2006-10-05 16:38:16 · 20 answers · asked by michael r 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
American Tabloid..or anything else written by the pen of James Ellroy...the guys a genius..
2006-10-05 20:05:54 · answer #1 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Man In The Brown Suit, by Agatha Christie.
All of Agatha Christie's novels.
2006-10-06 00:42:24 · answer #2 · answered by skeetejacquelinelightersnumber7 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hard to say! Crime and Punishment good book but a Status symbol saying you've read it I think.
I enjoy the Rebus series of crime novels by Ian Rankin. He is such a good writer and he really has his finger on the pulse.
The American Boy by Andrew Taylor ISBN 0-00-710960-1
The Shadow of the wind by Carols Ruis Zafon ISBN 0-75381 931-7
2006-10-06 00:17:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"A Rage in Harlem" by Chester Himes. The adventures of Coffin Ed Johnson and Gravedigger Jones, two New York detectives. Sublime!
2006-10-06 05:48:08 · answer #4 · answered by los 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crime and Punishment by Feodor Dostoevsky.
This brilliant little novel explores both the criminal and
the authorities in the clostrophobia of Czarist Russia.
2006-10-05 23:47:23 · answer #5 · answered by shapsjo 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hard to pick a best, but the first one that comes to mind is "The Maltese Falcon" by Dashiell Hammett. The book is even better than the movie, as the books almost always are.
2006-10-06 09:27:15 · answer #6 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best? The very, very best?
It has to be Black Ice by Matt Dickinson. A book you simply can't stop reading! This is truly the most exciting page-turner I have ever, ever read!
Go get yourself a copy!!!
2006-10-06 09:48:03 · answer #7 · answered by Songbird 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OMG do i have to name just one....i can't!
tess gerritsen rizzoli/isles series
micheal connelly harry bosch series
jeffery deaver lincoln rhyme series
mario puzo the godfather
anything by martina cole
there are so many amazing crime books out there.
2006-10-06 03:03:44 · answer #8 · answered by rubytuesday. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Name of The Rose by Umberto Eco
2006-10-05 23:46:27 · answer #9 · answered by satelitescream 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Agatha Christie - The murder of Roger Ackroyd
2006-10-06 10:23:49 · answer #10 · answered by skaters mam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋