Lists of Bests: mystery booksellers's "100 favorite mysteries" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/39680 selected by 58 mystery bookshops in the u.s. and canada Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:32:05 GMT en-us 0 50 100 50 0 The Tiger in the Smoke http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2021001 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2021001"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099477734.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45643511_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margery Allingham</div> A Coffin for Dimitrios http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/220079 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/220079"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375726713.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eric Ambler</div> A Dram of Poison http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2578122 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charlotte Armstrong</div> Aunt Dimity's Death (Aunt Dimity) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/329078 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nancy Atherton</div> In the Heat of the Night http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2881122 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Ball</div> Death by Sheer Torture http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1143657 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1143657"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140237879.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Barnard</div> Track of the Cat http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12110 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12110"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0425190838.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nevada Barr</div> The Beast Must Die (Pan Classic Crime) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2461062 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2461062"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0330373218.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicholas Blake</div> When the Sacred Ginmill Closes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1452419 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lawrence Block</div> Green for Danger (Brand, Christianna) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/116357 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/116357"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786703865.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christianna Brand</div> The Fabulous Clipjoint http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/431246 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/431246"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1596541199.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fredric Brown</div> The 39 Steps http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29425 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29425"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1419151126.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Buchan</div> Black Cherry Blues: A Dave Robicheaux Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/111601 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/111601"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380712040.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Lee Burke</div> The Postman Always Rings Twice (Crime Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2488948 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2488948"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752861743.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James M. Cain</div> The Thin Woman http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15802 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15802"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553291955.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dorothy Cannell</div> The Three Coffins http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/825676 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/825676"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000F5X3LI.01-A1OQJ7TC23MGUH._SCTHUMBZZZ_V55988225_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Dickson Carr</div> Thus Was Adonis Murdered (A Legal Whodunnit) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2512433 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2512433"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1841195154.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah Caudwell</div> The Big Sleep (Penguin Fiction) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/529560 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/529560"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140108920.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Raymond Chandler</div> Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1160057 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1160057"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1579126278.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Agatha Christie</div> The Concrete Blonde (Harry Bosch) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2058326 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2058326"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/044661758X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Connelly</div> The Man Who Liked Slow Tomatoes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30711 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30711"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1567921922.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V46835918_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by K. C. Constantine</div> The Monkey's Raincoat (Elvis Cole Novels) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2488949 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2488949"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752816993.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43928350_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Crais</div> The Moving Toyshop http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2366201 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2366201"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/009950622X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44667124_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edmund Crispin</div> Dreaming of the Bones http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2275589 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2275589"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061150401.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Deborah Crombie</div> The Last Good Kiss http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11239 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11239"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0394759893.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Crumley</div> The Yellow Room Conspiracy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1247621 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1247621"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446403733.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Dickinson</div> The Hound of the Baskervilles (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/336587 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/336587"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451528018.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Conan Doyle</div> Rebecca http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/76641 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/76641"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1844080382.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V42238246_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daphne Du Maurier</div> Booked to Die (Cliff Janeway Novels) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21260 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21260"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743410653.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Dunning</div> Old Bones http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/241195 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/241195"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/042520748X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aaron Elkins</div> One for the Money (A Stephanie Plum Novel) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/982625 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/982625"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312362080.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Janet Evanovich</div> Time and Again http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2554629 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2554629"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0575073608.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jack Finney</div> Who in Hell Is Wanda Fuca? http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46302 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46302"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0380727617.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by G.M. Ford</div> Whip Hand http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/645339 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/645339"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0425203549.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dick Francis</div> Hours Before Dawn (Virago Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2299601 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2299601"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1860492231.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056531827_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Celia Fremlin</div> A Great Deliverance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2699003 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2699003"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553384791.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth George</div> Smallbone Deceased (Book Club Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2355382 <div id="position">37</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Gilbert</div> A Is for Alibi (The Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mystery Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/968545 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/968545"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312938993.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sue Grafton</div> The Killings at Badger's Drift (Inspector Barnaby Mysteries) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1270715 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1270715"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1933397047.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122916352_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Caroline Graham</div> The Man With a Load of Mischief http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2806384 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martha Grimes</div> The Maltese Falcon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2422555 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2422555"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752865331.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dashiell Hammett</div> An English Murder http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2489372 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2489372"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/184232649X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057198561_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cyril Hare</div> The Silence of the Lambs http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337247 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337247"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099446782.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Harris</div> Tourist Season http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962991 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962991"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446695718.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carl Hiaasen</div> The Talented Mr. Ripley http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18867 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18867"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679742298.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patricia Highsmith</div> On Beulah Height (Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/338092 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/338092"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0440225906.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Reginald Hill</div> A Thief of Time (Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Novels) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/89668 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/89668"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061000043.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1123815543_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tony Hillerman</div> Cotton Comes to Harlem (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11241 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11241"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0394759990.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1100863110_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chester Himes</div> Hamlet, Revenge! (Inspector Appleby Mystery) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/660132 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/660132"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1842327372.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056527806_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Innes</div> An Unsuitable Job for a Woman http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1639397 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1639397"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/0571204503.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1084268305_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by P.D. James</div>