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The Well-Read Retiree: Crime and Detective Stories

Our retired maverick English Teacher comes up with 50 crime and detective novels that bear reading and rereading. Once again, he has limited the list to 50 titles with only one title per author.
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A Is for Alibi (Sue Grafton)
A Is for Alibi (Sue Grafton)
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American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
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The Big Clock (Kenneth Fearing)
The Big Clock (Kenneth Fearing)
4
The Big Nowhere (James Ellroy)
The Big Nowhere (James Ellroy)
5
Black Cherry Blues (1989)
Black Cherry Blues (1989)
6
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
7
A Cold Day in Paradise (Steve Hamilton)
A Cold Day in Paradise (Steve Hamilton)
8
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Cotton Comes to Harlem
9
A Dark-Adapted Eye
A Dark-Adapted Eye
10
The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
11
The Deep Blue Good-By
The Deep Blue Good-By
12
Devil in a Blue Dress (Walter Mosley)
Devil in a Blue Dress (Walter Mosley)
13
Double Indemnity (James M. Cain)
Double Indemnity (James M. Cain)
14
The Drowning Pool
The Drowning Pool
15
The Getaway
The Getaway
16
Ghosts of Belfast (Neville)
Ghosts of Belfast (Neville)
17
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
18
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
19
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) (Arthur Conan Doyle)
20
The Hunter
The Hunter
21
I Am the Only Running Footman (Martha Grimes)
I Am the Only Running Footman (Martha Grimes)
22
I Married a Dead Man (Cornell Woolrich)
I Married a Dead Man (Cornell Woolrich)
23
In a Lonely Place (Hughes)
In a Lonely Place (Hughes)
24
A Kiss Before Dying (Ira Levin)
A Kiss Before Dying (Ira Levin)
25
Kiss Me, Deadly (Mickey Spillane)
Kiss Me, Deadly (Mickey Spillane)
26
Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elisabeth Braddon)
Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elisabeth Braddon)
27
The Last Good Kiss (James Crumley)
The Last Good Kiss (James Crumley)
28
The Long Goodbye
The Long Goodbye
29
Los Alamos (Joseph Kanon)
Los Alamos (Joseph Kanon)
30
Maigret (Georges Simenon)
Maigret (Georges Simenon)
31
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
32
The Mephisto Club (Tess Gerritsen)
The Mephisto Club (Tess Gerritsen)
33
The Moonstone (Collins)
The Moonstone (Collins)
34
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
35
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
36
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
37
The Night of the Generals (Kirst)
The Night of the Generals (Kirst)
38
The Poet (Michael Connelly)
The Poet (Michael Connelly)
39
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
40
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
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