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Murder on the Orient Express Series: Poirot by Agatha Christie

Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with another billion in over 70 foreign languages. Murder on the Orient Express is one of her most famous titles and a very good place to start if you’ve never read any of her work before.

A Study in Charlotte Series: A Charlotte Holmes Novel by Brittany Cavallaro

Jamie Watson has always been intrigued by Charlotte Holmes; after all, their great-great-great-grandfathers are one of the most infamous pairs in history. But the Holmes family has always been odd, and Charlotte is no exception – and she makes it clear she’s not interested in being friends! But W hen Jamie and Charlotte end up at the same boarding school and a student they both have a history with dies under suspicious circumstances, nowhere is safe – and the only people they can trust are each other. The first book in a witty, suspenseful new series about a brilliant new crime solving duo: the teen descendants of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson.

The Big Sleep and Other Novels by Raymond Chandler

Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family to deal with a blackmailer, Arthur Geiger. His life takes an unexpected turn as he pursues the case and Arthur is found dead. Set in 1930s Los Angeles, then a sleepy town controlled by the mob as much as the police, The Big Sleep is a non-stop action thriller by one of the world’s most influential crime writers.