10 must-read mystery books like Murder By the Clock (Lieutenant Valcour #1) by Rufus King

Cover of Murder By the Clock (Lieutenant Valcour #1) by Rufus King

Murder By the Clock (Lieutenant Valcour #1)

By: Rufus King

3.51

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Lieutenant Valcour in his best-known case must solve the murder of a man who was murdered twice. At…

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Cover of The Canary Murder Case (A Philo Vance Mystery #2) by S.S. Van Dine, Willard Huntington Wright

1. The Canary Murder Case (A Philo Vance Mystery #2)

By: S.S. Van Dine , Willard Huntington Wright

3.69

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

1927. Illustrated with scenes from the Paramount photoplay. Around 1925 Willard Huntington Wright, … read more

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Cover of Suttree by Cormac McCarthy

2. Suttree

By: Cormac McCarthy

4.20

Format: 471 pages, Paperback

This compelling novel has as its protagonist Cornelius Suttree, living alone and in exile in a disi… read more

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"Somebody has been fuckin my watermelons."

-Cormac McCarthy, Suttree

"But there are no absolutes in human misery and things can always get worse"

-Cormac McCarthy, Suttree

"What could a child know of the darkness of God's plan? Or how flesh is so frail it is hardly more than a dream"

-Cormac McCarthy, Suttree

"You have no right to represent people this way, he said. A man is all men. You have no right to your wretchednes."

-Cormac McCarthy, Suttree

Cover of The Cask by Freeman Wills Crofts

3. The Cask

By: Freeman Wills Crofts

3.71

Format: 656 pages, Paperback

Paris. Shipping business, police techniques, investigative procedures, feature in this alibi puzzle… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of The Tragedy of X by Ellery Queen, Barnaby Ross

4. The Tragedy of X

By: Ellery Queen , Barnaby Ross

4.48

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

New York City, the early 30's. A man is poisoned on a crowded streetcar during rush hour. Everyone … read more

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  • mystery
Cover of Nine Times Nine (Sister Ursula, #1) by Anthony Boucher

5. Nine Times Nine (Sister Ursula, #1)

By: Anthony Boucher

3.50

Format: None pages,

The man in the yellow robe had put a curse on Wolfe Harrigan--the ancient curse called the Nine Tim… read more

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Cover of The Garden Murder Case (A Philo Vance Mystery #9) by S.S. Van Dine, Willard Huntington Wright

6. The Garden Murder Case (A Philo Vance Mystery #9)

By: S.S. Van Dine , Willard Huntington Wright

4.29

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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  • mystery

7. The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6)

By: Agatha Christie

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A mysterious woman, a legendary cursed jewel, and a night train to the Mediterranean -- ingredients… read more

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8. The Scarab Murder Case (A Philo Vance Mystery #5)

By: S.S. Van Dine , Willard Huntington Wright

3.84

Format: 523 pages, Hardcover

Philo Vance was drawn into the Scarab murder case by sheer coincidence, although there is little do… read more

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9. Death in Holy Orders (Adam Dalgliesh, #11)

By: None , None

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

The Barnes & Noble Review A number of traditions come seamlessly together in P. D. James's Death in… read more

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10. The Roman Hat Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #1)

By: Ellery Queen

4.04

Format: None pages, Paperback

A fine silk custom top-hat is missing from a crooked lawyer who was poisoned by lead alcohol in the… read more

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11. Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair … read more

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Cover of The Passenger (The Passenger #1) by Cormac McCarthy

12. The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.58

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI: It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of… read more

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  • mystery
"All of history [is] a rehearsal for its own extinction."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"...do you think if you died drunk you’d sober up before you met Jesus?"

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"The evil has no alternate plan. It is simply incapable of assuming failure"

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"She asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and she said dead."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

Cover of The Black Cat Murders (Heathcliff Lennox, #2) by Karen Baugh Menuhin

13. The Black Cat Murders (Heathcliff Lennox, #2)

By: Karen Baugh Menuhin

4.24

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

Downton Abbey meets Agatha Christie with a touch of Wodehouse and a dog of distinction. Who killed … read more

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  • mystery
Cover of Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2) by Cormac McCarthy

14. Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.87

Format: 190 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER. The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road returns with the second v… read more

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  • mystery
"I would like to belong but I dont."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"Love is quite possibly a mental disorder itself."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"The notion of nothing is an inconceivable notion"

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"Rage is only for what you believe can be fixed. All the rest is grief."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

Cover of The Case of the Canterfell Codicil (Anty Boisjoly Mysteries, #1) by P.J. Fitzsimmons

15. The Case of the Canterfell Codicil (Anty Boisjoly Mysteries, #1)

By: P.J. Fitzsimmons

4.13

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

In The Case of the Canterfell Codicil, Wodehousian gadabout and clubman Anty Boisjoly takes on his … read more

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  • mystery
Cover of Murder By the Clock (Lieutenant Valcour #1) by Rufus King

16. Murder By the Clock (Lieutenant Valcour #1)

By: Rufus King

3.51

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Lieutenant Valcour in his best-known case must solve the murder of a man who was murdered twice. At… read more

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  • mystery

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Don DeLillo

4.81

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Don DeLillo

3.86

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3.83

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