25 Top mystery books like Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose by Peter Lovesey

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Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose

By: Peter Lovesey

3.94

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

Be cautious; reading too many of Peter Lovesey's stories at once could have unexpected results. "Pa…

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Cover of He Who Whispers (Dr. Gideon Fell, #16) by John Dickson Carr

1. He Who Whispers (Dr. Gideon Fell, #16)

By: John Dickson Carr

3.91

Format: 165 pages, Paperback

At the edge of the woods by the river stands the tower. Once part of a chateau since burnt down, o… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"We don't fall in love with a woman because of her good character."

-John Dickson Carr, He Who Whispers (Dr. Gideon Fell, #16)

Cover of Ask A Policeman by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gladys Mitchell, The Detection Club, Anthony Berkeley, Milward Kennedy, John Rhode, Helen de Guerry Simpson

2. Ask A Policeman

By: Dorothy L. Sayers , Gladys Mitchell , The Detection Club , Anthony Berkeley , Milward Kennedy , John Rhode , Helen de Guerry Simpson

3.23

Format: 311 pages, Mass Market Paperback

News tycoon Lord Comstock is greedy, ruthless, scandal-mongering, and dead by Archbishop, MP, Scotl… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of The Floating Admiral by Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, G.K. Chesterton, Freeman Wills Crofts, Clemence Dane, Victor L. Whitechurch, The Detection Club, Anthony Berkeley, Ronald Knox, Edgar Jepson, Henry Wade, Milward Kennedy, John Rhode, G.D.H. Cole, Margaret Cole

3. The Floating Admiral

By: Agatha Christie , Dorothy L. Sayers , G.K. Chesterton , Freeman Wills Crofts , Clemence Dane , Victor L. Whitechurch , The Detection Club , Anthony Berkeley , Ronald Knox , Edgar Jepson , Henry Wade , Milward Kennedy , John Rhode , G.D.H. Cole , Margaret Cole

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Inspector Rudge does not encounter many cases of murder in the sleepy seaside town of Whynmouth. Bu… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
"We judge one another by our outward actions, but in the motive underlying those actions our judgment may be widely at fault. Preoccupied by our own private interpretation of the matter, we can see on…"

-Agatha Christie, The Floating Admiral

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4. The Memoirs of Solar Pons

By: August Derleth

3.50

Format: 31 pages,

1."Introduction", by Ellery Queen 2."The Adventure of the Circular Room" 3."The Adventure of the Pe… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
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5. The Soul of Kindness

By: Elizabeth Taylor , Paul Bailey

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

' "Here I am!" Flora called to Richard as she went downstairs. For a second, Meg felt disloyalty. I… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Motives for Murder, A Celebration of Peter Lovesey on His 80th Birthday by Martin Edwards, Peter Lovesey

6. Motives for Murder, A Celebration of Peter Lovesey on His 80th Birthday

By: Martin Edwards , Peter Lovesey

2.43

Format: None pages,

Members of London's famed Detection Club have joined together to honor Peter Lovesey, winner multip… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories

7. In Spite of Thunder (Dr. Gideon Fell, #20)

By: John Dickson Carr

4.24

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Whose Body?  (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1) by Dorothy L. Sayers

8. Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

3.84

Format: 212 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The stark naked body was lying in the tub. Not unusual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"But if you were investigating a crime,"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

"Well, it’s no good jumping at conclusions."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

"Oh damn!' said Lord Peter Wimsey at Piccadilly Circus."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

"I trust you told her I had succumbed to lethargic encephalitis suddenly, no flowers by request."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

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9. The Healers (Inspector Ramsay, #5)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.76

Format: None pages, Paperback

The local New Age health center was making a killing. Two stranglings lead Inspector Stephen Ramsay… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Poirot and Me by Geoffrey Wansell, David Suchet

10. Poirot and Me

By: Geoffrey Wansell , David Suchet

3.50

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Hercule Poirot, with his distinctive moustache and fastidious ways, is one of Agatha Christie's fin… read more

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  • mystery

11. The Problem of the Green Capsule (Dr. Gideon Fell, #10)

By: John Dickson Carr

4.75

Format: None pages,

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12. The Chronicles of Solar Pons

By: August Derleth , None

3.86

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

Solar Pons draws thoughtfully at his pipe, his keen eyes fixed on the door to his quarters at No. 7… read more

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13. Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)

By: Agatha Christie

3.59

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A teenage murder witness is drowned in a tub of apples. At a Hallowe'en party, Joyce, a hostile th… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"Put that in your mustache and smoke it."

-Agatha Christie, Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)

"You and I have a principle in common. We do not approve of murder."

-Agatha Christie, Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)

"Flowers never look so lovely as they do in Paris in the market there."

-Agatha Christie, Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)

"Nobody would ever get anything done nowadays if they weren't in a hurry."

-Agatha Christie, Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)

14. The House at Satan's Elbow (Dr. Gideon Fell, #21)

By: John Dickson Carr

4.46

Format: 170 pages,

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15. Light a Penny Candle

By: Maeve Binchy

4.24

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

Evacuated from Blitz-battered London, shy and genteel Elizabeth White is sent to stay with the bois… read more

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16. Diary of a Provincial Lady

By: E.M. Delafield

3.91

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

When Diary of a Provincial Ladywas first published in 1933, critics on both sides of the Atlantic g… read more

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17. The Camera Man (D.C. Smith #10)

By: Peter Grainger

4.61

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

Jo told him the phone call had been about a woman who wanted to have her husband declared dead. Smi… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of A Killing of Innocents (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #19) by Deborah Crombie

18. A Killing of Innocents (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #19)

By: Deborah Crombie

4.25

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestseller Deborah Crombie returns with a new novel focusing on Scotland Yard detect… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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19. Marple: Twelve New Mysteries

By: Naomi Alderman

3.81

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A brand-new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Mystery’s legendary detective Jane M… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5) by Anthony Horowitz

20. Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Ha… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3) by Ann Cleeves

21. The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.01

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

Ann Cleeves― New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, b… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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22. So Shall You Reap

By: Donna Leon

4.07

Format: 262 pages, ebook

In the thirty-second installment of Donna Leon’s bestselling series, a connection to Guido Brunetti… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"Given Loreti's position in society, the press had followed, panting. But they were to be disappointed by the police's failure to find any sign of what the English call "foul play," and so the investi…"

-Donna Leon, So Shall You Reap

"Brunetti, no fan of television, did occasionally watch nature documentaries, and so he was familiar with the pose cobras took when they were preparing to attack. They somehow managed to raise their h…"

-Donna Leon, So Shall You Reap

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23. The Man Who Read Mysteries

By: William Brittain

4.23

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

It's been worth the wait. One of the authors most requested by Crippen & Landru readers throughout … read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
Cover of Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose by Peter Lovesey

24. Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose

By: Peter Lovesey

3.94

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

Be cautious; reading too many of Peter Lovesey's stories at once could have unexpected results. "Pa… read more

Similar categories in Peter Lovesey's Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose book and Peter Lovesey's Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • short story collection
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25. Hoch's Ladies

By: Edward D. Hoch

4.05

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

Hoch created many series characters, Among them were Dr. Sam Hawthorne, Jeffery Rand, Nick Velvet, … read more

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  • mystery
Cover of Checkmate to Murder (Robert MacDonald #25) by E.C.R. Lorac

26. 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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  • mystery
  • fiction
"Mind the cat."

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

Cover of An Oxford Murder (The Catherine Tregowyn Mysteries #1) by G.G. Vandagriff

27. An Oxford Murder (The Catherine Tregowyn Mysteries #1)

By: G.G. Vandagriff

4.04

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

After Miss Catherine Tregowyn, poet, and Dr. Harry Bascombe, her bête noire, discover a body in the… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Foreign Bodies by Martin Edwards

28. Foreign Bodies

By: Martin Edwards

3.57

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Today, translated crime fiction is in vogue - but this was not always the case. A century before Sc… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • short story collection
Cover of The Return of Solar Pons by August Derleth

29. The Return of Solar Pons

By: August Derleth

3.99

Format: 279 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Only Watson himself could distinguish between the footsteps of Pons or Holmes. If you've not yet jo… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Lessons in Crime: Academic Mysteries by Martin Edwards

30. Lessons in Crime: Academic Mysteries

By: Martin Edwards

3.86

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

'Dr Greeby was found lying dead there, with his lecture-notes scattered all round him and brickbat … read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Murder in a Heatwave: Classic Crime Mysteries for the Holidays (Vintage Murders) by Various

31. Murder in a Heatwave: Classic Crime Mysteries for the Holidays (Vintage Murders)

By: Various

3.23

Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition

As the days get longer, escape your troubles and take a trip to the desperately hot towns where nig… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction

22 must-read fiction books like Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose by Peter Lovesey

Transform Your Habits

He Who Whispers (Dr. Gideon Fell, #16)

John Dickson Carr

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Ask A Policeman

Dorothy L. Sayers , Gladys Mitchell , The Detection Club , Anthony Berkeley , Milward Kennedy , John Rhode , Helen de Guerry Simpson

3.23

Transform Your Habits

The Floating Admiral

Agatha Christie , Dorothy L. Sayers , G.K. Chesterton , Freeman Wills Crofts , Clemence Dane , Victor L. Whitechurch , The Detection Club , Anthony Berkeley , Ronald Knox , Edgar Jepson , Henry Wade , Milward Kennedy , John Rhode , G.D.H. Cole , Margaret Cole

3.78

Transform Your Habits

The Memoirs of Solar Pons

August Derleth

3.50

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11 must-read fiction books like Lessons in Crime: Academic Mysteries by Martin Edwards

Transform Your Habits

He Who Whispers (Dr. Gideon Fell, #16)

John Dickson Carr

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Tour de Force

Christianna Brand

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Fog of Doubt

Christianna Brand

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Fear Stalks the Village

Ethel Lina White

4.12

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