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1. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
A masterpiece. Capote invented a new genre.

2. And Then There Were None: A Novel by Agatha Christie
10 strangers are trapped, where the sinister Mr. Owen is accusing them of murder. One by one is found dead, until ... (the resolution of the novel is very different from that of the movie versions).

3. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
In a process of moral decline, the impoverished intellectual robs and kills his pawnbroker. A surprisingly fast-paced story, full of moral dilemmas and psychological thrill. A masterpiece.

4. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
The story is a complex web of betrayal and deception, in which everyone tries to get the gold statuette of a falcon. Sam's masculine strength is refreshing. Also an excellent movie with Humphrey Bogart.

5. Strangers on a Train Patricia Highsmith.
A subtle, murderous, sociopath who lives unsuspected for years, the book is one of the great classics of psychological crime fiction.

6. The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
The chameleon-like Tom is sent by a rich American to retrieve his dilettante son, Dickie Greenleaf, from Italy. When Tom cannot win Dickie over, he kills him and assumes his identity. This is one of the best psycho-thrillers - ever!

7. To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
The arrest and eventual trial of a young black man accused of raping a white woman, told through the eyes of a child. The result is a tough and tender novel of race, class, justice, and the pain of growing up.

8. The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
The story of Frank, a tramp, who is attracted to Cora, the young wife of brutally violent Nick. When Frank and Cora start an affair behind her older man's back, the story is heading for disaster.

9. The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels. Includes: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle
Many illustrations, some from the novels' original appearances. A must-have for any serious mystery fan.

9. Our Man in Havana: An Entertainment Graham Greene
Mr. Wormold, a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of power brokers becomes a spy to earn extra income. Unbearable tension, satirical parodies and absurd plot. A masterpiece!

10. The Fifth Woman by Henning Mankell
A series of seemingly unrelated, brutal killings in southern Sweden. Kurt Wallander uncovers the ties that bind these murders to killings in Algeria, many years ago.