21 best-selling mystery books like Murder Adrift by George Bellairs

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Murder Adrift

By: George Bellairs

4.16

Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition

The Todd family, governed by their aged mother, are important people in Fordinghurst. When the youn…

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1. 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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"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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2. Singing in the Shrouds (Roderick Alleyn, #20)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Mass Market Paperback

All aboard for murderThe Cape Farewell steams out to sea, carrying a serial strangler who says it w… read more

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3. Fear Stalks the Village

By: Ethel Lina White

4.12

Format: 207 pages, Paperback

It was a model English village, filled with flowers, Tudor cottages, and cobbled streets. Joan Broo… read more

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4. Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories

By: Agatha Christie

3.00

Format: 1118 pages, Paperback

Elderly Miss Jane Marple from St Mary's Mead village applies skills of observation and deduction to… read more

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5. Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing: Spiritual Preparation for the Office of Confession

By: Søren Kierkegaard , Douglas V. Steere

3.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

Crossing the boundaries of philosophy, theology, psychology, and literature, the Danish writer Sore… read more

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6. Thirteen Guests

By: J. Jefferson Farjeon

3.74

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

On a fine autumn weekend, Lord Aveling hosts a hunting party at his country house, Bragley Court. A… read more

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7. Mystery Villa (The Bobby Owen Mysteries, #4)

By: E.R. Punshon

3.98

Format: None pages,

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8. Impact of Evidence

By: Carol Carnac

4.11

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

Near St. Brynneys in the Welsh border country, isolated by heavy snow and flooding from the thaw, a… read more

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9. Midsummer Murder

By: Clifford Witting

3.86

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

Witting's second Inspector Charlton mystery, first published in 1937, is set in Paulsfield (clearly… read more

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10. The Case of the Michaelmas Goose

By: Clifford Witting

4.25

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

Detective-Sergeant Martin christened him 'Whiskers', but nobody could be certain who he really was.… read more

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11. 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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"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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12. Death of Mr. Dodsley (Francis McNab, #5)

By: John Ferguson

3.45

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

A bookshop is a first-rate place for unobtrusive observation,’ he continued. ‘One can remain in it … read more

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13. The Templeton Case: A Detective Story

By: Victor L. Whitechurch

4.06

Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition

A dead body is found near the estuary of a river. Here the country detective works his way throught… read more

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14. Smallbone Deceased

By: Michael Gilbert

4.05

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of MurderHorniman, Birley and Craine is a highly re… read more

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"It’s quite a good idea. Only for heaven’s sake don’t be like that mug in the detective story who confides all his best ideas to a friendly sort of character who turns out to be the murderer in Chapte…"

-Michael Gilbert, Smallbone Deceased

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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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16. Case in the Clinic

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.05

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

The story begins with the sudden death of an elderly clergyman named Anderby, who drops dead while … read more

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17. Death at Dyke's Corner

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.18

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Death at Dyke's Corner is a 1940 detective novel by E.C.R. Lorac, the pen name of the British write… read more

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18. MAKING A KILLING an utterly gripping Cotswolds murder mystery (Lambert and Hook British Crime Mysteries Book 2)

By: J.M. Gregson

4.26

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

DISCOVER A PAGE-TURNING MURDER MYSTERY SET IN THE IDYLLIC COTSWOLD HILLS.Praise for J. M. ‘Begins w… read more

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19. AN ACADEMIC DEATH an utterly gripping Cotswolds murder mystery (Lambert and Hook British Crime Mysteries Book 14)

By: J. M. Gregson

4.12

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

DISCOVER A PAGE-TURNING MURDER MYSTERY SET IN THE IDYLLIC COTSWOLD HILLS.Praise for J. M. ‘Begins w… read more

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20. 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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21. Someone from the Past

By: Margot Bennett

3.39

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Nancy Graham's friend from the past -- a former roommate -- appeals to her for help when she receiv… read more

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22. Twice Round the Clock

By: Billie Houston

3.79

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

“It is past the half-hour. My time is coming nearer with every tick of the clock.” Horace Mannin… read more

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23. Big Ben Strikes Eleven

By: David Magarshack

3.34

Format: 333 pages, Paperback

The discovery of Sir Robert Boniface's body on the floor of his limousine was made quite accidental… read more

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24. Murder in Belgravia (Mayfair 100 Murder Mystery #1)

By: Lynn Brittney

4.04

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

A Mayfair 100 Murder Mystery. London 1915 Just 10 months into the First World War, the City i… read more

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25. A Telegram from Le Touquet: With an introduction by Martin Edwards

By: John Bude

3.95

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

With some trepidation Nigel Derry approaches the country house of his enigmatic and unpredictable a… read more

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26. Murder Adrift

By: George Bellairs

4.16

Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition

The Todd family, governed by their aged mother, are important people in Fordinghurst. When the youn… read more

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Cover of Frozen Death: An Inspector Treadgold Mystery (Merlin Classic Crime) by Anthony Weymouth

27. Frozen Death: An Inspector Treadgold Mystery (Merlin Classic Crime)

By: Anthony Weymouth

3.72

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Ingenious’ MORNING POST‘An extremely skilful mystery’ THE DAILY EXPRESS‘An exceptionally good dete… read more

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28. The Cartwright Gardens Murder

By: J.S. Fletcher

3.73

Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition

The Cartwright Gardens Murder is another one of those stories of crime which made Mr. Fletcher one … read more

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Cover of Wake the Dead (Inspector Thanet #11) by Dorothy Simpson

29. Wake the Dead (Inspector Thanet #11)

By: Dorothy Simpson

4.03

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

A quaint English village’s summer gala is interrupted by murder in this award-winning mystery serie… read more

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Cover of Rope’s End, Rogue’s End by E.C.R. Lorac

30. Rope’s End, Rogue’s End

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.05

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

From the dust jacket: Wulfstane Manor, a rambling old country house with many unused rooms, winding… read more

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31. The Wooden Witness

By: Hugh Morrison

3.99

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Summer 1931: after finding the battered corpse of a spiritualist medium at an archaeological site o… read more

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Anita Davison

4.00

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Emily Organ

4.53

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Emily L. Finch

4.38

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