Detective

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

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Ironwood (Catalina, #2)
A Murder in Hollywood
An Ordinary Sort of Evil (A Rip Through Time, #5)
A Deadly Episode (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #6)
Paranormal Payback
The Detective: A Detective Sam Speedman Thriller
A Present Mistake (Deadly Mistakes, #3)
Ironwood (Catalina, #2)
26 Beauties (Women's Murder Club, #26)
Mademoiselle le Sleuth (Paris Backstage Murders)
Murder by Design (Edison Bixby #1)
The Proving Ground (The Lincoln Lawyer, #8; Harry Bosch Universe, #41)
Bloodlust (Blood, #2)
A Welcome Reunion
Revenge Prey (Lucas Davenport #36)
The Ex-Wives Club (Alibis Collection, #2)
Her First Mistake (Noelle Marshall, #1)
Cross and Sampson (Alex Cross #35)
Out Law (The Dresden Files #18.75)
Never Flinch (Holly Gibney, #4)
Exit Strategy (Jack Reacher, #30)
No One Knew (Noelle Marshall #2)
Pretty Girl-13 by Liz ColeyThe Blue Bar by Damyanti BiswasThe Big Bad by Brad HuestisThe Nameless Dead by Leta SerafimWitch in Disguise by Karen McSpade
Crime Fiction
550 books — 275 voters

Murder on Family Grounds by Susan  RowlandIncident at the Ranch Retreat by Linda A. MortonBetrayal at the Opera by Linda A. MortonHigh Desert Grave Robber by Linda A. MortonTwenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea
Top Fast-Paced Mystery
968 books — 992 voters
Treating Murder by Gabrielle BlackMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieConfessions of a Murder Suspect by James  PattersonMurder on the Set by Carolyn KeeneWhack Job by Rachel McCarthy James
Murder
398 books — 49 voters


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)

Behcet Kaya
This is Detective Ashford Ishikawa. Who am I speaking with?” “My name is Jack Ludefance. I’m a private investigator from Santa Rosaria and I’ve been retained by Cindy Hastings through her lawyer, Mr. Hooks, to investigate her father’s murder. Is there way we can get together to talk?” “Why? What are we going to talk about, Mr. Ludefance?” “As I said, Detective Ishikawa, I’ve been hired to investigate the case. I’ve read the police reports. My hat is off to you. Very thorough work.” “Just doing m ...more
Behcet Kaya, Appellate Judge

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A.G. Russo, The Cases Nobody Wanted

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