8 must-read mystery books like Silence in Court by Patricia Wentworth

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Silence in Court

By: Patricia Wentworth

3.98

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

This classic courtroom drama alternates between a murder trial and the events leading up to the cri…

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1. The Reluctant Widow

By: Georgette Heyer

3.83

Format: 28 pages, Paperback

Georgette Heyer is best known for her witty and charming Regency romances, but she is also responsi… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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2. The Killings at Badger's Drift (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #1)

By: Caroline Graham

3.97

Format: 261 pages, Paperback

Badger's Drift is an ideal English village, complete with vicar, bumbling local doctor, and kindly … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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3. The China Governess (Albert Campion Mystery #17)

By: Margery Allingham

4.03

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

Timothy Kinnit, rich, handsome, well-bred, learns on the eve of his elopement, that he was adopted.… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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4. 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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  • mystery
  • fiction
"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)

5. 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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6. Bath Tangle

By: Georgette Heyer

4.70

Format: 84 pages, Paperback

The Earl of Spenborough has always been noted for his eccentricity. Leaving a widow younger than hi… read more

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7. Death in Cyprus

By: M.M. Kaye

3.41

Format: None pages, Paperback

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8. The Egyptian Cross Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #5)

By: Ellery Queen

4.12

Format: 652 pages, Paperback

The island was a magnet for every seeker of kinky kicks. A weird prophet had made it the home of a … read more

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9. 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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10. Dead Men Don't Ski

By: Patricia Moyes

3.89

Format: 32 pages,

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11. Celia's House

By: D.E. Stevenson

4.89

Format: 78 pages,

Celia's House, filled with effervescent warmth and cheer, is the story of Dunnian -- a spellbinding… read more

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12. 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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13. The Master of Blacktower

By: Barbara Michaels

3.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Damaris Gordon shuddered at the thought of working for the cruel and bitter Master of Blacktower--b… read more

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14. The Seventh Sinner (Jacqueline Kirby, #1)

By: Elizabeth Peters

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

At first, Jean Suttman thought she had died and gone to Heaven when she was granted the opportunity… read more

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15. The Confession of Brother Haluin (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #15)

By: Ellis Peters

4.33

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Brother Cadfael is witness to a shocking near-death confession and accompanies a fellow Benedictine… read more

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16. 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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17. The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

By: Ellis Peters

4.17

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

The winter of 1139 will disrupt Brother Cadfael’s tranquil life in Shrewsbury with the most disturb… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"Love shared is no sin."

-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

"There never was, for all I could ever learn, a time when living was easy and peaceful."

-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

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18. Silence in Court

By: Patricia Wentworth

3.98

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

This classic courtroom drama alternates between a murder trial and the events leading up to the cri… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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19. A Wreath of Red Roses (Heathcliff Lennox, #9)

By: Karen Baugh Menuhin

4.60

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

Murder, Mystery and a dog, and cat, of distinctionBook 9 in the Heathcliff Lennox seriesA mediaeval… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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20. The Missing Maid (The Baker Street Mysteries, #1)

By: Holly Hepburn

4.01

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

A GLORIOUS SHERLOCK HOLMES-INSPIRED MYSTERY FOR FANS OF NITA PROSE AND JANICE HALLETT London, 19… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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21. A Murder in Blue: A 1920s Historical Mystery (Penelope Banks Murder Mysteries Book 13)

By: Colette Clark

4.27

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

First Class train travel never looked so deadly…. France 1926 Penelope “Pen” Banks and friends ar… read more

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8 Top fiction books like Silence in Court by Patricia Wentworth

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The Reluctant Widow

Georgette Heyer

3.83

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The Killings at Badger's Drift (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #1)

Caroline Graham

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The China Governess (Albert Campion Mystery #17)

Margery Allingham

4.03

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Ngaio Marsh

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The Anodyne Necklace (Richard Jury, #3)

Martha Grimes

4.03

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

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3.99

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A Day for Dying (Inspector Thanet, #13)

Dorothy Simpson

4.06

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The Jewel That Was Ours (Inspector Morse, #9)

Colin Dexter

3.98

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