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The Telegraph's 20 Best Crime Novels of All Time

"Crime novels and thrillers are now outselling all other fiction genres." The Telegraph's literary critics offer their pick of the 20 greatest crime novels of all time.
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The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
1
Raymond Chandler
The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
The Daughter of Time
2
Josephine Tey
Fatherland (Robert Harris)
Fatherland
3
Robert Harris
Fingersmith (Sarah Waters)
Fingersmith
4
Sarah Waters
Get Shorty (Elmore Leonard)
Get Shorty
5
Elmore Leonard
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
6
Truman Capote
LA Confidential (James Ellroy)
LA Confidential
7
James Ellroy
The Madman of Bergerac (Georges Simenon)
The Madman of Bergerac
8
Georges Simenon
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
9
Stephen King
Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow (Peter Høeg)
Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow
10
Peter Høeg
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
11
Agatha Christie
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
12
Umberto Eco
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
The New York Trilogy
13
Paul Auster
The Nine Tailors (Dorothy L. Sayers)
The Nine Tailors
14
Dorothy L. Sayers
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
15
Daphne Du Maurier
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
16
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Strangers on a Train (Patricia Highsmith)
Strangers on a Train
17
Patricia Highsmith
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (Kate Summerscale)
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
18
Kate Summerscale
True History of the Kelly Gang (Peter Carey)
True History of the Kelly Gang
19
Peter Carey
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
20
Wilkie Collins
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