19 Best classics books like The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories by Martin Edwards

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The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories

By: Martin Edwards

3.79

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A Christmas party is punctuated by a gunshot under a policeman’s watchful eye. A jewel heist is pla…

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Cover of Mystery in White by Martin Edwards, J. Jefferson Farjeon

1. Mystery in White

By: Martin Edwards , J. Jefferson Farjeon

3.38

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

On Christmas Eve, heavy snowfall brings a train to a halt near the village of Hemmersby. Several pa… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"That is why any general, however wrong he may be--take Napoleon, to avoid the politics of mere contemporary examples--must believe in himself to be successful, or dupe himself into such a belief. Ind…"

-Martin Edwards, Mystery in White

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2. The Mistletoe Murder And Other Stories

By: None , P.D. James

3.75

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Four previously uncollected stories from one of the great mystery writers of our time--swift, cunni… read more

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  • british literature
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Dalgliesh told himself that he should have remembered what, as a small boy, he had discovered about Uncle Hubert's conscience--that it operated as a warning bell and that, unlike most people, Uncle H…"

-None, The Mistletoe Murder And Other Stories

"Although most of my own work has been as a novelist, I have greatly enjoyed the challenge of the short story. Much has to be achieved with limited means. There is not spacefor long and detailed descr…"

-None, The Mistletoe Murder And Other Stories

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

3. 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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  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The White Priory Murders (Sir Henry Merrivale, #2) by Carter Dickson

4. The White Priory Murders (Sir Henry Merrivale, #2)

By: Carter Dickson

3.66

Format: 176 pages,

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant, #2) by Josephine Tey, Robert Barnard

5. 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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  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

6. Murder by Matchlight (Robert MacDonald, #25)

By: E.C.R. Lorac

3.76

Format: 360 pages,

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7. The Santa Klaus Murder

By: Mavis Doriel Hay

3.74

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

When it comes to Christmas stories, one typically thinks of those that embody the spirit of the sea… read more

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8. Castle Skull (Henri Bencolin, #2)

By: John Dickson Carr , J.D. Carpenter

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

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9. The Lake District Murder (Superintendent Meredith, #1)

By: John Bude

4.45

Format: None pages, Paperback

When a body is found at an isolated garage, Inspector Meredith is drawn into a complex investigatio… read more

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10. Portrait of a Murderer

By: None

2.56

Format: 201 pages,

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11. An English Murder

By: Cyril Hare

3.68

Format: 290 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Warbeck Hall is an old-fashioned English country house and the scene of equally English murders. Al… read more

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12. Jumping Jenny (Roger Sheringham Cases, #9)

By: Anthony Berkeley

3.77

Format: 190 pages, Hardcover

When a murder is committed at a party given in honour of a famous writer-detective, the guests impe… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Till Death Do Us Part (Dr. Gideon Fell, #15) by John Dickson Carr

13. Till Death Do Us Part (Dr. Gideon Fell, #15)

By: John Dickson Carr

3.83

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Crime author Dick Markham is in love again; his fiancée the mysterious newcomer to the village, Les… read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

14. Tied Up In Tinsel (Roderick Alleyn, #27)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.46

Format: None pages,

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15. 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
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16. Crossed Skis (Julian Rivers #8)

By: Carol Carnac

3.88

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

An atmospheric holiday novel from one of the most consistently popular authors in the series, Carol… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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17. The Seat of the Scornful

By: John Dickson Carr

3.85

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

Judge Horace Ireton didn't care about the letter of the law. He was interested in administering abs… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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18. Murder After Christmas

By: Rupert Latimer

3.46

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An ingenious lost Christmas mystery returns to print for the first time since 1944 'Did you say … read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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19. Smallbone Deceased

By: Michael Gilbert

4.05

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of MurderHorniman, Birley and Craine is a highly re… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"It’s quite a good idea. Only for heaven’s sake don’t be like that mug in the detective story who confides all his best ideas to a friendly sort of character who turns out to be the murderer in Chapte…"

-Michael Gilbert, Smallbone Deceased

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20. Death of an Author

By: E.C.R. Lorac

3.99

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

'I hate murders and I hate murderers, but I must admit that the discovery of a bearded corpse would… read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Post After Post-Mortem by E.C.R. Lorac

21. Post After Post-Mortem

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.00

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

The Surrays and their five children form a prolific writing machine, with scores of treatises, revi… read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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22. These Names Make Clues

By: E.C.R. Lorac

3.66

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Should detectives go to parties? Was it consistent with the dignity of the Yard? The inspector tos… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Crook o' Lune by E.C.R. Lorac

23. Crook o' Lune

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.15

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

It all began up at High Gimmerdale with the sheep-stealing, a hateful act in the shepherding lands … read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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24. The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories

By: Martin Edwards

3.79

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A Christmas party is punctuated by a gunshot under a policeman’s watchful eye. A jewel heist is pla… read more

Similar categories in Martin Edwards's The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories book and Martin Edwards's The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories

  • classics
  • british literature
  • holiday
  • anthologies
  • christmas
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Murderer's Mistake (Robert Macdonald #28) by E.C.R. Lorac

25. Murderer's Mistake (Robert Macdonald #28)

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.07

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

It's not long after the end of WWII, rationing is still in force in the UK, and Chief Inspector Mac… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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26. Surfeit of Suspects

By: George Bellairs

3.79

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder"At 8 o'clock in the evening on the 8th of… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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27. 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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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
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28. Checkmate to Murder (Robert MacDonald #25)

By: E.C.R. Lorac

3.97

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

Who fired the fatal shot that snuffed out the life of miserly old Folliner during a London blackout… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Mind the cat."

-E.C.R. Lorac, Checkmate to Murder (Robert MacDonald #25)

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29. Fell Murder

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.08

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

'...this crime is conditioned by the place. To understand the one you've got to study the other.' … read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"I set out this evening to learn something about the district, to study the roads and paths, and to get the hang of it, the feel of the land. It's no use rushing to ask questions when you're ignorant …"

-E.C.R. Lorac, Fell Murder

"Far below him, the River Lune wound its serpentine curves across the wide flood plane: beneath the clear September sky the water shone blue, flowing out to Morecambe Bay, whose golden sands gleamed p…"

-E.C.R. Lorac, Fell Murder

Cover of Bats in the Belfry (Robert MacDonald #13) by E.C.R. Lorac

30. Bats in the Belfry (Robert MacDonald #13)

By: E.C.R. Lorac

3.74

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

Bruce Attleton dazzled London's literary scene with his first two novels—but his early promise did … read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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31. A Telegram from Le Touquet: With an introduction by Martin Edwards

By: John Bude

3.95

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

With some trepidation Nigel Derry approaches the country house of his enigmatic and unpredictable a… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction

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Transform Your Habits

Mystery in White

Martin Edwards , J. Jefferson Farjeon

3.38

Transform Your Habits

The Mistletoe Murder And Other Stories

None , P.D. James

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn, #2)

Ngaio Marsh

3.82

Transform Your Habits

The White Priory Murders (Sir Henry Merrivale, #2)

Carter Dickson

3.66

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Death of Jezebel (Inspector Cockrill #4)

Christianna Brand

3.55

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Green for Danger

Christianna Brand

3.69

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The Sussex Downs Murder (Superintendent Meredith, #2)

Martin Edwards , John Bude

4.72

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Jumping Jenny (Roger Sheringham Cases, #9)

Anthony Berkeley

3.77

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