My Top 10 Crime and Mystery Novels

Another blast from the past, a circa mid-90s list I created as a handout for mystery-writing workshops and publicity gigs. Years have passed but I haven’t changed my mind.  Every book listed here is fabulous and not to be missed. — BQB

 

1.        The Empty Copper Sea, by John D. MacDonald

2.        Get Shorty, by Elmore Leonard

3.        Rebecca, by Daphne DuMaurier

4.        True Confessions, by John Gregory Dunne

5.        The Black Marble, by Joseph Wambaugh

6.        Compromising Positions, by Susan Isaacs

7.        A Dime to Dance By, by Walter Walker

8.        The Friends of Eddie Coyle, by George V. Higgins

9.        Gorky Park, by Martin Cruz Smith

10.      The Godfather, by Mario Puzo

 

 

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