13 Best classics books like Fire in the Thatch (Robert MacDonald #27) by E.C.R. Lorac

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Fire in the Thatch (Robert MacDonald #27)

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.08

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

The Second World War is drawing to a close. Nicholas Vaughan, released from the army after an accid…

If you liked the classics plot in Fire in the Thatch (Robert MacDonald #27) by E.C.R. Lorac , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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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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  • classics
  • british literature
  • 20th century
  • 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

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2. Death of Jezebel (Inspector Cockrill #4)

By: Christianna Brand

3.55

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

At a medieval pageant, Inspector Cockrill investigates a dramatic death Ever since she drove her… read more

Similar categories in Christianna Brand's Death of Jezebel (Inspector Cockrill #4) book and E.C.R. Lorac's Fire in the Thatch (Robert MacDonald #27)

  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • 20th century
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"But now the streets were not like the streets she knew. They were so silent: and so empty. On the doorsteps, little groups of milk bottles huddled with their dirty white collars, waiting for the roun…"

-Christianna Brand, Death of Jezebel (Inspector Cockrill #4)

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3. 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

Similar categories in Christianna Brand's Green for Danger book and E.C.R. Lorac's Fire in the Thatch (Robert MacDonald #27)

  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Roger Sheringham Cases, #5) by Anthony Berkeley

4. The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Roger Sheringham Cases, #5)

By: Anthony Berkeley

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Reissue of one of the great puzzle mystery classics of England's Golden Age of crime fiction; plot … read more

Similar categories in Anthony Berkeley's The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Roger Sheringham Cases, #5) book and E.C.R. Lorac's Fire in the Thatch (Robert MacDonald #27)

  • detective
  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • 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

Similar categories in Martin Edwards's The Sussex Downs Murder (Superintendent Meredith, #2) book and E.C.R. Lorac's Fire in the Thatch (Robert MacDonald #27)

  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

6. The Problem of the Green Capsule (Dr. Gideon Fell, #10)

By: John Dickson Carr

4.75

Format: None pages,

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7. The Cornish Coast Murder

By: John Bude

4.45

Format: None pages, Paperback

'Never, even in his most optimistic moments, had he visualised a scene of this nature --himself in … read more

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8. 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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Cover of Jumping Jenny (Roger Sheringham Cases, #9) by Anthony Berkeley

9. 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

Similar categories in Anthony Berkeley's Jumping Jenny (Roger Sheringham Cases, #9) book and E.C.R. Lorac's Fire in the Thatch (Robert MacDonald #27)

  • detective
  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • 20th century
  • mystery
  • crime
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10. 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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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • 20th century
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Wintringham Mystery by Anthony Berkeley

11. 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
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"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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12. 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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  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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13. Death of a Bookseller

By: Bernard J. Farmer

3.55

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A rare gem of the mystery genre makes its first return to print since 1956 An honest policeman, Se… read more

Similar categories in Bernard J. Farmer's Death of a Bookseller book and E.C.R. Lorac's Fire in the Thatch (Robert MacDonald #27)

  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"Jack, I'm going to tell you a story. A runner took a book to a famous dealer and said: 'I've got something rare here.' 'Yes,' replied the dealer, 'but customers who want it are rarer.' Then my book i…"

-Bernard J. Farmer, Death of a Bookseller

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14. Smallbone Deceased

By: Michael Gilbert

4.05

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of MurderHorniman, Birley and Craine is a highly re… read more

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  • detective
  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"It’s quite a good idea. Only for heaven’s sake don’t be like that mug in the detective story who confides all his best ideas to a friendly sort of character who turns out to be the murderer in Chapte…"

-Michael Gilbert, Smallbone Deceased

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15. The Widow of Bath

By: Margot Bennett

3.43

Format: 187 pages, Kindle Edition

Hugh Everton was intent on nothing more than quietly drinking in the second-rate hotel he found him… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"...hatred destroyed with the speed of a bonfire in a wooden house. [Hugh Everton]"

-Margot Bennett, The Widow of Bath

"The judge's manner would have made any man doubt the efficacy of lonely truth. Evidence would be demanded."

-Margot Bennett, The Widow of Bath

"...I...advise you that it is the duty of every citizen to expose and so help to destroy evil. [Judge Gregory Bath]"

-Margot Bennett, The Widow of Bath

"Life didn't stop, and a mind given too much to thoughts of death would create nothing but its own tomb. [Hugh Everton]"

-Margot Bennett, The Widow of Bath

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16. Surfeit of Suspects

By: George Bellairs

3.79

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder"At 8 o'clock in the evening on the 8th of… read more

Similar categories in George Bellairs's Surfeit of Suspects book and E.C.R. Lorac's Fire in the Thatch (Robert MacDonald #27)

  • detective
  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Fire in the Thatch (Robert MacDonald #27) by E.C.R. Lorac

17. Fire in the Thatch (Robert MacDonald #27)

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.08

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

The Second World War is drawing to a close. Nicholas Vaughan, released from the army after an accid… read more

Similar categories in E.C.R. Lorac's Fire in the Thatch (Robert MacDonald #27) book and E.C.R. Lorac's Fire in the Thatch (Robert MacDonald #27)

  • detective
  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • 20th century
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Body in the Dumb River (Thomas Littlejohn #35) by George Bellairs

18. The Body in the Dumb River (Thomas Littlejohn #35)

By: George Bellairs

3.85

Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition

With an introduction by Martin Edwards ‘A decent, hardworking chap, with not an enemy anywhere. Pe… read more

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  • detective
  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • 20th century
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. Impact of Evidence

By: E. C. R. Lorac

4.32

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

AMONG THE hills of the Welsh borders a little group of farmsteads is isolated by snow and ice, then… read more

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20. Crossed Skis

By: E. C. R. Lorac

4.28

Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition

The investigation of a dead body in London's  Bloomsbury takes Rivers to the  Austrian Alps  to hun… read more

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21. A Telegram from Le Touquet: With an introduction by Martin Edwards

By: John Bude

3.95

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

With some trepidation Nigel Derry approaches the country house of his enigmatic and unpredictable a… read more

Similar categories in John Bude's A Telegram from Le Touquet: With an introduction by Martin Edwards book and E.C.R. Lorac's Fire in the Thatch (Robert MacDonald #27)

  • mystery
  • fiction

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Martin Edwards , J. Jefferson Farjeon

3.38

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Christianna Brand

3.55

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3.69

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3.66

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