Books about Detective Fiction

  1. The Mystery of the Blue Train

    by Agatha Christie
    A young woman investigates a murder on the luxurious Blue Train.

    Poirot boards Le Train Bleu , bound for the French Riviera . So does Katherine Grey, who is having her first winter out of England, after recently receiving a relatively large inheritance. On board ... (Wikipedia)

  2. Maisie Dobbs

    by Jacqueline Winspear
    Detective story set in post-WWI London, investigating a mysterious disappearance.

    Maisie Dobbs, Psychologist and Investigator, began her working life at the age of thirteen as a servant in a Belgravia mansion, only to be discovered reading in the library by her employer, Lady ... (Goodreads)

  3. The Lady in the Lake

    by Raymond Chandler
    Private investigator Phillip Marlowe investigates the disappearance of a young woman, uncovering a sinister plot.

    Derace Kingsley, a wealthy businessman, hires Marlowe to find his estranged wife, Crystal. Kingsley had received a telegram from Crystal about two weeks before stating that she was divorcing him and ... (Wikipedia)

  4. The Hound of the Baskervilles

    by Arthur Conan Doyle
    A thrilling detective story of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as they investigate a mysterious murder on the moor.

    Dr James Mortimer calls on Sherlock Holmes in London for advice after his friend Sir Charles Baskerville was found dead in the yew alley of his manor on Dartmoor in Devon . The death was attributed ... (Wikipedia)

  5. Definitely Dead

    by Charlaine Harris
    A murder mystery featuring a telepathic waitress who must track down the killer before it's too late.

    After surviving a Were attack while attending a play in Shreveport with her new boyfriend John Quinn, Sookie Stackhouse goes to New Orleans to sort out the affairs of her cousin Hadley, a vampire who ... (Wikipedia)

  6. Curtain

    by Agatha Christie
    An amateur detective investigates a murder at a country estate, uncovering a mysterious plot.

    A specific person is unsuspected of involvement in five murders by both the police and family of the victims. In all cases, there was a clear suspect. Four of these suspects have since died (one of ... (Wikipedia)

  7. Appointment with Death

    by Agatha Christie
    A murder mystery set in the Middle East, a detective unravels the secrets of a tyrannical matriarch.

    The novel opens as the family and the victim are introduced through the perspective of Sarah King and Dr. Gerard, who discuss the behaviour of the family. Mrs. Boynton is sadistic and domineering, ... (Wikipedia)

  8. The Pale Horse

    by Agatha Christie
    A detective investigates a series of mysterious deaths and finds a sinister cult at the root of it all.

    In the following summary, events are not given in strict narrative order. Mark Easterbrook, the hero of the book and its principal narrator , sees a fight between two girls in a Chelsea coffee bar ... (Wikipedia)

  9. The Murder on the Links

    by Agatha Christie
    Detective Hercule Poirot solves a mysterious murder on a golf course in France.

    Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings travel to Merlinville-sur-Mer, France, to meet Paul Renauld, who has requested their help. Upon arriving at his home, the Villa Genevieve, local police greet them ... (Wikipedia)

  10. The High Window

    by Raymond Chandler
    Private detective's desperate hunt for a stolen gem and the mystery behind it.

    Private investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy widow Elizabeth Bright Murdock to recover a missing Brasher Doubloon , a rare and valuable coin. Mrs. Murdock suspects it was stolen by her ... (Wikipedia)

  11. Murder at the Vicarage

    by Agatha Christie
    A seemingly peaceful English village is shaken when its vicar is murdered.

    The novel is narrated by Rev. Leonard Clement, the vicar of St. Mary Mead, who lives with his much younger wife Griselda and their nephew Dennis. Colonel Lucius Protheroe, Clement's churchwarden , is ... (Wikipedia)

  12. Death on the Nile

    by Agatha Christie
    A detective investigates a murder aboard a luxury cruise ship, uncovering hidden secrets.

    Agatha Christie's most daring travel mystery. The tranquility of a lovely cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head. She was young, ... (Goodreads)

  13. The Mysterious Affair at Styles

    by Agatha Christie
    A classic murder mystery, uncovering the truth behind a suspicious death.

    On the morning of 18 July, the household at Styles Court wakes to the discovery that Emily Inglethorp, the elderly owner, has died. She had been poisoned with strychnine . Arthur Hastings, a soldier ... (Wikipedia)

  14. Trouble Is My Business

    by Raymond Chandler
    Private detective Philip Marlowe takes on a series of cases that lead him into the dark underworld of Los Angeles.

    In the four long stories in this collection, Marlowe is hired to protect a rich old guy from a gold digger, runs afoul of crooked politicos, gets a line on some stolen jewels with a reward attached, ... (Goodreads)

  15. Shadows of Self

    by Brandon Sanderson
    A murder mystery set in a magical city, as a young man investigates his own dark past.

    In a flashback, Waxillium Ladrian first meets his future wife Lessie on a bounty hunt, where they work together to bag a powerful crime boss. In the present, it is one year since the defeat of the ... (Wikipedia)

  16. The Black Dahlia

    by James Ellroy
    A 1940s Los Angeles detective story, exploring the depths of a gruesome unsolved murder.

    On January 15, 1947, the torture-ravished body of a beautiful young woman is found in a vacant lot. The victim makes headlines as the Black Dahlia—and so begins the greatest manhunt in California ... (Goodreads)

  17. A Rule Against Murder

    by Louise Penny
    A murder mystery centered around a small Quebec town, unraveling its secrets along the way.

    "What happened here last night isn't allowed," said Madame Dubois. It was such an extraordinary thing to say it stopped the ravenous Inspector Beauvoir from taking another bite of his roast beef on ... (Goodreads)

  18. As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust

    by Alan Bradley
    An orphaned girl's adventure of solving a decades-old murder at the mysterious Miss Bodycote's Female Academy.

    NEW YORK TIMES, BESTSELLER,Flavia de Luce—“part Harriet the Spy, part Violet Baudelaire from Lemony Snicket’s, A Series of Unfortunate Events,” (,The New York Times Book Review,)—takes her remarkable ... (Goodreads)

  19. The Cuckoo's Calling

    by Robert Galbraith
    Detective story of a mysterious death and a search for the truth.

    Disabled Afghan War veteran and struggling private investigator Cormoran Strike is approached by John Bristow, the adoptive brother of Strike's childhood schoolmate Charlie. Bristow believes his ... (Wikipedia)

  20. C is for Corpse

    by Sue Grafton
    Private investigator Kinsey Millhone investigates a missing persons case with unexpected and shocking twists.

    The novel begins with Kinsey at the gym, rehabilitating herself from injuries sustained at the end of B is for Burglar . While there, she meets Bobby Callahan, a twenty-three-year-old who was nearly ... (Wikipedia)

  21. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    by Arthur Conan Doyle
    A detective's collection of cases, full of intrigue and suspense.

    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of the Strand magazine, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and ... (Goodreads)

  22. His Last Bow

    by Arthur Conan Doyle
    Sherlock Holmes's last case involving a German spy and a peace treaty.

    'His Last Bow', the title story of this collection, tells how Sherlock Holmes is brought out of retirement to help the Government fight the German threat at the approach of the First World War. The ... (Goodreads)

  23. Have His Carcase

    by Dorothy L. Sayers
    Detective investigates a mysterious death on the beach, uncovering a sinister criminal plot.

    During a hiking holiday on the South West coast of England, the detective novelist Harriet Vane discovers the body of a man lying on an isolated rock on the shore, not far from the resort of ... (Wikipedia)

  24. The Bat

    by Jo Nesbø
    Detective Harry Hole uses his sharp wit and investigative skills to hunt down a serial killer.

    Norwegian police officer Harry Hole is sent to Sydney , Australia to serve as an attaché for the Australian police's investigation into the murder of a young female Norwegian girl residing in ... (Wikipedia)

  25. How the Light Gets In

    by Louise Penny
    Detective Armand Gamache investigates a murder in a small Canadian town, uncovering secrets and lies.

    Christmas is approaching, and in Québec it's a time of dazzling snowfalls, bright lights, and gatherings with friends in front of blazing hearths. But shadows are falling on the usually festive ... (Goodreads)

  26. Storm Front

    by Jim Butcher
    A wizard detective investigates a mysterious magical murder in modern Chicago.

    Dresden is hired by a Monica Sells to find her husband Victor Sells, an amateur magician who has been acting oddly. Later that day, he gets a call from Lieutenant Karrin Murphy, director of the ... (Wikipedia)

  27. Inherent Vice

    by Thomas Pynchon
    A comedic crime story set in a strange, surreal world of 1970s California.

    The setting is Los Angeles in 1970; the arrest and trial of the Manson Family is featured throughout the novel as a current event. Larry "Doc" Sportello, private investigator and pothead, receives a ... (Wikipedia)

  28. The Big Sleep

    by Raymond Chandler
    Private eye investigates a complex case involving a wealthy family and blackmail.

    Private investigator Philip Marlowe is called to the home of the wealthy and elderly General Sternwood, in the month of October. He wants Marlowe to deal with an attempt by a bookseller named Arthur ... (Wikipedia)

  29. The Maltese Falcon

    by Dashiell Hammett
    Detective Sam Spade must solve a mysterious case involving a precious artifact and a deadly trio of criminals.

    ‘Sam’ Spade is a private detective in San Francisco , in partnership with Miles Archer. The beautiful "Miss Wonderley" hires them to follow Floyd Thursby, who has run off with her sister. Archer ... (Wikipedia)

  30. Hercule Poirot's Christmas

    by Agatha Christie
    A murder mystery set during the holiday season, as the renowned detective solves a perplexing case.

    Multi-millionaire Simeon Lee, frail in his old age, unexpectedly invites his family to gather at his home for Christmas . The gesture is met with suspicion by the guests. Simeon is not given to warm ... (Wikipedia)

  31. Kill the Dead

    by Richard Kadrey
    A supernatural detective story, uncovering the secrets of a dark and mysterious underworld.

    What do you do after you’ve crawled out of Hell to wreak bloody revenge? If you’re Stark you turn to bounty hunting, tracking and decimating whatever rogue monsters you’re paid to kill. Stark hates ... (Goodreads)

  32. Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice

    by John Layman
    A detective cop with the ability to experience the memories of whatever he eats solves mysterious cases.

    Set in a world where all chicken and other bird meats are illegal, after a catastrophic outbreak of the bird flu that killed 23 million Americans, Chew centers on Tony Chu, a police detective who is ... (Wikipedia)

  33. A Conspiracy in Belgravia

    by Sherry Thomas
    An investigation into a mysterious murder with implications that could shake the foundations of British society.

    The game is afoot as Charlotte Holmes returns in the atmospheric second novel in, New York Times, bestseller Sherry Thomas's Victorian-set Lady Sherlock series. Being shunned by Society gives ... (Goodreads)

  34. A Study in Scarlet Women

    by Sherry Thomas
    A female Sherlock Holmes-esque detective investigates a mysterious murder in Victorian London.

    With her inquisitive mind, Charlotte Holmes has never felt comfortable with the demureness expected of the fairer sex in upper class society. But even she never thought that she would become a social ... (Goodreads)

  35. The Spellman Files

    by Lisa Lutz
    A light-hearted, comedic mystery involving a colorful detective family.

    Meet Isabel "Izzy" Spellman, private investigator. This twenty-eight-year-old may have a checkered past littered with romantic mistakes, excessive drinking, and creative vandalism; she may be ... (Goodreads)

  36. Dressed for Death

    by Donna Leon
    A Venetian detective investigates a murder with a complicated web of suspects and motives.

    Venetian Commissario Guido Brunetti’s hopes of escaping the sweltering heat of Venice in August for a refreshing family holiday in the mountains are dashed when a gruesome discovery is made in a ... (Barnes & Noble)

  37. The Language of Bees

    by Laurie R. King
    Detective story of a British nobleman's investigation into the murder of Sherlock Holmes.

    Russell and Holmes return to their home in Sussex, England , in 1924 after seven months abroad in India, Japan and California. The novel features a domestic mystery as a hive on Holmes's farm has ... (Wikipedia)

  38. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches

    by Alan Bradley
    Amateur detective Flavia de Luce investigates mysterious murder in an English village.

    On a spring morning in 1951, eleven-year-old chemist and aspiring detective Flavia de Luce gathers with her family at the railway station, awaiting the return of her long-lost mother, Harriet. Yet ... (Goodreads)

  39. Sad Cypress

    by Agatha Christie
    A twisting murder mystery that unravels secrets of a wealthy family.

    Elinor Carlisle and Roddy Welman are engaged to be married when she receives an anonymous letter claiming that someone is "sucking up" to their wealthy aunt, Laura Welman, from whom Elinor and Roddy ... (Wikipedia)

  40. Judgment in Death

    by J.D. Robb
    Detective Eve Dallas investigates a series of mysterious murders in New York City.

    'She stood in Purgatory and studied death. The blood and the gore of it, the ferocity of its glee. It had come to this place with the wilful temper of a child, full of heat and passion and careless ... (Goodreads)

  41. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

    by Alan Bradley
    A young girl's detective journey to solve a murder mystery in a picturesque English village.

    As the novel opens, Flavia Sabina de Luce schemes revenge against her two older sisters, Ophelia (17) and Daphne (13), who have locked her inside a closet in Buckshaw, the family's country manor home ... (Wikipedia)

  42. Knots and Crosses

    by Ian Rankin
    An Edinburgh detective investigates a series of murders, unearthing a dark past.

    Detective John Rebus: His city is being terrorized by a baffling series of murders...and he's tied to a maniac by an invisible knot of blood. Once John Rebus served in Britain's elite SAS. Now he's ... (Goodreads)

  43. The Thin Man

    by Dashiell Hammett
    A retired detective called to investigate a mysterious murder.

    The story is set in New York City in December 1932, in the last days of Prohibition. The main characters are a former private detective , Nick Charles and Nora, his clever young wife. Nick, son of a ... (Wikipedia)

  44. The Long Goodbye

    by Raymond Chandler
    A hard-boiled detective's journey to unravel the truth behind a mysterious disappearance.

    The novel opens outside a club called the Dancers. It is late October or early November. No year is given for the events but internal evidence and the publication date of the novel place them between ... (Wikipedia)

  45. Farewell, My Lovely

    by Raymond Chandler
    A hard-boiled detective's adventures as he investigates a complex case of murder and corruption.

    Private detective Philip Marlowe is investigating a dead-end missing person case when he sees a felon, Moose Malloy, barging into a nightclub called Florian's, looking for his ex-girlfriend Velma ... (Wikipedia)

  46. The Fifth Woman

    by Henning Mankell
    A Swedish police inspector investigates a series of murders, revealing a criminal mastermind behind them.

    Sixth in the Kurt Wallander series. In an African convent, four nuns and a unidentified fifth woman are brutally murdered–the death of the unknown woman covered up by the local police. A year later ... (Goodreads)

  47. Raven Black

    by Ann Cleeves
    A murder mystery set on the Shetland Islands, unraveling secrets embedded in the local community.

    Winner of Britain’s coveted Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award, Ann Cleeves introduces a dazzling new suspense series to mystery readers.,Raven Black, begins on New Year’s Eve with a lonely outcast named ... (Goodreads)

  48. Murder on the Orient Express

    by Agatha Christie
    Detective Hercule Poirot solves a murder mystery on the luxurious Orient Express.

    After taking the Taurus Express from Aleppo to Istanbul , private detective Hercule Poirot arrives at the Tokatlian Hotel , where he receives a telegram prompting him to return to London . He ... (Wikipedia)

  49. The Angel of Darkness

    by Caleb Carr
    Detective Laszlo Kreizler investigates a series of horrific child murders in 19th century New York City.

    The now-adult Stevie Taggert, a tobacconist , makes a bet with an elderly John Moore that he can write the story of one of their adventures together as well as Moore (a former newspaper reporter) ... (Wikipedia)

  50. Locked Rooms

    by Laurie R. King
    A detective solves a decades-old mystery and unravels a conspiracy of secrets.

    On their way back to Britain from India, Holmes and Russell stop at Russell's childhood home in San Francisco. As they approach San Francisco, Russell becomes more and more distracted. Holmes ... (Wikipedia)

  51. One Step Behind

    by Henning Mankell
    A detective solves a murder mystery, uncovering a web of corruption in the process.

    It is Midsummer's Eve. Three young friends meet in a wood to act out an elaborate masque. But unknown to them, they are being watched. With a bullet each, all three are murdered. Soon afterwards, one ... (Goodreads)

  52. Last Seen Wearing

    by Colin Dexter
    A young girl goes missing from an all-girls school, and Inspector Morse must unravel the secrets of the school to find her.

    Valerie Taylor has been missing since she was a sexy seventeen, more than two years ago. Inspector Morse is sure she's dead. But if she is, who forged the letter to her parents saying "I am alright ... (Goodreads)

  53. Murder Most Unladylike

    by Robin Stevens
    Two schoolgirl detectives investigate a murder at their boarding school, uncovering secrets and lies along the way.

    Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells are students in Deepdean School for Girls. They are the founding members of their school's Detective Society, although the only ones in it. One day, Hazel stumbles upon the ... (Wikipedia)

  54. The Eyre Affair

    by Jasper Fforde
    An eccentric literary detective, in an alternate 1985, uses time-travel to save kidnapped characters from classic novels.

    In a parallel universe , England and Imperial Russia have fought the Crimean War for more than a century; England still has a parliamentary government, although heavily influenced by the Goliath ... (Wikipedia)

  55. Whose Body?

    by Dorothy L. Sayers
    A murder mystery, as an aristocrat's body is found in the bathtub of an architect.

    Thipps, an architect, finds a dead body wearing nothing but a pair of pince-nez in the bath of his London flat. Lord Peter Wimsey—a nobleman who has recently developed an interest in criminal ... (Wikipedia)

  56. Magpie Murders

    by Anthony Horowitz
    A detective story set in the English countryside, featuring a mysterious murder, a missing manuscript and a secret that goes back generations.

    When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway’s latest novel, she has no reason to think it will be much different from any of his others. After working with the bestselling crime ... (Goodreads)

  57. Busman's Honeymoon

    by Dorothy L. Sayers
    A newly married couple must put their honeymoon on pause to solve a murder mystery.

    After an engagement of some months following the events at the end of, Gaudy Night, , Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane marry. They plan to spend their honeymoon at Talboys, an old farmhouse in ... (Wikipedia)

  58. 4:50 from Paddington

    by Agatha Christie
    An elderly woman witnesses a murder on a train, and Miss Marple helps solve the case.

    Mrs Elspeth McGillicuddy is on her way from a shopping expedition to visit her old friend Jane Marple for Christmas. Her train passes another train running parallel and in the same direction as her ... (Wikipedia)

  59. Agatha Christie: An Autobiography

    by Agatha Christie
    A memoir documenting the life, struggles and successes of the world's best-selling author.

    When Agatha Christie died on 12 January 1976, she was known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime, unrivalled as the best-selling novelist of all time with two billion books sold in more than ... (Goodreads)

  60. The Moving Toyshop

    by Edmund Crispin
    A poet finds a toyshop in place of his friend's house, and a dead body inside. The toyshop disappears, and the mystery begins.

    Famous poet Richard Cadogan takes an impromptu holiday to Oxford, where he studied at the university, after growing bored with the literary life in the suburbs. After finding himself in a high ... (Wikipedia)

  61. The Winter Queen

    by Boris Akunin
    An investigation of corruption and deception that leads to a thrilling court drama.

    The novel opens on 13 May 1876 with a university student, Pyotr Kokorin, committing suicide in the public park in front of a beautiful young noblewoman, Elizaveta von Evert-Kolokoltseva. His will ... (Wikipedia)

  62. The Watcher in the Shadows

    by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
    A detective story set in 1920s Barcelona, as a young man unravels the mysteries of an eerie mansion.

    It was an unforgettable summer...., When fourteen-year-old Irene Sauvelle moves with her family to Cape House on the coast of Normandy, she's immediately taken by the beauty of the place–its ... (Goodreads)

  63. Little Boy Blue

    by M.J. Arlidge
    A detective hunts for a killer who targets parents who neglect their children. The investigation leads to a dark and twisted web of secrets.

    Detective Helen Grace faces her own dark compulsions in the twisty new thriller from the author of, Pop Goes the Weasel, and, Eeny Meeny,. In the darkest corners of the city, there is a thriving ... (Goodreads)

  64. The Thirst

    by Jo Nesbø
    Detective Harry Hole investigates a series of murders related to a sinister new drug.

    The novel features a killer who returns from Harry Hole's past and whom he failed to apprehend previously, but with a frightening new method of killing his victims by biting the victim's body with ... (Wikipedia)

  65. The Moonstone

    by Wilkie Collins
    A mystery novel, unraveling the secrets of an ancient Indian diamond.

    Colonel Herncastle, an unpleasant former soldier, brings the Moonstone back with him from India where he acquired it by theft and murder during the Siege of Seringapatam . Angry at his family, who ... (Wikipedia)

  66. The Castafiore Emerald

    by Hergé
    Adventure and mystery unfold as the intrepid detectives Tintin and Snowy solve a crime.

    The classic graphic novel. When Tintin and Captain Haddock happen across a community of gypsies they invite them home... just as Bianca Castafiore, the famous opera singer, decides to visit Tintin. ... (Goodreads)

  67. Silent in the Grave

    by Deanna Raybourn
    A Victorian-era mystery novel involving a determined female sleuth to unmask a murderer.

    "LET THE WICKED BE ASHAMED, AND LET THEM BE SILENT IN THE GRAVE." These ominous words, slashed from the pages of a book of Psalms, are the last threat that the darling of London society, Sir Edward ... (Goodreads)

  68. The Sunday Philosophy Club

    by Alexander McCall Smith
    Detective story featuring an amateur sleuth, exploring the mysteries of life and death.

    With The Sunday Philosophy Club , Alexander McCall Smith, the author of the best-selling and beloved No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels, begins a wonderful new series starring the irrepressibly ... (Goodreads)

  69. The Man in the Queue

    by Josephine Tey
    A man is murdered while waiting in a queue, and Inspector Alan Grant must solve the case before the killer strikes again.

    Inspector Alan Grant searches for the identity of a man killed in the line at a theater and for the identity of the killer—whom no one saw. A long line had formed for the standing-room-only section ... (Barnes & Noble)

  70. Last Bus to Woodstock

    by Colin Dexter
    An Oxford detective unravels a murder mystery in a small town.

    Two young women are waiting in Oxford for a bus to the nearby town of Woodstock , and they decide to hitch a lift. Later that night, one of them, Sylvia Kaye, is found murdered and apparently ... (Wikipedia)

  71. The Ice House

    by Minette Walters
    A body is found in an ice house on a country estate, leading to a web of secrets and lies.

    The people of Streech village had never trusted the three women living up at the Grange - not since Phoebe Maybury's husband suddenly, inexplicably vanished. Ten years later a corpse is discovered in ... (Goodreads)

  72. The Mystery at Lilac Inn

    by Carolyn Keene
    A young girl investigates a mysterious inheritance and discovers secrets of a criminal organization.

    Teenage detective Nancy Drew finds herself in danger when she sets out to track a jewel thief. ... (Goodreads)

  73. The Apprentice

    by Tess Gerritsen
    A medical student is drawn into a world of mystery and murder, and must unravel the truth.

    When Rizzoli investigates a murder where cutting techniques similar to those of imprisoned Warren Hoyt but involving necrophilia (as determined by medical examiner Maura Isles), she is called by FBI ... (Wikipedia)

  74. The Hollow

    by Agatha Christie
    An isolated country estate becomes the scene of a murder mystery as a group of strangers are forced to work together to uncover the truth.

    On the morning that he and his downtrodden wife, Gerda, are due to travel down to the country to weekend with friends, Dr John Christow, a successful physician, leading researcher, and very tired and ... (Wikipedia)

  75. Buried Prey

    by John Sandford
    Detective Lucas Davenport investigates a long-forgotten case of two missing teenage girls.

    A house demolition provides an unpleasant surprise for Minneapolis-the bodies of two girls, wrapped in plastic. It looks like they've been there a long time. Lucas Davenport knows exactly how long. ... (Goodreads)

  76. Whispers Under Ground

    by Ben Aaronovitch
    A detective is tasked with solving a mysterious murder in the London Underground.

    Constables Peter Grant and Lesley May, and Detective Chief Inspector Thomas Nightingale form the magical branch of the Metropolitan Police . Grant is called in for a murder investigation at the Baker ... (Wikipedia)

  77. The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: After Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    by Richard Lancelyn Green
    A collection of classic detective stories featuring the iconic sleuth Sherlock Holmes.

    This anthology of stories featuring the character of Sherlock Holmes follows on from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories which ended with Holmes at Reichenbach Falls. ... (Goodreads)

  78. Unnatural Death

    by Dorothy L. Sayers
    A crime mystery involving the suspicious death of an elderly woman.

    The wealthy Agatha Dawson is dead–a trifle sooner than expected--but there are no apparent signs of foul play. Lord Peter Wimsey, however, senses that something is amiss and refuses to let the case ... (Goodreads)

  79. Cherry Cheesecake Murder

    by Joanne Fluke
    Amateur sleuth Hannah Swensen solves a murder mystery with the help of her baking skills.

    Hannah Swensen and her bakery, The Cookie Jar, bask in the glow of Hollywood glamour when Main Street becomes a movie set. And although tensions simmer as the cameras roll, no one expects the action ... (Barnes & Noble)

  80. The Hanging Tree

    by Ben Aaronovitch
    An adventure through the magical underworld of London, uncovering secrets and conspiracies.

    The previous book's adventure in Herefordshire left the protagonist Peter Grant deeply involved in a relationship with Beverley Brook, the resourceful young woman who had saved him from captivity by ... (Wikipedia)

  81. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

    by Dorothy L. Sayers
    Amateur detective Lord Peter Wimsey investigates a mysterious death at a prestigious London club.

    On the afternoon of 10 November, ninety-year-old General Fentiman is called to the deathbed of his estranged sister, Lady Dormer, and learns that under the terms of her will he stands to inherit most ... (Wikipedia)

  82. Mr. Kiss and Tell

    by Rob Thomas
    A young detective fights to clear her name when she's accused of murder in a case involving a mysterious woman and a sinister cult.

    In the second book in the New York Times bestselling mystery series, Veronica Mars is back with a case that will expose the hidden workings of one of Neptune’s most murderous locations. The Neptune ... (Goodreads)

  83. The Purloined Letter

    by Edgar Allan Poe
    A detective searches for a stolen letter that contains compromising information. The solution is hidden in plain sight.

    The unnamed narrator is with the famous Parisian amateur detective C. Auguste Dupin when they are joined by G-, prefect of the Paris police. The prefect has a case he would like to discuss with ... (Wikipedia)

  84. Moriarty

    by Anthony Horowitz
    A gripping tale of murder, mystery and manipulation set in the world of Sherlock Holmes.

    Internationally bestselling author Anthony Horowitz's nail-biting new novel plunges us back into the dark and complex world of Detective Sherlock Holmes and Professor James Moriarty—dubbed "the ... (Goodreads)

  85. The Secret of Chimneys

    by Agatha Christie
    An English country house mystery featuring a daring young detective who unravels a sinister criminal conspiracy.

    When they meet up in Bulawayo , Anthony Cade agrees to take on two jobs for his friend James McGrath. Anthony heads for London to deliver the draft of a memoir to a publisher, and to return letters ... (Wikipedia)

  86. Die Again

    by Tess Gerritsen
    A homicide detective races to solve a murder and uncover a dark conspiracy hidden within the city.

    The latest enthralling case in Tess Gerritsen's New York Times bestselling Rizzoli & Isles series, the blockbuster books behind the smash hit TNT series. Boston Detective Jane Rizzoli is on the case ... (Goodreads)

  87. D is for Deadbeat

    by Sue Grafton
    Private investigator Kinsey Millhone investigates an old murder case with unexpected connections.

    Kinsey Millhone receives a contract from ex-con Alvin Limardo to deliver a cashier's check for twenty-five thousand dollars to a fifteen-year-old boy named Tony Gahan. According to Limardo, Tony ... (Wikipedia)

  88. G is for Gumshoe

    by Sue Grafton
    Private detective Kinsey Millhone unravels a mysterious case involving a missing woman, and a suspicious husband.

    Three things happen to Kinsey Millhone on her thirty-third birthday: she moves into her remodeled apartment, which has finally been finished; she is hired by Irene Gersh, a sickly Santa Teresa ... (Wikipedia)

  89. A is for Alibi

    by Sue Grafton
    Private investigator unravels the case of a murdered woman, uncovering a web of lies and deceit.

    Kinsey Millhone , 32, private detective investigates the death of prominent divorce lawyer Laurence Fife. His murder eight years earlier was blamed on his wife, Nikki Fife. Upon being released from ... (Wikipedia)

  90. One of Our Thursdays Is Missing

    by Jasper Fforde
    A zany and thrilling detective story set in a world of fantasy and fairytales.

    Literature detective Thursday Next, who has the ability to travel between the RealWorld and the BookWorld, disappears before stopping a genre war. Her BookWorld counterpart, Thursday Next, receives a ... (Wikipedia)

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