H.R.F. Keating's 100 Best Crime & Mystery Books

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H.R.F. Keating's 100 Best Crime & Mystery Books
1
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
18,479 members
275 reviews
4.1
6 Members
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2
The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle
17,848 members
341 reviews
3.9
6 Members
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3
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
by Agatha Christie
12,071 members
383 reviews
4.1
6 Members
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4
The Daughter of Time
by Josephine Tey
6,647 members
250 reviews
3.9
6 Members
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5
The Nine Tailors
by Dorothy L. Sayers
4,839 members
124 reviews
4
6 Members
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6
Murder on the Orient Express
by Agatha Christie
20,631 members
472 reviews
4.1
5 Members
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7
The Moonstone
by Wilkie Collins
12,083 members
272 reviews
4
5 Members
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8
The Maltese Falcon
by Dashiell Hammett
10,343 members
302 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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9
The Postman Always Rings Twice
by James M. Cain
3,901 members
144 reviews
½ 3.7
5 Members
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10
The Documents in the Case
by Dorothy L. Sayers
1,726 members
28 reviews
½ 3.7
5 Members
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11
Sleeping Murder
by Agatha Christie
5,049 members
86 reviews
3.8
4 Members
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12
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
by Edgar Allan Poe
4,946 members
42 reviews
4
4 Members
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13
A Taste for Death
by P. D. James
3,415 members
42 reviews
3.8
4 Members
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14
The Black Tower
by P. D. James
2,457 members
44 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
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15
The Innocence of Father Brown
by G. K. Chesterton
2,248 members
61 reviews
½ 3.6
4 Members
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16
The Talented Mr. Ripley
by Patricia Highsmith
7,218 members
222 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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17
The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Chandler
5,877 members
126 reviews
4.2
3 Members
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The High Window
by Raymond Chandler
3,175 members
57 reviews
4
3 Members
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19
Roseanna
by Maj Sjöwall
2,372 members
96 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
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20
The Franchise Affair
by Josephine Tey
2,360 members
90 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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21
Dance Hall of the Dead
by Tony Hillerman
2,264 members
67 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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22
A Judgement in Stone
by Ruth Rendell
1,164 members
36 reviews
4
3 Members
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23
Death in a Tenured Position
by Amanda Cross
587 members
7 reviews
½ 3.3
3 Members
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24
A Pinch of Snuff
by Reginald Hill
582 members
10 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
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25
The False Inspector Dew
by Peter Lovesey
481 members
19 reviews
4
3 Members
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26
Calamity Town
by Ellery Queen
372 members
9 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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27
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
by Charles Dickens
3,595 members
64 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
NinieB, dexter96
28
Red Harvest
by Dashiell Hammett
3,394 members
100 reviews
3.9
2 Members
NinieB, dexter96
29
The Moving Toyshop
by Edmund Crispin
1,584 members
70 reviews
3.8
2 Members
NinieB, dexter96
30
Pop. 1280
by Jim Thompson
1,498 members
42 reviews
4
2 Members
NinieB, dexter96
31
Fletch
by Gregory Mcdonald
1,198 members
27 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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32
The League of Frightened Men
by Rex Stout
1,140 members
36 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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33
Death of a Peer
by Ngaio Marsh
1,069 members
20 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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34
Three Coffins
by John Dickson Carr
981 members
41 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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35
The Blue Hammer
by Ross Macdonald
777 members
22 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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36
My Friend Maigret
by Georges Simenon
674 members
18 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
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37
The Expendable Man
by Dorothy B. Hughes
630 members
30 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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38
Green for Danger
by Christianna Brand
543 members
19 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
NinieB, dexter96
39
Smallbone Deceased
by Michael Gilbert
512 members
20 reviews
3.9
2 Members
NinieB, dexter96
40
The Lady Vanishes
by Ethel Lina White
503 members
24 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
NinieB, dexter96
41
Beast in View
by Margaret Millar
461 members
25 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
NinieB, dexter96
42
The Case of the Sulky Girl
by Erle Stanley Gardner
423 members
15 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
NinieB, dexter96
43
Tragedy at Law
by Cyril Hare
379 members
18 reviews
3.8
2 Members
NinieB, dexter96
44
Sadie When She Died
by Ed McBain
359 members
9 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
NinieB, dexter96
45
Before the Fact
by Francis Iles
333 members
17 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
NinieB, dexter96
46
Appleby's End
by Michael Innes
324 members
10 reviews
3.8
2 Members
NinieB, dexter96
47
The Fabulous Clipjoint
by Fredric Brown
324 members
14 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
NinieB, dexter96
48
The Case of the Abominable Snowman
by Nicholas Blake
235 members
5 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
NinieB, dexter96
49
Last Seen Wearing...
by Hillary Waugh
202 members
10 reviews
3.9
2 Members
NinieB, dexter96
50
The Horizontal Man
by Helen Eustis
195 members
5 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
NinieB, dexter96
51
The Poison Oracle
by Peter Dickinson
181 members
3 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
NinieB, dexter96
53
Death of My Aunt
by C. H. B. Kitchin
152 members
7 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
NinieB, dexter96
54
Beyond This Point Are Monsters
by Margaret Millar
150 members
4 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
NinieB, dexter96
55
The Long Shadow
by Celia Fremlin
136 members
1 review
½ 3.6
2 Members
NinieB, dexter96
56
The Last Best Friend
by George Sims
61 members
5 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
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57
Mr. Splitfoot
by Helen McCloy
35 members
4
2 Members
NinieB, dexter96
58
The Complete Uncle Abner (The Mystery Library)
by Melville Davisson Post
31 members
4
2 Members
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59
The Tiger in the Smoke
by Margery Allingham
1,579 members
53 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
NinieB
60
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
by George V. Higgins
1,056 members
48 reviews
4
Member
NinieB
61
The Green Ripper
by John D. MacDonald
1,048 members
17 reviews
3.8
Member
NinieB
62
More Work for the Undertaker
by Margery Allingham
867 members
16 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
NinieB
63
Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
by E. W. Hornung
825 members
33 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
NinieB
64
The Tremor of Forgery
by Patricia Highsmith
646 members
20 reviews
3.9
Member
NinieB
65
Laidlaw
by William McIlvanney
641 members
30 reviews
3.8
Member
NinieB
66
The Bride Wore Black
by Cornell Woolrich
560 members
23 reviews
3.8
Member
NinieB
67
Blind Man with a Pistol
by Chester Himes
490 members
11 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
NinieB
68
The Glitter Dome
by Joseph Wambaugh
453 members
4 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
NinieB
69
Nobody's Perfect
by Donald E. Westlake
333 members
11 reviews
3.9
Member
NinieB
70
The Asphalt Jungle
by W. R. Burnett
301 members
6 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
NinieB
71
Skinflick
by Joseph Hansen
273 members
3 reviews
3.8
Member
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72
The Sands Of Windee
by Arthur William Upfield
260 members
8 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
NinieB
73
The Glass-Sided Ants' Nest
by Peter Dickinson
235 members
8 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
NinieB
74
Gun Before Butter
by Nicolas Freeling
201 members
1 review
½ 3.6
Member
NinieB
75
The Investigation
by Dorothy Uhnak
189 members
5 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
76
Murder Against the Grain
by Emma Lathen
188 members
5 reviews
3.9
Member
NinieB
77
The New Sonia Wayward
by Michael Innes
169 members
5 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
NinieB
79
Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly
by John Franklin Bardin
142 members
5 reviews
3.1
Member
NinieB
80
The Private Wound
by Nicholas Blake
116 members
4 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
NinieB
81
Five Roundabouts to Heaven: A Novel
by John Bingham
111 members
4 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
NinieB
82
Gideon's Week
by J. J. Marric
108 members
5 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
NinieB
83
The Man Who Killed Himself
by Julian Symons
92 members
2 reviews
4
Member
NinieB
84
The Players and the Game
by Julian Symons
90 members
1 review
3
Member
NinieB
85
A Death in the Life
by Dorothy Salisbury Davis
66 members
1 review
½ 3.7
Member
NinieB
86
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
by Stanley Ellin
65 members
1 review
3.2
Member
NinieB
87
Post Mortem
by Guy Cullingford
59 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
NinieB
88
Quiet Horror
by Stanley Ellin
54 members
2 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
NinieB
89
Murder Among Friends
by Elizabeth Ferrars
52 members
½ 3.4
Member
NinieB
90
R.S.V.P. Murder
by Mignon Good Eberhart
50 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
NinieB
91
Young Man, I Think You're Dying
by Joan Fleming
38 members
2 reviews
3.8
Member
NinieB
92
The Cellar at No. 5
by Shelley Smith
34 members
2 reviews
3.8
Member
NinieB
93
To Make a Killing
by June Thomson
32 members
2 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
NinieB
94
All on a Summer's Day
by John William Wainwright
27 members
½ 3.3
Member
NinieB
95
Kill Claudio
by P. M. Hubbard
23 members
1 review
3.8
Member
NinieB
96
Dirty Snow
by Georges Simenon
1,085 members
32 reviews
3.8
97
The Circular Staircase
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
1,067 members
44 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
NinieB,sturlington
98
Maigret in Court
by Georges Simenon
440 members
11 reviews
½ 3.6
99
The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder
by Edgar Wallace
214 members
7 reviews
3.9
100
The Naked Nuns
by Colin Watson
136 members
6 reviews
3.8