Crime Solving Dynamic Duos - Books, Movies, & More

Murder on the Orient Express : a Hercule Poirot Mystery
by Agatha Christie

On a three-day journey through the snowbound Balkan hills, Hercule Poirot must weed through an array of international suspects to find the passenger who murdered a gangster on the Orient Express.

The Monkey's Raincoat
by Robert Crais

When Los Angeles private detective Elvis Cole investigates the disappearance of Ellen Lang's husband and young son, he stumbles into a bizarre nightmare of high-level intrigue, missing drugs, and murder in Hollywood's seamy underworld.

The Bone Collector
by Jeffery Deaver

Once the nation's foremost criminologist and the ex-head of NYPD forensics, quadriplegic Lincoln Rhyme abandons his forced retirement and joins forces with rookie cop Amelia Sachs to track down a vicious serial killer

The Tower Treasure
by Franklin W. Dixon

After a dying criminal confesses that his loot has been stashed "in the tower", the Hardy boys make an astonishing discovery.

The Complete Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle

The eccentric detective Sherlock Holmes with the aid of Dr. Watson investigates strange and baffling mysteries

The Apprentice
by Tess Gerritsen

Although serial killer Warren Hoyt is behind bars, a copycat acolyte continues his diabolical legacy of murders performed with twisted medical techniques, and Detective Jane Rizzoli races against time to stop the vicious crime spree.

A Drink Before the War
by Dennis Lehane

Tasked with pinpointing the whereabouts of a cleaning woman who has allegedly stolen confidential State House documents, private investigators Patrick and Angela uncover a ring of extortions, assassination, and child prostitution

Batman : the Dynamic Duo Archives
by Various

Follows Batman as the Caped Crusader and his youthful sidekick, Robin, protect the citizens of Gotham from villains including the Joker and gang leader "Boss" Barron

Devil in a Blue Dress : an Easy Rawlins Mystery
by Walter Mosley

Easy Rawlins, a tough World War II veteran and detective, is hired by a financier and gangster to locate Daphne Monet, a search that leads him from elegant boardrooms to the raucous jazz joints of late 1940s Los Angeles

Along Came a Spider
by James Patterson

Washington, D.C., police detective Alex Cross becomes caught up in a kidnapping case that may involve Gary Soneji, a teacher at an elite private school who is also a schizophrenic psychopath and serial murderer.

The Cater Street Hangman
by Anne Perry

Careless of both murder and manners, Charlotte Ellison and her sister, two determinedly unconventional young women, ignore Victorian mores and actively join the police investigation, led by young Inspector Thomas Pitt, into the murder of their servant girl.

Crocodile on the Sandbank
by Elizabeth Peters

After her father's death, thirty-two-year-old Amelia Peabody eschews the role of Victorian spinster and travels to Egypt, where mysterious intruders, boorish archaeologists, and a disappearing two-thousand-year-old mummy test her sanity and independence.

Naked in Death
by J. D. Robb

Eve Dallas, a New York police lieutenant, is in over her head when she breaks the rules and falls in love with Roarke, an Irish billionaire and a suspect in her most recent case

China Trade
by S. J. Rozan

Chinese American private investigator Lydia Chin tackles a baffling case of deception, murder, and gang war after she is called in to investigate a theft from New York City's Chinatown Museum

Three Doors to Death
by Rex Stout

Three cases bring perplexing challenges to Nero Wolfe, as a man unsuccessfully attempts suicide just before he is killed, a murder victim's family hides the identity of the killer, and a horticulturist discovers his girlfriend's body.