 | Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01 Best start to a book ever -- and the rest is perfect.
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 | Hangover Square: A Story of Darkest Earl's Court (Penguin Modern Classics) by Patrick Hamilton
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £4.17 One-of-a-kind novel about obsessive love. Godlike writer.
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 | The Name of the Rose (Vintage Classics) by Umberto Eco
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £1.99 Jaw-dropping stuff. A book filled with Latin quotations which became a smash hit.
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 | The Moonstone (Penguin Popular Classics) by Wilkie Collins
Buy new: £2.18 / Used from: £0.01 'The first and greatest of English detective novels' -- T.S. Eliot.
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 | Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.43 Brilliantly crafted. Razors and religion in a seaside town.
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 | The Collector (Vintage Classics) by John Fowles
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £2.98 Skilfully ratchets up the tension. Almost unbearable to read.
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 | The Secret Life of Algernon Pendleton by Russell H. Greenan
Buy used from: £34.95 Algernon talks to his porcelain pitcher. Trust me on this one.
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 | Master Day of the Day of Judgement, The by Leo Perutz
Buy used from: £5.82 Austria, 1909: an actor commits suicide -- or does he? Weirdly wonderful, with an unexpected ending.
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 | Postmortem by Guy Cullingford
Buy new: £15.50 / Used from: £7.27 A murder victim investigates his own death. The writing is tart.
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 | And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie Collection) by Agatha Christie
Buy new: £4.97 / Used from: £0.33 Speeds up and up with every murder.
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 | Lady of the Manor by Chris Marr
Buy new: £16.14 / Used from: £11.59 Oh dear. A slip of the mouse, obviously. Have I no shame?
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 | The Director by Chris Marr
Buy new: £16.14 / Used from: £12.90 Confirmed: I have no shame.
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