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Fiction: Crime, Detective, Mystery

Description: Crime Fiction, Detective, Mystery

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by José Saramago

14,589 members

431 reviews

4.1

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, bluewind1

2

An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good

by Helene Tursten

1,222 members

98 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, bluewind1

3

Plain Bad Heroines

by Emily M. Danforth

1,600 members

70 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, bluewind1

4

The Broken Girls

by Simone St. James

2,328 members

137 reviews

4

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, bluewind1

5

If I Die Tonight

by Alison Gaylin

450 members

23 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, bluewind1

6

by Brandon Hobson

583 members

26 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, bluewind1

7

A Deadly Inside Scoop

by Abby Collette

181 members

13 reviews

3.2

Member: bluewind1

8

A History of Wild Places

by Shea Ernshaw

1,436 members

38 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, bluewind1

9

A Justified Murder

by Jude Deveraux

218 members

9 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: bluewind1

10

All Her Little Secrets

by Wanda M. Morris

481 members

18 reviews

½ 3.5

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11

110 members

4 reviews

½ 2.6

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12

Anatomy: A Love Story

by Dana Schwartz

1,774 members

31 reviews

½ 3.6

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13

Angel of the Underground

by David Andreas

9 members

1 review

3.8

Member: bluewind1

14

A Study in Crimson: Sherlock Holmes 1942 (Sherlock Holmes in WWII)

by Robert J. Harris

77 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: bluewind1

15

A Talent for Murder

by Andrew Wilson

256 members

16 reviews

½ 3.3

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16

by Dathan Auerbach

288 members

17 reviews

½ 3.4

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17

Behind Every Lie

by Christina McDonald

294 members

24 reviews

3.9

Member: bluewind1

18

Big Lies in a Small Town

by Diane Chamberlain

857 members

86 reviews

4.2

Member: bluewind1

19

Birds of Wonder

by Cynthia Robinson

46 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

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20

by TaraShea Nesbit

409 members

22 reviews

½ 3.6

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21

by Charmaine Wilkerson

2,225 members

95 reviews

3.9

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22

by Michael Farris Smith

155 members

10 reviews

½ 3.7

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23

Build Your House Around My Body

by Violet Kupersmith

474 members

13 reviews

4

Member: bluewind1

24

Clark and Division

by Naomi Hirahara

455 members

35 reviews

½ 3.6

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25

by Adam Mitzner

231 members

9 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: bluewind1

26

Death at Greenway

by Lori Rader-Day

237 members

15 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: bluewind1

27

Death in the Family

by Tessa Wegert

194 members

12 reviews

½ 3.3

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28

Devil's Chew Toy

90 members

4 reviews

3.8

Member: bluewind1

29

by Hayley Scrivenor

443 members

20 reviews

½ 3.7

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30

by Elizabeth Breck

24 members

8 reviews

½ 4.3

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31

Elementary, She Read

by Vicki Delany

343 members

37 reviews

½ 3.7

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32

Friend of the Devil

by Stephen Lloyd

54 members

3 reviews

3.9

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33

687 members

47 reviews

4

Member: bluewind1

34

How to Kill Your Best Friend

by Lexie Elliott

164 members

5 reviews

3.2

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35

As the Wicked Watch

298 members

10 reviews

½ 3.3

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36

Jane Austen's Lost Letters

by Jane K. Cleland

47 members

2 reviews

3.8

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347 members

29 reviews

½ 3.7

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by Kellye Garrett

470 members

9 reviews

3.2

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39

Lost and Found in Paris

130 members

9 reviews

½ 3.7

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793 members

140 reviews

½ 3.4

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41

In the Skin of a Lion

by Michael Ondaatje

3,027 members

49 reviews

3.9

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42

by Joachim B. Schmidt

81 members

5 reviews

3.9

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43

Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder

by T.A. Willberg

332 members

18 reviews

½ 3.3

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44

by Carole Johnstone

504 members

27 reviews

½ 3.4

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45

Mister Tender's Girl: A Novel

by Carter Wilson

202 members

27 reviews

3.8

Member: bluewind1

46

Moonflower Murders

by Anthony Horowitz

2,102 members

86 reviews

3.9

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by Joe R. Lansdale

165 members

15 reviews

½ 3.6

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48

More News Tomorrow: A Novel

by Susan Richards Shreve

68 members

½ 3.5

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49

Mother Knows Best: A Novel of Suspense

by Kira Peikoff

124 members

21 reviews

3.8

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50

Murder in Old Bombay: A Mystery

422 members

44 reviews

½ 3.7

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51

by Amanda Jayatissa

240 members

6 reviews

½ 3.3

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by Catherine Dang

216 members

9 reviews

3.2

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53

The Night Shift

751 members

58 reviews

3.8

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by Taylor Adams

1,897 members

95 reviews

3.9

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55

No One Will Miss Her: A Novel

by Kat Rosenfield

368 members

19 reviews

½ 3.6

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56

Notes on an Execution

by Danya Kukafka

1,265 members

53 reviews

4

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57

Nothing More to Tell

by Karen M. McManus

1,056 members

17 reviews

3.9

Member: bluewind1

58

The Paragon Hotel

by Lyndsay Faye

475 members

37 reviews

½ 3.7

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59

Moon of the Crusted Snow

by Waubgeshig Rice

1,330 members

93 reviews

3.8

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60

Picnic In the Ruins

by Robert Todd Petersen

64 members

1 review

½ 3.7

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61

Portrait of an Unknown Lady

by María Gainza

179 members

6 reviews

3.2

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62

Portrait of a Thief

873 members

25 reviews

3.2

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63

People of Abandoned Character

by Clare Whitfield

152 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

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by Malin Persson Giolito

443 members

29 reviews

3.8

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65

Payment Deferred

by C. S. Forester

308 members

12 reviews

3.9

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66

Quiet in Her Bones

by Nalini Singh

327 members

20 reviews

½ 3.5

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67

Remarkably Bright Creatures

by Shelby Van Pelt

6,814 members

321 reviews

4.2

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68

Searching for Sylvie Lee

871 members

58 reviews

½ 3.6

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69

Security: A Novel

by Gina Wohlsdorf

384 members

67 reviews

½ 3.4

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70

The Shadows of Men

by Abir Mukherjee

178 members

7 reviews

½ 3.7

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71

Small Pleasures

by Clare Chambers

786 members

34 reviews

3.9

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72

Small Things Like These

by Claire Keegan

4,280 members

234 reviews

4.2

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73

Something Wilder

by Christina Lauren

1,321 members

27 reviews

½ 3.6

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74

Speaking of Summer: A Novel

by Kalisha Buckhanon

127 members

4 reviews

3.2

Member: bluewind1

75

Shoot the Moonlight Out: A Novel

by William Boyle

27 members

1 review

½ 4.3

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76

by Maria Hummel

472 members

26 reviews

3.1

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77

by Bryn Chancellor

224 members

9 reviews

½ 3.6

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78

248 members

23 reviews

3.8

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79

The Atlas of Forgotten Places

by Jenny D. Williams

59 members

7 reviews

3.9

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80

The Ballad of Laurel Springs

79 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

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81

The Bookman's Promise

by John Dunning

1,524 members

38 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: bluewind1

82

The Chestnut Man

by Soren Sveistrup

1,675 members

64 reviews

4

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83

The Coldest Warrior

60 members

3 reviews

½ 3.3

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84

The Benson Murder Case

by S. S. Van Dine

394 members

19 reviews

3.2

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85

The Book of Memory

by Petina Gappah

349 members

19 reviews

3.8

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86

The Corpse Flower

by Anne Mette Hancock

236 members

24 reviews

4

Member: bluewind1

87

The Christie Caper

by Carolyn G. Hart

525 members

6 reviews

½ 3.5

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88

The Darwin Affair

406 members

23 reviews

½ 3.5

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89

Before I Go to Sleep

by S. J. Watson

6,811 members

488 reviews

½ 3.7

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90

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

1,438 members

58 reviews

½ 3.6

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91

The Drowning Kind

by Jennifer McMahon

687 members

50 reviews

3.8

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92

The Family Chao

by Lan Samantha Chang

476 members

20 reviews

½ 3.6

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93

138 members

7 reviews

3

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94

The Girl from Widow Hills

by Megan Miranda

1,147 members

37 reviews

½ 3.7

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95

by Chanelle Benz

235 members

10 reviews

½ 3.5

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96

by Hannah Tinti

1,792 members

144 reviews

½ 3.7

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97

The House of Ashes

by Stuart Neville

148 members

8 reviews

4

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98

The House on Vesper Sands

by Paraic O'Donnell

600 members

26 reviews

½ 3.5

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99

The Killing Hills

by Chris Offutt

210 members

16 reviews

3.9

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100

The Last Mona Lisa

by Jonathan Santlofer

289 members

10 reviews

3.8

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October 2022
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