# Looking for complex and/or smart detective fiction

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-complex-and-or-smart-detective-fiction/815006>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 28, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-complex-and-or-smart-detective-fiction/815006 "2018-05-28T23:22:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-complex-and-or-smart-detective-fiction/815006/61 "2018-11-28T21:24:40Z")

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Anything by **[P.D. James](https://www.amazon.com/P.-D.-James/e/B000AP5NPM)** (who died four years ago yesterday).

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**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-complex-and-or-smart-detective-fiction/815006/62 "2018-11-29T07:15:50Z")

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I agree with Misnomer about P.D.James. I especially recommend _An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, Original Sin,_ and _Devices and Desires_.

I’ll also second the recommendations of Tana French’s _In the Woods_ and Michael Chabon’s _The Yiddish Policeman’s Union_.

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