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Detective Fiction

  • January 6, 2024
  • 35 Books
  • Stats
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#2

The sins of the fathers

#1 of 17 in Matthew Scudder

The sins of the fathers
ByLawrence Block

1976 • 8 Readers • 304 pages • 3

#3

Time to Murder and Create

#2 of 17 in Matthew Scudder

Time to Murder and Create
ByLawrence Block

1976 • 7 Readers • 190 pages • 2.8

#4

The Mammoth book of Private Eye stories

The Mammoth book of Private Eye stories
ByBill Pronzini(editor),Martin H. Greenberg(editor)

1988 • 2 Readers • 530 pages

#5

Bullet for a Star

#1 of 7 in Toby Peters

Bullet for a Star
ByStuart M. Kaminsky

1977 • 3 Readers • 188 pages • 4.5

#6

Murder on the Yellow Brick Road

#2 of 7 in Toby Peters

Murder on the Yellow Brick Road
ByStuart M. Kaminsky

1977 • 2 Readers • 4

#7

Devil in a Blue Dress

#1 of 10 in Easy Rawlins

Devil in a Blue Dress
ByWalter Mosley

1990 • 62 Readers • 143 pages • 3.8

#8

The Moving Target

#1 of 17 in Lew Archer

The Moving Target
ByRoss Macdonald

1949 • 20 Readers • 246 pages • 3.5

#9

Cover 5

The Pit-Prop Syndicate
ByFreeman Wills Crofts,Otto Penzler

1922 • 2 Readers • 266 pages

#10

A Man Lay Dead / A Surfeit of Lampreys

#1 of 25 in Roderick Alleyn

A Man Lay Dead / A Surfeit of Lampreys
ByNgaio Marsh

2002 • 23 Readers • 2 pages • 3.3

#11

The Crime at Black Dudley

#1 of 13 in Albert Campion Mystery

The Crime at Black Dudley
ByMargery Allingham

1929 • 19 Readers • 208 pages • 3.4

#12

Friday the Rabbi Slept Late

Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
ByHarry Kemelman

15 Readers • 4

#13

Indemnity Only

#1 of 16 in V.I. Warshawski

Indemnity Only
BySara Paretsky

1982 • 19 Readers • 338 pages • 2.6

#14

A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley)

A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley)
ByElizabeth George

2 Readers • 3

#15

Every Dead Thing

#1 of 21 in Charlie Parker

Every Dead Thing
ByJohn Connolly

1999 • 49 Readers • 395 pages • 3.5

#17

Fortune Favors the Dead

#1 of 5 in Pentecost and Parker

Fortune Favors the Dead
ByStephen Spotswood

2020 • 47 Readers • 321 pages • 3.7

#18

The Black Echo

#1 of 25 in Harry Bosch

The Black Echo
ByMichael Connelly

1992 • 173 Readers • 496 pages • 3.9

#19

The Big Sleep

#1 of 8 in Philip Marlowe

The Big Sleep
ByRaymond Chandler

1939 • 333 Readers • 155 pages • 3.8

#20

The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon
ByDashiell Hammett

1929 • 213 Readers • 165 pages • 3.9

#21

Fool Moon

#2 of 19 in The Dresden Files

Fool Moon
ByJim Butcher

2001 • 566 Readers • 432 pages • 3.6

#22

Death Masks

#5 of 19 in The Dresden Files

Death Masks
ByJim Butcher

2003 • 381 Readers • 416 pages • 4

#23

The PostScript Murders

#2 of 4 in Harbinder Kaur

The PostScript Murders
ByElly Griffiths

2020 • 29 Readers • 335 pages • 3.7

#24

The Woman Who Married A Bear

#1 of 2 in Cecil Younger

The Woman Who Married A Bear
ByJohn Straley

2005 • 5 Readers • 225 pages • 3.5

#25

Iron Lake

Iron Lake
ByWilliam Kent Krueger,Chandler, David

2010 • 56 Readers • 3.9

#26

Feel the Bern

#1 of 1 in Bernie Sanders Mystery

Feel the Bern
ByAndrew Shaffer

2022 • 15 Readers • 3.5

#27

Before She Disappeared

#1 of 3 in Frankie Elkin

Before She Disappeared
ByLisa Gardner

2021 • 40 Readers • 400 pages • 3.5

#28

Void

#2 of 6 in The Far Reaches

Void
ByVeronica Roth

2023 • 40 Readers • 2 pages • 3.9

#29

Farewell, My Lovely

#2 of 8 in Philip Marlowe

Farewell, My Lovely
ByRaymond Chandler

1940 • 87 Readers • 230 pages • 3.9

#30

Miami Blues

#1 of 4 in Hoke Moseley

Miami Blues
ByCharles Willeford,Emiliano Bussolo(Translator)

1984 • 6 Readers • 235 pages • 3.5

#31

One-Shot Harry

One-Shot Harry
ByGary Phillips

2022 • 2 Readers • 288 pages

#32

The Raphael Affair

#1 of 4 in Jonathan Argyll

The Raphael Affair
ByIain Pears

1990 • 6 Readers • 226 pages • 4

#33

The case of the velvet claws.

#1 of 64 in Perry Mason

The case of the velvet claws.
ByErle Stanley Gardner

1933 • 14 Readers • 226 pages • 3.9

#34

The Mimicking of Known Successes

#1 of 2 in Mossa & Pleiti

The Mimicking of Known Successes
ByMalka Older

2023 • 188 Readers • 176 pages • 3.5

#35

The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles

#2 of 2 in Mossa & Pleiti

The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles
ByMalka Older

2024 • 37 Readers • 224 pages • 3.8

#36

Scorched Grace

#1 of 2 in A Sister Holiday Mystery

Scorched Grace
ByMargot Douaihy

2023 • 55 Readers • 320 pages • 3.7

#37

Blessed Water

#2 of 2 in A Sister Holiday Mystery

Blessed Water
ByMargot Douaihy

2024 • 9 Readers • 288 pages • 4