Venom House
By: Arthur W. Upfield
3.71
Format: 412 pages,
Napoleon Bonaparte believed he was a better detective than most people in the Australian outback we…
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1. A Thief of Time (Leaphorn & Chee, #8)
By: Tony Hillerman
4.12
Format: 324 pages, Mass Market Paperback
“All of Tony Hillerman’s Navajo tribal police novels have been brilliant, but A Thief of Time is fl… read more
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"He's as independent as a hog on ice."-Tony Hillerman, A Thief of Time (Leaphorn & Chee, #8)
"And the white guy, I just barely got a look at him. They all sort of look alike anyway. All I notice is freckles and sunburn."-Tony Hillerman, A Thief of Time (Leaphorn & Chee, #8)
"She’s an anthropologist … You translate the word from academic into English and that’s what it means: ruins looter, one who robs graves, preferably old ones. Well-educated person who steals artifacts…"-Tony Hillerman, A Thief of Time (Leaphorn & Chee, #8)
2. Listening Woman (Leaphorn & Chee, #3)
By: Tony Hillerman
4.13
Format: 316 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The blind shaman called Listening Woman speaks of witches and restless spirits, of supernatural evi… read more
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"The building was of stone, originally erected, Leaphorn had been told, by a Church of Christ missionary early in McGinnis's tenure as trader and postmaster. It had been abandoned after the preacher's…"-Tony Hillerman, Listening Woman (Leaphorn & Chee, #3)
"The big man glanced at him, a friendly look. Across the hogan, Leaphorn noticed, two of the women were smiling at him. He was a stranger, a policeman who had arrested one of them, a man from another …"-Tony Hillerman, Listening Woman (Leaphorn & Chee, #3)
3. A Clubbable Woman (Dalziel & Pascoe, #1)
By: Reginald Hill
3.82
Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Home from Rugby Club after taking a nasty knock in a match, Connon finds his wife even more uncommu… read more
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"I am a sensitive plant. Like asparagus, I take a long time to grow and am easily killed off."-Reginald Hill, A Clubbable Woman (Dalziel & Pascoe, #1)
4. Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn, #2)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.82
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
A classic Ngaio Marsh novel reissued - the second Roderick Alleyn Mystery. The crime scene was the … read more
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5. A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn, #1)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.80
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
At Sir Hubert Handesley's country house party, five guests have gathered for the uproarious parlor … read more
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6. Postern of Fate (Tommy and Tuppence, #5)
By: Agatha Christie
3.50
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins! Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of susp… read more
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7. Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.96
Format: 277 pages, Paperback
It was planned as an act of a new piano for the parish hall, an amusing play to finance the gift. … read more
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"It's like one of those affairs in books," said Bailey disgustedly."Someone trying to think up a new way to do a murder. Silly, I call it." "What do you say, Roper?" said Alleyn. "To my way of thinkin…"-Ngaio Marsh, Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8)
8. Dance Hall of the Dead (Leaphorn & Chee, #2)
By: Tony Hillerman
3.50
Format: 92 pages,
Two Native-American boys have vanished into thin air, leaving a pool of blood behind them. Lieutena… read more
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9. Tales: Short Stories Featuring Ian Rutledge and Bess Crawford
By: Charles Todd
4.56
Format: 200 pages,
Now published together for the first time: Charles Todd's absorbing short stories--"The Kidnapping,… read more
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10. The Pale Horse (Ariadne Oliver, #5)
By: Agatha Christie
3.84
Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback
"Wickedness...such wickedness...." The dying woman turned to Father Gorman with agony in her eyes.… read more
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"After all, the stupidest child can set a house on fire quite easily."-Agatha Christie, The Pale Horse (Ariadne Oliver, #5)
"Being in love has a very bad effect on men - it seems to addle their wits."-Agatha Christie, The Pale Horse (Ariadne Oliver, #5)
"People are so proud of wickedness. Odd, isn't it, that people who are good are never proud of it? That's where Christian humility comes in, I suppose. They don't even know they are good."-Agatha Christie, The Pale Horse (Ariadne Oliver, #5)
"Evil is not something superhuman, it's something LESS than human. Your criminal is someone who wants to be important, but who never will be important, because he'll always be less than a man."-Agatha Christie, The Pale Horse (Ariadne Oliver, #5)
11. Venom House
By: Arthur W. Upfield
3.71
Format: 412 pages,
Napoleon Bonaparte believed he was a better detective than most people in the Australian outback we… read more
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12. The Blessing Way (Leaphorn & Chee, #1)
By: Tony Hillerman
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Homicide is always an abomination, but there is something exceptionally disturbing about the victim… read more
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13. Artists in Crime (Roderick Alleyn, #6)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.91
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
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14. Skinwalkers (Leaphorn & Chee, #7)
By: Tony Hillerman
3.67
Format: 117 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Navajo Tribal Police Officer Jim Chee and Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn investigate murders that lead the… read more
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15. Talking God (Leaphorn & Chee, #9)
By: Tony Hillerman
4.52
Format: None pages, Paperback
A grave robber and a corpse reunite Navajo Tribal Police Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee. As … read more
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16. The Red Door (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #12)
By: Charles Todd
4.07
Format: None pages,
Lancashire, England, June, 1920. Who was the woman who lived and died behind the red door? What did… read more
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17. The Man on the Balcony (Martin Beck, #3)
By: Alan Blair , Maj Sjöwall , Per Wahlöö
3.94
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
The chilling third novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by the internationally renowned crime wr… read more
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18. People of Darkness (Leaphorn & Chee, #4)
By: Tony Hillerman
4.26
Format: None pages, Paperback
Who would murder a dying man? Why would someone steal a box of rocks? And why would a rich man's wi… read more
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19. Death in a White Tie (Roderick Alleyn, #7)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.46
Format: None pages, Paperback
A body in the back of a taxi begins an elegantly constructed mystery, perhaps the finest of Marsh's… read more
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20. 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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21. Lost Birds (A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito #27)
By: Anne Hillerman
4.29
Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition
“Anne Hillerman is a star.”—J. A. Jance, New York Times bestselling author From New York Times bes… read more
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22. Judgment Prey (Lucas Davenport, #33; Virgil Flowers, #15)
By: John Sandford
4.36
Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition
Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers team up to crack an unsolvable case in this thrilling new novel … read more
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23. A Song of Comfortable Chairs (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #23)
By: Alexander McCall Smith
4.29
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In this latest installment in the beloved No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, Grace Makutsi enco… read more
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24. Stargazer (Leaphorn & Chee, #24)
By: Anne Hillerman
4.19
Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition
Murder, deception, Navajo tradition, and the stars collide in this enthralling entry in New York Ti… read more
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25. Coyote Waits (Leaphorn & Chee #10)
By: Tony Hillerman
4.06
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
The car fire didn't kill Navajo Tribal Policeman Delbert Nez—a bullet did. And the old man in posse… read more
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"From where we stand the rain seems random. If we could stand somewhere else, we would see the order in it."-Tony Hillerman, Coyote Waits (Leaphorn & Chee #10)
26. The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3)
By: Chris Hammer
4.23
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
The latest stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and The Tilt. Chris Hammer's… read more
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27. The Way of the Bear (Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito, #26)
By: Anne Hillerman
4.17
Format: 281 pages, Hardcover
Fossil harvesting, ancient lore, greed, rejected love and murder combine in this gripping new insta… read more
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28. The Sacred Bridge (Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito, #25)
By: Anne Hillerman
4.21
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
"A fine legacy series . . . in the spirit of her late father, Tony."--Booklist An ancient myste… read more
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29. Canticle Creek (Jesse Redpath #1)
By: Adrian Hyland
3.84
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Two bodies. One long hot summer. A town that will never be the same. When Adam Lawson’s wrecked … read more
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30. The Curious Case of the Templeton-Swifts (Lord Edgington Investigates, #6)
By: Benedict Brown
4.44
Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition
A wealthy recluse who’s afraid for his life, a beautiful new bride with a murky past, and three ang… read more
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31. The Crimes of Clearwell Castle (Lord Edgington Investigates, #7)
By: Benedict Brown
4.41
Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition
A string of murders, an ancient curse and a castle full of secrets. England, 1926. When esteemed… read more
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