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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
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avg rating 4.18 — 3,526,379 ratings — published 2005
Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-crime)
avg rating 4.39 — 153,657 ratings — published 2020
In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)
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avg rating 3.78 — 453,969 ratings — published 2007
The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-crime)
avg rating 3.93 — 69,658 ratings — published 2009
The Distant Echo (Karen Pirie, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-crime)
avg rating 3.98 — 24,613 ratings — published 2003
Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges #1)
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avg rating 4.04 — 391,615 ratings — published 2014
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
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avg rating 4.05 — 301,589 ratings — published 2014
The Mystic and the Missing Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as contemporary-crime)
avg rating 4.13 — 389 ratings — published 2026
The Ruin (Cormac Reilly, #1)
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avg rating 3.95 — 54,481 ratings — published 2018
Not Quite Dead Yet (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 256,316 ratings — published 2025
The Coroner (Jenny Cooper, #1)
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avg rating 3.71 — 3,188 ratings — published 2009
Pomona Afton Can So Solve a Murder (Pomona Afton #1)
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avg rating 3.70 — 6,110 ratings — published 2025
Dead Wrong (Joanna Brady, #12)
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avg rating 4.13 — 7,898 ratings — published 2006
The Searcher (Cal Hooper, #1)
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avg rating 3.81 — 176,846 ratings — published 2020
Wicked Women (DI Kim Stone, #23)
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avg rating 4.60 — 3,828 ratings — published
Bloodlust (Blood, #2)
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avg rating 4.32 — 10,716 ratings — published
The Most Mysterious Bookshop in Paris (Paris Bookshop Mysteries)
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avg rating 3.90 — 1,027 ratings — published
Murder by the Book (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.40 — 850 ratings — published 2025
Berwick (DCI Ryan Mysteries #24)
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avg rating 4.49 — 11,038 ratings — published 2026
A Darker Domain (Inspector Karen Pirie, #2)
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avg rating 4.01 — 16,745 ratings — published 2008
For Reasons Unknown (DCI Matilda Darke, #1)
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avg rating 4.13 — 5,987 ratings — published 2015
The Dentist (DS Cross Mysteries, #1)
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avg rating 4.12 — 19,846 ratings — published 2020
The Hallmarked Man (Cormoran Strike, #8)
by (shelved 1 time as contemporary-crime)
avg rating 4.20 — 77,821 ratings — published 2025
Last Bus to Woodstock (Inspector Morse, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as contemporary-crime)
avg rating 3.81 — 19,024 ratings — published 1975
The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as contemporary-crime)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,154,004 ratings — published 2020
Білий попіл (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as contemporary-crime)
avg rating 4.40 — 6,023 ratings — published 2018
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as contemporary-crime)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,923,543 ratings — published 2019
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It (Finlay Donovan, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as contemporary-crime)
avg rating 3.98 — 259,996 ratings — published 2021
Bright Shining As the Sun: An Émile Cinq-Mars Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as contemporary-crime)
avg rating 4.60 — 5 ratings — published
A Killing in November (DI Ryan Wilkins, #1)
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avg rating 4.07 — 4,390 ratings — published 2022
The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7)
by (shelved 1 time as contemporary-crime)
avg rating 4.59 — 118,586 ratings — published 2023
Little Children (DI Kim Stone, #22)
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avg rating 4.71 — 6,317 ratings — published
The Museum Detective (A Museum Detective Novel)
by (shelved 1 time as contemporary-crime)
avg rating 3.83 — 2,290 ratings — published 2025
Sweet Revenge (A Lady Arianna Regency Mystery #1)
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avg rating 3.75 — 2,864 ratings — published 2011
Hidden Nature (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 47,932 ratings — published 2025
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as contemporary-crime)
avg rating 4.40 — 289,129 ratings — published 2018
The Shrine (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #16)
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avg rating 4.27 — 17,543 ratings — published 2020
Blood Moon (Blood, #1)
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avg rating 4.14 — 24,243 ratings — published
Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher, #1)
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avg rating 3.84 — 30,772 ratings — published 1989
Murder in Chianti (Armstrong and Oscar Cozy Mystery, #2)
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avg rating 4.30 — 6,229 ratings — published 2023
Midnight and Blue (Inspector Rebus #25)
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avg rating 4.28 — 10,859 ratings — published 2024
36 Hours (DI Kim Stone, #21)
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avg rating 4.48 — 4,756 ratings — published 2024
All The Rage (DI Adam Fawley, #4)
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avg rating 4.16 — 16,230 ratings — published 2019
No Way Out (DI Adam Fawley, #3)
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avg rating 4.14 — 17,107 ratings — published 2019
In the Dark (DI Adam Fawley, #2)
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avg rating 4.18 — 23,724 ratings — published 2018
Close to Home (DI Adam Fawley, #1)
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avg rating 3.98 — 51,070 ratings — published 2017
All the Devils Are Here (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #16)
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avg rating 4.43 — 86,032 ratings — published 2020
Outback (DS Walker, #1)
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avg rating 4.13 — 26,470 ratings — published 2022
Head Cases (Head Cases, #1)
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avg rating 3.99 — 16,784 ratings — published 2025
Out of Sight (DCI Warren Jones #7)
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avg rating 4.14 — 213 ratings — published