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The Murders in the Rue Morgue (C. Auguste Dupin, #1) The Murders in the Rue Morgue (C. Auguste Dupin, #1)
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avg rating 3.80 — 42,412 ratings — published 1841
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Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead (Claire DeWitt Mysteries, #1) Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead (Claire DeWitt Mysteries, #1)
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avg rating 3.70 — 11,589 ratings — published 2011
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.51 — 215,637 ratings — published 1887
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Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.25 — 14,178 ratings — published 2021
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Death in Focus (Elena Standish, #1) Death in Focus (Elena Standish, #1)
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avg rating 3.90 — 3,901 ratings — published 2019
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Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5) Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
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avg rating 4.38 — 144,559 ratings — published 2020
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The Infinite Blacktop (Claire DeWitt Mysteries, #3) The Infinite Blacktop (Claire DeWitt Mysteries, #3)
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avg rating 3.92 — 2,673 ratings — published 2018
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Diamond Solitaire (Peter Diamond, #2) Diamond Solitaire (Peter Diamond, #2)
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avg rating 3.88 — 2,957 ratings — published 1992
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Murder on Union Square (Gaslight Mystery, #21) Murder on Union Square (Gaslight Mystery, #21)
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avg rating 3.85 — 3,595 ratings — published 2018
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A Gladiator Dies Only Once (Roma Sub Rosa, #11) A Gladiator Dies Only Once (Roma Sub Rosa, #11)
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avg rating 3.98 — 2,175 ratings — published 2005
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Knots and Crosses (Inspector Rebus, #1) Knots and Crosses (Inspector Rebus, #1)
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avg rating 3.80 — 57,000 ratings — published 1987
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The Snake Stone (Yashim the Eunuch, #2) The Snake Stone (Yashim the Eunuch, #2)
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avg rating 3.78 — 2,265 ratings — published 2007
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The Janissary Tree (Yashim the Eunuch #1) The Janissary Tree (Yashim the Eunuch #1)
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avg rating 3.55 — 6,612 ratings — published 2006
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A Death in Vienna (Liebermann Papers, #1) A Death in Vienna (Liebermann Papers, #1)
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avg rating 3.84 — 3,810 ratings — published 2005
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And Then There Were None And Then There Were None (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 1,579,439 ratings — published 1939
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
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avg rating 4.14 — 382,436 ratings — published 1902
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The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1) The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
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avg rating 3.89 — 620,275 ratings — published 2013
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The Winter Queen (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #1) The Winter Queen (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #1)
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avg rating 3.91 — 14,229 ratings — published 1998
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The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5) The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5)
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avg rating 3.89 — 37,969 ratings — published 1951
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The Naming of the Dead (Inspector Rebus, #16) The Naming of the Dead (Inspector Rebus, #16)
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avg rating 4.03 — 12,808 ratings — published 2006
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Resurrection Men (Inspector Rebus, #13) Resurrection Men (Inspector Rebus, #13)
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avg rating 4.05 — 14,435 ratings — published 2002
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Black and Blue (Inspector Rebus, #8) Black and Blue (Inspector Rebus, #8)
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avg rating 4.09 — 18,588 ratings — published 1997
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The Bellini Card (Yashim the Eunuch, #3) The Bellini Card (Yashim the Eunuch, #3)
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avg rating 3.75 — 1,652 ratings — published 2010
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Liespotting: Proven Techniques to Detect Deception Liespotting: Proven Techniques to Detect Deception (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.51 — 2,207 ratings — published 2010
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A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1) A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
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avg rating 4.13 — 488,534 ratings — published 1887
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Started Early, Took My Dog (Jackson Brodie, #4) Started Early, Took My Dog (Jackson Brodie, #4)
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avg rating 3.93 — 48,169 ratings — published 2010
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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
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avg rating 3.88 — 136,715 ratings — published 2001
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Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.36 — 20,041 ratings — published 1991
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Remarkably Bright Creatures Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.36 — 1,150,882 ratings — published 2022
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Jolly Foul Play (Murder Most Unladylike, #4) Jolly Foul Play (Murder Most Unladylike, #4)
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avg rating 4.28 — 9,989 ratings — published 2016
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Drawn Daggers Drawn Daggers (Unknown Binding)
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avg rating 3.44 — 25 ratings — published
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A Drop of Corruption (Shadow of the Leviathan, #2) A Drop of Corruption (Shadow of the Leviathan, #2)
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avg rating 4.49 — 28,110 ratings — published 2025
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Atonement Sky (Psy-Changeling Trinity, #9; Psy-Changeling, #24) Atonement Sky (Psy-Changeling Trinity, #9; Psy-Changeling, #24)
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avg rating 4.43 — 3,361 ratings — published 2025
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Mord i Mørket (Mord Serien, #1) Mord i Mørket (Mord Serien, #1)
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avg rating 3.41 — 497 ratings — published 1981
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My Name Is Jensen (Jensen #1) My Name Is Jensen (Jensen #1)
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avg rating 3.72 — 568 ratings — published 2021
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City of Jasmine City of Jasmine (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.72 — 2,511 ratings — published 2013
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The Adventure of the Copper Beeches - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes #12) The Adventure of the Copper Beeches - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes #12)
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avg rating 3.85 — 5,135 ratings — published 1892
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None of This Is True None of This Is True (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 1,048,967 ratings — published 2023
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Never Flinch (Holly Gibney, #4) Never Flinch (Holly Gibney, #4)
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avg rating 3.85 — 49,989 ratings — published 2025
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A Dead Djinn in Cairo (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.1) A Dead Djinn in Cairo (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.1)
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avg rating 4.00 — 19,254 ratings — published 2016
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen, #1) Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen, #1)
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avg rating 3.68 — 70,841 ratings — published 2000
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El escarabajo de oro El escarabajo de oro (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.57 — 6,011 ratings — published 1843
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The Skeleton Road (Inspector Karen Pirie, #3) The Skeleton Road (Inspector Karen Pirie, #3)
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avg rating 4.00 — 11,725 ratings — published 2014
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Los Tres Pequeños superpigs Los Tres Pequeños superpigs (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.74 — 550 ratings — published 2018
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My Adventure At Chiselhurst My Adventure At Chiselhurst (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.33 — 18 ratings — published
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Mortina e l'amico fantasma Mortina e l'amico fantasma (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 943 ratings — published 2018
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The Stars Are the Styx The Stars Are the Styx (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 123 ratings — published 1979
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Viewpoint Viewpoint (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 2.40 — 20 ratings — published 2010
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The House Sitter (Peter Diamond, #8; Inspector Henrietta Mallin .5) The House Sitter (Peter Diamond, #8; Inspector Henrietta Mallin .5)
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avg rating 4.09 — 2,005 ratings — published 2003
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Steven Magee
“Ionizing smoke detectors unnaturally raise the background radiation levels in the human environment.”
Steven Magee, Electrical Forensics

Anthony Horowitz
“It had all come to me at Paddington station, the extraordinary moment that all of them must have felt--Poirot, Holmes, Wimsey, Marple, Morse--but which their authors had never fully explained. What was it like, for them? A slow process, like constructing a jigsaw? Or did it come in a rush, one last turn in a toy kaleidoscope when all the colours and shapes tumbled and twisted into each other, forming a recognizable image? That was what had happened to me. The truth had been there. But it had taken a final nudge for me to see it, all of it.”
Anthony Horowitz

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