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1

by Dorothy L. Sayers

5,482 members

150 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

2

The Daughter of Time

by Josephine Tey

5,937 members

227 reviews

3.9

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

3

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

15,805 members

251 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

4

The Long Goodbye

by Raymond Chandler

5,250 members

114 reviews

4.2

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

5

And Then There Were None

by Agatha Christie

21,422 members

539 reviews

4.2

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

6

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

by Agatha Christie

10,099 members

326 reviews

4.1

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

44,522 members

1,334 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

8

The Secret of the Old Clock

by Carolyn Keene

7,087 members

118 reviews

3.8

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

9

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective

by Donald J. Sobol

4,098 members

35 reviews

3.9

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

10

by Dorothy L. Sayers

4,493 members

121 reviews

4.1

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

11

The Nine Tailors

by Dorothy L. Sayers

4,419 members

116 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

12

by Wilkie Collins

10,864 members

251 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

13

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

by Philip K. Dick

19,432 members

476 reviews

4

2 Members: hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda

14

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle

15,447 members

303 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

15

The Murder at the Vicarage

by Agatha Christie

6,237 members

192 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

16

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins

12,872 members

338 reviews

4.1

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

17

The Name of the Rose

19,613 members

315 reviews

4.2

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

18

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

by Agatha Christie

3,868 members

78 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

19

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

by Douglas Adams

13,900 members

232 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

20

Clouds of Witness

by Dorothy L. Sayers

3,675 members

102 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

21

Murder on the Orient Express

by Agatha Christie

17,290 members

424 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

22

Murder Must Advertise

by Dorothy L. Sayers

3,799 members

106 reviews

4.2

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

23

The No. 1 Ladiesʼ Detective Agency

by Alexander McCall Smith

14,221 members

401 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

24

Busman's Honeymoon: A Love Story with Detective Interruptions

by Dorothy L. Sayers

3,962 members

94 reviews

4.2

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

25

Homicide : A Year On The Killing Streets

2,200 members

45 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: hipdeep

26

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

by Agatha Christie

9,010 members

293 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

27

A Study in Scarlet

by Arthur Conan Doyle

7,839 members

315 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

28

The Body in the Library

by Agatha Christie

5,862 members

150 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

29

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

5,198 members

86 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

30

A Study in Scarlet / The Sign of Four / The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes / The Return of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

3,570 members

20 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

31

The Sign of Four

by Arthur Conan Doyle

5,096 members

171 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

32

by Dorothy L. Sayers

4,967 members

195 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

33

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson

43,389 members

1,752 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

34

by Raymond Chandler

10,349 members

285 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,
Explanations: : stylish but plot is flawed

35

Farewell, My Lovely

by Raymond Chandler

4,532 members

103 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

36

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

4,473 members

60 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

37

The Girl Who Played with Fire

by Stieg Larsson

30,619 members

934 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

38

The Valley of Fear

by Arthur Conan Doyle

3,064 members

80 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

39

At Bertram's Hotel

by Agatha Christie

3,827 members

81 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

40

The Case of the Missing Marquess

by Nancy Springer

1,893 members

98 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

41

To Love and Be Wise

by Josephine Tey

1,313 members

43 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

42

4.50 from Paddington

by Agatha Christie

4,668 members

104 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

43

The Hound of the Baskervilles / The Valley of Fear / His Last Bow / The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

2,220 members

13 reviews

½ 4.5

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

44

The Da Vinci Code

70,529 members

1,312 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

45

The Postman Always Rings Twice

by James M. Cain

3,486 members

133 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

46

Hercule Poirot's Christmas

by Agatha Christie

4,501 members

112 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

47

Have His Carcase

by Dorothy L. Sayers

3,329 members

71 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

48

Encyclopedia Brown Gets His Man

by Donald J. Sobol

1,620 members

6 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

49

The Murder on the Links

by Agatha Christie

4,620 members

118 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

50

Unnatural Death

by Dorothy L. Sayers

3,192 members

84 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

51

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

by Dorothy L. Sayers

3,068 members

89 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

52

The Man with a Load of Mischief

by Martha Grimes

1,591 members

29 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

53

A Murder Is Announced

by Agatha Christie

4,712 members

93 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

54

The Tower Treasure

by Franklin W. Dixon

4,074 members

37 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

55

3,317 members

89 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

56

by Agatha Christie

3,673 members

64 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

57

Five Red Herrings

by Dorothy L. Sayers

2,863 members

72 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

58

by Agatha Christie

3,671 members

79 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

59

Sleeping Murder

by Agatha Christie

4,382 members

74 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

60

by Richard Kadrey

2,492 members

178 reviews

3.8

Member: hipdeep

61

A Caribbean Mystery

by Agatha Christie

3,669 members

86 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

62

The Moving Finger

by Agatha Christie

4,047 members

104 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

63

The Complete Father Brown Stories

by G.K. Chesterton

3,627 members

33 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

64

The hearse you came in on

329 members

6 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: hipdeep

65

A Pocket Full of Rye

by Agatha Christie

3,708 members

70 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

66

Murder with Mirrors

by Agatha Christie

3,429 members

69 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

67

The Man in the Queue

by Josephine Tey

1,676 members

61 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

68

A Shilling for Candles

by Josephine Tey

1,362 members

47 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

69

Lord Peter: The Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Stories

by Dorothy L. Sayers

2,227 members

25 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

70

The Singing Sands

by Josephine Tey

1,475 members

49 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

71

The Documents in the Case

by Dorothy L. Sayers

1,572 members

26 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

72

The Thirteen Problems

by Agatha Christie

3,371 members

68 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

73

Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories

by Agatha Christie

2,385 members

39 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

74

744 members

2 reviews

4.1

Member: hipdeep

75

The Innocence of Father Brown

by G.K. Chesterton

1,945 members

60 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

76

Lord Peter Views the Body

by Dorothy L. Sayers

1,769 members

42 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

77

Death of an Expert Witness

2,417 members

42 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

78

Hangman's Holiday

by Dorothy L. Sayers

1,601 members

29 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

79

Death Comes to Pemberley

4,987 members

324 reviews

3

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

80

Miss Marple's Final Cases

by Agatha Christie

1,081 members

13 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

81

The Yiddish Policemen's Union

by Michael Chabon

10,432 members

423 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

82

The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 4 Novels and 56 Short Stories

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

12,653 members

91 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: ahef1963

83

by Kate Atkinson

7,945 members

350 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

84

Death in the Stocks

by Georgette Heyer

980 members

46 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: merrystar

85

Behold, Here's Poison

by Georgette Heyer

911 members

38 reviews

3.8

Member: merrystar

86

Death on the Nile

by Agatha Christie

8,965 members

183 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963

87

The ABC Murders

by Agatha Christie

7,064 members

138 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

88

by Louise Penny

6,745 members

427 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

89

The Eustace Diamonds

by Anthony Trollope

1,985 members

40 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

90

Evil Under the Sun

by Agatha Christie

4,603 members

85 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

91

Curtain: Poirot's Last Case

by Agatha Christie

4,482 members

55 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

92

Cat Among the Pigeons

by Agatha Christie

4,217 members

84 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ahef1963

93

Five Little Pigs

by Agatha Christie

4,563 members

91 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963

94

by Stephen King

6,560 members

342 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

95

Peril at End House

by Agatha Christie

4,199 members

79 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

96

Hallowe'en Party

by Agatha Christie

4,743 members

107 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ahef1963

97

After the Funeral

by Agatha Christie

3,974 members

70 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

98

Appointment with Death

by Agatha Christie

4,077 members

81 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ahef1963

99

Lord Edgware Dies

by Agatha Christie

3,701 members

77 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

100

Death in the Clouds

by Agatha Christie

3,843 members

66 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ahef1963

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