One Hit Wonders
Mystery Fiction - Recommended Reading
The following is a list of books and authors who are noted for a specific titleThat is not to denigrate or undermine their other work
Merely that one particular book stands out as a highlight or is of importance to the genre
| John Ball | In the Heat of the Night |
| Robert Bloch | Psycho |
| Christianna Brand | Cat and Mouse |
| Vera Caspary | Laura |
| John Dunning | Booked to Die |
| Umberto Eco | The Name of the Rose |
| Edward Grierson | Reputation For a Song |
| Joseph Hansen | Skinflick |
| Thomas Harris | Red Dragon |
| Peter Hoeg | Miss Smilla's Feeling of Snow |
| Philip Kerr | March Violets |
| Ira Levin | A Kiss Before Dying |
| John Mair | Never Come Back |
| Cameron McCabe | The Face on the Cutting Room Floor |
| Nicholas Meyer | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution |
| Kenneth O'Hara | Underhandover |
| Robert Player | The Ingenious Mr Stone |
| Peter Anthony | Withered Murder |
| CP Snow | Death Under Sail |
| Roy Vickers | The Department of Dead Ends |