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mystery fiction (1,135)

This mystery series belongs to the whodunit tradition and was written by Phoebe Atwood Taylor. At its core, it offers stories built around puzzles, clues, and uncertainty, with the emphasis on working out what happened through careful reasoning. If you enjoy fiction where the mystery stays front and center and the pleasure comes from following the trail of evidence, this series fits that lane well.

If you are wondering where to begin, this is a good place to follow the page order: the books are presented in publication order. Booktheque includes 8 titles in the series, ranging from 1938 to 1947. Since there is no separate reading order indicated in the data, the order shown here should be treated as the reading order.

A good starting point is Murder at the New York World's Fair or The Cut Direct, and then you can continue in the order shown on the page. The series is a natural fit for readers who like classic mystery fiction, tidy clue-based investigations, and a steady focus on solving the central puzzle rather than on heavy action.

Dark Places
Gillian Flynn · 2009
The Calling of the Grave
Simon Beckett · 2010
The Reversal
Michael Connelly · 2010
Cadix, ou la diagonale du fou
Arturo Pérez-Reverte · 2010
No Name
Wilkie Collins · 1862
Trent's Last Case
Edmund Clerihew Bentley · 1913
The Benson Murder Case
S. S. Van Dine · 1926
The American Gun Mystery
Ellery Queen · 1933
The Chinese Orange Mystery
Ellery Queen · 1934
The White Priory Murders
John Dickson Carr · 1934
Halfway House
Ellery Queen · 1936
The Dragon's Teeth
Ellery Queen · 1939
Murder in the Submarine Zone
John Dickson Carr · 1940
There Was an Old Woman
Ellery Queen · 1943
She Died a Lady
John Dickson Carr · 1943
Till Death Do Us Part
John Dickson Carr · 1944
The Murderer is a Fox
Ellery Queen · 1945
The Moving Target
Ross Macdonald · 1949
Night at the Mocking Widow
John Dickson Carr · 1950
The Drowning Pool
Ross Macdonald · 1950
The Cavalier's Cup
John Dickson Carr · 1953
Fire, Burn!
John Dickson Carr · 1957
The Doomsters
Ross Macdonald · 1958
The Chinese Gold Murders
Robert van Gulik · 1959
Five Go to Demon's Rocks
Enid Blyton · 1961
In the Heat of the Night
John Ball · 1965
More Tales of the Black Widowers
Isaac Asimov · 1976
Listening Woman
Tony Hillerman · 1978
The Millionaire Detective
Yasutaka Tsutsui · 1978
One Corpse Too Many
Edith Pargeter · 1979
Act of Love
Joe R. Lansdale · 1981
Who Censored Roger Rabbit?
Gary K. Wolf · 1981
Phantoms
Dean Koontz · 1983
The Devil's Novice
Edith Pargeter · 1983
The Armageddon Rag
George R. R. Martin · 1983
The Sanctuary Sparrow
Edith Pargeter · 1983
Dead Man's Ransom
Edith Pargeter · 1984
The Pilgrim of Hate
Edith Pargeter · 1984
An Excellent Mystery
Edith Pargeter · 1985
Those Who Hunt the Night
Barbara Hambly · 1988
A Talent for War
Jack McDevitt · 1989
A Graveyard for Lunatics
Ray Bradbury · 1990
La Cache du diable
Dean Koontz · 1992
The Engines of God
Jack McDevitt · 1994
The Return
Håkan Nesser · 1995
In a Dry Season
Peter Robinson · 1999
The Marching Season
Daniel Silva · 1999
The Return of the Dancing Master
Henning Mankell · 2000