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

The Slush Pile Brigade by Samuel MarquisThe Woman From Death Row by Peter HogenkampThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteMia's Magic Wand by Peter Volkofsky
Dysfunctional Sleuths
168 books — 103 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
Bleak House by Charles DickensThe Detective Stories of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan PoeThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Victorian Detectives
29 books — 9 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

S.K. Waters
Headstones, they aren’t for the dead, they’re for the living.
S.K. Waters, The Dead Won't Tell

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Laurie R. King Virtual Book Club The official book club for readers of mystery author Laurie R. King
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Hardboiled American Crime and Worldwide Noir Fiction Started somewhat as a reaction to the British cozy mystery of the Agatha Christie style (think M…more
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The Life and Times of Phil D'Amato science fiction, mystery, detective fiction, historical fiction, ancient history, police procedu…more
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