12 Best mystery books like My Kingdom for a Hearse by Craig Rice

Cover of My Kingdom for a Hearse by Craig Rice

My Kingdom for a Hearse

By: Craig Rice

3.82

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

There has never been a woman as beautiful as top model Delora Deanne. But Delora Deanne doesn't rea…

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Cover of The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie

1. The Man in the Brown Suit

By: Agatha Christie

3.95

Format: 381 pages, Paperback

Pretty, young Anne came to London looking for adventure. In fact, adventure comes looking for her—a… read more

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  • mystery
"A man who has shot lions in large quantities has an unfair advantage over other men."

-Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

"You know I want you. You know that I’d give my soul to pick you up in my arms and keep you here, hidden away from the world, forever and ever."

-Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

"I wonder if husbands know as much about their wives as they think they do. If I had a husband, I should hate him to bring home orphans without consulting me first."

-Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

"But his face should really inspire you with confidence, my dear lady. No self-respecting murderer would ever consent to look like one. Crippen now, I believe was one of the pleasantest fellows imagin…"

-Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

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2. The Woman in White

By: Wilkie Collins , Matthew Sweet

4.01

Format: 672 pages, Paperback

Librarian note: Alternate covers can be found here and here. 'In one moment, every drop of blood… read more

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  • mystery
"I am a bundle of nerves dressed up to look like a man!"

-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

"... our endurance must end, and our resistance begin, to-day."

-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

"You don’t have to speak at all— I know what you’d say… - Laura"

-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

"My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody."

-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

Cover of The Canary Murder Case (A Philo Vance Mystery #2) by S.S. Van Dine, Willard Huntington Wright

3. The Canary Murder Case (A Philo Vance Mystery #2)

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

3.69

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

1927. Illustrated with scenes from the Paramount photoplay. Around 1925 Willard Huntington Wright, … read more

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

4. 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
Cover of The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next, #3) by Jasper Fforde

5. The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next, #3)

By: Jasper Fforde

4.09

Format: 381 pages, Paperback

Protecting the world's greatest literature — not to mention keeping up with Miss Havisham — is tiri… read more

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  • mystery
"I have the death sentence in seven genres."

-Jasper Fforde, The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next, #3)

"Books" - Snell smiled - "are a kind of magic."

-Jasper Fforde, The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next, #3)

"A Uncorn isn't for page twenty-seven, it's for eternity."

-Jasper Fforde, The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next, #3)

"Anything devised by man has bureaucracy, corrpution and error hardwired at inception."

-Jasper Fforde, The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next, #3)

Cover of My Kingdom for a Hearse by Craig Rice

6. My Kingdom for a Hearse

By: Craig Rice

3.82

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

There has never been a woman as beautiful as top model Delora Deanne. But Delora Deanne doesn't rea… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8) by Ngaio Marsh

7. Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.96

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

It was planned as an act of a new piano for the parish hall, an amusing play to finance the gift. … read more

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  • mystery
"It's like one of those affairs in books," said Bailey disgustedly."Someone trying to think up a new way to do a murder. Silly, I call it." "What do you say, Roper?" said Alleyn. "To my way of thinkin…"

-Ngaio Marsh, Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8)

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8. A Murder of Quality

By: John Le Carré

3.64

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

John le Carre's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of inter… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of Revelations of the Medieval World (A History of Private Life, #2) by Georges Duby, Arthur Goldhammer, Philippe Ariès

9. Revelations of the Medieval World (A History of Private Life, #2)

By: Georges Duby , Arthur Goldhammer , Philippe Ariès

3.64

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

The second volume of "A History of Private Life" is a treasure trove of rich and colorful detail cu… read more

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10. The Winter Murder Case (A Philo Vance Mystery #12)

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

3.91

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

It was characteristic of Willard Huntington Wright, known to the great public as S. S. Van Dine, th… read more

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11. Sparkling Cyanide (Colonel Race, #4)

By: Agatha Christie

3.78

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Six people reunite to remember beautiful Rosemary Barton, who died nearly a year before. The loving… read more

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12. Ordeal by Innocence

By: Agatha Christie

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

Recovering from amnesia, Dr. Arthur Calgary discovers that he alone could have provided an alibi in… read more

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Cover of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1) by John Le Carré

13. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

By: John Le Carré

4.06

Format: 381 pages, Paperback

A modern classic in which John le Carré expertly creates a total vision of a secret world, Tinker, … read more

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  • mystery
"As a good Socialist, I'm going for the money."

-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

"Treason is very much a matter of habit, Smiley decided."

-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

"Good intelligence work, Control had always preached, was gradual and rested on a kind of gentleness."

-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

"The monstrosity of this, reaching Smiley through a thickening wall of spiritual exhaustion, left him momentarily speechless."

-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

14. 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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15. Inspector French's Greatest Case

By: Freeman Wills Crofts

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

Inspector French is the central figure in many books by Mr. Crofts. This, his greatest case, opens … read more

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16. Night School (Jack Reacher #21)

By: Lee Child , Dick Hill

4.28

Format: 120 pages, Audio CD

It's 1996, and Reacher is still in the army. In the morning they give him a medal, and in the after… read more

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17. Death at the Bar (Roderick Alleyn, #9)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.46

Format: None pages, Paperback

A cosy game of darts in a cosy English pub is going well until one of the players dies on the spot.… read more

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18. Tied Up In Tinsel (Roderick Alleyn, #27)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.46

Format: None pages,

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19. 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
"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

Cover of Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3) by Agatha Christie

20. Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)

By: Agatha Christie

3.91

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond... then came the “suicide” that was mu… read more

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  • mystery
"Uncertainty creates panic."

-Agatha Christie, Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)

Cover of The Darkness (Hidden Iceland #1) by Ragnar Jónasson

21. The Darkness (Hidden Iceland #1)

By: Ragnar Jónasson

3.53

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

Spanning the icy streets of Reykjavik, the Icelandic highlands and cold, isolated fjords, The Darkn… read more

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  • mystery
"It was as if her life had been brought to a full stop: she couldn't look forward, couldn't picture what tomorrow night bring."

-Ragnar Jónasson, The Darkness (Hidden Iceland #1)

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Len Deighton

3.59

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3.59

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4.11

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