12 best-selling fiction books like Inspector French and the Cheyne Mystery by Freeman Wills Crofts

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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…

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Cover of The Saint Meets the Tiger (The Saint #1) by Leslie Charteris

1. The Saint Meets the Tiger (The Saint #1)

By: Leslie Charteris

3.68

Format: 305 pages, Paperback

Dashing adventurer Simon Templar, known as "The Saint," plunges into danger when he arrives in the … read more

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  • detective
  • adventure
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Tether's End (Albert Campion Mystery, #16) by Margery Allingham

2. Tether's End (Albert Campion Mystery, #16)

By: Margery Allingham

3.96

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

In Hide My Eyes, private detective Albert Campion finds himself hunting down a serial killer in Lon… read more

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  • detective
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5) by Dorothy L. Sayers

3. 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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  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"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)

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4. Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.07

Format: 264 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The wealthy Agatha Dawson is dead--a trifle sooner than expected--but there are no apparent signs o… read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"It doesn't do for people, especially doctors, to go about 'thinking' things. They may get into frightful trouble."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

"…After all, it isn't really difficult to write books. Especially if you either write a rotten story in good English or a good story in rotten English, which is as far as most people seem to get nowad…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

"I sleuth, you know. For a hobby. Harmless outlet for natural inquisitiveness, don't you see, which might otherwise strike inward and produce introspection an' suicide. Very natural, healthy pursuit -…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

"Miss Climpson," said Lord Peter, "is a manifestation of the wasteful way in which this country is run. Look at electricity, Look at water-power. Look at the tides. Look at the sun. Millions of power …"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

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5. Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.17

Format: 356 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When ad man Victor Dean falls down the stairs in the offices of Pym's Publicity, a respectable Lond… read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"How do you do?"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)

"Bredon shuddered. “I think this is an awfully immoral job of ours. I do, really. Think how we spoil the digestions of the public."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)

"It's a curious thing, but people cannot resist anonymous letters. It's like free sample offers. They appeal to all one's lower instincts."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)

"The interview with the cat had been particularly full of appeal. The animal was, it seemed, an illustrious rat-catcher, with many famous deeds to her credit. Not only that, but she had been the first…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)

6. 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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7. 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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  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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8. Impact of Evidence

By: Carol Carnac

4.11

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

Near St. Brynneys in the Welsh border country, isolated by heavy snow and flooding from the thaw, a… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
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9. The Wintringham Mystery

By: Anthony Berkeley

3.66

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Republished for the first time in nearly 95 years, a classic winter country house mystery by the fo… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
"For a minute or two they remained in complete silence--the silence of people who know each other so well that words are merely an accessory rather than a necessity."

-Anthony Berkeley, The Wintringham Mystery

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10. 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
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of The Fatal Glove: A Noel Pinson Mystery (Merlin Classic Crime) by R.A.J. Walling

11. The Fatal Glove: A Noel Pinson Mystery (Merlin Classic Crime)

By: R.A.J. Walling

4.19

Format: 211 pages, Kindle Edition

First serialised in newspapers in 1917.Never published in book form beforeA classic mystery by R.A.… read more

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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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  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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13. Case in the Clinic

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.05

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

The story begins with the sudden death of an elderly clergyman named Anderby, who drops dead while … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
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14. Tragedy at the Unicorn

By: John Rhode

4.26

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

‘The best detective story of 1928’ Times Literary Supplement'A case of suicide, accident or murder?… read more

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  • mystery
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15. 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 Freeman Wills Crofts's Inspector French and the Cheyne Mystery

  • detective
  • adventure
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of SUSPICIONS OF A PARLOURMAID and THE NORFOLK RAILWAY MURDERS: Two cases for DCI Bryce (Chief Inspector Bryce Mysteries Book 7) by Peter Zander-Howell

16. SUSPICIONS OF A PARLOURMAID and THE NORFOLK RAILWAY MURDERS: Two cases for DCI Bryce (Chief Inspector Bryce Mysteries Book 7)

By: Peter Zander-Howell

4.43

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

Two more cases for Philip Bryce. 1. An affluent elderly lady dies. The death certificate cites ‘na… read more

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17. Murder At The Mill

By: T.A. Belshaw

4.28

Format: 185 pages, Kindle Edition

Introducing Twenty-one-year-old Amy Rowlings, a vivacious, quick-witted collector of imported Ameri… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Dinner Party at Bardolph's: A Golden Age Murder Mystery (Merlin Classic Crime) by R.A. J. Walling

18. The Dinner Party at Bardolph's: A Golden Age Murder Mystery (Merlin Classic Crime)

By: R.A. J. Walling

4.25

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

Edward Bardolph is an incredibly successful financier - he is also despised by many - with good rea… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of THIS VILLAGE IS CURSED: A 1940s DCI Bryce mystery (Chief Inspector Bryce Mysteries Book 8) by Peter Zander-Howell

19. THIS VILLAGE IS CURSED: A 1940s DCI Bryce mystery (Chief Inspector Bryce Mysteries Book 8)

By: Peter Zander-Howell

4.35

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

A young provincial journalist receives a telephone call from a man who won’t give his name. Anticip… read more

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20. Murder in Vienna

By: E.C.R. Lorac

3.85

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

Superintendent Macdonald, CID, studied his fellow-passengers on the Vienna plane simply because he … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
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21. The Amateur Detective: A 1950 Philip Bryce mystery (Chief Inspector Bryce Mysteries Book 9)

By: Peter Zander-Howell

4.51

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1950, a death occurs under the uniquely-banded cliffs in Hunstanton. It is soon realised that th… read more

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16 Best mystery books like Inspector French and the Cheyne Mystery by Freeman Wills Crofts

Transform Your Habits

The Saint Meets the Tiger (The Saint #1)

Leslie Charteris

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Tether's End (Albert Campion Mystery, #16)

Margery Allingham

3.96

Transform Your Habits

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)

Dorothy L. Sayers

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

Dorothy L. Sayers

4.07

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20 Top fiction books like Jumping Jenny (Roger Sheringham Cases, #9) by Anthony Berkeley

Transform Your Habits

Death of Jezebel (Inspector Cockrill #4)

Christianna Brand

3.55

Transform Your Habits

Green for Danger

Christianna Brand

3.69

Transform Your Habits

The White Priory Murders (Sir Henry Merrivale, #2)

Carter Dickson

3.66

Transform Your Habits

Jumping Jenny (Roger Sheringham Cases, #9)

Anthony Berkeley

3.77

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