Segundo a Wikipedia, estes são os 10 Melhores Romances de Investigação Policial de todos os tempos:- 1. Josephine Tey : The Daughter of Time (1951)
- 2. Raymond Chandler : The Big Sleep (1939)
- 3. John le Carré : The Spy Who Came In From the Cold (1963)
- 4. Dorothy L. Sayers : Gaudy Night (1935)
- 5. Agatha Christie : The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)
- 6. Daphne du Maurier : Rebecca (1938)
- 7. Raymond Chandler : Farewell My Lovely (1940)
- 8. Wilkie Collins : The Moonstone (1868)
- 9. Len Deighton : The Ipcress File (1962)
- 10. Dashiell Hammett : The Maltese Falcon (1930)
