Detective fiction is a hugely popular genre; so much so that you have to wonder how all those detectives manage to detect without tripping over each others' grimy gumshoes and exotically murdered corpses. To separate the Sherlocks from the Marples, we've used a combination of intuition, ratiocination, police procedure—and expert advice. Mostly the last, so here are the books a selection of authors, scholars, and critics have picked as the best detective fiction ever.
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