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100 Must-Read Crime Novels by Richard Shephard, Nick Rennison

bmip666's review

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funny informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective fast-paced

4.0

jasminenoack's review

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3.0

note to self:

1[b:The Tiger in the Smoke|383221|The Tiger in the Smoke (Albert Campion, #14)|Margery Allingham|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174341696s/383221.jpg|1637861]
2[b:A Coffin for Dimitrios|46429|A Coffin for Dimitrios|Eric Ambler|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170330316s/46429.jpg|45552]
3[b:The Deadly Percheron|250057|The Deadly Percheron|John Franklin Bardin|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173133682s/250057.jpg|242304]
4[b:Trent's Last Case|994740|Trent's Last Case|E.C. Bentley|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180065797s/994740.jpg|980248]
5[b:Double Indemnity|56616|Double Indemnity|James M. Cain|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1299177639s/56616.jpg|1298177]
6[b:The Hollow Man & The House in Gallows Lane|2525198|The Hollow Man & The House in Gallows Lane|John Dickson Carr|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519GSTV3EAL._SL75_.jpg|2532702]
7[b:Laura|601799|Laura (Femmes Fatales Women Write Pulp)|Vera Caspary|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176180397s/601799.jpg|588380]
8[b:The Murder of Roger Ackroyd|16328|The Murder of Roger Ackroyd|Agatha Christie|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166722645s/16328.jpg|1073110]
9[b:Tell No One|43933|Tell No One|Harlan Coben|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170238623s/43933.jpg|977015]
10[b:Postmortem|6534|Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1)|Patricia Cornwell|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165603726s/6534.jpg|1045067]
11[b:The Moving Toyshop|831916|The Moving Toyshop (Gervase Fen, #3)|Edmund Crispin|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178748767s/831916.jpg|3346508]
12[b:The Dead of Jericho|76906|The Dead of Jericho (Inspector Morse, #5)|Colin Dexter|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170899767s/76906.jpg|1915992]
13[b:Dead Lagoon|800012|Dead Lagoon (Aurelio Zen, #4)|Michael Dibdin|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178488340s/800012.jpg|2673739]
14[b:The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes|194373|The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (The Oxford Sherlock Holmes)|Arthur Conan Doyle|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172590008s/194373.jpg|6328892]
15[b:The Black Dahlia|415046|The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet #1)|James Ellroy|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174535488s/415046.jpg|434]
16[b:Downriver|1929150|Downriver|Loren D. Estleman|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1307581209s/1929150.jpg|1931466]
17[b:Flinch: A Novel|774094|Flinch A Novel|Robert Ferrigno|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178232683s/774094.jpg|2316701]
18[b:Under Cover of Daylight|617515|Under Cover of Daylight|James W. Hall|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176373323s/617515.jpg|603931]
19[b:Fadeout|473421|Fadeout (Dave Brandstetter #1)|Joseph Hansen|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175047566s/473421.jpg|461691]
20[b:When the Wind Blows|1673660|When the Wind Blows|Cyril Hare|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg|1668676]
21[b:Red Dragon|28877|Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1)|Thomas Harris|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FPXEFMAPL._SL75_.jpg|925503]
22[b:The Friends of Eddie Coyle|82121|The Friends of Eddie Coyle|George V. Higgins|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171012318s/82121.jpg|79293]
23[b:Dialogues of the Dead|77182|Dialogues of the Dead (Dalziel & Pascoe, #19)|Reginald Hill|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170899965s/77182.jpg|1238691]
24[b:A Thief of Time|425098|A Thief of Time (Navajo Mysteries, #8)|Tony Hillerman|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174627232s/425098.jpg|2498914]
25[b:Four Corners of Night|712740|Four Corners of Night|Craig Holden|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177549635s/712740.jpg|1939796]
26[b:The Mystery of a Hansom Cab|939437|The Mystery of a Hansom Cab|Fergus Hume|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179635106s/939437.jpg|924425]
27[b:Malice Aforethought|309434|Malice Aforethought|Francis Iles|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173619269s/309434.jpg|2728518]
28[b:Hamlet, Revenge!|625956|Hamlet, Revenge! (Inspector Appleby Mystery)|Michael Innes|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176432049s/625956.jpg|146845]
29[b:A Taste For Death|3830|A Taste For Death (Adam Dalgliesh, #7)|P.D. James|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165365150s/3830.jpg|1807620]
30[b:Murder On The Yellow Brick Road (Toby Peters Mysteries|18710|Murder On The Yellow Brick Road (Toby Peters Mysteries (Paperback))|Stuart M. Kaminsky|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167065159s/18710.jpg|1276286]
31[b:Mystic River|21671|Mystic River|Dennis Lehane|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1277356254s/21671.jpg|1234249]
32[b:The Mystery of the Yellow Room|188214|The Mystery of the Yellow Room|Gaston Leroux|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172544101s/188214.jpg|181928]
33[b:The Face on the Cutting-room Floor|46029|The Face on the Cutting-room Floor|Cameron McCabe|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170311634s/46029.jpg|45187]
34[b:The Deep Blue Good-by|269362|The Deep Blue Good-by|John D. MacDonald|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173295289s/269362.jpg|939275]
35[b:Sidetracked|39796|Sidetracked (Wallander #5)|Henning Mankell|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169315339s/39796.jpg|1503580]
36[b:Off with His Head/Singing in the Shrouds/False Scent|6745385|Off with His Head/Singing in the Shrouds/False Scent|Ngaio Marsh|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51B3mOeFjNL._SL75_.jpg|6941779]
37[b:Beast In View|994937|Beast In View|Margaret Millar|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1266691332s/994937.jpg|1987140]
38[b:Come Away, Death|813080|Come Away, Death|Gladys Mitchell|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZRHleowOL._SL75_.jpg|799016]
39[b:Murder In The Central Committee|888773|Murder In The Central Committee (Pepe Carvalho, #5)|Manuel Vázquez Montalbán|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179199911s/888773.jpg|874022]
40[b:Crocodile on the Sandbank|188230|Crocodile on the Sandbank (An Amelia Peabody Mystery, #1)|Elizabeth Peters|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1306096774s/188230.jpg|2570338]
41[b:One Corpse Too Many|776384|One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2)|Ellis Peters|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178249682s/776384.jpg|3217787]
42[b:Tales of Mystery and Imagination|156152|Tales of Mystery and Imagination|Edgar Allan Poe|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172261666s/156152.jpg|1341235]
43[b:Black and Blue|68768|Black and Blue (Inspector Rebus, #8)|Ian Rankin|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170698624s/68768.jpg|3183339]
44[b:The Devil's Home on Leave|964452|The Devil's Home on Leave (Factory 2)|Derek Raymond|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179857161s/964452.jpg|949349]
45[b:An Unkindness of Ravens|83405|An Unkindness of Ravens (Chief Inspector Wexford #13)|Ruth Rendell|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41tM5ftQ6WL._SL75_.jpg|527644]
46[b:In A Dry Season|9082|In A Dry Season (Inspector Banks, #10)|Peter Robinson|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165859431s/9082.jpg|1079765]
47[b:Roman Blood|102720|Roman Blood (Roma Sub Rosa, #1)|Steven Saylor|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171486404s/102720.jpg|2569207]
48[b:Maigret Sets A Trap|802001|Maigret Sets A Trap (Maigret Mystery Series)|Georges Simenon|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178502215s/802001.jpg|957351]
49[b:The League of Frightened Men|77609|The League of Frightened Men|Rex Stout|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900310s/77609.jpg|1011167]
50[b:A Three Pipe Problem|2015303|A Three Pipe Problem (Sheridan Haynes, #1)|Julian Symons|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZrhRd%2BhZL._SL75_.jpg|2019573]
51[b:The Franchise Affair|243401|The Franchise Affair|Josephine Tey|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173064430s/243401.jpg|1620751]
52[b:The Fools in Town Are on Our Side|8266579|The Fools in Town Are on Our Side|Ross Thomas|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1274473974s/8266579.jpg|199512]
53[b:The Killer Inside Me|298663|The Killer Inside Me|Jim Thompson|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KF2YM8DBL._SL75_.jpg|1724756]
54[b:A Fatal Inversion|420967|A Fatal Inversion|Barbara Vine|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174590115s/420967.jpg|1289277]
55[b:The Ice House|45122|The Ice House|Minette Walters|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170273797s/45122.jpg|1175824]
56[b:The Choirboys|21491|The Choirboys (Crime Masterworks)|Joseph Wambaugh|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167322104s/21491.jpg|1876823]
57[b:Dead Calm|829913|Dead Calm (Perennial library)|Charles Williams|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183876379s/829913.jpg|815589]
58[b:Under the Bright Lights|763677|Under the Bright Lights|Daniel Woodrell|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1298642253s/763677.jpg|749759]
59[b:The Bride Wore Black|280727|The Bride Wore Black|Cornell Woolrich|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173383545s/280727.jpg|926068]

for people who aren't me, 2 books I have read were listed. One I liked one I didn't. based on descriptions I decided 39 did not appeal to mean many by very famous writers. don't you want to buy the book and find out who. there are also cool further reading suggestions for each title and thematic lists.
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