28 Top mystery books like The Ha-Ha Case by J.J. Connington

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The Ha-Ha Case

By: J.J. Connington

3.92

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

• ‘A remarkably high standard of ingenuity and workmanship’ NEW YORK TIMES • ‘First-class’ FRANCIS …

If you liked the mystery plot in The Ha-Ha Case by J.J. Connington , here is a list of 28 books like this:

Cover of Love Lies Bleeding (Gervase Fen, #5) by Edmund Crispin

1. Love Lies Bleeding (Gervase Fen, #5)

By: Edmund Crispin

4.39

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Castrevenford school invites English professor and amateur sleuth Gervase Fen to present the prizes… read more

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2. The Layton Court Mystery (Roger Sheringham Cases, #1)

By: Anthony Berkeley

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

A Roger Sheringham mysteryIn a typical English country house, a murder is committed. The wealthy Vi… read more

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

By: E.C.R. Lorac

3.76

Format: 360 pages,

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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. The Strong Room: A Golden Age Mystery

By: R.A.J. Walling

4.05

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

Golden Age of Crime writer R.A.J. Walling’s first-ever crime novel, republished here for the first … read more

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9. The Tragedy at Freyne

By: Anthony Gilbert

4.11

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

When Sir Simon Chandos is found poisoned in his library, with a confession in front of him and a ph… read more

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10. The Stretton Darknesse Mystery

By: Moray Dalton

4.27

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

‘A capital tale… excellent’ The Times‘Absorbing’ The Daily Express First republication of this ultr… read more

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11. The Black Wings

By: Moray Dalton

4.18

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Very good’ The Times‘Handles with dexterity a very complicated plot’ Evening StandardFirst republi… read more

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12. 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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13. 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

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"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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14. 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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"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

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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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16. 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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17. 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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18. 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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19. Tragedy at the Unicorn

By: John Rhode

4.26

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

‘The best detective story of 1928’ Times Literary Supplement'A case of suicide, accident or murder?… read more

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Cover of Checkmate to Murder (Robert MacDonald #25) by E.C.R. Lorac

20. 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)

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21. Accident by Design

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.24

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

Accident by Design was honestly a really well done classic British mystery. I was surprised, expect… read more

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22. The Mystery of the Ashes

By: Anthony Wynne

3.68

Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition

The Ashes is a grand and sombre country house perched on a headland on the Northumberland coast. It… read more

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23. I Could Murder Her

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.27

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

Muriel Farrington is a domineering woman who, unfortunately for them, has her entire family living … read more

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Cover of Fire in the Thatch (Robert MacDonald #27) by E.C.R. Lorac

24. Fire in the Thatch (Robert MacDonald #27)

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.08

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

The Second World War is drawing to a close. Nicholas Vaughan, released from the army after an accid… read more

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25. The Murder of Eve: A Golden Age Mystery

By: Moray Dalton

4.19

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

"Life hasn't always been easy here, but nobody has tried to murder me before." Roger Fordyce, a lit… read more

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26. The Last Escape

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.04

Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition

In this final detective novel to feature Superintendent Robert MacDonald, we find the police office… read more

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27. One by One They Disappeared

By: Moray Dalton

3.87

Format: 180 pages, Kindle Edition

“I want to catch them. To do that we’ve got to lead them on. Now listen to me.” Elbert J. Pakenh… read more

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28. Murder in Vienna

By: E.C.R. Lorac

3.85

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

Superintendent Macdonald, CID, studied his fellow-passengers on the Vienna plane simply because he … read more

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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. The Ha-Ha Case

By: J.J. Connington

3.92

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

• ‘A remarkably high standard of ingenuity and workmanship’ NEW YORK TIMES • ‘First-class’ FRANCIS … read more

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

31. 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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