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Mysteries--The Golden Age (1903-1952)
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Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Hound of the Baskervilles"Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Hound of the Baskervilles" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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1903
Trent's Last CaseTrent's Last Case by E. C. Bentley
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1913
Agatha Christie's Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)Agatha Christie's Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot Mysteries) by Agatha Christie
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1920, the first Christie
The Red House MysteryThe Red House Mystery by Alan Alexander Milne
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1922
House Without a Key, The - # 1House Without a Key, The - # 1 by Earl Derr Biggers
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1925
The Viaduct MurderThe Viaduct Murder by Ronald A. Knox
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1925
The Benson Murder Case (Vintage Pocket, #333)The Benson Murder Case (Vintage Pocket, #333) by S. S. van Dine
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1926, Philo Vance, also titled The Canary Murder Case
The Complete Father Brown Stories (Wordsworth Classics) (Wordsworth Collection)The Complete Father Brown Stories (Wordsworth Classics) (Wordsworth Collection) by G. K. Chesterton
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1927
The Footsteps at the LockThe Footsteps at the Lock by Ronald A. Knox
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1928
Death of a Ghost (Felony & Mayhem Mysteries)Death of a Ghost (Felony & Mayhem Mysteries) by Margery Allingham
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1928
The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Pocket Books #814)The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Pocket Books #814) by Anthony Berkeley
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1929, Roger Sheringham, short story version "The Avenging Chance"
Red HarvestRed Harvest by Dashiell Hammett
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1929
Strong Poison: A Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane MysteryStrong Poison: A Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane Mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers
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1930
The Maltese FalconThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
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1930,Sam Spade
Before the Fact (Pan Classic Crime)Before the Fact (Pan Classic Crime) by Francis Iles
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1932. (A. Berkeley)
The Case Of The Sulky Girl Copyright (1933 Grosset & Dunlap)The Case Of The Sulky Girl Copyright (1933 Grosset & Dunlap) by Erle Stanley Gardner
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1933, Perry Mason
The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce, and Selected Stories (Everyman's Library Classics)The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce, and Selected Stories (Everyman's Library Classics) by James M. Cain
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1934
Fer-de-Lance/The League of Frightened MenFer-de-Lance/The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout
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1934
Overture To Death (Roderick Alleyn Mysteries)Overture To Death (Roderick Alleyn Mysteries) by Ngaio Marsh
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1934, Roderick Alleyn
The Three CoffinsThe Three Coffins by John Dickson Carr
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1935, also published as The Hollow Man
The League of Frightened Men (Nero Wolfe Mysteries)The League of Frightened Men (Nero Wolfe Mysteries) by Rex Stout
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1935
The Beast Must DieThe Beast Must Die by Nicholas Blake
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1935
RebeccaRebecca by Daphne DuMaurier
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1938
Brighton RockBrighton Rock by Graham Greene
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1938
A Coffin for DimitriosA Coffin for Dimitrios by Eric Ambler
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1939
La Patience de MaigretLa Patience de Maigret by Georges Simenon
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1937, Inspector Maigret
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie Collection)And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie Collection) by Agatha Christie
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1939, this book has been published under several titles, one is Ten Little Indians
Witness for The ProsecutionWitness for The Prosecution by Agatha Christie
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1939, this is also one of the finest American Christie films
The Body in the Library: A Miss Marple MysteryThe Body in the Library: A Miss Marple Mystery by Agatha Christie
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1939
The Big SleepThe Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
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1939
Death of a Peer (Roderick Alleyn Mysteries)Death of a Peer (Roderick Alleyn Mysteries) by Ngaio Marsh
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1940, A Surfeit of Lampreys
Farewell, My LovelyFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
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1940
The Moving ToyshopThe Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin
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1946
The Franchise AffairThe Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey
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1948
The Third ManThe Third Man
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1949, this is the only film in the list, but it is one of the best
The Daughter of TimeThe Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
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1951, a classic with no murder and the entire story takes place in a hospital room
The Tiger in the Smoke (Allingham, Margery)The Tiger in the Smoke (Allingham, Margery) by Margery Allingham
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1952
Sins of the Fathers: A Brewster County NovelSins of the Fathers: A Brewster County Novel by Nash Black
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