Best Crime and Police Novels Ever Written (fiction)

1.
The Bitter Past (Porter Beck, #1)
The Bitter Past (Porter Beck, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 2,380 ratings
2.
Shades of Mercy (Porter Beck, #2)
Shades of Mercy (Porter Beck, #2) 4.21 avg rating — 1,022 ratings
3.
The New Centurions
The New Centurions 3.94 avg rating — 4,030 ratings
4.
The Force
The Force 4.12 avg rating — 27,919 ratings
5.
The Yard (Scotland Yard's Murder Squad, #1)
The Yard (Scotland Yard's Murder Squad, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 16,924 ratings
6.
The Blue Horse (Porter Beck, #3)
The Blue Horse (Porter Beck, #3) 4.40 avg rating — 337 ratings
7.
Night Dogs (Hanson #2)
Night Dogs (Hanson #2) 4.09 avg rating — 695 ratings
7.
Bangkok 8 (Sonchai Jitpleecheep #1)
Bangkok 8 (Sonchai Jitpleecheep #1) 3.75 avg rating — 11,003 ratings
7.
Find Me in the Dark (Detective Harlow Durant, #1)
Find Me in the Dark (Detective Harlow Durant, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 617 ratings
10.
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective 3.51 avg rating — 24,681 ratings
11.
Fourth Friend, The (Jackman & Evans, #3)
Fourth Friend, The (Jackman & Evans, #3)
by: Joy Ellis
4.16 avg rating — 21,849 ratings
12.
On Beulah Height (Dalziel & Pascoe #17)
On Beulah Height (Dalziel & Pascoe #17) 4.15 avg rating — 3,813 ratings
13.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,312 ratings
14.
Dead Jealous (Calladine & Bayliss, #7)
Dead Jealous (Calladine & Bayliss, #7) 4.23 avg rating — 3,385 ratings
15.
The Anodyne Necklace (Richard Jury, #3)
The Anodyne Necklace (Richard Jury, #3) 4.04 avg rating — 9,046 ratings
16.
The Lighthouse (Adam Dalgliesh, #13)
The Lighthouse (Adam Dalgliesh, #13) 3.86 avg rating — 18,954 ratings
17.
Dying Art
Dying Art 4.38 avg rating — 814 ratings
18.
The Blue Last (Richard Jury, #17)
The Blue Last (Richard Jury, #17) 4.05 avg rating — 5,303 ratings
19.
Night Passage (Jesse Stone, #1)
Night Passage (Jesse Stone, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 15,007 ratings
19.
The Ice Princess (Fjällbacka, #1)
The Ice Princess (Fjällbacka, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 86,163 ratings
21.
Original Sin (Adam Dalgliesh, #9)
Original Sin (Adam Dalgliesh, #9) 3.91 avg rating — 12,411 ratings
22.
The Veiled One (Inspector Wexford, #14)
The Veiled One (Inspector Wexford, #14) 3.88 avg rating — 3,918 ratings
23.
From Doon With Death (Inspector Wexford, #1)
From Doon With Death (Inspector Wexford, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 14,889 ratings
24.
Devices and Desires (Adam Dalgliesh, #8)
Devices and Desires (Adam Dalgliesh, #8) 3.96 avg rating — 15,149 ratings
25.
The Black Tower (Adam Dalgliesh, #5)
The Black Tower (Adam Dalgliesh, #5) 3.95 avg rating — 20,075 ratings
26.
Death in Holy Orders (Adam Dalgliesh, #11)
Death in Holy Orders (Adam Dalgliesh, #11) 3.92 avg rating — 17,534 ratings
27.
Carlito's Way and After Hours
Carlito's Way and After Hours 4.22 avg rating — 109 ratings
27.
First One Down (Paul Sutton #1)
First One Down (Paul Sutton #1) 4.08 avg rating — 79 ratings
27.
The Permit
The Permit 3.92 avg rating — 39 ratings
27.
Silent Fear
Silent Fear 4.20 avg rating — 265 ratings
27.
One Night Only
One Night Only 4.12 avg rating — 60 ratings
32.
Devil's Kitchen (Inspector Drake, #0.5)
Devil's Kitchen (Inspector Drake, #0.5) 3.86 avg rating — 402 ratings
33.
The Holiday Murders (Holiday Murders, #1)
The Holiday Murders (Holiday Murders, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 595 ratings
34.
Blackwattle Creek (Charlie Berlin, #2)
Blackwattle Creek (Charlie Berlin, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 488 ratings
34.
The Murderer's Son (Jackman & Evans #1)
The Murderer's Son (Jackman & Evans #1)
by: Joy Ellis
4.10 avg rating — 20,509 ratings
36.
Buried on the Fens (DI Nikki Galena, #7)
Buried on the Fens (DI Nikki Galena, #7)
by: Joy Ellis
4.37 avg rating — 12,901 ratings
37.
The Glass Wall
The Glass Wall 3.13 avg rating — 39 ratings