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Listopia > Jan Mazzulla's votes on the list Best Crime & Mystery Books (35 Books)
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
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Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
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Rebecca
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"A classic, spooky mystery. Reminded me of Collilns."
Jan
rated it 5 stars
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In Cold Blood
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The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
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"The early days of psychoanalysis and a murder mystery without forensics."
Jan
rated it 5 stars
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The Name of the Rose
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"He's smart, he knows his story and there's a murder to solve.
Jan
rated it 5 stars
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Shutter Island
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"A brilliant writer who tells great stories.
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Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1)
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The Woman in White
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"This is Collins' stab at the supernatural genre.
Jan
rated it 4 stars
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The Moonstone
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"This book marks the beginning of mystery genre in Britain."
Jan
rated it 5 stars
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The Historian
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"A fabulous, richly plotted first novel with vampires, maybe, sort of.
Jan
rated it 5 stars
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A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1)
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An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (Cordelia Gray, #1)
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"Luminous, polished writing, with likable characters."
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Case Histories (Jackson Brodie, #1)
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"Another woman writer who is a deft plotter with the ability to create rich, complex characters."
Jan
rated it 5 stars
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The Poet (Jack McEvoy, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #5)
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The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
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"It's not often you get to see a writer take his personal demons out for a walk as Ellroy does in this novel.
Jan
rated it 5 stars
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
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"History and mystery in perfect balance."
Jan
rated it 5 stars
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
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"Gentle, sweet and exotic."
Jan
rated it 3 stars
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An Instance of the Fingerpost
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"Mystery, codes, and a very interesting perspective."
Jan
rated it 5 stars
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The Ice House
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"A wonderful character study"
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The Club Dumas
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"Mystery and literature, in a compelling combination."
Jan
rated it 5 stars
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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"Allow you inhabit the world of someone you'd otherwise be able to."
Jan
rated it 5 stars
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
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"Nothing like a bit of H.H. Holmes and fin de siecle non-fiction."
Jan
rated it 5 stars
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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
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"Flavia de Luce is a wonderfully naive young protagonist. Let's hear more from her."
Jan
rated it 5 stars
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Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1)
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"A strong woman, who defies the norms of her generation."
Jan
rated it 5 stars
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The Sculptress
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Booked to Die (Cliff Janeway, #1)
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"A bookseller, a mystery"
Jan
rated it 5 stars
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A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1)
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"Love the setting and the herb lore. "
Jan
rated it 5 stars
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Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh, #1)
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The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)
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"A classic in the spy genre."
Jan
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The Flanders Panel
by See Review |
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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
by See Review |
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The Blessing Way (Leaphorn & Chee, #1)
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The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1)
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The Interpretation of Murder
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