17 Top crime books like Tenant for Death (Inspector Mallett, #1) by Cyril Hare

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Tenant for Death (Inspector Mallett, #1)

By: Cyril Hare

3.86

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

Two young estate agent's clerks are sent to check an inventory on a house in Daylesford Gardens, So…

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1. Mystery in White

By: Martin Edwards , J. Jefferson Farjeon

3.38

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

On Christmas Eve, heavy snowfall brings a train to a halt near the village of Hemmersby. Several pa… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"That is why any general, however wrong he may be--take Napoleon, to avoid the politics of mere contemporary examples--must believe in himself to be successful, or dupe himself into such a belief. Ind…"

-Martin Edwards, Mystery in White

2. The Shortest Way to Hades (Hilary Tamar, #2)

By: Sarah Caudwell

3.00

Format: 54 pages, Mass Market Paperback

To avoid taxes, a family agrees to change the trust and support heiress, ravishing raven-haired Cam… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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3. 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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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • classics
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  • 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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4. The Ivory Dagger (Miss Silver, #18)

By: Patricia Wentworth

3.32

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

When Lila Dryden is discovered standing over the dead body of her irritating fiance with a dagger i… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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5. The Sussex Downs Murder (Superintendent Meredith, #2)

By: Martin Edwards , John Bude

4.72

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

'Already it looked as if the police were up against a carefully planned and cleverly executed murde… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

6. She Came Back (Miss Silver, #9)

By: Patricia Wentworth

3.73

Format: 251 pages,

Also published as The Traveller Returns. Assumed dead, Lady Anne Jocelyn meets varying degrees of w… read more

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7. Traitor's Purse (Albert Campion Mystery #11)

By: Margery Allingham

4.06

Format: 663 pages, Paperback

Celebrated amateur detective Albert Campion awakes in hospital accused of attacking a police office… read more

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8. Thus Was Adonis Murdered (Hilary Tamar, #1)

By: Sarah Caudwell

3.88

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

When her personal copy of the current Finance Act is found a few metres away from a body, young bar… read more

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9. The Cheltenham Square Murder

By: John Bude

3.19

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the seeming tranquility of Regency Square in Cheltenham live the diverse inhabitants of its ten … read more

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10. 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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11. Trent's Last Case (Philip Trent, #1)

By: E.C. Bentley

4.37

Format: 383 pages, Paperback

On Wall Street, the mere mention of the name Sigsbee Manderson is enough to send a stock soaring--o… read more

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12. The Lake District Murder (Superintendent Meredith, #1)

By: John Bude

4.45

Format: None pages, Paperback

When a body is found at an isolated garage, Inspector Meredith is drawn into a complex investigatio… read more

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13. The Sirens Sang of Murder (Hilary Tamar, #3)

By: Sarah Caudwell

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Young barrister Michael Cantrip has skipped off to the Channel Islands to take on a tax-law case th… read more

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14. Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

By: Peter Robinson

4.09

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The 28th twisting installment in the DCI Alan Banks mystery series that Stephen King calls "the bes… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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15. Shroud of Darkness

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.24

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

One was brutally attacked in the choking black fog in Paddington Station. Attempted murder became b… read more

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  • detective
  • classics
  • british literature
  • mystery
  • crime
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16. The Case of the Michaelmas Goose

By: Clifford Witting

4.25

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

Detective-Sergeant Martin christened him 'Whiskers', but nobody could be certain who he really was.… read more

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17. 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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  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"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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18. Murder In The Basement (Roger Sheringham Cases, #8)

By: Anthony Berkeley

3.57

Format: 233 pages, Paperback

A ROGER SHERINGHAM MYSTERY.Roger and Molly Dane have something of a surprise in their new house. Wh… read more

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  • detective
  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • crime
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
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19. 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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20. Crook o' Lune

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.15

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

It all began up at High Gimmerdale with the sheep-stealing, a hateful act in the shepherding lands … read more

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  • mystery
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21. 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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  • crime
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  • british literature
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22. Accident by Design

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.24

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

Accident by Design was honestly a really well done classic British mystery. I was surprised, expect… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • british literature
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23. Bats in the Belfry (Robert MacDonald #13)

By: E.C.R. Lorac

3.74

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

Bruce Attleton dazzled London's literary scene with his first two novels—but his early promise did … read more

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  • classics
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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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24. Tenant for Death (Inspector Mallett, #1)

By: Cyril Hare

3.86

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

Two young estate agent's clerks are sent to check an inventory on a house in Daylesford Gardens, So… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • crime
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
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25. I Could Murder Her

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.27

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

Muriel Farrington is a domineering woman who, unfortunately for them, has her entire family living … read more

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

26. 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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27. The Last Escape

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.04

Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition

In this final detective novel to feature Superintendent Robert MacDonald, we find the police office… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
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  • british literature
Cover of Asesinato en el laberinto (Sir Clinton Driffield, #1) by J.J. Connington

28. Asesinato en el laberinto (Sir Clinton Driffield, #1)

By: J.J. Connington

3.39

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

La finca de Whistlefield es famosa no solo por su belleza, sino también por el laberinto vegetal qu… read more

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29. Shot on the Downs

By: Victor L. Whitechurch

4.02

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

‘All Whitechurch’s stories have distinct merit’ Barzun & Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime‘Whitechurch’s… read more

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Cover of In Whose Dim Shadow (Sir Clinton Driffield #10) by J.J. Connington

30. In Whose Dim Shadow (Sir Clinton Driffield #10)

By: J.J. Connington

4.20

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

In this, the tenth Clinton Driffield mystery, the action moves away from a country setting to the E… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of The Case of Oscar Brodski by R. Austin Freeman

31. The Case of Oscar Brodski

By: R. Austin Freeman

4.03

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

物語前半で犯人を明かし、後半で完全犯罪のほころびを暴いていく“倒叙推理小説”と呼ばれる形式をはじめて試みた、フリーマンの代表的短篇集。著者略歴 (「BOOK著者紹介情報」より)フリーマン,オースチン… read more

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