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The Burglar in the Closet

★★★☆☆
Another heist gone wrong, as Bernie is hiding in the closet when a woman is murdered.

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The A.B.C. Murders

★★★★★
Poirot tracks a serial killer with a peculiar modus operandi... he murders people in alphabetical order.

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March Violets

★★★★★
Bernie Gunther, a private detective in 1930’s Berlin, has to solve the murder of a billionaire’s daughter

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Burglars Can't Be Choosers

★★★★★
Bernie Rhodenbarr is a gentleman burglar, he takes pride in his doings. But when he is accused of the more baser crime of murder, he needs to solve it to exonerate himself.

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Death On The Nile

★★★★★
Murder follows Poirot on vacation, as a wealthy young woman is shot dead on his boat while on a cruise down the river Nile

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The Last Devil to Die

★★★★★
A friend of Elizabeth’s husband, Stephen, has been killed, and a package he was protecting is now missing

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The Mysterious Affair at Styles

★★★★★
The first novel by Dame Agatha, and also the first in which the iconic Poirot makes an appearance

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The Black Echo

★★★★☆
LA detective and Vietnam vet Harry Bosch is called in to examine a body found in a drainage tunnel, but the case hits closer to home when he recognises the body as an old comrade

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Behind Her Eyes

★★★★★
A doctor's secretary is having an affair with the doctor, while being a close confidant of his wife.

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The Bullet That Missed

★★★★★
The four senior citizen detectives are at it again, this time solving a ten year old case of a murdered TV journalist... while other events happen around them

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The Devotion of Suspect X

★★★☆☆
Tokyo police detective Kusanagi has a perplexing case on his hands; he has a body, but is unable to piece together the events leading up to the death...

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The Guest List

★★★★★
A celebrity destination wedding is happening on a remote island off Ireland. Following a blackout, a body is discovered, but every guest has a secret to hide...

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A Murder is Announced

★★☆☆☆
Miss Marple decodes a very complicated murder which is preceded by an announcement of the murder in the local newspaper, replete with location, date and time.

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The 39 Steps

★★★★★
The original spy-thriller; a mining engineer on vacation is caught up in an international conspiracy involving assassinations, disguises, shady backroom dealings and shifty Germans

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The Searcher

★★★★★
Cal, a retired police officer from the US, now settled in rural Ireland, is approached by a local kid for help looking for a missing brother.

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A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder

★★★★☆
Pippa Fitz-Amobi starts investigating a murder as a high-school project, but the secrets she uncovers are ones that no one wants to face

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