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21. A Dark-adapted Eye by Barbara Vine
A gripping tale of family madness. Vera Hillyard is a domineering and possessive woman who strives for obsessive control over a malicious older son, a youngest son who is--or isn't--illegitimate, and a daughter who is a devoted sister to her younger brother. The daughter secretly seeks to escape Vera's grasp and instead provokes a murder.

22. A Coffin for Dimitrios by Eric Ambler
Dimitrios' corpse has just been fished out of the Bosporus by the police. As the writer sets out to discover Dimitrios' past, someone is stalking him on his trail from Smyrna to Athens to Sofia.

23. Psycho by Robert Bloch
The novel, originally published in 1959, describes the events surrounding the profoundly disturbed motel proprietor Norman Bates.

24. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Philip Marlow. works a case of blackmail in the underbelly of San Francisco, populated by con men, weird ladies, mobsters, cheap sluts, pornographers, gamblers, drunks, and other despicable characters. In this tough world, Marlow is the straight and loyal guy.

25. The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon
In Condon's 1959 Cold War thriller Sgt. Raymond Shaw is brainwashed during his captivity in North Korea. He returns to America programmed to assassinate a U.S. presidential nominee.

26. The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
Realistic spy fiction. Forsyth didn't bother with fantasy espionage (a la James Bond), but depicted a brutal and nasty world of evildoers. The plot is about an attempt to murder General DeGaulle of France.

27. The Firm by John Grisham
About a law firm controlled by the Mafia. Fast-paced, smart, with believable characters. One of the best legal thrillers on the market.

28. Before the Frost by Henning Mankell
Atmospheric thriller about a religious fanatic on a murder spree. The secret world of religious extremists in peaceful southern Sweden, who are bent on punishing the world's sinners.

29. The French Connection: A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy by Robin Moore
Detectives Edward Egan and Salvatore Grosso almost stumble into a case of heroin smuggling that ultimately leads to the seizure of the largest cache of heroin ever picked up in New York. Crime syndicate heads in Canada and France are involved. Movie won 5 Academy Awards.

30. A Judgment in Stone by Ruth Rendell
A researcher studying psychopathic personalities who doesn't recognize that his seemingly shy, harmless neighbor is a total nut job. Judgment finds a police investigator trying to discern why a housekeeper slaughters her employer's entire family on Valentine's Day.