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

An English crime fiction writer H. R. F. Keating composed a list of 100 best crime books. It's too much violence for me :D I made a shortened version of 37 books I want to read ;)
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe
Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe
1
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone
2
Wilkie Collins
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
3
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
4
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Amateur Cracksman (E.W. Hornung)
The Amateur Cracksman
5
E.W. Hornung
Hound of the Baskervilles (Doyle)
Hound of the Baskervilles
6
Doyle
The Innocence of Father Brown
The Innocence of Father Brown
7
The Mind of Mr J. G. Reeder (Edgar Wallace)
The Mind of Mr J. G. Reeder
8
Edgar Wallace
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
9
Agatha Christie
Red Harvest
Red Harvest
10
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
11
Dashiell Hammett
Before the Fact (Francis Iles)
Before the Fact
12
Francis Iles
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
13
Agatha Christie
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice
14
The Beast Must Die
The Beast Must Die
15
The Bride Wore Black
The Bride Wore Black
16
Calamity Town (Ellery Queen)
Calamity Town
17
Ellery Queen
The High Window
The High Window
18
The Franchise Affair
The Franchise Affair
19
More Work for the Undertaker (Margery Allingham)
More Work for the Undertaker
20
Margery Allingham
The Asphalt Jungle
The Asphalt Jungle
21
The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
The Daughter of Time
22
Josephine Tey
Five Roundabouts to Heaven (John Bingham)
Five Roundabouts to Heaven
23
John Bingham
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
24
Raymond Chandler
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
25
Patricia Highsmith
Beast in View
Beast in View
26
Gun Before Butter (Nicolas Freeling)
Gun Before Butter
27
Nicolas Freeling
Roseanna (Sjöwall Maj, Wahlöö Per)
Roseanna
28
Sjöwall Maj, Wahlöö Per
The Tremor of Forgery (Patricia Highsmith)
The Tremor of Forgery
29
Patricia Highsmith
Fletch
Fletch
30
The Black Tower (P.D. James)
The Black Tower
31
P.D. James
The Blue Hammer
The Blue Hammer
32
Sleeping Murder
Sleeping Murder
33
The Investigation (Dorothy Uhnak)
The Investigation
34
Dorothy Uhnak
A Judgement in Stone
A Judgement in Stone
35
A Pinch of Snuff (Reginald Hill)
A Pinch of Snuff
36
Reginald Hill
A Taste for Death
A Taste for Death
37
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