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Crime

Best Crime BooksMichael Dibdin's Top 12 Crime Books



Arthur Conan Doyle

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902)

Dashiell Hammett

The Maltese Falcon (1930)

Francis Iles

Malice Aforethought (1931)

Agatha Christie

And Then There Were None (1941)

William Irish

Phantom Lady (1942)

Raymond Chandler

The Long Goodbye (1953)

Patricia Highsmith

The Talented Mr Ripley (1955)

George V. Higgins

The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1972)

P. D. James

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1972)

Barbara Vine

A Dark-Adapted Eye (1986)

Carl Hiaasen

Double Whammy (1987)

Elmore Leonard

Freaky Deaky (1988)

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Literature Reference: American Literature, English Literature, Classics & Modern FictionAuthors on FictionCrime: Michael Dibdin