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The English Teacher Looks at the Classic Mystery & Suspense Novels

Our maverick English Teacher and genre enthusiast looks at the mystery and suspense field and comes up with a core list of classic works. In order to keep the list manageable, our compiler, believing that "classics" have withstood the test of time, has only listed books published before 1960. More recent "modern classics" will be the subject of a future list. In cases of mystery series with recurring characters, representative titles have been chosen.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
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An Arsene Lupin Omnibus (Maurice Leblanc)
An Arsene Lupin Omnibus (Maurice Leblanc)
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Anatomy of a Murder
Anatomy of a Murder
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And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
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Arsene Lupin Gentleman Thief
Arsene Lupin Gentleman Thief
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Background to Danger (Eric Ambler)
Background to Danger (Eric Ambler)
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The Bat (Mary Roberts Rinehart)
The Bat (Mary Roberts Rinehart)
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The Big Clock (Kenneth Fearing)
The Big Clock (Kenneth Fearing)
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The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep
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Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
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Brat Farrar
Brat Farrar
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The Bride Wore Black (Cornell Woolrich)
The Bride Wore Black (Cornell Woolrich)
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The Case of the Lucky Legs (Erle Stanley Gardner)
The Case of the Lucky Legs (Erle Stanley Gardner)
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The Case of the Velvet Claws (Erle Stanley Gardner)
The Case of the Velvet Claws (Erle Stanley Gardner)
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Cause for Alarm
Cause for Alarm
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Charlie Chan Omnibus (Earl Derr Biggers)
Charlie Chan Omnibus (Earl Derr Biggers)
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The Circular Staircase (Mary Roberts Rinehart)
The Circular Staircase (Mary Roberts Rinehart)
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A Coffin for Dimitrios (Eric Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Eric Ambler)
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The Complete Four Just Men (Wallace)
The Complete Four Just Men (Wallace)
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Cotton Comes to Harlem
Cotton Comes to Harlem
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Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
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The Dain Curse
The Dain Curse
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The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
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Death on the Nile (Agatha Christie)
Death on the Nile (Agatha Christie)
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Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity
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Farewell, My Lovely (Raymond Chandler)
Farewell, My Lovely (Raymond Chandler)
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Fer-De-Lance
Fer-De-Lance
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Gaudy Night (Dorothy L. Sayers)
Gaudy Night (Dorothy L. Sayers)
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The Glass Key
The Glass Key
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Greenmantle (John Buchan)
Greenmantle (John Buchan)
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Hamlet, Revenge! (Michael Innes)
Hamlet, Revenge! (Michael Innes)
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The High Window (Raymond Chandler)
The High Window (Raymond Chandler)
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) (Arthur Conan Doyle)
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I the Jury
I the Jury
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I Wake Up Screaming (Steve Fisher)
I Wake Up Screaming (Steve Fisher)
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In a Lonely Place (Dorothy B. Hughes)
In a Lonely Place (Dorothy B. Hughes)
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The Innocence of Father Brown
The Innocence of Father Brown
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Journey Into Fear
Journey Into Fear
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The Killer Inside Me
The Killer Inside Me
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Kiss Me, Deadly (Mickey Spillane)
Kiss Me, Deadly (Mickey Spillane)
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