7 Best classics books like Waltz into Darkness by Cornell Woolrich, William Irish

Cover of Waltz into Darkness by Cornell Woolrich, William Irish

Waltz into Darkness

By: Cornell Woolrich , William Irish

3.95

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

In this thrilling tale of greed and deception, Cornell Woolrich tells of middle-aged Louis Durand, …

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Cover of Cécile is Dead (Maigret, #22) by Georges Simenon, Anthea Bell

1. Cécile is Dead (Maigret, #22)

By: Georges Simenon , Anthea Bell

3.79

Format: 179 pages, Paperback

Barely twenty-eight years old. But it would be difficult to look more like an old maid, to move les… read more

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  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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2. The Simple Art of Murder

By: Raymond Chandler

4.13

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Contains Chandler's essay on the art of detective stories and a collection of 8 classic Chandler my… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • noir
  • fiction
"Racket beer, sonny,"

-Raymond Chandler, The Simple Art of Murder

"You know who they are?"

-Raymond Chandler, The Simple Art of Murder

"Her voice was as dead as the summer before last. (Nevada Gas)"

-Raymond Chandler, The Simple Art of Murder

"If he is a man on honor in one thing, he is that in all things."

-Raymond Chandler, The Simple Art of Murder

Cover of Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham, Nick Tosches

3. Nightmare Alley

By: William Lindsay Gresham , Nick Tosches

3.83

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

Nightmare Alley begins with an extraordinary description of a carnival-show geek—alcoholic and abje… read more

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  • classics
  • american
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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"Also Dad said it was a shame to go to bed early and miss everything when you could sleep late the next day and catch up..."

-William Lindsay Gresham, Nightmare Alley

"Beyond that elfin face, the steady eyes, there was something breathing, something that was fed blood from a tiny heart beating under pointed breasts. But is was cobweb under the fingers. Cobweb in th…"

-William Lindsay Gresham, Nightmare Alley

"Hoatley - First Carnival Owner: Now this creature - There he is, THE GEEK! He has puzzled the foremost scientists of Europe and America. Is he the missing link? Is he man or beast? Some have pronounc…"

-William Lindsay Gresham, Nightmare Alley

"The speech fascinated him. His ear caught the rhythm of it and he noted their idioms and worked some of them into his patter. He had found the reason behind the peculiar, drawling language of the old…"

-William Lindsay Gresham, Nightmare Alley

Cover of In caso di disgrazia by Georges Simenon, Laura Colombo

4. In caso di disgrazia

By: Georges Simenon , Laura Colombo

3.77

Format: 52 pages, Paperback

La sera in cui Lucien Gobillot - uno dei piu celebri avvocati di Parigi, la cui brillante carriera … read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
Cover of The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Roger Sheringham Cases, #5) by Anthony Berkeley

5. The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Roger Sheringham Cases, #5)

By: Anthony Berkeley

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Reissue of one of the great puzzle mystery classics of England's Golden Age of crime fiction; plot … read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • crime
  • fiction
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6. McKee of Centre Street

By: Helen Reilly

4.67

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

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  • mystery
Cover of The Mark of Zorro (Zorro, #1) by Johnston McCulley

7. The Mark of Zorro (Zorro, #1)

By: Johnston McCulley

3.99

Format: 265 pages, Paperback

Old California, in a bygone era of sprawling haciendas and haughty caballeros, suffers beneath the … read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Ha! A laggard at love-and in your pressence? What ails the man? Is he ill?"

-Johnston McCulley, The Mark of Zorro (Zorro, #1)

"The persecution would cease instantly, for the commands of a Vega were made to be obeyed by all men of whatever rank."

-Johnston McCulley, The Mark of Zorro (Zorro, #1)

"Zorro also is part of the bandido tradition, most closely associated with the possibly mythical Joaquin Murrieta and the historical Tiburcio Vasquez. As well as these local California legendary figur…"

-Johnston McCulley, The Mark of Zorro (Zorro, #1)

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8. The Knife Slipped

By: Erle Stanley Gardner

4.25

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

THE LOST DETECTIVE NOVEL BY THE CREATOR OF PERRY MASON! At the time of his death, Erle Stanley Gard… read more

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  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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9. A Kiss Before Dying

By: Ira Levin , Otto Penzler

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Dorothy meets a handsome young man with an eye for her inheritance while she is in her first year o… read more

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  • classics
  • american
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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10. Waltz into Darkness

By: Cornell Woolrich , William Irish

3.95

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

In this thrilling tale of greed and deception, Cornell Woolrich tells of middle-aged Louis Durand, … read more

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  • classics
  • american
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Night Has a Thousand Eyes by Cornell Woolrich

11. Night Has a Thousand Eyes

By: Cornell Woolrich

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Cornell Woolrich's novels define the essence of noir nihilism.-Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times B… read more

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  • noir
  • fiction
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12. Rendezvous in Black

By: Cornell Woolrich , Richard Dooling , 谢一

3.66

Format: 336 pages,

On a mild midwestern night in the early 1940s, Johnny Marr leans against a drugstore wall. He's wai… read more

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  • classics
  • noir
  • fiction
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13. The Black Angel

By: Cornell Woolrich

4.07

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Woolrich devised and used instruments of psychological torture-his stories.-TIME Nothing beats a ta… read more

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14. The Grifters

By: Jim Thompson

3.00

Format: 285 pages, Paperback

To his friends, to his coworkers, and even to his mistress Moira, Roy Dillon is an honest hardworki… read more

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15. The Birthday Murder

By: Lange Lewis

3.50

Format: 519 pages, Paperback

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16. The Bride Wore Black

By: Cornell Woolrich , William Irish

3.71

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

AMERICA'S MASTER OF SUSPENSE...FIRST IN THE DEFINITIVE SERIES OF THIS AMERICAN GENIUS No one knew w… read more

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17. Phantom Lady

By: Cornell Woolrich , William Irish

4.28

Format: 315 pages, Paperback

Phantom lady, I was with you for six hours last night, but I can't remember what you look like, or … read more

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18. The Case of the Rolling Bones

By: Erle Stanley Gardner

3.24

Format: 324 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Years ago Alden Leeds found a rich vein of gold in the Klondike. Now his greedy relatives fear he's… read more

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Cover of The Cellars of the Majestic (Maigret, #20) by Georges Simenon

19. The Cellars of the Majestic (Maigret, #20)

By: Georges Simenon

3.75

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

'Try to imagine a guest, a wealthy woman, staying at the Majestic with her husband, her son, a nurs… read more

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  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Obelists at Sea (Michael Lord #1) by C. Daly King

20. Obelists at Sea (Michael Lord #1)

By: C. Daly King

3.24

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

C. Daly King’s debut mystery is a tale of murder, travel, and psychiatry set aboard a luxury transa… read more

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  • mystery
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21. Into the Night

By: Cornell Woolrich

3.53

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

Immediately filled with joy and hope when her suicide attempt fails, Madeleine throws down the revo… read more

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14 must-read fiction books like Waltz into Darkness by Cornell Woolrich, William Irish

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Cécile is Dead (Maigret, #22)

Georges Simenon , Anthea Bell

3.79

Transform Your Habits

The Simple Art of Murder

Raymond Chandler

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Nightmare Alley

William Lindsay Gresham , Nick Tosches

3.83

Transform Your Habits

In caso di disgrazia

Georges Simenon , Laura Colombo

3.77

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20 Best fiction books like Rendezvous in Black by Cornell Woolrich, Richard Dooling, 谢一

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Michel Bussi , Shaun Whiteside

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Transform Your Habits

Hoa Mộng Ảo

Keigo Higashino , H.M

3.64

Transform Your Habits

流星の絆 [Ryuusei no Kizuna]

Keigo Higashino , 東野 圭吾

4.12

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Độc giả thứ 7 (Phương Mộc, #1)

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3.67

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