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American Detective and mystery stories 30 books

Cover of The Gold-Bug The Gold-Bug Edgar Allan Poe · 1845 · ★ 3.7 Cover of Behind a Mask, or, A Woman's Power Behind a Mask, or, A Woman's Power Louisa May Alcott · 1975 · ★ 3.9 Cover of Killing Floor Killing Floor Lee Child · 1997 · ★ 4.1 Cover of One Shot One Shot Lee Child · 2005 · ★ 4.4 Cover of Persuader Persuader Lee Child · 2003 · ★ 4.5 Cover of Gone Girl Gone Girl Gillian Flynn · 2011 · ★ 4.0 Cover of Presumed Innocent Presumed Innocent Scott Turow · 1987 · ★ 4.0 Cover of Without Fail Without Fail Lee Child · 2002 · ★ 4.5 Cover of The Secret of the Old Clock The Secret of the Old Clock Carolyn Keene · 1930 · ★ 4.0 Cover of The Hard Way The Hard Way Lee Child · 2006 · ★ 4.2 Cover of Echo Burning Echo Burning Lee Child · 2001 · ★ 4.1
The Glass Key
The Glass Key Dashiell Hammett · 1931 · ★ 4.0 Cover of The Big Picture The Big Picture Douglas Kennedy · 1997 · ★ 3.9 Cover of Nothing to Lose Nothing to Lose Lee Child · 1998 · ★ 3.9 Cover of The Big Clock The Big Clock Kenneth Fearing · 1946 · ★ 4.0 Cover of Night school Night school Lee Child · 2014 · ★ 4.0
The Simple Art of Murder
The Simple Art of Murder Raymond Chandler · 1950 · ★ 4.1 Cover of No middle name No middle name Lee Child · 2017 · ★ 4.0
Private Berlin
Private Berlin James Patterson & Mark Sullivan · 2012 · ★ 4.0
The Drop
The Drop Dennis Lehane · 2001 · ★ 3.8 Cover of The apocalypse watch The apocalypse watch Robert Ludlum · 1995 · ★ 3.5 Cover of Encyclopedia Brown takes the cake! Encyclopedia Brown takes the cake! Donald J. Sobol · 1983 · ★ 5.0 Cover of Crimes by Moonlight Crimes by Moonlight Charlaine Harris · 2010 · ★ 3.5
999
999 Al Sarrantonio · 1999 · ★ 4.1 Cover of Destination Destination James Ellroy · 1999 · ★ 3.3 Cover of Nancy Drew ghost stories Nancy Drew ghost stories Carolyn Keene · 1983 · ★ 3.7 Cover of The beautiful cigar girl The beautiful cigar girl Daniel Stashower · 2006 · ★ 3.5 Cover of Dead meat Dead meat William G. Tapply · 1987 · ★ 3.9 Cover of The Short Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe [69 stories] The Short Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe [69 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1976 Cover of 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories Robert Weinberg · 1994