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The Murders in the Rue Morgue (C. Auguste Dupin, #1)
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avg rating 3.79 — 44,478 ratings — published 1841
Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead (Claire DeWitt Mysteries, #1)
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avg rating 3.69 — 11,875 ratings — published 2011
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Leather Bound)
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avg rating 4.51 — 218,922 ratings — published 1887
Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 14,908 ratings — published 2021
Death in Focus (Elena Standish, #1)
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avg rating 3.90 — 4,006 ratings — published 2019
Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
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avg rating 4.38 — 151,187 ratings — published 2020
The Infinite Blacktop (Claire DeWitt Mysteries, #3)
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avg rating 3.92 — 2,727 ratings — published 2018
Diamond Solitaire (Peter Diamond, #2)
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avg rating 3.87 — 3,054 ratings — published 1992
Murder on Union Square (Gaslight Mystery, #21)
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avg rating 3.85 — 3,728 ratings — published 2018
A Gladiator Dies Only Once (Roma Sub Rosa, #11)
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avg rating 3.98 — 2,211 ratings — published 2005
Knots and Crosses (Inspector Rebus, #1)
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avg rating 3.80 — 58,464 ratings — published 1987
The Snake Stone (Yashim the Eunuch, #2)
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avg rating 3.78 — 2,293 ratings — published 2007
The Janissary Tree (Yashim the Eunuch #1)
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avg rating 3.55 — 6,703 ratings — published 2006
A Death in Vienna (Liebermann Papers, #1)
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avg rating 3.84 — 3,929 ratings — published 2005
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 1,669,889 ratings — published 1939
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
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avg rating 4.20 — 753,914 ratings — published 1934
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
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avg rating 4.13 — 397,166 ratings — published 1902
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
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avg rating 3.89 — 634,903 ratings — published 2013
The Winter Queen (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #1)
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avg rating 3.91 — 14,745 ratings — published 1998
The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5)
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avg rating 3.89 — 39,864 ratings — published 1951
The Naming of the Dead (Inspector Rebus, #16)
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avg rating 4.03 — 13,326 ratings — published 2006
Resurrection Men (Inspector Rebus, #13)
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avg rating 4.05 — 14,953 ratings — published 2002
Black and Blue (Inspector Rebus, #8)
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avg rating 4.09 — 19,227 ratings — published 1997
The Bellini Card (Yashim the Eunuch, #3)
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avg rating 3.75 — 1,674 ratings — published 2010
Liespotting: Proven Techniques to Detect Deception (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.51 — 2,228 ratings — published 2010
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
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avg rating 4.13 — 504,129 ratings — published 1887
Started Early, Took My Dog (Jackson Brodie, #4)
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avg rating 3.93 — 49,405 ratings — published 2010
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
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avg rating 3.88 — 138,474 ratings — published 2001
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.35 — 20,674 ratings — published 1991
Corbow's Theory (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published
The Missing Half (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.79 — 138,015 ratings — published 2025
Listen for the Lie (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 595,023 ratings — published 2024
Home Before Dark (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 330,984 ratings — published 2020
The Fate of the Poseidonia (ebook)
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avg rating 3.09 — 65 ratings — published 1927
The Proof of My Innocence (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.72 — 7,528 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 4.29 — 4,007,834 ratings — published 2018
City of Destruction (Malabar House #5)
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avg rating 4.34 — 1,452 ratings — published 2024
Death of a Lesser God (Malabar House, #4)
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avg rating 4.20 — 2,190 ratings — published 2023
The Dying Day (Malabar House #2)
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avg rating 4.19 — 3,438 ratings — published 2021
The Edge of Darkness (Malabar House, #6)
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avg rating 4.47 — 628 ratings — published 2026
The Lost Man of Bombay (Malabar House #3)
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avg rating 4.24 — 2,840 ratings — published 2022
Last Victim of the Monsoon Express (Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation, #4.5)
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avg rating 4.14 — 822 ratings — published 2019
Midnight at Malabar House (Malabar House #1)
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avg rating 4.00 — 6,084 ratings — published 2020
Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP CBK
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avg rating 3.76 — 96 ratings — published 2014
Revenge of the Tipping Point (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.02 — 63,607 ratings — published 2024
The Red Room (Risk Agent, #3)
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avg rating 3.19 — 694 ratings — published 2014
The Long Arm and Other Detective Stories (Black Heath Classic Crime)
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avg rating 3.71 — 17 ratings — published 2014
Beyond the Pale (Ravenwood Mysteries #7)
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avg rating 4.67 — 341 ratings — published 2021
A Bitter Draught (Ravenwood Mysteries, #2)
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avg rating 4.31 — 1,082 ratings — published 2015
“It is a pity he did not write in pencil. As you have no doubt frequently observed, the impression usually goes through -- a fact which has dissolved many a happy marriage.”
― The Return of Sherlock Holmes
― The Return of Sherlock Holmes
“The detective story, as created by Poe, is something as specialised and as intellectual as a chess problem, whereas the best English detective fiction has relied less on the beauty of the mathematical problem and much more on the intangible human element. [...] In The Moonstone the mystery is finally solved, not altogether by human ingenuity, but largely by accident. Since Collins, the best heroes of English detective fiction have been, like Sergeant Cuff, fallible.”
― Selected Essays: 1917-1932
― Selected Essays: 1917-1932
