Sunday, June 04, 2006

The most riveting crime novels

OpinionJournal - Five Best :: Murder, They Wrote

1. "Tragedy at Law" by Cyril Hare (Harcourt, Brace, 1943).

2. "The Franchise Affair" by Josephine Tey (MacMillan, 1949).

3. "The Moving Toyshop" by Edmund Crispin (Lippincott, 1946).

4. "Murder Must Advertise" by Dorothy L. Sayers (Harcourt, Brace, 1933).

5. "Dissolution" by C.J. Sansom (Viking, 2003).

Ms. James's most recent mystery is "The Lighthouse" (Knopf), published in November.

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