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Detective fiction is a sub-genre of crime and mystery fiction in which an investigator (often a detective), either professional or amateur, investigates a crime, often murder. ...more

New Releases Tagged "Detective"

How to Get Away with Murder
First Sign of Danger (Haven's Rock, #4)
The Hadacol Boogie (Dave Robicheaux, #25)
The Replacement (DS Liam Kilshaw, #2)
Inside Man (Head Cases, #2)
The Devil in the Details (A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery, #11)

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Her First Mistake (Noelle Marshall, #1)
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Twelve Months (The Dresden Files, #18)
Jigsaw: An Alex Delaware Novel
Exit Strategy (Jack Reacher, #30)
The Invisible Woman
Return of the Spider (Alex Cross, #34)
Never Flinch (Holly Gibney, #4)
Nobody’s Fool (Detective Sami Kierce, #2)
Booked for Murder (An Old Juniper Bookstore Mystery, #1)
The Picasso Heist
The Amendment (The Arrangement, #2)
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Lists

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonOne for the Money by Janet EvanovichA Is for Alibi by Sue GraftonThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithDéjà Dead by Kathy Reichs
Fearless Females
770 books — 923 voters
The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn BarnesKiller Instinct by Jennifer Lynn BarnesThe Fixer by Jennifer Lynn BarnesOne of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManusA Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
Young Adult Crime/Murder Mysteries
426 books — 648 voters

A Study in Charlotte by Brittany CavallaroThe Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy SpringerJackaby by William RitterEgypt's Fire by Tom PhillipsEvery Breath by Ellie Marney
YA & Middle Grade Sherlock Holmes
174 books — 111 voters
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Dutch House by Ann PatchettDear Edward by Ann NapolitanoThe Guest List by Lucy Foley
2020: What WOMEN Born in the 1960s Have Read So Far
732 books — 69 voters

Detective Books

Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
And Then There Were None
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)
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Quotes Tagged “Detective”

“ She’s a cop’s wife. She understands what her husband does for a living,” the priest said. ”
― A.G. Russo, The Cases Nobody Wanted
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“ When those we care about are weakest, that’s when we must be strong for them. ”
― A.G. Russo, The Cases Nobody Wanted
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Videos Tagged “Detective”

Pauline Rowson reads from the fifth Inspector Horton crime novel, Blood on the Sand
Pauline Rowson reads from the fifth Inspector Horton crime novel, Blood on the Sand
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Russian Roulette Austin Camacho Book Trailer
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Groups Tagged "Detective"

Hojas en el Viento Apasionados por el arte de las palabras.
5 members, last active one year ago
Fiction Addiction for Bibliophiles We read books from children's to young adult to classics. They are clean and appropriate and eve…more
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The little shits Just a bunch of kids reading books
7 members, last active 3 years ago
Random stuff about books Talking about overrated/underrated books Recommendations Detective/mystery/dystopian Just rand…more
1 member, last active 6 years ago

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