Mystery Books

Catch as Cat Can (Mrs. Murphy Mysteries)
Spring fever comes to the small town of Crozet, Virginia. As the annual Dogwood Festival approaches, postmistress Mary Minor “Ha

Mistletoe Man (China Bayles Mystery)
In this “intelligently plotted and deliciously descriptive tale” (Publishers Weekly), national bestselling author

Blacklands
EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO, Billy Peters disappeared. Everyone in town believes Billy was murdered—after all, serial killer Arnol

Last Bus to Woodstock
The death of Sylvia Kaye figured dramatically in Thursday afternoon's edition of the Oxford Mail. By Friday evening Inspector Mors

A Stained White Radiance (Dave Robicheaux)
“It’s impossible to think of the Louisiana bayou without conjuring up James Lee Burke’s Dave Robicheaux books” (Chicago

Marriage Is Murder (Jenny Cain Mysteries, No. 4)
Jenny Cain and police detective Geof Bushfield already had pre-nuptial jitters. Then a sudden wave of domestic violence rocked pl

To the Power of Three
“Powerful….A gripping tale that is a mystery only in the same sense as To Kill a Mockingbird was….Brilliant, ins

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Mystery Movies

A.I. - Artificial Intelligence (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
It is the near future. The polar ice caps have melted as a result of global warming leaving many coastal cities underwater. Man ha

Arlington Road
Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins. A professor whose wife was killed during an anti-terrorist operation begins to suspect that his new nei

Lost Highway
This psychological thriller combines murder, mystery and deception as only David Lynch, the critically acclaimed director and writ

Shutter Island
Academy Award® winning director Martin Scorses once again teams up with Leonardo DiCaprio in this spine-chilling thriller that cr

The Prestige
Award-winning actors Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine and Scarlett Johansson star in THE PRESTIGE, the twisting, turnin

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Mystery Authors

The Best Mystery Books - Top 100

CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION'S MACALLAN GOLD DAGGER FOR FICTION

The Crime Writers Association of Great Britain was founded in 1953 and is open to published writers of crime fiction and non-fiction. The Macallan Daggers are sponsored by The Macallan, distillers of the single Highland malt whiskey, in association with the Crime Writers' Association. The CWA Gold Dagger is awarded for the best crime novel of the year.

Title	Author	Detective	Genre	Year	Rating
Blacklands	Belinda Bauer			2010	1 2 3 4 5
A Whispered Name	William Broderick			2009	1 2 3 4 5
Silence of the Grave	Arnaldur Indridason			2005	1 2 3 4 5
Blacklist	Sara Paretsky	Warshawski	novel	2004	1 2 3 4 5
Fox Evil	Minette Walters			2003	1 2 3 4 5
The Athenian Murders	Jose Carlos Somoza			2002	1 2 3 4 5
Sidetracked	Henning Menkell			2001	1 2 3 4 5
Motherless Brooklyn	Jonathan Lethem			2000	1 2 3 4 5
A Small Death In Lisbon	Robert Wilson			1999	1 2 3 4 5
Sunset Limited	James Lee Burke	Dave Robicheaux	novels	1998	1 2 3 4 5
Black Blue	Ian Rankin			1997	1 2 3 4 5
Popcorn	Ben Elton			1996	1 2 3 4 5
The Mermaids Singing	Val McDermid			1995	1 2 3 4 5
The Scolds Bride	Minette Walters			1994	1 2 3 4 5
Cruel and Unusual	Patricia Cornwell	Kay Scarpetta	novels	1993	1 2 3 4 5
The Way through the Woods	Colin Dexter		novel	1992	1 2 3 4 5
King Solomons Carpet	Barbara Vine			1991	1 2 3 4 5
Bones and Silence	Reginald Hill	Andy Dalziel and Peter Pascoe	novel	1990	1 2 3 4 5
The Wench is Dead	Colin Dexter		novel	1989	1 2 3 4 5
Ratking	Michael Dibdin			1988	1 2 3 4 5
A Fatal Inversion	Barbara Vine			1987	1 2 3 4 5
Live Flesh	Ruth Rendell		novels	1986	1 2 3 4 5
Monkey Puzzle	Paula Gosling			1985	1 2 3 4 5
The Twelfth Juror	B.M. Gill			1984	1 2 3 4 5
Accidental Crimes	John Hutton			1983	1 2 3 4 5
The False Inspector Dew	Peter Lovesey			1982	1 2 3 4 5
Gorky Park	Martin Cruz Smith			1981	1 2 3 4 5
The Murder Of The Maharajah	H.R.F. Keating			1980	1 2 3 4 5
Whip Hand	Dick Francis			1979	1 2 3 4 5
The Chelsea Murders	Lionel Davidson			1978	1 2 3 4 5
The Honourable Schoolboy	John LeCarre		novel	1977	1 2 3 4 5
A Demon in My View	Ruth Rendell		novels	1976	1 2 3 4 5
The Seven Percent Solution	Nicholas Meyer			1974	1 2 3 4 5
Other Paths to Glory	Anthony Price	David Audley,a historian and spy in England	novel	1974	1 2 3 4 5
The Defection Of Aj Lewinter	Robert Littell			1973	1 2 3 4 5
The Levanter	Eric Ambler		novel	1971	1 2 3 4 5
The Steam Pig	James McClure			1971	1 2 3 4 5
Young Man I Think Youre Dying	Joan Fleming			1970	1 2 3 4 5
A Pride Of Heroes	Peter Dickinson			1969	1 2 3 4 5
Skin Deep	Peter Dickinson			1968	1 2 3 4 5
Murder Against The Grain	Emma Lathen			1967	1 2 3 4 5
A Long Way To Shiloh	Lionel Davidson			1966	1 2 3 4 5
The Far Side of the Dollar	Ross Macdonald	Lew Archer	novels	1965	1 2 3 4 5
The Perfect Murder	H.R.F. Keating			1964	1 2 3 4 5
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold	John LeCarre		novel	1963	1 2 3 4 5
When I Grow Rich	Joan Fleming			1962	1 2 3 4 5
The Spoilt Kill	Mary Kelly			1961	1 2 3 4 5
The Night Of Wenceslas	Lionel Davidson			1960	1 2 3 4 5
Passage of Arms	Eric Ambler		novel	1958	1 2 3 4 5
Someone From The Past	Margot Bennett			1958	1 2 3 4 5