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 |
PR6003 .E7247 T73 1978 |
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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 |
PS648 .D4 C697 1997 |
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Capote, Truman |
In Cold Blood |
1966 |
HV6533.K3 C3 |
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Carr, John Dickson |
Three Coffins, The (aka The Hollow Man) |
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Caspary, Vera |
Laura |
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Chandler, Raymond |
Big Sleep, The |
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PS3505 .H3224 B5 1992 |
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Chandler, Raymond |
Farewell, My Lovely |
1940 |
PS3505 .H3224 A6 |
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Chandler, Raymond |
Lady in the Lake |
1943 |
PS3505.H3224 A6 1995C |
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Chandler, Raymond |
Long Goodbye, The |
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PS3505 .H3224 .A6 |
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Chesterton, G. K. |
Innocence of Father Brown, The |
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Christie, Agatha |
And Then There Were None |
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Christie, Agatha |
Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The |
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Christie, Agatha |
Murder on the Orient Express |
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Christie, Agatha |
Witness for the Prosecution |
1957 |
PR6005 .H748 W5 |
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Clancy, Tom |
Hunt for Red October, The |
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PS3553 .L245 H8 1984 |
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Clark, Mary Higgins |
Where Are the Children? |
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Collins, Wilkie |
Moonstone, The |
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PR4494 .M62 1988 |
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Collins, Wilkie |
Woman in White |
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PR4494 .W62 |
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Condon, Richard |
Prizzi's Honor |
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Conrad, Joseph |
Secret Agent, The |
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PR6005 .O4 S4 1990 |
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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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PR4564 .A1 1956 |
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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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PR6007 .U47 R4 |
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Eco, Umberto |
Name of the Rose, The |
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PQ4865 .C6 N613 1983 |
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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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PR6056 .O699 D3 1987 |
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Gilbert, Michael |
Smallbone Deceased |
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Grafton, Sue |
A Is for Alibi |
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Greene, Graham |
Brighton Rock |
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Greene, Graham |
Our Man in Havana |
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Greene, Graham |
Third Man, The |
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PR6013 .R44 T5 1988 |
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Grisham, John |
Firm, The |
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Grisham, John |
Time to Kill, A |
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Hammet, Dashiell |
Glass Key, The |
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PS3515 .A4347 A6 1999a |
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Hammet, Dashiell |
Maltese Falcon, The |
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PS3515 .A4347 M3 1928 |
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Hammet, Dashiell |
Red Harvest |
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PS3515 .A4347 A6 1999a |
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Hammet, Dashiell |
Thin Man, The |
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PS3515 .A4347 A6 |
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Harris, Thomas |
Red Dragon |
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Harris, Thomas |
Silence of the Lambs |
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PS3558.A6558 S522 2002 |
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Higgins, John V. |
Friends of Eddie Coyle, The |
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Highsmith, Patricia |
Talented Mr. Ripley, The |
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PS3558 .I366 T33 1992 |
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Hillerman, Tony |
Dance Hall of the Dead |
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PS3558 .I48 D26 1973a |
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Hillerman, Tony |
Thief of Time, A |
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PS3558 .I45 T47 1988b |
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Household, Geoffrey |
Rogue Male |
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James, P.D. |
Shroud for a Nightengale |
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le Carré, John |
Little Drummer Girl, The |
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le Carré, John |
Smiley's People |
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PR6062 .E33 S55 1980 |
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le Carré, John |
Spy Who Came in from the Cold, The |
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PR6062 .E33 S6 |
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le Carré, John |
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy |
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Lee, Harper |
To Kill a Mockingbird |
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PS3562 .E353 T64 |
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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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PS3563 .O88456 Z88 |
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Peters, Elizabeth |
Crocodile on the Sandbank |
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Poe, Edgar Allen |
Tales of Mystery and Imagination |
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PS2612 .A3 2007 |
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Puzo, Mario |
Godfather, The |
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PS3566 .U9 G6 2002 |
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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. |
Clouds of Witness |
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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. |
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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PS3569 .M5377 G6 |
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Spillane, Mickey |
I, the Jury |
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Stoker, Bram |
Dracula |
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PR6037 .T617 D7 |
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Stout, Rex |
Doorbell Rang, The |
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Tey, Josephine |
Brat Farrar |
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Tey, Josephine |
Daughter of Time, The |
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Tey, Josephine |
Franchise Affair, The |
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Thomas, Ross |
Chinaman's Chance |
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Thompson, Jim |
Killer Inside me, The |
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PS648 .D4 C697 1997 |
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Traver, Robert |
Anatomy of a Murder |
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PS3543 .O4 A5 1958 |
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Turow, Scott |
Presumed Innocent |
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PS3570 .U754 P7 1987 |
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Wambaugh, Joseph |
Choirboys, The |
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Waugh, Hillary |
Last Seen Wearing |
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Westlake, Donald E. |
Bank Shot |
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Westlake, Donald E. |
God Save the Mark |
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Westlake, Donald E. |
Hot Rock, The |
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