16 Top mystery books like The Brooklyn Murders (Superintendent Wilson #1) by G.D.H. Cole

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The Brooklyn Murders (Superintendent Wilson #1)

By: G.D.H. Cole

3.74

Format: None pages, None

• The much-revered crime writers G.D.H & Margaret Cole’s first-ever crime novel back in print for t…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Brooklyn Murders (Superintendent Wilson #1) by G.D.H. Cole , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. Miss Pym Disposes

By: Josephine Tey

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

To Lucy Pym, author of a best-seller on Psychology, the atmosphere at the college where she is lect… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • fiction
  • british literature
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2. The Sussex Downs Murder (Superintendent Meredith, #2)

By: Martin Edwards , John Bude

4.72

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

'Already it looked as if the police were up against a carefully planned and cleverly executed murde… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • fiction
  • british literature

3. The Sea Mystery

By: Freeman Wills Crofts

3.43

Format: 42 pages, Paperback

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4. 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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5. Over My Dead Body (Nero Wolfe, #7)

By: Rex Stout , John Jakes

3.63

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

When a Balkan beauty gets in trouble over some missing diamonds, whom else can she turn to but the … read more

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6. The Lake District Murder (Superintendent Meredith, #1)

By: John Bude

4.45

Format: None pages, Paperback

When a body is found at an isolated garage, Inspector Meredith is drawn into a complex investigatio… read more

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7. An English Murder

By: Cyril Hare

3.68

Format: 290 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Warbeck Hall is an old-fashioned English country house and the scene of equally English murders. Al… read more

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8. Shroud of Darkness

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.24

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

One was brutally attacked in the choking black fog in Paddington Station. Attempted murder became b… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • british literature
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9. The Tragedy at Freyne

By: Anthony Gilbert

4.11

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

When Sir Simon Chandos is found poisoned in his library, with a confession in front of him and a ph… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • golden age mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
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10. 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
  • classics
  • fiction
  • british literature
"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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11. Accident by Design

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.24

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

Accident by Design was honestly a really well done classic British mystery. I was surprised, expect… read more

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  • mystery
  • british literature
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12. Bats in the Belfry (Robert MacDonald #13)

By: E.C.R. Lorac

3.74

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

Bruce Attleton dazzled London's literary scene with his first two novels—but his early promise did … read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • golden age mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
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13. Tenant for Death (Inspector Mallett, #1)

By: Cyril Hare

3.86

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

Two young estate agent's clerks are sent to check an inventory on a house in Daylesford Gardens, So… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • golden age mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
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14. 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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  • mystery
  • british literature
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15. Fire in the Thatch (Robert MacDonald #27)

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.08

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

The Second World War is drawing to a close. Nicholas Vaughan, released from the army after an accid… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • golden age mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
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16. The Last Escape

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.04

Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition

In this final detective novel to feature Superintendent Robert MacDonald, we find the police office… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • british literature
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17. The Brooklyn Murders (Superintendent Wilson #1)

By: G.D.H. Cole

3.74

Format: None pages, None

• The much-revered crime writers G.D.H & Margaret Cole’s first-ever crime novel back in print for t… read more

Similar categories in G.D.H. Cole's The Brooklyn Murders (Superintendent Wilson #1) book and G.D.H. Cole's The Brooklyn Murders (Superintendent Wilson #1)

  • classics
  • british literature
  • golden age mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
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18. Mystery At Lynden Sands

By: J.J. Connington

4.03

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

Mystery At Lynden Sands, first published in 1928, is the fourth book in author J. J. Connington’s s… read more

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  • mystery
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19. Asesinato en el laberinto (Sir Clinton Driffield, #1)

By: J.J. Connington

3.39

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

La finca de Whistlefield es famosa no solo por su belleza, sino también por el laberinto vegetal qu… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Death at Crane's Court (An Inspector Kenny Mystery Book 1) by Eilís Dillon

20. Death at Crane's Court (An Inspector Kenny Mystery Book 1)

By: Eilís Dillon

3.74

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

Death is inevitable, or is it… George Arrow, a good-looking, independently wealthy and single man o… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"What a fine thing to be as rude as that with such convictions."

-Eilís Dillon, Death at Crane's Court (An Inspector Kenny Mystery Book 1)

"Mike wished Mr. Burden had chosen another time to be murdered. He was beginning to see that the hour of dressing for dinner might have been expressly designed for persons who need a quiet spell for t…"

-Eilís Dillon, Death at Crane's Court (An Inspector Kenny Mystery Book 1)

"I try not to look like a university man here....My fellow-guests think of a university degree as a disgraceful preliminary to the blood-sucking life of the bourgeoisie. A sign, moreover, that a man h…"

-Eilís Dillon, Death at Crane's Court (An Inspector Kenny Mystery Book 1)

Cover of Death Came Softly (Robert MacDonald #23) by E.C.R. Lorac

21. Death Came Softly (Robert MacDonald #23)

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.17

Format: 201 pages, Kindle Edition

This crime puzzle features Chief Inspector Robert Macdonald, who is a “London Scot” and an avowed b… read more

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  • mystery
  • british literature
  • classics
  • golden age mystery

10 Best fiction books like The Brooklyn Murders (Superintendent Wilson #1) by G.D.H. Cole

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Miss Pym Disposes

Josephine Tey

4.36

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Martin Edwards , John Bude

4.72

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The Tragedy at Freyne

Anthony Gilbert

4.11

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The Wintringham Mystery

Anthony Berkeley

3.66

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An Expert in Murder (Josephine Tey, #1)

Nicola Upson

3.52

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John Dickson Carr

3.91

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Tether's End (Albert Campion Mystery, #16)

Margery Allingham

3.96

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Christianna Brand

3.55

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