Untimely Death (Francis Pettigrew, #5)
By: Cyril Hare
3.67
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A delicious mystery of a haunting childhood nightmare and a vanishing murder victim, Untimely Death…
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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
2. The Man in the Brown Suit
By: Agatha Christie
3.95
Format: 381 pages, Paperback
Pretty, young Anne came to London looking for adventure. In fact, adventure comes looking for her—a… read more
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"A man who has shot lions in large quantities has an unfair advantage over other men."-Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit
"You know I want you. You know that I’d give my soul to pick you up in my arms and keep you here, hidden away from the world, forever and ever."-Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit
"I wonder if husbands know as much about their wives as they think they do. If I had a husband, I should hate him to bring home orphans without consulting me first."-Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit
"But his face should really inspire you with confidence, my dear lady. No self-respecting murderer would ever consent to look like one. Crippen now, I believe was one of the pleasantest fellows imagin…"-Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit
3. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
4.05
Format: 243 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Ninety-year-old General Fentiman was definitely dead, but no one knew exactly when he had died—and … read more
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"Exactly. He is the Most Unlikely Person, and that is why Sherlock Holmes would suspect him at once."-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)
"I have a peculiar instinct about pubs. I can find one blindfold in a pea-souper with both hands tied behind me."-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)
"Books... are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development."-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)
"I’m determined never to be a parent. Modern manners and the break-up of the fine old traditions have simply ruined the business. I shall devote my life and fortune to the endowment of research on the…"-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)
4. Green for Danger
By: Christianna Brand
3.69
Format: None pages, Paperback
Set in a military hospital during the blitz, this novel is one of Brand's most intricately plotted … read more
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5. An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (Cordelia Gray, #1)
By: None
3.50
Format: 31 pages, Paperback
Handsome Cambridge dropout Mark Callender died hanging by the neck with a faint trace of lipstick o… read more
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6. Death and the Joyful Woman (Felse, #2)
By: Ellis Peters
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
When the woman he loves is accused of murder, Dominic Felse sets out to find the true culprit Is a … read more
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7. The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)
By: None , P.D. James
3.80
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are called in to investigate a murder at a private nursing ho… read more
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"Benton had a strong interest in helping to ensure that Warren's home life wasn't greatly disturbed: his wife was Cornish, and that morning Warren had arrived with six Cornish pasties of remarkable fl…"-None, The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)
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"The city which lay below was a charnel house built on multi-layered bones centuries older than those which lay beneath the cities of Hamburg or Dresden. Was this knowledge part of the mystery it held…"-None, The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)
8. The Shortest Way to Hades (Hilary Tamar, #2)
By: Sarah Caudwell
3.00
Format: 54 pages, Mass Market Paperback
To avoid taxes, a family agrees to change the trust and support heiress, ravishing raven-haired Cam… read more
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9. Black Plumes
By: Margery Allingham
4.50
Format: 87 pages, Paperback
The slashing of a valuable painting at the renowned Ivory Gallery in London, followed by the murder… read more
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10. The Frangipani Tree Mystery (Crown Colony #1)
By: Ovidia Yu
4.09
Format: 156 pages,
First in a delightfully charming crime series set in 1930s Singapore, introducing amateur sleuth Su… read more
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11. Thus Was Adonis Murdered (Hilary Tamar, #1)
By: Sarah Caudwell
3.88
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
When her personal copy of the current Finance Act is found a few metres away from a body, young bar… read more
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12. The Lady Vanishes
By: Ethel Lina White
3.81
Format: None pages, Paperback
THE WORLD-FAMOUS SUSPENSE NOVEL FROM WHICH ALFRED HITCHCOCK CREATED HIS MOVIE MASTERPIECE, REDISCOV… read more
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13. Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
4.00
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
"Gaudy Nightstands out even among Miss Sayers's novels. And Miss Sayers has long stood in a class b… read more
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14. The Lighthouse (Adam Dalgliesh #13)
By: None
5.00
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
A secure and secluded retreat for the rich and powerful becomes the setting for an unsettling serie… read more
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15. Trent's Last Case (Philip Trent, #1)
By: E.C. Bentley
4.37
Format: 383 pages, Paperback
On Wall Street, the mere mention of the name Sigsbee Manderson is enough to send a stock soaring--o… read more
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16. The Turquoise Shop
By: Frances Crane
4.12
Format: 314 pages, Paperback
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17. The Sirens Sang of Murder (Hilary Tamar, #3)
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5.00
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18. The Laughing Policeman (Martin Beck, #4)
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4.07
Format: 640 pages,
In this classic police procedural, the ever-dyspeptic Martin Beck has nothing to be amused about, e… read more
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19. Death at the Bar (Roderick Alleyn, #9)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.46
Format: None pages, Paperback
A cosy game of darts in a cosy English pub is going well until one of the players dies on the spot.… read more
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20. The Wintringham Mystery
By: Anthony Berkeley
3.66
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
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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
21. Murder In The Basement (Roger Sheringham Cases, #8)
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3.57
Format: 233 pages, Paperback
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22. Murder After Christmas
By: Rupert Latimer
3.46
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
An ingenious lost Christmas mystery returns to print for the first time since 1944 'Did you say … read more
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23. These Names Make Clues
By: E.C.R. Lorac
3.66
Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition
‘Should detectives go to parties? Was it consistent with the dignity of the Yard? The inspector tos… read more
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24. The Division Bell Mystery
By: Ellen Wilkinson
3.50
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
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25. Fear and Miss Betony (Chief Inspector Dan Pardoe, #4)
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3.65
Format: 191 pages, Paperback
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26. 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)
27. 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
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28. Checkmate to Murder (Robert MacDonald #25)
By: E.C.R. Lorac
3.97
Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition
Who fired the fatal shot that snuffed out the life of miserly old Folliner during a London blackout… read more
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"Mind the cat."-E.C.R. Lorac, Checkmate to Murder (Robert MacDonald #25)
29. Murder in the Falling Snow
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3.23
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
It's only the afternoon, but dusk is already falling and a log fire burning in the grate. Outside, … read more
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30. Untimely Death (Francis Pettigrew, #5)
By: Cyril Hare
3.67
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A delicious mystery of a haunting childhood nightmare and a vanishing murder victim, Untimely Death… read more
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