A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn, #1)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.80
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
At Sir Hubert Handesley's country house party, five guests have gathered for the uproarious parlor …
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1. 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)
2. Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
3.98
Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Rustic old Riddlesdale Lodge was a Wimsey family retreat filled with country pleasures and the thri… read more
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"Fou!"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
"Boil my brains!"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
"I am abso-bally-lutely positive"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
"The departure of the church-going element had induced a more humanitarian atmosphere."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
3. A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn, #1)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.80
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
At Sir Hubert Handesley's country house party, five guests have gathered for the uproarious parlor … read more
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4. Death of a Ghost (Albert Campion Mystery #6)
By: Margery Allingham
4.03
Format: 246 pages,
The first killing took place at a crowded art show, in full view of the cream of London society. Fo… read more
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5. 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)
6. 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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7. 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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"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)
8. 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)
"I sleuth, you know. For a hobby. Harmless outlet for natural inquisitiveness, don't you see, which might otherwise strike inward and produce introspection an' suicide. Very natural, healthy pursuit -…"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)
"Miss Climpson," said Lord Peter, "is a manifestation of the wasteful way in which this country is run. Look at electricity, Look at water-power. Look at the tides. Look at the sun. Millions of power …"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)
9. A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant, #2)
By: Josephine Tey , Robert Barnard
3.95
Format: None pages, Paperback
When a woman's body washes up on an isolated stretch of beach on the southern coast of England, Sco… read more
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10. The Case of the Late Pig (Albert Campion Mystery #8)
By: Margery Allingham
3.67
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
Agatha Christie called her 'a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true quee… read more
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11. 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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12. 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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13. Look to the Lady (Albert Campion Mystery #3)
By: Margery Allingham
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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15. 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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16. Eternity Ring (Miss Silver, #14)
By: Patricia Wentworth
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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17. Police at the Funeral (Albert Campion Mystery #4)
By: Margery Allingham
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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18. Mystery Mile (Albert Campion Mystery #2)
By: Margery Allingham
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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19. Grey Mask (Miss Silver, #1)
By: Patricia Wentworth
3.99
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
After Charles was jilted at the altar by Margaret, he discovers that she is mixed up in a vicious k… read more
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20. Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey, #13)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
4.24
Format: 409 pages, Paperback
Society’s eligible women are in mourning. Lord Peter Wimsey has married at last, having finally suc… read more
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"in the linked arms of Bacchus and Aphrodite."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey, #13)
"Remorse is eating his soul like a caterpillar in a cabbage."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey, #13)
"his thoughts revolving silently in this squirrel-cage of mystification."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey, #13)
"But that's men all over ... Poor dears, they can't help it. They haven't got logical minds."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey, #13)
21. The Conjure-Man Dies: A Mystery Tale of Dark Harlem
By: Rudolph Fisher
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The first known mystery written by an African-American, set in 1930s Harlem read more
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