14 must-read crime books like The Longer Bodies: A Mrs. Bradley Mystery (Mrs. Bradley, #3) by Gladys Mitchell

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The Longer Bodies: A Mrs. Bradley Mystery (Mrs. Bradley, #3)

By: Gladys Mitchell

3.59

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

At ninety, the screeching, still lively Great Aunt Puddequet devises a novel means to determine whi…

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Cover of The Fashion in Shrouds (Albert Campion Mystery, #10) by Margery Allingham

1. The Fashion in Shrouds (Albert Campion Mystery, #10)

By: Margery Allingham

3.93

Format: 579 pages, Hardcover

Detective Albert Campion has a talented dress designer sister with celebrated clients. Georgia Well… read more

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  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"There are some people to whom muddled thinking and self-deception are the two most unforgivable crimes in the world."

-Margery Allingham, The Fashion in Shrouds (Albert Campion Mystery, #10)

"Why it is that a garment which is honestly attractive in, say, 1910 should be honestly ridiculous a few years later and honestly charming again a few years later still is one of those things which ar…"

-Margery Allingham, The Fashion in Shrouds (Albert Campion Mystery, #10)

Cover of Pearls Before Swine (Albert Campion Mystery, #12) by Margery Allingham

2. Pearls Before Swine (Albert Campion Mystery, #12)

By: Margery Allingham

3.99

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Albert Campion returns from three years’ work for the War Office in Europe to find that Lugg, his m… read more

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  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5) by Dorothy L. Sayers

3. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.05

Format: 243 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Ninety-year-old General Fentiman was definitely dead, but no one knew exactly when he had died—and … read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"Exactly. He is the Most Unlikely Person, and that is why Sherlock Holmes would suspect him at once."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)

"I have a peculiar instinct about pubs. I can find one blindfold in a pea-souper with both hands tied behind me."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)

"Books... are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)

"I’m determined never to be a parent. Modern manners and the break-up of the fine old traditions have simply ruined the business. I shall devote my life and fortune to the endowment of research on the…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)

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4. 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

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"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 The China Governess (Albert Campion Mystery #17) by Margery Allingham

5. The China Governess (Albert Campion Mystery #17)

By: Margery Allingham

4.03

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

Timothy Kinnit, rich, handsome, well-bred, learns on the eve of his elopement, that he was adopted.… read more

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

6. 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
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
"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)

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7. 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

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"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

8. 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

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"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 The Case of the Lame Canary by Erle Stanley Gardner

9. The Case of the Lame Canary

By: Erle Stanley Gardner

4.75

Format: 144 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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10. The Case of the Empty Tin

By: Erle Stanley Gardner

4.48

Format: 356 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A new tin can, secretly placed among the rows of Florence Gentrie's preserves, contains not a speck… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction

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

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12. The Case of the Baited Hook

By: Erle Stanley Gardner

3.87

Format: 309 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Who was that masked woman? That's the question plaguing the perpetually inquiring mind of Perry Mas… read more

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13. 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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14. 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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15. The Case of the Rolling Bones

By: Erle Stanley Gardner

3.24

Format: 324 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Years ago Alden Leeds found a rich vein of gold in the Klondike. Now his greedy relatives fear he's… read more

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

16. 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 Dead March for Penelope Blow (The Inspector Littlejohn Mysteries Book 4) by George Bellairs

17. Dead March for Penelope Blow (The Inspector Littlejohn Mysteries Book 4)

By: George Bellairs

4.20

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

In the wake of Mr William Blow’s death, his surviving relatives find themselves tangled up in famil… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Accident by Design by E.C.R. Lorac

18. 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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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
Cover of The Case of the Headless Jesuit (Thomas Littlejohn #16) by George Bellairs

19. The Case of the Headless Jesuit (Thomas Littlejohn #16)

By: George Bellairs

4.22

Format: 492 pages, Kindle Edition

On New Year’s Eve a string of grisly deaths strike a remote English hamlet For centuries Cobbold-in… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of The Case of the Haunted Husband (Perry Mason #18) by Erle Stanley Gardner

20. The Case of the Haunted Husband (Perry Mason #18)

By: Erle Stanley Gardner

3.93

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

Aspiring actress Stephane Olger just wants to be in pictures. But she may end up in mug shots inste… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Longer Bodies: A Mrs. Bradley Mystery (Mrs. Bradley, #3) by Gladys Mitchell

21. The Longer Bodies: A Mrs. Bradley Mystery (Mrs. Bradley, #3)

By: Gladys Mitchell

3.59

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

At ninety, the screeching, still lively Great Aunt Puddequet devises a novel means to determine whi… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime

12 Top fiction books like The Longer Bodies: A Mrs. Bradley Mystery (Mrs. Bradley, #3) by Gladys Mitchell

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The Fashion in Shrouds (Albert Campion Mystery, #10)

Margery Allingham

3.93

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Pearls Before Swine (Albert Campion Mystery, #12)

Margery Allingham

3.99

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The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)

Dorothy L. Sayers

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

Dorothy L. Sayers

3.98

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Death of an Outsider (Hamish Macbeth, #3)

M.C. Beaton

3.81

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The Black Cat Murders (Heathcliff Lennox, #2)

Karen Baugh Menuhin

4.24

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Shroud of Darkness

E.C.R. Lorac

4.24

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The Mysterious Mr. Badman

W.F. Harvey

3.57

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