Vintage Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #5)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.83
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Death served well-chilled The leading lady of a theater company touring New Zealand was stunning…
Want to Read $ 1.99"What do you think, Mr Alleyn? If there's another war will the young chaps come at it, same as we did, thinking it's great? And get the same jolt? What do you reckon?" "I'm afraid to speculate," said Alleyn."-Ngaio Marsh, Vintage Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #5)
"What do you think, Mr Alleyn? If there's another war will the young chaps come at it, same as we did, thinking it's great? And get the same jolt? What do you reckon?" "I'm afraid to speculate," said Alleyn."-Ngaio Marsh, Vintage Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #5)
"My poor fat Alfie! He was not a romantic husband, but he was so kind and understanding. He never minded whether I was amusing or dull. He thought it impossible that I could be dull. I didn't have to bother about any of that."-Ngaio Marsh, Vintage Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #5)
"My poor fat Alfie! He was not a romantic husband, but he was so kind and understanding. He never minded whether I was amusing or dull. He thought it impossible that I could be dull. I didn't have to bother about any of that."-Ngaio Marsh, Vintage Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #5)
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1. Lonesome Road (Miss Silver, #3)
By: Patricia Wentworth
3.97
Format: 214 pages, Paperback
Every year beautiful Rachel Treherne must rewrite her will--and decide who will inherit her late fa… read more
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2. 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
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"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)
3. Miss Silver Deals With Death (Miss Silver, #6)
By: Patricia Wentworth
4.04
Format: 231 pages, Paperback
When her fiancé, Giles Armitage, is lost at sea in the middle of the Second World War, Meade Underw… read more
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4. Cargo of Eagles (Albert Campion Mystery, #19)
By: Margery Allingham
3.80
Format: 162 pages, Hardcover
In this, Ms. Allingham's last novel, the action revolves around Saltey, for centuries a hidey-hole … read more
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5. Tether's End (Albert Campion Mystery, #16)
By: Margery Allingham
3.96
Format: 196 pages, Paperback
In Hide My Eyes, private detective Albert Campion finds himself hunting down a serial killer in Lon… read more
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6. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
4.05
Format: 243 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Ninety-year-old General Fentiman was definitely dead, but no one knew exactly when he had died—and … read more
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"Exactly. He is the Most Unlikely Person, and that is why Sherlock Holmes would suspect him at once."-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)
"I have a peculiar instinct about pubs. I can find one blindfold in a pea-souper with both hands tied behind me."-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)
"Books... are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development."-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)
"I’m determined never to be a parent. Modern manners and the break-up of the fine old traditions have simply ruined the business. I shall devote my life and fortune to the endowment of research on the…"-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)
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8. Vintage Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #5)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.83
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Death served well-chilled The leading lady of a theater company touring New Zealand was stunning… read more
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"What do you think, Mr Alleyn? If there's another war will the young chaps come at it, same as we did, thinking it's great? And get the same jolt? What do you reckon?" "I'm afraid to speculate," said …"-Ngaio Marsh, Vintage Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #5)
"My poor fat Alfie! He was not a romantic husband, but he was so kind and understanding. He never minded whether I was amusing or dull. He thought it impossible that I could be dull. I didn't have to …"-Ngaio Marsh, Vintage Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #5)
9. The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion Mystery, #1)
By: Margery Allingham
3.62
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
A house party is under way at the remote mansion of Black Dudley, and among the guests are some ver… read more
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"George Abbershaw's prosaic mind quivered on the verge of poetry when he looked at her."-Margery Allingham, The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion Mystery, #1)
10. The China Governess (Albert Campion Mystery #17)
By: Margery Allingham
4.03
Format: 246 pages, Paperback
Timothy Kinnit, rich, handsome, well-bred, learns on the eve of his elopement, that he was adopted.… read more
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11. Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
4.07
Format: 264 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The wealthy Agatha Dawson is dead--a trifle sooner than expected--but there are no apparent signs o… read more
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"It doesn't do for people, especially doctors, to go about 'thinking' things. They may get into frightful trouble."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)
"…After all, it isn't really difficult to write books. Especially if you either write a rotten story in good English or a good story in rotten English, which is as far as most people seem to get nowad…"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)
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12. The Case of William Smith (Miss Silver, #13)
By: Patricia Wentworth
4.30
Format: 237 pages, Paperback
Who was William Smith? And why was Mavis Jones so horrified to see him? For seven years William had… read more
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13. The Key (Miss Silver, #8)
By: Patricia Wentworth
4.30
Format: 237 pages,
Michael Harsch's long years of work were nearly at an end. The following day he was looking forward… read more
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14. The Clock Strikes Twelve (Miss Silver, #7)
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3.73
Format: 251 pages,
The Paradine family has gathered to celebrate New Year's Eve. Alas, when the clock strikes twelve o… read more
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15. She Came Back (Miss Silver, #9)
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3.73
Format: 251 pages,
Also published as The Traveller Returns. Assumed dead, Lady Anne Jocelyn meets varying degrees of w… read more
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16. More Work for the Undertaker (Albert Campion Mystery, #13)
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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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17. Look to the Lady (Albert Campion Mystery #3)
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4.06
Format: 663 pages, Paperback
A ring of international thieves target the Gyrth Chalice, a priceless goblet held by centuries of G… read more
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18. Unexpected Night (Henry Gamadge, #1)
By: Elizabeth Daly
3.91
Format: 241 pages, Paperback
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20. Flowers for the Judge (Albert Campion Mystery, #7)
By: Margery Allingham
3.99
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Scandal hits the prestigious publishing house of Barnabas when one of the directors is found dead i… read more
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21. Dancers in Mourning (Albert Campion Mystery #9)
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3.40
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Jimmy Sutane, London's favorite song-and-dance man, headlines at the Argosy Theater, where someone … read more
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22. The Chinese Shawl (Miss Silver, #5)
By: Patricia Wentworth
3.94
Format: 256 pages,
Miss Silver must intervene when an age-old family feud returns with fatal effect All London loves T… read more
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23. The Catherine Wheel (Miss Silver, #15)
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4.11
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24. Eternity Ring (Miss Silver, #14)
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4.11
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Mary Stokes discovers a dead body in Dead Man's Copse one evening but when she returns with a polic… read more
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25. Police at the Funeral (Albert Campion Mystery #4)
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3.83
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
The imperious Caroline Faraday runs her house like a Victorian fiefdom, unconcerned with the fact t… read more
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26. Mystery Mile (Albert Campion Mystery #2)
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3.86
Format: 536 pages, Hardcover
Judge Crowdy Lobbett has found evidence pointing to the identity of the criminal mastermind behind … read more
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27. The Singing Sands (Inspector Alan Grant, #6)
By: Josephine Tey , Robert Barnard
4.01
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
On sick leave from Scotland Yard, Inspector Alan Grant is planning a quiet holiday with an old scho… read more
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"It would do her good to have some demons to fight, to be swung out in space and held over some bottomless pit now and then."-Josephine Tey, The Singing Sands (Inspector Alan Grant, #6)
"Wee Archie was wielding a shepherd's crook that, as Tommy remarked later, no shepherd would be found dead with, and he was wearing a kilt that no Highlander would dream of being found alive in."-Josephine Tey, The Singing Sands (Inspector Alan Grant, #6)
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29. 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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30. The Puzzle of Parham House: A 1920s Mystery
By: Benedict Brown
4.53
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An ancient house with secrets to disclose, a string of murders with no clear motive and an enigma f… read more
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31. Murders in Volume 2 (Henry Gamadge Book 3)
By: Elizabeth Daly
3.98
Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition
Third in the Henry Gamadge series. One hundred years earlier, a beautiful guest had disappeared fro… read more
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