British Crime Fiction You Must Read

1.
Magpie Murders (Susan Ryeland, #1)
Magpie Murders (Susan Ryeland, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 157,099 ratings
2.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) 4.13 avg rating — 376,301 ratings
3.
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 287,387 ratings
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The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 613,919 ratings
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The Janus Stone (Ruth Galloway, #2)
The Janus Stone (Ruth Galloway, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 41,039 ratings
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Midnight Riot (Rivers of London #1)
Midnight Riot (Rivers of London #1) 3.85 avg rating — 143,969 ratings
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The Chapter of St Cloud (DI Collins, #1)
The Chapter of St Cloud (DI Collins, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings
8.
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18) 4.12 avg rating — 294,097 ratings
9.
Child's Play (Dalziel & Pascoe, #9)
Child's Play (Dalziel & Pascoe, #9) 4.05 avg rating — 1,512 ratings
10.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4) 4.29 avg rating — 103,203 ratings
10.
St Oda's Bones (DI Collins, #2)
St Oda's Bones (DI Collins, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
12.
Precarious Infatuations
Precarious Infatuations 3.76 avg rating — 1,302 ratings
12.
Magpie Murders (Susan Ryeland, #1)
Magpie Murders (Susan Ryeland, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 157,099 ratings
14.
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None 4.28 avg rating — 1,544,201 ratings
15.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3) 4.30 avg rating — 320,277 ratings
16.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot #4)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot #4) 4.26 avg rating — 327,526 ratings
17.
Raven Black (Shetland, #1)
Raven Black (Shetland, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 54,368 ratings
18.
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 287,387 ratings
18.
Hide and Seek (Inspector Rebus, #2)
Hide and Seek (Inspector Rebus, #2) 3.83 avg rating — 24,968 ratings
20.
Blue Lightning (Shetland, #4)
Blue Lightning (Shetland, #4) 4.12 avg rating — 22,106 ratings
21.
The Torment of Others (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #4)
The Torment of Others (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #4) 4.18 avg rating — 9,800 ratings
22.
The Wire In The Blood (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #2)
The Wire In The Blood (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #2) 4.16 avg rating — 19,922 ratings
23.
Cupid's Poison Arrow
Cupid's Poison Arrow 4.73 avg rating — 77 ratings
24.
Beauty Beyond Death
Beauty Beyond Death 4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings
24.
LS92
LS92 4.56 avg rating — 18 ratings
24.
Birdsong on Holbeck Moor
Birdsong on Holbeck Moor 4.58 avg rating — 19 ratings
27.
Bournemouth 90
Bournemouth 90 4.55 avg rating — 20 ratings
28.
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) 4.20 avg rating — 702,494 ratings
28.
Aspire to Die (Bridget Hart #1)
Aspire to Die (Bridget Hart #1) 4.24 avg rating — 5,415 ratings
30.
Bones And Silence (Dalziel & Pascoe, #11)
Bones And Silence (Dalziel & Pascoe, #11) 4.03 avg rating — 3,031 ratings
31.
A Place of Execution
A Place of Execution 4.14 avg rating — 18,494 ratings
32.
The Secret of Chimneys
The Secret of Chimneys 3.84 avg rating — 32,183 ratings
33.
The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories
The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories 3.75 avg rating — 12,366 ratings
34.
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (Miss Marple, #8)
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (Miss Marple, #8) 3.96 avg rating — 52,614 ratings
35.
Elegy for Eddie
Elegy for Eddie 4.04 avg rating — 24,713 ratings
36.
When Will There Be Good News? (Jackson Brodie #3)
When Will There Be Good News? (Jackson Brodie #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 51,371 ratings
36.
Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)
Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 223,643 ratings
38.
The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)
The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 94,142 ratings
39.
Now You See Me (Lacey Flint, #1)
Now You See Me (Lacey Flint, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 22,522 ratings
40.
Talking to the Dead (Fiona Griffiths, #1)
Talking to the Dead (Fiona Griffiths, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 6,705 ratings
41.
Knots and Crosses (Inspector Rebus, #1)
Knots and Crosses (Inspector Rebus, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 56,320 ratings
42.
Dead In The Water (DCI Frank Merlin #5)
Dead In The Water (DCI Frank Merlin #5) 4.32 avg rating — 110 ratings
43.
The Collected Short Fiction of Ngaio Marsh
The Collected Short Fiction of Ngaio Marsh 3.70 avg rating — 337 ratings
43.
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1)
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 120,559 ratings
43.
LS65
LS65 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings
46.
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #3)
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #3) 3.82 avg rating — 122,114 ratings
47.
The Woodcutter
The Woodcutter 4.09 avg rating — 5,787 ratings
47.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #6)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #6) 4.27 avg rating — 68,769 ratings
47.
Pardonable Lies (Maisie Dobbs, #3)
Pardonable Lies (Maisie Dobbs, #3) 4.10 avg rating — 41,396 ratings
47.
Shadow of the Redeemer
Shadow of the Redeemer 4.50 avg rating — 98 ratings
51.
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 172,323 ratings
51.
The House of Silk (Horowitz's Holmes, #1)
The House of Silk (Horowitz's Holmes, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 59,712 ratings
53.
Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh, #1)
Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 41,172 ratings
54.
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 482,337 ratings
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Messenger of Truth (Maisie Dobbs, #4)
Messenger of Truth (Maisie Dobbs, #4) 4.02 avg rating — 32,944 ratings
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Portrait of Guilt
Portrait of Guilt 4.51 avg rating — 82 ratings
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An Incomplete Revenge (Maisie Dobbs, #5)
An Incomplete Revenge (Maisie Dobbs, #5) 4.13 avg rating — 30,145 ratings
57.
Killing by Numbers (Bridget Hart #2)
Killing by Numbers (Bridget Hart #2) 4.33 avg rating — 3,795 ratings
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The Fear Sign (Albert Campion Mystery #5)
The Fear Sign (Albert Campion Mystery #5) 4.01 avg rating — 3,892 ratings
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Among the Mad (Maisie Dobbs, #6)
Among the Mad (Maisie Dobbs, #6) 4.13 avg rating — 30,697 ratings
61.
Crooked House
Crooked House 4.08 avg rating — 87,574 ratings
61.
Police at the Funeral (Albert Campion Mystery, #4)
Police at the Funeral (Albert Campion Mystery, #4) 3.97 avg rating — 7,223 ratings
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The Sentence is Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #2)
The Sentence is Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #2) 3.98 avg rating — 52,447 ratings
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The Franchise Affair
The Franchise Affair 3.96 avg rating — 10,243 ratings
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The Last Temptation (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #3)
The Last Temptation (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 10,140 ratings
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Leaving Everything Most Loved (Maisie Dobbs, #10)
Leaving Everything Most Loved (Maisie Dobbs, #10) 4.06 avg rating — 24,766 ratings
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The Mermaids Singing (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #1)
The Mermaids Singing (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 26,962 ratings
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A Dangerous Place
A Dangerous Place 3.90 avg rating — 22,052 ratings
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Journey to Munich (Maisie Dobbs, #12)
Journey to Munich (Maisie Dobbs, #12) 4.11 avg rating — 22,332 ratings
70.
To Die But Once (Maisie Dobbs, #14)
To Die But Once (Maisie Dobbs, #14) 4.23 avg rating — 18,887 ratings
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The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs, #15)
The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs, #15) 4.32 avg rating — 19,236 ratings
72.
Dead Man's Footsteps (Roy Grace, #4)
Dead Man's Footsteps (Roy Grace, #4) 4.17 avg rating — 12,298 ratings
73.
Bella Mafia
Bella Mafia 4.39 avg rating — 2,374 ratings
73.
The Hunted
The Hunted 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
73.
A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1)
A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 50,908 ratings
73.
WHY GOOD MEN KILL: Novella - Two hour reading
WHY GOOD MEN KILL: Novella - Two hour reading 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
73.
Hooray for the Next to Die (The Revenge of Jimmy Mac, #1)
Hooray for the Next to Die (The Revenge of Jimmy Mac, #1) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
73.
The Glass-Sided Ant's Nest (Jimmy Pibble #1)
The Glass-Sided Ant's Nest (Jimmy Pibble #1) 3.42 avg rating — 318 ratings
79.
Lynch (Rider, #2)
Lynch (Rider, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 21 ratings
80.
Manchester 6
Manchester 6
by: Col Bury
4.10 avg rating — 52 ratings
80.
The Camel Trail
The Camel Trail 4.12 avg rating — 96 ratings
80.
Bournemouth 90 (Eighties Leeds Book 1)
Bournemouth 90 (Eighties Leeds Book 1) 4.55 avg rating — 20 ratings
83.
Turning Blue (Mace & Brindle, #1)
Turning Blue (Mace & Brindle, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 760 ratings
83.
Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)
Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41) 3.57 avg rating — 97,867 ratings
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Wired
Wired 3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings
83.
Rider
Rider 3.82 avg rating — 114 ratings
87.
The Facts of Life and Death
The Facts of Life and Death 3.99 avg rating — 3,101 ratings
87.
The Crime Writer
The Crime Writer 3.43 avg rating — 802 ratings
87.
The Football Factory
The Football Factory
by: John King
3.61 avg rating — 2,165 ratings
87.
Paris 75
Paris 75 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Rubbernecker
Rubbernecker 4.11 avg rating — 14,559 ratings
91.
The Mermaid's Call (Cornish Mysteries, 3)
The Mermaid's Call (Cornish Mysteries, 3) 3.73 avg rating — 63 ratings
93.
When I Was Ten
When I Was Ten 4.01 avg rating — 7,932 ratings
94.
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: After Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: After Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 4.42 avg rating — 44,511 ratings
94.
Body Language (Cassie Raven, #1)
Body Language (Cassie Raven, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 5,513 ratings
96.
The Fashion in Shrouds (Albert Campion Mystery #10)
The Fashion in Shrouds (Albert Campion Mystery #10) 3.92 avg rating — 2,897 ratings
97.
Say It with Poison (Mitchell and Markby, #1)
Say It with Poison (Mitchell and Markby, #1) 3.58 avg rating — 1,439 ratings
98.
A Season for Murder (Mitchell and Markby Village, #2)
A Season for Murder (Mitchell and Markby Village, #2) 3.76 avg rating — 897 ratings
99.
A Quiet Belief in Angels
A Quiet Belief in Angels 3.85 avg rating — 6,927 ratings
100.
A Simple Act Of Violence
A Simple Act Of Violence 3.75 avg rating — 1,957 ratings
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