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Hercule PoirotSeries
series9 books1923
completed
Mystery & detective and thriller & suspense, adventurous and tense in tone, about political intrigue, set in early 20th century and europe.
Start with The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb →
Gregory SallustSeries
series4 books1934
completed
Thriller & suspense, tense in tone.
Start with Black August →
Duke de RichleauSeries
series4 books1933
completed
Thriller & suspense, tense in tone, set in early 20th century.
Start with The Forbidden Territory →
Effective Engineering SolutionsSeries
series37 books1995
Set in contemporary and north america.
“Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child wrote it as a standalone techno-thriller in 2000; it later fed into their separate Gideon Crew series rather than getting a direct sequel of its own.”
from the catalogue
Start with Thunderhead →
Robert LangdonSeries
series6 books2000
About faith and religion, set in contemporary.
“The Robert Langdon novel series is named after Robert Langdon, the protagonist of the novels by American author Dan Brown.”
from the catalogue
Start with Angels & Demons →
The Dresden FilesSeries
series56 books2000
Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and north america.
“The novels are narrated from the first-person perspective of Harry Dresden, a private detective and wizard, as he investigates supernatural disturbances in contemporary Chicago.”
from the catalogue
Start with Welcome to the Jungle →