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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 4889 times as crime)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,396,511 ratings — published 2005
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And Then There Were None And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 3998 times as crime)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,561,700 ratings — published 1939
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Gone Girl Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 3416 times as crime)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,381,015 ratings — published 2012
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2) The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
by (shelved 3287 times as crime)
avg rating 4.26 — 975,015 ratings — published 2006
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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by (shelved 3257 times as crime)
avg rating 4.20 — 709,979 ratings — published 1934
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The Girl on the Train The Girl on the Train (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2879 times as crime)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,225,671 ratings — published 2015
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In Cold Blood In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 2819 times as crime)
avg rating 4.09 — 715,109 ratings — published 1966
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3) The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
by (shelved 2656 times as crime)
avg rating 4.24 — 768,792 ratings — published 2007
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The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1) The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
by (shelved 2617 times as crime)
avg rating 3.89 — 616,782 ratings — published 2013
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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1) A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
by (shelved 2493 times as crime)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,668,861 ratings — published 2019
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The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1) The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 2455 times as crime)
avg rating 3.87 — 699,862 ratings — published 2020
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A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1) A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
by (shelved 2129 times as crime)
avg rating 4.13 — 485,456 ratings — published 1887
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
by (shelved 2038 times as crime)
avg rating 4.26 — 332,422 ratings — published 1926
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1) The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
by (shelved 2037 times as crime)
avg rating 4.00 — 490,263 ratings — published 1920
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The Silent Patient The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2035 times as crime)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,063,533 ratings — published 2019
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Sharp Objects Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 1966 times as crime)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,190,972 ratings — published 2006
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The Godfather (The Godfather, #1) The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)
by (shelved 1851 times as crime)
avg rating 4.40 — 455,914 ratings — published 1969
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Dark Places Dark Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1820 times as crime)
avg rating 3.94 — 823,200 ratings — published 2009
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In the Woods In the Woods (Paperback)
by (shelved 1805 times as crime)
avg rating 3.78 — 432,269 ratings — published 2007
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Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18) Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
by (shelved 1768 times as crime)
avg rating 4.12 — 297,403 ratings — published 1937
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
by (shelved 1731 times as crime)
avg rating 4.14 — 379,311 ratings — published 1902
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The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2) The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
by (shelved 1726 times as crime)
avg rating 4.05 — 288,921 ratings — published 2014
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Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1) Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1)
by (shelved 1660 times as crime)
avg rating 4.07 — 366,813 ratings — published 1981
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The Silence of the Lambs  (Hannibal Lecter, #2) The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
by (shelved 1602 times as crime)
avg rating 4.26 — 580,707 ratings — published 1988
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I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer (ebook)
by (shelved 1553 times as crime)
avg rating 4.12 — 259,433 ratings — published 2018
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The Elephant Tree The Elephant Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 1515 times as crime)
avg rating 3.88 — 37,864 ratings — published 2010
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The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 1495 times as crime)
avg rating 3.94 — 166,240 ratings — published 1939
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1486 times as crime)
avg rating 4.00 — 744,791 ratings — published 2003
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The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2) The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 1474 times as crime)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,487,533 ratings — published 2003
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Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3) Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)
by (shelved 1447 times as crime)
avg rating 4.22 — 224,965 ratings — published 2015
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
by (shelved 1437 times as crime)
avg rating 4.30 — 321,915 ratings — published 1892
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Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 1410 times as crime)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,038,779 ratings — published 1866
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The Zombie Room The Zombie Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1399 times as crime)
avg rating 3.91 — 38,126 ratings — published 2012
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The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13) The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
by (shelved 1381 times as crime)
avg rating 4.03 — 192,901 ratings — published 1936
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (Paperback)
by (shelved 1357 times as crime)
avg rating 4.14 — 431,260 ratings — published 2017
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Flaggermusmannen (Harry Hole, #1) Flaggermusmannen (Harry Hole, #1)
by (shelved 1348 times as crime)
avg rating 3.55 — 128,345 ratings — published 1997
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The Snowman (Harry Hole, #7) The Snowman (Harry Hole, #7)
by (shelved 1329 times as crime)
avg rating 4.02 — 148,920 ratings — published 2007
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Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1) Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by (shelved 1320 times as crime)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,356,613 ratings — published 2000
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The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2) The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
by (shelved 1306 times as crime)
avg rating 3.89 — 173,857 ratings — published 1890
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Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2) Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)
by (shelved 1276 times as crime)
avg rating 4.26 — 739,536 ratings — published 2020
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The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1)
by (shelved 1250 times as crime)
avg rating 4.06 — 262,067 ratings — published 2016
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The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1232 times as crime)
avg rating 3.79 — 463,893 ratings — published 2018
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The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2) The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2)
by (shelved 1201 times as crime)
avg rating 4.36 — 319,936 ratings — published 2021
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One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1) One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)
by (shelved 1177 times as crime)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,026,765 ratings — published 2017
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My Sister, the Serial Killer My Sister, the Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1164 times as crime)
avg rating 3.64 — 337,310 ratings — published 2018
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Killing Floor (Jack Reacher, #1) Killing Floor (Jack Reacher, #1)
by (shelved 1153 times as crime)
avg rating 4.08 — 345,772 ratings — published 1997
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The Lovely Bones The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1152 times as crime)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,445,585 ratings — published 2002
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Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1) Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
by (shelved 1145 times as crime)
avg rating 4.04 — 206,904 ratings — published 1930
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Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #1) Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 1141 times as crime)
avg rating 4.04 — 365,166 ratings — published 2014
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The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1) The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1)
by (shelved 1141 times as crime)
avg rating 4.14 — 212,988 ratings — published 1992
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“There are crimes of passion and crimes of logic. The boundary between them is not clearly defined.”
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“I came from a real tough neighborhood. Once a guy pulled a knife on me. I knew he wasn't a professional, the knife had butter on it.”
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