32 books
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Private Eye Books
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The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.89 — 629,939 ratings — published 2013
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.86 — 116,324 ratings — published 1930
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.94 — 169,686 ratings — published 1939
A Is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone #1)
by (shelved 16 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.86 — 192,570 ratings — published 1982
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
by (shelved 15 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.05 — 295,954 ratings — published 2014
Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)
by (shelved 13 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.22 — 230,703 ratings — published 2015
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.97 — 381,564 ratings — published 2000
B is for Burglar (Kinsey Millhone, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.89 — 61,100 ratings — published 1985
The Thin Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.90 — 38,589 ratings — published 1934
D is for Deadbeat (Kinsey Millhone, #4)
by (shelved 11 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.89 — 45,974 ratings — published 1987
C is for Corpse (Kinsey Millhone, #3)
by (shelved 11 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.94 — 56,221 ratings — published 1986
Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4)
by (shelved 10 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.25 — 187,688 ratings — published 2018
Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.97 — 212,943 ratings — published 2001
L is for Lawless (Kinsey Millhone, #12)
by (shelved 10 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.94 — 36,048 ratings — published 1995
H is for Homicide (Kinsey Millhone, #8)
by (shelved 10 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.94 — 38,521 ratings — published 1991
The Monkey's Raincoat (Elvis Cole, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.02 — 31,843 ratings — published 1987
W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)
by (shelved 9 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.96 — 35,444 ratings — published 2013
Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, #4)
by (shelved 9 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.26 — 162,595 ratings — published 2002
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
by (shelved 9 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.06 — 28,400 ratings — published 1943
Lullaby Town (Elvis Cole, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.16 — 15,369 ratings — published 1992
N is for Noose (Kinsey Millhone, #14)
by (shelved 9 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.99 — 38,949 ratings — published 1998
M is for Malice (Kinsey Millhone, #13)
by (shelved 9 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.10 — 73,114 ratings — published 1996
K is for Killer (Kinsey Millhone, #11)
by (shelved 9 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.98 — 45,701 ratings — published 1994
G is for Gumshoe (Kinsey Millhone, #7)
by (shelved 9 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.96 — 39,859 ratings — published 1990
E is for Evidence (Kinsey Millhone, #5)
by (shelved 9 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.95 — 42,607 ratings — published 1988
I is for Innocent (Kinsey Millhone, #9)
by (shelved 9 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.98 — 37,643 ratings — published 1992
Y is for Yesterday (Kinsey Millhone, #25)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.01 — 37,291 ratings — published 2017
X (Kinsey Millhone, #24)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.91 — 38,275 ratings — published 2015
Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.13 — 179,720 ratings — published 2001
Blood Rites (The Dresden Files, #6)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.29 — 139,940 ratings — published 2004
Stalking the Angel (Elvis Cole, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.05 — 18,699 ratings — published 1989
A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.93 — 46,692 ratings — published 1994
Indigo Slam (Elvis Cole, #7)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.21 — 16,128 ratings — published 1997
L.A. Requiem (Elvis Cole, #8)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.31 — 22,674 ratings — published 1999
The Forgotten Man (Elvis Cole, #10)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.17 — 16,381 ratings — published 2005
Voodoo River (Elvis Cole, #5)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.18 — 16,594 ratings — published 1995
Free Fall (Elvis Cole, #4)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.20 — 16,704 ratings — published 1993
U is for Undertow (Kinsey Millhone, #21)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.01 — 34,472 ratings — published 2009
The Last Detective (Elvis Cole, #9)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.27 — 20,960 ratings — published 2003
J is for Judgment (Kinsey Millhone, #10)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.03 — 57,197 ratings — published 1993
F is for Fugitive (Kinsey Millhone, #6)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.95 — 41,828 ratings — published 1989
The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.92 — 21,599 ratings — published 1973
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.94 — 29,978 ratings — published 1929
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as private-eye)
avg rating 3.87 — 30,461 ratings — published 1990
We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.06 — 184,589 ratings — published 2024
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.13 — 498,368 ratings — published 1887
The Chill (Lew Archer, #11)
by (shelved 7 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,851 ratings — published 1964
Dead Beat (The Dresden Files, #7)
by (shelved 7 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.41 — 135,175 ratings — published 2005
White Night (The Dresden Files, #9)
by (shelved 7 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.38 — 127,860 ratings — published 2007
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as private-eye)
avg rating 4.09 — 43,210 ratings — published 1940
“Follow my lead, Miss Rook," Jackaby said, rapping on the ornately trimmed door to 1206 Campbell Street. Were my employer a standard private investigator, those might have been simple instructions, but in the time I've been his assistant, I've found very little about Jackaby to be standard. Following his lead tends to call for a somewhat flexible relationship with reality.”
― Beastly Bones
― Beastly Bones
“Misfits, con artists, evildoers all had business cards. It was enough to make any man a bona fide misanthrope.”
― Pattaya 24/7
― Pattaya 24/7












