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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by (shelved 1162 times as detective)
avg rating 4.19 — 779,729 ratings — published 1934
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
by (shelved 994 times as detective)
avg rating 4.13 — 514,784 ratings — published 1887
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
by (shelved 853 times as detective)
avg rating 3.89 — 643,609 ratings — published 2013
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
by (shelved 847 times as detective)
avg rating 4.14 — 407,255 ratings — published 1902
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 832 times as detective)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,733,153 ratings — published 1939
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
by (shelved 830 times as detective)
avg rating 4.26 — 380,278 ratings — published 1926
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
by (shelved 817 times as detective)
avg rating 4.00 — 541,882 ratings — published 1920
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
by (shelved 739 times as detective)
avg rating 4.30 — 336,183 ratings — published 1892
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
by (shelved 668 times as detective)
avg rating 4.12 — 327,075 ratings — published 1937
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
by (shelved 665 times as detective)
avg rating 3.88 — 188,049 ratings — published 1890
The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
by (shelved 612 times as detective)
avg rating 4.03 — 217,300 ratings — published 1936
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
by (shelved 588 times as detective)
avg rating 4.05 — 303,445 ratings — published 2014
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 542 times as detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 174,729 ratings — published 1939
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Leather Bound)
by (shelved 483 times as detective)
avg rating 4.51 — 221,269 ratings — published 1887
Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)
by (shelved 483 times as detective)
avg rating 4.22 — 236,867 ratings — published 2015
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
by (shelved 468 times as detective)
avg rating 3.96 — 393,613 ratings — published 2000
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 430 times as detective)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,542,851 ratings — published 2005
The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
by (shelved 414 times as detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 129,052 ratings — published 1923
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 410 times as detective)
avg rating 3.85 — 879,044 ratings — published 2020
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 378 times as detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 119,930 ratings — published 1930
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
by (shelved 377 times as detective)
avg rating 4.03 — 227,853 ratings — published 1930
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4)
by (shelved 373 times as detective)
avg rating 4.29 — 108,847 ratings — published 1893
The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1)
by (shelved 373 times as detective)
avg rating 4.15 — 224,587 ratings — published 1992
Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)
by (shelved 353 times as detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 113,448 ratings — published 1938
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #6)
by (shelved 347 times as detective)
avg rating 4.27 — 73,129 ratings — published 1904
Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4)
by (shelved 347 times as detective)
avg rating 4.25 — 193,817 ratings — published 2018
Rivers of London (Rivers of London, #1)
by (shelved 342 times as detective)
avg rating 3.84 — 157,345 ratings — published 2011
Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #24)
by (shelved 329 times as detective)
avg rating 4.03 — 100,290 ratings — published 1942
Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8)
by (shelved 329 times as detective)
avg rating 4.02 — 89,080 ratings — published 1932
Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1)
by (shelved 323 times as detective)
avg rating 3.89 — 299,410 ratings — published 2005
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 323 times as detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,595,120 ratings — published 2003
The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6)
by (shelved 323 times as detective)
avg rating 3.88 — 90,487 ratings — published 1928
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
by (shelved 315 times as detective)
avg rating 3.81 — 137,498 ratings — published 1942
In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)
by (shelved 311 times as detective)
avg rating 3.78 — 458,914 ratings — published 2007
Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)
by (shelved 309 times as detective)
avg rating 3.95 — 77,931 ratings — published 1936
Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #23)
by (shelved 305 times as detective)
avg rating 3.97 — 94,328 ratings — published 1941
Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)
by (shelved 298 times as detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 74,903 ratings — published 1936
The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)
by (shelved 297 times as detective)
avg rating 3.95 — 58,673 ratings — published 1914
The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5)
by (shelved 296 times as detective)
avg rating 3.56 — 80,287 ratings — published 1927
Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot, #9)
by (shelved 295 times as detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 66,742 ratings — published 1933
Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)
by (shelved 293 times as detective)
avg rating 3.87 — 79,205 ratings — published 1924
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
by (shelved 290 times as detective)
avg rating 3.81 — 280,678 ratings — published 1998
Flaggermusmannen (Harry Hole, #1)
by (shelved 289 times as detective)
avg rating 3.55 — 138,557 ratings — published 1997
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
by (shelved 289 times as detective)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,010,608 ratings — published 2006
Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)
by (shelved 289 times as detective)
avg rating 3.56 — 112,295 ratings — published 1969
The Swan Lake Murders (Mary Wandwalker #4)
by (shelved 286 times as detective)
avg rating 4.32 — 18,172 ratings — published
Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot, #12)
by (shelved 285 times as detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 71,220 ratings — published 1935
Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
by (shelved 284 times as detective)
avg rating 4.39 — 154,937 ratings — published 2020
Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2)
by (shelved 276 times as detective)
avg rating 3.97 — 219,707 ratings — published 2001
Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, #19)
by (shelved 273 times as detective)
avg rating 3.87 — 73,291 ratings — published 1938
“Listen, you might as well learn now that life’s nothin’ but a dirt sandwich and save yourself a lot of time.”
― The Cases Nobody Wanted
― The Cases Nobody Wanted
“Yeah. Floyd is his batman."
His what?"
Batman, like in the British army, each officer had a batman, a personal servant."
You spend too much time reading, Spenser. You know more stuff that don't make you money than anybody I know.”
― Mortal Stakes
His what?"
Batman, like in the British army, each officer had a batman, a personal servant."
You spend too much time reading, Spenser. You know more stuff that don't make you money than anybody I know.”
― Mortal Stakes
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detective-mystery and detectives