16 Top mystery books like The Case of the Headless Jesuit (Thomas Littlejohn #16) by George Bellairs

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The Case of the Headless Jesuit (Thomas Littlejohn #16)

By: George Bellairs

4.22

Format: 492 pages, Kindle Edition

On New Year’s Eve a string of grisly deaths strike a remote English hamlet For centuries Cobbold-in…

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1. Murder by Matchlight (Robert MacDonald, #25)

By: E.C.R. Lorac

3.76

Format: 360 pages,

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2. 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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3. Nil (Nil, #1)

By: Lynne Matson

4.32

Format: 224 pages, ebook

On the mysterious island of Nil, the rules are set. You have one year. Exactly 365 days--to escape,… read more

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4. The Mystery of the Kneeling Woman

By: Moray Dalton

4.30

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

"Not another murder!" "You've said it." Kindly Reverend John Clare pays a social call upon the satu… read more

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5. 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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6. 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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7. Post After Post-Mortem

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.00

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

The Surrays and their five children form a prolific writing machine, with scores of treatises, revi… read more

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8. Murder at Little Minton (Miss Busby #1)

By: Karen Baugh Menuhin

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Miss Busby Murder at Little Minton. Book One in the Miss Busby Series. A picturesque Cotswolds v… read more

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9. Murder in the Mill-Race (Robert MacDonald #37)

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.11

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

‘“Never make trouble in the village” is an unspoken law, but it’s a binding law. You may know about… read more

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"Never make trouble in the village’ is an unspoken law, but it’s a binding law. You may know about your neighbours’ sins and shortcomings, but you must never name them aloud. It’d make trouble, and sm…"

-E.C.R. Lorac, Murder in the Mill-Race (Robert MacDonald #37)

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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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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13. The Case with Three Threads: An English Country House Murder Mystery

By: Anthony Lang

3.84

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Effortless telling of a good story’ The Observer‘Murder most ingeniously contrived’ New York Times… read more

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14. Tragedy at the Unicorn

By: John Rhode

4.26

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

‘The best detective story of 1928’ Times Literary Supplement'A case of suicide, accident or murder?… read more

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15. Fell Murder

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.08

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

'...this crime is conditioned by the place. To understand the one you've got to study the other.' … read more

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"I set out this evening to learn something about the district, to study the roads and paths, and to get the hang of it, the feel of the land. It's no use rushing to ask questions when you're ignorant …"

-E.C.R. Lorac, Fell Murder

"Far below him, the River Lune wound its serpentine curves across the wide flood plane: beneath the clear September sky the water shone blue, flowing out to Morecambe Bay, whose golden sands gleamed p…"

-E.C.R. Lorac, Fell Murder

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16. 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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17. 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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18. Impact of Evidence

By: E. C. R. Lorac

4.32

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

AMONG THE hills of the Welsh borders a little group of farmsteads is isolated by snow and ice, then… read more

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19. The Case of the Headless Jesuit (Thomas Littlejohn #16)

By: George Bellairs

4.22

Format: 492 pages, Kindle Edition

On New Year’s Eve a string of grisly deaths strike a remote English hamlet For centuries Cobbold-in… read more

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

20. 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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21. 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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Christianna Brand

3.55

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Christianna Brand

3.69

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Martin Edwards , John Bude

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