![]() ![]() ![]() But is the killer truly a supernatural creature or just a human with a deadly motive? There is a myth that a spectral hound haunts the moors of the Baskerville estate. In The Hound of the Baskervilles, Holmes is summoned to investigate the death of his friend Charles Baskerville. ![]() No list of the best crime books would be complete without mentioning Sherlock Holmes. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1902) This classic mystery has enthralled readers for nearly a century and has already been adapted into four different films.Ģ. The famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot starts to investigate and finds out that there's more than one one person on the train who has a motive for the murder. In the morning, one of the passengers, a rich American tycoon, is found dead in his compartment with a dozen stab wounds. On a dark winter night, the Orient Express is stopped by a snowdrift. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (1934) We've also limited ourselves to one book per author, so the most prolific mystery authors don't get an unfair advantage. Many books on this list are part of a series, but we’ve only included novels that you can enjoy on their own-either the first book in a series, or a later book in a series that you don’t need to read in chronological order. Let’s start with our picks for the top-30 standalone detective novels. ![]() Best Detective Series Books of All Time. ![]()
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