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The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
by (shelved 22 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.05 — 301,638 ratings — published 2014
Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)
by (shelved 20 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.22 — 235,567 ratings — published 2015
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.89 — 640,286 ratings — published 2013
Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4)
by (shelved 18 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.25 — 192,485 ratings — published 2018
Case Histories (Jackson Brodie, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.79 — 127,247 ratings — published 2004
The Ink Black Heart (Cormoran Strike, #6)
by (shelved 10 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.13 — 122,380 ratings — published 2022
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.00 — 535,889 ratings — published 1920
G is for Gumshoe (Kinsey Millhone, #7)
by (shelved 10 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.96 — 40,667 ratings — published 1990
A Is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone #1)
by (shelved 10 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 194,825 ratings — published 1982
The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7)
by (shelved 9 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.59 — 118,636 ratings — published 2023
Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
by (shelved 9 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.39 — 153,697 ratings — published 2020
Dog on It (A Chet and Bernie Mystery, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.88 — 26,528 ratings — published 2009
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 126,749 ratings — published 2003
The Monkey's Raincoat (Elvis Cole, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.02 — 32,793 ratings — published 1987
The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 127,073 ratings — published 1923
I is for Innocent (Kinsey Millhone, #9)
by (shelved 9 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 38,339 ratings — published 1992
H is for Homicide (Kinsey Millhone, #8)
by (shelved 9 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 39,325 ratings — published 1991
E is for Evidence (Kinsey Millhone, #5)
by (shelved 9 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.95 — 43,388 ratings — published 1988
C is for Corpse (Kinsey Millhone, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 57,466 ratings — published 1986
P is for Peril (Kinsey Millhone, #16)
by (shelved 9 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.89 — 31,153 ratings — published 2000
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by (shelved 9 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.20 — 769,146 ratings — published 1934
Racing the Light (Elvis Cole #19; Joe Pike #8)
by (shelved 8 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.25 — 17,040 ratings — published 2022
Robert B. Parker's Old Black Magic (Spenser, #46)
by (shelved 8 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.96 — 5,316 ratings — published 2018
God Save The Child (Spenser, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 12,052 ratings — published 1974
The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 22,227 ratings — published 1973
J is for Judgment (Kinsey Millhone, #10)
by (shelved 8 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.03 — 57,938 ratings — published 1993
F is for Fugitive (Kinsey Millhone, #6)
by (shelved 8 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.95 — 42,570 ratings — published 1989
D is for Deadbeat (Kinsey Millhone, #4)
by (shelved 8 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.90 — 46,959 ratings — published 1987
M is for Malice (Kinsey Millhone, #13)
by (shelved 8 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.10 — 73,787 ratings — published 1996
Q is for Quarry (Kinsey Millhone, #17)
by (shelved 8 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.97 — 31,944 ratings — published 2002
Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)
by (shelved 8 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.87 — 78,507 ratings — published 1924
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
by (shelved 8 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.26 — 373,611 ratings — published 1926
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 173,602 ratings — published 1939
The Wanted (Elvis Cole, #17; Joe Pike, #6)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.22 — 18,423 ratings — published 2017
Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.13 — 164,904 ratings — published 2015
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.96 — 391,292 ratings — published 2000
One Good Turn (Jackson Brodie, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.82 — 52,696 ratings — published 2006
A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 47,973 ratings — published 1994
B is for Burglar (Kinsey Millhone, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.89 — 62,507 ratings — published 1985
L is for Lawless (Kinsey Millhone, #12)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 36,689 ratings — published 1995
K is for Killer (Kinsey Millhone, #11)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 46,313 ratings — published 1994
N is for Noose (Kinsey Millhone, #14)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.99 — 39,536 ratings — published 1998
R is for Ricochet (Kinsey Millhone, #18)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 37,872 ratings — published 2004
O is for Outlaw (Kinsey Millhone, #15)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.97 — 32,054 ratings — published 1999
U is for Undertow (Kinsey Millhone, #21)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.01 — 35,107 ratings — published 2009
Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)
by (shelved 7 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 112,757 ratings — published 1938
Robert B. Parker's Angel Eyes (Spenser, #47)
by (shelved 6 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,597 ratings — published 2019
A Dangerous Man (Elvis Cole, #18; Joe Pike, #7)
by (shelved 6 times as private-detective)
avg rating 4.30 — 17,814 ratings — published 2019
The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.92 — 107,944 ratings — published 2017
Robert B. Parker's Little White Lies (Spenser, #45)
by (shelved 6 times as private-detective)
avg rating 3.96 — 5,816 ratings — published 2017
“My heart is beating furiously but I harness my strength. Grabbing the Chief’s hands
from around my back, I twist around and free myself. “Don’t move,” I say, grasping
him firmly around the neck in a tight headlock. “Or I will strengthen my grip.”
― Adira and the Dark Horse
from around my back, I twist around and free myself. “Don’t move,” I say, grasping
him firmly around the neck in a tight headlock. “Or I will strengthen my grip.”
― Adira and the Dark Horse
“It wasn't every day a witch came to see him.
Darius deCompostela gave up on the paperwork he'd been trying to fill out and leaned back in his chair. Semantics. Technically, Georgia Clare hadn't come to see him. She'd come to see MacMillian. Most people did, often with barely a sideways glance in his direction. Usually, that chafed.
Not this time. For one thing, her reluctance to speak with him didn't seem to have anything to do with, well, him.
For another thing, he didn't do witches.”
― Season Of The Witch
Darius deCompostela gave up on the paperwork he'd been trying to fill out and leaned back in his chair. Semantics. Technically, Georgia Clare hadn't come to see him. She'd come to see MacMillian. Most people did, often with barely a sideways glance in his direction. Usually, that chafed.
Not this time. For one thing, her reluctance to speak with him didn't seem to have anything to do with, well, him.
For another thing, he didn't do witches.”
― Season Of The Witch
