1992
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The Lovely Bones The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1208 times as crime)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,494,319 ratings — published 2002
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Arthur Conan Doyle
“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle; Corrections And Editor Edgar W. Smith; Illustrators, The Hound of the Baskervilles

Gabriel F.W. Koch
“It was as if we played chess after denying me both bishops and knights.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow

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