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Top authors writing 20th century crime
Jacqueline Winspear
488 ratings 4.05 ·
fiction · law-enforcement · mystery · historical-fiction · audiobook · historical · cozy · book · 20th-century · female-mc · war · adult · suspense · crime · violent-conflict · female-author · murder · whodunit · action-adventure · investigator
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Dorothy L. Sayers
506 ratings 4.04 ·- Lord Peter Wimsey Series Collection Dorothy L Sayers and Jill Paton Walsh 4 Books Set by Dorothy L. Sayers
- A New Omnibus of Crime by Dorothy L. Sayers
- A Presumption of Death by Dorothy L. Sayers
- Thrones, Dominations by Dorothy L. Sayers
- The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist by Dorothy L. Sayers
fiction · adult · classics · literary · mystery · historical-fiction · 20th-century · historical · crime · law-enforcement · murder · female-author · golden-age-mystery · whodunit · cozy · audiobook · amateur-sleuth · book · thriller · suspense
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
310 ratings 4.00 ·
historical · action-adventure · suspense · magical-realism · fiction · historical-fiction · mystery · gothic · fantasy · audiobook · drama · horror · dark · 20th-century · book · literary-fiction · young-adult · urban-fantasy · crime · paranormal
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Kate Morton
246 ratings 3.99 ·
mystery · suspense · book · family · audiobook · historical · historical-fiction · womens-fiction · literary-fiction · gothic · fiction · 20th-century · female-author · adult · crime · drama · romance · realistic · friendship · 21st-century
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David Downing
102 ratings 3.98 ·
political-intrigue · espionage · adult · fiction · historical · historical-fiction · crime · book · violent-conflict · ww2 · thriller · war · mystery · 20th-century · audiobook · male-author · action-adventure · western-central-europe · assassinations · literary-fiction
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Alan Bradley
329 ratings 3.97 ·
historical-fiction · law-enforcement · fiction · murder · suspense · action-adventure · historical · cozy · crime · mystery · whodunit · audiobook · killer · children · young-adult · thriller · humor · book · 20th-century · female-mc
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Charles Todd
767 ratings 3.94 ·
mystery · fiction · adult · historical-fiction · historical · crime · book · law-enforcement · suspense · audiobook · cozy · ww1 · 20th-century · murder · violent-conflict · war · killer · police-procedural · action-adventure · female-mc
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John Dickson Carr
131 ratings 3.92 ·- Murder on Christmas Eve: Classic Mysteries for the Festive Season by John Dickson Carr
- Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural by John Dickson Carr
- Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror by John Dickson Carr
- Korn åt små fåglar by John Dickson Carr
- The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes by John Dickson Carr
fiction · adult · mystery · literary · classics · law-enforcement · crime · book · historical · 20th-century · golden-age-mystery · suspense · horror · murder · locked-room · historical-fiction · action-adventure · anthologies · pulp · thriller
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Ashley Weaver
118 ratings 3.91 ·
book · mystery · fiction · female-mc · adult · amateur-sleuth · historical-fiction · historical · cozy · 20th-century · suspense · audiobook · crime · law-enforcement · whodunit · murder · womens-fiction · espionage · political-intrigue · investigator
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Charles Willeford
136 ratings 3.90 ·
noir · mystery · fiction · crime · adult · hard-boiled · book · pulp · 20th-century · historical · law-enforcement · literary-fiction · murder · suspense · audiobook · psychological · humor · action-adventure · anthologies · police-procedural
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Philip Kerr
402 ratings 3.90 ·
book · fiction · mystery · crime · suspense · adult · thriller · audiobook · political-intrigue · historical-fiction · historical · espionage · 20th-century · noir · law-enforcement · violent-conflict · ww2 · war · action-adventure · murder
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Josephine Tey
165 ratings 3.90 ·
historical · historical-fiction · adult · female-author · fiction · mystery · book · audiobook · law-enforcement · crime · murder · golden-age-mystery · 20th-century · literary · classics · cozy · police-procedural · thriller · suspense · whodunit
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Susan Elia MacNeal
208 ratings 3.89 ·
fiction · mystery · female-mc · war · adult · violent-conflict · ww2 · espionage · historical · political-intrigue · historical-fiction · book · 20th-century · law-enforcement · cozy · action-adventure · female-author · thriller · audiobook · suspense
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Helen MacInnes
168 ratings 3.89 ·
suspense · book · political-intrigue · espionage · adult · fiction · historical-fiction · action-adventure · historical · crime · thriller · 20th-century · mystery · cold-war · assassinations · politics · military · murder · literary · classics
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Beatriz Williams
393 ratings 3.88 ·
fiction · adult · historical-fiction · historical · book · mystery · womens-fiction · 20th-century · audiobook · romance · family · literary-fiction · drama · female-mc · crime · action-adventure · war · suspense · violent-conflict · ww2
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Ngaio Marsh
438 ratings 3.87 ·
cozy · audiobook · law-enforcement · adult · crime · fiction · mystery · literary · classics · police-procedural · murder · golden-age-mystery · book · whodunit · 20th-century · historical · female-author · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · humor
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Agatha Christie
3973 ratings 3.86 ·- Murder on the Orient Express / Cards on the Table / The A.B.C. Murders / Death Comes As the End by Agatha Christie
- THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD: Hercule Poirot #3, BIBLIOTHECA CLASSICA by Agatha Christie
- The Mystery Of The Blue Train: Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot #6 by Agatha Christie
- The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly By Agatha Christie : A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie
- The Third‐Floor Flat by Agatha Christie
fiction · mystery · crime · classics · literary · law-enforcement · adult · audiobook · cozy · historical · murder · thriller · historical-fiction · 20th-century · suspense · killer · female-author · anthologies · whodunit · book
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Patricia Wentworth
226 ratings 3.85 ·
book · literary · classics · adult · mystery · fiction · historical · cozy · crime · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · audiobook · 20th-century · amateur-sleuth · suspense · female-mc · golden-age-mystery · murder · investigator · killer
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Margery Allingham
232 ratings 3.82 ·
crime · law-enforcement · mystery · fiction · adult · classics · literary · cozy · book · audiobook · 20th-century · golden-age-mystery · historical · historical-fiction · female-author · murder · killer · action-adventure · whodunit · suspense
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James Ellroy
322 ratings 3.82 ·
crime · mystery · fiction · law-enforcement · noir · suspense · adult · hard-boiled · historical-fiction · book · thriller · historical · audiobook · 20th-century · politics · literary-fiction · dark · true-crime · police-procedural · classics
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P.D. James
576 ratings 3.81 ·
fiction · mystery · adult · crime · suspense · female-author · law-enforcement · audiobook · thriller · murder · killer · whodunit · book · 20th-century · cozy · contemporary · police-procedural · literary · classics · literary-fiction
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Maurice Leblanc
109 ratings 3.79 ·
mystery · fiction · crime · historical · adult · action-adventure · 20th-century · classics · literary · law-enforcement · book · audiobook · suspense · historical-fiction · cozy · outlaws · literary-fiction · anthologies · heist · humor
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Ira Levin
202 ratings 3.78 ·
book · horror · suspense · adult · fiction · 20th-century · mystery · literary · classics · crime · drama · audiobook · thriller · psychological · literary-fiction · historical · dystopia · contemporary · male-author · dark
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Kate Atkinson
408 ratings 3.77 ·
audiobook · female-author · fiction · literary-fiction · family · adult · book · mystery · humor · 20th-century · 21st-century · drama · crime · contemporary · suspense · historical-fiction · realistic · magical-realism · coming-of-age · thriller
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Ian Fleming
402 ratings 3.73 ·
fiction · literary · classics · action-adventure · adult · crime · espionage · political-intrigue · audiobook · 20th-century · thriller · suspense · cold-war · pulp · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · book · male-author · mystery · historical
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Iain Pears
160 ratings 3.72 ·
historical-fiction · fiction · adult · historical · mystery · book · suspense · 20th-century · audiobook · crime · law-enforcement · thriller · action-adventure · 21st-century · literary-fiction · male-author · political-intrigue · murder · cozy · espionage
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Joseph Kanon
156 ratings 3.71 ·
thriller · adult · fiction · political-intrigue · espionage · historical-fiction · suspense · book · 20th-century · crime · mystery · audiobook · historical · war · ww2 · cold-war · violent-conflict · politics · action-adventure · europe
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Ian McEwan
557 ratings 3.60 ·
fiction · audiobook · literary-fiction · adult · contemporary · book · drama · classics · literary · male-author · 20th-century · psychological · crime · family · historical-fiction · mystery · realistic · 21st-century · suspense · humor
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