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TEN CRIME NOVELS YOU MUST OWN.

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From: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
Date: 20070304
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Byline: EUGENE COSTELLO

1 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY

The greatest crime novel ever.

Raskolnikov kills a pawnbroker and her sister. The punishment is internal: Raskolnikov's mental anguish, which can only be relieved through confession and, ultimately, rehabilitation.

2 FAREWELL MY LOVELY RAYMOND CHANDLER

Philip Marlowe is asked by an ex-con to track down his flame-haired broad, Velma. Needless to say, the dame spells trouble...

3 THE MALTESE FALCON DASHIELL HAMMETT

Hammett was the godfather of the hardboiled detective novel. This, his ...

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