9 Must-Read Biographies About Classic Mystery Writers

Their lives are a mystery no more.

By Audrey Webster | Published Feb 13, 2018

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Buy Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks at Amazon

Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks

By John Curran

Buy The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1937-1943, From Novelist to Playwright at Amazon

The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1937-1943, From Novelist to Playwright

By Barbara Reynolds

Buy Dashiell Hammett: Man of Mystery at Amazon

Dashiell Hammett: Man of Mystery

By Sally Cline

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Buy A Mysterious Something in the Light at Amazon

A Mysterious Something in the Light

By Tom Williams

Buy Had She But Known at Amazon

Had She But Known

By Charlotte MacLeod

Buy The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes at Amazon

The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes

By Andrew Lycett

Buy The Life of Ian Fleming at Amazon

The Life of Ian Fleming

By John Pearson

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Buy Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith at Amazon

Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith

By Andrew Wilson

Buy Ngaio Marsh: Her Life in Crime at Amazon

Ngaio Marsh: Her Life in Crime

By Joanne Drayton

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