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Looking for crime fiction? This curated list brings together the standout mystery titles readers keep returning to, so you can skip the noise and find your next read faster.

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Murder at the Manor

by Martin Edwards

2016

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder "[T]he entire book is filled with country-house-mystery wonders: the closed-circle puzzle, the dying-message clue, and the sociopathic guest who invades the weekend house party.…

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The Slaughter Man

by Tony Parsons

2015

On the pitiless London city streets, DC Max Wolfe hunts a serial killer who kills only the happiest of families. If you like crime novels by Ian Rankin and Peter James, you will love this crime thriller. Who would you like to see dead? Max …

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The Dying Hours

by Mark Billingham

2013

"The next superstar detective" is back to stop a serial killer with a bizarre pattern—his victims are all taking their own lives (Lee Child). Recently demoted for stepping out of line once too often, prickly inspector Tom Thorne i…

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Birdman

by Mo Hayder

2012

A serial killer stalks the streets of London in this "top-notch debut thriller"—the first Jack Caffery novel from the acclaimed author of Gone ( Kirkus Reviews). In his first case as lead investigator with London's murder squa…

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The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps

by Otto Penzler

2007

The biggest, the boldest, the most comprehensive collection of Pulp writing ever assembled. Weighing in at over a thousand pages, containing over forty-seven stories and two novels, this book is big baby, bigger and more powerful than a fre…

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Carnage

by Maxime Chattam

2025

A seasoned New York detective is called to investigate a high school shooting in this gripping crime fiction novel. When a massacre takes place in a Harlem school, Lamar, a New York detective for twelve years, is called to the scene. A stud…

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Red Harvest

by Dashiell Hammett

2025

"Red Harvest" by Dashiell Hammett is a hard-boiled crime novel that catapults readers into the gritty underworld of a corrupt city filled with violence, betrayal, and moral ambiguity. In this gripping tale, the nameless Continenta…

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The Mystery Quartet

by Nick Sweet

2024

A collection of four crime novels by Nick Sweet, now available in one volume! Bad in Bardino: After private investigator Art Blakey is hired to find the sister of femme fatale Inge Schwartz, bodies start to accumulate at an alarming pace. D…

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The Godmother

by Hannelore Cayre

2019

A New York Times “100 Notable Books of 2019” Inspiration for the major motion picture Mama Weed Translated from the international bestseller La Daronne Winner of the European Crime Fiction Prize and the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, …

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