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1

Farewell, My Lovely

by Raymond Chandler

4,515 members

103 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 20

6 Members: macha, peterveen, Bretzky1, ahef1963, lexieconyngham, ManWithAnAgenda

2

by Dorothy L. Sayers

5,458 members

150 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 8

8 Members: macha, devenish, sturlington, peterveen, ahef1963, lexieconyngham, Katie1949, ManWithAnAgenda

3

by Raymond Chandler

10,283 members

284 reviews

4

Global Rank 10

7 Members: macha, roby72, thecoroner, peterveen, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

4

The Maltese Falcon

by Dashiell Hammett

9,149 members

279 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 40

4 Members: macha, peterveen, Gatorhater, ManWithAnAgenda

5

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

by Philip K. Dick

19,268 members

473 reviews

4

Global Rank 52

4 Members: macha, thecoroner, lexieconyngham, ManWithAnAgenda,Bluewolf0411
Explanations: Bluewolf0411: Crime fiction?

6

by Roberto Bolaño

6,624 members

184 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 49

3 Members: macha, thecoroner, peterveen

7

3,208 members

60 reviews

4

Global Rank 123

Member: macha

8

The Girl Who Played with Fire

by Stieg Larsson

30,450 members

931 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 11

8 Members: macha, lahochstetler, sjmccreary, Bluewolf0411, peterveen, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda,

9

67 members

2 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 130

Member: macha

10

The Mysterious Mr. Quin

by Agatha Christie

2,393 members

51 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 27

5 Members: macha, Gatorhater, ahef1963, lexieconyngham, Stepn

11

The Listing Attic and The Unstrung Harp

by Edward Gorey

57 members

5 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 134

Member: macha

12

The Lacquer Screen

by Robert van Gulik

470 members

9 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 71

3 Members: macha, peterveen, ManWithAnAgenda

13

The Laughing Policeman

by Maj Sjöwall

1,834 members

65 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 66

3 Members: macha, peterveen, ahef1963

14

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

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

12,570 members

91 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 7

8 Members: macha, devenish, jburlinson, roby72, ahef1963, lexieconyngham, Friederike.Geissler, ManWithAnAgenda

15

by Ellis Peters

1,799 members

25 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 68

3 Members: macha, ahef1963, lexieconyngham

16

by Dashiell Hammett

4,265 members

143 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 96

2 Members: macha, peterveen

17

The Man Who Liked Slow Tomatoes

by K. C. Constantine

134 members

6 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 144

Member: macha

18

In a Dry Season

by Peter Robinson

1,485 members

42 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 43

5 Members: macha, DeltaQueen50, ahef1963, lexieconyngham, Andrew-theQM,Bluewolf0411

19

The Black Dahlia

by James Ellroy

5,465 members

131 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 35

4 Members: macha, thecoroner, peterveen, Stepn

20

The King of the Rainy Country

by Nicolas Freeling

171 members

4 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 242

Member: macha,Bluewolf0411

21

by Wilkie Collins

10,817 members

251 reviews

4

Global Rank 3

11 Members: macha, devenish, roby72, cbl_tn, thecoroner, peterveen, Bretzky1, ahef1963, lexieconyngham, Katie1949, ManWithAnAgenda

22

Death Comes for the Fat Man

by Reginald Hill

787 members

24 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 147

Member: macha

23

Dance Hall of the Dead

by Tony Hillerman

1,988 members

56 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 95

2 Members: macha, devenish

24

by James Lee Burke

1,148 members

16 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 93

2 Members: macha, Gatorhater

25

The Willow Pattern

by Robert Van Gulik

420 members

4 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 149

Member: macha

26

On Beulah Height

by Reginald Hill

898 members

13 reviews

4

Global Rank 77

3 Members: macha, lexieconyngham, ManWithAnAgenda

27

To Kill a Mockingbird

78,439 members

1,433 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 2

12 Members: macha, KimarieBee, roby72, sjmccreary, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, Gatorhater, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Andrew-theQM, ManWithAnAgenda, BMDano,
Explanations: sturlington: I don't really think of this as "crime fiction," but OK!

28

by James Lee Burke

1,853 members

73 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 81

3 Members: macha, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

29

Devil in a Blue Dress

by Walter Mosley

2,590 members

99 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 150

Member: macha

30

by Loren D. Estleman

92 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Global Rank 131

2 Members: macha, Gatorhater,Bluewolf0411

31

The Savage Detectives

by Roberto Bolaño

5,321 members

124 reviews

4

Global Rank 41

4 Members: macha, thecoroner, peterveen, Gatorhater

32

I Am the Only Running Footman

by Martha Grimes

1,001 members

8 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 250

2 Members: macha, ahef1963,Bluewolf0411 ,lexieconyngham

33

Playing for the Ashes

by Elizabeth George

2,349 members

40 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 76

3 Members: macha, peterveen, ManWithAnAgenda

34

1,864 members

37 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 42

4 Members: macha, peterveen, Gatorhater, ahef1963

35

Playing with Fire

by Peter Robinson

1,134 members

29 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 50

4 Members: macha, ahef1963, lexieconyngham, Andrew-theQM

36

The Shape of Water

by Andrea Camilleri

2,609 members

117 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 114

3 Members: macha, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,Bluewolf0411

37

Devices and Desires

3,112 members

43 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 22

5 Members: macha, peterveen, Gatorhater, ahef1963, Carol420

38

by Tony Hillerman

2,008 members

37 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 108

2 Members: macha, peterveen

39

The Nine Tailors

by Dorothy L. Sayers

4,385 members

116 reviews

4

Global Rank 28

5 Members: macha, devenish, ahef1963, lexieconyngham, ManWithAnAgenda

40

Emily Dickinson Is Dead

by Jane Langton

276 members

8 reviews

½ 3.4

Global Rank 247

Member: macha,Bluewolf0411

41

Love in Amsterdam

by Nicolas Freeling

217 members

8 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 111

3 Members: macha, lexieconyngham, ManWithAnAgenda,Bluewolf0411

42

The Raven in the Foregate

by Ellis Peters

1,702 members

25 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 75

3 Members: macha, ahef1963, lexieconyngham

43

The Man Who Went Up in Smoke

by Maj Sjöwall

1,389 members

48 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 63

3 Members: macha, Gatorhater, ahef1963

44

by James McClure

127 members

5 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 209

2 Members: macha, lexieconyngham,Bluewolf0411

45

Jolie Blon's Bounce

by James Lee Burke

1,261 members

19 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 88

2 Members: macha, Gatorhater

46

The Rosewood Casket

by Sharyn McCrumb

928 members

16 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 167

Member: macha

47

A Funeral in Blue

804 members

12 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 171

Member: macha

48

God Save the Mark

by Donald E. Westlake

403 members

17 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 248

Member: macha,Bluewolf0411

49

Murder on the Orient Express

by Agatha Christie

17,091 members

422 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 4

10 Members: macha, devenish, Cecrow, sjmccreary, Gatorhater, ahef1963, lexieconyngham, Friederike.Geissler, dsp501, Stepn,

50

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

17,132 members

315 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 15

7 Members: macha, roby72, thecoroner, ahef1963, lexieconyngham, dsp501, ManWithAnAgenda

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