Mystery > Detective
Sub-Genres of Detective
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Altered Carbon
by Richard K. Morgan
In the twenty-fifth century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in race, religion, and class still exist, advances in technology have redefined life itself. Now, assuming one can afford the expensive procedure, a person's consciousness can be stored in a cortical stack at the base of the brain and easily downloaded into a new body (or "sleeve") making death nothing more than a minor blip on a screen.
Year: 2002
Genre: Cyberpunk, Detective, Hard SF, Hardboiled
Bad Moon Rising
by Ed Gorman
A hippie commune has invaded Black River Falls. While the majority of the townspeople believe that the bohemians have to right to stay--despite how bizarre some of their ways can seem--as always there is a minority that constantly accuses them of everything from criminal activities to Satanism.
Year: 2011
Genre: Detective
Drop Shot
by Harlan Coben
In the second Myron Bolitar novel from Edgar Award-winner Harlan Coben, a young woman's tragic death spirals into a shattering drama of menace, secrets, and rage. Suddenly Myron is in over his head--and playing the most dangerous game of all.
Year: 1996
Genre: Detective
Fire in the Hole
by Elmore Leonard
These nine riveting tales of crime and (sometimes) punishment--including the title story starring U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, which was the basis for the smash hit TV series Justified--feature all the elements that have made the great Elmore Leonard great: superb writing, unforgettable characters, breathtaking twists, and the sharpest, coolest dialogue in the mystery-thriller genre.
Year: 2002
Genre: Crime Fiction, Detective
Flynn
by Gregory McDonald
Infusing elements of dark reality into this richly detailed, comical series, Mcdonald's first volume, Flynn, delves deeper into the curious character first introduced in the bestselling Fletch series--Francis Xavier Flynn.
Year: 1977
Genre: Detective
Flynn's World
by Gregory McDonald
As the day progresses, a curious collection of puzzling cases fall into Flynn's lap, each one stranger and more urgent than the last. As Flynn plunges into harm's way in pursuit of the truth, buried secrets and dark motives come to light as he races to solve each crime and bring these seemingly disconnected matters to a full and complete case closed.
Year: 2003
Genre: Detective
Fools Rush In
by Ed Gorman
In America's heartland, Sam seeks justice for a black college student who's found dead in a car trunk at the drive-in, while thousands gather in the nation's capital for the March on Washington with civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Year: 2007
Genre: Detective
Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories
by Agatha Christie
In this complete collection of more than 50 stories, ranging from short tales to novellas, Poirot faces violent murders, poisonings, kidnappings, and thefts--all solved with his characteristic panache. Only Agatha Christie could have devised cases worthy of Hercule Poirot's skill and "little gray cells."
Genre: Detective
Lock in
by John Scalzi
a world shaped by what's now known as "Haden's syndrome," rookie FBI agent Chris Shane is paired with veteran agent Leslie Vann. The two of them are assigned what appears to be a Haden-related murder at the Watergate Hotel, with a suspect who is an "integrator" - someone who can let the locked in borrow their bodies for a time. If the Integrator was carrying a Haden client, then naming the suspect for the murder becomes that much more complicated.
Year: 2014
Genre: Detective, Science Fiction
One False Move
by Harlan Coben
It's no secret that Harlan Coben's name is synonymous with unrelenting suspense. In this compelling fifth novel in his acclaimed Myron Bolitar series, the unforgettable sports agent agrees to protect basketball star Brenda Slaughter while trying to unravel the tragic riddle of her life.
Year: 1997
Genre: Detective
Play Dead
by Harlan Coben
The worlds of celebrity and sports are brilliantly dissected and turned upside down in bestselling author Harlan Coben's debut thriller.
Year: 1990
Genre: Detective
Raylan
by Elmore Leonard
Leonard's Raylan shines a spotlight once again on the dedicated, if somewhat trigger-happy lawman, this time in his familiar but not particularly cozy milieu of Harlan County, Kentucky, where the drug dealing Crowe brothers are branching out into the human body parts business.
Year: 2012
Genre: Crime Fiction, Detective
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories Volume I
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Since his first appearance in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. Now, in two paperback volumes, Bantam presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan Doyle's classic hero--a truly complete collection of Sherlock Holmes's adventures in crime!
The Buck Passes Flynn
by Gregory McDonald
Someone is looking to wreck the nation's economy, and they're spending plenty to do it. With every lead going nowhere, Flynn's most dizzying logic is put to the test.
Year: 1981
Genre: Detective
The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom
by Erle Stanley Gardner
Edward Garvin is a very successful businessman with a very unhappy ex-wife--who wants his money. So Garvin calls on lawyer Perry Mason to protect his company from her schemes, and ensure the divorce they'd gotten in Mexico is actually finalized.
Genre: Detective
The Case of the Gilded Lily
by Erle Stanley Gardner
Stewart Bedford is willing to cooperate with a blackmailer to protect his beloved wife. But when he wakes up in a daze to find the man shot dead with Bedford's gun and his blond escort missing, he'll need some help from defense lawyer Perry Mason . . .
The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister
by Erle Stanley Gardner
Beautiful Sylvia Bain Atwood is overseeing her ailing father's estate while her sister serves as his caregiver. But their father's fortune has shadowy roots--and now one of his creditors is blackmailing the family. When the situation escalates to murder, defense lawyer Perry Mason will have his hands full.
Genre: Detective
The Case of the Lazy Lover
by Erle Stanley Gardner
Defense lawyer Perry Mason is surprised to receive two checks from a stranger named Lola Allred. And when he speaks with Lola's husband, he discovers the woman has run off with her daughter's boyfriend--who happens to be an important witness in a lawsuit. Soon Mason's caught up in a complicated case involving not only a missing witness but forgery and murder as well . . .
Genre: Detective
The Case of the Lonely Heiress
by Erle Stanley Gardner
Marilyn Marlow has inherited a good deal of money from her mother. But the money originated with another will--that of her mother's wealthy employer. Now his relatives are contesting the will, and it's Rose Keeling, the key witness to its signing, whose mind they will need to sway. When Rose is murdered, sleuthing lawyer Perry Mason must navigate a twisted case.
Genre: Detective
The Complete Sherlock Holmes #2 Boxed Set
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Conan Doyle's incomparable tales bring to life a Victorian England of horse-drawn cabs, fogs, and the famous lodgings at 221B Baker Street, where for more than forty years Sherlock Holmes earned his undisputed reputation as the greatest fictional detective of all time. Volume II begins with The Hound of the Baskervilles, a haunting novel of murder on eerie Grimpen Moor, which has rightly earned its reputation as the finest murder mystery ever written.
Genre: Detective
The Difference Engine
by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling
Year: 1990
Genre: Alternate History, Detective, Steampunk
Ticket to Ride
by Ed Gorman
For small-town, Iowa lawyer, Sam McCain, the year 1965 is not a sweet one. Still, McCain tries to enjoy himself during the town's Labor Day weekend party, reuniting with several old friends--until two of them are murdered for what seems to be a motive buried in the past...
Year: 2009
Genre: Detective
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