Best Private Eye stories

Description
Film noir stuff - not the British satirical magazine!
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The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler
11,556 members
316 reviews
4
5 Members
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2
The Maltese Falcon
by Dashiell Hammett
10,416 members
302 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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3
A Study in Scarlet
by Arthur Conan Doyle
9,262 members
359 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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Explanations
abbottthomas : I just can't bring myself to call Sherlock Holmes, the first "consulting detective" a Private Eye!
4
Murder on the Orient Express
by Agatha Christie
20,802 members
476 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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5
Farewell, My Lovely
by Raymond Chandler
5,090 members
113 reviews
4
2 Members
abbottthomas, ahef1963
6
Fire Sale
by Sara Paretsky
1,344 members
21 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
elkiedee
7
Kismet
by Jakob Arjouni
162 members
3 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Ravic
8
Devil in a Blue Dress + Crimson Stain
by Walter Mosley
1,367 members
49 reviews
3.8
Member
elkiedee
9
The Zebra-Striped Hearse
by Ross Macdonald
610 members
16 reviews
4
Member
aulsmith
10
Fadeout
by Joseph Hansen
534 members
22 reviews
4
Member
aulsmith
11
Kindred Crimes
by Janet Dawson
146 members
5 reviews
3.8
Member
elkiedee
12
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
by Agatha Christie
11,097 members
353 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
13
The Thin Man
by Dashiell Hammett
4,736 members
159 reviews
3.8
Member
abbottthomas
14
A Shock to the System
by Richard Stevenson
163 members
2 reviews
3.9
Member
aulsmith
15
Calendar Girl
by Stella Duffy
141 members
4 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
elkiedee
16
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
14,060 members
99 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
ahef1963
17
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
by Douglas Adams
15,036 members
256 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
18
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
by P. D. James
2,872 members
59 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
19
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
by Alexander McCall Smith
15,319 members
427 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
20
Case Histories
by Kate Atkinson
8,840 members
382 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
21
Gaudy Night
by Dorothy L. Sayers
6,016 members
159 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
ahef1963
22
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
by Agatha Christie
12,209 members
388 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
23
The Beekeeper's Apprentice
by Laurie R. King
6,451 members
304 reviews
4.1
Member
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24
The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Chandler
5,901 members
126 reviews
4.2
Member
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25
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
by Dorothy L. Sayers
3,394 members
98 reviews
3.9
Member
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26
When We Were Orphans
by Kazuo Ishiguro
6,421 members
140 reviews
½ 3.5
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Motherless Brooklyn
by Jonathan Lethem
5,292 members
114 reviews
4
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The Long and Faraway Gone
by Lou Berney
535 members
50 reviews
4