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The English Teacher Looks at the Classic Mystery & Suspense Novels - Page 2

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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Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elisabeth Braddon)
Lady Audley's Secret
41
Mary Elisabeth Braddon
The Lady in the Lake
The Lady in the Lake
42
Laura
Laura
43
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
44
Raymond Chandler
Maigret (Georges Simenon)
Maigret
45
Georges Simenon
Maigret and the Yellow Dog (Georges Simenon)
Maigret and the Yellow Dog
46
Georges Simenon
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
47
Dashiell Hammett
The Man in the Queue (Josephine Tey)
The Man in the Queue
48
Josephine Tey
The Moonstone (Collins)
The Moonstone
49
Collins
The Moving Target (Ross MacDonald)
The Moving Target
50
Ross MacDonald
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
51
Agatha Christie
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
52
Agatha Christie
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Charles Dickens)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
53
Charles Dickens
The Nine Tailors (Dorothy L. Sayers)
The Nine Tailors
54
Dorothy L. Sayers
Orient Express (Graham Greene)
Orient Express
55
Graham Greene
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice
56
Psycho (Robert Bloch)
Psycho
57
Robert Bloch
A Rage in Harlem
A Rage in Harlem
58
Rear Window (Cornell Woolrich)
Rear Window
59
Cornell Woolrich
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
60
Daphne Du Maurier
Red Harvest (Dashiell Hammett)
Red Harvest
61
Dashiell Hammett
The Riddle of the Sands (Erskine Childers)
The Riddle of the Sands
62
Erskine Childers
Rogue Male
Rogue Male
63
The Sign of Four (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Sign of Four
64
Arthur Conan Doyle
Strangers on a Train (Patricia Highsmith)
Strangers on a Train
65
Patricia Highsmith
A Study in Scarlet (Doyle)
A Study in Scarlet
66
Doyle
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
67
Patricia Highsmith
The Thin Man (Dashiell Hammett)
The Thin Man
68
Dashiell Hammett
The Third Man (Graham Greene)
The Third Man
69
Graham Greene
The Thirty-Nine Steps (John Buchan)
The Thirty-Nine Steps
70
John Buchan
The Three Coffins
The Three Coffins
71
Trent's Last Case
Trent's Last Case
72
Uncle Silas (Le Fanu)
Uncle Silas
73
Le Fanu
The Valley of Fear & Selected Cases (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Valley of Fear & Selected Cases
74
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
75
Wilkie Collins
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