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Originaltittel Norsk tittel Forfatter År CWA Rangering 1 The Complete Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes (noveller og 4 romaner)Arthur Conan Doyle 1887 –1927 Y 21, 32 2 The Maltese Falcon Malteserfalken film )Dashiell Hammett 1930 Y 10 3 Tales of Mystery & Imagination (noveller) Edgar Allan Poe 1852 Y 23 4 The Daughter of Time Tidens datter Josephine Tey 1951 Y 1 5 Presumed Innocent Mistenkt Scott Turow 1987 Y 48 6 The Spy Who Came In From the Cold Spionen som kom inn fra kulden John le Carré 1963 Y 3 7 The Moonstone The Moonstone nynorsk )Wilkie Collins 1868 Y 8 8 The Big Sleep Den lange søvnen Raymond Chandler 1939 Y 2 9 Rebecca Rebecca film )Daphne du Maurier 1938 Y 6 10 Ten Little Niggers Ten Little Indians And Then There Were None Ti små negerunger Agatha Christie 1939 Y 19 11 Anatomy of a Murder Robert Traver 1958 N 12 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Doktoren mister en pasient Agatha Christie 1926 Y 5 13 The Long Goodbye Det lange farvel Raymond Chandler 1953 Y 15 14 The Postman Always Rings Twice Postmannen ringer alltid to ganger James M. Cain 1934 Y 30 15 The Godfather Gudfaren film )Mario Puzo 1969 N 16 The Silence of the Lambs Nattsvermeren Thomas Harris 1988 N 17 The Mask of Dimitrios A Coffin for Dimitrios Dimitrios maske Eric Ambler 1939 Y 24 18 Gaudy Night Lord Peter og «Giftpennen» Dorothy L. Sayers 1935 Y 4 19 Witness for the Prosecution Witness for the Prosecution Agatha Christie 1948 N 20 The Day of the Jackal Sjakalen filmer en og to )Frederick Forsyth 1971 Y 17 21 Farewell My Lovely Farvel, min elskede Raymond Chandler 1940 Y 7 22 The Thirty-Nine Steps De 39 trinn John Buchan 1915 Y 20 23 Il nome della rosa Rosens navn Umberto Eco 1980 Y 13 24 «Преступление и наказание» Forbrytelse og straff Raskolnikov Fjodor Dostojevskij 1866 N 25 Storm Island Eye of the Needle Nålen film )Ken Follett 1978 N 26 Rumpole of the Bailey John Mortimer 1978 N 27 Red Dragon Den røde drage Thomas Harris 1981 N 28 The Nine Tailors Dødsklokkene Dorothy L. Sayers 1934 Y 18 29 Fletch (film ) Gregory Mcdonald 1974 N 30 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Muldvarpen film )John le Carré 1974 Y 33 31 The Thin Man Den tynne mann film )Dashiell Hammett 1934 N 32 The Woman in White Den hvide dame Wilkie Collins 1860 Y 28 33 Trent's Last Case E. C. Bentley 1913 Y 34 34 Double Indemnity James M. Cain 1943 N 35 Gorky Park Mordene i Gorkij Park Martin Cruz Smith 1981 Y 82 36 Strong Poison Giftmordet Dorothy L. Sayers 1930 Y 67 37 Dance Hall of the Dead Døden bærer maske Tony Hillerman 1973 N 38 The Hot Rock Donald E. Westlake 1970 N 39 Red Harvest Blodig høst Dashiell Hammett 1929 Y 94 40 The Circular Staircase Mary Roberts Rinehart 1908 N 41 Murder on the Orient Express Mord på Orientekspressen film )Agatha Christie 1934 N 42 The Firm Firmaets Mann film )John Grisham 1991 N 43 The IPCRESS File Len Deighton 1962 Y 9 44 Laura Vera Caspary 1942 N 45 I, the Jury I, the Jury Mickey Spillane 1947 N 46 Den skrattande polisen Døden tar buss Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö 1968 N 47 Bank Shot Donald E. Westlake 1972 N 48 The Third Man Den tredje mann film )Graham Greene 1950 Y 72 49 The Killer Inside Me Jim Thompson 1952 N 50 Where Are the Children? Mary Higgins Clark 1975 N 51 "A" is for Alibi "A" Is for Alibi Sue Grafton 1982 N 52 The First Deadly Sin Lawrence Sanders 1973 N 53 A Thief of Time Tidstyven Tony Hillerman 1989 Y 69 54 In Cold Blood Med kaldt blod Truman Capote 1966 N 55 Rogue Male Ensom ulv Geoffrey Household 1939 Y 14 56 Murder Must Advertise Lord Peter på Pym Dorothy L. Sayers 1933 Y 22 57 The Innocence of Father Brown Fader Brown (noveller)G.K. Chesterton 1911 N 58 Smiley's People John le Carré 1979 N 59 The Lady in the Lake Kvinnen i sjøen Raymond Chandler 1943 Y 47 60 To Kill a Mockingbird Drep ikke en sangfugl Harper Lee 1960 N 61 Our Man in Havana Vår mann i Havana Graham Greene 1958 N 62 The Mystery of Edwin Drood Mysteriet Edwin Drood Charles Dickens 1870 N 63 Wobble to Death Wobble to Death Peter Lovesey 1970 Y 93 64 Ashenden Ashenden or The British Agent William Somerset Maugham 1928 N 65 The Seven Per-Cent Solution Den snikende gift film )Nicholas Meyer 1974 N 66 The Doorbell Rang The Doorbell Rang Rex Stout 1965 N 67 Stick Stick Elmore Leonard 1983 N 68 The Little Drummer Girl Piken med trommestikkene John le Carré 1983 N 69 Brighton Rock Brighton Rock Graham Greene 1938 Y 46 70 Dracula Dracula Bram Stoker 1897 N 71 The Talented Mr. Ripley Patricia Highsmith 1955 Y 45 72 The Moving Toyshop Edmund Crispin 1946 Y 25 73 A Time to Kill Tid For Hevn John Grisham 1989 N 74 Last Seen Wearing ... Uskyld står for fall Hillary Waugh 1952 Y 12 75 Little Caesar Lille Cæsar Chicago-Cæsar William Riley Burnett 1929 N 76 The Friends of Eddie Coyle George V. Higgins 1972 N 77 Clouds of Witness En sky av vitner Dorothy L. Sayers 1927 N 78 From Russia, with Love Med hilsen fra Moskva Frå Moskva med kjærleg helsing Ian Fleming 1957 Y 35 79 Beast in View En hevner i telefonen Margaret Millar 1955 Y 75 80 Smallbone Deceased Smallbone Deceased Michael Gilbert 1950 Y 64 81 The Franchise Affair Josephine Tey 1948 Y 11 82 Crocodile on the Sandbank Elizabeth Peters 1975 N 83 Shroud for a Nightingale Mens englene sover P. D. James 1971 N 84 The Hunt for Red October Jakten på Rød Oktober film )Tom Clancy 1984 N 85 Chinaman's Chance Chinaman's Chance Ross Thomas 1978 N 86 The Secret Agent Den hemmelige agenten Joseph Conrad 1907 N 87 The Dreadful Lemon Sky The Dreadful Lemon Sky John D. MacDonald 1975 N 88 The Glass Key Glassnøkkelen Dashiell Hammett 1931 Y 31 89 A Judgement in Stone Dømt til å drepe Ruth Rendell 1977 Y 39 90 Brat Farrar Come and Kill Me Josephine Tey 1950 N 91 The Chill Lew Archer og den forlorne sønn Ross Macdonald 1963 N 92 Devil in a Blue Dress Devil in a Blue Dress Walter Mosley 1990 N 93 The Choirboys Joseph Wambaugh 1975 N 94 God Save the Mark Donald E. Westlake 1967 N 95 Home Sweet Homicide Craig Rice 1944 N 96 The Hollow Man The Three Coffins Den hule mannen John Dickson Carr 1935 Y 40 97 Prizzi's Honour Prizzi's Honor (film ) Richard Condon 1982 N 98 The Steam Pig The Steam Pig James McClure 1974 N 99 Time and Again Jack Finney 1970 N 100 A Morbid Taste for Bones En helgen tar hevn Ellis Peters 1977 Y 42 Rosemary's Baby Rosemarys baby Ira Levin 1967 N 
