Best Mysteries from the 1970s

1.
Sleeping Murder (Miss Marple, #12)
Sleeping Murder (Miss Marple, #12) 3.99 avg rating — 50,609 ratings
2.
Elephants Can Remember (Hercule Poirot, #42)
Elephants Can Remember (Hercule Poirot, #42) 3.66 avg rating — 47,146 ratings
3.
A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1)
A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 43,629 ratings
4.
Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1)
Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 77,758 ratings
5.
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (Cordelia Gray, #1)
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (Cordelia Gray, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 20,012 ratings
6.
The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal 4.27 avg rating — 142,723 ratings
7.
The Cater Street Hangman (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt, #1)
The Cater Street Hangman (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 21,849 ratings
8.
The Black Tower (Adam Dalgliesh, #5)
The Black Tower (Adam Dalgliesh, #5) 3.95 avg rating — 20,074 ratings
9.
Shroud for a Nightingale (Adam Dalgliesh, #4)
Shroud for a Nightingale (Adam Dalgliesh, #4) 4.03 avg rating — 27,234 ratings
9.
Dance Hall of the Dead (Leaphorn & Chee, #2)
Dance Hall of the Dead (Leaphorn & Chee, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 18,535 ratings
11.
The Blessing Way (Leaphorn & Chee, #1)
The Blessing Way (Leaphorn & Chee, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 30,734 ratings
12.
One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2)
One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 17,574 ratings
13.
The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1)
The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 20,949 ratings
14.
Murder at the Savoy (Martin Beck, #6)
Murder at the Savoy (Martin Beck, #6) 3.87 avg rating — 5,700 ratings
15.
The Locked Room (Martin Beck, #8)
The Locked Room (Martin Beck, #8) 3.94 avg rating — 5,787 ratings
16.
In the Frame
In the Frame 4.10 avg rating — 5,254 ratings
17.
Risk
Risk 4.03 avg rating — 4,878 ratings
18.
Bonecrack
Bonecrack 4.14 avg rating — 5,092 ratings
19.
Slay Ride
Slay Ride 3.94 avg rating — 4,096 ratings
20.
Death of an Expert Witness (Adam Dalgliesh, #6)
Death of an Expert Witness (Adam Dalgliesh, #6) 3.94 avg rating — 14,667 ratings
21.
Listening Woman (Leaphorn & Chee, #3)
Listening Woman (Leaphorn & Chee, #3) 4.13 avg rating — 16,331 ratings
22.
A Sleeping Life (Inspector Wexford, #10)
A Sleeping Life (Inspector Wexford, #10) 3.82 avg rating — 3,306 ratings
23.
Rat Race
Rat Race 4.13 avg rating — 4,676 ratings
24.
Tied Up In Tinsel (Roderick Alleyn, #27)
Tied Up In Tinsel (Roderick Alleyn, #27) 3.85 avg rating — 3,437 ratings
25.
Compromising Positions (Judith Singer #1)
Compromising Positions (Judith Singer #1) 3.67 avg rating — 2,503 ratings
26.
A Family Affair (Nero Wolfe, #46)
A Family Affair (Nero Wolfe, #46)
by: Rex Stout
4.18 avg rating — 2,961 ratings
27.
The Judas Goat (Spenser, #5)
The Judas Goat (Spenser, #5) 4.10 avg rating — 10,874 ratings
28.
Borrower of the Night (Vicky Bliss, #1)
Borrower of the Night (Vicky Bliss, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 7,795 ratings
29.
Promised Land (Spenser, #4)
Promised Land (Spenser, #4) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10,884 ratings
30.
Whip Hand (Sid Halley, #2)
Whip Hand (Sid Halley, #2) 4.16 avg rating — 7,676 ratings
31.
Knockdown
Knockdown 4.11 avg rating — 4,430 ratings
32.
Fletch (Fletch, #1)
Fletch (Fletch, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 8,871 ratings
33.
Smokescreen
Smokescreen 4.08 avg rating — 5,300 ratings
34.
Rest You Merry (Peter Shandy, #1)
Rest You Merry (Peter Shandy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 3,447 ratings
35.
Trial Run
Trial Run 3.93 avg rating — 3,773 ratings
36.
Last Bus to Woodstock (Inspector Morse, #1)
Last Bus to Woodstock (Inspector Morse, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 17,877 ratings
37.
Cinnamon Skin
Cinnamon Skin 4.18 avg rating — 5,344 ratings
38.
High Stakes
High Stakes 4.15 avg rating — 5,453 ratings
39.
The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #3)
The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #3) 4.20 avg rating — 9,505 ratings
40.
Black As He's Painted (Roderick Alleyn, #28)
Black As He's Painted (Roderick Alleyn, #28) 3.80 avg rating — 2,244 ratings
41.
Please Pass the Guilt (Nero Wolfe, #45)
Please Pass the Guilt (Nero Wolfe, #45)
by: Rex Stout
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,671 ratings
42.
The Curse of the Kings
The Curse of the Kings 3.77 avg rating — 2,669 ratings
43.
Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red
Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red 3.98 avg rating — 2,062 ratings
44.
Confess, Fletch (Fletch, #2)
Confess, Fletch (Fletch, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 3,874 ratings
45.
Where Are the Children? (Where Are the Children, #1)
Where Are the Children? (Where Are the Children, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 59,983 ratings
46.
The Secret Woman
The Secret Woman 3.89 avg rating — 2,885 ratings
46.
The Hot Rock (Dortmunder, #1)
The Hot Rock (Dortmunder, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 6,993 ratings
48.
When in Rome (Roderick Alleyn, #26)
When in Rome (Roderick Alleyn, #26) 3.85 avg rating — 2,456 ratings
49.
Someone Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe
Someone Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe
by: Nan Lyons
3.40 avg rating — 194 ratings
50.
Don't Look Now
Don't Look Now 3.82 avg rating — 9,392 ratings
51.
Curiosity Didn't Kill the Cat
Curiosity Didn't Kill the Cat
by: M.K. Wren
3.68 avg rating — 162 ratings
51.
The Choirboys
The Choirboys 4.04 avg rating — 6,349 ratings
53.
Picture Miss Seeton (Miss Seeton, #1)
Picture Miss Seeton (Miss Seeton, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 3,078 ratings
53.
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #2)
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 12,476 ratings
55.
The Sins of the Fathers (Matthew Scudder, #1)
The Sins of the Fathers (Matthew Scudder, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 11,926 ratings
56.
His Burial Too (Inspector Sloan #5)
His Burial Too (Inspector Sloan #5) 3.81 avg rating — 1,713 ratings
56.
The Shadow of the Lynx
The Shadow of the Lynx 3.73 avg rating — 2,745 ratings
58.
Edwin of the Iron Shoes (Sharon McCone, #1)
Edwin of the Iron Shoes (Sharon McCone, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 6,618 ratings
59.
The Murders of Richard III (Jacqueline Kirby, #2)
The Murders of Richard III (Jacqueline Kirby, #2) 3.68 avg rating — 3,555 ratings
60.
The Family Vault (Kelling & Bittersohn, #1)
The Family Vault (Kelling & Bittersohn, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 2,596 ratings
61.
Sphinx
Sphinx 3.61 avg rating — 4,848 ratings
62.
The Knocker on Death's Door (The Felse Investigations #10)
The Knocker on Death's Door (The Felse Investigations #10) 4.03 avg rating — 837 ratings
63.
City of Gold and Shadows (The Felse Investigations #12)
City of Gold and Shadows (The Felse Investigations #12) 3.94 avg rating — 549 ratings
64.
The Turquoise Lament (Travis McGee #15)
The Turquoise Lament (Travis McGee #15) 4.11 avg rating — 4,020 ratings
65.
The Great Train Robbery
The Great Train Robbery 3.89 avg rating — 34,087 ratings
66.
Touch Not the Cat
Touch Not the Cat 3.95 avg rating — 8,654 ratings
67.
Bear Island
Bear Island 3.60 avg rating — 3,946 ratings
68.
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 232,279 ratings
69.
Zadok's Treasure
Zadok's Treasure 3.75 avg rating — 53 ratings
69.
Atlanta Deathwatch (Hardman #1)
Atlanta Deathwatch (Hardman #1) 4.07 avg rating — 731 ratings
71.
Down Among the Jocks (Hardman Book 5)
Down Among the Jocks (Hardman Book 5) 4.22 avg rating — 120 ratings
72.
The Affair of the Blood-Stained Egg Cosy (Burford Family, #1)
The Affair of the Blood-Stained Egg Cosy (Burford Family, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 2,229 ratings
73.
The Golden Girl and All (Hardman Book 3)
The Golden Girl and All (Hardman Book 3) 4.20 avg rating — 183 ratings
74.
Time and Again (Time, #1)
Time and Again (Time, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 24,613 ratings
75.
Waiting for Willa
Waiting for Willa 3.70 avg rating — 588 ratings
76.
Oh, Bury Me Not (Conan Flagg, #3)
Oh, Bury Me Not (Conan Flagg, #3)
by: M.K. Wren
3.84 avg rating — 81 ratings
77.
The Scarlet Ruse (Travis McGee #14)
The Scarlet Ruse (Travis McGee #14) 4.11 avg rating — 3,851 ratings
78.
Who Is Simon Warwick? (Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery #14)
Who Is Simon Warwick? (Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery #14) 3.99 avg rating — 296 ratings
79.
Uneasy Paradise
Uneasy Paradise 3.66 avg rating — 32 ratings
80.
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer Holmes Pastiches #1)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer Holmes Pastiches #1) 4.13 avg rating — 23,623 ratings
81.
A Grave Mistake (Roderick Alleyn, #30)
A Grave Mistake (Roderick Alleyn, #30) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,313 ratings
82.
The Eiger Sanction (Jonathan Hemlock, #1)
The Eiger Sanction (Jonathan Hemlock, #1)
by: Trevanian
4.05 avg rating — 12,686 ratings
83.
Green Darkness
Green Darkness 3.97 avg rating — 6,873 ratings
84.
Unhappy Returns (Pollard & Toye, #9)
Unhappy Returns (Pollard & Toye, #9) 3.90 avg rating — 174 ratings
84.
Step in the Dark (Pollard & Toye, #8)
Step in the Dark (Pollard & Toye, #8) 4.20 avg rating — 171 ratings
84.
No Vacation from Murder (Pollard and Toye, #6)
No Vacation from Murder (Pollard and Toye, #6) 4.11 avg rating — 195 ratings
87.
Miss Seeton Sings (Miss Seeton, #4)
Miss Seeton Sings (Miss Seeton, #4) 4.13 avg rating — 887 ratings
88.
Last Ditch (Roderick Alleyn, #29)
Last Ditch (Roderick Alleyn, #29) 3.78 avg rating — 1,865 ratings
89.
Some Lie and Some Die (Inspector Wexford, #8)
Some Lie and Some Die (Inspector Wexford, #8) 3.74 avg rating — 3,520 ratings
89.
The Embroidered Sunset
The Embroidered Sunset 3.55 avg rating — 109 ratings
91.
On the Night of the Seventh Moon
On the Night of the Seventh Moon 3.99 avg rating — 5,930 ratings
92.
Miss Seeton Draws the Line (Miss Seeton, #2)
Miss Seeton Draws the Line (Miss Seeton, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 1,393 ratings
93.
A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #4)
A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #4) 4.17 avg rating — 8,250 ratings
94.
A Nun in the Closet
A Nun in the Closet 3.97 avg rating — 2,929 ratings
95.
Somewhere In Time
Somewhere In Time 3.84 avg rating — 8,467 ratings
96.
Death to the Landlords (The Felse Investigations, #11)
Death to the Landlords (The Felse Investigations, #11) 3.79 avg rating — 345 ratings
97.
Coma
Coma 3.88 avg rating — 52,885 ratings
98.
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less 4.04 avg rating — 44,612 ratings
99.
Stealing Lillian
Stealing Lillian 4.03 avg rating — 39 ratings
100.
This Fatal Writ (Antony Maitland, #29)
This Fatal Writ (Antony Maitland, #29) 3.62 avg rating — 26 ratings
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