 | S is for Silence by Sue Grafton
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01 Sue Grafton's stories are well crafted and highly readable. If you haven't read one yet, lucky you! Personally, I'm dreading the end of Kinsey Millhone more than Harry Potter.
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 | Maximum Bob by Elmore Leonard
Buy used from: £0.01 This book set in Florida is an excellent comic adventure. Highly enjoyable!
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 | An Unsuitable Job for A Woman by P.D. James
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £1.95 Cordelia Gray's stint was all too brief, but luckily this book is worth reading again and again.
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 | Native Tongue by Carl Hiaasen
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01 Reading Carl Hiaasen is about as much fun as you're likely to have without the help of Class A substances. His characters inhabit a crazy world rules by a comic sense of justice.
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 | Swag by Elmore Leonard
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £1.03 This book is proof of Elmore Leonard's genius. Snappier dialogue and faster plotting than even the best show HBO can produce.
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 | The Body Farm by Patricia Cornwell
Buy new: £4.89 / Used from: £0.01 While I'm not a fan of her current work, this book shows Cornwell at the peak of her powers.
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 | What's a Girl Gotta Do? (A Robin Hudson Mystery) by Sparkle Hayter
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £0.01 Sparkle Hayter's work is a delight and her creation Robin Hudson has kept me chuckling through some long nights. Old-school girl power with a forties twist.
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 | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.01 Not everyone who's read this would describe it as a mystery, but I think Haddon's protagonist shows sleuthing skills to rival any of his literary peers.
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 | The Falls by Ian Rankin
Buy used from: £0.15 Top stuff from Ian Rankin.
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 | The Big Sleep (Penguin fiction) by Raymond Chandler
Buy new: £5.09 / Used from: £2.22 Read where it all began: Raymond Chandler is the grandfather of the hardbitten detective.
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 | The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (The Christie Collection) by Agatha Christie
Buy used from: £0.01 One of Agatha Christies's best--genius!
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 | Gaudy Night (A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery) by Dorothy L Sayers
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £1.81 I've read many of Sayers' books but this remains my firm favourite. Some may relish the period details while others are bored. You know who you are.
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 | An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 So clever! You may not like how it ends, but I promise you'll enjoy at least one of the narrators.
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 | Innocent Blood by P.D. James
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £1.86 A bit of a departure for PD James, but a highly profitable one. I found the characters engaging and am a bit sorry we never met them again elsewhere in James' body of work.
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 | H is for Homicide by Sue Grafton
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.01 One of my favourites from the abcdarian series. Poignant but punchy, Grafton is on top form.
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