Mystery Books

The Whisperers: A Thriller (Charlie Parker Mysteries)
“‘Oh, little one,’ he whispered, as he gently stroked her cheek, the first time he had touched her in fifteen years. ‘W

Sugar Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen Mysteries)
- Includes over fifty original recipes!- Audio and large print rights were sold for Sugar Cookie Murder, as well as for Peach

Plum Island
The hair-raising suspense of The General's Daughter... the wry wit of The Gold Coast...this is vintage Nelson DeMille at the peak

Death Match
Everyone’s looking for the perfect match, a life-long partner, and Lewis and Lindsay Thorpe have found theirs, thanks to hi-tech

From the Dust Returned
Ray Bradbury, America's most beloved storyteller, has spent a lifetime carrying readers to exhilarating and dangerous places, f

The Seven Sins: The Tyrant Ascending
To Dream...To Dare..To Win...The ancient motto, inscribed in Latin on a mysterious golden medallion, recovered f

The Big Fix
Introduction by Academy Award winning actor Richard Dreyfuss, who portrayed Moses Wine in the acclaimed screen adaptation of 'The

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Mystery Movies

Mel Gibson's Apocalypto
From Mel Gibson, director of THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST and the Academy Award®-winning BRAVEHEART (Best Director, Best Picture, 19

Lost - The Complete First Season
From J.J. Abrams, the creator of Alias, comes the action-packed adventure that became a worldwide television event. Strand

Fallen (Snap Case Packaging)
Homicide detective Denzel Washington must track down a serial killer he caught once before...and who was already put to death! Was

Mulholland Dr.
Laura Harring, Naomi Watts. Betty is a small-town girl who comes to Hollywood with stars in her eyes and looking for sidewalks of

The Game
Nicholas Van Orton is a shrewdly successful businessman who is accustomed to being in control of each facet of his investments and

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Mystery Authors

The Best Mystery Books - Top 100

Lehman's Recommended Detective Novels and Stories

In his book, The Perfect Murder: A study in Detection (1989), David Lehman provides a list of recommended titles. They "were chosen for their importance in the evolution of the mystery genre or simply for the pleasure they reliably give; in many cases, both reasons apply."

Title	Author	Detective	Genre	Year	Rating
Bitter Medicine	Sara Paretsky	Warshawski	novel	1987	1 2 3 4 5
A Fatal Inversion	Barbara Vine			1987	1 2 3 4 5
C Is for Corpse	Sue Grafton	Kinsey Millhone	novels	1986	1 2 3 4 5
A Taste for Death Faber and Faber	P. D. James		novel	1986	1 2 3 4 5
Kiss Me Once	Thomas Maxwell			1986	1 2 3 4 5
The Singing Detective	Dennis Potter			1986	1 2 3 4 5
The New York Trilogy	Paul Auster			1985	1 2 3 4 5
Dancing Bear	James Crumley			1985	1 2 3 4 5
Glitz	Elmore Leonard			1985	1 2 3 4 5
The Killing Doll	Ruth Rendell		novels	1984	1 2 3 4 5
Strike Three Youre Dead	Richard Rosen			1984	1 2 3 4 5
The Name Of The Rose	Umberto Eco			1983	1 2 3 4 5
Ice	Ed McBain			1983	1 2 3 4 5
Hard Trade	Arthur Lyons			1981	1 2 3 4 5
The Big Clock, Harcourt	Kenneth Fearing		novel	1980	1 2 3 4 5
Means of Evil	Ruth Rendell		short stories	1979	1 2 3 4 5
Falling Angel	William Hjortsberg			1977	1 2 3 4 5
Death of an Expert Witness Faber and Faber	P. D. James		novel	1977	1 2 3 4 5
Long Time No See	Ed McBain			1977	1 2 3 4 5
Curtain: Poirot's Last Case	Agatha Christie	Hercule Poirot	Novel	1975	1 2 3 4 5
The Big Kissoff Of 1944	Andrew Bergman			1974	1 2 3 4 5
The Big Fix	Roger Simon			1974	1 2 3 4 5
The Death Of The Detective	Mark Smith			1974	1 2 3 4 5
Words For Murder Perhaps	Edward Candy			1971	1 2 3 4 5
The Underground Man	Ross Macdonald	Lew Archer	novels	1971	1 2 3 4 5
The Goodbye Look	Ross Macdonald	Lew Archer	novels	1969	1 2 3 4 5
Friday The Rabbi Slept Late	Harry Kemelman			1964	1 2 3 4 5
The Chill	Ross Macdonald	Lew Archer	novels	1964	1 2 3 4 5
Ten Plus One	Ed McBain			1963	1 2 3 4 5
Death Over Deep Water	Simon Nash			1963	1 2 3 4 5
The Widows Cruise	Nicholas Blake			1959	1 2 3 4 5
THE GETAWAY	Jim Thompson		novel	1959	1 2 3 4 5
The Eighth Circle	Stanley Ellin			1958	1 2 3 4 5
Mystery Stories	Stanley Ellin			1956	1 2 3 4 5
The Long Goodbye	Raymond Chandler	Philip Marlowe	novel	1954	1 2 3 4 5
A Kiss Before Dying	Ira Levin			1953	1 2 3 4 5
THE KILLER INSIDE ME	Jim Thompson		novel	1952	1 2 3 4 5
The 31st Of February	Julian Symons			1951	1 2 3 4 5
The Daughter Of Time	Josephine Tey		novels	1951	1 2 3 4 5
Strangers On A Train	Patricia Highsmith			1949	1 2 3 4 5
The Second Confession	Rex Stout	Nero Wolfe	novel	1949	1 2 3 4 5
And Be a Villain	Rex Stout	Nero Wolfe	novel	1948	1 2 3 4 5
Minute For Murder	Nicholas Blake			1947	1 2 3 4 5
Too Many Women	Rex Stout	Nero Wolfe	novel	1947	1 2 3 4 5
The Moving Toyshop	Edmund Crispin		novel	1946	1 2 3 4 5
The High Window	Raymond Chandler	Philip Marlowe	novel	1942)	1 2 3 4 5
The Corpse In The Snowman	Nicholas Blake			1941	1 2 3 4 5
Farewell, My Lovely	Raymond Chandler	Philip Marlowe	novel	1940	1 2 3 4 5
And Then There Were None	Agatha Christie			1940	1 2 3 4 5
Verdict Of Twelve	Raymond Postgate			1940	1 2 3 4 5