23 must-read mystery books like The Billiard Room Mystery by Brian Flynn

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The Billiard Room Mystery

By: Brian Flynn

3.81

Format: 179 pages, Kindle Edition

Set between the Wars at an English country house, of course a dead body turns up in the billiard ro…

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Cover of Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23; Witches, #6) by Terry Pratchett

1. Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23; Witches, #6)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.18

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Mightily Oats has not picked a good time to be a priest. He thought he'd come to the mountain kingd… read more

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  • fiction
"Do you understand what’s going on here?"

-Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23; Witches, #6)

"Bein’ human means judgin’ all the time,"

-Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23; Witches, #6)

"Everywhere I look, I see something holy."

-Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23; Witches, #6)

"Hah! The leopard does not change his shorts, my girl!"

-Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23; Witches, #6)

Cover of The Religious Body (Inspector Sloan #1) by Catherine Aird

2. The Religious Body (Inspector Sloan #1)

By: Catherine Aird

3.81

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

Inspector C.D. Sloan of the Calleshire C.I.D. makes his first appearance here as he looks into the … read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
"Sloane wasn't interested. As a police officer he was concerned with crime, not punishment."

-Catherine Aird, The Religious Body (Inspector Sloan #1)

Cover of Dead Man's Folly (Hercule Poirot, #35) by Agatha Christie, David Suchet

3. Dead Man's Folly (Hercule Poirot, #35)

By: Agatha Christie , David Suchet

3.82

Format: 6 pages, Audio CD

Whilst organising a mock murder hunt for the village fete hosted by Sir George and Lady Stubbs, a f… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
"I have always noticed that these artists and writers are very unbalanced"

-Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly (Hercule Poirot, #35)

"I mean, what can you say about how you write your books? What I mean is, first you've got to think of something, and then when you've thought of it you've got to force yourself to sit down and write …"

-Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly (Hercule Poirot, #35)

Cover of The Case of the Demented Spiv (Chief Inspector Littlejohn #14) by George Bellairs

4. The Case of the Demented Spiv (Chief Inspector Littlejohn #14)

By: George Bellairs

3.99

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

‘I’m a spiv… But whatever I’ve done, I never killed anybody. I didn’t do it… I swear I didn’t’It’s … read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
Cover of Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn, #2) by Ngaio Marsh

5. Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn, #2)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.82

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

A classic Ngaio Marsh novel reissued - the second Roderick Alleyn Mystery. The crime scene was the … read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3) by Ngaio Marsh

6. The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.71

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Ngaio Marsh's bestselling and ingenious third novel remains one of the most popular pieces of crime… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • golden age mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"Do you read crime fiction?"

-Ngaio Marsh, The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3)

"They do a certain amount of mischief, they're an almighty nuisance, but as murderers I've no real faith in the British anarchist."

-Ngaio Marsh, The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3)

"Nash, who carried in his head a sort of social ladder, had quietly decided that police officers of all ranks were to be graded with piano tuners."

-Ngaio Marsh, The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3)

"... In our midst—in our very midst, Matron—are secret agents, secret societies, powers of evil known to the Yard but unsuspected by the general public. Mercifully so." He stopped short, folded his ar…"

-Ngaio Marsh, The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3)

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7. Tour de Force

By: Christianna Brand

3.69

Format: None pages, Paperback

The vacationing Inspector Cockrill is on the job again when a fellow tourist is stabbed to death on… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • golden age mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Vintage Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #5) by Ngaio Marsh

8. Vintage Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #5)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.83

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Death served well-chilled The leading lady of a theater company touring New Zealand was stunning… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • golden age mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"What do you think, Mr Alleyn? If there's another war will the young chaps come at it, same as we did, thinking it's great? And get the same jolt? What do you reckon?" "I'm afraid to speculate," said …"

-Ngaio Marsh, Vintage Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #5)

"My poor fat Alfie! He was not a romantic husband, but he was so kind and understanding. He never minded whether I was amusing or dull. He thought it impossible that I could be dull. I didn't have to …"

-Ngaio Marsh, Vintage Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #5)

Cover of A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn, #1) by Ngaio Marsh

9. A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn, #1)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.80

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

At Sir Hubert Handesley's country house party, five guests have gathered for the uproarious parlor … read more

Similar categories in Ngaio Marsh's A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn, #1) book and Brian Flynn's The Billiard Room Mystery

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of From Doon With Death (Inspector Wexford, #1) by Ruth Rendell

10. From Doon With Death (Inspector Wexford, #1)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.68

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Dazzling psychological suspense. Razor-sharp dialogue. Plots that catch and hold like a noose. Thes… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Rendell's From Doon With Death (Inspector Wexford, #1) book and Brian Flynn's The Billiard Room Mystery

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Sussex Downs Murder (Superintendent Meredith, #2) by Martin Edwards, John Bude

11. 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 Brian Flynn's The Billiard Room Mystery

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction

12. The Problem of the Green Capsule (Dr. Gideon Fell, #10)

By: John Dickson Carr

4.75

Format: None pages,

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13. Rivers of London: Body Work

By: Ben Aaronovitch , Andrew Cartmel , Lee Sullivan , Luis Guerrero

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

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14. The Deep Blue Good-By (Travis McGee, #1)

By: John D. MacDonald , Carl Hiaasen

3.98

Format: 240 pages,

TRAVIS McGEE He's a self-described beach bum who won his houseboat in a card game. He's also a knig… read more

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15. Mystery Mile (Albert Campion Mystery #2)

By: Margery Allingham

3.86

Format: 536 pages, Hardcover

Judge Crowdy Lobbett has found evidence pointing to the identity of the criminal mastermind behind … read more

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16. The Last Continent (Discworld, #22; Rincewind #6)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

'Anything you do in the past changes the future. The tiniest little actions have huge consequences.… read more

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17. Seven Dead

By: J. Jefferson Farjeon

2.56

Format: 201 pages,

Ted Lyte, amateur thief, has chosen an isolated house by the coast for his first robbery. But Haven… read more

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18. 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 Brian Flynn's The Billiard Room Mystery

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Till Death Do Us Part (Dr. Gideon Fell, #15) by John Dickson Carr

19. 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 Brian Flynn's The Billiard Room Mystery

  • golden age mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Mystery of the Kneeling Woman by Moray Dalton

20. 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

Similar categories in Moray Dalton's The Mystery of the Kneeling Woman book and Brian Flynn's The Billiard Room Mystery

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • golden age mystery
Cover of The Fatal Glove: A Noel Pinson Mystery (Merlin Classic Crime) by R.A.J. Walling

21. The Fatal Glove: A Noel Pinson Mystery (Merlin Classic Crime)

By: R.A.J. Walling

4.19

Format: 211 pages, Kindle Edition

First serialised in newspapers in 1917.Never published in book form beforeA classic mystery by R.A.… read more

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Cover of Post After Post-Mortem by E.C.R. Lorac

22. 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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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • golden age mystery
Cover of These Names Make Clues by E.C.R. Lorac

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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  • golden age mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of An Assassination on the Agenda (Lady Hardcastle Mystery, #11) by T.E. Kinsey

24. An Assassination on the Agenda (Lady Hardcastle Mystery, #11)

By: T.E. Kinsey

4.53

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

They’re hoping this visit is a return journey—but it might be a one-way ticket to murder. July 1… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
"Chap's been shot in the Tramway Centre." "Nasty place to be shot," I said. "I wouldn't want to be shot in the Tramway Centre."

-T.E. Kinsey, An Assassination on the Agenda (Lady Hardcastle Mystery, #11)

"Hello Sim, dear," said Lady Hardcastle. "We've come to see your body." Dr. Gosling laughed. "I say, that's rather forward of you, Em. I had no idea you felt that way."

-T.E. Kinsey, An Assassination on the Agenda (Lady Hardcastle Mystery, #11)

Cover of Death at Dyke's Corner by E.C.R. Lorac

25. 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

Similar categories in E.C.R. Lorac's Death at Dyke's Corner book and Brian Flynn's The Billiard Room Mystery

  • mystery
Cover of The Twelve Saints of Christmas (Heathcliff Lennox #12) by Karen Baugh Menuhin

26. The Twelve Saints of Christmas (Heathcliff Lennox #12)

By: Karen Baugh Menuhin

4.53

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

Murder, mystery and a dog of distinction. Heathcliff Lennox investigates.Book 12 in the Heathcliff … read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • crime
Cover of Somewhere in the House (Henry Gamadge #10) by Elizabeth Daly

27. Somewhere in the House (Henry Gamadge #10)

By: Elizabeth Daly

3.99

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

The Clayborn clan has been waiting 25 years to divvy up Grandmama's fortune, locked up by her will,… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Wrong Way Down (Henry Gamadge #11) by Elizabeth Daly

28. The Wrong Way Down (Henry Gamadge #11)

By: Elizabeth Daly

3.95

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

An amateur sleuth with an eye for fakes is on the lookout for a murderer in this mystery by Agatha … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Billiard Room Mystery by Brian Flynn

29. The Billiard Room Mystery

By: Brian Flynn

3.81

Format: 179 pages, Kindle Edition

Set between the Wars at an English country house, of course a dead body turns up in the billiard ro… read more

Similar categories in Brian Flynn's The Billiard Room Mystery book and Brian Flynn's The Billiard Room Mystery

  • mystery thriller
  • golden age mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Ashram Assassin (Paperback Sleuth #2) by Andrew Cartmel

30. Ashram Assassin (Paperback Sleuth #2)

By: Andrew Cartmel

4.08

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Humorous cosy-crime caper in which a feisty, amoral book dealer uses her unique skills to catch a m… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of War in Heaven by Charles  Williams

31. War in Heaven

By: Charles Williams

3.83

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found: here A battle over the most sacred object in Chri… read more

Similar categories in Charles Williams's War in Heaven book and Brian Flynn's The Billiard Room Mystery

  • mystery
  • fiction
"The telephone bell was ringing wildly, but without result, since there was no-one in the room but the corpse."

-Charles Williams, War in Heaven

"[...] the war between good and evil existed no longer, for the thing beneath the Graal was not fighting but vomiting."

-Charles Williams, War in Heaven

"An hour's conversation on literature between two ardent minds with a common devotion to a neglected poet is a miraculous road to intimacy."

-Charles Williams, War in Heaven

"There is no possible idea," Kenneth thought as he came onto the terrace, "to which the mind of man can't supply some damned alternative or other. Yet one must act."

-Charles Williams, War in Heaven

20 best-selling fiction books like The Billiard Room Mystery by Brian Flynn

Transform Your Habits

Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23; Witches, #6)

Terry Pratchett

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Religious Body (Inspector Sloan #1)

Catherine Aird

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Dead Man's Folly (Hercule Poirot, #35)

Agatha Christie , David Suchet

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn, #2)

Ngaio Marsh

3.82

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17 best-selling fiction books like Post After Post-Mortem by E.C.R. Lorac

Transform Your Habits

Death of Jezebel (Inspector Cockrill #4)

Christianna Brand

3.55

Transform Your Habits

Green for Danger

Christianna Brand

3.69

Transform Your Habits

The Sussex Downs Murder (Superintendent Meredith, #2)

Martin Edwards , John Bude

4.72

Transform Your Habits

Jumping Jenny (Roger Sheringham Cases, #9)

Anthony Berkeley

3.77

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