Best Mystery Novels of All Time
(Mystery Writers of America )
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| Ambler, Eric |
Coffin for Dimitrios, A |
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| Bentley, E. C. |
Trent's Last Case |
1912 |
PR 6003 .E7247 T73 1978 |
| Buchan, John |
Thrity-Nine Steps, The |
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| Burnett, W. R. |
Little Caesar |
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| Cain, James M. |
Double Indemnity |
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| Cain, James M. |
Postman Always Rings Twice |
1934 |
see PS 648 .D4 C697 1997 |
| Capote, Truman |
In Cold Blood |
1966 |
HV 6533 .K3 C2 1992 |
| Carr, John Dickson |
Three Coffins, The (aka The Hollow Man) |
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| Caspary, Vera |
Laura |
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| Chandler, Raymond |
Farewell, My Lovely |
1940 |
PS 3505 .H3224 A6 |
| Chandler, Raymond |
Lady in the Lake |
1943 |
see PS 3505 .H3224 A6 1995 |
| Chandler, Raymond |
Long Goodbye, The |
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see PS 3505 .H3224 .A6 1995c |
| Chandler, Raymond |
Big Sleep, The |
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PS 3505 .H3224 B5 1992 |
| Chesterton, G. K. |
Innocence of Father Brown, The |
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| Christie, Agatha |
Murder on the Orient Express |
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| Christie, Agatha |
Witness for the Prosecution |
1957 |
[Play] PR 6005 .H748 W5 |
| Christie, Agatha |
And Then There Were None |
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| Christie, Agatha |
Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The |
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| Clancy, Tom |
Hunt for Red October, The |
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PS 3553 .L245 H8 1984 |
| Clark, Mary Higgins |
Where Are the Children? |
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| Collins, Wilkie |
Woman in White |
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PR 4494 .W62 & ebrary |
| Collins, Wilkie |
Moonstone, The |
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PR 4494 .M62 1988 & ebrary |
| Condon, Richard |
Prizzi's Honor |
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| Conrad, Joseph |
Secret Agent, The |
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PR 6005 .O4 S4 1990 & ebrary |
| Crispin, Edmund |
Moving Toyshop, The |
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| Deighton, Len |
Ipcress File, The |
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| Dickens, Charles |
Mystery of Edwin Drood, The |
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PR 4564 .A1 1956 and ebrary |
| Dostoevsky, Feodor |
Crime and Punishment |
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| Doyle, Arthur Conan |
Complete Sherlock Holmes |
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| du Maurier, Daphne |
Rebecca |
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PR 6007 .U47 R4 1988X |
| Eco, Umberto |
Name of the Rose, The |
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PQ 4865 .C6 N613 1983 |
| Finney, Jack |
Time and Again |
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| Fleming, Ian |
From Russia With Love |
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| Follett, Ken |
Eye of the Needle |
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| Forsyth, Frederick |
Day of the Jackal, The |
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PR 6056 .O699 D3 1987 |
| Gilbert, Michael |
Smallbone Deceased |
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| Grafton, Sue |
A Is for Alibi |
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| Greene, Graham |
Our Man in Havana |
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| Greene, Graham |
Third Man, The |
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PR 6013 .R44 T5 1988 |
| Greene, Graham |
Brighton Rock |
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| Grisham, John |
Firm, The |
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| Grisham, John |
Time to Kill, A |
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| Hammet, Dashiell |
Maltese Falcon, The |
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PS 3515 .A4347 M3 1928 |
| Hammet, Dashiell |
Glass Key, The |
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see PS 3515 .A4347 A6 1999a |
| Hammet, Dashiell |
Red Harvest |
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see PS 3515 .A4347 A6 1999a |
| Hammet, Dashiell |
Thin Man, The |
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PS 3515 .A4347 A6 |
| Harris, Thomas |
Red Dragon |
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| Harris, Thomas |
Silence of the Lambs |
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PS 3558 .A6558 H36 1989 |
| Higgins, John V. |
Friends of Eddie Coyle, The |
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| Highsmith, Patricia |
Talented Mr. Ripley, The |
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PS 3558 .I366 T33 1992 |
| Hillerman, Tony |
Dance Hall of the Dead |
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PS 3558 .I48 D26 1973a |
| Hillerman, Tony |
Thief of Time, A |
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PS 3558 .I45 T47 1988b |
| Household, Geoffrey |
Rogue Male |
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| James, P.D. |
Shroud for a Nightengale |
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| le Carré, John |
Spy Who Came in from the Cold, The |
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PR 6062 .E33 S6 |
| le Carré, John |
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy |
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| le Carré, John |
Smiley's People |
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PR 6062 .E33 S55 1980 |
| le Carré, John |
Little Drummer Girl, The |
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| Lee, Harper |
To Kill a Mockingbird |
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PS 3562 .E353 T64 |
| Leonard, Elmore |
Stick |
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| Lovesey, peter |
Wobble to Death |
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| MacDonald, John D. |
Dreadful Lemon Sky, The\ |
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| Macdonald, Ross |
Chill, The |
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| Maugham, Somerset |
Ashenden |
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| McClure, James |
Steam Pig, The |
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| McDonald, Gregory |
Fletch |
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| Meyer, Nicholas |
Seven Per-Cent Solution |
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| Millar, Margaret |
Beast in View |
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| Mortimer, John |
Rumpole of the Bailey |
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| Mosley, Walter |
Devil in a Blue Dress |
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see PS 3563 .O88456 Z88 |
| Peters, Elizabeth |
Crocodile on the Sandbank |
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| Poe, Edgar Allen |
Tales of Mystery and Imagination |
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PS 2612 .A3 2007 |
| Puzo, Mario |
Godfather, The |
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PS 3566 .U9 G6 2002 |
| Rendell, Ruth |
Judgment in Stone |
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| Rice, Craig |
Home Sweet Homicide |
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| Rinehart, Mary Roberts |
Circular Staircase, The |
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| Sanders, Lawrence |
First Deadly Sin, The |
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| Sayers, Dorothy L. |
Gaudy Night |
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| Sayers, Dorothy L. |
Murder Must Advertise |
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| Sayers, Dorothy L. |
Nine Tailors, The |
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| Sayers, Dorothy L. |
Clouds of Witness |
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| Sayers, Dorothy L. |
Strong Poison |
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| Sjowall, Maj and Per Wahloo |
Laughing Policeman, The |
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| Smith, Martin Cruz |
Gorky Park |
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PS 3569 .M5377 G6 |
| Spillane, Mickey |
I, the Jury |
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| Stoker, Bram |
Dracula |
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PR 6037 .T617 D7 [lost] |
| Stout, Rex |
Doorbell Rang, The |
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| Tey, Josephine |
Franchise Affair, The |
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| Tey, Josephine |
Brat Farrar |
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| Tey, Josephine |
Daughter of Time, The |
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| Thomas, Ross |
Chinaman's Chance |
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| Thompson, Jim |
Killer Inside me, The |
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see PS 648 .D4 C697 1997 |
| Traver, Robert |
Anatomy of a Murder |
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PS 3543 .O4 A5 1958 |
| Turow, Scott |
Presumed Innocent |
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PS 3570 .U754 P7 1987 |
| Wambaugh, Joseph |
Choirboys, The |
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| Waugh, Hillary |
Last Seen Wearing |
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| Westlake, Donald E. |
Hot Rock, The |
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| Westlake, Donald E. |
Bank Shot |
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| Westlake, Donald E. |
God Save the Mark |
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