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The California seashore becomes the scene of a perplexing case when a detective must solve the murder of a retired judge.
Title: 'The Dain Curse'; Detective: Continental Op
A somber Parisian apartment where a grotesque murder took place hints at sinister connections to politics and art.
Title: 'The Judgement of Caesar'; Detective: Gordianus the Finder
A country house where the owner is found dead under circumstances suggesting suicide, but detective suspects foul play.
Title: 'The Mysterious Affair at Styles'; Detective: Hercule Poirot
The grim discovery of a dry bone under a lilac tree leads to a perplexing puzzle involving family secrets and wartime misdeeds.
Title: 'One Corpse Too Many'; Detective: Brother Cadfael
An isolated mansion on a snowy evening where a group of strangers find themselves with a dead host.
Title: 'Murder on the Orient Express'; Detective: Hercule Poirot
A grotesque tableau at a derelict house in London is the first in a series of crimes imitating a fictional murderer.
Title: 'The ABC Murders'; Detective: Hercule Poirot
The locked room where a wealthy woman is found murdered with seemingly no way for the killer to escape undetected.
Title: 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue'; Detective: C. Auguste Dupin
A body discovered on a Native American reservation uncovers a complex intersection of cultures and crime.
Title: 'Dance Hall of the Dead'; Detective: Joe Leaphorn
A remote island becomes a deadly trap when inhabitants are picked off one by one, following a macabre nursery rhyme.
Title: 'And Then There Were None'; Detective: None, the mystery unfolds autonomously
The English countryside witnesses a crime involving the King of Bohemia and a photograph in the hands of a famous opera singer.
Title: 'A Scandal in Bohemia'; Detective: Sherlock Holmes
An archeological dig gives way to murder among the ruins when a much-disliked participant is found dead.
Title: 'Murder in Mesopotamia'; Detective: Hercule Poirot
A museum gala is abruptly ended when an art critic's body is discovered in an installation piece.
Title: 'The Bone is Pointed'; Detective: Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte
An enigmatic artwork leads to savage deeds in the gallery world, posing a cultural enigma wrapped in crime.
Title: 'The Da Vinci Code'; Detective: Robert Langdon
A theatrical production ends in tragedy when an actress is killed on stage in full view of the audience.
Title: 'Enter a Murderer'; Detective: Roderick Alleyn
A study room with an eccentric private detective supposedly killed at his desk by a gunshot.
Title: 'The Final Problem'; Detective: Sherlock Holmes
A murder at a vicarage puzzles the town, with numerous suspects each with their motives and alibis.
Title: 'The Murder at the Vicarage'; Detective: Miss Marple
Under the bright lights of a circus tent, a performer's death disrupts the show, leading to a complex investigation.
Title: 'The Case of the Gilded Fly'; Detective: Gervase Fen
A Gatsby-esque party setting where the host's murder unravels the lives and lies of the rich and beautiful.
Title: 'The Great Gatsby'; Detective: James 'Jimmy' Gatz doesn't have a detective, as it's more of a classic novel than a detective story
An academic's quiet suburban house bears witness to a violent struggle, but only cryptic messages remain as clues.
Title: 'The Name of the Rose'; Detective: William of Baskerville
An idyllic small town's main street becomes the backdrop for a crime involving a Christmas morning shooting.
Title: 'In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead'; Detective: Dave Robicheaux
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