91 books
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue (C. Auguste Dupin, #1)
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avg rating 3.79 — 44,614 ratings — published 1841
Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead (Claire DeWitt Mysteries, #1)
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avg rating 3.69 — 11,897 ratings — published 2011
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Leather Bound)
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avg rating 4.51 — 219,167 ratings — published 1887
Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 14,945 ratings — published 2021
Death in Focus (Elena Standish, #1)
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avg rating 3.90 — 4,016 ratings — published 2019
Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
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avg rating 4.38 — 151,629 ratings — published 2020
The Infinite Blacktop (Claire DeWitt Mysteries, #3)
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avg rating 3.92 — 2,732 ratings — published 2018
Diamond Solitaire (Peter Diamond, #2)
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avg rating 3.87 — 3,063 ratings — published 1992
Murder on Union Square (Gaslight Mystery, #21)
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avg rating 3.85 — 3,738 ratings — published 2018
A Gladiator Dies Only Once (Roma Sub Rosa, #11)
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avg rating 3.98 — 2,215 ratings — published 2005
Knots and Crosses (Inspector Rebus, #1)
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avg rating 3.80 — 58,595 ratings — published 1987
The Snake Stone (Yashim the Eunuch, #2)
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avg rating 3.78 — 2,297 ratings — published 2007
The Janissary Tree (Yashim the Eunuch #1)
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avg rating 3.55 — 6,710 ratings — published 2006
A Death in Vienna (Liebermann Papers, #1)
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avg rating 3.84 — 3,934 ratings — published 2005
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 1,678,821 ratings — published 1939
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
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avg rating 4.20 — 756,415 ratings — published 1934
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
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avg rating 4.13 — 398,312 ratings — published 1902
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
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avg rating 3.89 — 635,830 ratings — published 2013
The Winter Queen (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #1)
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avg rating 3.91 — 14,765 ratings — published 1998
The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5)
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avg rating 3.89 — 40,007 ratings — published 1951
The Naming of the Dead (Inspector Rebus, #16)
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avg rating 4.03 — 13,358 ratings — published 2006
Resurrection Men (Inspector Rebus, #13)
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avg rating 4.05 — 14,991 ratings — published 2002
Black and Blue (Inspector Rebus, #8)
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avg rating 4.09 — 19,274 ratings — published 1997
The Bellini Card (Yashim the Eunuch, #3)
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avg rating 3.75 — 1,674 ratings — published 2010
Liespotting: Proven Techniques to Detect Deception (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.51 — 2,230 ratings — published 2010
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
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avg rating 4.13 — 505,228 ratings — published 1887
Started Early, Took My Dog (Jackson Brodie, #4)
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avg rating 3.93 — 49,505 ratings — published 2010
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
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avg rating 3.88 — 138,603 ratings — published 2001
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.35 — 20,713 ratings — published 1991
The Neon Rain (Dave Robicheaux, #1)
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avg rating 3.90 — 29,082 ratings — published 1987
Corbow's Theory (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published
The Missing Half (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.79 — 140,677 ratings — published 2025
Listen for the Lie (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 602,846 ratings — published 2024
Home Before Dark (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 333,247 ratings — published 2020
The Fate of the Poseidonia (ebook)
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avg rating 3.09 — 65 ratings — published 1927
The Proof of My Innocence (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.72 — 7,703 ratings — published 2024
Blueberry Pie and Other Stories (Hardcover)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1932
Verity (ebook)
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avg rating 4.29 — 4,032,287 ratings — published 2018
City of Destruction (Malabar House #5)
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avg rating 4.33 — 1,470 ratings — published 2024
Death of a Lesser God (Malabar House, #4)
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avg rating 4.20 — 2,204 ratings — published 2023
The Dying Day (Malabar House #2)
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avg rating 4.19 — 3,452 ratings — published 2021
The Edge of Darkness (Malabar House, #6)
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avg rating 4.45 — 657 ratings — published 2026
The Lost Man of Bombay (Malabar House #3)
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avg rating 4.24 — 2,853 ratings — published 2022
Last Victim of the Monsoon Express (Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation, #4.5)
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avg rating 4.14 — 827 ratings — published 2019
Midnight at Malabar House (Malabar House #1)
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avg rating 4.00 — 6,128 ratings — published 2020
Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP CBK
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avg rating 3.76 — 96 ratings — published 2014
Revenge of the Tipping Point (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.02 — 64,149 ratings — published 2024
The Red Room (Risk Agent, #3)
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avg rating 3.20 — 697 ratings — published 2014
The Long Arm and Other Detective Stories (Black Heath Classic Crime)
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avg rating 3.71 — 17 ratings — published 2014
Beyond the Pale (Ravenwood Mysteries #7)
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avg rating 4.67 — 342 ratings — published 2021
“I sleuth, you know. For a hobby. Harmless outlet for natural inquisitiveness, don't you see, which might otherwise strike inward and produce introspection an' suicide. Very natural, healthy pursuit -- not too strenuous, not too sedentary; trains and invigorates the mind.”
― Unnatural Death
― Unnatural Death
“Lockwood gave a sudden exclamation; when I looked at him, his eyes were shining. 'On second thoughts, we can scrap my last suggestion,' he said. 'Stuff the mingling. Who wants to do that? Boring. George - this library. Where is it?”
― The Whispering Skull
― The Whispering Skull












