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The Well-Read Retiree: Crime and Detective Stories

Our retired maverick English Teacher comes up with 50 crime and detective novels that bear reading and rereading. Once again, he has limited the list to 50 titles with only one title per author.
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A Is for Alibi (Sue Grafton)
A Is for Alibi
1
Sue Grafton
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
2
Bret Easton Ellis
The Big Clock (Kenneth Fearing)
The Big Clock
3
Kenneth Fearing
The Big Nowhere (James Ellroy)
The Big Nowhere
4
James Ellroy
Black Cherry Blues (1989)
Black Cherry Blues (1989)
5
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
6
Charles Dickens
A Cold Day in Paradise (Steve Hamilton)
A Cold Day in Paradise
7
Steve Hamilton
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Cotton Comes to Harlem
8
A Dark-Adapted Eye (Barbara Vine)
A Dark-Adapted Eye
9
Barbara Vine
The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
The Daughter of Time
10
Josephine Tey
The Deep Blue Good-By
The Deep Blue Good-By
11
Devil in a Blue Dress (Walter Mosley)
Devil in a Blue Dress
12
Walter Mosley
Double Indemnity (James M. Cain)
Double Indemnity
13
James M. Cain
The Drowning Pool
The Drowning Pool
14
The Getaway
The Getaway
15
Ghosts of Belfast (Neville)
Ghosts of Belfast
16
Neville
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
The Girl on the Train
17
Paula Hawkins
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
18
Gillian Flynn
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
19
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hunter
The Hunter
20
I Am the Only Running Footman (Martha Grimes)
I Am the Only Running Footman
21
Martha Grimes
I Married a Dead Man (Cornell Woolrich)
I Married a Dead Man
22
Cornell Woolrich
In a Lonely Place (Hughes)
In a Lonely Place
23
Hughes
A Kiss Before Dying (Ira Levin)
A Kiss Before Dying
24
Ira Levin
Kiss Me, Deadly (Mickey Spillane)
Kiss Me, Deadly
25
Mickey Spillane
Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elisabeth Braddon)
Lady Audley's Secret
26
Mary Elisabeth Braddon
The Last Good Kiss (James Crumley)
The Last Good Kiss
27
James Crumley
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
28
Raymond Chandler
Los Alamos (Joseph Kanon)
Los Alamos
29
Joseph Kanon
Maigret (Georges Simenon)
Maigret
30
Georges Simenon
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
31
Dashiell Hammett
The Mephisto Club (Tess Gerritsen)
The Mephisto Club
32
Tess Gerritsen
The Moonstone (Collins)
The Moonstone
33
Collins
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
34
Agatha Christie
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
Mystic River
35
Dennis Lehane
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
36
Umberto Eco
The Night of the Generals (Kirst)
The Night of the Generals
37
Kirst
The Poet (Michael Connelly)
The Poet
38
Michael Connelly
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
39
Daphne Du Maurier
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
Red Dragon
40
Thomas Harris
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