17 Best crime books like Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn, #2) by Ngaio Marsh

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Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn, #2)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.82

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

A classic Ngaio Marsh novel reissued - the second Roderick Alleyn Mystery. The crime scene was the …

If you liked the crime plot in Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn, #2) by Ngaio Marsh , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. Lonesome Road (Miss Silver, #3)

By: Patricia Wentworth

3.97

Format: 214 pages, Paperback

Every year beautiful Rachel Treherne must rewrite her will--and decide who will inherit her late fa… read more

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  • detective
  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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2. The Case Is Closed (Miss Silver, #2)

By: Patricia Wentworth

3.86

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

The Everton murder case has long been closed. The culprit has been charged with the murder of his u… read more

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  • detective
  • classics
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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"And if you, Miss Hilary, could blow up that fire and put on a kettle, we will make her a nice cup of tea. In fact I think we all should all be the better of a nice cup of tea."

-Patricia Wentworth, The Case Is Closed (Miss Silver, #2)

Cover of Cargo of Eagles (Albert Campion Mystery, #19) by Margery Allingham

3. Cargo of Eagles (Albert Campion Mystery, #19)

By: Margery Allingham

3.80

Format: 162 pages, Hardcover

In this, Ms. Allingham's last novel, the action revolves around Saltey, for centuries a hidey-hole … read more

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  • detective
  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Mind Readers (Albert Campion Mystery, #18) by Margery Allingham

4. The Mind Readers (Albert Campion Mystery, #18)

By: Margery Allingham

3.47

Format: 260 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Mind over murder Two schoolboys have discovered a miraculous gadget that enables them to read oth… read more

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  • detective
  • classics
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  • mystery
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  • audiobook
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5. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.05

Format: 243 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Ninety-year-old General Fentiman was definitely dead, but no one knew exactly when he had died—and … read more

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  • british literature
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"Exactly. He is the Most Unlikely Person, and that is why Sherlock Holmes would suspect him at once."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)

"I have a peculiar instinct about pubs. I can find one blindfold in a pea-souper with both hands tied behind me."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)

"Books... are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)

"I’m determined never to be a parent. Modern manners and the break-up of the fine old traditions have simply ruined the business. I shall devote my life and fortune to the endowment of research on the…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)

Cover of Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2) by Dorothy L. Sayers

6. Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Rustic old Riddlesdale Lodge was a Wimsey family retreat filled with country pleasures and the thri… read more

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  • detective
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  • audiobook
"Fou!"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

"Boil my brains!"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

"I am abso-bally-lutely positive"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

"The departure of the church-going element had induced a more humanitarian atmosphere."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

Cover of Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn, #2) by Ngaio Marsh

7. Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn, #2)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.82

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

A classic Ngaio Marsh novel reissued - the second Roderick Alleyn Mystery. The crime scene was the … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion Mystery, #1) by Margery Allingham

8. The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion Mystery, #1)

By: Margery Allingham

3.62

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A house party is under way at the remote mansion of Black Dudley, and among the guests are some ver… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
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"George Abbershaw's prosaic mind quivered on the verge of poetry when he looked at her."

-Margery Allingham, The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion Mystery, #1)

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9. The China Governess (Albert Campion Mystery #17)

By: Margery Allingham

4.03

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

Timothy Kinnit, rich, handsome, well-bred, learns on the eve of his elopement, that he was adopted.… read more

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  • detective
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Cover of Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3) by Dorothy L. Sayers

10. Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.07

Format: 264 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The wealthy Agatha Dawson is dead--a trifle sooner than expected--but there are no apparent signs o… read more

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  • detective
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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"It doesn't do for people, especially doctors, to go about 'thinking' things. They may get into frightful trouble."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

"…After all, it isn't really difficult to write books. Especially if you either write a rotten story in good English or a good story in rotten English, which is as far as most people seem to get nowad…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

"I sleuth, you know. For a hobby. Harmless outlet for natural inquisitiveness, don't you see, which might otherwise strike inward and produce introspection an' suicide. Very natural, healthy pursuit -…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

"Miss Climpson," said Lord Peter, "is a manifestation of the wasteful way in which this country is run. Look at electricity, Look at water-power. Look at the tides. Look at the sun. Millions of power …"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

Cover of A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant, #2) by Josephine Tey, Robert Barnard

11. A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant, #2)

By: Josephine Tey , Robert Barnard

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

When a woman's body washes up on an isolated stretch of beach on the southern coast of England, Sco… read more

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  • detective
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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Case of the Late Pig (Albert Campion Mystery #8) by Margery Allingham

12. The Case of the Late Pig (Albert Campion Mystery #8)

By: Margery Allingham

3.67

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

Agatha Christie called her 'a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true quee… read more

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13. Look to the Lady (Albert Campion Mystery #3)

By: Margery Allingham

4.06

Format: 663 pages, Paperback

A ring of international thieves target the Gyrth Chalice, a priceless goblet held by centuries of G… read more

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Cover of The Man in the Queue (Inspector Alan Grant, #1) by Josephine Tey

14. The Man in the Queue (Inspector Alan Grant, #1)

By: Josephine Tey

3.77

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

Inspector Alan Grant searches for the identity of a man killed in the line at a theater and for the… read more

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  • detective
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  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Lord Peter Views the Body (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #4) by Dorothy L. Sayers

15. Lord Peter Views the Body (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #4)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In this delightful collection of Wimsey exploits, Dorothy L. Sayers reveals a gruesome, grotesque b… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
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  • british literature
  • fiction
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"I has such a sinking in my inside I has to get up and eat biscuits."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Lord Peter Views the Body (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #4)

"And upon his return, Gherkins, who had always considered his uncle as a very top-hatted sort of person, actually saw him take from his handkerchief-drawer an undeniable automatic pistol. It was at th…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Lord Peter Views the Body (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #4)

16. Police at the Funeral (Albert Campion Mystery #4)

By: Margery Allingham

3.83

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The imperious Caroline Faraday runs her house like a Victorian fiefdom, unconcerned with the fact t… read more

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17. Mystery Mile (Albert Campion Mystery #2)

By: Margery Allingham

3.86

Format: 536 pages, Hardcover

Judge Crowdy Lobbett has found evidence pointing to the identity of the criminal mastermind behind … read more

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18. To Love and Be Wise (Inspector Alan Grant, #4)

By: Josephine Tey , Robert Barnard

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

When a strikingly handsome young photographer mysteriously disappears, it's up to Inspector Alan Gr… read more

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19. Impact of Evidence

By: Carol Carnac

4.11

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

Near St. Brynneys in the Welsh border country, isolated by heavy snow and flooding from the thaw, a… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8) by Dorothy L. Sayers

20. Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.11

Format: 499 pages, Kindle Edition

The second Dorothy L. Sayers classic to feature mystery writer Harriet Vane, Have His Carcase. Harr… read more

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"I always have a quotation for everything--it saves original thinking."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)

"Novelists and police-inspectors do not always see eye to eye as regards publicity."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)

"A solitary rock is always attractive. All right-minded people feel an overwhelming desire to scale and sit upon it."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)

"In the mood of relaxation and confidence that follows on being parboiled, it was easy enough to pump Mrs Weldon. A little diplomacy was needed, so as not to betray the ulterior object of the inquiry,…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)

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21. Case in the Clinic

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.05

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

The story begins with the sudden death of an elderly clergyman named Anderby, who drops dead while … read more

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17 must-read fiction books like Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn, #2) by Ngaio Marsh

Transform Your Habits

Lonesome Road (Miss Silver, #3)

Patricia Wentworth

3.97

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The Case Is Closed (Miss Silver, #2)

Patricia Wentworth

3.86

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Cargo of Eagles (Albert Campion Mystery, #19)

Margery Allingham

3.80

Transform Your Habits

The Mind Readers (Albert Campion Mystery, #18)

Margery Allingham

3.47

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16 Top fiction books like The Case of the Late Pig (Albert Campion Mystery #8) by Margery Allingham

Transform Your Habits

Death of a Peer (Roderick Alleyn, #10)

Ngaio Marsh

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Striding Folly (Lord Peter Wimsey #15)

Dorothy L. Sayers , Elizabeth George , Janet Hitchman

3.99

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Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn, #2)

Ngaio Marsh

3.82

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The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3)

Ngaio Marsh

3.71

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