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94.
Murder as a Fine Art (Thomas De Quincey, #1)
by:
David Morrell
3.92 avg rating β 8,798 ratings
94.
The Deadliest Fever (Miriam bat Isaac,#4)
by:
June Trop
4.27 avg rating β 15 ratings
94.
The Girl from Berlin
by:
Ronald H. Balson
4.32 avg rating β 8,446 ratings
94.
Crimes of the Levee: The Hunt for the Serial Strangler (Levee District Book 1)
by:
John Sturgeon
4.11 avg rating β 161 ratings
94.
A Song for Lonely Wolves (Joseon Detective, #1)
by:
Lee Evie
3.88 avg rating β 74 ratings
94.
Never Enough: The Carl Katz Story - A Man Hunted by the Nazis Long After the Fall of the Third Reich
by:
Elise Garibaldi
4.31 avg rating β 35 ratings
94.
Black Betty (Easy Rawlins, #4)
by:
Walter Mosley
4.08 avg rating β 5,570 ratings
94.
The Name of the Rose
by:
Umberto Eco
4.14 avg rating β 387,261 ratings
94.
No Comfort for the Undertaker: A Carrie Lisbon Mystery
by:
Chris Keefer
4.30 avg rating β 30 ratings
94.
The Unsealing: Love, Lust, and Murder in the Gilded Age
by:
Robert Brighton
3.91 avg rating β 113 ratings
111.
The Black Cat (Richard Jury, #22)
by:
Martha Grimes
3.84 avg rating β 5,036 ratings
111.
Poseidon's Gold (Marcus Didius Falco, #5)
by:
Lindsey Davis
4.12 avg rating β 4,749 ratings
111.
The Railway Detective (The Railway Detective, #1)
by:
Edward Marston
3.74 avg rating β 3,361 ratings
111.
Ruins of War (Mason Collins, #1)
by:
John A. Connell
4.13 avg rating β 1,248 ratings
111.
A Foreign Affair (Liberty Lane, #1)
by:
Caro Peacock
3.40 avg rating β 842 ratings
111.
The Young Sherlock Holmes Adventures
by:
Huw-J.
2.64 avg rating β 22 ratings
111.
Behind Closed Doors
by:
Brian L. Porter
4.15 avg rating β 174 ratings
118.
Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Irene Adler, #1)
by:
Carole Nelson Douglas
3.88 avg rating β 2,576 ratings
118.
Die Farben von Florenz (Pater Angelico #1)
by:
Rainer M. SchrΓΆder
3.82 avg rating β 34 ratings
118.
The Weaver's Tale (Roger the Chapman, #3)
by:
Kate Sedley
4.05 avg rating β 644 ratings
118.
The River God's Vengeance (SPQR, #8)
by:
John Maddox Roberts
4.12 avg rating β 919 ratings
118.
The Holiday Murders (Holiday Murders, #1)
by:
Robert Gott
3.69 avg rating β 595 ratings
118.
Claws of the Cat (Shinobi Mystery #1)
by:
Susan Spann
3.88 avg rating β 908 ratings
118.
A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)
by:
Deborah Harkness
4.02 avg rating β 542,080 ratings
118.
Friends in High Places (Liberty Lane, #7)
by:
Caro Peacock
3.68 avg rating β 85 ratings
118.
SilverFin (Young Bond, #1)
by:
Charlie Higson
3.84 avg rating β 14,569 ratings
118.
True Detective (Nathan Heller, #1)
by:
Max Allan Collins
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 2,094 ratings
128.
The Janissary Tree (Yashim the Eunuch #1)
by:
Jason Goodwin
3.55 avg rating β 6,577 ratings
128.
The Course of Honour
by:
Lindsey Davis
4.15 avg rating β 1,908 ratings
128.
The Kingdom of Bones (Sebastian Becker, #1)
by:
Stephen Gallagher
3.42 avg rating β 581 ratings
128.
Death and the Chapman (Roger the Chapman, #1)
by:
Kate Sedley
4.01 avg rating β 1,665 ratings
128.
Shadow of Night (All Souls, #2)
by:
Deborah Harkness
4.08 avg rating β 265,220 ratings
128.
The Path of The Wicked (Liberty Lane, #6)
by:
Caro Peacock
3.87 avg rating β 97 ratings
128.
Young Indiana Jones and the Plantation Treasure (Young Indiana Jones, #1)
by:
William McCay
3.49 avg rating β 214 ratings
128.
A Tale from Ripper Street: Inspector Edmund Reid's Hunt for Jack the Ripper
by:
Joseph Busa
3.69 avg rating β 26 ratings
128.
The Final Solution
by:
Michael Chabon
3.35 avg rating β 19,028 ratings
137.
A Whispered Name (Father Anselm, #3)
by:
William Brodrick
4.06 avg rating β 552 ratings
137.
Die RechenkΓΌnstlerin
by:
Helga Glaesener
3.85 avg rating β 68 ratings
137.
The Poe Shadow
by:
Matthew Pearl
3.21 avg rating β 9,531 ratings
137.
The Princess and the Pirates (SPQR, #9)
by:
John Maddox Roberts
4.04 avg rating β 741 ratings
137.
The Diviners (The Diviners, #1)
by:
Libba Bray
3.94 avg rating β 101,046 ratings
137.
A Christmas Homecoming (Christmas Stories, #9)
by:
Anne Perry
3.52 avg rating β 2,203 ratings
137.
The Book of Life (All Souls, #3)
by:
Deborah Harkness
4.21 avg rating β 213,307 ratings
137.
Keeping Bad Company (Liberty Lane, #5)
by:
Caro Peacock
3.84 avg rating β 113 ratings
137.
The Mummy's Curse (The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: TV, #1)
by:
Megan Stine
3.59 avg rating β 71 ratings
137.
Tough Cookie (Maggie Sullivan Mystery #2)
by:
M. Ruth Myers
4.07 avg rating β 907 ratings
147.
A Matter of Justice (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #11)
by:
Charles Todd
4.07 avg rating β 5,657 ratings
147.
Tagebuch des Teufels : E. T. A. Hoffmann ermittelt weiter
by:
Dieter Hirschberg
3.40 avg rating β 5 ratings
147.
A Point of Law (SPQR, #10)
by:
John Maddox Roberts
4.16 avg rating β 757 ratings
147.
In the Shadow of Gotham (Simon Ziele, #1)
by:
Stefanie Pintoff
3.51 avg rating β 4,082 ratings
147.
Murphy's Law (Molly Murphy Mysteries, #1)
by:
Rhys Bowen
3.95 avg rating β 18,734 ratings
147.
When the Devil Drives (Liberty Lane, #4)
by:
Caro Peacock
3.75 avg rating β 152 ratings
147.
The Illyrian Adventure (Vesper Holly, #1)
by:
Lloyd Alexander
3.78 avg rating β 1,815 ratings
147.
Stolen Away (Nathan Heller, #5)
by:
Max Allan Collins
4.05 avg rating β 614 ratings
155.
Tod und Teufel
by:
Frank SchΓ€tzing
3.68 avg rating β 3,755 ratings
155.
Demeter's Gold: A Novel of the Ancient World
by:
Meghan Ray
3.59 avg rating β 17 ratings
155.
Death of Riley (Molly Murphy Mysteries, #2)
by:
Rhys Bowen
3.96 avg rating β 10,490 ratings
155.
A Corpse in Shining Armour (Liberty Lane, #3)
by:
Caro Peacock
3.64 avg rating β 228 ratings
155.
Artie Conan Doyle and the Gravediggers' Club (Artie Conan Doyle Mysteries, #1)
by:
Robert J. Harris
3.63 avg rating β 76 ratings
155.
The Coroner's Daughter
by:
Andrew Hughes
3.76 avg rating β 1,485 ratings
155.
Neon Mirage (Nathan Heller, #4)
by:
Max Allan Collins
4.15 avg rating β 567 ratings
162.
And Only to Deceive (Lady Emily, #1)
by:
Tasha Alexander
3.76 avg rating β 21,351 ratings
162.
The Sacrilege (SPQR, #3)
by:
John Maddox Roberts
4.07 avg rating β 1,349 ratings
162.
For the Love of Mike (Molly Murphy Mysteries, #3)
by:
Rhys Bowen
4.02 avg rating β 8,352 ratings
162.
The Dark Lady (Sherlock, Lupin, and Me, #1)
by:
Irene Adler
3.91 avg rating β 3,947 ratings
162.
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by:
Agatha Christie
4.20 avg rating β 702,447 ratings
162.
The Million Dollar Wound (Nathan Heller, #3)
by:
Max Allan Collins
4.17 avg rating β 696 ratings
168.
The King's Gambit (SPQR, #1)
by:
John Maddox Roberts
3.80 avg rating β 3,090 ratings
168.
The Last Illusion (Molly Murphy Mysteries, #9)
by:
Rhys Bowen
4.03 avg rating β 5,095 ratings
168.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
by:
Agatha Christie
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 484,680 ratings
168.
True Crime (Nathan Heller, #2)
by:
Max Allan Collins
4.15 avg rating β 875 ratings
172.
Critique of Criminal Reason (Hanno Stiffeniis, #1)
by:
Michael Gregorio
3.29 avg rating β 1,005 ratings
172.
See Delphi and Die (Marcus Didius Falco, #17)
by:
Lindsey Davis
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 2,805 ratings
172.
The Year of Confusion (SPQR, #13)
by:
John Maddox Roberts
4.04 avg rating β 603 ratings
172.
The Devil's Company (Benjamin Weaver #3)
by:
David Liss
3.96 avg rating β 3,592 ratings
172.
The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow (The Sinclairβs Mysteries #1)
by:
Katherine Woodfine
3.99 avg rating β 6,130 ratings
172.
Deep Creek: A Novel
by:
Dana Hand
3.82 avg rating β 1,127 ratings
178.
Oracle of the Dead (SPQR, #12)
by:
John Maddox Roberts
4.09 avg rating β 633 ratings
178.
The List of Seven (The List of Seven, #1)
by:
Mark Frost
3.93 avg rating β 3,499 ratings
178.
The Clockwork Scarab (Stoker & Holmes, #1)
by:
Colleen Gleason
3.66 avg rating β 7,415 ratings
178.
Hyde
by:
Craig Russell
3.87 avg rating β 1,734 ratings
182.
The Big Farewell
by:
Dan Leissner
4.03 avg rating β 33 ratings
183.
A Dead Man in Barcelona (Seymour of Special Branch, #5)
by:
Michael Pearce
3.24 avg rating β 143 ratings
183.
The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes (The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes Mysteries, #1)
by:
Leonard Goldberg
3.60 avg rating β 7,963 ratings
183.
The Wrath of Moses: The Shocking Prostitute Murders (Levee District Book 2)
by:
John Sturgeon
4.41 avg rating β 54 ratings
183.
Murder in Old Bombay (Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries, #1)
by:
Nev March
3.75 avg rating β 6,441 ratings
187.
Death of an Effendi (Mamur Zapt, #12)
by:
Michael Pearce
3.65 avg rating β 134 ratings
187.
A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock, #1)
by:
Sherry Thomas
3.88 avg rating β 39,542 ratings
187.
Degrees of Evil: The Pillow Stuffing Murders (Levee District Book 3)
by:
John Sturgeon
4.53 avg rating β 34 ratings
187.
Murder At Afternoon Tea (Lady Felicity Quick #0.5)
by:
Rosie Hunt
4.17 avg rating β 58 ratings
191.
Mit dem Teufel im Bunde
by:
Petra Oelker
3.33 avg rating β 27 ratings
191.
Goldie Vance Vol. 1
by:
Hope Larson
3.91 avg rating β 5,999 ratings
191.
China Basin (Cyrus Skeen Detective, #1)
by:
Edward Cline
4.18 avg rating β 28 ratings
191.
Louisa and the Missing Heiress (A Louisa May Alcott Mystery, #1)
by:
Anna Maclean
3.52 avg rating β 275 ratings
195.
Das Konzil der Verdammten (Sister Fidelma, #19)
by:
Peter Tremayne
4.20 avg rating β 872 ratings
195.
Mrs. Hudson and the Spirits' Curse (A Sherlock Holmes & Mrs Hudson Mystery #1)
by:
Martin Davies
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 1,416 ratings
195.
The Head of Athena (Cyrus Skeen Detective, #2)
by:
Edward Cline
4.25 avg rating β 16 ratings
195.
The Tale of Hill Top Farm (The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, #1)
by:
Susan Wittig Albert
3.93 avg rating β 4,323 ratings
199.
Inspektor Kajetan und die BetrΓΌger
by:
Robert HΓΌltner
3.33 avg rating β 15 ratings
199.
The House at Baker Street (Mrs Hudson and Mary Watson Investigation, #1)
by:
Michelle Birkby
3.86 avg rating β 818 ratings
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