25 Best mystery books like The Belting Inheritance by Julian Symons

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The Belting Inheritance

By: Julian Symons

3.69

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

Lady Wainwright presides over the gothic gloom at Belting, in mourning for her two sons lost in the…

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Cover of Fear Stalks the Village by Ethel Lina White

1. 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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  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Roger Sheringham Cases, #5) by Anthony Berkeley

2. The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Roger Sheringham Cases, #5)

By: Anthony Berkeley

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Reissue of one of the great puzzle mystery classics of England's Golden Age of crime fiction; plot … read more

Similar categories in Anthony Berkeley's The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Roger Sheringham Cases, #5) book and Julian Symons's The Belting Inheritance

  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Murder of a Lady (Dr. Hailey, #12) by Anthony Wynne

3. Murder of a Lady (Dr. Hailey, #12)

By: Anthony Wynne

5.00

Format: 176 pages,

Duchlan Castle is a gloomy, forbidding place in the Scottish Highlands. Late one night the body of … read more

Similar categories in Anthony Wynne's Murder of a Lady (Dr. Hailey, #12) book and Julian Symons's The Belting Inheritance

  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

4. Mystery in the Channel

By: Freeman Wills Crofts

4.12

Format: 176 pages,

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  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Sussex Downs Murder (Superintendent Meredith, #2) by Martin Edwards, John Bude

5. 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

Similar categories in Martin Edwards's The Sussex Downs Murder (Superintendent Meredith, #2) book and Julian Symons's The Belting Inheritance

  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

6. The Hog's Back Mystery

By: Freeman Wills Crofts

5.00

Format: 500 pages, Paperback

'As pretty a piece of work as Inspector French has done ... On the level of Mr Crofts' very best; w… read more

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

By: E.C.R. Lorac

3.76

Format: 360 pages,

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8. The Santa Klaus Murder

By: Mavis Doriel Hay

3.74

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

When it comes to Christmas stories, one typically thinks of those that embody the spirit of the sea… read more

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9. The Man in the Queue (Inspector Alan Grant, #1)

By: Josephine Tey

3.77

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

Inspector Alan Grant searches for the identity of a man killed in the line at a theater and for the… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

10. The Cornish Coast Murder

By: John Bude

4.45

Format: None pages, Paperback

'Never, even in his most optimistic moments, had he visualised a scene of this nature --himself in … read more

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11. Death Makes a Prophet

By: John Bude

2.56

Format: 201 pages,

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12. Jumping Jenny (Roger Sheringham Cases, #9)

By: Anthony Berkeley

3.77

Format: 190 pages, Hardcover

When a murder is committed at a party given in honour of a famous writer-detective, the guests impe… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Berkeley's Jumping Jenny (Roger Sheringham Cases, #9) book and Julian Symons's The Belting Inheritance

  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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13. Till Death Do Us Part (Dr. Gideon Fell, #15)

By: John Dickson Carr

3.83

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Crime author Dick Markham is in love again; his fiancée the mysterious newcomer to the village, Les… read more

Similar categories in John Dickson Carr's Till Death Do Us Part (Dr. Gideon Fell, #15) book and Julian Symons's The Belting Inheritance

  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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14. 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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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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15. The Mysterious Mr. Badman

By: W.F. Harvey

3.57

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

The note read: “Will the gentleman who took by mistake a copy of Bunyan’s Life and Death of Mr. Ba… read more

Similar categories in W.F. Harvey's The Mysterious Mr. Badman book and Julian Symons's The Belting Inheritance

  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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16. Murder In The Basement (Roger Sheringham Cases, #8)

By: Anthony Berkeley

3.57

Format: 233 pages, Paperback

A ROGER SHERINGHAM MYSTERY.Roger and Molly Dane have something of a surprise in their new house. Wh… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Berkeley's Murder In The Basement (Roger Sheringham Cases, #8) book and Julian Symons's The Belting Inheritance

  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Crossed Skis (Julian Rivers #8) by Carol Carnac

17. Crossed Skis (Julian Rivers #8)

By: Carol Carnac

3.88

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

An atmospheric holiday novel from one of the most consistently popular authors in the series, Carol… read more

Similar categories in Carol Carnac's Crossed Skis (Julian Rivers #8) book and Julian Symons's The Belting Inheritance

  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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18. Death of a Bookseller

By: Bernard J. Farmer

3.55

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A rare gem of the mystery genre makes its first return to print since 1956 An honest policeman, Se… read more

Similar categories in Bernard J. Farmer's Death of a Bookseller book and Julian Symons's The Belting Inheritance

  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"Jack, I'm going to tell you a story. A runner took a book to a famous dealer and said: 'I've got something rare here.' 'Yes,' replied the dealer, 'but customers who want it are rarer.' Then my book i…"

-Bernard J. Farmer, Death of a Bookseller

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19. 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

Similar categories in Michael Gilbert's Smallbone Deceased book and Julian Symons's The Belting Inheritance

  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"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

Cover of Death of an Author by E.C.R. Lorac

20. Death of an Author

By: E.C.R. Lorac

3.99

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

'I hate murders and I hate murderers, but I must admit that the discovery of a bearded corpse would… read more

Similar categories in E.C.R. Lorac's Death of an Author book and Julian Symons's The Belting Inheritance

  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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21. 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

Similar categories in E.C.R. Lorac's Post After Post-Mortem book and Julian Symons's The Belting Inheritance

  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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22. 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

Similar categories in E.C.R. Lorac's Crook o' Lune book and Julian Symons's The Belting Inheritance

  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Murderer's Mistake (Robert Macdonald #28) by E.C.R. Lorac

23. Murderer's Mistake (Robert Macdonald #28)

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.07

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

It's not long after the end of WWII, rationing is still in force in the UK, and Chief Inspector Mac… read more

Similar categories in E.C.R. Lorac's Murderer's Mistake (Robert Macdonald #28) book and Julian Symons's The Belting Inheritance

  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Port of London Murders by Josephine Bell

24. The Port of London Murders

By: Josephine Bell

3.74

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Wapping. Tugs and barges on the river. A west-end shop that deals apparently in nothing but lingeri… read more

Similar categories in Josephine Bell's The Port of London Murders book and Julian Symons's The Belting Inheritance

  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"Miss Pollen did not seem to be a woman given to flights of imagination; indeed ideas appeared to come to her singly, and to enter her mind after a sharp struggle with the resistance they found in the…"

-Josephine Bell, The Port of London Murders

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25. Two-Way Murder

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.10

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

'This is only a hill mist, not a real fog. You'll find it'll be perfectly clear when we run down in… read more

Similar categories in E.C.R. Lorac's Two-Way Murder book and Julian Symons's The Belting Inheritance

  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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26. Somebody at the Door

By: Raymond W. Postgate

3.35

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

One bleak Friday evening in January, 1942, Councillor Henry Grayling boards an overcrowded train wi… read more

Similar categories in Raymond W. Postgate's Somebody at the Door book and Julian Symons's The Belting Inheritance

  • classics
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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27. Excellent Intentions

By: Richard Hull

3.42

Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition

Great Barwick’s least popular man is murdered on a train. Twelve jurors sit in court. Four suspects… read more

Similar categories in Richard Hull's Excellent Intentions book and Julian Symons's The Belting Inheritance

  • classics
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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28. Weekend at Thrackley

By: Alan Melville

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Jim Henderson is one of six guests summoned by the mysterious Edwin Carson, a collector of precious… read more

Similar categories in Alan Melville's Weekend at Thrackley book and Julian Symons's The Belting Inheritance

  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"No other person in the world laughed quite like Freddie Usher. Mercifully so....There were no half-hearted methods adopted when Freddie Usher became amused. No discreetness. No lack of abandon. No th…"

-Alan Melville, Weekend at Thrackley

"Edwin Carson is the greatest living authority on precious stones in the world. The only reason why he isn't acclaimed as such in public and in the Press is that his methods of collecting his jewels--…"

-Alan Melville, Weekend at Thrackley

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29. 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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30. 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

Similar categories in John Bude's A Telegram from Le Touquet: With an introduction by Martin Edwards book and Julian Symons's The Belting Inheritance

  • mystery
  • fiction
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31. The Belting Inheritance

By: Julian Symons

3.69

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

Lady Wainwright presides over the gothic gloom at Belting, in mourning for her two sons lost in the… read more

Similar categories in Julian Symons's The Belting Inheritance book and Julian Symons's The Belting Inheritance

  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • historical
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

25 best-selling fiction books like The Belting Inheritance by Julian Symons

Transform Your Habits

Fear Stalks the Village

Ethel Lina White

4.12

Transform Your Habits

The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Roger Sheringham Cases, #5)

Anthony Berkeley

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Murder of a Lady (Dr. Hailey, #12)

Anthony Wynne

5.00

Mystery in the Channel

Freeman Wills Crofts

4.12

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Transform Your Habits

Death of Jezebel (Inspector Cockrill #4)

Christianna Brand

3.55

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Green for Danger

Christianna Brand

3.69

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The Sussex Downs Murder (Superintendent Meredith, #2)

Martin Edwards , John Bude

4.72

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Jumping Jenny (Roger Sheringham Cases, #9)

Anthony Berkeley

3.77

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