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Are you looking for the Best Detective Books? Whatever type of reading you prefer in life, you will find your happiness in an excellent black detective novel. Beautiful stories with complicated intrigues? Black. Hilarious humor, although of a generally dark variety? Black. Unforgettable characters? Black. Action out of breath? Black again. If you have fallen behind on black fiction, now is the time to board this train, as some for the Best novels ever written have fallen into this beloved genre and chameleon.
We tried to take into account the golden age of police fiction from the early to mid-twentieth century, but we also added some older classics. We avoided the spoilers in the summaries of the novels we provided and instead chose to focus on the most curious or interesting aspects of these novels.
Best Detective Books
The Moonstone (Detective Club Crime Classics) (The Detective Club)
$5.74 in stock
Features
Author | Wilkie Collins |
Binding | Hardcover |
Brand | HARPER COLLINS |
Catalog Number List | Catalog Number List Element: XC5652MS |
Creator | G. D. H. Cole; Margaret Cole |
EAN | 9780008166946 |
EAN List | EAN List Element: 9780008166946 |
Edition | Anniversary |
Format | Abridged |
ISBN | 9780008166946 |
Item Dimensions | Height: 730; Length: 130; Weight: 75; Width: 510 |
Label | Collins Crime Club |
Manufacturer | Collins Crime Club |
MPN | 9780008166946 MS |
Number Of Items | 1 |
Number Of Pages | 320 |
Package Dimensions | Height: 122; Length: 752; Weight: 75; Width: 512 |
Part Number | 9780008166946 MS |
Product Group | Book |
Product Type Name | ABIS_BOOK |
Publication Date | 2017-12-28 |
Publisher | Collins Crime Club |
Release Date | 2018-04-17 |
Studio | Collins Crime Club |
Title | The Moonstone (Detective Club Crime Classics) (The Detective Club) |
The Secret Place: A Novel
$11.39 in stock
80 used from $1.30
Features
Author | Tana French |
Binding | Paperback |
Brand | Penguin Books |
Catalog Number List | POXM-0143127519; XM-0143127519 |
EAN | 9780143127512 |
EAN List | EAN List Element: 9780143127512 |
Edition | Reprint |
ISBN | 0143127519 |
Item Dimensions | Height: 840; Length: 110; Weight: 85; Width: 540 |
Label | Penguin Books |
Manufacturer | Penguin Books |
Number Of Items | 1 |
Number Of Pages | 480 |
Package Dimensions | Height: 130; Length: 830; Weight: 85; Width: 540 |
Package Quantity | 1 |
Product Group | Book |
Product Type Name | ABIS_BOOK |
Publication Date | 2015-08-04 |
Publisher | Penguin Books |
Release Date | 2015-08-04 |
Studio | Penguin Books |
Title | The Secret Place: A Novel |
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike)
$11.21 in stock
157 used from $1.49
Features
Author | Robert Galbraith |
Binding | Paperback |
Brand | Mulholland Books |
Catalog Number List | Catalog Number List Element: XM-0316206857 |
EAN | 9780316206853 |
EAN List | EAN List Element: 9780316206853 |
ISBN | 0316206857 |
Is Eligible For Trade In | 1 |
Item Dimensions | Height: 825; Length: 550; Weight: 91; Width: 175 |
Label | Mulholland Books |
Manufacturer | Mulholland Books |
Number Of Items | 1 |
Number Of Pages | 480 |
Package Dimensions | Height: 150; Length: 810; Weight: 90; Width: 540 |
Package Quantity | 1 |
Product Group | Book |
Product Type Name | ABIS_BOOK |
Publication Date | 2014-04-29 |
Publisher | Mulholland Books |
Release Date | 2014-04-29 |
Studio | Mulholland Books |
Title | The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike) |
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (Dover Mystery Classics)
5 used from $5.46
Features
Author | Fergus Hume |
Binding | Paperback |
EAN | 9780486816043 |
EAN List | 9780486816043; 0800759816040 |
Edition | Reissue |
ISBN | 0486816044 |
Item Dimensions | Height: 825; Length: 550; Weight: 70; Width: 75 |
Label | Dover Publications |
Manufacturer | Dover Publications |
Number Of Items | 1 |
Number Of Pages | 256 |
Package Dimensions | Height: 71; Length: 780; Weight: 60; Width: 488 |
Product Group | Book |
Product Type Name | ABIS_BOOK |
Publication Date | 2017-07-18 |
Publisher | Dover Publications |
Release Date | 2017-07-18 |
Studio | Dover Publications |
Title | The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (Dover Mystery Classics) |
UPC | 800759816040 |
UPC List | UPC List Element: 800759816040 |
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)
32 used from $2.41
Features
Author | Agatha Christie |
Binding | Paperback |
Brand | Harper Paperbacks |
Catalog Number List | POXM-0062073567; XM-0062073567 |
EAN | 9780062073563 |
EAN List | EAN List Element: 9780062073563 |
Edition | Reprint |
Format | |
ISBN | 9780062073563 |
Item Dimensions | Height: 526; Length: 77; Weight: 51; Width: 770 |
Label | William Morrow Paperbacks |
Manufacturer | William Morrow Paperbacks |
Number Of Items | 1 |
Number Of Pages | 304 |
Package Dimensions | Height: 76; Length: 800; Weight: 93; Width: 531 |
Package Quantity | 1 |
Product Group | Book |
Product Type Name | ABIS_BOOK |
Publication Date | 2011-02-01 |
Publisher | William Morrow Paperbacks |
Release Date | 2011-02-01 |
Studio | William Morrow Paperbacks |
Title | The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot Mysteries) |
Hamlet, Revenge! (The Inspector Appleby Mysteries Book 2)
Features
Author | Michael Innes |
Binding | Kindle Edition |
Format | Kindle eBook |
Label | Agora Books |
Languages | Name: English; Type: Published |
Manufacturer | Agora Books |
Number Of Pages | 352 |
Product Group | eBooks |
Product Type Name | ABIS_EBOOKS |
Publication Date | 2017-07-17 |
Publisher | Agora Books |
Release Date | 2017-07-17 |
Studio | Agora Books |
Title | Hamlet, Revenge! (The Inspector Appleby Mysteries Book 2) |
Before I Go To Sleep
Features
Actor | Colin Firth; Mark Strong; Nicole Kidman |
Audience Rating | R (Restricted) |
Binding | Prime Video |
Director | Rowan Joffe |
Genre | Drama |
Product Group | Movie |
Product Type Name | DOWNLOADABLE_MOVIE |
Release Date | 2015-01-13 |
Running Time | 91 |
Studio | Fox |
Title | Before I Go To Sleep |
Big Little Lies
$9.76 in stock
202 used from $1.25
Features
Author | Liane Moriarty |
Binding | Paperback |
Brand | Moriarty Liane |
Catalog Number List | XM-0425274861; POXM-0425274861 |
EAN | 9780425274866 |
EAN List | 8601423645292; 9780425274866 |
Edition | Reprint |
ISBN | 0425274861 |
Item Dimensions | Height: 822; Length: 547; Weight: 85; Width: 112 |
Label | Berkley |
Manufacturer | Berkley |
Number Of Items | 1 |
Number Of Pages | 512 |
Package Dimensions | Height: 106; Length: 823; Weight: 91; Width: 551 |
Package Quantity | 1 |
Product Group | Book |
Product Type Name | ABIS_BOOK |
Publication Date | 2015-08-11 |
Publisher | Berkley |
Release Date | 2015-08-11 |
Studio | Berkley |
Title | Big Little Lies |
Features
Actor | John Cusack; Billy Bob Thornton; Lara Phillips; Bill Noble; Brad Smith |
Audience Rating | R (Restricted) |
Binding | Prime Video |
Creator | Ex Robert Benton; Thomas Busch; Ass-p: Laurel Ward; Robert Benton; Albert Berger; Thomas J. Busch; Jim Fishman; Richard Russo; Laurel A. Ward; Glenn Williamson; Ron Yerxa |
Director | Harold Ramis |
Genre | Action - Crime |
Product Group | Movie |
Product Type Name | DOWNLOADABLE_MOVIE |
Release Date | 2009-08-11 |
Running Time | 89 |
Studio | Universal Studios |
Title | The Ice Harvest |
A Christmas Grace: A Novel (The Christmas Stories Book 6)
Features
Author | Anne Perry |
Binding | Kindle Edition |
Edition | 1 |
EISBN | 9780345509819 |
Format | Kindle eBook |
Label | Ballantine Books |
Languages | Name: English; Type: Published |
Manufacturer | Ballantine Books |
Number Of Pages | 225 |
Product Group | eBooks |
Product Type Name | ABIS_EBOOKS |
Publication Date | 2008-10-22 |
Publisher | Ballantine Books |
Release Date | 2008-10-28 |
Studio | Ballantine Books |
Title | A Christmas Grace: A Novel (The Christmas Stories Book 6) |
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Best Detective Books Comparison Table
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Book Name | Book Rank | Book Rating |
The Moonstone | 1st | 9.5 out of 10 |
The Secret Place | 2nd | 9.4 out of 10 |
The Cuckoo’s Calling | 3rd | 9.3 out of 10 |
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab | 4th | 9.3 out of 10 |
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | 5th | 9.2 out of 10 |
Hamlet, Revenge! | 6th | 9.2 out of 10 |
Before I Go To Sleep | 7th | 9.1 out of 10 |
Big Little Lies | 8th | 9.1 out of 10 |
The Ice Harvest | 9th | 9.0 out of 10 |
A Christmas Grace | 10th | 8.9 out of 10 |
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