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Favourite Books of Crime Writers

Books highly recommended by Scottish crime writers Val McDermid (Dr Tony Hill novels), Ian Rankin (John Rebus novels) and Alexander McCall Smith (The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series). (And some fine examples of their own work.)
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44 Scotland Street (Alexander McCall Smith)
44 Scotland Street
1
Alexander McCall Smith
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
2
Raymond Chandler
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
3
Charles Dickens
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
4
Margaret Atwood
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
5
Joseph Heller
The Chalet School in Exile (Elinor M. Brent-Dyer)
The Chalet School in Exile
6
Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
Collected Short Stories (W. Somerset Maugham)
Collected Short Stories
7
W. Somerset Maugham
The Conservationist (Nadine Gordimer)
The Conservationist
8
Nadine Gordimer
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
9
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Deep Water (Patricia Highsmith)
Deep Water
10
Patricia Highsmith
Edward the Second (Christopher Marlowe)
Edward the Second
11
Christopher Marlowe
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
12
Jane Austen
Excellent Women (Barbara Pym)
Excellent Women
13
Barbara Pym
Garnethill (Denise Mina)
Garnethill
14
Denise Mina
Indemnity Only (Sara Paretsky)
Indemnity Only
15
Sara Paretsky
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
16
William Shakespeare
Laidlaw (William McIlvanney)
Laidlaw
17
William McIlvanney
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (Brian Moore)
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
18
Brian Moore
The Long Take (Robin Robertson)
The Long Take
19
Robin Robertson
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
20
Gustave Flaubert
Mapp and Lucia (E F Benson)
Mapp and Lucia
21
E F Benson
The Mermaids Singing (Lisa Carey)
The Mermaids Singing
22
Lisa Carey
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
23
Herman Melville
Mr Sampath - The Printer of Malgudi (R. K. Narayan)
Mr Sampath - The Printer of Malgudi
24
R. K. Narayan
The Murder at the Vicarage (Agatha Christie)
The Murder at the Vicarage
25
Agatha Christie
The Naming of the Dead (Ian Rankin)
The Naming of the Dead
26
Ian Rankin
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
27
George Orwell
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Alexander McCall Smith)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
28
Alexander McCall Smith
On Beulah Height (Reginald Hill)
On Beulah Height
29
Reginald Hill
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
30
Jane Austen
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
31
Muriel Spark
Raven Black (Ann Cleeves)
Raven Black
32
Ann Cleeves
Red Dust Road (Jackie Kay)
Red Dust Road
33
Jackie Kay
Resurrection Men (Ian Rankin)
Resurrection Men
34
Ian Rankin
Roseanna (Sjöwall Maj, Wahlöö Per)
Roseanna
35
Sjöwall Maj, Wahlöö Per
The Sea Detective (Mark Douglas-Home)
The Sea Detective
36
Mark Douglas-Home
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
37
Thomas Harris
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
38
Robert Louis Stevenson
Sunset Song (Lewis Grassic Gibbon)
Sunset Song
39
Lewis Grassic Gibbon
The Talented Mr Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr Ripley
40
Patricia Highsmith
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