Ten Great Crime Novels That You Should Have Read

There are all kinds of crime novels, from sweeping epics to grand national narratives, carefully constructed psychological studies or taut literary masterpieces and every other shade or type of novel imaginable. But there's also a kind of novel that can only be a crime novel. They are short. They are sharp – ostentatiously so, as though a plot line is like an amped-up guitar riff that deserves to be played with a flourish. They are cool, the people are cold. The world is often lurid, even comic, yet nevertheless connects with reality in a way that feels urgent, if odd ball. These are my favourites.

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