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Private Detective Books
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The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
by (shelved 22 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.05 — 294,040 ratings — published 2014
Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)
by (shelved 20 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.22 — 229,160 ratings — published 2015
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.89 — 626,433 ratings — published 2013
Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4)
by (shelved 18 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.25 — 186,156 ratings — published 2018
Case Histories (Jackson Brodie, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.79 — 123,014 ratings — published 2004
The Ink Black Heart (Cormoran Strike, #6)
by (shelved 10 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.13 — 116,114 ratings — published 2022
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.00 — 507,310 ratings — published 1920
A Is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone #1)
by (shelved 10 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 192,007 ratings — published 1982
The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7)
by (shelved 9 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.59 — 110,545 ratings — published 2023
Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
by (shelved 9 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.38 — 147,151 ratings — published 2020
Dog on It (A Chet and Bernie Mystery, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.88 — 25,767 ratings — published 2009
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 123,290 ratings — published 2003
The Monkey's Raincoat (Elvis Cole, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.02 — 31,618 ratings — published 1987
G is for Gumshoe (Kinsey Millhone, #7)
by (shelved 9 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.96 — 39,597 ratings — published 1990
Racing the Light (Elvis Cole #19; Joe Pike #8)
by (shelved 8 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.25 — 16,355 ratings — published 2022
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 168,518 ratings — published 1939
Robert B. Parker's Old Black Magic (Spenser, #46)
by (shelved 8 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.95 — 5,156 ratings — published 2018
The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.87 — 118,964 ratings — published 1923
God Save The Child (Spenser, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 11,599 ratings — published 1974
The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.92 — 21,444 ratings — published 1973
I is for Innocent (Kinsey Millhone, #9)
by (shelved 8 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 37,448 ratings — published 1992
H is for Homicide (Kinsey Millhone, #8)
by (shelved 8 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 38,307 ratings — published 1991
E is for Evidence (Kinsey Millhone, #5)
by (shelved 8 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.95 — 42,352 ratings — published 1988
P is for Peril (Kinsey Millhone, #16)
by (shelved 8 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.89 — 30,349 ratings — published 2000
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by (shelved 8 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.20 — 732,127 ratings — published 1934
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
by (shelved 8 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.26 — 346,452 ratings — published 1926
The Wanted (Elvis Cole, #17; Joe Pike, #6)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.22 — 17,902 ratings — published 2017
Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.13 — 158,600 ratings — published 2015
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.13 — 494,775 ratings — published 1887
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.97 — 378,347 ratings — published 2000
One Good Turn (Jackson Brodie, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.82 — 50,740 ratings — published 2006
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 115,500 ratings — published 1930
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.19 — 46,765 ratings — published 1953
A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 46,306 ratings — published 1994
Indemnity Only (V.I. Warshawski, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.90 — 19,455 ratings — published 1982
J is for Judgment (Kinsey Millhone, #10)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.03 — 56,976 ratings — published 1993
F is for Fugitive (Kinsey Millhone, #6)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.95 — 41,594 ratings — published 1989
C is for Corpse (Kinsey Millhone, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 55,826 ratings — published 1986
M is for Malice (Kinsey Millhone, #13)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.10 — 72,895 ratings — published 1996
Q is for Quarry (Kinsey Millhone, #17)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.97 — 31,154 ratings — published 2002
Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 108,978 ratings — published 1938
Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.89 — 74,863 ratings — published 1924
Robert B. Parker's Angel Eyes (Spenser, #47)
by (shelved 6 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,434 ratings — published 2019
A Dangerous Man (Elvis Cole, #18; Joe Pike, #7)
by (shelved 6 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.30 — 17,256 ratings — published 2019
The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 99,901 ratings — published 2017
Robert B. Parker's Little White Lies (Spenser, #45)
by (shelved 6 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.96 — 5,623 ratings — published 2017
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
by (shelved 6 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.30 — 326,439 ratings — published 1892
Robert B. Parker's Slow Burn (Spenser, #44)
by (shelved 6 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.96 — 5,521 ratings — published 2016
The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6)
by (shelved 6 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.88 — 82,924 ratings — published 1928
The Promise (Elvis Cole, #16; Joe Pike, #5; Scott James & Maggie, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.27 — 18,941 ratings — published 2015
“Most investigators don't even know what the word means. You stop the cops from using informants and the only crimes they'd ever solve would be those by deranged postal workers who come to work once too often.”
― False Allegations
― False Allegations
“He held my gun in his delicate, lovely hand. He held it pointed at my chest.
'I could teach you,' he said in his soft voice. 'But to what purpose? A dirty little man in a dirty little world. One spot of brightness on you and you would still be that. Is it not so?' He smiled, so beautifully.
I swung at his smile with everything I had left.”
― Farewell, My Lovely
'I could teach you,' he said in his soft voice. 'But to what purpose? A dirty little man in a dirty little world. One spot of brightness on you and you would still be that. Is it not so?' He smiled, so beautifully.
I swung at his smile with everything I had left.”
― Farewell, My Lovely
