1960s
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Roseanna (1965), Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
Rating: 8/10 · Translated from Swedish Plot: A young woman’s body is dredged from a canal…
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Cotton Comes to Harlem (1965), Chester Himes
Rating: 8/10 Plot: A Back-to-Africa rally is robbed of $87,000, the money vanishes inside a bale…
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In the Heat of the Night (1965), John Ball
RaRating: 7/10 Plot: A Black homicide detective from Pasadena, changing trains in a small Southern town,…
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From Doon with Death (1964), Ruth Rendell
Rating: 6/10 Plot: A plain, respectable housewife is found strangled in a wood, and among her…
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The Chill (1964), Ross Macdonald
Rating: 9/10 Plot: A bride walks out on her husband the day after the wedding, and…
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The Deep Blue Good-by (1964), John D. MacDonald
Rating: 7/10 Plot: Travis McGee agrees to recover a woman’s stolen inheritance, and discovers that the…
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Trap for Cinderella (1962), Sébastien Japrisot
Rating: 8/10 · Translated from French Plot: After a villa fire on the Riviera, the survivor…
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Cover Her Face (1962), P.D. James
RatingRating: 6/10 Plot: An unmarried mother employed as a maid at a country house is found…
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Dead Cert (1962), Dick Francis
Rating: 7/10 Plot: An amateur jockey sees his friend killed in a fall that was no…
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Inspector Imanishi Investigates (1961), Seichō Matsumoto
Rating: 7/10 · Translated from Japanese; English edition 1989 Plot: A battered body in a Tokyo…
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The Pale Horse (1961), Agatha Christie
Rating: 7/10 Plot: A dying woman’s confession, a murdered priest and a list of names lead…
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The Pledge (1958), Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Rating: 9/10 · Translated from German Plot: A detective promises a murdered girl’s mother that he…
