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Locked Room Books
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One by One (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.72 — 217,058 ratings — published 2020
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as locked-room)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,578,926 ratings — published 1939
The Guest List (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 26 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.80 — 1,249,625 ratings — published 2020
The Hunting Party (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.60 — 350,693 ratings — published 2018
Daisy Darker (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.76 — 261,747 ratings — published 2022
Shiver (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.78 — 25,095 ratings — published
An Unwanted Guest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.75 — 154,257 ratings — published 2018
Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.44 — 69,098 ratings — published 2022
The Midnight Feast (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.58 — 249,927 ratings — published 2024
The Three Coffins (Dr. Gideon Fell, #6)
by (shelved 17 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.79 — 4,125 ratings — published 1935
The Sanatorium (Detective Elin Warner, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.36 — 198,716 ratings — published 2021
The Mystery of the Yellow Room (Joseph Rouletabille #1)
by (shelved 15 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.65 — 13,792 ratings — published 1907
The Escape Room (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.82 — 45,169 ratings — published 2018
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by (shelved 14 times as locked-room)
avg rating 4.20 — 716,793 ratings — published 1934
No Exit (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.99 — 210,287 ratings — published 2017
The Decagon House Murders (House Murders, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.78 — 19,920 ratings — published 1987
Death in the Family (Shana Merchant #1)
by (shelved 12 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.64 — 5,148 ratings — published 2020
The Woman in Cabin 10 (Lo Blacklock #1)
by (shelved 12 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.72 — 746,496 ratings — published 2016
The Chamber (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.50 — 3,919 ratings — published 2024
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.78 — 469,955 ratings — published 2018
Dead of Winter (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.79 — 39,114 ratings — published 2023
The Paris Apartment (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.65 — 699,194 ratings — published 2022
The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.64 — 22,240 ratings — published 1946
The Tokyo Zodiac Murders (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.88 — 11,165 ratings — published 1981
Six Wakes (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.83 — 20,243 ratings — published 2017
With a Vengeance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.38 — 46,802 ratings — published 2025
You Are Fatally Invited (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.57 — 15,424 ratings — published 2025
One Perfect Couple (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.63 — 150,593 ratings — published 2024
The Search Party (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.71 — 9,665 ratings — published 2024
Under Lock & Skeleton Key (Secret Staircase Mystery, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.52 — 5,112 ratings — published 2022
In the Dark (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as locked-room)
avg rating 4.04 — 29,503 ratings — published 2019
Malice (Detective Kaga, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as locked-room)
avg rating 4.06 — 34,408 ratings — published 1996
Everyone Is Watching (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.64 — 32,203 ratings — published 2024
Five Survive (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as locked-room)
avg rating 4.08 — 258,775 ratings — published 2022
The Bones of the Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.66 — 2,935 ratings — published 2023
Death and the Conjuror (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.52 — 3,519 ratings — published 2022
The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.75 — 692,821 ratings — published 2022
Murder in the Crooked House (Kiyoshi Mitarai, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.56 — 4,409 ratings — published 1982
The Big Bow Mystery (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.26 — 908 ratings — published 1892
The Judas Window (Sir Henry Merrivale, #7)
by (shelved 7 times as locked-room)
avg rating 4.07 — 908 ratings — published 1938
The Unwedding (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.20 — 61,024 ratings — published 2024
The Night of the Storm (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.15 — 3,147 ratings — published 2024
Murder on the Christmas Express (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.15 — 13,569 ratings — published 2022
The Chateau (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.50 — 14,815 ratings — published 2023
The Writing Retreat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.42 — 73,537 ratings — published 2023
The Christmas Murder Game: Unravel the Puzzles in This Festive Murder Mystery (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.36 — 26,338 ratings — published 2021
Snowblind (Dark Iceland, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.56 — 25,062 ratings — published 2010
Reckless Girls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.55 — 154,619 ratings — published 2022
The Cage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.62 — 6,005 ratings — published 2022
Stranded (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as locked-room)
avg rating 4.12 — 30,451 ratings — published 2021
“I am entirely at your service, Sir Henry. And I feel sure you will have no reason to complain of my frankness.'
H.M. blinked. 'Uh-huh. I was afraid of that.
Son, frankness is a virtue only when you're talkin' about yourself, and then it's a nuisance.
Besides, it's an impossibility. There's only one kind of person who's ever really willing to tell the truth about himself, and that's the kind they certify and shove in the bug-house. And when a person says he intends to be frank about other people, all it means is that he's goin' to give 'em a kick in the eye...”
―
H.M. blinked. 'Uh-huh. I was afraid of that.
Son, frankness is a virtue only when you're talkin' about yourself, and then it's a nuisance.
Besides, it's an impossibility. There's only one kind of person who's ever really willing to tell the truth about himself, and that's the kind they certify and shove in the bug-house. And when a person says he intends to be frank about other people, all it means is that he's goin' to give 'em a kick in the eye...”
―
“But, if you're going to analyse impossible situations,' interrupted Pettis, 'why discuss detective fiction?'
'Because,' said the doctor, frankly, 'we're in a detective story, and we don't fool the reader by pretending we're not. Let's not invent elaborate excuses to drag in a discussion of detective stories. Let's candidly glory in the noblest pursuits possible to characters in a book.”
― The Hollow Man
'Because,' said the doctor, frankly, 'we're in a detective story, and we don't fool the reader by pretending we're not. Let's not invent elaborate excuses to drag in a discussion of detective stories. Let's candidly glory in the noblest pursuits possible to characters in a book.”
― The Hollow Man
