14 best-selling detective books like Light Thickens (Roderick Alleyn, #32) by Ngaio Marsh

Cover of Light Thickens (Roderick Alleyn, #32) by Ngaio Marsh

Light Thickens (Roderick Alleyn, #32)

By: Ngaio Marsh

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Is this a dagger which I see before me..." Four murders. Three witches. A fiendish lady. A homicid…

If you liked the detective plot in Light Thickens (Roderick Alleyn, #32) by Ngaio Marsh , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of Cargo of Eagles (Albert Campion Mystery, #19) by Margery Allingham

1. Cargo of Eagles (Albert Campion Mystery, #19)

By: Margery Allingham

3.80

Format: 162 pages, Hardcover

In this, Ms. Allingham's last novel, the action revolves around Saltey, for centuries a hidey-hole … read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • 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
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Pearls Before Swine (Albert Campion Mystery, #12) by Margery Allingham

3. Pearls Before Swine (Albert Campion Mystery, #12)

By: Margery Allingham

3.99

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Albert Campion returns from three years’ work for the War Office in Europe to find that Lugg, his m… read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Mind Readers (Albert Campion Mystery, #18) by Margery Allingham

4. The Mind Readers (Albert Campion Mystery, #18)

By: Margery Allingham

3.47

Format: 260 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Mind over murder Two schoolboys have discovered a miraculous gadget that enables them to read oth… read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Light Thickens (Roderick Alleyn, #32) by Ngaio Marsh

5. Light Thickens (Roderick Alleyn, #32)

By: Ngaio Marsh

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Is this a dagger which I see before me..." Four murders. Three witches. A fiendish lady. A homicid… read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey

6. Miss Pym Disposes

By: Josephine Tey

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

To Lucy Pym, author of a best-seller on Psychology, the atmosphere at the college where she is lect… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of Sweet Danger (Albert Campion Mystery #5) by Margery Allingham

7. Sweet Danger (Albert Campion Mystery #5)

By: Margery Allingham

3.57

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

The impoverished Fitton family inhabit a run-down mill in a Suffolk village, and suspect their brot… read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion Mystery, #1) by Margery Allingham

8. The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion Mystery, #1)

By: Margery Allingham

3.62

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A house party is under way at the remote mansion of Black Dudley, and among the guests are some ver… read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
"George Abbershaw's prosaic mind quivered on the verge of poetry when he looked at her."

-Margery Allingham, The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion Mystery, #1)

Cover of A Guilty Thing Surprised (Inspector Wexford, #5) by Ruth Rendell

9. A Guilty Thing Surprised (Inspector Wexford, #5)

By: Ruth Rendell

4.27

Format: 260 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Elizabeth Nightingale found peace and tranquility on her nightly walks through the rich, dense fore… read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Crimson Snow: Winter Mysteries by Martin Edwards

10. Crimson Snow: Winter Mysteries

By: Martin Edwards

4.10

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

Crimson Snowbrings together a dozen vintage crime stories set in winter. Welcome to a world of Fath… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Case of the Late Pig (Albert Campion Mystery #8) by Margery Allingham

11. The Case of the Late Pig (Albert Campion Mystery #8)

By: Margery Allingham

3.67

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

Agatha Christie called her 'a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true quee… read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

12. Look to the Lady (Albert Campion Mystery #3)

By: Margery Allingham

4.06

Format: 663 pages, Paperback

A ring of international thieves target the Gyrth Chalice, a priceless goblet held by centuries of G… read more

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13. Unexpected Night (Henry Gamadge, #1)

By: Elizabeth Daly

3.91

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

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14. Murder by Matchlight (Robert MacDonald, #25)

By: E.C.R. Lorac

3.76

Format: 360 pages,

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15. The Skull Beneath the Skin (Cordelia Gray, #2)

By: None

4.07

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Private detective Cordelia Gray is invited to the sunlit island of Courcy to protect the vainly bea… read more

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Cover of Flowers for the Judge (Albert Campion Mystery, #7) by Margery Allingham

16. Flowers for the Judge (Albert Campion Mystery, #7)

By: Margery Allingham

3.99

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Scandal hits the prestigious publishing house of Barnabas when one of the directors is found dead i… read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

17. Trouble in Triplicate (Nero Wolfe, #14)

By: Rex Stout , Randy Russell

3.61

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

A repackaged Nero Wolfe mystery--the perfect companion for anyone who savors a good murder served u… read more

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Cover of Lord Peter Views the Body (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #4) by Dorothy L. Sayers

18. Lord Peter Views the Body (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #4)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In this delightful collection of Wimsey exploits, Dorothy L. Sayers reveals a gruesome, grotesque b… read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"I has such a sinking in my inside I has to get up and eat biscuits."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Lord Peter Views the Body (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #4)

"And upon his return, Gherkins, who had always considered his uncle as a very top-hatted sort of person, actually saw him take from his handkerchief-drawer an undeniable automatic pistol. It was at th…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Lord Peter Views the Body (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #4)

19. 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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20. Night Walk

By: Bob Shaw

3.80

Format: 281 pages, Mass Market Paperback

For 'refusing to co-operate' the Emm Luther Special Police took out Earth agent Sam Tallon's eyes a… read more

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21. Mystery Mile (Albert Campion Mystery #2)

By: Margery Allingham

3.86

Format: 536 pages, Hardcover

Judge Crowdy Lobbett has found evidence pointing to the identity of the criminal mastermind behind … read more

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22. The Tiger in the Smoke (Albert Campion Mystery #14)

By: Margery Allingham

3.86

Format: 536 pages, Paperback

Meg's marriage to self-made millionaire Geoffrey Levett should have been happy, until she began rec… read more

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23. And Be a Villain (Nero Wolfe, #13)

By: Rex Stout , Maan Meyers

3.96

Format: None pages, Paperback

Radio talk show host Madeline Fraser's worst nightmare comes true when one of her on-air guests col… read more

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24. To Love and Be Wise (Inspector Alan Grant, #4)

By: Josephine Tey , Robert Barnard

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

When a strikingly handsome young photographer mysteriously disappears, it's up to Inspector Alan Gr… read more

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Cover of Crossed Skis (Julian Rivers #8) by Carol Carnac

25. Crossed Skis (Julian Rivers #8)

By: Carol Carnac

3.88

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

An atmospheric holiday novel from one of the most consistently popular authors in the series, Carol… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of Death of an Author by E.C.R. Lorac

26. Death of an Author

By: E.C.R. Lorac

3.99

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

'I hate murders and I hate murderers, but I must admit that the discovery of a bearded corpse would… read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Post After Post-Mortem by E.C.R. Lorac

27. 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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  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Death in Fancy Dress by Anthony Gilbert

28. Death in Fancy Dress

By: Anthony Gilbert

3.24

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

At a soirée like this, anyone can be the life―or death―of the party The British Secret Service, … read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder in Williamstown (Phryne Fisher, #22) by Kerry Greenwood

29. Murder in Williamstown (Phryne Fisher, #22)

By: Kerry Greenwood

3.97

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Accustomed to both murder and dalliance, Australia's favourite detective, the inimitable Miss Fishe… read more

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  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection by Sebastian Farr

30. Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection

By: Sebastian Farr

3.24

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

This addition to the Crime Classics series is an immersive musical mystery, featuring diagrams of t… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Crook o' Lune by E.C.R. Lorac

31. 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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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

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