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Agatha Christie (2001) And Then There Were None: A Novel. (First published in 1939) St. Martin's Paperbacks Agatha Christie's version of the nursery rhyme is often considered the best mystery novel ever written. 10 strangers are trapped in an Indian island, where the sinister Mr. Owen is accusing them of murder. One by one is found dead, until ... (the resolution of the novel is very different from that of the movie versions). More... 
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P. D. James (2001) The Black Tower. (First published in 1975) Touchstone James' deeply bleak novel is set in an isolated home for patients with a fatal muscular disease. The home's elderly chaplain invites Adam Dalgliesh asking for help. But when Dalgliesh arrives, the chaplain has died. As Commander Danlgliesh begins to investigate, more murder victims keep piling up. More... 
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Edgar Alan Poe (2002) Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales and Poems. Castle Books This Collection of 73 short stories and 48 poems includes such masterpieces as The Fall of the House of Usher, The Purloined Letter, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven, and Murders in the Rue Morgue. A MUST for classical mystery fans. More...
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Dorothy L. Sayers (1995) Gaudy Nights. (First published in 1935) HarperTorch This Lord Peter Wimsey mystery unfolds at the all-female Shrewsbury College at Oxford. Harriet Vane, mystery writer and alumna of the College, comes back for the annual Gaudy night, where she receives a note full of hatred. Some time later she is called back by the Dean because the unpleasant events have intensified. Academic life, mixed with vitriolic hate. More...
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John Dickson Carr (2002) The Hollow Man. (First published 1935) Orion Paperbacks Three brothers, jailed for bank robbery, fake their deaths and are buried alive. The one with the shovel in his coffin digs his way to freedom, then leaves his brothers in their graves. But they come come back at him. Also published under the title "The Three Coffins", this intricate murder set-up is probably the best novel of the master of classical locked room mysteries. More... 
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Arthur Conan Doyle (2005) The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels. Includes: A Study in Scarlet (1887), The Sign of Four (1889), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901), The Valley of Fear (1914). W. W. Norton Many illustrations, some from the novels' original appearances. A must-have for any serious mystery fan. More...
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