7 must-read classics books like The Double by Edgar Wallace

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The Double

By: Edgar Wallace

3.43

Format: 203 pages, Kindle Edition

A London police detective stumbles upon a bizarre burglary during a storm in a thriller by “one of …

If you liked the classics plot in The Double by Edgar Wallace , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of Lonesome Road (Miss Silver, #3) by Patricia Wentworth

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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  • mystery
  • classics
  • crime
Cover of The Anodyne Necklace (Richard Jury, #3) by Martha Grimes

2. 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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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Man With a Load of Mischief (Richard Jury, #1) by Martha Grimes

3. The Man With a Load of Mischief (Richard Jury, #1)

By: Martha Grimes

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

At the Man with a Load of Mischief, they found the dead body stuck in a keg of beer. At the Jack an… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
"And so it continued all day, wynde after wynde, from a room beyond came the whistle of a teakettle. "Now, you really must join me. I've some marvelous Darjeeling, and some delicious petits fours a fr…"

-Martha Grimes, The Man With a Load of Mischief (Richard Jury, #1)

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4. The Tragedy of X

By: Ellery Queen , Barnaby Ross

4.48

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

New York City, the early 30's. A man is poisoned on a crowded streetcar during rush hour. Everyone … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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5. Nine Times Nine (Sister Ursula, #1)

By: Anthony Boucher

3.50

Format: None pages,

The man in the yellow robe had put a curse on Wolfe Harrigan--the ancient curse called the Nine Tim… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • crime
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6. The Dead Sea Cipher

By: Elizabeth Peters

4.18

Format: 213 pages, Paperback

It was the start of a grand adventure in a land of antiquity, a rare opportunity to visit biblical … read more

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  • mystery
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7. Parnassus on Wheels

By: Christopher Morley

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

"I warn you," said the funny-looking little man with the red beard, "I'm here to sell this caravan … read more

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  • classics
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8. The Land of Hidden Men

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs

3.58

Format: 366 pages, Paperback

AKA Jungle Girl read more

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9. Unexpected Night (Henry Gamadge, #1)

By: Elizabeth Daly

3.91

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

read more

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10. The Wall

By: John Hersey

3.50

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

Riveting & compelling, The Walltells the inspiring story of forty men & women who escape the dehuma… read more

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11. As A Thief In The Night

By: R. Austin Freeman

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Harold Monkhouse is usually such an uncomplaining patient so when his brother Amos calls in one nig… read more

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12. 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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13. 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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14. Over My Dead Body (Nero Wolfe, #7)

By: Rex Stout , John Jakes

3.63

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

When a Balkan beauty gets in trouble over some missing diamonds, whom else can she turn to but the … read more

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15. Longshot

By: Dick Francis

3.28

Format: 5 pages, Paperback

'The plot gallops forward irresistibly and the story is perfectly worked out' Sunday Times read more

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16. Falling Free (Vorkosigan Saga, #4)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

3.90

Format: None pages,

Leo Graf was an effective engineer. Safety regs weren't just the rule book he swore by; he'd helped… read more

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17. 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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18. 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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19. A Gentleman in Pursuit of Truth (The Lord Julian Mysteries #4)

By: Grace Burrowes

4.40

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

A dogged investigation... Lord Julian Caldicott is summoned to the country home of a family friend … read more

Similar categories in Grace Burrowes's A Gentleman in Pursuit of Truth (The Lord Julian Mysteries #4) book and Edgar Wallace's The Double

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Death of Mr. Dodsley (Francis McNab, #5) by John Ferguson

20. Death of Mr. Dodsley (Francis McNab, #5)

By: John Ferguson

3.45

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

A bookshop is a first-rate place for unobtrusive observation,’ he continued. ‘One can remain in it … read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • crime
Cover of Aloha Alibi (Charlotte Gibson Mysteries #1) by Jasmine Webb

21. Aloha Alibi (Charlotte Gibson Mysteries #1)

By: Jasmine Webb

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Most people flee to Hawaii for gorgeous weather, white-sand beaches, and cocktails at sunset. Charl… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of A Stranger in the Family (Maeve Kerrigan #11) by Jane Casey

22. A Stranger in the Family (Maeve Kerrigan #11)

By: Jane Casey

4.29

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Every mother's worst nightmare . . . When nine-year-old Rosalie Marshall vanished from her bed one … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Post After Post-Mortem by E.C.R. Lorac

23. 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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  • mystery
  • classics
  • crime
Cover of The Murders in Praed Street (Dr Priestley #4) by John Rhode

24. The Murders in Praed Street (Dr Priestley #4)

By: John Rhode

4.04

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

‘An absorbing murder mystery’ New York Times‘A very ingenious tale’ Times Literary Supplement‘The f… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of A Death in Door County (Monster Hunter Mystery, #1) by Annelise Ryan

25. A Death in Door County (Monster Hunter Mystery, #1)

By: Annelise Ryan

3.64

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A Wisconsin bookstore owner and cryptozoologist is asked to investigate a series of deaths that jus… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of The Double by Edgar Wallace

26. The Double

By: Edgar Wallace

3.43

Format: 203 pages, Kindle Edition

A London police detective stumbles upon a bizarre burglary during a storm in a thriller by “one of … read more

Similar categories in Edgar Wallace's The Double book and Edgar Wallace's The Double

  • mystery
  • classics
  • crime
Cover of Inspector French and the Cheyne Mystery by Freeman Wills Crofts

27. Inspector French and the Cheyne Mystery

By: Freeman Wills Crofts

3.82

Format: 289 pages, Paperback

When young Cheyne finds things going wrong and a dangerous gang of criminals unpleasantly intereste… read more

Similar categories in Freeman Wills Crofts's Inspector French and the Cheyne Mystery book and Edgar Wallace's The Double

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of To Make Them Pay (DI Sam Cobbs #3) by M.A. Comley

28. To Make Them Pay (DI Sam Cobbs #3)

By: M.A. Comley

4.31

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

A Lake District thriller. A twisted mind can be deadly… When Brian Coltman is murdered after … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Body by the Docks (DI Jordan Carr #2) by Diane M. Dickson

29. Body by the Docks (DI Jordan Carr #2)

By: Diane M. Dickson

4.40

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

A cruel murder forces a Liverpool family to confront their past The discovery of the badly burne… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Ponson Case by Freeman Wills Crofts

30. The Ponson Case

By: Freeman Wills Crofts

3.83

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Collins Crime Club archive, the forgotten second novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbe… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • crime
Cover of The World with a Thousand Moons: A Classic Tale from the Pulps by Edmond Hamilton

31. The World with a Thousand Moons: A Classic Tale from the Pulps

By: Edmond Hamilton

3.41

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

Other than boasting of having a thousand moons, this nasty planet could only brag of having the mos… read more

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Lonesome Road (Miss Silver, #3)

Patricia Wentworth

3.97

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Martha Grimes

4.03

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3.99

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Christianna Brand

3.55

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Christianna Brand

3.69

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Martin Edwards , John Bude

4.72

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Anthony Berkeley

3.77

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