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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3)
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4.09 avg rating — 129,995 ratings
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The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)
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3.59 avg rating — 47,295 ratings
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Frankenstein
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3.91 avg rating — 1,941,399 ratings
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service
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3.98 avg rating — 22,615 ratings
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A Touch Of Frost (Inspector Frost, #2)
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4.13 avg rating — 3,970 ratings
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Full Dark House (Bryant & May, #1)
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3.70 avg rating — 11,675 ratings
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
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4.14 avg rating — 394,317 ratings
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The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service
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3.63 avg rating — 7,751 ratings
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Sleepyhead (Tom Thorne, #1)
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3.83 avg rating — 20,379 ratings
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Death Message (Tom Thorne, #7)
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4.01 avg rating — 4,495 ratings
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Scaredy Cat (Tom Thorne, #2)
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3.96 avg rating — 10,893 ratings
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Lazybones (Tom Thorne, #3)
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4.08 avg rating — 7,836 ratings
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And Then There Were None
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4.27 avg rating — 1,653,869 ratings
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Case Histories (Jackson Brodie, #1)
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3.79 avg rating — 124,509 ratings
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Carly
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4.34 avg rating — 62 ratings
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The Yard (Scotland Yard's Murder Squad, #1)
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3.84 avg rating — 17,494 ratings
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Scent of the Dragon
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4.61 avg rating — 96 ratings
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Severed
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3.97 avg rating — 3,369 ratings
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In the Woods
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3.78 avg rating — 444,484 ratings
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The Business of Dying (Dennis Milne, #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 2,864 ratings
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
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4.22 avg rating — 2,040,257 ratings
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Dead Man's Footsteps (Roy Grace #4)
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4.17 avg rating — 12,923 ratings
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Not Dead Enough (Roy Grace, #3)
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4.13 avg rating — 14,678 ratings
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THE ABDUCTION OF GRACE
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4.15 avg rating — 155 ratings
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Thunderball
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3.84 avg rating — 18,822 ratings
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Relentless (Tina Boyd #2)
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3.93 avg rating — 4,930 ratings
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Ashenden
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3.87 avg rating — 4,158 ratings
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Deadline (Tina Boyd #3)
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4.05 avg rating — 3,427 ratings
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Dead Simple (Roy Grace, #1)
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4.06 avg rating — 32,142 ratings
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A Good Day to Die (Dennis Milne, #2)
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4.09 avg rating — 2,055 ratings
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Target (Tina Boyd, #4)
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4.11 avg rating — 2,653 ratings
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The Burning Girl (Tom Thorne, #4)
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3.87 avg rating — 7,120 ratings
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Buried (Tom Thorne, #6)
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3.99 avg rating — 5,124 ratings
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Bloodline (Tom Thorne, #8)
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4.08 avg rating — 6,938 ratings
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From the Dead (Tom Thorne, #9)
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4.06 avg rating — 5,018 ratings
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Standpoint
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3.70 avg rating — 313 ratings
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Jackboot Britain
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3.68 avg rating — 113 ratings
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The Elephant Tree
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3.92 avg rating — 43,672 ratings
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Gunfight at the Old Leake Canal
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4.49 avg rating — 61 ratings
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Trafficking (Powell, #1)
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4.11 avg rating — 859 ratings
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In the Dark
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3.87 avg rating — 4,703 ratings
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The Tango Briefing
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4.11 avg rating — 444 ratings
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I, Ripper
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3.33 avg rating — 2,590 ratings
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Frost At Christmas (Inspector Frost, #1)
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4.07 avg rating — 5,084 ratings
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Hard Frost (Inspector Frost, #4)
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4.14 avg rating — 2,909 ratings
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Lifeless (Tom Thorne, #5)
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4.06 avg rating — 5,481 ratings
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Night Frost (Inspector Frost, #3)
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4.16 avg rating — 3,221 ratings
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Winter Frost (Inspector Frost, #5)
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4.15 avg rating — 2,693 ratings
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Looking Good Dead (Roy Grace, #2)
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4.11 avg rating — 17,260 ratings
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Dead Tomorrow (Roy Grace, #5)
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4.21 avg rating — 11,562 ratings
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The Zombie Room
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3.95 avg rating — 43,738 ratings
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Salazar
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Revenge
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4.27 avg rating — 128 ratings
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A Smaller Hell
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3.19 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens
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4.08 avg rating — 126 ratings
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The Crew
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3.45 avg rating — 1,029 ratings
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Top Dog
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3.98 avg rating — 287 ratings
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LS92
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4.45 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Encryption
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4.27 avg rating — 132 ratings
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Red Station (Harry Tate, #1)
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3.92 avg rating — 942 ratings
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The Quiller Memorandum
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3.88 avg rating — 2,181 ratings
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Pursuit of Angels.
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4.29 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Moriarty (Horowitz's Holmes, #2)
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3.80 avg rating — 32,402 ratings
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Call of the Reaper
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4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
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The Crime at Black Dudley
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3.60 avg rating — 9,813 ratings
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The Network
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3.59 avg rating — 223 ratings
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Remote Control (Nick Stone, #1)
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3.90 avg rating — 6,573 ratings
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Angel, Archangel
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3.72 avg rating — 80 ratings
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Charlie M (Charlie Muffin, #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 650 ratings
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The Institute
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4.19 avg rating — 349,599 ratings
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Harry Banner in Notice To Die
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4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Murder Exchange
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3.95 avg rating — 1,616 ratings
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A Killing Frost (Inspector Frost, #6)
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4.18 avg rating — 3,322 ratings
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The Missing and the Dead (Logan McRae, #9)
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4.18 avg rating — 5,352 ratings
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Dead Man's Grip (Roy Grace, #7)
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4.18 avg rating — 11,641 ratings
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Good As Dead (Tom Thorne #10)
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4.12 avg rating — 5,962 ratings
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The Bones Beneath (Tom Thorne, #12)
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4.01 avg rating — 4,202 ratings
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The Last 10 Seconds (Tina Boyd #5)
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4.07 avg rating — 3,730 ratings
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The Marlowe Conspiracy
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3.38 avg rating — 200 ratings
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Gideon's Fire (Gideon, #7)
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3.71 avg rating — 162 ratings
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Ethan Justice: Origins (Ethan Justice, #1)
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3.89 avg rating — 1,049 ratings
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Loose Lips Sinks Ships
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4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Gallows Field
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 48 ratings
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Bournemouth 90
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4.50 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Paris 75
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4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Oodles of Rubles: The Russian Oligarch's (Confidential) Guide to Martha's Vineyard Real Estate
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4.95 avg rating — 38 ratings
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A FATHER’S LOVE: Love and Honor (Book 6)
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4.93 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Casino Royale / Live and Let Die / Moonraker
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3.95 avg rating — 298 ratings
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Aggressor
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4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Two-way Split
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3.54 avg rating — 439 ratings
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LINE OF SIGHT (Thomas Bladen #2)
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3.81 avg rating — 119 ratings
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The House of Silk (Horowitz's Holmes, #1)
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4.01 avg rating — 62,239 ratings
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LS65
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4.44 avg rating — 18 ratings
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A Father's Love: Redemption
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Rogue Male (Rogue Male, #1)
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3.92 avg rating — 5,821 ratings
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From Russia with Love / Dr No / Goldfinger
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4.09 avg rating — 198 ratings
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Henrietta Who?
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3.91 avg rating — 2,846 ratings
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The Cry
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3.77 avg rating — 6,027 ratings
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The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
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3.81 avg rating — 131,355 ratings
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A FATHER'S LOVE: Sacrifice and Service
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Truman Capote, Stephen King, Robert Harris, Herman Melville, Ray Bradbury, and Robert Heinlein are from America for god sake and none of those books listed are even set in Britain so could in no way qualify!
C'mon people, are you purposely vandalising this list or are you just stupid.
If you are going to add an Adams book surely Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency or the follow-up The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul...