Noteworthy Crime Fiction
Explore the most noteworthy crime fiction books that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Discover gripping mysteries, thrilling plots, and unforgettable detectives in this curated list.
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A Place of Execution
by Val McDermid
Police Inspector George Bennet, who investigated the never-solved disappearance of thirteen-year-old Alison Carter from her cloistered village decades ago, finds shattering new evidence, leading writer …
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A Conspiracy of Paper
by David Liss
Benjamin Weaver, a Jew and an ex-boxer, is an outsider in eighteenth-century London, tracking down debtors and felons for aristocratic clients. The son of a …
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Deep South
by Nevada Barr
Nevada Barr's ever-popular Anna Pigeon series is consistently praised as "exceptional" (Denver Post), "stunning" (Seattle Times), and "superb" (New York Times Book Review). In Deep …
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Black Dog
by Stephen Booth
When the body of smart and sexy 15-year-old Laura Vernon is found in Northern England's Peak District, Detective Constable Ben Cooper investigates. Uneasily teamed with …
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The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn
by Eric Wright
"Joe Barley, an English teacher and sometime private eye," investigates when Rosie Dawn, exotic dancer and mistress of a fast-food place, disappears.--Cover.
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Bone House
by Betsy Tobin
In this stunning debut, Betsy Tobin spins a classic tale of gothic suspense. Immersing readers in Elizabethan England, she masterfully evokes a heady place where …
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The Bottoms
by Joe R. Lansdale
In Depression-era East Texas, young Harry Crane discovers the body of a mutilated woman. As his father, the town constable investigates, Harry and his sister …
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The Company
by Arabella Edge
"The Company is a novel based on the 1629 voyage of the Dutch East India Company flagship Batavia, bound for the colonies with a cargo …
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A Dangerous Road
by Kris Nelscott
In February, 1968, African-American P.I. Smokey Dalton is hired by white Laura Hathaway to find out why he's in her mother's will. Amid his investigation, …
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Ode to a Banker
by Lindsey Davis
When a wealthy Athenian banker is found gruesomely murdered, Marcus Didius Falco must scour the seedy streets of ancient Rome to hunt down the killer.
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The Black Maria
by Mark Graham
Civil War veteran and Philadelphia police investigator Wilton McCleary knows that the murder of a girl in "Shantyville"the city's seamy red light district is connected …
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Sidetracked
by Henning Mankell
A teenage girl self-immolates, the former Minister of Justice is murdered and scalped, and suddenly Inspector Kurt Wallander finds himself searching for Sweden's first serial …
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Forty Words for Sorrow
by Giles Blunt
Long after others had given up on Katie Pine as just another runaway teenager, her dead body is found, and then when another death occurs, …
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Scene of Crime
by Jill McGown
DCIs Lloyd and Hill investigate the death of Estelle Bignall, the wife of the local doctor and aspiring playwright).
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The Office of the Dead
by Andrew Taylor
Concludes the mystery surrounding a female serial killer, this time going further back in time as Wendy helps her friends, the Byfields, see the truth …
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The Earthquake Bird
by Susanna Jones
Lucy Fly, a young English girl living and working in Tokyo as a translator, finds herself the prime suspect in the murder of Lily Bridges, …
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Havana Heat
by Carolina Garcia-aguilera
When Miami P.I. Lupe Solano overhears a mysterious conversation at a posh dinner party, she finds herself drawn into a hunt for a legendary masterpiece, …
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Street Level
by Bob Truluck
Winner of the 1999 St. Martin's Press/ PWA Award for Best First Private Eye Novel When we meet private detective Duncan Sloan he's just handed …
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Death in the Steel City
by Thomas Lipinski
CENTER> Sins of the Father Pittsburgh is a stew of ethnic divisions and, for some, a heritage of crime, punishment, and revenge. This is the …
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Straw Men
by Martin J. Smith
"Eight years after being convicted of a vicious attack that left a young policewoman near death, unable to remember her past, a psychopath known as …
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Death of a Red Heroine
by Qiu Xiaolong
Qiu Xiaolong's Anthony Award-winning debut introduces Inspector Chen of the Shanghai Police. A young “national model worker,” renowned for her adherence to the principles of …
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Death Dances to a Reggae Beat
by Kate Grilley
General manager of a radio station on the Caribbean island of St. Chris, Kelly Ryan is delighted by her new life in paradise, until she …
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Death of a Songbird
by Christine Goff
Lark Drummond's luxury hotel is packed with hundreds of birding convention-goers. When Lark accompanies fellow birdwatcher Rachel Stanhope one afternoon, their outing turns ugly when …