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100 Must-Read Crime Novels

7th list based on Bloomsbury's Good Reading Guide series, this one by Richard Shepard & Nick Rennison. Many authors & some titles listed in 501 Must Read Books, a few in 1001 Books to Read Before You Die. Many are also part of series featuring such famous characters as Poirot, Inspector Morse, Rebus, Chief Inspector Wexford, Spenser, Sherlock Holmes, Brother Cadfael, Kinsey Milhone & Perry Mason. Many filmed for tv or the big screen. I haven't read the book, but Harlan Coben's Tell No One was made into an excelllent French thriller which I consider a must-see. A lot more books mentioned by the same author or similar type, & lists of sub-genres & winners of the Edgar & CWA Golden Dagger Award are also included in this cool little book. The Game's Afoot!
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Tiger in the Smoke
Tiger in the Smoke
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The Mask of Dimitrios
The Mask of Dimitrios
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The Deadly Percheron (John Franklin Bardin)
The Deadly Percheron
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John Franklin Bardin
Trent's Last Case
Trent's Last Case
4
The Beast Must Die
The Beast Must Die
5
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
6
The Fabulous Clipjoint
The Fabulous Clipjoint
7
The Neon Rain
The Neon Rain
8
Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity
9
Fast One (Paul Cain)
Fast One
10
Paul Cain
The Hollow Man
The Hollow Man
11
Laura
Laura
12
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
13
Raymond Chandler
Farewell My Lovely (Raymond Chandler)
Farewell My Lovely
14
Raymond Chandler
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
15
The Innocence of Father Brown
The Innocence of Father Brown
16
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
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Agatha Christie
A Murder Is Announced (Agatha Christie)
A Murder Is Announced
18
Agatha Christie
Tell No One (Harlan Coben)
Tell No One
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Harlan Coben
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone
20
Wilkie Collins
The Black Echo
The Black Echo
21
The Man Who Liked to Look at Himself (K.C. Constantine)
The Man Who Liked to Look at Himself
22
K.C. Constantine
Postmortem (Patricia Cornwell)
Postmortem
23
Patricia Cornwell
The Monkey's Raincoat
The Monkey's Raincoat
24
The Moving Toyshop
The Moving Toyshop
25
The Last Good Kiss
The Last Good Kiss
26
The Dead of Jericho (Colin Dexter)
The Dead of Jericho
27
Colin Dexter
Dead Lagoon
Dead Lagoon
28
The Sign of Four (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Sign of Four
29
Arthur Conan Doyle
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
30
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia
31
James Ellroy
Downriver (Loren D. Estleman)
Downriver
32
Loren D. Estleman
Flinch (Robert Ferrigno)
Flinch
33
Robert Ferrigno
Who in Hell Is Wanda Fuca
Who in Hell Is Wanda Fuca
34
Dead Cert (Dick Francis)
Dead Cert
35
Dick Francis
The Case of the Terrified Typist (Erle Stanley Gardner)
The Case of the Terrified Typist
36
Erle Stanley Gardner
Smallbone Deceased
Smallbone Deceased
37
Dark Passage (David Goodis)
Dark Passage
38
David Goodis
Gone, No Forwarding (Joe Gores)
Gone, No Forwarding
39
Joe Gores
A Is for Alibi (Sue Grafton)
A Is for Alibi
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Sue Grafton
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