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Random Mystery book published before 1950

Get a random mystery book pulled from the Open Library catalogue. Narrow the pick by era and length, choose crowd-pleasers or hidden gems, or leave every dial on any. Press Surprise me for a fresh pick each time. This page rolls only books published before 1950.

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Era

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The Secret Adversary

by Agatha Christie

1922 | 272 pages | rating 3.77 (35 ratings)

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