11 best-selling mystery books like Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries (An American Mystery Classic) by Otto Penzler

Cover of Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries (An American Mystery Classic) by Otto Penzler

Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries (An American Mystery Classic)

By: Otto Penzler

3.96

Format: 492 pages, Paperback

Fourteen impossible crimes from the American masters of the form For devotees of the Golden Age mys…

If you liked the mystery plot in Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries (An American Mystery Classic) by Otto Penzler , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of The Benson Murder Case (A Philo Vance Mystery #1) by S.S. Van Dine

1. The Benson Murder Case (A Philo Vance Mystery #1)

By: S.S. Van Dine

3.46

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

The Benson Murder Case is the first novel in the Philo Vance series of mystery novels by S. S. Van … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • 20th century
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Plague Court Murders (Sir Henry Merrivale, #1) by Carter Dickson

2. The Plague Court Murders (Sir Henry Merrivale, #1)

By: Carter Dickson

3.84

Format: 224 pages,

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  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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3. Green for Danger

By: Christianna Brand

3.69

Format: None pages, Paperback

Set in a military hospital during the blitz, this novel is one of Brand's most intricately plotted … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

4. The Red Widow Murders (Sir Henry Merrivale, #3)

By: Carter Dickson

4.00

Format: None pages,

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5. The Birthday Murder

By: Lange Lewis

3.50

Format: 519 pages, Paperback

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6. The Case of the Baited Hook

By: Erle Stanley Gardner

3.87

Format: 309 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Who was that masked woman? That's the question plaguing the perpetually inquiring mind of Perry Mas… read more

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7. Rim of the Pit (Rogan Kincaid, #2)

By: Hake Talbot

3.77

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

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8. The Penguin Pool Murder (Hildegarde Withers #1)

By: Stuart Palmer

3.37

Format: None pages, Paperback

Spinster sleuth and school teacher, Hildegarde Withers, meets up with Inspector Oscar Piper at a mu… read more

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9. The Fabulous Clipjoint

By: Fredric Brown

4.29

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

1948 Edgar Award Winner Ed Hunter is eighteen, and he isn't happy. He doesn't want to end up like h… read more

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10. The Case of the Rolling Bones

By: Erle Stanley Gardner

3.24

Format: 324 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Years ago Alden Leeds found a rich vein of gold in the Klondike. Now his greedy relatives fear he's… read more

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11. The Adventures of Ellery Queen

By: Ellery Queen

3.20

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Collection of short stories. * ...The African Traveler (original story) * ...The Hanging Acrobat (M… read more

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12. The Cape Cod Mystery (Asey Mayo Cape Cod Mystery, #1)

By: Phoebe Atwood Taylor

3.97

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Set within the brooding landscape of Cape Code, these classic who-dunits are sure to please dedicat… read more

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Cover of Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4) by Seishi Yokomizo

13. Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4)

By: Seishi Yokomizo

3.79

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Kosuke Kindaichi arrives on the remote Gokumon Island bearing tragic news – the son of one of the i… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"Poverty is the mother of crime. If people are poor, they lose all sense of shame, and behave appallingly."

-Seishi Yokomizo, Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4)

"Mảnh trăng lưỡi liềm mùng mười còn treo trên sườn núi Suribachi, bầu trời lấp lánh muôn ánh sao. Sông Ngân kéo chiếc đuôi dài thượt ngang qua, có thể thấy thấp thoáng quầng sáng trắng sữa. Đảo Ngục M…"

-Seishi Yokomizo, Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4)

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14. Murder by the Book: Mysteries for Bibliophiles

By: Martin Edwards

3.91

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

‘If much of the action is set in a bookshop or a library, it is a bibliomystery, just as it is if a… read more

Similar categories in Martin Edwards's Murder by the Book: Mysteries for Bibliophiles book and Otto Penzler's Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries (An American Mystery Classic)

  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Death and the Conjuror (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #1) by Tom   Mead

15. Death and the Conjuror (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #1)

By: Tom Mead

3.55

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A magician-turned-sleuth in pre-war London solves three impossible crimes. In 1930s London, cele… read more

Similar categories in Tom Mead's Death and the Conjuror (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #1) book and Otto Penzler's Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries (An American Mystery Classic)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Edinburgh Mystery: And Other Tales of Scottish Crime by Martin Edwards

16. The Edinburgh Mystery: And Other Tales of Scottish Crime

By: Martin Edwards

3.66

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Highlands to the borders, the bustling cities to the remote isles in cold seas, the unique… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Obelists at Sea (Michael Lord #1) by C. Daly King

17. Obelists at Sea (Michael Lord #1)

By: C. Daly King

3.24

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

C. Daly King’s debut mystery is a tale of murder, travel, and psychiatry set aboard a luxury transa… read more

Similar categories in C. Daly King's Obelists at Sea (Michael Lord #1) book and Otto Penzler's Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries (An American Mystery Classic)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • crime
  • 20th century
Cover of Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries (An American Mystery Classic) by Otto Penzler

18. Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries (An American Mystery Classic)

By: Otto Penzler

3.96

Format: 492 pages, Paperback

Fourteen impossible crimes from the American masters of the form For devotees of the Golden Age mys… read more

Similar categories in Otto Penzler's Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries (An American Mystery Classic) book and Otto Penzler's Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries (An American Mystery Classic)

  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • collections
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • 20th century
  • crime
Cover of The Alarm of the Black Cat (The Rachel Murdock Mysteries) by Dolores Hitchens

19. The Alarm of the Black Cat (The Rachel Murdock Mysteries)

By: Dolores Hitchens

3.42

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

This classic mystery features a family feud, feline intervention, and the spirited septuagenarian s… read more

Similar categories in Dolores Hitchens's The Alarm of the Black Cat (The Rachel Murdock Mysteries) book and Otto Penzler's Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries (An American Mystery Classic)

  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • 20th century
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Bellamy Trial by Frances Noyes Hart

20. The Bellamy Trial

By: Frances Noyes Hart

3.81

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

“Devotees of classic courtroom thrillers like Witness for the Prosecution will be enthralled by thi… read more

Similar categories in Frances Noyes Hart's The Bellamy Trial book and Otto Penzler's Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries (An American Mystery Classic)

  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed by Maureen Callahan

21. Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed

By: Maureen Callahan

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kenn… read more

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11 best-selling fiction books like Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries (An American Mystery Classic) by Otto Penzler

Transform Your Habits

The Benson Murder Case (A Philo Vance Mystery #1)

S.S. Van Dine

3.46

Transform Your Habits

The Plague Court Murders (Sir Henry Merrivale, #1)

Carter Dickson

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Green for Danger

Christianna Brand

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4)

Seishi Yokomizo

3.79

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20 must-read fiction books like Death and the Conjuror (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #1) by Tom Mead

Transform Your Habits

He Who Whispers (Dr. Gideon Fell, #16)

John Dickson Carr

3.91

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Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5)

Sophie Hannah

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

Anthony Horowitz

4.18

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Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

Robert Thorogood

3.92

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