The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler
A classic gumshoe detective story, this 1939 novel introduced the hard-boiled private detective Philip Marlowe to mystery fans. Marlowe is hired by the decrepit General Sternwood to stop a rare book dealer from blackmailing his nymphomaniac daughter. What follows is a twisting tale of revenge, murder and more double-crosses than you’ll find in a pretzel factory.
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot, the famous Belgian sleuth renowned for using his ‘little grey cells’ to solve the most puzzling of mysteries, comes out of retirement to solve a mystery in the sleepy village of Kings Abbot. Murder, suicide, blackmail and a hornet’s nest of secrets are revealed but the surprise ending will leave you gasping.
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The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett
Sam Spade epitomizes the tough, hard-boiled P.I. Coldly detached and capable of dishing out his own brand of justice, Spade operates on the darker side of San Francisco’s society. With his partner murdered and suspicions mounting that his beautiful client is to blame, Spade begins a hunt for the mysterious Black Bird, a jewel-encrusted falcon statue from the island of Malta.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A lonely manor house on the moors. A legend of a ghostly hound that haunts the Baskerville family. The game’s afoot when Sherlock Holmes and his trusted friend, Dr. Watson investigate the case to see if a devil dog is to blame for an aristocrat’s brutal death.
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