17 must-read crime books like Blood on the Tracks: Railway Mysteries by Martin Edwards

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Blood on the Tracks: Railway Mysteries

By: Martin Edwards

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

“Never had I been given a tougher problem to solve, and never had I been so utterly at my wits’ end…

If you liked the crime plot in Blood on the Tracks: Railway Mysteries by Martin Edwards , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. Green for Danger

By: Christianna Brand

3.69

Format: None pages, Paperback

Set in a military hospital during the blitz, this novel is one of Brand's most intricately plotted … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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2. Suddenly at His Residence (Inspector Cockrill, #3)

By: Christianna Brand

3.56

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

In the height of an English summer, Grandfather is found dead in the little Grecian lodge among the… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

3. Death of a Busybody

By: George Bellairs

4.12

Format: 176 pages,

The eponymous nosy parker in Death of a Busybodyis Miss Ethel Tither. She has made herself deeply u… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

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

By: E.C.R. Lorac

3.76

Format: 360 pages,

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5. Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing: Spiritual Preparation for the Office of Confession

By: Søren Kierkegaard , Douglas V. Steere

3.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

Crossing the boundaries of philosophy, theology, psychology, and literature, the Danish writer Sore… read more

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6. Nil (Nil, #1)

By: Lynne Matson

4.32

Format: 224 pages, ebook

On the mysterious island of Nil, the rules are set. You have one year. Exactly 365 days--to escape,… read more

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7. The Lost Gallows (Henri Bencolin, #3)

By: John Dickson Carr

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

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8. 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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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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9. 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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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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10. 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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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • historical 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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11. 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
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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12. 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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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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13. 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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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Murderer's Mistake (Robert Macdonald #28) by E.C.R. Lorac

14. 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

Similar categories in E.C.R. Lorac's Murderer's Mistake (Robert Macdonald #28) book and Martin Edwards's Blood on the Tracks: Railway Mysteries

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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15. Blood on the Tracks: Railway Mysteries

By: Martin Edwards

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

“Never had I been given a tougher problem to solve, and never had I been so utterly at my wits’ end… read more

Similar categories in Martin Edwards's Blood on the Tracks: Railway Mysteries book and Martin Edwards's Blood on the Tracks: Railway Mysteries

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • trains
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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16. 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

Similar categories in E.C.R. Lorac's Checkmate to Murder (Robert MacDonald #25) book and Martin Edwards's Blood on the Tracks: Railway Mysteries

  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"Mind the cat."

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

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17. Murder's a Swine

By: Nap Lombard

3.74

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

“I should imagine this was murder, too, because it would be very difficult to build yourself into a… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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18. Excellent Intentions

By: Richard Hull

3.42

Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition

Great Barwick’s least popular man is murdered on a train. Twelve jurors sit in court. Four suspects… read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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19. Weekend at Thrackley

By: Alan Melville

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Jim Henderson is one of six guests summoned by the mysterious Edwin Carson, a collector of precious… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"No other person in the world laughed quite like Freddie Usher. Mercifully so....There were no half-hearted methods adopted when Freddie Usher became amused. No discreetness. No lack of abandon. No th…"

-Alan Melville, Weekend at Thrackley

"Edwin Carson is the greatest living authority on precious stones in the world. The only reason why he isn't acclaimed as such in public and in the Press is that his methods of collecting his jewels--…"

-Alan Melville, Weekend at Thrackley

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20. Twice Round the Clock

By: Billie Houston

3.79

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

“It is past the half-hour. My time is coming nearer with every tick of the clock.” Horace Mannin… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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21. The Body in the Dumb River (Thomas Littlejohn #35)

By: George Bellairs

3.85

Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition

With an introduction by Martin Edwards ‘A decent, hardworking chap, with not an enemy anywhere. Pe… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature

6 best-selling historical mystery books like Blood on the Tracks: Railway Mysteries by Martin Edwards

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Smallbone Deceased

Michael Gilbert

4.05

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Post After Post-Mortem

E.C.R. Lorac

4.00

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These Names Make Clues

E.C.R. Lorac

3.66

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Murderer's Mistake (Robert Macdonald #28)

E.C.R. Lorac

4.07

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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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