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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3)
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4.09 avg rating — 126,505 ratings
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The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)
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3.59 avg rating — 46,319 ratings
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Frankenstein
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3.91 avg rating — 1,878,630 ratings
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service
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3.98 avg rating — 22,317 ratings
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A Touch Of Frost (Inspector Frost, #2)
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4.13 avg rating — 3,938 ratings
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Full Dark House (Bryant & May, #1)
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3.70 avg rating — 11,567 ratings
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
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4.13 avg rating — 387,163 ratings
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The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service
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3.63 avg rating — 7,697 ratings
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Sleepyhead (Tom Thorne, #1)
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3.83 avg rating — 19,837 ratings
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Death Message (Tom Thorne, #7)
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,406 ratings
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Scaredy Cat (Tom Thorne, #2)
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3.96 avg rating — 10,594 ratings
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Lazybones (Tom Thorne, #3)
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4.08 avg rating — 7,702 ratings
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And Then There Were None
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4.27 avg rating — 1,608,619 ratings
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Case Histories (Jackson Brodie, #1)
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3.79 avg rating — 122,767 ratings
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Carly
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4.38 avg rating — 60 ratings
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The Yard (Scotland Yard's Murder Squad, #1)
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3.84 avg rating — 17,208 ratings
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Scent of the Dragon
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4.64 avg rating — 95 ratings
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Severed
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3.98 avg rating — 3,342 ratings
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In the Woods
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3.78 avg rating — 438,746 ratings
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The Business of Dying (Dennis Milne, #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 2,826 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 — 2,011,643 ratings
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Dead Man's Footsteps (Roy Grace #4)
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4.17 avg rating — 12,664 ratings
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Not Dead Enough (Roy Grace, #3)
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4.13 avg rating — 14,340 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 — 18,516 ratings
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Relentless (Tina Boyd #2)
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3.92 avg rating — 4,865 ratings
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Ashenden
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3.86 avg rating — 4,070 ratings
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Deadline (Tina Boyd #3)
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4.05 avg rating — 3,392 ratings
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Dead Simple (Roy Grace, #1)
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4.06 avg rating — 31,287 ratings
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A Good Day to Die (Dennis Milne, #2)
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4.09 avg rating — 2,024 ratings
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Target (Tina Boyd, #4)
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4.11 avg rating — 2,605 ratings
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The Burning Girl (Tom Thorne, #4)
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3.87 avg rating — 7,002 ratings
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Buried (Tom Thorne, #6)
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3.99 avg rating — 5,036 ratings
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Bloodline (Tom Thorne, #8)
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4.08 avg rating — 6,828 ratings
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From the Dead (Tom Thorne, #9)
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4.06 avg rating — 4,920 ratings
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Standpoint
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3.69 avg rating — 311 ratings
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Jackboot Britain
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3.67 avg rating — 112 ratings
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The Elephant Tree
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3.90 avg rating — 40,468 ratings
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Gunfight at the Old Leake Canal
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4.51 avg rating — 59 ratings
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Trafficking (Powell, #1)
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4.11 avg rating — 851 ratings
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In the Dark
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3.87 avg rating — 4,638 ratings
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The Tango Briefing
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4.11 avg rating — 441 ratings
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I, Ripper
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3.33 avg rating — 2,577 ratings
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Frost At Christmas (Inspector Frost, #1)
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4.07 avg rating — 5,045 ratings
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Hard Frost (Inspector Frost, #4)
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4.14 avg rating — 2,880 ratings
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Lifeless (Tom Thorne, #5)
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4.05 avg rating — 5,379 ratings
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Night Frost (Inspector Frost, #3)
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4.16 avg rating — 3,198 ratings
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Winter Frost (Inspector Frost, #5)
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4.15 avg rating — 2,673 ratings
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Looking Good Dead (Roy Grace, #2)
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4.11 avg rating — 16,941 ratings
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Dead Tomorrow (Roy Grace, #5)
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4.21 avg rating — 11,339 ratings
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The Zombie Room
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3.92 avg rating — 40,379 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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4.10 avg rating — 124 ratings
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The Crew
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3.45 avg rating — 1,023 ratings
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Top Dog
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3.99 avg rating — 285 ratings
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LS92
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4.55 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Encryption
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4.27 avg rating — 131 ratings
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Red Station (Harry Tate, #1)
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3.89 avg rating — 892 ratings
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The Quiller Memorandum
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3.87 avg rating — 2,160 ratings
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Pursuit of Angels.
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4.26 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Moriarty (Horowitz's Holmes, #2)
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3.80 avg rating — 31,667 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 — 9,596 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 — 6,513 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 — 638 ratings
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The Institute
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4.19 avg rating — 339,742 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 — 1,601 ratings
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A Killing Frost (Inspector Frost, #6)
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4.18 avg rating — 3,290 ratings
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The Missing and the Dead (Logan McRae, #9)
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4.18 avg rating — 5,264 ratings
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Dead Man's Grip (Roy Grace, #7)
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4.18 avg rating — 11,425 ratings
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Good As Dead (Tom Thorne #10)
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4.12 avg rating — 5,883 ratings
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The Bones Beneath (Tom Thorne, #12)
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4.01 avg rating — 4,128 ratings
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The Last 10 Seconds (Tina Boyd #5)
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4.07 avg rating — 3,688 ratings
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The Marlowe Conspiracy
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3.37 avg rating — 199 ratings
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Gideon's Fire (Gideon, #7)
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3.72 avg rating — 150 ratings
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Ethan Justice: Origins (Ethan Justice, #1)
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3.89 avg rating — 1,046 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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4.57 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Paris 75
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4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Oodles of Rubles: The Russian Oligarch's (Confidential) Guide to Martha's Vineyard Real Estate
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Casino Royale / Live and Let Die / Moonraker
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3.94 avg rating — 296 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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3.55 avg rating — 436 ratings
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LINE OF SIGHT (Thomas Bladen #2)
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3.81 avg rating — 118 ratings
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The House of Silk (Horowitz's Holmes, #1)
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4.01 avg rating — 61,118 ratings
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LS65
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4.64 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Rogue Male (Rogue Male, #1)
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3.92 avg rating — 5,607 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 — 2,818 ratings
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The Cry
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3.77 avg rating — 5,971 ratings
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The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
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3.81 avg rating — 127,295 ratings
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Watcher in the Shadows
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3.80 avg rating — 264 ratings
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Tether's End (Albert Campion Mystery, #16)
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3.97 avg rating — 1,962 ratings
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Safe House
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3.59 avg rating — 6,967 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...