100 Must-read Crime Novels

Want to become a crime novel buff, or expand your reading in your favourite genre? This is a good place to start! From the publishers of the popular, Good Reading Guide comes a rich selection of the some of the finest crime novels ever published. With 100 of the best titles fully reviewed and a further 500 recommended, you'll quickly become an expert on the world of crime. The book also allows you to browse by theme, includes 'a reader's fast-guide to the world of crime fiction' as well listing the top 10 crime characters and their creators, award winners and book club recommendations.

Writing underthe pseudonym of Edmund Crispin, he produced some ofthe most
enjoyable English crime fiction of the 1940s ... to the solution of crossword
puzzles – he created one ofthe most memor- able and likeable of all academic
sleuths.