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The Murders in the Rue Morgue (C. Auguste Dupin, #1)
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avg rating 3.79 — 45,934 ratings — published 1841
Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead (Claire DeWitt Mysteries, #1)
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avg rating 3.69 — 12,023 ratings — published 2011
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Leather Bound)
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avg rating 4.51 — 221,324 ratings — published 1887
Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 15,242 ratings — published 2021
Death in Focus (Elena Standish, #1)
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avg rating 3.90 — 4,075 ratings — published 2019
Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
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avg rating 4.39 — 155,035 ratings — published 2020
The Infinite Blacktop (Claire DeWitt Mysteries, #3)
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avg rating 3.91 — 2,772 ratings — published 2018
Diamond Solitaire (Peter Diamond, #2)
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avg rating 3.87 — 3,118 ratings — published 1992
Murder on Union Square (Gaslight Mystery, #21)
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avg rating 3.85 — 3,787 ratings — published 2018
A Gladiator Dies Only Once (Roma Sub Rosa, #11)
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avg rating 3.98 — 2,234 ratings — published 2005
Knots and Crosses (Inspector Rebus, #1)
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avg rating 3.80 — 59,468 ratings — published 1987
The Snake Stone (Yashim the Eunuch, #2)
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avg rating 3.78 — 2,312 ratings — published 2007
The Janissary Tree (Yashim the Eunuch #1)
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avg rating 3.55 — 6,760 ratings — published 2006
A Death in Vienna (Liebermann Papers, #1)
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avg rating 3.84 — 3,995 ratings — published 2005
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 1,735,072 ratings — published 1939
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
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avg rating 4.19 — 780,624 ratings — published 1934
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
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avg rating 4.13 — 407,656 ratings — published 1902
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
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avg rating 3.90 — 643,925 ratings — published 2013
The Winter Queen (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #1)
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avg rating 3.91 — 15,002 ratings — published 1998
The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5)
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avg rating 3.89 — 41,046 ratings — published 1951
The Naming of the Dead (Inspector Rebus, #16)
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avg rating 4.03 — 13,644 ratings — published 2006
Resurrection Men (Inspector Rebus, #13)
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avg rating 4.05 — 15,245 ratings — published 2002
Black and Blue (Inspector Rebus, #8)
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avg rating 4.09 — 19,600 ratings — published 1997
The Bellini Card (Yashim the Eunuch, #3)
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avg rating 3.75 — 1,689 ratings — published 2010
Liespotting: Proven Techniques to Detect Deception (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.51 — 2,251 ratings — published 2010
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
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avg rating 4.13 — 515,156 ratings — published 1887
Started Early, Took My Dog (Jackson Brodie, #4)
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avg rating 3.93 — 50,248 ratings — published 2010
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
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avg rating 3.88 — 139,738 ratings — published 2001
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.35 — 20,991 ratings — published 1991
A Trade of Blood (Ana and Din Mysteries, #3)
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avg rating 4.53 — 26,464 ratings — published 2026
Murder in G Major (Gethsemane Brown Mysteries, #1)
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avg rating 3.78 — 3,381 ratings — published 2016
The Hallmarked Man (Cormoran Strike, #8)
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avg rating 4.20 — 81,480 ratings — published 2025
Kẻ tình nghi hoàn mỹ (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 115 ratings — published 2020
Green City Wars (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.93 — 3,439 ratings — published 2026
Sunnyside Plaza (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.59 — 670 ratings — published 2020
Oddity Woods (Oddity Woods, #1)
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avg rating 4.08 — 511 ratings — published 2025
The Neon Rain (Dave Robicheaux, #1)
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avg rating 3.90 — 29,531 ratings — published 1987
Corbow's Theory (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published
The Missing Half (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.79 — 154,791 ratings — published 2025
Listen for the Lie (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 656,207 ratings — published 2024
Home Before Dark (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.03 — 357,935 ratings — published 2020
The Fate of the Poseidonia (ebook)
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avg rating 3.14 — 70 ratings — published 1927
The Proof of My Innocence (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.70 — 8,671 ratings — published 2024
Blueberry Pie and Other Stories (Hardcover)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1932
Verity (ebook)
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avg rating 4.27 — 4,344,327 ratings — published 2018
City of Destruction (Malabar House #5)
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avg rating 4.32 — 1,628 ratings — published 2024
Death of a Lesser God (Malabar House, #4)
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avg rating 4.20 — 2,335 ratings — published 2023
The Dying Day (Malabar House #2)
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avg rating 4.19 — 3,588 ratings — published 2021
The Edge of Darkness (Malabar House, #6)
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avg rating 4.41 — 899 ratings — published 2026
The Lost Man of Bombay (Malabar House #3)
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avg rating 4.24 — 2,999 ratings — published 2022
“I sleuth, you know. For a hobby. Harmless outlet for natural inquisitiveness, don't you see, which might otherwise strike inward and produce introspection an' suicide. Very natural, healthy pursuit -- not too strenuous, not too sedentary; trains and invigorates the mind.”
― Unnatural Death
― Unnatural Death
“Ionizing smoke detectors unnaturally raise the background radiation levels in the human environment.”
― Electrical Forensics
― Electrical Forensics
