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The best crime books of 2022. The 6:20 Man by David Baldacci. Set in the fast-paced world of high finance, David Baldacci brings us another heart-racing thriller. As Travis Devine swaps fighting the Taliban and Al Qaeda for New York's financial district, he is soon embroiled in the greed, power and jealousy that pervades the cut-throat world of.


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EVERYBODY KNOWS (Mulholland Books, 373 pp., $28), by Jordan Harper, will not restore anyone's faith in humanity. This tale of a crisis manager's journey of the soul is as bleak as Hollywood.


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2. Harry Hole Crime Series. A photo of the first book cover of The Bat in Norway, 1997. Harry Hole is a troubled police officer in Jo Nesbo's novel series, which first appeared in 1997 when The Bat was published. Hole is a smoker and an alcoholic who usually argues with his lover, Rakel.


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The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales (C. Auguste Dupin, #1-3) by. Edgar Allan Poe. (shelved 1 time as 50-best-detective-novels) avg rating 3.77 — 10,602 ratings — published 1844. Want to Read. Rate this book. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars.


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8. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré. Packed with interesting codenames and stressful covert actions, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is about an ex-spy, George Smiley (codename Beggarman), who is pulled out of retirement, to his relief, to weed out a Soviet mole in the British Intelligence Service.


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3.95 out of 5 on Goodreads. mystery classics crime. See it on Amazon. The Maltese Falcon. Dashiell Hammett What It's About: From "a master of the detective novel [and] one hell of a writer" ( The Boston Globe) comes a coolly glittering gem of detective fiction that has haunted three generations of readers.


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A number of heist and con artist novels published this year grappled with larger socioeconomic and racial injustice. The best and most entertaining of these was Grace D. Li's debut, PORTRAIT OF.


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Contemporary-wise, I'm really into the Zigic-Ferreira books by Eva Dolan. It's a kind of buddy-cop series about two second/third-generation immigrant police officers working for a hate-crimes.


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avg rating 4.28 — 1,301,398 ratings — published 1939. Want to Read. Rate this book. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4) by. Agatha Christie. (shelved 625 times as detective) avg rating 4.27 — 261,610 ratings — published 1926.


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Best YA Spy/Mystery Novels. 600 books — 1,609 voters YA & Middle Grade Sherlock Holmes. 158 books — 105 voters 2020: What WOMEN Born in the 1960s Have Read So Far. 720 books — 69 voters Murder. 303 books — 115 voters Detective Books. More detective books. Related Genres. Fiction Mystery.


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5. The Inspector Gamache Series by Louise Penny. This series consists of 15 books that all take place in the small town of Three Pines, featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec. Even though there are plenty of murders in the series, the tone of these books is charming, gentle, and sensitive.


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The best of crime and mystery books. If the book is part of a series, please only vote for the first book. See also: 100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime Readers Picks Best Mysteries of the 21st Century Best Mysteries of the 20th Century Popular Highly Rated Mystery Best Mysteries by Subgenre Best Cozy Mystery Series Best Crime.


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Book 1: Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead. Authored by Sara Gran. First published in 2011. 273 pages — 3.70 on Goodreads. Buy on Amazon. Buy on Bookshop. Book 1: Savage Season. Authored by Joe R. Lansdale. First published in 1990.


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Naomi Hirahara's CLARK AND DIVISION (Soho, 320 pp., $27.95) explored the ramifications of Japanese internment through the prism of one young woman determined to solve the murder of her sister.