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1

by Dorothy L. Sayers

5,350 members

146 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

2

The Daughter of Time

by Josephine Tey

5,785 members

225 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

3

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

15,153 members

243 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

4

The Long Goodbye

by Raymond Chandler

5,116 members

113 reviews

4.2

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

5

And Then There Were None

by Agatha Christie

20,407 members

518 reviews

4.1

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

6

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

by Agatha Christie

9,612 members

307 reviews

4.1

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

43,597 members

1,311 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

8

The Secret of the Old Clock

by Carolyn Keene

6,709 members

110 reviews

3.8

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

9

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective

by Donald J. Sobol

3,936 members

33 reviews

3.9

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

10

by Dorothy L. Sayers

4,383 members

118 reviews

4.1

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

11

The Nine Tailors

by Dorothy L. Sayers

4,295 members

114 reviews

4.1

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

12

by Wilkie Collins

10,540 members

247 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

13

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

by Philip K. Dick

18,715 members

465 reviews

4

2 Members: hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda

14

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle

14,868 members

290 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

15

The Murder at the Vicarage

by Agatha Christie

5,996 members

187 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

16

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins

12,497 members

333 reviews

4.1

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

17

The Name of the Rose

19,218 members

303 reviews

4.2

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

18

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

by Agatha Christie

3,722 members

76 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

19

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

by Douglas Adams

13,647 members

230 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

20

Clouds of Witness

by Dorothy L. Sayers

3,564 members

102 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

21

Murder on the Orient Express

by Agatha Christie

16,364 members

403 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

22

Murder Must Advertise

by Dorothy L. Sayers

3,701 members

105 reviews

4.2

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

23

The No. 1 Ladiesʼ Detective Agency

by Alexander McCall Smith

13,900 members

394 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

24

Busman's Honeymoon: A Love Story with Detective Interruptions

by Dorothy L. Sayers

3,874 members

92 reviews

4.2

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

25

Homicide : A Year On The Killing Streets

2,153 members

45 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: hipdeep

26

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

by Agatha Christie

8,540 members

273 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

27

A Study in Scarlet

by Arthur Conan Doyle

7,502 members

301 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

28

The Body in the Library

by Agatha Christie

5,614 members

145 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

29

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

4,973 members

84 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

3,471 members

21 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

31

The Sign of Four

by Arthur Conan Doyle

4,890 members

165 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

32

by Dorothy L. Sayers

4,812 members

187 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

33

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson

42,172 members

1,722 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

34

by Raymond Chandler

10,043 members

277 reviews

4

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

35

Farewell, My Lovely

by Raymond Chandler

4,436 members

101 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

36

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

4,258 members

59 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

37

The Girl Who Played with Fire

by Stieg Larsson

29,758 members

915 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

38

The Valley of Fear

by Arthur Conan Doyle

2,908 members

77 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

39

At Bertram's Hotel

by Agatha Christie

3,705 members

80 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

40

The Case of the Missing Marquess

by Nancy Springer

1,760 members

91 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

41

To Love and Be Wise

by Josephine Tey

1,263 members

41 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

42

4.50 from Paddington

by Agatha Christie

4,469 members

97 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

2,141 members

14 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

44

The Da Vinci Code

69,243 members

1,292 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

45

The Postman Always Rings Twice

by James M. Cain

3,385 members

125 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

46

Hercule Poirot's Christmas

by Agatha Christie

4,269 members

108 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

47

Have His Carcase

by Dorothy L. Sayers

3,246 members

69 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

48

Encyclopedia Brown Gets His Man

by Donald J. Sobol

1,532 members

6 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

49

The Murder on the Links

by Agatha Christie

4,334 members

111 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

50

Unnatural Death

by Dorothy L. Sayers

3,090 members

82 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

51

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

by Dorothy L. Sayers

2,986 members

86 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

52

The Man with a Load of Mischief

by Martha Grimes

1,539 members

26 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

53

A Murder Is Announced

by Agatha Christie

4,499 members

90 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

54

The Tower Treasure

by Franklin W. Dixon

3,888 members

37 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

55

3,228 members

85 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

56

by Agatha Christie

3,521 members

61 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

57

Five Red Herrings

by Dorothy L. Sayers

2,776 members

69 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

58

by Agatha Christie

3,522 members

77 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

59

Sleeping Murder

by Agatha Christie

4,239 members

71 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

60

by Richard Kadrey

2,414 members

176 reviews

3.8

Member: hipdeep

61

A Caribbean Mystery

by Agatha Christie

3,505 members

82 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

62

The Moving Finger

by Agatha Christie

3,898 members

103 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

63

The Complete Father Brown Stories

by G. K. Chesterton

3,472 members

31 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

64

The hearse you came in on

324 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: hipdeep

65

A Pocket Full of Rye

by Agatha Christie

3,543 members

69 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

66

They Do It with Mirrors

by Agatha Christie

3,279 members

67 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

67

The Man in the Queue

by Josephine Tey

1,612 members

56 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

68

A Shilling for Candles

by Josephine Tey

1,310 members

46 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

69

Lord Peter: The Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Stories

by Dorothy L. Sayers

2,150 members

25 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

70

The Singing Sands

by Josephine Tey

1,425 members

49 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

71

The Documents in the Case

by Dorothy L. Sayers

1,543 members

25 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

72

The Thirteen Problems

by Agatha Christie

3,255 members

66 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

73

Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories

by Agatha Christie

2,223 members

37 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

74

713 members

2 reviews

4

Member: hipdeep

75

The Innocence of Father Brown

by G. K. Chesterton

1,871 members

58 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

76

Lord Peter Views the Body

by Dorothy L. Sayers

1,728 members

41 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

77

Death of an Expert Witness

2,365 members

42 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

78

Hangman's Holiday

by Dorothy L. Sayers

1,553 members

29 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

79

Death Comes to Pemberley

4,758 members

319 reviews

3

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

80

Miss Marple's Final Cases

by Agatha Christie

1,029 members

13 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

81

The Yiddish Policemen's Union

by Michael Chabon

10,249 members

417 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

82

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

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

12,246 members

91 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: ahef1963

83

by Kate Atkinson

7,815 members

343 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

84

Death in the Stocks

by Georgette Heyer

957 members

44 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: merrystar

85

Behold, Here's Poison

by Georgette Heyer

892 members

38 reviews

3.8

Member: merrystar

86

Death on the Nile

by Agatha Christie

8,481 members

178 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963

87

The ABC Murders

by Agatha Christie

6,729 members

130 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

88

by Louise Penny

6,448 members

410 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

89

The Eustace Diamonds

by Anthony Trollope

1,942 members

40 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

90

Evil Under the Sun

by Agatha Christie

4,405 members

82 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

91

Curtain: Poirot's Last Case

by Agatha Christie

4,286 members

54 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

92

Cat Among the Pigeons

by Agatha Christie

4,037 members

80 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ahef1963

93

Five Little Pigs

by Agatha Christie

4,337 members

83 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

94

by Stephen King

6,083 members

333 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

95

Peril at End House

by Agatha Christie

4,008 members

72 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

96

Hallowe'en Party

by Agatha Christie

4,379 members

100 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ahef1963

97

After The Funeral

by Agatha Christie

3,822 members

66 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

98

Appointment with Death

by Agatha Christie

3,891 members

80 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ahef1963

99

Lord Edgware Dies

by Agatha Christie

3,517 members

71 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

100

Death in the Clouds

by Agatha Christie

3,644 members

64 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ahef1963

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