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Crime & detective

The best books on crime & detective, ranked by quality.

  1. 49
    The Missing Chums Leslie McFarlane · 1928
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 2.7 (3 ratings)
  2. 50
    The Club of Queer Trades Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1900
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.2 (13 ratings)
  3. 51
    File No. 113 Émile Gaboriau · 1868
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.0 (11 ratings)
  4. 52
  5. 53
    Behind That Curtain Earl Derr Biggers · 1928
  6. 54
    His Last Bow Arthur Conan Doyle · 1993
  7. 55
    Murder in the Gunroom H. Beam Piper, H. Beam · 1953
  8. 56
    Terror Keep Edgar Wallace · 1927
  9. 57
    The Avenger Edgar Wallace · 1924
  10. 58
    The Black Mask Ernest William Hornung · 1975
  11. 59
    The Brooklyn murders G. D. H. (George Douglas Howard) Cole, Margaret Cole · 1923
  12. 60
    The Canary Murder Case Willard Huntington Wright · 1927
  13. 61
    The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle · 2023
  14. 62
    The Charing Cross Mystery Joseph Smith Fletcher · 1923
  15. 63
    The Clue of the New Pin Edgar Wallace · 1923
  16. 64
    The Council of Justice Edgar Wallace · 1920
  17. 65
    The Crystal Stopper Maurice Leblanc · 1912
  18. 66
    The Door with Seven Locks Edgar Wallace · 1926
  19. 67
  20. 68
    The Lerouge Case Émile Gaboriau · 1800
  21. 69
    The Lodger Marie Belloc Lowndes · 1913
  22. 70
    The Melody of Death Edgar Wallace · 1927
  23. 71
    The Midnight Guest Frederick Merrick White, Fred White · 1907
  24. 72
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