15 Best crime books like The Book of the Crime (Henry Gamadge #16) by Elizabeth Daly

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The Book of the Crime (Henry Gamadge #16)

By: Elizabeth Daly

4.11

Format: 81 pages, Kindle Edition

Young Rena Austen, newly wed, is afraid she's made a terrible mistake. Her husband, once a dashingl…

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Cover of Ask A Policeman by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gladys Mitchell, The Detection Club, Anthony Berkeley, Milward Kennedy, John Rhode, Helen de Guerry Simpson

1. Ask A Policeman

By: Dorothy L. Sayers , Gladys Mitchell , The Detection Club , Anthony Berkeley , Milward Kennedy , John Rhode , Helen de Guerry Simpson

3.23

Format: 311 pages, Mass Market Paperback

News tycoon Lord Comstock is greedy, ruthless, scandal-mongering, and dead by Archbishop, MP, Scotl… read more

Similar categories in Dorothy L. Sayers's Ask A Policeman book and Elizabeth Daly's The Book of the Crime (Henry Gamadge #16)

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

2. 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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  • mystery
  • classics
  • crime
  • fiction
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3. Murder à la Mode

By: Patricia Moyes

3.89

Format: 223 pages, Paperback

The setting is the fast, flip world of London fashion, and the time, the feverishly exciting period… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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4. 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
  • classics
  • crime
  • fiction

5. Johnny Under Ground

By: Patricia Moyes

3.98

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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6. The Saltmarsh Murders (Mrs. Bradley, #4)

By: Gladys Mitchell

3.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

When the vicar's wife discovers that her unmarried housemaid is pregnant, sometime detective and fu… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction

7. They Found Him Dead (Inspector Hannasyde, #3)

By: Georgette Heyer

4.06

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

It is the morning after wealthy Silas Kane's sixtieth birthday party - a celebration that brings to… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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8. Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

3.84

Format: 212 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The stark naked body was lying in the tub. Not unusual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for … read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • crime
  • fiction
"But if you were investigating a crime,"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

"Well, it’s no good jumping at conclusions."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

"Oh damn!' said Lord Peter Wimsey at Piccadilly Circus."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

"I trust you told her I had succumbed to lethargic encephalitis suddenly, no flowers by request."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

Cover of Murder Must Advertise  (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10) by Dorothy L. Sayers

9. Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.17

Format: 356 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When ad man Victor Dean falls down the stairs in the offices of Pym's Publicity, a respectable Lond… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • crime
  • fiction
"How do you do?"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)

"Bredon shuddered. “I think this is an awfully immoral job of ours. I do, really. Think how we spoil the digestions of the public."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)

"It's a curious thing, but people cannot resist anonymous letters. It's like free sample offers. They appeal to all one's lower instincts."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)

"The interview with the cat had been particularly full of appeal. The animal was, it seemed, an illustrious rat-catcher, with many famous deeds to her credit. Not only that, but she had been the first…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)

10. 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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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. Dead Men Don't Ski

By: Patricia Moyes

3.89

Format: 32 pages,

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13. Season of Snows and Sins

By: Patricia Moyes

3.50

Format: 200 pages,

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14. The Coconut Killings

By: Patricia Moyes

3.50

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

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15. Skeleton Key (Todd & Georgine Mystery, #1)

By: Lenore Glen Offord

4.15

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

Georgine Wyeth is a young widow keeping house for herself and her young daughter, and paying the re… read more

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16. 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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Cover of The Man in the Queue (Inspector Alan Grant, #1) by Josephine Tey

17. The Man in the Queue (Inspector Alan Grant, #1)

By: Josephine Tey

3.77

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

Inspector Alan Grant searches for the identity of a man killed in the line at a theater and for the… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • crime
  • fiction

18. The Scarab Murder Case (A Philo Vance Mystery #5)

By: S.S. Van Dine , Willard Huntington Wright

3.84

Format: 523 pages, Hardcover

Philo Vance was drawn into the Scarab murder case by sheer coincidence, although there is little do… read more

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19. Murder Fantastical (Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery, #8)

By: Patricia Moyes

3.42

Format: 32 pages,

The Manciples have always been known to their neighbors as the most eccentric family in the charmin… read more

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20. Many Deadly Returns

By: Patricia Moyes

3.81

Format: None pages, Paperback

Detective Inspector Henry Tibbet visits the country estate of Lady Crystal Balaclava who, for reaso… read more

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21. The Strong Room: A Golden Age Mystery

By: R.A.J. Walling

4.05

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

Golden Age of Crime writer R.A.J. Walling’s first-ever crime novel, republished here for the first … read more

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  • mystery
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22. The Tragedy at Freyne

By: Anthony Gilbert

4.11

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

When Sir Simon Chandos is found poisoned in his library, with a confession in front of him and a ph… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of The Murders in Praed Street (Dr Priestley #4) by John Rhode

23. The Murders in Praed Street (Dr Priestley #4)

By: John Rhode

4.04

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

‘An absorbing murder mystery’ New York Times‘A very ingenious tale’ Times Literary Supplement‘The f… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of The Man Who Was London: A Golden Age English Country House Murder Mystery by Anthony Gilbert

24. The Man Who Was London: A Golden Age English Country House Murder Mystery

By: Anthony Gilbert

3.92

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

Anthony Gilbert’s first ever detective novel (originally published under a different pen-name, ‘J. … read more

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  • mystery
Cover of The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6) by Ellis Peters

25. The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

By: Ellis Peters

4.17

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

The winter of 1139 will disrupt Brother Cadfael’s tranquil life in Shrewsbury with the most disturb… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"Love shared is no sin."

-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

"There never was, for all I could ever learn, a time when living was easy and peaceful."

-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

Cover of The Sunken Sailor: Inspector Tibbett #2 (Henry Tibbett) by Patricia Moyes

26. The Sunken Sailor: Inspector Tibbett #2 (Henry Tibbett)

By: Patricia Moyes

3.85

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

Poor Inspector Tibbett! Once again, he is attempting to have a nice vacation. And once again, Crime… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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27. 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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  • mystery
Cover of A Six-Letter Word for Death by Patricia Moyes

28. A Six-Letter Word for Death

By: Patricia Moyes

4.00

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

245p hardback, dustjacket in very good condition, a fresh copy, clean pages, firm, a well preserved… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Book of the Crime (Henry Gamadge #16) by Elizabeth Daly

29. The Book of the Crime (Henry Gamadge #16)

By: Elizabeth Daly

4.11

Format: 81 pages, Kindle Edition

Young Rena Austen, newly wed, is afraid she's made a terrible mistake. Her husband, once a dashingl… read more

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  • new york
  • classics
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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30. Death and the Dutch Uncle

By: Patricia Moyes

3.80

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

Professional sleuth, Henry Tibbett, finds that the murder of a kitchen worker is linked to an Afric… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Death on the Agenda: Inspector Tibbett #3 (Henry Tibbett) by Patricia Moyes

31. Death on the Agenda: Inspector Tibbett #3 (Henry Tibbett)

By: Patricia Moyes

3.72

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

Amazingly enough, Henry Tibbett is at work! Crime tends to catch him when he’s on vacation, but thi… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction

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