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The Well-Read Retiree: Crime and Detective Stories - Page 2

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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River of Darkness (Rennie Airth)
River of Darkness
41
Rennie Airth
Shoot the Piano Player
Shoot the Piano Player
42
A Study in Terror (Ellery Queen)
A Study in Terror
43
Ellery Queen
The Third Man (Greene)
The Third Man
44
Greene
Unknown Man No. 89 (Elmore Leonard)
Unknown Man No. 89
45
Elmore Leonard
What the Dead Know (Laura Lippman)
What the Dead Know
46
Laura Lippman
When the Bough Breaks (Jonathan Kellerman)
When the Bough Breaks
47
Jonathan Kellerman
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes (Lawrence Block)
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
48
Lawrence Block
Winter Prey
Winter Prey
49
The Woman in the Window (A.J. Finn)
The Woman in the Window
50
A.J. Finn
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