Detective Fiction


Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
And Then There Were None
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
The Maltese Falcon
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4)
The Elephant Tree
Tatort Dangast by Unknown AuthorMurder Mysteries by Neil GaimanThe Westing Game by Ellen RaskinThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyA Hell of a Dog by Carol Lea Benjamin
Very Unusual Mystery Stories
44 books — 27 voters
She Rides Shotgun by Jordan HarperThe Fabulous Clip Joint by Fredric BrownThe Cold War Swap by Ross ThomasIn the Heat of the Night by John Dudley BallFletch by Gregory McDonald
Edgar Award Winners - Debuts
80 books — 7 voters

Murder 20/20 by Speed City Crime WritersSummer Deception by John  MarinoThe Detective and The Fool by James McInroyBlack Shadow Detective Agency by Count S. A. OlsonRacing Can Be Murder by Brenda Robertson Stewart
Books by Speed City Crime Writers
12 books — 4 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieDeath on the Nile by Agatha ChristieThe A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie
Best Agatha Christie Book
142 books — 1,526 voters

The Poetics of Murder by Glenn W. MostHow to Write a Mystery by Lee ChildAngel of Death by Brian O'HareSummer Deception by John  MarinoMurder Came Easy by C.A. Loveitt
Detective Fiction: The Theory
68 books — 8 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanA Is for Alibi by Sue GraftonFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Women with Moxie
195 books — 35 voters

Byrd Nash
The look she gave under her eyelashes to Lady Valentina was indeed familial. In my line of work, I'd seen it before; it usually ends with someone dying under mysterious circumstances, along with a lost will, and the police involved. ...more
Byrd Nash, Ghost Talker

Kitty Felde
My Papa thinks I should take a break from detecting for a while.
Kitty Felde, State of the Union

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