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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by (shelved 160 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.20 — 722,541 ratings — published 1934
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
by (shelved 138 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.13 — 490,906 ratings — published 1887
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
by (shelved 119 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.00 — 499,689 ratings — published 1920
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 118 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,592,371 ratings — published 1939
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
by (shelved 118 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.26 — 340,609 ratings — published 1926
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
by (shelved 105 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.30 — 324,567 ratings — published 1892
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
by (shelved 103 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.12 — 302,743 ratings — published 1937
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
by (shelved 101 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.13 — 384,750 ratings — published 1902
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
by (shelved 93 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.89 — 622,688 ratings — published 2013
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
by (shelved 91 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.88 — 176,361 ratings — published 1890
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
by (shelved 72 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.05 — 292,174 ratings — published 2014
In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad #1)
by (shelved 72 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.78 — 436,843 ratings — published 2007
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 72 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.94 — 167,487 ratings — published 1939
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
by (shelved 70 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.04 — 211,468 ratings — published 1930
The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
by (shelved 70 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.03 — 197,584 ratings — published 1936
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.86 — 750,726 ratings — published 2020
The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
by (shelved 62 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.87 — 117,114 ratings — published 1923
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.87 — 114,854 ratings — published 1930
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
by (shelved 58 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.81 — 126,098 ratings — published 1942
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.51 — 216,147 ratings — published 1887
Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)
by (shelved 55 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.22 — 227,637 ratings — published 2015
The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6)
by (shelved 55 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.88 — 81,657 ratings — published 1928
4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)
by (shelved 55 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.97 — 75,603 ratings — published 1957
Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)
by (shelved 55 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.98 — 101,542 ratings — published 1938
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4)
by (shelved 53 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.29 — 104,965 ratings — published 1893
Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8)
by (shelved 53 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.02 — 82,175 ratings — published 1932
Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #25)
by (shelved 53 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.03 — 91,389 ratings — published 1942
Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)
by (shelved 53 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.94 — 69,498 ratings — published 1936
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 51 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,424,140 ratings — published 2005
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
by (shelved 49 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.81 — 275,113 ratings — published 1998
The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad #2)
by (shelved 47 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.06 — 179,309 ratings — published 2008
Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)
by (shelved 47 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.96 — 71,490 ratings — published 1936
Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #24)
by (shelved 47 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.98 — 87,538 ratings — published 1941
A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)
by (shelved 47 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.01 — 84,947 ratings — published 1950
Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, #19)
by (shelved 45 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.87 — 68,436 ratings — published 1938
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.97 — 148,045 ratings — published 1987
Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot, #9)
by (shelved 44 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.95 — 61,197 ratings — published 1933
Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4)
by (shelved 43 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.25 — 184,663 ratings — published 2018
The Moving Finger (Miss Marple, #3)
by (shelved 43 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.85 — 57,127 ratings — published 1942
Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)
by (shelved 43 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.89 — 74,108 ratings — published 1924
Three Act Tragedy (Hercule Poirot, #11)
by (shelved 42 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.84 — 48,382 ratings — published 1934
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #6)
by (shelved 42 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.27 — 69,886 ratings — published 1905
Dumb Witness (Hercule Poirot, #17)
by (shelved 42 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.92 — 47,582 ratings — published 1937
Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)
by (shelved 42 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.56 — 103,865 ratings — published 1969
The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)
by (shelved 41 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.96 — 54,958 ratings — published 1914
The Hollow (Hercule Poirot, #26)
by (shelved 41 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.80 — 43,229 ratings — published 1946
At Bertram's Hotel (Miss Marple, #10)
by (shelved 40 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.71 — 46,032 ratings — published 1965
The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5)
by (shelved 40 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.57 — 73,230 ratings — published 1927
Magpie Murders (Susan Ryeland, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as detectives)
avg rating 3.95 — 164,098 ratings — published 2016
The Name of the Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as detectives)
avg rating 4.14 — 393,246 ratings — published 1980
“I pulled the MG in beside him at the curb and he got in.
"This thing ain't big enough for either one of us," he said. "When you getting something that fits?"
"It goes with my preppy look," I said. "You get one of these, they let you drive around the north shore, watch polo, anything you want."
I let the clutch in and turned right on Dartmouth.
"How you get laid in one of these?" Hawk said.
"You just don't understand preppy," I said. "I know it's not your fault. You're only a couple generations out of the jungle. I realize that. But if you're preppy you don't get laid in a car."
"Where do you get laid if you preppy?"
I sniffed. "One doesn't," I said.
"Preppies gonna be outnumbered in a while," Hawk said.”
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"This thing ain't big enough for either one of us," he said. "When you getting something that fits?"
"It goes with my preppy look," I said. "You get one of these, they let you drive around the north shore, watch polo, anything you want."
I let the clutch in and turned right on Dartmouth.
"How you get laid in one of these?" Hawk said.
"You just don't understand preppy," I said. "I know it's not your fault. You're only a couple generations out of the jungle. I realize that. But if you're preppy you don't get laid in a car."
"Where do you get laid if you preppy?"
I sniffed. "One doesn't," I said.
"Preppies gonna be outnumbered in a while," Hawk said.”
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“I couldn't have made a better shot, if I had been one of those detectives who see a chap walking along the street and deduce that he is a retired manufacturer of poppet valves named Robinson with rheumatism in one arm, living at Clapham.”
― The Code of the Woosters
― The Code of the Woosters
