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Locked Room Books
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One by One (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.72 — 222,587 ratings — published 2020
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as locked-room)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,624,540 ratings — published 1939
The Guest List (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 27 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.79 — 1,290,440 ratings — published 2020
The Hunting Party (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.60 — 363,346 ratings — published 2018
Daisy Darker (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.76 — 275,864 ratings — published 2022
Shiver (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.77 — 25,784 ratings — published 2021
An Unwanted Guest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.74 — 159,928 ratings — published 2018
The Hollow Man (Dr. Gideon Fell, #6)
by (shelved 21 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.78 — 4,736 ratings — published 1935
Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.44 — 70,834 ratings — published 2022
The Midnight Feast (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.58 — 272,898 ratings — published 2024
The Mystery of the Yellow Room (Joseph Rouletabille #1)
by (shelved 16 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.65 — 14,140 ratings — published 1907
The Sanatorium (Detective Elin Warner, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.36 — 203,026 ratings — published 2021
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by (shelved 15 times as locked-room)
avg rating 4.20 — 735,722 ratings — published 1934
The Decagon House Murders (House Murders, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.78 — 21,259 ratings — published 1987
The Escape Room (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.82 — 45,755 ratings — published 2018
No Exit (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.98 — 216,831 ratings — published 2017
Dead of Winter (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.78 — 49,072 ratings — published 2023
The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.64 — 23,987 ratings — published 1946
Death in the Family (Shana Merchant #1)
by (shelved 12 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.65 — 5,282 ratings — published 2020
The Woman in Cabin 10 (Lo Blacklock #1)
by (shelved 12 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.72 — 778,175 ratings — published 2016
The Chamber (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.49 — 4,207 ratings — published 2024
One Perfect Couple (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.62 — 160,740 ratings — published 2024
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.78 — 484,431 ratings — published 2018
The Paris Apartment (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.64 — 721,136 ratings — published 2022
You Are Fatally Invited (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.56 — 17,919 ratings — published 2025
The Tokyo Zodiac Murders (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.87 — 11,843 ratings — published 1981
Six Wakes (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.83 — 20,487 ratings — published 2017
The Judas Window (Sir Henry Merrivale, #7)
by (shelved 10 times as locked-room)
avg rating 4.07 — 967 ratings — published 1938
With a Vengeance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.38 — 61,868 ratings — published 2025
In the Dark (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as locked-room)
avg rating 4.04 — 30,145 ratings — published 2019
Malice (Detective Kaga, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as locked-room)
avg rating 4.06 — 36,016 ratings — published 1996
The Search Party (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.71 — 10,202 ratings — published 2024
Murder in the Crooked House (Kiyoshi Mitarai, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.56 — 4,610 ratings — published 1982
The Big Bow Mystery (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.26 — 942 ratings — published 1892
The Night of the Storm (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.15 — 3,198 ratings — published 2024
Everyone Is Watching (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.64 — 33,652 ratings — published 2024
Murder on the Christmas Express (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.14 — 15,839 ratings — published 2022
Five Survive (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as locked-room)
avg rating 4.08 — 277,445 ratings — published 2022
The Bones of the Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.66 — 3,203 ratings — published 2023
The Christmas Murder Game (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.35 — 30,960 ratings — published 2021
Death and the Conjuror (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.52 — 3,653 ratings — published 2022
Under Lock & Skeleton Key (Secret Staircase Mystery, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.52 — 5,332 ratings — published 2022
The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.75 — 711,110 ratings — published 2022
Guess Who (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.38 — 6,126 ratings — published 2018
Party of Liars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.95 — 20,145 ratings — published 2024
The Unwedding (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.20 — 66,664 ratings — published 2024
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect (Ernest Cunningham, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.82 — 86,439 ratings — published 2023
Suddenly a Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.66 — 8,318 ratings — published 2023
The Dark (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.70 — 5,184 ratings — published 2021
The Chateau (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as locked-room)
avg rating 3.50 — 15,258 ratings — published 2023
“I am entirely at your service, Sir Henry. And I feel sure you will have no reason to complain of my frankness.'
H.M. blinked. 'Uh-huh. I was afraid of that.
Son, frankness is a virtue only when you're talkin' about yourself, and then it's a nuisance.
Besides, it's an impossibility. There's only one kind of person who's ever really willing to tell the truth about himself, and that's the kind they certify and shove in the bug-house. And when a person says he intends to be frank about other people, all it means is that he's goin' to give 'em a kick in the eye...”
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H.M. blinked. 'Uh-huh. I was afraid of that.
Son, frankness is a virtue only when you're talkin' about yourself, and then it's a nuisance.
Besides, it's an impossibility. There's only one kind of person who's ever really willing to tell the truth about himself, and that's the kind they certify and shove in the bug-house. And when a person says he intends to be frank about other people, all it means is that he's goin' to give 'em a kick in the eye...”
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“But, if you're going to analyse impossible situations,' interrupted Pettis, 'why discuss detective fiction?'
'Because,' said the doctor, frankly, 'we're in a detective story, and we don't fool the reader by pretending we're not. Let's not invent elaborate excuses to drag in a discussion of detective stories. Let's candidly glory in the noblest pursuits possible to characters in a book.”
― The Hollow Man
'Because,' said the doctor, frankly, 'we're in a detective story, and we don't fool the reader by pretending we're not. Let's not invent elaborate excuses to drag in a discussion of detective stories. Let's candidly glory in the noblest pursuits possible to characters in a book.”
― The Hollow Man
