Looking for detective novels? 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.
by John Curran
2016
Agatha Christie’s Complete Secret Notebooks brings together for the first time Secret Notebooks and Murder in the Making, two volumes that explore the fascinating contents of her 73 notebooks. This includes illustrations, deleted extracts, …
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Check price on Amazon →by Arthur Conan Doyle
2016
A Study in Scarlet, detective novel by Conan Doyle, written in 1886, the story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become two of the most famous characters in popular fiction. The book's title derives…
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Check price on Amazon →by Arthur Conan Doyle
2023
The Sign of the Four hides a secret pact among four convicts and two corrupt prison guards. According to Mary Morstan, her father requested her to meet him at the Langham Hotel in London upon his safe return from India. When Mary arrived at…
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Check price on Amazon →by Terry O Brien
2021
IT IS THE HOUR WHEN CRIME, VICE AND WICKEDNESS REIGN... The speck of dust on the carpet... Half-smoked cigar... Blood stains and a corpse... Welcome to the crime scene and feel free to cross... 50 Greatest Detective Stories is an unparallel…
Check price on Amazon →by A a Milne
2025
The Red House Mystery (1922) by A.A. Milne is a classic whodunit set in an English country estate. The story begins when Mark Ablett, the owner of the Red House, is visited by his estranged brother, Robert, from Australia. Shortly after Rob…
Check price on Amazon →by Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, G. K. Chesterton
2019
Welcome to the 3 Books To Know series, our idea is to help readers learn about fascinating topics through three essential and relevant books. These carefully selected works can be fiction, non-fiction, historical documents or even biographi…
Check price on Amazon →by Angelo Castagnino
2014
The Intellectual as a Detective: From Leonardo Sciascia to Roberto Saviano offers a fresh perspective on both Italian crime fiction and the role of the intellectual in Italian society. By analyzing the characterization of men of culture as …
Check price on Amazon →by Willard Huntington Wright
2021
In 'The Dragon Murder Case,' Willard Huntington Wright employs a masterful blend of detective fiction and psychological insight, constructing a narrative that delves into the complexities of human motivation and the mechanics of cri…
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Check price on Amazon →by Patricia D. Maida, Nicholas B. Spornick
1982
This book explores the inter-relationships between Agatha Christie and her works to seek the wholeness in the Christie experience. The authors perceive an integration in personal experience and moral and aesthetic values between the woman a…
Check price on Amazon →by J S Fletcher
2021
"A complicated tale of murder, hidden identities, and buried secrets in London's fashionable neighborhood of Bayswater. Bayswater is a quiet neighborhood whose residents are successful lawyers or medical men, people of independent …
Check price on Amazon →by Agatha Chirstie
2021
The Mysterious Affair at Styles is a detective novel by British writer Agatha Christie. It was written in the middle of the First World War, in 1916, and first published by John Lane in the United States in October 1920 and in the United Ki…
Check price on Amazon →by Mark Twain
2020
Tom Sawyer, Detective is an 1896 novel by Mark Twain. It is a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), and Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894). Tom Sawyer attempts to solve a mysterious murder in this burle…
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