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The English Teacher Reflects: 100 Random Mysteries and Crime Novels Worth Reading and Rereading

Our Maverick English Teacher is getting more reflective as he gets closer to retirement, and has come up with 100 mysteries and crime novels that he has loved to read and re-read. The books range from established classics through popular successes of the past and present to some less well-known gems that deserve, he feels, wider recognition. There is no rationale behind the list; our compiler thought of 100 books and then stopped. He hopes that users of this list try one or more of these books, and in so doing find a new favorite or an old friend.
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And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
1
Agatha Christie
The Angel of Darkness (Caleb Carr)
The Angel of Darkness
2
Caleb Carr
The Apothecary Rose (Candice Robb)
The Apothecary Rose
3
Candice Robb
The Apprentice (Tess Gerritsen)
The Apprentice
4
Tess Gerritsen
The Asphalt Jungle
The Asphalt Jungle
5
The Bat (Mary Roberts Rinehart)
The Bat
6
Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Bat (Jo Nesbø)
The Bat
7
Jo Nesbø
Black Cherry Blues (1989)
Black Cherry Blues (1989)
8
The Black Echo
The Black Echo
9
The Blessing Way (Tony Hillerman)
The Blessing Way
10
Tony Hillerman
The Blood Dimmed Tide (Rennie Airth)
The Blood Dimmed Tide
11
Rennie Airth
Brighton Rock (Greene)
Brighton Rock
12
Greene
Brothers in Arms (Kirst)
Brothers in Arms
13
Kirst
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy (Barbara Vine)
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy
14
Barbara Vine
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios
15
Ambler
A Cold Day in Paradise (Steve Hamilton)
A Cold Day in Paradise
16
Steve Hamilton
Cuba Libre
Cuba Libre
17
A Dark-Adapted Eye (Barbara Vine)
A Dark-Adapted Eye
18
Barbara Vine
The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
The Daughter of Time
19
Josephine Tey
The Daughters of Cain (Colin Dexter)
The Daughters of Cain
20
Colin Dexter
The Day of the Jackal (Frederick Forsyth)
The Day of the Jackal
21
Frederick Forsyth
Death in Holy Orders (P. D. James)
Death in Holy Orders
22
P. D. James
The Dirty Duck (Martha Grimes)
The Dirty Duck
23
Martha Grimes
Double Indemnity (James M. Cain)
Double Indemnity
24
James M. Cain
Dr Jekyll and Mr. Holmes (Estelman)
Dr Jekyll and Mr. Holmes
25
Estelman
Eight Million Ways to Die
Eight Million Ways to Die
26
A Fatal Inversion (Barbara Vine)
A Fatal Inversion
27
Barbara Vine
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
28
Gallowglass (Barbara Vine)
Gallowglass
29
Barbara Vine
Get Shorty (Elmore Leonard)
Get Shorty
30
Elmore Leonard
Ghosts of Belfast (Neville)
Ghosts of Belfast
31
Neville
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
32
Stieg Larsson
The Glass Key
The Glass Key
33
Glitz
Glitz
34
Gone, Baby, Gone (Dennis Lehane)
Gone, Baby, Gone
35
Dennis Lehane
Gorky Park
Gorky Park
36
HIGH SIERRA W R Burnett
HIGH SIERRA W R Burnett
37
The High Window (Raymond Chandler)
The High Window
38
Raymond Chandler
The Hunter
The Hunter
39
I Married a Dead Man
I Married a Dead Man
40
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