Nothing Can Rescue Me (Henry Gamadge #5)
By: Elizabeth Daly
3.87
Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition
In mid-1943, and up to his elbows in war work, Henry Gamadge is longing for a quiet weekend. But wh…
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1. Singing in the Shrouds (Roderick Alleyn, #20)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.96
Format: 240 pages, Mass Market Paperback
All aboard for murderThe Cape Farewell steams out to sea, carrying a serial strangler who says it w… read more
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2. Death of a Peer (Roderick Alleyn, #10)
By: Ngaio Marsh
4.00
Format: 303 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Murder becomes a family affair... The Lampreys were a charming, eccentric happy-go-lucky family, t… read more
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3. The Anodyne Necklace (Richard Jury, #3)
By: Martha Grimes
4.03
Format: 310 pages, Mass Market Paperback
A severed finger found at the scene of a baffling murder in the village of Littlebourne leads local… read more
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4. 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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"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)
5. 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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6. Colour Scheme (Roderick Alleyn, #12)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.80
Format: None pages,
A spa-goer resorts to murder. Even down in New Zealand, war-fueled spy fever is running wild. Near … read more
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7. 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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9. Vintage Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #5)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.83
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Death served well-chilled The leading lady of a theater company touring New Zealand was stunning… read more
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"What do you think, Mr Alleyn? If there's another war will the young chaps come at it, same as we did, thinking it's great? And get the same jolt? What do you reckon?" "I'm afraid to speculate," said …"-Ngaio Marsh, Vintage Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #5)
"My poor fat Alfie! He was not a romantic husband, but he was so kind and understanding. He never minded whether I was amusing or dull. He thought it impossible that I could be dull. I didn't have to …"-Ngaio Marsh, Vintage Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #5)
10. A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn, #1)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.80
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
At Sir Hubert Handesley's country house party, five guests have gathered for the uproarious parlor … read more
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11. Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.96
Format: 277 pages, Paperback
It was planned as an act of a new piano for the parish hall, an amusing play to finance the gift. … read more
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"It's like one of those affairs in books," said Bailey disgustedly."Someone trying to think up a new way to do a murder. Silly, I call it." "What do you say, Roper?" said Alleyn. "To my way of thinkin…"-Ngaio Marsh, Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8)
12. Death of a Fool (Roderick Alleyn, #19)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.88
Format: 440 pages, Paperback
A ritual dance becomes a murderous mambo... At the winter solstice, South Mardian's swordsmen weave… read more
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13. Death in Ecstasy (Roderick Alleyn, #4)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.77
Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback
When lovely Cara Quayne dropped dead to the floor after drinking the ritual wine at the House of th… read more
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"Look here,' said Nigel suddenly, 'let's pretend it's a detective novel. Where would we be by this time? About halfway through, I should think. Well, who's your pick' 'I am invariably gulled by detect…"-Ngaio Marsh, Death in Ecstasy (Roderick Alleyn, #4)
14. The Layton Court Mystery (Roger Sheringham Cases, #1)
By: Anthony Berkeley
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
A Roger Sheringham mysteryIn a typical English country house, a murder is committed. The wealthy Vi… read more
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15. 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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16. False Scent (Roderick Alleyn, #21)
By: Ngaio Marsh
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
In a poisonous cloud of spray, the curtain falls on a drama queen. Little did beloved British actre… read more
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17. Clutch of Constables (Roderick Alleyn, #25)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.72
Format: 224 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Five Days Out of Time ... that was how the ad had described the Zodiaccruise on the "weirdly misted… read more
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18. 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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20. Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.96
Format: 346 pages, Paperback
The party's over when murder makes an entrance...With the notion of bringing together the most bitt… read more
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"With corpses stiffening on the premises, sir, all things be possible to a man with a desperate powerful idea egging him on."-Ngaio Marsh, Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11)
"They were fortified with all the resilience that youth presents to an emotional shock. In the midst of murder and attempted suicide, they had managed, not only to behave with address and good sense, …"-Ngaio Marsh, Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11)
"For some reason that he had never been able to understand, Mandrake was a man in whom his fellow-creatures confided. He was by no means obviously sympathetic and he seldom asked for confidences but, …"-Ngaio Marsh, Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11)
"Beneath it hung a faded photograph in an Oxford frame. It presented a Victorian gentleman wearing an ineffable air of hauteur and a costume which suggested that he had begun to dress up as Mr. Sherlo…"-Ngaio Marsh, Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11)
21. Death at the Bar (Roderick Alleyn, #9)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.46
Format: None pages, Paperback
A cosy game of darts in a cosy English pub is going well until one of the players dies on the spot.… read more
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22. Death in a White Tie (Roderick Alleyn, #7)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.46
Format: None pages, Paperback
A body in the back of a taxi begins an elegantly constructed mystery, perhaps the finest of Marsh's… read more
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24. The Tragedy at Freyne
By: Anthony Gilbert
4.11
Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition
When Sir Simon Chandos is found poisoned in his library, with a confession in front of him and a ph… read more
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25. 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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26. The Sunken Sailor: Inspector Tibbett #2 (Henry Tibbett)
By: Patricia Moyes
3.85
Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition
Poor Inspector Tibbett! Once again, he is attempting to have a nice vacation. And once again, Crime… read more
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27. A Body at the Farmhouse (West Wales Murder Mysteries #4)
By: P.F. Ford
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
Detective Norman is out of retirement and back on the beat in a rainy Welsh seaside town. Llangwell… read more
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28. Nothing Can Rescue Me (Henry Gamadge #5)
By: Elizabeth Daly
3.87
Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition
In mid-1943, and up to his elbows in war work, Henry Gamadge is longing for a quiet weekend. But wh… read more
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29. The Great Hotel Murder (An American Mystery Classic)
By: Vincent Starrett
3.46
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
In a grand Chicago hotel, a mysterious death sets a puzzling whodunnit in motion When a New York ba… read more
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"...when a man blends truth and falsehood skillfully in one comprehensive statement, it is difficult to tell the veracities from the fibs."-Vincent Starrett, The Great Hotel Murder (An American Mystery Classic)
"The manner of a fool,' said Mr. Blackwood, 'when it masks the mental processes of a wise man, is an advantage of great worth to a detective."-Vincent Starrett, The Great Hotel Murder (An American Mystery Classic)
"Trees that are only trees by daylight are many and various other things at night. They are lurking, impossible monsters of the animal world or crouching human ruffians, of ferocious aspect and intent…"-Vincent Starrett, The Great Hotel Murder (An American Mystery Classic)
"They left the little city behind them and swung out into the open country. Immediately the trees resumed their solemn march on either side, very much -- it seemed to Blackwood -- as if they were file…"-Vincent Starrett, The Great Hotel Murder (An American Mystery Classic)
30. Death Came Softly (Robert MacDonald #23)
By: E.C.R. Lorac
4.17
Format: 201 pages, Kindle Edition
This crime puzzle features Chief Inspector Robert Macdonald, who is a “London Scot” and an avowed b… read more
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31. Death on the Agenda: Inspector Tibbett #3 (Henry Tibbett)
By: Patricia Moyes
3.72
Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition
Amazingly enough, Henry Tibbett is at work! Crime tends to catch him when he’s on vacation, but thi… read more
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