23 best-selling mystery books like The Crime at Halfpenny Bridge (Thomas Littlejohn #9) by George Bellairs

Cover of The Crime at Halfpenny Bridge (Thomas Littlejohn #9) by George Bellairs

The Crime at Halfpenny Bridge (Thomas Littlejohn #9)

By: George Bellairs

4.20

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Thomas Littlejohn investigates a murder committed by the glow of a lighthouse The waterfront pub is…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Crime at Halfpenny Bridge (Thomas Littlejohn #9) by George Bellairs , here is a list of 23 books like this:

Cover of Harm's Way (Inspector Sloan #11) by Catherine Aird

1. Harm's Way (Inspector Sloan #11)

By: Catherine Aird

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When a human finger, dropped by a crow, is discovered, Inspector C.D. Sloan is called in to investi… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"Heads are useful ... And should be kept."

-Catherine Aird, Harm's Way (Inspector Sloan #11)

"Neither task appealed to a man of his temperament. One required action and the other thought. Both were anathematical to Constable Mason. His working life had been centered around the skillful ‘refer…"

-Catherine Aird, Harm's Way (Inspector Sloan #11)

Cover of Burglars Can't Be Choosers (Bernie Rhodenbarr, #1) by Lawrence Block

2. Burglars Can't Be Choosers (Bernie Rhodenbarr, #1)

By: Lawrence Block

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Bernie Rhodenbarr is a personable chap, a good neighbor, a passable poker player. His chosen profes… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly by Agatha Christie

3. Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly

By: Agatha Christie

2.60

Format: None pages,

Never before published--the lost classic, unseen for sixty years! A party game goes dead wrong in t… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion Mystery, #1) by Margery Allingham

4. The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion Mystery, #1)

By: Margery Allingham

3.62

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A house party is under way at the remote mansion of Black Dudley, and among the guests are some ver… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"George Abbershaw's prosaic mind quivered on the verge of poetry when he looked at her."

-Margery Allingham, The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion Mystery, #1)

Cover of A Deceptive Clarity (The Chris Norgren Mysteries, #1) by Aaron Elkins

5. A Deceptive Clarity (The Chris Norgren Mysteries, #1)

By: Aaron Elkins

3.72

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

In Berlin to help mount an exhibit of priceless paintings, once thought lost, museum curator and Re… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Case of the Careless Kitten by Erle Stanley Gardner

6. The Case of the Careless Kitten

By: Erle Stanley Gardner

4.48

Format: 356 pages, Mass Market Paperback

DOUBLY DISAPPEARED Ten years ago, town banker Franklin Shore left all his money behind, disappeared… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Serpents in Eden by Martin Edwards

7. Serpents in Eden

By: Martin Edwards

3.50

Format: 93 pages, Paperback

'The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction

8. Information Received (The Bobby Owen Mysteries, #1)

By: E.R. Punshon

4.00

Format: 186 pages,

Description In his London townhouse, city magnate Sir Christopher Clarke is found lying murdered. A… read more

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9. Search the Dark (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #3)

By: Charles Todd

5.00

Format: 229 pages,

The introspective hero of Wings of Fireand A Test of Wills(Edgar Award nominee) returns in Search t… read more

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10. 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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11. The Museum of Literary Souls

By: John Connolly

3.96

Format: None pages,

Mr. Berger has spent thirty-four years keeping his life as empty as possible. His job title as a cl… read more

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12. Parting Breath (Inspector Sloan #7)

By: Catherine Aird

3.49

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Murder in the Quadrangle The college dons at the University of Calleshire fully expected trouble wh… read more

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Cover of The Mystery of the Kneeling Woman by Moray Dalton

13. 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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  • mystery
Cover of Shroud of Darkness by E.C.R. Lorac

14. Shroud of Darkness

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.24

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

One was brutally attacked in the choking black fog in Paddington Station. Attempted murder became b… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of Roger Sheringham and the Vane Mystery by Anthony Berkeley

15. Roger Sheringham and the Vane Mystery

By: Anthony Berkeley

3.90

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Ingenious’ Times Literary SupplementThe second of ten ‘Roger Sheringham’ detective novelsThis 2023… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Smallbone Deceased by Michael    Gilbert

16. 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

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"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 The Mystery of Mistletoe Hall (Lord Edgington Investigates, #4) by Benedict Brown

17. The Mystery of Mistletoe Hall (Lord Edgington Investigates, #4)

By: Benedict Brown

4.09

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

England, 1925. When Lord Edgington receives an invitation to spend the Christmas holiday with an ol… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Crook o' Lune by E.C.R. Lorac

18. 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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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Case in the Clinic by E.C.R. Lorac

19. 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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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Death at Dyke's Corner by E.C.R. Lorac

20. 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
Cover of The Case with Three Threads: An English Country House Murder Mystery by Anthony Lang

21. 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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Cover of Death and the Conjuror (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #1) by Tom   Mead

22. Death and the Conjuror (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #1)

By: Tom Mead

3.55

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A magician-turned-sleuth in pre-war London solves three impossible crimes. In 1930s London, cele… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Blood on the Tracks: Railway Mysteries by Martin Edwards

23. Blood on the Tracks: Railway Mysteries

By: Martin Edwards

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

“Never had I been given a tougher problem to solve, and never had I been so utterly at my wits’ end… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Two-Way Murder by E.C.R. Lorac

24. 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

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of AN ACADEMIC DEATH an utterly gripping Cotswolds murder mystery (Lambert and Hook British Crime Mysteries Book 14) by J. M. Gregson

25. AN ACADEMIC DEATH an utterly gripping Cotswolds murder mystery (Lambert and Hook British Crime Mysteries Book 14)

By: J. M. Gregson

4.12

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

DISCOVER A PAGE-TURNING MURDER MYSTERY SET IN THE IDYLLIC COTSWOLD HILLS.Praise for J. M. ‘Begins w… read more

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Cover of The Dinner Party at Bardolph's: A Golden Age Murder Mystery (Merlin Classic Crime) by R.A. J. Walling

26. 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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  • mystery
Cover of The Crime at Halfpenny Bridge (Thomas Littlejohn #9) by George Bellairs

27. The Crime at Halfpenny Bridge (Thomas Littlejohn #9)

By: George Bellairs

4.20

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Thomas Littlejohn investigates a murder committed by the glow of a lighthouse The waterfront pub is… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Vanishing Point (The Miss Silver Mysteries Book 24) by Patricia Wentworth

28. Vanishing Point (The Miss Silver Mysteries Book 24)

By: Patricia Wentworth

4.02

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

Nothing much ever seemed to happen in the sleepy village of Hazel Green apart from the occasional t… read more

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

29. 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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  • mystery
Cover of The Players' Boy (Gavin Rownt Medieval Mystery #9) by Joyce Lionarons

30. The Players' Boy (Gavin Rownt Medieval Mystery #9)

By: Joyce Lionarons

4.53

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1252: Gavin Rownt finds himself caught in the middle of a rift between two old friends when… read more

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Cover of Rope’s End, Rogue’s End by E.C.R. Lorac

31. 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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  • mystery

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Lawrence Block

3.93

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Agatha Christie

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Sophie Hannah

3.75

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Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

Anthony Horowitz

4.18

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Robert Thorogood

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