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Detective Books
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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by (shelved 1071 times as detective)
avg rating 4.20 � 688,431 ratings � published 1934
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
by (shelved 729 times as detective)
avg rating 4.00 � 473,668 ratings � published 1920
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
by (shelved 712 times as detective)
avg rating 3.89 � 609,038 ratings � published 2013
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
by (shelved 667 times as detective)
avg rating 4.30 � 317,566 ratings � published 1892
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
by (shelved 601 times as detective)
avg rating 3.89 � 169,576 ratings � published 1890
The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
by (shelved 536 times as detective)
avg rating 4.03 � 186,394 ratings � published 1936
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
by (shelved 528 times as detective)
avg rating 4.05 � 284,766 ratings � published 2014
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 502 times as detective)
avg rating 3.95 � 163,436 ratings � published 1939
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Paperback)
by (shelved 435 times as detective)
avg rating 4.50 � 213,227 ratings � published 1927
Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)
by (shelved 423 times as detective)
avg rating 4.22 � 221,407 ratings � published 2015
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1)
by (shelved 411 times as detective)
avg rating 4.17 � 3,346,318 ratings � published 2005
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
by (shelved 391 times as detective)
avg rating 3.97 � 367,764 ratings � published 2000
The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
by (shelved 362 times as detective)
avg rating 3.87 � 109,567 ratings � published 1923
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 347 times as detective)
avg rating 3.87 � 112,092 ratings � published 1930
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
by (shelved 343 times as detective)
avg rating 4.05 � 202,342 ratings � published 1930
The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1)
by (shelved 335 times as detective)
avg rating 4.14 � 209,204 ratings � published 1992
Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)
by (shelved 320 times as detective)
avg rating 3.98 � 97,244 ratings � published 1938
Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4)
by (shelved 304 times as detective)
avg rating 4.25 � 178,482 ratings � published 2018
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 301 times as detective)
avg rating 3.93 � 2,454,637 ratings � published 2003
Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8)
by (shelved 299 times as detective)
avg rating 4.01 � 77,455 ratings � published 1932
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 292 times as detective)
avg rating 3.87 � 637,338 ratings � published 2020
Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #25)
by (shelved 289 times as detective)
avg rating 4.03 � 85,869 ratings � published 1942
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
by (shelved 283 times as detective)
avg rating 3.82 � 119,462 ratings � published 1942
In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)
by (shelved 282 times as detective)
avg rating 3.79 � 423,406 ratings � published 2007
The Girl Who Played With Fire (Millennium #2)
by (shelved 278 times as detective)
avg rating 4.26 � 959,281 ratings � published 2006
Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #24)
by (shelved 278 times as detective)
avg rating 3.98 � 82,905 ratings � published 1941
Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)
by (shelved 276 times as detective)
avg rating 3.96 � 67,269 ratings � published 1936
Rivers of London (Rivers of London, #1)
by (shelved 272 times as detective)
avg rating 3.85 � 141,525 ratings � published 2011
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
by (shelved 268 times as detective)
avg rating 3.81 � 271,745 ratings � published 1998
The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5)
by (shelved 266 times as detective)
avg rating 3.57 � 68,707 ratings � published 1927
Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)
by (shelved 266 times as detective)
avg rating 3.94 � 65,757 ratings � published 1936
Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)
by (shelved 266 times as detective)
avg rating 3.57 � 96,210 ratings � published 1969
Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot, #9)
by (shelved 263 times as detective)
avg rating 3.95 � 57,632 ratings � published 1933
Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1)
by (shelved 262 times as detective)
avg rating 3.90 � 270,848 ratings � published 2005
Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2)
by (shelved 260 times as detective)
avg rating 3.98 � 204,790 ratings � published 2001
Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot, #12)
by (shelved 257 times as detective)
avg rating 3.86 � 61,361 ratings � published 1935
Flaggermusmannen (Harry Hole, #1)
by (shelved 255 times as detective)
avg rating 3.55 � 125,555 ratings � published 1997
Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)
by (shelved 255 times as detective)
avg rating 3.90 � 70,758 ratings � published 1924
4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)
by (shelved 243 times as detective)
avg rating 3.97 � 72,266 ratings � published 1957
Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, #19)
by (shelved 239 times as detective)
avg rating 3.87 � 65,144 ratings � published 1938
A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)
by (shelved 234 times as detective)
avg rating 4.01 � 80,566 ratings � published 1950
Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 226 times as detective)
avg rating 4.03 � 353,462 ratings � published 2014
Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
by (shelved 225 times as detective)
avg rating 4.38 � 139,308 ratings � published 2020
A Is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone #1)
by (shelved 219 times as detective)
avg rating 3.86 � 189,152 ratings � published 1982
The Snowman (Harry Hole, #7)
by (shelved 218 times as detective)
avg rating 4.02 � 146,611 ratings � published 2007
After the Funeral (Hercule Poirot, #33)
by (shelved 217 times as detective)
avg rating 3.91 � 46,257 ratings � published 1953
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
by (shelved 216 times as detective)
avg rating 4.24 � 760,483 ratings � published 2007
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
by (shelved 214 times as detective)
avg rating 4.30 � 1,552,963 ratings � published 2019
Along Came a Spider (Alex Cross, #1)
by (shelved 214 times as detective)
avg rating 4.13 � 477,331 ratings � published 1993
The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1)
by (shelved 211 times as detective)
avg rating 4.17 � 70,603 ratings � published 2005
“This is Detective Ashford Ishikawa. Who am I speaking with?â€�
“My name is Jack Ludefance. I’m a private investigator from Santa Rosaria and I’ve been retained by Cindy Hastings through her lawyer, Mr. Hooks, to investigate her father’s murder. Is there way we can get together to talk?�
“Why? What are we going to talk about, Mr. Ludefance?�
“As I said, Detective Ishikawa, I’ve been hired to investigate the case. I’ve read the police reports. My hat is off to you. Very thorough work.�
“Just doing my job. If you’ve read them, and I won’t ask how you got them, I’ll ask you again, what is there for us to talk about?�
“Detective, I’m not trying to do your job and I’m not asking you to do my job. This is of mutual interest to both of us. The sooner we solve the crime the better, yes? Think of it this way. I’m your helper.”
― Appellate Judge
“My name is Jack Ludefance. I’m a private investigator from Santa Rosaria and I’ve been retained by Cindy Hastings through her lawyer, Mr. Hooks, to investigate her father’s murder. Is there way we can get together to talk?�
“Why? What are we going to talk about, Mr. Ludefance?�
“As I said, Detective Ishikawa, I’ve been hired to investigate the case. I’ve read the police reports. My hat is off to you. Very thorough work.�
“Just doing my job. If you’ve read them, and I won’t ask how you got them, I’ll ask you again, what is there for us to talk about?�
“Detective, I’m not trying to do your job and I’m not asking you to do my job. This is of mutual interest to both of us. The sooner we solve the crime the better, yes? Think of it this way. I’m your helper.”
― Appellate Judge
“It often seems to me that's all detective work is, wiping out your false starts and beginning again."
"Yes, it is very true, that. And it is just what some people will not do. They conceive a certain theory, and everything has to fit into that theory. If one little fact will not fit it, they throw it aside. But it is always the facts that will not fit in that are significant.”
― Death on the Nile
"Yes, it is very true, that. And it is just what some people will not do. They conceive a certain theory, and everything has to fit into that theory. If one little fact will not fit it, they throw it aside. But it is always the facts that will not fit in that are significant.”
― Death on the Nile
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