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The Blue Hammer
The Blue Hammer is a 1976 detective novel by Ross Macdonald and the final completed novel featuring California private investigator Lew Archer. Archer is hired to recover a stolen painting attributed to a reclusive artist, but questions about its ownership and authenticity lead him into a history of...
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The top alternative to The Blue Hammer in 2026 is Five Little Pigs with a score of 9.2/10, followed by The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (9.1) and Red Harvest (9.1).
Five Little Pigs
"Five Little Pigs" is a detective novel by Agatha Christie, first published in 1942, featuring her investigator Hercule...
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of eleven Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, first issued in...
Red Harvest
Red Harvest is Dashiell Hammett's first novel, published in 1929 after appearing serially in Black Mask. Its unnamed Con...
The Daughter of Time
The Daughter of Time is a 1951 detective novel by Scottish writer Josephine Tey featuring Inspector Alan Grant. Confined...
The Hollow Man
The Hollow Man is a 1935 detective novel by John Dickson Carr, published in the United States as The Three Coffins. It f...
The Devotion of Suspect X
The Devotion of Suspect X is a 2005 Japanese crime novel by Keigo Higashino and a full-length entry in his Detective Gal...
The Galton Case
The Galton Case is a 1959 detective novel by Ross Macdonald featuring California private investigator Lew Archer. Archer...
The Underground Man
The Underground Man is a 1971 detective novel by Ross Macdonald featuring private investigator Lew Archer. Set in Southe...
The High Window
The High Window is a 1942 detective novel by Raymond Chandler featuring Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe....
The Lady in the Lake
The Lady in the Lake is a 1943 detective novel by Raymond Chandler featuring private investigator Philip Marlowe. Hired...
B is for Burglar
B Is for Burglar is a 1985 detective novel by Sue Grafton and the second installment in her alphabet series featuring pr...
H is for Homicide
H Is for Homicide is a 1991 detective novel by Sue Grafton and the eighth installment in her alphabet series featuring C...
C is for Corpse
C Is for Corpse is a 1986 detective novel by Sue Grafton and the third installment in her alphabet series featuring Cali...
The Little Sister
The Little Sister is a 1949 detective novel by Raymond Chandler featuring Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlow...
A is for Alibi
A Is for Alibi is a 1982 mystery novel by Sue Grafton and the first book in her alphabet series featuring private invest...
G is for Gumshoe
G Is for Gumshoe is a 1990 mystery novel by Sue Grafton and the seventh entry in her alphabet series featuring Californi...
D is for Deadbeat
D Is for Deadbeat is a 1987 detective novel by Sue Grafton and the fourth entry in her alphabet series about California...
The Dain Curse
The Dain Curse is a 1929 novel by Dashiell Hammett featuring the unnamed Continental Op, an investigator employed by a p...
Y is for Yesterday
Y Is for Yesterday is a 2017 detective novel by Sue Grafton and the twenty-fifth published entry in her alphabet series...
Playback
Playback is the ninth and final completed novel featuring Raymond Chandler’s private detective Philip Marlowe. First pub...
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