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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
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4.30 avg rating — 326,949 ratings
"The classic short story collection by Doyle"
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The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #1)
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4.04 avg rating — 87,865 ratings
"Intro to one of the best SH pastiche collections"
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
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4.18 avg rating — 3,454,516 ratings
"Beginning of a tight suspense trilogy that keeps you at the edge of your seat"
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
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4.26 avg rating — 348,501 ratings
"First big surprise in mystery - maybe not fair to some , but an original"
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Listening Woman (Leaphorn & Chee, #3)
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4.13 avg rating — 16,864 ratings
"This and all Hillerman novels brings the Navajo way of life to the front of each story -a double treat"
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The Thin Man
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3.90 avg rating — 38,362 ratings
"Sets a scene - a culture long since past, with both humor and suspense"
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The Name of the Rose
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4.14 avg rating — 396,380 ratings
"An Eco original historic suspense - along with Foucalt's Pendule, classics of intrigue"
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Death at La Fenice (Commissario Brunetti, #1)
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3.89 avg rating — 42,665 ratings
"Wonderful mystery bringing both Venice and a fascinating character to life"
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Skinwalkers (Leaphorn & Chee, #7)
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4.09 avg rating — 15,795 ratings
"The bet of his Navajo mysteries"
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The Maltese Falcon
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3.86 avg rating — 115,775 ratings
"The classic hardboiled detective. A real treat for someone reading it the first time"
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The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
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4.26 avg rating — 589,231 ratings
"Damned scary in print as well as on the screen"
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The Camel Club (The Camel Club, #1)
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4.07 avg rating — 98,314 ratings
"Love Baldacci's group of misfit detectives led by the mysterious Oliver Stone"
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Curtain (Hercule Poirot, #44)
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4.10 avg rating — 50,199 ratings
"The bend - so sad"
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A Thief of Time (Leaphorn & Chee, #8)
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4.13 avg rating — 15,485 ratings
"Continues the great southwest saga"
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Nemesis (Harry Hole, #4)
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3.98 avg rating — 80,279 ratings
"Interesting troubled detective whose personal defects enhances his ability"
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Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1)
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4.04 avg rating — 69,947 ratings
"Great beginning of a set of stories interweaving mysteries with the breakdown of the Soviet Union"
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Sacred Clowns (Leaphorn & Chee, #11)
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4.06 avg rating — 10,444 ratings
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The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
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4.06 avg rating — 181,653 ratings
"Wonderful turn of the century tale in old New York"
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The Complete Father Brown (Father Brown, #1-5)
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4.03 avg rating — 10,737 ratings
"Always a joy to read"
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The Blessing Way (Leaphorn & Chee, #1)
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 32,161 ratings
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
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4.14 avg rating — 389,350 ratings
"Best of the SH nivels"
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Polar Star (Arkady Renko, #2)
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3.99 avg rating — 11,419 ratings
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The Redbreast (Harry Hole, #3)
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3.95 avg rating — 109,384 ratings
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Lehane Fiction Collection Six-Book Set
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4.61 avg rating — 119 ratings
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The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
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3.94 avg rating — 2,528,697 ratings
Allan
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Jar City (Inspector Erlendur, #3)
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3.81 avg rating — 32,431 ratings
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The Bookman's Wake (Cliff Janeway, #2)
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3.92 avg rating — 4,547 ratings
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A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #2)
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4.04 avg rating — 27,793 ratings
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The Moonstone
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3.91 avg rating — 98,949 ratings
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The Bookman's Promise (Cliff Janeway, #3)
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3.87 avg rating — 3,577 ratings
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The Sign of the Book (Cliff Janeway, #4)
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3.92 avg rating — 2,863 ratings
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Wolves Eat Dogs (Arkady Renko, #5)
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3.93 avg rating — 8,571 ratings
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Airframe
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3.75 avg rating — 89,480 ratings
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The Tower Treasure (The Hardy Boys, #1)
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3.91 avg rating — 20,168 ratings
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Havana Bay (Arkady Renko, #4)
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3.85 avg rating — 8,567 ratings
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The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, #1)
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4.01 avg rating — 93,836 ratings
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The Woman in White
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4.01 avg rating — 166,396 ratings
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Garment of Shadows (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #12)
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3.94 avg rating — 10,522 ratings
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The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)
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3.77 avg rating — 657,232 ratings
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
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4.24 avg rating — 777,359 ratings
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A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
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4.13 avg rating — 495,990 ratings
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Captain Alatriste (Adventures of Captain Alatriste, #1)
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3.75 avg rating — 18,544 ratings
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Eye of the Needle
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4.22 avg rating — 170,031 ratings
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue (C. Auguste Dupin, #1)
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3.80 avg rating — 43,440 ratings
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The Bridge of Sighs (The Yalta Boulevard Sequence #1)
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3.71 avg rating — 4,376 ratings
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Mary Stewart's Merlin Trilogy (Arthurian Saga, #1-3)
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4.41 avg rating — 4,966 ratings
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Vendetta (Aurelio Zen, #2)
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3.81 avg rating — 2,562 ratings
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The Devil's Star (Harry Hole, #5)
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4.06 avg rating — 76,187 ratings
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes
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4.51 avg rating — 217,194 ratings
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Arsenic and Old Lace
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4.14 avg rating — 24,856 ratings
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Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
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4.04 avg rating — 214,573 ratings
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Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
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3.95 avg rating — 3,403,039 ratings
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Murder in the Oval Office (Eleanor Roosevelt, #6)
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3.76 avg rating — 287 ratings
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Mystic River
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4.18 avg rating — 165,914 ratings
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The Magdalen Martyrs (Jack Taylor, #3)
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4.04 avg rating — 2,708 ratings
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Inferno (Robert Langdon, #4)
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3.90 avg rating — 595,674 ratings
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The Lions of Lucerne (Scot Harvath, #1)
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4.09 avg rating — 47,190 ratings
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The Bourne Supremacy (Jason Bourne, #2)
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4.11 avg rating — 182,390 ratings
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Three Stations (Arkady Renko, #7)
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3.79 avg rating — 5,768 ratings
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
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4.26 avg rating — 988,063 ratings
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The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
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4.03 avg rating — 201,698 ratings
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Final Curtain (Roderick Alleyn, #14)
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4.01 avg rating — 4,837 ratings
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The Burglar in the Library (Bernie Rhodenbarr, #8)
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3.96 avg rating — 3,356 ratings
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The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart (Bernie Rhodenbarr, #7)
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3.89 avg rating — 3,038 ratings
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The Chancellor Manuscript
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3.86 avg rating — 6,861 ratings
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Coyote Waits (Leaphorn & Chee, #10)
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4.07 avg rating — 12,864 ratings
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A Study in Scarlet / The Hound of the Baskervilles
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4.05 avg rating — 2,844 ratings
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