24 Best fiction books like Murder Takes A Holiday by Cecily Gayford

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Murder Takes A Holiday

By: Cecily Gayford

3.33

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Join us for a summer holiday to die for ...For most of us, a summer holiday is an opportunity to es…

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1. Come, Tell Me How You Live

By: Agatha Christie , None , Agatha Christie Mallowan

4.09

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

Over the course of her long, prolific career, Agatha Christie gave the world a wealth of ingenious … read more

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  • mystery
"I pass to the Stationery Department. I buy several fountain and stylographic pens - it being my experience that, though a fountain pen in England behaves in an exemplary manner, the moment it is let …"

-Agatha Christie, Come, Tell Me How You Live

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2. 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
  • mystery
  • crime
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3. Tour de Force

By: Christianna Brand

3.69

Format: None pages, Paperback

The vacationing Inspector Cockrill is on the job again when a fellow tourist is stabbed to death on… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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4. 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
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5. Jane Austen at Home

By: Lucy Worsley

3.16

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

On the eve of the two hundredth anniversary of Jane Austen's death, take a trip back to her world a… read more

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6. Ross Poldark (Poldark, #1)

By: Winston Graham

4.08

Format: 379 pages, Paperback

Ross Poldark is a heartwarming, gripping, and utterly entertaining saga that brings to life an unfo… read more

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  • fiction
  • british literature
"Ill usage makes the sweetest of us vicious."

-Winston Graham, Ross Poldark (Poldark, #1)

"Essere gentili è il dovere di ogni inglese che si rispetti."

-Winston Graham, Ross Poldark (Poldark, #1)

"Tedn't law. Tedn't right. Tedn't just. Tedn't sense. Tedn't friendly."

-Winston Graham, Ross Poldark (Poldark, #1)

"The greatest thing is to have someone who loves you and—and to love in return."

-Winston Graham, Ross Poldark (Poldark, #1)

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7. Quartet in Autumn

By: Barbara Pym

3.90

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

This is the story of four people in late middle-age - Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia - whose chief… read more

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  • fiction
  • british literature

8. Quick Curtain

By: Alan Melville

3.74

Format: 168 pages,

'Don't talk bunk!' said Mr Douglas. 'You can't carry on with the show with a man dying on stage. Dr… read more

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9. The Z Murders

By: J. Jefferson Farjeon

3.74

Format: 168 pages,

Richard Temperley arrives at Euston station early on a fogbound London morning. He takes refuge in … read more

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10. The Lady Vanishes

By: Ethel Lina White

3.81

Format: None pages, Paperback

THE WORLD-FAMOUS SUSPENSE NOVEL FROM WHICH ALFRED HITCHCOCK CREATED HIS MOVIE MASTERPIECE, REDISCOV… read more

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11. The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot

By: Robert Macfarlane

4.13

Format: 433 pages, Hardcover

Robert Macfarlane travels Britain's ancient paths and discovers the secrets of our beautiful, under… read more

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  • british literature
"The next day, my birthday, was one of the most charmed of my life."

-Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot

"For pilgrims walking...every footfall is doubled, landing at once on the actual road and also on the path of faith."

-Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot

"The compact between writing and walking is almost as old as literature -- a walk is only a step away from a story, and every path tells."

-Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot

"Wherever my grandfather had gone in his remarkable life, he had walked. He had been a diplomat and a mountaineer who spent fifty years traveling the world, and in every posting he had sought out high…"

-Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot

12. A Pin To See The Peepshow

By: Elaine Morgan , F. Tennyson Jesse

3.91

Format: 385 pages,

A Pin to See the Peepshow is a fictionalized account of the life of Edith Thompson, one of the thre… read more

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13. Marple: Twelve New Mysteries

By: Naomi Alderman

3.81

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A brand-new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Mystery’s legendary detective Jane M… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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14. Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5)

By: Sophie Hannah

3.75

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirot – legendary star of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the … read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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15. 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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16. The Other Side of Mrs. Wood

By: Lucy Barker

3.55

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A historical novel about the rivalry between two female mediums during Victorian London’s obsession… read more

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  • fiction
"I want your reputation... I want everything you have."

-Lucy Barker, The Other Side of Mrs. Wood

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17. Murder on the Christmas Express

By: Alexandra Benedict

3.16

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Eighteen passengers. Seven stops. One killer.In the early hours of Christmas Eve, the sleeper train… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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18. Murder Before Evensong (Canon Clement, #1)

By: Richard Coles

3.32

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Canon Daniel Clement is Rector of Champton. He has been there for eight years, living at the Rector… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
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19. Midsummer Mysteries: Tales from the Queen of Mystery

By: Agatha Christie

3.81

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Agatha Christie's most famous characters--including Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple--solve even the … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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20. Circles of Stone: Weird Tales of Pagan Sites and Ancient Rites

By: Katy Soar

4.08

Format: 238 pages, Paperback

In the wood the grey stone rose from the grass, and she cried out and ran back in panicked terror. … read more

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  • fiction
  • short stories
  • anthologies
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21. A Fatal Crossing

By: Tom Hindle

3.44

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

November 1924. The Endeavour sets sail from Southampton carrying 2,000 passengers and crew on a wee… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
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22. D (A Tale of Two Worlds)

By: Michel Faber

3.30

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A stunning modern-day Dickensian fable and a celebration of friendship and bravery for freethinkers… read more

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  • fiction
"The Gamp had been in charge for quite a few seasons now, and the good weather still hadn't come back, but he blamed this on the evil deeds of various people he disliked. If it wasn't for these terrib…"

-Michel Faber, D (A Tale of Two Worlds)

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23. Brouhaha

By: Ardal O'Hanlon

3.44

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Dove Connolly is dead. That’s not good for anyone in Tullyanna, never mind Dove. Now his best frien… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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24. Murder Takes A Holiday

By: Cecily Gayford

3.33

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Join us for a summer holiday to die for ...For most of us, a summer holiday is an opportunity to es… read more

Similar categories in Cecily Gayford's Murder Takes A Holiday book and Cecily Gayford's Murder Takes A Holiday

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • whodunit
  • crime
Cover of Now You See Them (The Brighton Mysteries, #5) by Elly Griffiths

25. Now You See Them (The Brighton Mysteries, #5)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.07

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The fifth gripping Brighton-based mystery from the bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway serie… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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26. Who Killed Father Christmas?: And Other Seasonal Mysteries

By: Martin Edwards

3.88

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

The murder of Father Christmas in the grotto of London’s busiest toy shop is just one of many Yulet… read more

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  • british literature
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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27. Someone from the Past

By: Margot Bennett

3.39

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Nancy Graham's friend from the past -- a former roommate -- appeals to her for help when she receiv… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
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28. Ghosts From the Library: Lost Tales of Terror and the Supernatural

By: Tony Medawar

3.39

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A brand new anthology of previously unpublished and uncollected supernatural mysteries by some of t… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of The Hedge Witch: A Threadneedle Novella (Threadneedle) by Cari Thomas

29. The Hedge Witch: A Threadneedle Novella (Threadneedle)

By: Cari Thomas

3.69

Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition

An enchanting new novella set in the magical world of Sunday Times bestseller Threadneedle.Rowan is… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Crimes of Cymru: Classic Mystery Tales of Wales by Martin Edwards

30. Crimes of Cymru: Classic Mystery Tales of Wales

By: Martin Edwards

3.68

Format: 284 pages, Paperback

Mystery and murder runs amok amidst ominous peaks and icy lakes. In hushed valleys, venom flows thr… read more

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  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Lessons in Crime: Academic Mysteries by Martin Edwards

31. Lessons in Crime: Academic Mysteries

By: Martin Edwards

3.86

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

'Dr Greeby was found lying dead there, with his lecture-notes scattered all round him and brickbat … read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • crime
  • fiction

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Agatha Christie , None , Agatha Christie Mallowan

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3.69

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3.56

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John Dickson Carr

3.91

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Christianna Brand

3.69

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Christianna Brand

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Ethel Lina White

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