#Detective

4 books tagged with detective, sorted by rating.

Murder on the Orient Express

by Agatha Christie

5/5

mystery

In the Woods

by Tana French

4/5

mystery

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle

4/5

mystery

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

by Alexander McCall Smith

4/5

mystery

Murder on the Orient Express

by Agatha Christie

5/5

When a wealthy American is found stabbed to death in his locked compartment aboard the Orient Express, legendary detective Hercule Poirot must solve the case before the snowbound train reaches its destination. Every passenger has an alibi — and every passenger has a motive.

mystery

In the Woods

by Tana French

4/5

Detective Rob Ryan investigates the murder of a young girl found at an archaeological dig in the same Dublin woods where, twenty years earlier, his two childhood friends vanished without a trace. As the cases intertwine, buried memories threaten to surface.

mystery

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle

4/5

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate the legend of a spectral hound that has haunted the Baskerville family for generations on the misty moors of Devon. When the latest heir receives a death threat, Holmes must separate supernatural myth from murderous reality.

mystery

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

by Alexander McCall Smith

4/5

Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's first and finest female private detective, sets up shop in Gaborone and tackles cases ranging from missing husbands to suspected poisoners. With warmth, wisdom, and a love of bush tea, Mma Ramotswe solves problems the old-fashioned way.

mystery