Top 25 PI fiction (Ive read; 5.00 to 3.90 stars)
Explore the top 25 private investigator fiction books I've read, rated 5.00 to 3.90 stars. Discover gripping mysteries, thrilling cases, and must-read PI novels in this curated list.
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Too Many Cooks
by Rex Stout
As Nero Wolfe prepares to speak at a gathering of the world’s great chefs, one is found indelicately murdered. When the target for killing shifts …
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Valediction
by Robert B. Parker
The most dangerous man to cross is one who isn't afraid to die. But the most deadly is one who doesn't want to live. And …
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Some Buried Caesar
by Rex Stout
An automobile breakdown strands Nero Wolfe and Archie in the middle of a private pasture—and a family feud over a prize bull. A restaurateur’s plan …
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The Killing Man
by Mickey Spillane
Back after a nineteen-year hiatus, Mike Hammer discovers a dead man sitting in his office chair and is off on an adventure involving a mysterious …
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Early Autumn
by Robert B. Parker
“[Robert B.] Parker's brilliance is in his simple dialogue, and in Spenser.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer A bitter divorce is only the beginning. First the father hires …
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A Savage Place
by Robert B. Parker
TV reporter Candy Sloan has eyes the color of cornflowers and legs that stretch all the way to heaven. She also has somebody threatening to …
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A Drink Before the War
by Dennis Lehane
A novel about the search for a missing woman who had stolen secret documents.
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Looking for Rachel Wallace
by Robert B. Parker
“Crackling dialogue, plenty of action, and expert writing.”—The New York Times Rachel Wallace is a tough young woman with a lot of enemies. Spenser is …
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God Save the Child
by Robert B. Parker
New York Times bestselling author of the Spenser series of crime thrillers - Book 2 in the series - Appie Knoll is the kind of …
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Blood Sacrifice
by Gary Alexander
Ex-police officer and sometime tour guide Luis Balam tries to find out who has been murdering women in Cancun hotels with an ancient Mayan sacrificial …
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Tropical Heat
by John Lutz
From the posh Florida beach resorts to the smuggled drugs, mosquito infested swamps, and backwoods cabins of the Everglades, Fred Carver, a private investigator, searchs …
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The Thin Man
by Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett's classic The Thin Man introduced the world to Nick and Nora Charles, further made famous by the popular Thin Man films. With a …
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The Monkey's Raincoat
by Robert Crais
First published 1987. Elvis Cole mystery. Elvis is on the case when a client's estranged husband kidnaps their son.
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Free Fall
by Robert Crais
Elvis Cole investigates a case that erupts in gang violence in South Central Los Angeles.
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Play It Again
by Stephen Humphrey Bogart
R.J Brooks long ago left behind the flash and glitter of tinseltown for a life of bruised knuckles and cheap sex as a "matrimonial detective" …
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The Dain Curse
by Dashiell Hammett
From one of the great pioneers of detective stories, a classic novel reissued with a new introduction by Amor Towles When eight diamonds are stolen …
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The Widening Gyre
by Robert B. Parker
The adoring wife of a senatorial candidate has a smile as sweet as candy and dots her "i's" with little hearts. A blond beauty, she …
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Promised Land
by Robert B. Parker
Spenser is good at finding things. But this time he has a client out on Cape Cod who is in over his head. Harvey Shepard …
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The Judas Goat
by Robert B. Parker
“There is no halt to the breathless action!”—The New York Times Book Review Spenser has gone to London—and not to see the Queen. He's gone …