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The CWA (England) Top 100 Mystery Novels (1990), By Author.

The Crime Writers' Association (England) 1990 List of the Top 100 Mystery Novels by Author.

In 1990 the Crime Writers' Association (England) put together a list of the Top 100 Mystery Novels. It is presented below, alphabetically, by author.

Rank  author name  book title  (year)

26    Margery Allingham: The Tiger in the Smoke (1952)
24    Eric Ambler: The Mask of Dimitrios (1939)
34    E. C. Bentley: Trent's Last Case (1913)
41    Anthony Berkeley: The Poisoned Chocolates Case (1929)
16    Francis Iles: Malice Aforethought (1931)
77    Desmond Bagley: Running Blind (1970)
81    Nicholas Blake: The Beast Must Die (1938)
70    Caryl Brahms & S. J. Simon: A Bullet in the Ballet (1937)
84    Christianna Brand: Green for Danger (1945)
98    Simon Brett: What Bloody Man Is That? (1987)
20    John Buchan: The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915)
91    John Buchan: Greenmantle (1916)
30    James M. Cain: The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934)

40    John Dickson Carr: The Hollow Man (1935)
50    John Dickson Carr: The Devil in Velvet (1951)

 76    Sarah Caudwell: The Shortest Way to Hades (1984)
2      Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep (1939)
7      Raymond Chandler: Farewell My Lovely (1940)
15    Raymond Chandler: The Long Goodbye (1953)
47    Raymond Chandler: The Lady in the Lake (1943)
92    Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands (1903)

5      Agatha Christie: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)
19    Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None (1939)
83    Agatha Christie: Death Comes as the End (1945)
8      Wilkie Collins: The Moonstone (1868)
28    Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White (1860)
21    Arthur Conan Doyle: The Collected Sherlock Holmes Short Stories (1892-1927)
32    Arthur Conan Doyle: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902)
79    Richard Condon: The Manchurian Candidate (1959)
25    Edmund Crispin: The Moving Toyshop (1946)
81    Martin Cruz Smith: Gorky Park (1981)
65    Lionel Davidson: The Rose of Tibet (1962)
88    Lionel Davidson: The Sun Chemist (1976)
9      Len Deighton: The IPCRESS File (1962)
58    Len Deighton: Game, Set & Match (1984-1986).
36    Colin Dexter: The Dead of Jericho (1981)

6      Daphne du Maurier: Rebecca (1938)
13    Umberto Eco: The Name of the Rose (1980)
35    Ian Fleming: From Russia, with Love (1957)
95    Ken Follett: The Key to Rebecca (1980)
17    Frederick Forsyth: The Day of the Jackal (1971)
86    John Fowles: The Collector (1963)
59    Dick Francis: The Danger (1983)
78    Dick Francis: Twice Shy (1981)
64    Michael Gilbert: Smallbone Deceased (1950)
63    Paula Gosling: A Running Duck (1978)
80    Caroline Graham: The Killings at Badger's Drift (1987)
46    Graham Greene: Brighton Rock (1938)
72    Graham Greene: The Third Man (1950)
74    Adam Hall: The Quiller Memorandum (1965)
10    Dashiell Hammett: The Maltese Falcon (1930)
31    Dashiell Hammett: The Glass Key (1931)
94    Dashiell Hammett: Red Harvest (1929)
85    Cyril Hare: Tragedy at Law (1942)
54    Jack Higgins: The Eagle Has Landed (1975)
38    Patricia Highsmith: Strangers on a Train (1950)
45    Patricia Highsmith: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955)
61    Reginald Hill: Underworld (1988)
71    Reginald Hill: Dead Heads (1983)
69    Tony Hillerman: A Thief of Time (1989)
14    Geoffrey Household: Rogue Male (1939)
         Francis Iles: See Anthony Berkeley.
52    Michael Innes: The Journeying Boy (1949)
68    Michael Innes: Hamlet, Revenge! (1937)
52    P. D. James: A Taste for Death (1986)
60    P. D. James: Devices and Desires (1989)
66    P. D. James: Innocent Blood (1980)
97    H. R. F. Keating: The Murder of the Maharajah (1980)

3      John le Carré: The Spy Who Came In From the Cold (1963)
33    John le Carré: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1974)
44    Ira Levin: A Kiss Before Dying (1953)
27    Peter Lovesey: The False Inspector Dew (1982)
56    Peter Lovesey: Bertie and the Tin Man (1987)
93    Peter Lovesey: Wobble to Death (1970)
99    Gavin Lyall: Shooting Script (1966)
89    Alistair MacLean: The Guns of Navarone (1957)
87    J. J. Marric: Gideon's Day (1955)
36    Ed McBain: Cop Hater (1956)
96    Ed McBain: Sadie When She Died (1972)
75    Margaret Millar: Beast in View (1955)
56    Susan Moody: Penny Black (1984)
42    Ellis Peters: A Morbid Taste for Bones (1977)
42    Ellis Peters: The Leper of Saint Giles (1981)
23    Edgar Allan Poe: Tales of Mystery & Imagination (1852)
73    Anthony Price: The Labyrinth Makers (1974)
39    Ruth Rendell: A Judgement in Stone (1977)
49    Ruth Rendell: A Demon in My View (1976)
29    Barbara Vine: A Dark-Adapted Eye (1986)
50    Barbara Vine: A Fatal Inversion (1987)
4      Dorothy L. Sayers: Gaudy Night (1935)
18    Dorothy L. Sayers: The Nine Tailors (1934)
22    Dorothy L. Sayers: Murder Must Advertise (1933)
67    Dorothy L. Sayers: Strong Poison (1930)
90    Julian Symons: The Colour of Murder (1957)
55    Mary Stewart: My Brother Michael (1960)
62    Mary Stewart: Nine Coaches Waiting (1958)

1      Josephine Tey: The Daughter of Time (1951)
11    Josephine Tey: The Franchise Affair (1948)
48    Scott Turow: Presumed Innocent (1987)
         Barbara Vine: See Ruth Rendell
100  Edgar Wallace: The Four Just Men (1906)
12    Hillary Waugh: Last Seen Wearing ... (1952)


 Repeat numbers indicate ties. Bold indicates collections. Italics indicates translation.
via Wikipedia.
Presented in:
The Hatchards Crime Companion. 100 Top Crime Novels Selected by the Crime Writers' Association, ed. Susan Moody (London, 1990) (ISBN 0-904030-02-4) (September 13, 1990)

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