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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by (shelved 1150 times as detective)
avg rating 4.20 — 763,314 ratings — published 1934
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
by (shelved 983 times as detective)
avg rating 4.13 — 508,278 ratings — published 1887
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
by (shelved 845 times as detective)
avg rating 3.89 — 638,278 ratings — published 2013
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
by (shelved 837 times as detective)
avg rating 4.13 — 401,114 ratings — published 1902
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 823 times as detective)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,695,037 ratings — published 1939
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
by (shelved 819 times as detective)
avg rating 4.26 — 369,347 ratings — published 1926
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
by (shelved 807 times as detective)
avg rating 4.00 — 531,601 ratings — published 1920
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
by (shelved 732 times as detective)
avg rating 4.30 — 332,889 ratings — published 1892
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
by (shelved 659 times as detective)
avg rating 4.12 — 320,811 ratings — published 1937
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
by (shelved 652 times as detective)
avg rating 3.88 — 184,637 ratings — published 1890
The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
by (shelved 604 times as detective)
avg rating 4.03 — 212,577 ratings — published 1936
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
by (shelved 582 times as detective)
avg rating 4.05 — 300,531 ratings — published 2014
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 532 times as detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 172,828 ratings — published 1939
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Leather Bound)
by (shelved 475 times as detective)
avg rating 4.51 — 219,810 ratings — published 1887
Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)
by (shelved 475 times as detective)
avg rating 4.22 — 234,660 ratings — published 2015
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
by (shelved 446 times as detective)
avg rating 3.97 — 389,632 ratings — published 2000
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 427 times as detective)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,514,522 ratings — published 2005
The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
by (shelved 413 times as detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 125,836 ratings — published 1923
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 399 times as detective)
avg rating 3.85 — 851,108 ratings — published 2020
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 375 times as detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 118,566 ratings — published 1930
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
by (shelved 371 times as detective)
avg rating 4.04 — 221,754 ratings — published 1930
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4)
by (shelved 369 times as detective)
avg rating 4.29 — 107,906 ratings — published 1893
The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1)
by (shelved 363 times as detective)
avg rating 4.15 — 221,556 ratings — published 1992
Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)
by (shelved 349 times as detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 112,263 ratings — published 1938
Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4)
by (shelved 343 times as detective)
avg rating 4.25 — 191,551 ratings — published 2018
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #6)
by (shelved 342 times as detective)
avg rating 4.27 — 72,509 ratings — published 1904
Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #24)
by (shelved 326 times as detective)
avg rating 4.03 — 97,982 ratings — published 1942
Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8)
by (shelved 324 times as detective)
avg rating 4.02 — 87,353 ratings — published 1932
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 319 times as detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,574,541 ratings — published 2003
Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1)
by (shelved 317 times as detective)
avg rating 3.89 — 294,844 ratings — published 2005
Rivers of London (Rivers of London, #1)
by (shelved 316 times as detective)
avg rating 3.84 — 154,856 ratings — published 2011
The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6)
by (shelved 316 times as detective)
avg rating 3.88 — 88,412 ratings — published 1928
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
by (shelved 316 times as detective)
avg rating 3.81 — 134,429 ratings — published 1942
In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)
by (shelved 308 times as detective)
avg rating 3.78 — 450,893 ratings — published 2007
Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)
by (shelved 304 times as detective)
avg rating 3.96 — 76,259 ratings — published 1936
Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #23)
by (shelved 298 times as detective)
avg rating 3.97 — 92,467 ratings — published 1941
Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)
by (shelved 297 times as detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 73,566 ratings — published 1936
The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5)
by (shelved 291 times as detective)
avg rating 3.56 — 78,511 ratings — published 1927
Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot, #9)
by (shelved 290 times as detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 65,354 ratings — published 1933
Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)
by (shelved 290 times as detective)
avg rating 3.88 — 77,973 ratings — published 1924
The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)
by (shelved 289 times as detective)
avg rating 3.95 — 57,722 ratings — published 1914
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
by (shelved 288 times as detective)
avg rating 3.81 — 279,175 ratings — published 1998
Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)
by (shelved 286 times as detective)
avg rating 3.56 — 108,707 ratings — published 1969
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
by (shelved 285 times as detective)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,002,370 ratings — published 2006
Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
by (shelved 283 times as detective)
avg rating 4.39 — 152,785 ratings — published 2020
Flaggermusmannen (Harry Hole, #1)
by (shelved 282 times as detective)
avg rating 3.55 — 136,436 ratings — published 1997
Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot, #12)
by (shelved 279 times as detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 69,541 ratings — published 1935
Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2)
by (shelved 274 times as detective)
avg rating 3.97 — 217,455 ratings — published 2001
Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, #19)
by (shelved 268 times as detective)
avg rating 3.87 — 72,255 ratings — published 1938
4:50 From Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)
by (shelved 261 times as detective)
avg rating 3.96 — 79,566 ratings — published 1957
“It often seems to me that's all detective work is, wiping out your false starts and beginning again."
"Yes, it is very true, that. And it is just what some people will not do. They conceive a certain theory, and everything has to fit into that theory. If one little fact will not fit it, they throw it aside. But it is always the facts that will not fit in that are significant.”
― Death on the Nile
"Yes, it is very true, that. And it is just what some people will not do. They conceive a certain theory, and everything has to fit into that theory. If one little fact will not fit it, they throw it aside. But it is always the facts that will not fit in that are significant.”
― Death on the Nile
“There's only one truth”
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