🕶️ Vintage Detective

The golden-age sleuth in all their glory — sharp wits, impeccable manners, and a drawing-room full of suspects, each with motive and opportunity.

In the Best Families

by Rex Stout • 1950

His client killed, Wolfe fakes his disappearance and goes undercover inside a crime empire.

4.30

5k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Private Detective 🤝 Detective Duo

In the Best Families 90%

His client killed, Wolfe fakes his disappearance and goes undercover inside a crime empire.

by Rex Stout 1950

4.30

5k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Private Detective 🤝 Detective Duo

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1892

Before forensics, one man solved impossible crimes through observation alone. Dr. Watson took notes.

4.30

329k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎩 Eccentric Detective 🏙️ Victorian London

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Summary

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 89%

Before forensics, one man solved impossible crimes through observation alone. Dr. Watson took notes.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1892

4.30

329k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎩 Eccentric Detective 🏙️ Victorian London

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1887

Sharing Baker Street, a reclusive genius and a war-weary doctor solve the crimes that baffle London.

4.51

218k+

🕵️ Consulting Detective 🎩 Victorian London 🔍 Classic Whodunit

The Complete Sherlock Holmes 89%

Sharing Baker Street, a reclusive genius and a war-weary doctor solve the crimes that baffle London.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1887

4.51

218k+ ratings

🕵️ Consulting Detective 🎩 Victorian London 🔍 Classic Whodunit

The Secret Adversary

by Agatha Christie • 1922

Penniless in London, two friends stumble into a conspiracy of spies, impostors, and a stolen treaty.

3.84

72k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤝 Crime Solving Duo

The Secret Adversary 89%

Penniless in London, two friends stumble into a conspiracy of spies, impostors, and a stolen treaty.

by Agatha Christie 1922

3.84

72k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤝 Crime Solving Duo

The Sins of the Fathers

by Lawrence Block • 1976

A disgraced ex-cop turned PI investigates a murdered call girl after the accused hangs himself.

3.87

12k+

🕵️ Hard Boiled Detective 💔 Parent Hires PI 🚬 Fallen Woman Victim

The Sins of the Fathers 89%

A disgraced ex-cop turned PI investigates a murdered call girl after the accused hangs himself.

by Lawrence Block 1976

3.87

12k+ ratings

🕵️ Hard Boiled Detective 💔 Parent Hires PI 🚬 Fallen Woman Victim

The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 2015

An army doctor joins a coldly brilliant detective to solve Victorian London's most baffling crimes.

4.34

4k+

🕵️ Private Detective 🧠 Eccentric Genius 🤝 Detective Duo

The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes Summary

The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes 89%

An army doctor joins a coldly brilliant detective to solve Victorian London's most baffling crimes.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 2015

4.34

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Private Detective 🧠 Eccentric Genius 🤝 Detective Duo

The Silkworm

by Robert Galbraith • 2014

A missing writer is found murdered, posed exactly like the victim in his own scandalous manuscript.

4.05

296k+

🔍 Private Investigator 🖋️ Literary Noir 🕵️ Hardboiled Detective

The Silkworm 89%

A missing writer is found murdered, posed exactly like the victim in his own scandalous manuscript.

by Robert Galbraith 2014

4.05

296k+ ratings

🔍 Private Investigator 🖋️ Literary Noir 🕵️ Hardboiled Detective

A Study in Scarlet

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1887

Dr. Watson meets Sherlock Holmes. A corpse, a bloody word, a trail to the Utah desert.

4.13

499k+

🏙️ Victorian London 🕵️ Eccentric Detective 📝 Sidekick Narrator

A Study in Scarlet 89%

Dr. Watson meets Sherlock Holmes. A corpse, a bloody word, a trail to the Utah desert.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1887

4.13

499k+ ratings

🏙️ Victorian London 🕵️ Eccentric Detective 📝 Sidekick Narrator

Scandal in Babylon

by Barbara Hambly • 2021

A British scholar in 1920s Hollywood must find the killer who framed her movie-star sister-in-law.

3.77

469

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth ⚖️ Frame Up Plot

Scandal in Babylon 89%

A British scholar in 1920s Hollywood must find the killer who framed her movie-star sister-in-law.

by Barbara Hambly 2021

3.77

469 ratings

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth ⚖️ Frame Up Plot

Cards on the Table

by Agatha Christie • 1936

Poirot joins four killers for bridge. Their host is dead before the last card is dealt.

3.96

75k+

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Closed Circle Suspects 🧠 Psychological Detection

Cards on the Table 89%

Poirot joins four killers for bridge. Their host is dead before the last card is dealt.

by Agatha Christie 1936

3.96

75k+ ratings

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Closed Circle Suspects 🧠 Psychological Detection

Death Beside the Seaside

by T.E. Kinsey • 2019

A seaside holiday turns lethal when a scientist vanishes from a hotel packed with spies.

4.26

11k+

🕰️ Edwardian Mystery 🕵️ Espionage Cozy 🌊 Seaside Mystery

Death Beside the Seaside 89%

A seaside holiday turns lethal when a scientist vanishes from a hotel packed with spies.

by T.E. Kinsey 2019

4.26

11k+ ratings

🕰️ Edwardian Mystery 🕵️ Espionage Cozy 🌊 Seaside Mystery

The Big Sleep

by Raymond Chandler • 1988

A dying millionaire, two wild daughters, and a PI whose blackmail case leads straight into murder.

3.94

172k+

🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 🖤 Noir Fiction 💋 Femme Fatale

The Big Sleep 89%

A dying millionaire, two wild daughters, and a PI whose blackmail case leads straight into murder.

by Raymond Chandler 1988

3.94

172k+ ratings

🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 🖤 Noir Fiction 💋 Femme Fatale

The Body in the Library

by Agatha Christie • 2018

A corpse in a colonel's library draws Miss Marple into a village's hidden web of lies.

3.76

1k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

The Body in the Library 89%

A corpse in a colonel's library draws Miss Marple into a village's hidden web of lies.

by Agatha Christie 2018

3.76

1k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1914

A genius who reads men from a bootprint solves London's darkest crimes, his doctor chronicling.

4.48

82k+

🔍 Classic Whodunit 🧠 Deductive Reasoning 🏙️ Victorian London

The Complete Sherlock Holmes 89%

A genius who reads men from a bootprint solves London's darkest crimes, his doctor chronicling.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1914

4.48

82k+ ratings

🔍 Classic Whodunit 🧠 Deductive Reasoning 🏙️ Victorian London

Murder Is Easy

by Agatha Christie • 1939

A train passenger warns a retired policeman of village murders. He scoffs. She is killed.

3.77

34k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏘️ English Village Mystery 🔍 Sleuthing Couple

Murder Is Easy 89%

A train passenger warns a retired policeman of village murders. He scoffs. She is killed.

by Agatha Christie 1939

3.77

34k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏘️ English Village Mystery 🔍 Sleuthing Couple

Dream Town

by David Baldacci • 2022

1953 Hollywood: a vanished client, a Malibu corpse, and a blackmail web leading straight to the mob.

4.09

39k+

🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 🎬 Hollywood Noir 💋 Femme Fatale

Dream Town 89%

1953 Hollywood: a vanished client, a Malibu corpse, and a blackmail web leading straight to the mob.

by David Baldacci 2022

4.09

39k+ ratings

🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 🎬 Hollywood Noir 💋 Femme Fatale

Hickory Dickory Dock

by Agatha Christie • 1955

A student hostel's strange thefts conceal a killer. Only Hercule Poirot sees the pattern.

3.77

41k+

🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🔍 Master Detective 🇬🇧 Postwar London

Hickory Dickory Dock 89%

A student hostel's strange thefts conceal a killer. Only Hercule Poirot sees the pattern.

by Agatha Christie 1955

3.77

41k+ ratings

🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🔍 Master Detective 🇬🇧 Postwar London

The Girl in the Green Dress

by Mariah Fredericks • 2025

A reporter in Jazz Age New York stalks a locked-room murder and the girl in green.

3.51

2k+

🎷 Jazz Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 📰 Reporter As Detective

The Girl in the Green Dress 89%

A reporter in Jazz Age New York stalks a locked-room murder and the girl in green.

by Mariah Fredericks 2025

3.51

2k+ ratings

🎷 Jazz Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 📰 Reporter As Detective

Mystery of the Whale Tattoo

by Franklin W. Dixon • 1967

The Hardy boys join a carnival, then chase a stuffed whale concealing a stolen idol.

3.77

2k+

🕵️ Teen Detectives 👬 Sibling Sleuths 🎭 Disguise And Deception

Mystery of the Whale Tattoo 89%

The Hardy boys join a carnival, then chase a stuffed whale concealing a stolen idol.

by Franklin W. Dixon 1967

3.77

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Teen Detectives 👬 Sibling Sleuths 🎭 Disguise And Deception

Beekeeping for Beginners

by Laurie R. King • 2011

1915: a despairing Holmes meets a brilliant, hunted girl who gives him a reason to live.

4.13

5k+

🕵️ Sherlock Holmes Pastiche 🤝 Unlikely Mentorship 🔍 Apprentice Detective

Beekeeping for Beginners 88%

1915: a despairing Holmes meets a brilliant, hunted girl who gives him a reason to live.

by Laurie R. King 2011

4.13

5k+ ratings

🕵️ Sherlock Holmes Pastiche 🤝 Unlikely Mentorship 🔍 Apprentice Detective

Poirot's Early Cases

by Agatha Christie • 1974

A meticulous Belgian refugee reads the souls of English killers in 18 early cases.

3.91

17k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identities

Poirot's Early Cases 88%

A meticulous Belgian refugee reads the souls of English killers in 18 early cases.

by Agatha Christie 1974

3.91

17k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identities

The Wrong Side of Goodbye

by Michael Connelly • 2016

Harry Bosch takes a dying billionaire's plea: find the hidden child of a doomed love affair.

4.34

80k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Haunted Detective 💰 Hidden Heir

The Wrong Side of Goodbye 88%

Harry Bosch takes a dying billionaire's plea: find the hidden child of a doomed love affair.

by Michael Connelly 2016

4.34

80k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Haunted Detective 💰 Hidden Heir

I Hear the Sirens in the Street

by Adrian McKinty • 2013

A headless body, a rare poison, and a detective out of place in the Troubles.

4.07

10k+

🖤 Irish Noir ☘️ Sectarian Divide 🕵️ Outsider Detective

I Hear the Sirens in the Street 88%

A headless body, a rare poison, and a detective out of place in the Troubles.

by Adrian McKinty 2013

4.07

10k+ ratings

🖤 Irish Noir ☘️ Sectarian Divide 🕵️ Outsider Detective

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

by Agatha Christie • 1920

A wealthy matriarch is poisoned in her locked bedroom, and a Belgian detective finds only motives.

4.00

516k+

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🏡 Country House Murder 🔒 Locked Room Puzzle

The Mysterious Affair at Styles 88%

A wealthy matriarch is poisoned in her locked bedroom, and a Belgian detective finds only motives.

by Agatha Christie 1920

4.00

516k+ ratings

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🏡 Country House Murder 🔒 Locked Room Puzzle

Elephants Can Remember (Poirot) by Agatha Christie

by Agatha Christie • 1972

Ambushed at lunch, a crime novelist must answer: did her goddaughter's mother kill her father?

3.66

50k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🎩 Golden Age Mystery 👯 Twin Swap

Elephants Can Remember (Poirot) by Agatha Christie Summary

Elephants Can Remember (Poirot) by Agatha Christie 88%

Ambushed at lunch, a crime novelist must answer: did her goddaughter's mother kill her father?

by Agatha Christie 1972

3.66

50k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🎩 Golden Age Mystery 👯 Twin Swap

The Secret of the Old Clock

by Carolyn Keene • 1930

Teen detective Nancy Drew tracks a missing will hidden in a clock to outwit a greedy family.

3.97

85k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📜 Inheritance Mystery 🍵 Cozy Mystery Energy

The Secret of the Old Clock 88%

Teen detective Nancy Drew tracks a missing will hidden in a clock to outwit a greedy family.

by Carolyn Keene 1930

3.97

85k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📜 Inheritance Mystery 🍵 Cozy Mystery Energy

Night Passage

by Robert B. Parker • 1997

An alcoholic ex-detective takes a chief's badge in a seaside town owned by a corrupt banker.

4.12

16k+

🥃 Alcoholic Detective 🏚️ Small Town Noir 💔 Divorced Detective

Night Passage 88%

An alcoholic ex-detective takes a chief's badge in a seaside town owned by a corrupt banker.

by Robert B. Parker 1997

4.12

16k+ ratings

🥃 Alcoholic Detective 🏚️ Small Town Noir 💔 Divorced Detective

Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker

by Patricia Meredith • 2021

A beheading forces a masked thief and a detective to hunt a killer in a Spokane mansion.

4.06

190

🔍 Historical Whodunit 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🎭 Masked Thief

Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker Summary

Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker 88%

A beheading forces a masked thief and a detective to hunt a killer in a Spokane mansion.

by Patricia Meredith 2021

4.06

190 ratings

🔍 Historical Whodunit 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🎭 Masked Thief

The Borrowed

by Chan Ho-Kei • 2017

A dying detective answers only yes or no. His protege must solve a tycoon's murder.

4.36

6k+

🔄 Reverse Chronology 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Master Detective

The Borrowed 88%

A dying detective answers only yes or no. His protege must solve a tycoon's murder.

by Chan Ho-Kei 2017

4.36

6k+ ratings

🔄 Reverse Chronology 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Master Detective

The Big Four

by Agatha Christie • 1927

A dying stranger's warning plunges Poirot into a war against four masterminds who want the world.

3.56

78k+

🕵️ International Thriller 📚 Golden Age Mystery 🌍 Global Conspiracy

The Big Four 88%

A dying stranger's warning plunges Poirot into a war against four masterminds who want the world.

by Agatha Christie 1927

3.56

78k+ ratings

🕵️ International Thriller 📚 Golden Age Mystery 🌍 Global Conspiracy

Death in the Clouds

by Agatha Christie • 1935

A Paris moneylender dies mid-flight, killed by a dart. Her murderer is still on board.

3.86

67k+

🔍 Golden Age Mystery ✈️ Closed Circle Mystery 🎭 Disguised Killer

Death in the Clouds 88%

A Paris moneylender dies mid-flight, killed by a dart. Her murderer is still on board.

by Agatha Christie 1935

3.86

67k+ ratings

🔍 Golden Age Mystery ✈️ Closed Circle Mystery 🎭 Disguised Killer

Estudio en escarlata / La señal de los cuatro

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 2005

Pearls, a locked room murder, and lost treasure pull Holmes and Watson into a foggy hunt.

4.13

11k+

🕵️ Victorian Mystery 🚪 Locked Room Mystery 💰 Treasure Hunt

Estudio en escarlata / La señal de los cuatro Summary

Estudio en escarlata / La señal de los cuatro 88%

Pearls, a locked room murder, and lost treasure pull Holmes and Watson into a foggy hunt.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 2005

4.13

11k+ ratings

🕵️ Victorian Mystery 🚪 Locked Room Mystery 💰 Treasure Hunt

Five Little Pigs

by Agatha Christie • 1942

A woman asks Poirot to prove her mother innocent of murder, sixteen years after the execution.

4.03

96k+

🕰️ Cold Case Mystery 🧠 Psychological Mystery 🏡 Country House Mystery

Five Little Pigs 88%

A woman asks Poirot to prove her mother innocent of murder, sixteen years after the execution.

by Agatha Christie 1942

4.03

96k+ ratings

🕰️ Cold Case Mystery 🧠 Psychological Mystery 🏡 Country House Mystery

A Shilling for Candles

by Josephine Tey • 1936

A film star drowns in Kent, a button accuses her friend, and Inspector Grant knows better.

3.92

10k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

A Shilling for Candles 88%

A film star drowns in Kent, a button accuses her friend, and Inspector Grant knows better.

by Josephine Tey 1936

3.92

10k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

Sleeping Murder

by Agatha Christie • 1976

A newlywed's perfect house awakens a buried memory: she witnessed a murder there as a child.

4.00

54k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Cold Case 🧠 Buried Memories

Sleeping Murder 88%

A newlywed's perfect house awakens a buried memory: she witnessed a murder there as a child.

by Agatha Christie 1976

4.00

54k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Cold Case 🧠 Buried Memories

In the Market for Murder

by T.E. Kinsey • 2015

A farmer dies in his pie. A lady sleuth and her maid sift village grudges for the poisoner.

4.12

17k+

🕵️ Lady Detective Duo 👒 Edwardian Mystery 🏘️ Village Secrets

In the Market for Murder 88%

A farmer dies in his pie. A lady sleuth and her maid sift village grudges for the poisoner.

by T.E. Kinsey 2015

4.12

17k+ ratings

🕵️ Lady Detective Duo 👒 Edwardian Mystery 🏘️ Village Secrets

The Murder on the Links

by Agatha Christie • 1923

Summoned to France, Poirot finds his client murdered on a golf course, every clue a deception.

3.86

123k+

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🕵️ Rival Detectives 🕰️ Hidden Past

The Murder on the Links 88%

Summoned to France, Poirot finds his client murdered on a golf course, every clue a deception.

by Agatha Christie 1923

3.86

123k+ ratings

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🕵️ Rival Detectives 🕰️ Hidden Past

The Big Empty

by Robert Crais • 2025

A baker hires Elvis Cole to find her missing father. Then the witnesses start dying.

4.51

16k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🕶️ Hardboiled Private Eye 👥 Detective Duo

The Big Empty 88%

A baker hires Elvis Cole to find her missing father. Then the witnesses start dying.

by Robert Crais 2025

4.51

16k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🕶️ Hardboiled Private Eye 👥 Detective Duo

Curtain

by Agatha Christie • 1975

Poirot, dying at Styles, hunts a killer who has never wielded a weapon: only words.

4.10

51k+

🏠 Country House Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Puzzle 🎭 Master Manipulator

Curtain 88%

Poirot, dying at Styles, hunts a killer who has never wielded a weapon: only words.

by Agatha Christie 1975

4.10

51k+ ratings

🏠 Country House Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Puzzle 🎭 Master Manipulator

Mrs. McGinty's Dead

by Agatha Christie • 1952

Poirot comes out of retirement when a policeman's doubt has an awkward lodger facing the gallows.

3.86

41k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏘️ English Village 🎭 Hidden Identity

Mrs. McGinty's Dead 88%

Poirot comes out of retirement when a policeman's doubt has an awkward lodger facing the gallows.

by Agatha Christie 1952

3.86

41k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏘️ English Village 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Secret Seven

by Enid Blyton • 2006

A children's secret club investigates a midnight van and discovers a racehorse hidden in a cellar.

3.9

12k+

🕵️ Secret Club Mystery 🔍 Kid Detectives 🌙 Nighttime Adventures

The Secret Seven 88%

A children's secret club investigates a midnight van and discovers a racehorse hidden in a cellar.

by Enid Blyton 2006

3.9

12k+ ratings

🕵️ Secret Club Mystery 🔍 Kid Detectives 🌙 Nighttime Adventures

The Birdcage Murders

by Karen Baugh Menuhin • 2022

Diamond dust kills a lord. The dinner guests all lost someone in a massacre twelve years ago.

4.55

3k+

🏚️ Closed Circle Mystery 🎩 Golden Age Whodunit 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth Duo

The Birdcage Murders 88%

Diamond dust kills a lord. The dinner guests all lost someone in a massacre twelve years ago.

by Karen Baugh Menuhin 2022

4.55

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Closed Circle Mystery 🎩 Golden Age Whodunit 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth Duo

A Pocket Full of Rye

by Agatha Christie • 1953

Rye in a dead man's pocket: a killer at a country house follows a nursery rhyme.

3.94

55k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏰 Country House Mystery 🐦 Nursery Rhyme Murders

A Pocket Full of Rye 88%

Rye in a dead man's pocket: a killer at a country house follows a nursery rhyme.

by Agatha Christie 1953

3.94

55k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏰 Country House Mystery 🐦 Nursery Rhyme Murders

Agony Hill

by Sarah Stewart Taylor • 2024

In 1960s Vermont, a grieving detective questions a farmer's barn-fire death the town calls suicide.

3.83

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📖 Literary Mystery 🔒 Family Secrets

Agony Hill 88%

In 1960s Vermont, a grieving detective questions a farmer's barn-fire death the town calls suicide.

by Sarah Stewart Taylor 2024

3.83

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📖 Literary Mystery 🔒 Family Secrets

The clocks [by] Agatha Christie

by Agatha Christie • 1963

A corpse. Four stopped clocks. A typist who was never supposed to be there.

3.73

43k+

🪑 Armchair Detective 💰 Inheritance Scheme 🕰️ Staged Crime Scene

The clocks [by] Agatha Christie 88%

A corpse. Four stopped clocks. A typist who was never supposed to be there.

by Agatha Christie 1963

3.73

43k+ ratings

🪑 Armchair Detective 💰 Inheritance Scheme 🕰️ Staged Crime Scene

Death of an Earl

by G.G. Vandagriff • 2021

An Oxford poet must clear her fiancé's sister-in-law of murdering an earl.

4.27

1k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🎓 Oxford Academia

Death of an Earl 88%

An Oxford poet must clear her fiancé's sister-in-law of murdering an earl.

by G.G. Vandagriff 2021

4.27

1k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🎓 Oxford Academia

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1902

A corpse on the moor, giant paw prints, a family curse. Holmes protects the last heir.

4.14

393k+

🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🔍 Debunked Haunting 🩸 Family Curse

The Hound of the Baskervilles 88%

A corpse on the moor, giant paw prints, a family curse. Holmes protects the last heir.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1902

4.14

393k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🔍 Debunked Haunting 🩸 Family Curse

Nemesis

by Agatha Christie • 1971

A dead man's bequest sends Miss Marple on a coach tour to solve an unnamed murder.

3.87

46k+

🧶 Elderly Sleuth 🕰️ Cold Case ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

Nemesis 88%

A dead man's bequest sends Miss Marple on a coach tour to solve an unnamed murder.

by Agatha Christie 1971

3.87

46k+ ratings

🧶 Elderly Sleuth 🕰️ Cold Case ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

The Redbreast

by Jo Nesbø • 2000

A dying man's confession sends a troubled Oslo detective into the shadow of Norway's Nazi legacy.

3.95

111k+

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🥃 Haunted Detective

The Redbreast 88%

A dying man's confession sends a troubled Oslo detective into the shadow of Norway's Nazi legacy.

by Jo Nesbø 2000

3.95

111k+ ratings

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🥃 Haunted Detective

The Mysterious Mr. Quin

by Agatha Christie • 1930

At country house parties, a quiet gentleman and a spectral stranger reconstruct buried crimes.

3.74

18k+

👀 Armchair Detective 🏠 Country House Mystery 📚 Golden Age Mystery

The Mysterious Mr. Quin 88%

At country house parties, a quiet gentleman and a spectral stranger reconstruct buried crimes.

by Agatha Christie 1930

3.74

18k+ ratings

👀 Armchair Detective 🏠 Country House Mystery 📚 Golden Age Mystery

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