20 best-selling mystery books like Villainy at Vespers by Joan Cockin

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Villainy at Vespers

By: Joan Cockin

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The lost art of brass rubbing, crooked antiques dealers, and smuggling all figure in this tale of a…

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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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  • fiction

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. Dead Men Don't Ski

By: Patricia Moyes

3.89

Format: 32 pages,

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4. Curious Affair of the Third Dog

By: Patricia Moyes

3.50

Format: 200 pages,

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals calls Chief Superintendent Henry Tibbett… read more

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5. The House at Satan's Elbow (Dr. Gideon Fell, #21)

By: John Dickson Carr

4.46

Format: 170 pages,

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6. Fire, Burn!

By: John Dickson Carr

3.77

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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7. 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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8. Murder in Blue

By: Clifford Witting

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

No ISBN The author's first novel. The story concerns John Rutherford, proprietor of an Englis… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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9. 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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  • fiction
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10. Midsummer Murder

By: Clifford Witting

3.86

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

Witting's second Inspector Charlton mystery, first published in 1937, is set in Paulsfield (clearly… read more

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11. The Case of the Michaelmas Goose

By: Clifford Witting

4.25

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

Detective-Sergeant Martin christened him 'Whiskers', but nobody could be certain who he really was.… read more

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12. The Missing Link: A Golden Age Murder Mystery

By: George Varney

3.90

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Detective mystery in a sinister old mansion’ Daily Sketch‘Effortless telling of a good story’ The … read more

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13. 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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  • fiction
"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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14. Death of Mr. Dodsley (Francis McNab, #5)

By: John Ferguson

3.45

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

A bookshop is a first-rate place for unobtrusive observation,’ he continued. ‘One can remain in it … read more

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  • fiction
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15. 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

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  • fiction
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16. 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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  • fiction
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17. 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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  • mystery
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18. 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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19. A Novel Way to Kill: A 1920s Mystery Novella (Lord Edgington Investigates...)

By: Benedict Brown

4.36

Format: 93 pages, Kindle Edition

A grand house in the country, three rival sisters, and a dead man in the garden… It sounds like a c… read more

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  • fiction
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20. The Empire Club Murders: A page-turning historical detective novel set in 1930s London (Detective Inspector Matthew Stannard Book 1)

By: C. K. Harewood

4.42

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

March 1930. The tranquillity of suburban Craynebrook is disturbed when a lifeless and nameless body… read more

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21. Big Ben Strikes Eleven

By: David Magarshack

3.34

Format: 333 pages, Paperback

The discovery of Sir Robert Boniface's body on the floor of his limousine was made quite accidental… read more

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  • fiction
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22. The Dinner Party at Bardolph's: A Golden Age Murder Mystery (Merlin Classic Crime)

By: R.A. J. Walling

4.25

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

Edward Bardolph is an incredibly successful financier - he is also despised by many - with good rea… read more

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23. 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

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  • fiction
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24. Let X Be The Murderer

By: Clifford Witting

4.06

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

Let X be the Murderer was published in 1947. It is a bleak November morning when Sergeant Martin, I… read more

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Cover of Death’s Bright Dart (Dr. R.V. Davie #1) by V.C. Clinton-Baddeley

25. Death’s Bright Dart (Dr. R.V. Davie #1)

By: V.C. Clinton-Baddeley

3.62

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

The quiet room seemed to explode. People started out of their seats. Exclamations, reserved and sma… read more

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  • fiction
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26. To Study a Long Silence (Dr. R.V. Davie #5)

By: V.C. Clinton-Baddeley

4.24

Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr Davie is invited to the Winston School of Dramatic Art to watch a performance of commedia dell’a… read more

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Cover of Frozen Death: An Inspector Treadgold Mystery (Merlin Classic Crime) by Anthony Weymouth

27. Frozen Death: An Inspector Treadgold Mystery (Merlin Classic Crime)

By: Anthony Weymouth

3.72

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Ingenious’ MORNING POST‘An extremely skilful mystery’ THE DAILY EXPRESS‘An exceptionally good dete… read more

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28. Murder in a Heatwave: Classic Crime Mysteries for the Holidays (Vintage Murders)

By: Various

3.23

Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition

As the days get longer, escape your troubles and take a trip to the desperately hot towns where nig… read more

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  • fiction
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29. The Crime

By: Anthony Lang

4.14

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

‘A brilliantly-written detective story’ The Daily Mail‘A detective story of the first order’ Cassel… read more

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30. Villainy at Vespers

By: Joan Cockin

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The lost art of brass rubbing, crooked antiques dealers, and smuggling all figure in this tale of a… read more

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  • fiction
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31. Shot on the Downs

By: Victor L. Whitechurch

4.02

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

‘All Whitechurch’s stories have distinct merit’ Barzun & Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime‘Whitechurch’s… read more

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13 Top fiction books like Villainy at Vespers by Joan Cockin

Transform Your Habits

Fear Stalks the Village

Ethel Lina White

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Murder in Blue

Clifford Witting

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Impact of Evidence

Carol Carnac

4.11

Transform Your Habits

The Wintringham Mystery

Anthony Berkeley

3.66

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14 must-read mystery books like The Missing Link: A Golden Age Murder Mystery by George Varney

Transform Your Habits

Suddenly at His Residence (Inspector Cockrill, #3)

Christianna Brand

3.56

Transform Your Habits

The Strong Room: A Golden Age Mystery

R.A.J. Walling

4.05

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The Tragedy at Freyne

Anthony Gilbert

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Roger Sheringham and the Vane Mystery

Anthony Berkeley

3.90

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