7 best-selling mystery thriller books like No Laughing Matter (Inspector Thanet #12) by Dorothy Simpson

Cover of No Laughing Matter (Inspector Thanet #12) by Dorothy Simpson

No Laughing Matter (Inspector Thanet #12)

By: Dorothy Simpson

4.07

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

A country vineyard is tainted by murder in this “absorbing” English police procedural starring Dete…

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Cover of The Piper (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #0.3) by Charles Todd

1. The Piper (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #0.3)

By: Charles Todd

3.92

Format: 58 pages, Kindle Edition

Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge returns shell shocked from the trenches of World War I, tormen… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Killings at Badger's Drift (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #1) by Caroline Graham

2. The Killings at Badger's Drift (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #1)

By: Caroline Graham

3.97

Format: 261 pages, Paperback

Badger's Drift is an ideal English village, complete with vicar, bumbling local doctor, and kindly … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8) by Ngaio Marsh

3. Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.96

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

It was planned as an act of a new piano for the parish hall, an amusing play to finance the gift. … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"It's like one of those affairs in books," said Bailey disgustedly."Someone trying to think up a new way to do a murder. Silly, I call it." "What do you say, Roper?" said Alleyn. "To my way of thinkin…"

-Ngaio Marsh, Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8)

Cover of The Layton Court Mystery (Roger Sheringham Cases, #1) by Anthony Berkeley

4. 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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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

5. 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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6. The Fox in the Forest (Lambert and Hook #5)

By: J.M. Gregson

4.32

Format: 224 pages,

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7. Nil (Nil, #1)

By: Lynne Matson

4.32

Format: 224 pages, ebook

On the mysterious island of Nil, the rules are set. You have one year. Exactly 365 days--to escape,… read more

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8. The Dead Shall be Raised and Murder of a Quack

By: George Bellairs

3.87

Format: 288 pages,

Two classic cases featuring Detective-Inspector Littlejohn. In the winter of 1940, the Home Guard u… read more

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9. What Darkness Brings (Sebastian St. Cyr, #8)

By: C.S. Harris

3.43

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

London, September 1812. After a long night spent dealing with the tragic death of a former military… read more

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10. 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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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"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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11. Murder on the Train (DI Hillary Greene #21)

By: Faith Martin

4.35

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

Six passengers in a locked train carriage. One of them is dead. No one saw a thing.Former Detective… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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12. 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
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of Murder by Lamplight (Dr. Julia Lewis, #1) by Patrice McDonough

13. Murder by Lamplight (Dr. Julia Lewis, #1)

By: Patrice McDonough

4.08

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the twilight streets of Victorian London, a gruesome series of murders unfolds, and Dr. Julia Le… read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Three Debts Paid (Daniel Pitt, #5) by Anne Perry

14. Three Debts Paid (Daniel Pitt, #5)

By: Anne Perry

4.07

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

A serial killer is on the loose, and may have a hidden connection to young barrister Daniel Pitt's … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of Impact of Evidence by E. C. R. Lorac

15. Impact of Evidence

By: E. C. R. Lorac

4.32

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

AMONG THE hills of the Welsh borders a little group of farmsteads is isolated by snow and ice, then… read more

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Cover of Outrage on Gallows Hill (Thomas Littlejohn #13) by George Bellairs

16. Outrage on Gallows Hill (Thomas Littlejohn #13)

By: George Bellairs

4.13

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

In Melchester, Thomas Littlejohn hunts the killer of a strangled poet The war is over and blackouts… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of No Laughing Matter (Inspector Thanet #12) by Dorothy Simpson

17. No Laughing Matter (Inspector Thanet #12)

By: Dorothy Simpson

4.07

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

A country vineyard is tainted by murder in this “absorbing” English police procedural starring Dete… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Death Stops the Frolic by George Bellairs

18. Death Stops the Frolic

By: George Bellairs

3.82

Format: 164 pages, Kindle Edition

On a joyous afternoon filled with tea and cake, something strange happens at Zion Chapel’s Annivers… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of A Baker Street Wedding (Baker Street Letters, #6) by Michael Robertson

19. A Baker Street Wedding (Baker Street Letters, #6)

By: Michael Robertson

3.61

Format: 320 pages, ebook

Even the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, would rave about the Baker Street myst… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Late Lord Thorpe (D.C. Smith #11) by Peter Grainger

20. The Late Lord Thorpe (D.C. Smith #11)

By: Peter Grainger

4.70

Format: 455 pages, Kindle Edition

This is DC Smith’s third investigation with the Diver and Diver Associates agency. They have been a… read more

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  • mystery
  • british literature
Cover of Death on the Agenda: Inspector Tibbett #3 (Henry Tibbett) by Patricia Moyes

21. Death on the Agenda: Inspector Tibbett #3 (Henry Tibbett)

By: Patricia Moyes

3.72

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

Amazingly enough, Henry Tibbett is at work! Crime tends to catch him when he’s on vacation, but thi… read more

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  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature

13 must-read fiction books like No Laughing Matter (Inspector Thanet #12) by Dorothy Simpson

Transform Your Habits

The Piper (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #0.3)

Charles Todd

3.92

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The Killings at Badger's Drift (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #1)

Caroline Graham

3.97

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Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8)

Ngaio Marsh

3.96

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

Anthony Berkeley

4.60

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16 Best fiction books like Death Stops the Frolic by George Bellairs

Transform Your Habits

A Day for Dying (Inspector Thanet, #13)

Dorothy Simpson

4.06

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Death in Ecstasy (Roderick Alleyn, #4)

Ngaio Marsh

3.77

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The Bad Quarto (Imogen Quy, #4)

Jill Paton Walsh

4.67

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Old Bones (Gideon Oliver, #4)

Aaron Elkins

4.01

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