Call Mr. Fortune
By: H.C. Bailey
3.68
Format: 164 pages, Kindle Edition
In the suburbs of London, a remarkable detective fights for the underdog When father is away, Regg…
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1. Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
3.98
Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Rustic old Riddlesdale Lodge was a Wimsey family retreat filled with country pleasures and the thri… read more
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"Fou!"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
"Boil my brains!"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
"I am abso-bally-lutely positive"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
"The departure of the church-going element had induced a more humanitarian atmosphere."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
2. The Floating Admiral
By: Agatha Christie , Dorothy L. Sayers , G.K. Chesterton , Freeman Wills Crofts , Clemence Dane , Victor L. Whitechurch , The Detection Club , Anthony Berkeley , Ronald Knox , Edgar Jepson , Henry Wade , Milward Kennedy , John Rhode , G.D.H. Cole , Margaret Cole
3.78
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Inspector Rudge does not encounter many cases of murder in the sleepy seaside town of Whynmouth. Bu… read more
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- short stories
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- mystery
"We judge one another by our outward actions, but in the motive underlying those actions our judgment may be widely at fault. Preoccupied by our own private interpretation of the matter, we can see on…"-Agatha Christie, The Floating Admiral
3. The Tremor of Forgery
By: Patricia Highsmith
4.18
Format: None pages, Paperback
Under the hot desert sun nothing is quite as it seems. Howard Ingham, an American writer, is sent t… read more
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- mystery
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4. The Secret of Chimneys (Superintendent Battle, #1)
By: Agatha Christie
3.98
Format: 574 pages, Paperback
A bit of adventure and quick cash is all that good-natured drifter Anthony Cade is looking for when… read more
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- mystery
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5. Last Bus to Woodstock (Inspector Morse, #1)
By: Colin Dexter
3.98
Format: 392 pages, Paperback
Beautiful Sylvia Kaye and another young woman had been seen hitching a ride not long before Sylvia'… read more
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6. 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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7. Fog of Doubt
By: Christianna Brand
3.69
Format: None pages, Paperback
Rosie, the naughty little nymphet around whom Christianna Brand weaves her witty and mysterious web… read more
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8. 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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9. The Cask
By: Freeman Wills Crofts
3.71
Format: 656 pages, Paperback
Paris. Shipping business, police techniques, investigative procedures, feature in this alibi puzzle… read more
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10. The Red House Mystery
By: A.A. Milne
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
The creator of such beloved storybook characters for children as Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, and Eeyor… read more
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11. Immortality, Inc.
By: Robert Sheckley
3.36
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published in 1959 as a startling, revolutionary novel of the future, then pushed to new cinem… read more
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12. The Cry of the Owl
By: Patricia Highsmith
3.04
Format: 40 pages,
Robert Forester didn't look like the kind of man to be a prowler. His ex-wife had told the police h… read more
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13. The Expendable Man
By: Dorothy B. Hughes
4.00
Format: 16 pages, Paperback
The critic HRF Keating chose The Expendable Manas one of his Crime & Mystery: The 100 Best Books. '… read more
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14. Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
4.00
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
"Gaudy Nightstands out even among Miss Sayers's novels. And Miss Sayers has long stood in a class b… read more
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15. 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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17. The Black Wings
By: Moray Dalton
4.18
Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition
‘Very good’ The Times‘Handles with dexterity a very complicated plot’ Evening StandardFirst republi… read more
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18. The Missing Link: A Golden Age Murder Mystery
By: George Varney
3.90
Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition
‘Detective mystery in a sinister old mansion’ Daily Sketch‘Effortless telling of a good story’ The … read more
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19. 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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"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
20. The Murder of Mrs Davenport: A Golden Age Mystery
By: Anthony Gilbert
4.01
Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition
‘An absorbing story’ Times Literary Supplement‘The plot is well-conceived… the characters are well … read more
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21. 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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22. Murder at Everham Hall (Marius Quin Mystery #1)
By: Benedict Brown
4.01
Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition
A mystery novelist with writer’s block, a lavish party to ring in the new year, and a film star wit… read more
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23. Yes, Daddy
By: Jonathan Parks-Ramage
3.59
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
A propulsive, scorching modern gothic, Yes, Daddy follows an ambitious young man who is lured by an… read more
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24. Murderer's Mistake (Robert Macdonald #28)
By: E.C.R. Lorac
4.07
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
It's not long after the end of WWII, rationing is still in force in the UK, and Chief Inspector Mac… read more
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25. 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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26. 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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27. The Red Lacquer Case: A Golden Age Mystery
By: Patricia Wentworth
3.83
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
There was a hand pressed against the window, a large hand that looked unnaturally white, the blood … read more
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28. 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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- 20th century
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29. Call Mr. Fortune
By: H.C. Bailey
3.68
Format: 164 pages, Kindle Edition
In the suburbs of London, a remarkable detective fights for the underdog When father is away, Regg… read more
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30. The Magic Casket (Dr. Thorndyke, 16)
By: R. Austin Freeman
3.91
Format: 222 pages, Paperback
On a misty November night in London, Dr Thorndyke comes across an abandoned handbag in an old churc… read more
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31. The Draycott Murder Mystery
By: Molly Thynne
3.99
Format: 215 pages, Kindle Edition
There was something about those hands, with their strangely crisped fingers, as though they had bee… read more
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"She's never been an atom of good to that child since the day she she was born and, in her present mood, she'd cast a blight over a Bacchanalian orgy!"-Molly Thynne, The Draycott Murder Mystery
