Survey of Mysteries and Crime Fiction

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5,358 members
146 reviews
½ 4.3
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20,439 members
519 reviews
4.1
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5,789 members
225 reviews
3.9
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16,390 members
404 reviews
4.1
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15,192 members
245 reviews
4.1
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9,626 members
307 reviews
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4,301 members
115 reviews
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10,555 members
249 reviews
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3,247 members
69 reviews
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4,806 members
188 reviews
½ 3.7
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7,079 members
104 reviews
½ 3.7
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10,048 members
277 reviews
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3,853 members
101 reviews
3.8
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1,313 reviews
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3,563 members
102 reviews
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92 reviews
4.2
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15,762 members
273 reviews
4.2
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merrystar, sturlington, elkiedee, cej1027, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda,MissJessie
Explanations
MissJessie : Just didn't like it.
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42,220 members
1,723 reviews
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6,005 members
191 reviews
3.9
5 Members
sturlington, lewbs, elkiedee, ahef1963, NinieB,aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Although there is a mystery this is more of a thriller, a genre I don't like
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19,471 members
530 reviews
4.1
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16,880 members
904 reviews
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118 reviews
4.1
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333 reviews
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6,005 members
187 reviews
3.8
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277 reviews
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3,702 members
105 reviews
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3,625 members
227 reviews
3.9
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2,551 members
53 reviews
½ 3.7
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19,245 members
303 reviews
4.2
4 Members
merrystar, sturlington, lewbs, MissJessie,aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: I had a tough time getting threw this and really disliked it when I was done.
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5,126 members
113 reviews
4.2
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399 members
10 reviews
3.8
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7,815 members
343 reviews
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1,805 members
65 reviews
3.9
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1,833 members
48 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, elkiedee
Explanations
aulsmith: I got tired of MacDonald fairly quickly but this was one of the first ones I read, and I enjoyed it.
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6,459 members
411 reviews
3.8
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15,432 members
595 reviews
4
5 Members
elkiedee, cej1027, MissJessie, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith ,merrystar ,sturlington
Explanations
aulsmith: Didn't make it to chapter 2.
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1,875 members
58 reviews
½ 3.6
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932 members
41 reviews
½ 3.4
3 Members
smcwl, merrystar, NinieB,sturlington
Explanations
sturlington : Too dated for me.
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2,436 members
43 reviews
3.9
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9,772 members
102 reviews
3.8
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4,183 members
141 reviews
3.8
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13,911 members
394 reviews
½ 3.7
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10,258 members
417 reviews
3.8
2 Members
aulsmith, sturlington
Explanations
aulsmith: The mystery is almost secondary to everything else, but I loved it anyway.
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945 members
19 reviews
3.8
3 Members
aulsmith, merrystar, MissJessie,sturlington
Explanations
sturlington : Not available at library
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2,660 members
122 reviews
3.9
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3,389 members
125 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: I didn't get through this one. Again it seemed more of a thriller.
sturlington: Not at library
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1,566 members
114 reviews
3.9
2 Members
aulsmith, sturlington
Explanations
aulsmith: Alternate history
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5,231 members
92 reviews
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2,913 members
41 reviews
½ 3.6
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1,055 members
36 reviews
4
2 Members
smcwl, sturlington
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1,542 members
26 reviews
3.8
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1,012 members
31 reviews
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235 reviews
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3,066 members
37 reviews
3.8
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1,542 members
25 reviews
½ 3.7
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60 members
1 review
4.2
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150 members
7 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
aulsmith, NinieB,sturlington
Explanations
aulsmith: Not only a good mystery, but a good novel about the end of World War II in England.
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376 members
36 reviews
½ 3.6
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892 members
38 reviews
3.8
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432 members
18 reviews
4
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633 members
9 reviews
½ 3.7
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bluepiano,sturlington
Explanations
bluepiano: Wonderful mystery lacking the English village,the quirky detective, the police procedure, and the solution.
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287 members
17 reviews
½ 3.6
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197 members
14 reviews
½ 3.5
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merrystar
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843 members
58 reviews
3.9
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5,272 members
185 reviews
½ 3.5
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101 members
4 reviews
½ 3.6
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16 members
½ 3.5
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bluepiano,sturlington
Explanations
bluepiano: It has the unexplained murder, the medical examiner, and the investigator, but it's also refreshingly odd and has funniest opening pages I've read.
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1,026 members
31 reviews
4
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466 members
10 reviews
½ 3.7
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449 members
20 reviews
4
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aulsmith,sturlington
Explanations
aulsmith: The first of the Brandstetter mysteries
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22 members
1 review
½ 3.6
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bluepiano,sturlington
Explanations
bluepiano: Unformulaic mystery. Very much not formulaic.
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224 members
9 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
bluepiano,sturlington
Explanations
bluepiano: There are detectives and there is a mystery but the book's much more original than that.
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3,482 members
31 reviews
3.9
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292 members
5 reviews
3.8
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aulsmith,sturlington
Explanations
aulsmith: Not Nava's best, but the beginning of an excellent series.
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1,557 members
62 reviews
3.8
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1,506 members
52 reviews
3.9
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1,381 members
46 reviews
½ 3.4
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38 reviews
3.9
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478 members
39 reviews
½ 3.7
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446 members
9 reviews
½ 3.6
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248 members
17 reviews
½ 3.4
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199 members
18 reviews
½ 3.7
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100 members
7 reviews
½ 3.5
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167 reviews
3.8
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91 members
1 review
3.9
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1,738 members
129 reviews
½ 3.7
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777 members
46 reviews
½ 3.4
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243 members
16 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
smcwl, NinieB,sturlington ,bluepiano
Explanations
bluepiano : There are deaths and there is ambiguity, but that doesn't mean it's a mystery. It isn't.
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1,443 members
17 reviews
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1,310 members
19 reviews
3.9
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668 members
7 reviews
½ 3.7
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1,796 members
65 reviews
3.8
2 Members
MissJessie, NinieB,aulsmith ,sturlington
Explanations
aulsmith: This is the first Nero Wolfe. Stout wasn't quite up to speed yet.
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ahef1963,merrystar ,sturlington
Explanations
sturlington : Someone added the original; please vote for that one instead.
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1,373 members
48 reviews
½ 3.7
Explanations
aulsmith: I thought this was more of a thriller than a mystery. Maybe if I had started earlier in the series I would have loved it as much as other people do.
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240 members
3 reviews
3.9
Explanations
aulsmith: Hansen is great, but start at the beginning of the series.