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Crime & detective

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

  1. 25
    The House on the Cliff Leslie McFarlane · 1927
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (6 ratings)
  2. 26
    Hunting for Hidden Gold Leslie McFarlane · 1920
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (2 ratings)
  3. 27
    Monsieur Lecoq Émile Gaboriau · 1880
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (2 ratings)
  4. 28
    The Mystery of Orcival Émile Gaboriau, William Ainsworth, Rostand, Ivan Cuervo, Eva Maria Gonzalez Pardo · 1867
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (2 ratings)
  5. 29
    The Four Just Men Edgar Wallace · 1905
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 ratings)
  6. 30
    The Just Men of Cordova Edgar Wallace · 1917
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 ratings)
  7. 31
    The Secret House Edgar Wallace · 1919
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 ratings)
  8. 32
    Trent’s Last Case E. C. Bentley · 1900
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 ratings)
  9. 33
    Clouds of Witness Dorothy L. Sayers · 1926
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (11 ratings)
  10. 34
    Lady Audley’s Secret Mary Elizabeth Braddon · 1862
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (5 ratings)
  11. 35
    Chasing the Boogeyman Richard Chizmar · 2021
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (3 ratings)
  12. 36
    The Eight Strokes of the Clock Maurice Leblanc · 1922
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (3 ratings)
  13. 37
    Memoirs of Arsène Lupin Maurice Leblanc · 1924
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 ratings)
  14. 38
    The Cask Freeman Wills Crofts · 1920
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 ratings)
  15. 39
    The Confessions of Arsène Lupin Maurice Leblanc · 1913
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 ratings)
  16. 40
    The Incredulity of Father Brown Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1920
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 ratings)
  17. 41
    The Man Who Knew Edgar Wallace · 1918
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 ratings)
  18. 42
    The Sea Mystery Freeman Wills Crofts · 1928
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 ratings)
  19. 43
    The Secret of Father Brown Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1927
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 ratings)
  20. 44
    The Three Just Men Edgar Wallace · 1929
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 ratings)
  21. 45
    The Secret Adversary Agatha Christie · 1922
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.8 (37 ratings)
  22. 46
    Call Mr. Fortune H. C. Bailey · 1921
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.0 (1 ratings)
  23. 47
    Room 13 Edgar Wallace · 1920
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.0 (1 ratings)
  24. 48
    Scarhaven Keep Joseph Smith Fletcher · 1922
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.0 (1 ratings)
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