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The Murders in the Rue Morgue (C. Auguste Dupin, #1)
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avg rating 3.80 — 43,747 ratings — published 1841
Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead (Claire DeWitt Mysteries, #1)
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avg rating 3.70 — 11,738 ratings — published 2011
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Leather Bound)
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avg rating 4.51 — 217,609 ratings — published 1887
Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 14,598 ratings — published 2021
Death in Focus (Elena Standish, #1)
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avg rating 3.90 — 3,961 ratings — published 2019
Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
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avg rating 4.38 — 148,625 ratings — published 2020
The Infinite Blacktop (Claire DeWitt Mysteries, #3)
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avg rating 3.92 — 2,714 ratings — published 2018
Diamond Solitaire (Peter Diamond, #2)
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avg rating 3.88 — 3,007 ratings — published 1992
Murder on Union Square (Gaslight Mystery, #21)
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avg rating 3.85 — 3,673 ratings — published 2018
A Gladiator Dies Only Once (Roma Sub Rosa, #11)
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avg rating 3.98 — 2,194 ratings — published 2005
Knots and Crosses (Inspector Rebus, #1)
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avg rating 3.80 — 57,866 ratings — published 1987
The Snake Stone (Yashim the Eunuch, #2)
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avg rating 3.78 — 2,275 ratings — published 2007
The Janissary Tree (Yashim the Eunuch #1)
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avg rating 3.55 — 6,667 ratings — published 2006
A Death in Vienna (Liebermann Papers, #1)
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avg rating 3.85 — 3,879 ratings — published 2005
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 1,634,958 ratings — published 1939
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
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avg rating 4.20 — 740,103 ratings — published 1934
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
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avg rating 4.14 — 391,297 ratings — published 1902
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
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avg rating 3.89 — 629,625 ratings — published 2013
The Winter Queen (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #1)
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avg rating 3.91 — 14,521 ratings — published 1998
The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5)
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avg rating 3.89 — 39,084 ratings — published 1951
The Naming of the Dead (Inspector Rebus, #16)
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avg rating 4.03 — 13,094 ratings — published 2006
Resurrection Men (Inspector Rebus, #13)
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avg rating 4.05 — 14,722 ratings — published 2002
Black and Blue (Inspector Rebus, #8)
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avg rating 4.09 — 18,945 ratings — published 1997
The Bellini Card (Yashim the Eunuch, #3)
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avg rating 3.75 — 1,661 ratings — published 2010
Liespotting: Proven Techniques to Detect Deception (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.51 — 2,217 ratings — published 2010
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
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avg rating 4.13 — 498,083 ratings — published 1887
Started Early, Took My Dog (Jackson Brodie, #4)
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avg rating 3.93 — 48,916 ratings — published 2010
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
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avg rating 3.88 — 137,686 ratings — published 2001
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.36 — 20,371 ratings — published 1991
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 — 60,129 ratings — published 2024
The Red Room (Risk Agent, #3)
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avg rating 3.19 — 691 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 #8)
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avg rating 4.67 — 338 ratings — published 2021
A Bitter Draught (Ravenwood Mysteries, #2)
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avg rating 4.31 — 1,079 ratings — published 2015
First Class Murder (Murder Most Unladylike, #3)
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avg rating 4.30 — 12,178 ratings — published 2015
X Minus One: Protective Mimicry (October 3, 1956)
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avg rating 3.50 — 6 ratings — published 1956
The Purloined Letter (C. Auguste Dupin, #3)
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avg rating 3.61 — 14,204 ratings — published 1844
Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera, #1)
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avg rating 4.13 — 113,982 ratings — published 2004
Arsenic for Tea (Murder Most Unladylike, #2)
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avg rating 4.24 — 14,991 ratings — published 2015
The Case of the Missing Chalk Drawings (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 557 ratings — published
Murder at Gulls Nest (Nora Breen Investigates, #1)
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avg rating 3.75 — 9,260 ratings — published 2025
Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Most Unladylike, #1)
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avg rating 4.02 — 28,454 ratings — published 2014
Nut Bush Farm (Unknown Binding)
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avg rating 3.48 — 85 ratings — published 1882
Mistletoe and Murder (Murder Most Unladylike, #5)
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avg rating 4.30 — 9,835 ratings — published 2016
The Berenstain Bears and the Missing Honey (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 1,275 ratings — published 1987
Into the Leopard's Den (Bangalore Detectives Club #4)
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avg rating 3.95 — 593 ratings — published
A murderer's mistake (Audiobook)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
Remarkably Bright Creatures (ebook)
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avg rating 4.36 — 1,286,151 ratings — published 2022
Jolly Foul Play (Murder Most Unladylike, #4)
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avg rating 4.28 — 10,331 ratings — published 2016
“The affair seems absurdly trifling, and yet I dare call nothing trivial when I reflect that some of my most classic cases have had the least promising commencement. You will remember, Watson, how the dreadful business of the Abernetty family was first brought to my notice by the depth which the parsley had sunk into the butter upon a hot day.”
― The Adventure of the Six Napoleons / The Adventure of the Crooked Man
― The Adventure of the Six Napoleons / The Adventure of the Crooked Man
“The manner of a fool,' said Mr. Blackwood, 'when it masks the mental processes of a wise man, is an advantage of great worth to a detective.”
― The Great Hotel Murder
― The Great Hotel Murder
