First novels in crime series

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Berlin Game (Harper Books)
1.  Berlin Game (Harper Books) by Len Deighton
The list author says:
  "The start of a spy saga rather than a crime series, but a cracking read -Deighton eventually wrote 9 books (3 trilogies -this is the start of 'Game, Set, Match') following the same characters."
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The Blind Man of Seville
2.  The Blind Man of Seville by Robert Wilson
The list author says:
  "The first in the Javier Falcon quartet -the Spanish setting makes it a bit different and Seville is wonderfully evoked, as if it were another character in the story."
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A Drink Before The War
3.  A Drink Before The War by Dennis Lehane
The list author says:
  "The beginning of Dennis Lehane's Kenzie and Gennaro series -I wish he would return to them, although I have liked his other books as well."
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The Neon Rain
4.  The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke
The list author says:
  "The master -James Lee Burke transcends the crime genre with some truly beautiful writing and characters you come to care about. The start of the Dave Robicheaux series."
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Every Dead Thing
5.  Every Dead Thing by John Connolly
The list author says:
  "Crime meets the supernatural meets horror. Connolly's honeycomb world starts with our introduction to Charlie Parker -genuinely moving as the series progresses and at times seriously scary."
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Killing Floor (Jack Reacher Novel)
6.  Killing Floor (Jack Reacher Novel) by Lee Child
The list author says:
  "The definition of page-turner and the start of Jack Reacher, ex-Military Police, current righter of wrongs"
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The Monkey's Raincoat (Elvis Cole Novels)
7.  The Monkey's Raincoat (Elvis Cole Novels) by Robert Crais
The list author says:
  "The adventures of Elvis Cole and Joe Pike begin -they become more emotionally-involving with each installment but are never less than enjoyable."
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The Black Dahlia
8.  The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
The list author says:
  "The first part of Ellroy's L.A. Quartet and his chronicle of Bad Men doing Bad Things in the city of angels -grabs you by the neck and doesn't let go."
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Knots And Crosses
9.  Knots And Crosses by Ian Rankin
The list author says:
  "Rankin. Rebus. Need I say more?"
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Gorky Park
10.  Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
The list author says:
  "Introducing Arkady Renko, dogged Russian detective. A top notch thriller."
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Garnethill
11.  Garnethill by Denise Mina
The list author says:
  "First in the Garnethill trilogy -unusual in terms of the central character, a woman with a history of mental illness who is severely underestimated by those who frame her for murder."
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Cold Granite
12.  Cold Granite by Stuart MacBride
The list author says:
  "Gruesome but never less than entertaining -the start of the Logan McRae series and not an advert for Aberdeen"
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Flesh And Blood
13.  Flesh And Blood by John Harvey
The list author says:
  "I don't know how John Harvey escaped my attention for so long -British crime writing of the highest order. The is the start of the Frank Elder trilogy."
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Lonely Hearts
14.  Lonely Hearts by John Harvey
The list author says:
  "Charlie Resnick -jazz-loving cat owner and sandwich connoisseur. Beautiful and gripping."
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Turnstone (Detective Inspector Joe Faraday)
15.  Turnstone (Detective Inspector Joe Faraday) by Graham Hurley
The list author says:
  "What John Harvey does with Nottingham, Graham Hurley does with Portsmouth -a real 'state of the nation' police procedural and Joe Faraday is a wonderful creation."
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Deadlock
16.  Deadlock by Sara Paretsky
The list author says:
  "Paretsky created a female P.I. to be proud of -Warshawski still rules!"
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Undercurrents
17.  Undercurrents by Ridley Pearson
The list author says:
  "The start of the Lou Boldt series."
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Mallory's Oracle
18.  Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell
The list author says:
  "Kathleen Mallory may not be the most sympathetic of characters but she's smart and O'Connell has a wonderfully dry humour and brilliant plotting."
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A Is for Alibi
19.  A Is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
The list author says:
  "Our introduction to Kinsey Milhone, another female P.I. worth knowing."
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Fury
20.  Fury by G. M. Ford
The list author says:
  "A reporter rather than a detective or a police officer, Frank Corso always seems to be in the wrong place at the right time."
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