10 Top mystery thriller books like With a Bare Bodkin (Francis Pettigrew, #2) by Cyril Hare

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With a Bare Bodkin (Francis Pettigrew, #2)

By: Cyril Hare

3.95

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

England is in the grip of the Second World War and the Blitz has forced the evacuation of various g…

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in With a Bare Bodkin (Francis Pettigrew, #2) by Cyril Hare , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. The Case Is Closed (Miss Silver, #2)

By: Patricia Wentworth

3.86

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

The Everton murder case has long been closed. The culprit has been charged with the murder of his u… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Wentworth's The Case Is Closed (Miss Silver, #2) book and Cyril Hare's With a Bare Bodkin (Francis Pettigrew, #2)

  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"And if you, Miss Hilary, could blow up that fire and put on a kettle, we will make her a nice cup of tea. In fact I think we all should all be the better of a nice cup of tea."

-Patricia Wentworth, The Case Is Closed (Miss Silver, #2)

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2. 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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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • 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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3. Behold, Here's Poison (Inspector Hannasyde, #2)

By: Georgette Heyer

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Gregory Matthews, patriarch of the Poplars is found dead one morning, imperious Aunt Harriet b… read more

Similar categories in Georgette Heyer's Behold, Here's Poison (Inspector Hannasyde, #2) book and Cyril Hare's With a Bare Bodkin (Francis Pettigrew, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

4. The Shortest Way to Hades (Hilary Tamar, #2)

By: Sarah Caudwell

3.00

Format: 54 pages, Mass Market Paperback

To avoid taxes, a family agrees to change the trust and support heiress, ravishing raven-haired Cam… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

5. The Sibyl in Her Grave (Hilary Tamar, #4)

By: Sarah Caudwell

3.00

Format: 54 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

6. Thus Was Adonis Murdered (Hilary Tamar, #1)

By: Sarah Caudwell

3.88

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

When her personal copy of the current Finance Act is found a few metres away from a body, young bar… read more

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7. Seven Dead

By: J. Jefferson Farjeon

2.56

Format: 201 pages,

Ted Lyte, amateur thief, has chosen an isolated house by the coast for his first robbery. But Haven… read more

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8. Shroud of Darkness

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.24

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

One was brutally attacked in the choking black fog in Paddington Station. Attempted murder became b… read more

Similar categories in E.C.R. Lorac's Shroud of Darkness book and Cyril Hare's With a Bare Bodkin (Francis Pettigrew, #2)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
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9. 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 thriller
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
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10. 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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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"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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11. Murder In The Basement (Roger Sheringham Cases, #8)

By: Anthony Berkeley

3.57

Format: 233 pages, Paperback

A ROGER SHERINGHAM MYSTERY.Roger and Molly Dane have something of a surprise in their new house. Wh… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Berkeley's Murder In The Basement (Roger Sheringham Cases, #8) book and Cyril Hare's With a Bare Bodkin (Francis Pettigrew, #2)

  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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12. 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

Similar categories in E.C.R. Lorac's Death of an Author book and Cyril Hare's With a Bare Bodkin (Francis Pettigrew, #2)

  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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13. 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

Similar categories in E.C.R. Lorac's Post After Post-Mortem book and Cyril Hare's With a Bare Bodkin (Francis Pettigrew, #2)

  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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14. 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

Similar categories in E.C.R. Lorac's These Names Make Clues book and Cyril Hare's With a Bare Bodkin (Francis Pettigrew, #2)

  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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15. 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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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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16. Accident by Design

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.24

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

Accident by Design was honestly a really well done classic British mystery. I was surprised, expect… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • british literature
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17. 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

Similar categories in E.C.R. Lorac's Bats in the Belfry (Robert MacDonald #13) book and Cyril Hare's With a Bare Bodkin (Francis Pettigrew, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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18. I Could Murder Her

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.27

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

Muriel Farrington is a domineering woman who, unfortunately for them, has her entire family living … read more

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

19. 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

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  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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20. With a Bare Bodkin (Francis Pettigrew, #2)

By: Cyril Hare

3.95

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

England is in the grip of the Second World War and the Blitz has forced the evacuation of various g… read more

Similar categories in Cyril Hare's With a Bare Bodkin (Francis Pettigrew, #2) book and Cyril Hare's With a Bare Bodkin (Francis Pettigrew, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • historical
  • adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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21. The Last Escape

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.04

Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition

In this final detective novel to feature Superintendent Robert MacDonald, we find the police office… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature

15 must-read fiction books like With a Bare Bodkin (Francis Pettigrew, #2) by Cyril Hare

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The Case Is Closed (Miss Silver, #2)

Patricia Wentworth

3.86

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Mystery in White

Martin Edwards , J. Jefferson Farjeon

3.38

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Behold, Here's Poison (Inspector Hannasyde, #2)

Georgette Heyer

4.17

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Sarah Caudwell

3.00

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Death of Jezebel (Inspector Cockrill #4)

Christianna Brand

3.55

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Christianna Brand

3.69

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Martin Edwards , John Bude

4.72

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Anthony Berkeley

3.77

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