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Detective Book Summaries

Nightshade

by Michael Connelly • 2025

Immersive

Nightshade

by Michael Connelly 2025 345 pages

by Robert Galbraith • 2023

by Robert Galbraith 2023 960 pages

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1902

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1902 256 pages

by Michael Connelly • 2022

by Michael Connelly 2022 400 pages

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1887

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1887 123 pages

Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief

by Maurice Leblanc • 1907

Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief

by Maurice Leblanc 1907 279 pages

by Daniel Cole • 2017

by Daniel Cole 2017 384 pages

by Jo Nesbø • 2007

by Jo Nesbø 2007 383 pages

by Elizabeth George • 1988

by Elizabeth George 1988 413 pages

by Robert Galbraith • 2015

by Robert Galbraith 2015 609 pages

by Michael Connelly • 1996

by Michael Connelly 1996 597 pages

by Michael Connelly • 1993

by Michael Connelly 1993 439 pages

by Jo Nesbø • 1998

by Jo Nesbø 1998 368 pages

by Michael Connelly • 1992

by Michael Connelly 1992 482 pages

by Robert Galbraith • 2020

by Robert Galbraith 2020 944 pages

by James Patterson • 1997

by James Patterson 1997 416 pages

by Robert Galbraith • 2018

by Robert Galbraith 2018 650 pages

by James Patterson • 2006

by James Patterson 2006 393 pages

by Robert Galbraith • 2014

by Robert Galbraith 2014 464 pages

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1892

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1892 389 pages

by Anthony Horowitz • 2024

by Anthony Horowitz 2024 432 pages

by Michael Connelly • 1994

by Michael Connelly 1994 484 pages

by Louise Penny • 2006

by Louise Penny 2006 311 pages

by Louise Penny • 2007

by Louise Penny 2007 310 pages

by Robert Galbraith • 2022

by Robert Galbraith 2022 1391 pages

by Michael Connelly • 2006

by Michael Connelly 2006 448 pages

by Jo Nesbø • 2006

by Jo Nesbø 2006 528 pages

by James Patterson • 1996

by James Patterson 1996 466 pages

by Robert Galbraith • 2025

by Robert Galbraith 2025 32 pages

by M.W. Craven • 2024

by M.W. Craven 2024 510 pages

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

by Edgar Allan Poe • 2014

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

by Edgar Allan Poe 2014 38 pages

by Michael Connelly • 2024

by Michael Connelly 2024 407 pages

by James Patterson • 1999

by James Patterson 1999 461 pages

by Michael Connelly • 1995

by Michael Connelly 1995 400 pages

by John Verdon • 2010

by John Verdon 2010 432 pages

by Robert Crais • 2025

by Robert Crais 2025 373 pages

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1890

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1890 129 pages

by Michael Connelly • 2006

by Michael Connelly 2006 405 pages

by Peter James • 2005

by Peter James 2005 336 pages

A Rule Against Murder

by Louise Penny • 2008

A Rule Against Murder

by Louise Penny 2008 322 pages

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1914

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

Volume II

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1914 709 pages

by James Patterson • 2000

by James Patterson 2000 416 pages

by Tess Gerritsen • 2001

by Tess Gerritsen 2001 416 pages

by Daniel Cole • 2018

by Daniel Cole 2018 386 pages

A Darkness More Than Night

by Michael Connelly • 2000

A Darkness More Than Night

by Michael Connelly 2000 470 pages

by Michael Connelly • 1998

by Michael Connelly 1998 498 pages

The Mystery of the Yellow Room

by Gaston Leroux • 2006

The Mystery of the Yellow Room

by Gaston Leroux 2006 192 pages

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1887

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1887 1796 pages

by Michael Connelly • 2004

by Michael Connelly 2004 436 pages

by James Patterson • 2005

by James Patterson 2005 413 pages

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