21 best-selling mystery books like Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries) by Patricia Wentworth

Cover of Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries) by Patricia Wentworth

Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries)

By: Patricia Wentworth

3.70

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

The widow of a missing British spy is thrust into mortal danger in this suspenseful tale by the aut…

If you liked the mystery plot in Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries) by Patricia Wentworth , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of The Religious Body (Inspector Sloan #1) by Catherine Aird

1. The Religious Body (Inspector Sloan #1)

By: Catherine Aird

3.81

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

Inspector C.D. Sloan of the Calleshire C.I.D. makes his first appearance here as he looks into the … read more

Similar categories in Catherine Aird's The Religious Body (Inspector Sloan #1) book and Patricia Wentworth's Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries)

  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"Sloane wasn't interested. As a police officer he was concerned with crime, not punishment."

-Catherine Aird, The Religious Body (Inspector Sloan #1)

Cover of Watching The Bodies (Jake Boulder #1) by Graham  Smith

2. Watching The Bodies (Jake Boulder #1)

By: Graham Smith

3.71

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Watching The Bodies: an explosive new crime thriller from a critically acclaimed authorWhen Jake Bo… read more

Similar categories in Graham Smith's Watching The Bodies (Jake Boulder #1) book and Patricia Wentworth's Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries)

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

3. 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

Similar categories in Margery Allingham's The Mind Readers (Albert Campion Mystery, #18) book and Patricia Wentworth's Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries)

  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Candles and Roses (DI Alec McKay, #1) by Alex Walters

4. Candles and Roses (DI Alec McKay, #1)

By: Alex Walters

4.06

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

Who will live and who will die? DI Alec McKay is a man haunted by the loss of his daughter.  As he … read more

Similar categories in Alex Walters's Candles and Roses (DI Alec McKay, #1) book and Patricia Wentworth's Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Night She Died (Inspector Thanet #1) by Dorothy Simpson

5. The Night She Died (Inspector Thanet #1)

By: Dorothy Simpson

3.75

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

British police detective Luke Thanet tracks a housewife’s killer in the debut novel of an award-win… read more

Similar categories in Dorothy Simpson's The Night She Died (Inspector Thanet #1) book and Patricia Wentworth's Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries)

  • classics
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Robbing the Dead (Inspector Jim Carruthers, #1) by Tana Collins

6. Robbing the Dead (Inspector Jim Carruthers, #1)

By: Tana Collins

3.10

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

In a small Scottish university town, what links a spate of horrible murders, a targeted bomb explos… read more

Similar categories in Tana Collins's Robbing the Dead (Inspector Jim Carruthers, #1) book and Patricia Wentworth's Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Long Time No See by Susan Isaacs

7. Long Time No See

By: Susan Isaacs

4.12

Format: 323 pages, Paperback

It's been twenty years, and Judith's life has definitely changed. Now a history professor and a wid… read more

Similar categories in Susan Isaacs's Long Time No See book and Patricia Wentworth's Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries)

  • romance
  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of McNally's Secret (Archy McNally, #1) by Lawrence Sanders

8. McNally's Secret (Archy McNally, #1)

By: Lawrence Sanders

4.11

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Sex, lies, blackmail. Archy McNally is a freewheeling playboy who specializes in "Discreet Inquirie… read more

Similar categories in Lawrence Sanders's McNally's Secret (Archy McNally, #1) book and Patricia Wentworth's Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction

9. More Work for the Undertaker (Albert Campion Mystery, #13)

By: Margery Allingham

4.06

Format: 663 pages, Paperback

Elegant and engaging detective Albert Campion investigates two deaths in the eccentric Palinode hou… read more

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10. A Decline in Prophets (Rowland Sinclair #2)

By: Sulari Gentill

4.60

Format: 431 pages, Paperback

In 1932, the R.M.S. Aquitania embodies all that is gracious and refined, in a world gripped by cris… read more

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11. The Egyptian Cross Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #5)

By: Ellery Queen

4.12

Format: 652 pages, Paperback

The island was a magnet for every seeker of kinky kicks. A weird prophet had made it the home of a … read more

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12. Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing: Spiritual Preparation for the Office of Confession

By: Søren Kierkegaard , Douglas V. Steere

3.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

Crossing the boundaries of philosophy, theology, psychology, and literature, the Danish writer Sore… read more

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13. 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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14. The Appraisal

By: Anna Porter

4.29

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

In the vein of Kate Atkinson's Jackson Brodie novels comes this year's smart new thriller with lite… read more

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15. Death in a White Tie (Roderick Alleyn, #7)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.46

Format: None pages, Paperback

A body in the back of a taxi begins an elegantly constructed mystery, perhaps the finest of Marsh's… read more

Similar categories in Ngaio Marsh's Death in a White Tie (Roderick Alleyn, #7) book and Patricia Wentworth's Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries)

Cover of The Yards by A.F. Carter

16. The Yards

By: A.F. Carter

3.76

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

Git O’Rourke is from the wrong side of the tracks—even if, in the depressed Rust Belt town of Baxte… read more

Similar categories in A.F. Carter's The Yards book and Patricia Wentworth's Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Kill Zone (The Peter Macklin Thrillers) by Loren D. Estleman

17. Kill Zone (The Peter Macklin Thrillers)

By: Loren D. Estleman

3.71

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

A remarkable new antihero, mob hit man Peter Macklin must end a hostage crisis on a tour boat in La… read more

Similar categories in Loren D. Estleman's Kill Zone (The Peter Macklin Thrillers) book and Patricia Wentworth's Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Penny for Your Secrets (Verity Kent, #3) by Anna Lee Huber

18. Penny for Your Secrets (Verity Kent, #3)

By: Anna Lee Huber

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

England, 1919. In Anna Lee Huber’s latest mystery, former Secret Service agent Verity Kent is findi… read more

Similar categories in Anna Lee Huber's Penny for Your Secrets (Verity Kent, #3) book and Patricia Wentworth's Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of The Graveyard Shift by Harry Patterson

19. The Graveyard Shift

By: Harry Patterson

3.79

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

A detective takes on a vengeful ex-con in London’s seedy underworld in this classic thriller by the… read more

Similar categories in Harry Patterson's The Graveyard Shift book and Patricia Wentworth's Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries)

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of A Nice Cup of Tea (Nice, 3) by Celia Imrie

20. A Nice Cup of Tea (Nice, 3)

By: Celia Imrie

3.54

Format: 381 pages, Paperback

In this witty third novel in the Nice series, from beloved actress Celia Imrie, the retired expats … read more

Similar categories in Celia Imrie's A Nice Cup of Tea (Nice, 3) book and Patricia Wentworth's Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Lady in the Silver Cloud (Stewart Hoag, #13) by David Handler

21. The Lady in the Silver Cloud (Stewart Hoag, #13)

By: David Handler

3.85

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

"This is confection in the guise of a mystery novel; it goes down easy as a milkshake."—Sarah Weinm… read more

Similar categories in David Handler's The Lady in the Silver Cloud (Stewart Hoag, #13) book and Patricia Wentworth's Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Legacy of Foulstone Manor: A Gothic mystery of family secrets and lies... (J. C. Briggs Gothic Mysteries) by J. C. Briggs

22. The Legacy of Foulstone Manor: A Gothic mystery of family secrets and lies... (J. C. Briggs Gothic Mysteries)

By: J. C. Briggs

4.09

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

An intriguing Gothic house mystery novel you don’t want to miss! Perfect for fans of Sarah Burton, … read more

Similar categories in J. C. Briggs's The Legacy of Foulstone Manor: A Gothic mystery of family secrets and lies... (J. C. Briggs Gothic Mysteries) book and Patricia Wentworth's Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries)

  • british literature
Cover of The Last Commandment by Scott Shepherd

23. The Last Commandment

By: Scott Shepherd

3.98

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

A Scotland Yard detective tracks a serial killer from London to New York City Christmastime in Lon… read more

Similar categories in Scott Shepherd's The Last Commandment book and Patricia Wentworth's Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Bitter Past (Porter Beck, #1) by Bruce Borgos

24. The Bitter Past (Porter Beck, #1)

By: Bruce Borgos

4.06

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Craig Johnson and C. J. Box, Bruce Borgos's The Bitter Past begins a compelling… read more

Similar categories in Bruce Borgos's The Bitter Past (Porter Beck, #1) book and Patricia Wentworth's Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries)

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Inside the Whispers (Dr. Samantha Willerby #1) by A.J. Waines

25. Inside the Whispers (Dr. Samantha Willerby #1)

By: A.J. Waines

3.90

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

When a cognitive psychologist loses three patients to suicide, she finds herself confronting a dang… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Waines's Inside the Whispers (Dr. Samantha Willerby #1) book and Patricia Wentworth's Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries)

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries) by Patricia Wentworth

26. Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries)

By: Patricia Wentworth

3.70

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

The widow of a missing British spy is thrust into mortal danger in this suspenseful tale by the aut… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Wentworth's Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries) book and Patricia Wentworth's Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries)

  • romance
  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Murderland (The Manchester Murders #1) by Pamela Murray

27. Murderland (The Manchester Murders #1)

By: Pamela Murray

3.60

Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition

When DI Joe Burton and DS Sally Fielding are called to investigate a suspicious death in a care hom… read more

Similar categories in Pamela Murray's Murderland (The Manchester Murders #1) book and Patricia Wentworth's Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Truth You're Told: A Crime Novel by Michael J.       Clark

28. The Truth You're Told: A Crime Novel

By: Michael J. Clark

3.77

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

People die. Secrets don’t Sam Hutchings was looking for a writing muse. She hoped that the famil… read more

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Cover of All the Tears in China (Rowland Sinclair, #9) by Sulari Gentill

29. All the Tears in China (Rowland Sinclair, #9)

By: Sulari Gentill

4.01

Format: 378 pages, Paperback

Shanghai in 1935 is a 20th century Babylon, an expatriate playground where fortunes are made and lo… read more

Similar categories in Sulari Gentill's All the Tears in China (Rowland Sinclair, #9) book and Patricia Wentworth's Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Hold Fast (Thomas Grey #1) by J.H. Gelernter

30. Hold Fast (Thomas Grey #1)

By: J.H. Gelernter

3.93

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

It’s 1803. The Napoleonic Wars are raging, Britain is on her heels, and His Majesty’s Secret Servic… read more

Similar categories in J.H. Gelernter's Hold Fast (Thomas Grey #1) book and Patricia Wentworth's Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries)

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • suspense
Cover of The Late Lord Thorpe (D.C. Smith #11) by Peter Grainger

31. The Late Lord Thorpe (D.C. Smith #11)

By: Peter Grainger

4.70

Format: 455 pages, Kindle Edition

This is DC Smith’s third investigation with the Diver and Diver Associates agency. They have been a… read more

Similar categories in Peter Grainger's The Late Lord Thorpe (D.C. Smith #11) book and Patricia Wentworth's Dead or Alive (The Frank Garrett Mysteries)

  • mystery
  • british literature

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3.71

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Margery Allingham

3.47

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Karen Charlton

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Nicola Cornick

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