22 Top crime books like Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection by Agatha Christie

Cover of Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection by Agatha Christie

Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

By: Agatha Christie

3.72

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

Bodies from the Library Bodies from the Library 3 Bodies from the Library 4 _______________…

If you liked the crime plot in Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection by Agatha Christie , here is a list of 22 books like this:

Cover of Death of Jezebel (Inspector Cockrill #4) by Christianna Brand

1. Death of Jezebel (Inspector Cockrill #4)

By: Christianna Brand

3.55

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

At a medieval pageant, Inspector Cockrill investigates a dramatic death Ever since she drove her… read more

Similar categories in Christianna Brand's Death of Jezebel (Inspector Cockrill #4) book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"But now the streets were not like the streets she knew. They were so silent: and so empty. On the doorsteps, little groups of milk bottles huddled with their dirty white collars, waiting for the roun…"

-Christianna Brand, Death of Jezebel (Inspector Cockrill #4)

Cover of Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2) by Dorothy L. Sayers

2. Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Rustic old Riddlesdale Lodge was a Wimsey family retreat filled with country pleasures and the thri… read more

Similar categories in Dorothy L. Sayers's Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2) book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

  • detective
  • classics
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Fou!"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

"Boil my brains!"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

"I am abso-bally-lutely positive"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

"The departure of the church-going element had induced a more humanitarian atmosphere."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

Cover of Green for Danger by Christianna Brand

3. 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

Similar categories in Christianna Brand's Green for Danger book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Roger Sheringham Cases, #5) by Anthony Berkeley

4. The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Roger Sheringham Cases, #5)

By: Anthony Berkeley

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Reissue of one of the great puzzle mystery classics of England's Golden Age of crime fiction; plot … read more

Similar categories in Anthony Berkeley's The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Roger Sheringham Cases, #5) book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

  • detective
  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Dutch Shoe Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #3) by Ellery Queen

5. The Dutch Shoe Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #3)

By: Ellery Queen

4.48

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Das Geheimnis der weissen Schuhe Wenn das keine Tragik ist: Gerade als Abigail Doorn in den Operati… read more

Similar categories in Ellery Queen's The Dutch Shoe Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #3) book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

  • detective
  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne

6. The Red House Mystery

By: A.A. Milne

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

The creator of such beloved storybook characters for children as Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, and Eeyor… read more

Similar categories in A.A. Milne's The Red House Mystery book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

  • classics
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Henry VIII by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine

7. Henry VIII

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine

3.50

Format: None pages,

Henry VIII is a history play generally believed to be a collaboration between William Shakespeare a… read more

Similar categories in William Shakespeare's Henry VIII book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Whose Body?  (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1) by Dorothy L. Sayers

8. Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

3.84

Format: 212 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The stark naked body was lying in the tub. Not unusual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for … read more

Similar categories in Dorothy L. Sayers's Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1) book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

  • detective
  • classics
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"But if you were investigating a crime,"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

"Well, it’s no good jumping at conclusions."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

"Oh damn!' said Lord Peter Wimsey at Piccadilly Circus."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

"I trust you told her I had succumbed to lethargic encephalitis suddenly, no flowers by request."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

Cover of Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3) by Dorothy L. Sayers

9. Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.07

Format: 264 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The wealthy Agatha Dawson is dead--a trifle sooner than expected--but there are no apparent signs o… read more

Similar categories in Dorothy L. Sayers's Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3) book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

  • detective
  • classics
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"It doesn't do for people, especially doctors, to go about 'thinking' things. They may get into frightful trouble."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

"…After all, it isn't really difficult to write books. Especially if you either write a rotten story in good English or a good story in rotten English, which is as far as most people seem to get nowad…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

"I sleuth, you know. For a hobby. Harmless outlet for natural inquisitiveness, don't you see, which might otherwise strike inward and produce introspection an' suicide. Very natural, healthy pursuit -…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

"Miss Climpson," said Lord Peter, "is a manifestation of the wasteful way in which this country is run. Look at electricity, Look at water-power. Look at the tides. Look at the sun. Millions of power …"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

Cover of Murder of a Lady (Dr. Hailey, #12) by Anthony Wynne

10. Murder of a Lady (Dr. Hailey, #12)

By: Anthony Wynne

5.00

Format: 176 pages,

Duchlan Castle is a gloomy, forbidding place in the Scottish Highlands. Late one night the body of … read more

Similar categories in Anthony Wynne's Murder of a Lady (Dr. Hailey, #12) book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

11. Strong Poison (Lord Peter Wimsey, #6)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

3.40

Format: 96 pages,

Mystery novelist Harriet Vane knew all about poisons, and when her fiance died in the manner prescr… read more

Similar categories in Dorothy L. Sayers's Strong Poison (Lord Peter Wimsey, #6) book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

Cover of The Man in the Queue (Inspector Alan Grant, #1) by Josephine Tey

12. The Man in the Queue (Inspector Alan Grant, #1)

By: Josephine Tey

3.77

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

Inspector Alan Grant searches for the identity of a man killed in the line at a theater and for the… read more

Similar categories in Josephine Tey's The Man in the Queue (Inspector Alan Grant, #1) book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

  • detective
  • classics
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

13. The Mad Hatter Mystery (Dr. Gideon Fell, #2)

By: John Dickson Carr

4.14

Format: 200 pages,

The newspapers dubbed the thief the 'Mad Hatter,' and his outrageous pranks amused all London. but … read more

Similar categories in John Dickson Carr's The Mad Hatter Mystery (Dr. Gideon Fell, #2) book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

14. And Four to Go (Nero Wolfe, #30)

By: Rex Stout , Jane Haddam

3.96

Format: None pages,

Nero Wolfe, the 286 pound beer consuming marvel, who wears yellow silk pajamas, loves orchids and r… read more

Similar categories in Rex Stout's And Four to Go (Nero Wolfe, #30) book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

15. To Love and Be Wise (Inspector Alan Grant, #4)

By: Josephine Tey , Robert Barnard

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

When a strikingly handsome young photographer mysteriously disappears, it's up to Inspector Alan Gr… read more

Similar categories in Josephine Tey's To Love and Be Wise (Inspector Alan Grant, #4) book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

Cover of Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5) by Sophie Hannah

16. Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5)

By: Sophie Hannah

3.75

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirot – legendary star of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the … read more

Similar categories in Sophie Hannah's Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5) book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Impact of Evidence by Carol Carnac

17. 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

Similar categories in Carol Carnac's Impact of Evidence book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Wintringham Mystery by Anthony Berkeley

18. 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

Similar categories in Anthony Berkeley's The Wintringham Mystery book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

  • classics
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of Crossed Skis (Julian Rivers #8) by Carol Carnac

19. Crossed Skis (Julian Rivers #8)

By: Carol Carnac

3.88

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

An atmospheric holiday novel from one of the most consistently popular authors in the series, Carol… read more

Similar categories in Carol Carnac's Crossed Skis (Julian Rivers #8) book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Post After Post-Mortem by E.C.R. Lorac

20. 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

Similar categories in E.C.R. Lorac's Post After Post-Mortem book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

  • detective
  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8) by Dorothy L. Sayers

21. Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.11

Format: 499 pages, Kindle Edition

The second Dorothy L. Sayers classic to feature mystery writer Harriet Vane, Have His Carcase. Harr… read more

Similar categories in Dorothy L. Sayers's Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8) book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

  • detective
  • classics
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
"I always have a quotation for everything--it saves original thinking."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)

"Novelists and police-inspectors do not always see eye to eye as regards publicity."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)

"A solitary rock is always attractive. All right-minded people feel an overwhelming desire to scale and sit upon it."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)

"In the mood of relaxation and confidence that follows on being parboiled, it was easy enough to pump Mrs Weldon. A little diplomacy was needed, so as not to betray the ulterior object of the inquiry,…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)

Cover of These Names Make Clues by E.C.R. Lorac

22. 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

Similar categories in E.C.R. Lorac's These Names Make Clues book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder by the Book: Mysteries for Bibliophiles by Martin Edwards

23. Murder by the Book: Mysteries for Bibliophiles

By: Martin Edwards

3.91

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

‘If much of the action is set in a bookshop or a library, it is a bibliomystery, just as it is if a… read more

Similar categories in Martin Edwards's Murder by the Book: Mysteries for Bibliophiles book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Twice Round the Clock by Billie  Houston

24. Twice Round the Clock

By: Billie Houston

3.79

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

“It is past the half-hour. My time is coming nearer with every tick of the clock.” Horace Mannin… read more

Similar categories in Billie Houston's Twice Round the Clock book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

  • classics
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Ghosts From the Library: Lost Tales of Terror and the Supernatural by Tony Medawar

25. Ghosts From the Library: Lost Tales of Terror and the Supernatural

By: Tony Medawar

3.39

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A brand new anthology of previously unpublished and uncollected supernatural mysteries by some of t… read more

Similar categories in Tony Medawar's Ghosts From the Library: Lost Tales of Terror and the Supernatural book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

  • classics
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder in Venice (Posie Parker Mystery #6) by L.B. Hathaway

26. Murder in Venice (Posie Parker Mystery #6)

By: L.B. Hathaway

4.18

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

Who do you trust when simply everyone is wearing a mask? A Winter Wedding, Venice, 1923 Posie… read more

Similar categories in L.B. Hathaway's Murder in Venice (Posie Parker Mystery #6) book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Bryant & May: Peculiar London (Peculiar Crimes Unit) by Christopher Fowler

27. Bryant & May: Peculiar London (Peculiar Crimes Unit)

By: Christopher Fowler

3.99

Format: 496 pages, ebook

Thinking of a jaunt to England? Let Arthur Bryant and John May, London's oldest police detectives, … read more

Similar categories in Christopher Fowler's Bryant & May: Peculiar London (Peculiar Crimes Unit) book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

  • mystery
Cover of Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection by Agatha Christie

28. Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

By: Agatha Christie

3.72

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

Bodies from the Library Bodies from the Library 3 Bodies from the Library 4 _______________… read more

Similar categories in Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

  • detective
  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2) by Ben Aaronovitch

29. The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

New York City, New York. Meet Augustus Berrycloth-Young - fop, flaneur, and Englishman abroad - … read more

Similar categories in Ben Aaronovitch's The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2) book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Friends and Spectres by Robert Lloyd Parry

30. Friends and Spectres

By: Robert Lloyd Parry

4.43

Format: 255 pages, Hardcover

“If there is anything about which the present generation is bewilderingly well-informed it is the s… read more

Similar categories in Robert Lloyd Parry's Friends and Spectres book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

Cover of Eerie East Anglia: Fearful Tales of Field and Fen by Edward Parnell

31. Eerie East Anglia: Fearful Tales of Field and Fen

By: Edward Parnell

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A seaside honeymoon holiday is plagued by the mystery of bells which never stop ringing – and that … read more

Similar categories in Edward Parnell's Eerie East Anglia: Fearful Tales of Field and Fen book and Agatha Christie's Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection

24 Best fiction books like Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection by Agatha Christie

Transform Your Habits

Death of Jezebel (Inspector Cockrill #4)

Christianna Brand

3.55

Transform Your Habits

Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

Dorothy L. Sayers

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Green for Danger

Christianna Brand

3.69

Transform Your Habits

The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Roger Sheringham Cases, #5)

Anthony Berkeley

4.00

View all the books

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

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.