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Explore the origins of the detective story at the Grolier Club NYC. Don't miss the 'Whodunit? Key Books in Detective Fiction' exhibition from Nov 30, 2023 - Feb 10, 2024.

Meet one of fiction’s first police heroes, Chief Inspector Maigret, and learn how this iconic character deeply influenced the crime genre.

A genteel affair that leans into Anthony Pratt’s own devotion to Agatha Christie ’s novels, The Christmas Clue is a classic ...

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The 1878 novel has remarkable procedural precision and was reportedly used at Yale Law School to demonstrate the dangers of circumstantial evidence.