10 must-read mystery thriller books like The Book of the Lion (Henry Gamadge #13) by Elizabeth Daly

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The Book of the Lion (Henry Gamadge #13)

By: Elizabeth Daly

4.01

Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition

It should be a fairly routine job for Henry Gamadge: Examining the papers of a dead poet and playwr…

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in The Book of the Lion (Henry Gamadge #13) by Elizabeth Daly , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of Death of a Peer (Roderick Alleyn, #10) by Ngaio Marsh

1. Death of a Peer (Roderick Alleyn, #10)

By: Ngaio Marsh

4.00

Format: 303 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Murder becomes a family affair... The Lampreys were a charming, eccentric happy-go-lucky family, t… read more

Similar categories in Ngaio Marsh's Death of a Peer (Roderick Alleyn, #10) book and Elizabeth Daly's The Book of the Lion (Henry Gamadge #13)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • fiction
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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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Colour Scheme (Roderick Alleyn, #12) by Ngaio Marsh

3. Colour Scheme (Roderick Alleyn, #12)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.80

Format: None pages,

A spa-goer resorts to murder. Even down in New Zealand, war-fueled spy fever is running wild. Near … read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • fiction
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4. The Twelve Deaths Of Christmas

By: Marian Babson

3.39

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

Maude Daneson's rooming house is festive, the perfect setting for an old-fashioned Christmas. But … read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Died in the Wool (Roderick Alleyn, #13) by Ngaio Marsh

5. Died in the Wool (Roderick Alleyn, #13)

By: Ngaio Marsh

4.09

Format: 129 pages,

One summer evening in 1942, Flossie Rubrick, goes to her husband's wool shed to rehearse a patrioti… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • fiction
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6. Six Feet Under

By: Dorothy Simpson

3.94

Format: None pages, Paperback

Curiousity killed the cat. Did it also kill Carrie? Inspector Thanet is called in to investigate th… read more

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

7. 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
  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • fiction
"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 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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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • fiction
"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 Death of a Fool (Roderick Alleyn, #19) by Ngaio Marsh

9. Death of a Fool (Roderick Alleyn, #19)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.88

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

A ritual dance becomes a murderous mambo... At the winter solstice, South Mardian's swordsmen weave… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • fiction

10. 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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11. The Case of the Gilded Fly (Gervase Fen, #1)

By: Edmund Crispin

3.51

Format: 225 pages, Paperback

Theatre companies are notorious hotbeds of intrigue, and few are more intriguing than the company c… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • fiction
"la pobre virgencita rústica que espera que su caballero deje de hacer el tonto con la princesa malvada"

-Edmund Crispin, The Case of the Gilded Fly (Gervase Fen, #1)

"bruscas sacudidas del tren abofetean a los viajeros hasta dejarlos sumidos en un estado de abyecta sumisión"

-Edmund Crispin, The Case of the Gilded Fly (Gervase Fen, #1)

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

By: E.C.R. Lorac

3.76

Format: 360 pages,

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13. The Egyptian Cross Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #5)

By: Ellery Queen

4.12

Format: 652 pages, Paperback

The island was a magnet for every seeker of kinky kicks. A weird prophet had made it the home of a … read more

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14. 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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15. Dead Men Don't Ski

By: Patricia Moyes

3.89

Format: 32 pages,

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16. Skeleton Key (Todd & Georgine Mystery, #1)

By: Lenore Glen Offord

4.15

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

Georgine Wyeth is a young widow keeping house for herself and her young daughter, and paying the re… read more

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17. 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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18. Eternity Ring (Miss Silver, #14)

By: Patricia Wentworth

4.11

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Mary Stokes discovers a dead body in Dead Man's Copse one evening but when she returns with a polic… read more

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19. A Grave Mistake (Roderick Alleyn, #30)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.80

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

A spa stay turns into a homicidal holiday... A bit snobbish and a trifle high-strung, Sybil Foster … read more

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20. The Commodore

By: Patrick O'Brian

3.83

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

Having survived a long and desperate adventure in the Great South Sea, Captain Jack Aubrey and Step… read more

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Cover of The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6) by Ellis Peters

21. The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

By: Ellis Peters

4.17

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

The winter of 1139 will disrupt Brother Cadfael’s tranquil life in Shrewsbury with the most disturb… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
"Love shared is no sin."

-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

"There never was, for all I could ever learn, a time when living was easy and peaceful."

-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

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22. 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
  • fiction
Cover of The Case with Three Threads: An English Country House Murder Mystery by Anthony Lang

23. The Case with Three Threads: An English Country House Murder Mystery

By: Anthony Lang

3.84

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Effortless telling of a good story’ The Observer‘Murder most ingeniously contrived’ New York Times… read more

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Cover of Lost Hills (Eve Ronin, #1) by Lee Goldberg

24. Lost Hills (Eve Ronin, #1)

By: Lee Goldberg

4.18

Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition

A video of Deputy Eve Ronin’s off-duty arrest of an abusive movie star goes viral, turning her into… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Crime and the Crystal (Andrew Basnett) by E.X. Ferrars

25. The Crime and the Crystal (Andrew Basnett)

By: E.X. Ferrars

3.76

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

Christmas in Adelaide promises to be a pleasant vacation for Andrew Basnett, retired professor of b… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Root of All Evil (Andrew Basnett) by E.X. Ferrars

26. Root of All Evil (Andrew Basnett)

By: E.X. Ferrars

3.84

Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition

A weekend holiday at a wealthy relative’s country manor is a recipe that calls for mayhem in this c… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Last Seen Alive (Inspector Thanet, #5) by Dorothy Simpson

27. Last Seen Alive (Inspector Thanet, #5)

By: Dorothy Simpson

3.95

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner of the CWA Silver A troubled woman returns to her peaceful English village after twenty yea… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Book of the Lion (Henry Gamadge #13) by Elizabeth Daly

28. The Book of the Lion (Henry Gamadge #13)

By: Elizabeth Daly

4.01

Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition

It should be a fairly routine job for Henry Gamadge: Examining the papers of a dead poet and playwr… read more

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  • new york
  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • fiction
  • mystery
Cover of The Doll's House: A Short Story by Lisa Unger

29. The Doll's House: A Short Story

By: Lisa Unger

3.96

Format: 98 pages, Kindle Edition

A widowed mother, ready to give love another chance, moves into her fiancé’s old family home with h… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Glass Mask (Todd & Georgine #2) by Lenore Glen Offord

30. The Glass Mask (Todd & Georgine #2)

By: Lenore Glen Offord

3.92

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

In Skeleton Key, Georgine Wyeth, a widowed young mother in Berkeley, CA, met Todd McKinnon, a pulp … read more

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  • mystery
Cover of The Smiling Tiger (Todd & Georgine #3) by Lenore Glen Offord

31. The Smiling Tiger (Todd & Georgine #3)

By: Lenore Glen Offord

4.00

Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition

This is Lenore Glen Offord s third mystery set in Northern California and featuring the amateur sle… read more

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