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crime-solving

Books about crime-solving for readers of all ages.

Empress's Tomb

Kirsten Miller

Ages 13–18mysteryidentity

Short Stories (Murders in the Rue Morgue / Purloined Letter)

Edgar Allan Poe

Ages 10–16mysterylogic and deduction

Complete Sherlock Holmes & other detective stories

Arthur Conan Doyle

Ages 11–18mysterydeduction

Cover of Sherlock Holmes (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes / His Last Bow / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [11 stories] / Return of Sherlock Holmes)

Sherlock Holmes (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes / His Last Bow / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [11 stories] / Return of Sherlock Holmes)

Arthur Conan Doyle

Ages 10–18mysterylogic and deduction

Christmas Killer

Patricia Windsor

Ages 11–15mysteryextrasensory perception

Bad Blood

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Ages 14–18mysterycrime-solving

Blood Brother

Malcolm Rose

Ages 12–16mysteryforensic science

Mystery of the tempest

Sam Cameron

Ages 13–18mysteryfriendship

Moving target

J. A. Jance

Ages 14–18mysteryinvestigation

Ultimo atto al teatro dell'Opera

Irene Adler, pseud., Pierdomenico Baccalario, Alessandro Gatti, Nanette McGuinness, Iacopo Bruno

Ages 10–15mysterydeduction

Short Stories (Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes / His Last Bow / Return of Sherlock Holmes)

Arthur Conan Doyle

Ages 10–18mysterydeduction