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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by (shelved 12 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.20 — 767,136 ratings — published 1934
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.03 — 223,128 ratings — published 1930
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
by (shelved 6 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.13 — 402,629 ratings — published 1902
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,705,527 ratings — published 1939
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
by (shelved 6 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.26 — 372,256 ratings — published 1926
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
by (shelved 5 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.12 — 322,618 ratings — published 1937
Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 3.82 — 63,334 ratings — published 1923
The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
by (shelved 5 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.03 — 213,862 ratings — published 1936
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Leather Bound)
by (shelved 4 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.51 — 220,146 ratings — published 1887
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4)
by (shelved 4 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.29 — 108,147 ratings — published 1893
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.30 — 333,673 ratings — published 1892
The House of Silk (Horowitz's Holmes, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.01 — 63,647 ratings — published 2011
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 3.81 — 135,165 ratings — published 1942
Strong Poison (Lord Peter Wimsey, #6)
by (shelved 3 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.13 — 34,458 ratings — published 1930
Magpie Murders (Susan Ryeland, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 178,606 ratings — published 2016
Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 3.97 — 26,421 ratings — published 1926
Fer-de-Lance (Nero Wolfe, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 3.97 — 17,121 ratings — published 1934
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 173,368 ratings — published 1939
Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12)
by (shelved 3 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.19 — 33,030 ratings — published 1935
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, #7)
by (shelved 3 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 3.78 — 12,603 ratings — published 1892
The Five Orange Pips (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, #5)
by (shelved 3 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 3.70 — 10,024 ratings — published 1891
The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6)
by (shelved 3 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 3.88 — 89,018 ratings — published 1928
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.00 — 534,566 ratings — published 1920
A Caribbean Mystery (Miss Marple, #9)
by (shelved 3 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 56,296 ratings — published 1964
The Thirteen Problems (Miss Marple, #0.5)
by (shelved 3 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 43,046 ratings — published 1932
The Veiled Lady / The Third Floor Flat (Audio Cassette)
by (shelved 2 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 3.82 — 108 ratings — published 1923
The Village of Eight Graves (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 3.81 — 6,571 ratings — published 1950
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.13 — 509,983 ratings — published 1887
Promised Land (Spenser, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.00 — 11,541 ratings — published 1976
Mortal Stakes (Spenser, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.06 — 10,470 ratings — published 1975
The Widening Gyre (Spenser, #10)
by (shelved 2 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.05 — 7,799 ratings — published 1983
Valediction (Spenser, #11)
by (shelved 2 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.07 — 9,270 ratings — published 1984
Crimson Joy (Spenser, #15)
by (shelved 2 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.00 — 7,352 ratings — published 1988
Early Autumn (Spenser, #7)
by (shelved 2 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.18 — 10,481 ratings — published 1981
A Catskill Eagle (Spenser, #12)
by (shelved 2 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.05 — 9,405 ratings — published 1985
Looking For Rachel Wallace (Spenser, #6)
by (shelved 2 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.13 — 10,629 ratings — published 1980
Taming a Sea-Horse (Spenser, #13)
by (shelved 2 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 6,851 ratings — published 1986
God Save The Child (Spenser, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 12,027 ratings — published 1974
Pale Kings And Princes (Spenser, #14)
by (shelved 2 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.06 — 7,932 ratings — published 1987
The Judas Goat (Spenser, #5)
by (shelved 2 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.10 — 11,586 ratings — published 1978
A Savage Place (Spenser, #8)
by (shelved 2 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.02 — 8,852 ratings — published 1981
Ceremony (Spenser, #9)
by (shelved 2 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.02 — 8,430 ratings — published 1982
The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 126,673 ratings — published 1923
The Five Red Herrings (Lord Peter Wimsey, #7)
by (shelved 2 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 3.76 — 15,240 ratings — published 1931
The Man in the Queue (Inspector Alan Grant, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 3.75 — 13,256 ratings — published 1929
The Moonstone (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 3.91 — 101,144 ratings — published 1868
Bury Your Dead (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #6)
by (shelved 2 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.35 — 101,635 ratings — published 2010
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #6)
by (shelved 2 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 4.27 — 72,708 ratings — published 1904
Moriarty (Horowitz's Holmes, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 3.80 — 33,243 ratings — published 2014
Closed Casket (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as classic-detective)
avg rating 3.62 — 20,506 ratings — published 2016
