9 best-selling british literature books like The Part-Time Job by P.D. James

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The Part-Time Job

By: P.D. James

3.84

Format: 17 pages, Kindle Edition

Come celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of P.D. James, the undisputed “Queen of Crime,” w…

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Cover of Some Lie and Some Die (Inspector Wexford, #8) by Ruth Rendell

1. Some Lie and Some Die (Inspector Wexford, #8)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.74

Format: 181 pages, Hardcover

A mutilated body found at a rock festival.In spite of dire predictions, the rock festival in Kingsm… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
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2. Master of the Moor

By: Ruth Rendell

3.50

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

Listening Length: 7 hours and 7 minutes Stephen Whalby loves to walk the moor. He considers it his,… read more

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3. From Doon With Death (Inspector Wexford, #1)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.68

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Dazzling psychological suspense. Razor-sharp dialogue. Plots that catch and hold like a noose. Thes… read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime

4. The Cornish Mystery: A Short Story

By: Agatha Christie

4.88

Format: 242 pages, ebook

Previously published in the print anthology Poirot's Early Cases. A wife is convinced that her husb… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • short stories
  • fiction
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5. Shake Hands Forever (Inspector Wexford, #9)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.33

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

The bed was neatly made, and the woman on top neatly strangled. According to all accounts, Angela H… read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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6. A Guilty Thing Surprised (Inspector Wexford, #5)

By: Ruth Rendell

4.27

Format: 260 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Elizabeth Nightingale found peace and tranquility on her nightly walks through the rich, dense fore… read more

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7. Wolf to the Slaughter (Inspector Wexford, #3)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.65

Format: 224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The third book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford. Anita Ma… read more

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  • crime

8. The Glass-Blowers

By: Daphne du Maurier

3.16

Format: 315 pages, ebook

"The Glass-Blowersconsistently entertains." --New York Times The world of the glass-blowers has its… read more

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9. Service of All the Dead (Inspector Morse, #4)

By: Colin Dexter

3.57

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

"[MORSE IS] THE MOST PRICKLY, CONCEITED, AND GENUINELY BRILLIANT DETECTIVE SINCE HERCULE POIROT." -… read more

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10. The Daughters of Cain (Inspector Morse, #11)

By: Colin Dexter

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

"AUDACIOUS AND AMUSING. . . MAY BE THE BEST BOOK YET IN THIS DESERVEDLY CELEBRATED SERIES." --The W… read more

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11. The Veiled One (Inspector Wexford, #14)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.88

Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Chief Inspector Wexford, injured in a car bombing, must rely on Detective Mike Burden to catch a ki… read more

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  • murder mystery
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  • crime

12. Vermeer to Eternity

By: Anthony Horowitz

5.00

Format: 30 pages,

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13. My Son the Fanatic

By: Hanif Kureishi

4.30

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

Set in a northern industrial town, this screenplay presents the dismay experienced by a Pakistani f… read more

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14. A Sleeping Life (Inspector Wexford, #10)

By: Ruth Rendell

4.11

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

Rhoda Comfrey's death seemed unremarkable; the real mystery was her life. In A Sleeping Life, maste… read more

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15. An Unkindness of Ravens (Inspector Wexford, #13)

By: Ruth Rendell

4.11

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

Rodney Williams's disappearance seems typical to Chief Inspector Wexford -- a simple case of a man … read more

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16. To Love and Be Wise (Inspector Alan Grant, #4)

By: Josephine Tey , Robert Barnard

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

When a strikingly handsome young photographer mysteriously disappears, it's up to Inspector Alan Gr… read more

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17. The Best Man to Die (Inspector Wexford, #4)

By: Ruth Rendell

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

Who could have suspected that the exciting stag party for the groom would be the prelude to the mur… read more

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18. Faking a Murderer

By: Kathy Reichs

4.01

Format: 50 pages, Kindle Edition

An original short story from iconic thriller collection Match Up, featuring international bestselle… read more

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19. The Part-Time Job

By: P.D. James

3.84

Format: 17 pages, Kindle Edition

Come celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of P.D. James, the undisputed “Queen of Crime,” w… read more

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  • short stories
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  • crime
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20. Cosmopolitan

By: Akhil Sharma

3.32

Format: 49 pages, Paperback

Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at… read more

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  • short stories
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21. Precipice

By: Robert Harris

4.23

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the… read more

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"There were twelve deliveries a day in London in 1914. It would be in his hands by mid-afternoon. Pg5"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"The worst crises in politics always occurred, in his experience, when two unrelated problems struck at once. The difficulties weren’t doubled, or even squared, but cubed. Pg345"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"Major Hankey, secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, was brought in by Bongie, and placed in front of him on the table the large red and blue leather-bound volume known as the War Book, he o…"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

13 must-read fiction books like The Part-Time Job by P.D. James

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Some Lie and Some Die (Inspector Wexford, #8)

Ruth Rendell

3.74

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Master of the Moor

Ruth Rendell

3.50

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From Doon With Death (Inspector Wexford, #1)

Ruth Rendell

3.68

The Cornish Mystery: A Short Story

Agatha Christie

4.88

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The Cricket on the Hearth

Charles Dickens

3.45

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A Dedicated Man (Inspector Banks, #2)

Peter Robinson

3.78

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A Glass of Blessings

Barbara Pym

4.43

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Master of the Moor

Ruth Rendell

3.50

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