16 must-read mystery books like Episode of the Wandering Knife by Mary Roberts Rinehart

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Episode of the Wandering Knife

By: Mary Roberts Rinehart

4.08

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

Three tales from a mystery master whose “literary distinction lies in the combination of love, humo…

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1. Lonesome Road (Miss Silver, #3)

By: Patricia Wentworth

3.97

Format: 214 pages, Paperback

Every year beautiful Rachel Treherne must rewrite her will--and decide who will inherit her late fa… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • fiction
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2. The Case Is Closed (Miss Silver, #2)

By: Patricia Wentworth

3.86

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

The Everton murder case has long been closed. The culprit has been charged with the murder of his u… read more

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  • romance
  • mystery
  • classics
  • fiction
"And if you, Miss Hilary, could blow up that fire and put on a kettle, we will make her a nice cup of tea. In fact I think we all should all be the better of a nice cup of tea."

-Patricia Wentworth, The Case Is Closed (Miss Silver, #2)

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3. The Corpse in Oozak's Pond (Peter Shandy, #6)

By: Charlotte MacLeod

3.80

Format: 203 pages, Paperback

On Groundhog Day, Professor Peter Shandy digs into the past, bizarre circumstances around a century… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"Scions of old families who've hit the skids do like to flaunt their illustrious ancestors...."

-Charlotte MacLeod, The Corpse in Oozak's Pond (Peter Shandy, #6)

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4. The Family Vault (Kelling & Bittersohn, #1)

By: Charlotte MacLeod

3.76

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sarah Kelling calls in art historian Max Bittersohn when the family finds the skeleton of a burlesq… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn, #2) by Ngaio Marsh

5. Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn, #2)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.82

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

A classic Ngaio Marsh novel reissued - the second Roderick Alleyn Mystery. The crime scene was the … read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • fiction
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6. 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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7. Miraculous Mysteries

By: Martin Edwards

2.00

Format: 238 pages,

Impossible crime stories have been relished by puzzle-lovers ever since the invention of detective … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
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8. 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
  • 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)

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9. Serpents in Eden

By: Martin Edwards

3.50

Format: 93 pages, Paperback

'The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
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10. The Ivory Dagger (Miss Silver, #18)

By: Patricia Wentworth

3.32

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

When Lila Dryden is discovered standing over the dead body of her irritating fiance with a dagger i… read more

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

11. 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
  • classics
  • fiction
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12. The Late Scholar (Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane, #4)

By: Jill Paton Walsh

3.50

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A new murder mystery featuring Lord Peter Wimsey - now a Duke - and his wife Harriet Vane, set in a… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction

13. The Key (Miss Silver, #8)

By: Patricia Wentworth

4.30

Format: 237 pages,

Michael Harsch's long years of work were nearly at an end. The following day he was looking forward… read more

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14. She Came Back (Miss Silver, #9)

By: Patricia Wentworth

3.73

Format: 251 pages,

Also published as The Traveller Returns. Assumed dead, Lady Anne Jocelyn meets varying degrees of w… read more

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15. The Wall

By: John Hersey

3.50

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

Riveting & compelling, The Walltells the inspiring story of forty men & women who escape the dehuma… read more

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16. Pilgrim's Rest (Miss Silver, #10)

By: Patricia Wentworth

3.40

Format: None pages,

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17. The Dower House Mystery

By: Patricia Wentworth

4.22

Format: None pages,

A wealthy blackmailer and his heiress... "Miss Wentworth has given a far-reaching pleasure in this … read more

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18. Clutch of Constables (Roderick Alleyn, #25)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.72

Format: 224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Five Days Out of Time ... that was how the ad had described the Zodiaccruise on the "weirdly misted… read more

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19. The Chinese Shawl (Miss Silver, #5)

By: Patricia Wentworth

3.94

Format: 256 pages,

Miss Silver must intervene when an age-old family feud returns with fatal effect All London loves T… read more

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20. 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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21. 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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22. The Silent Pool (Miss Silver, #24)

By: Patricia Wentworth

4.11

Format: 192 pages,

An actress who fears her life is threatened comes to Miss Silver for help Mrs. Smith is not the fir… read more

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23. Poison in the Pen (Miss Silver, #29)

By: Patricia Wentworth

4.11

Format: 192 pages,

When the quiet village of Tilling Green is plagued by an outbreak of poison pen letters, and then a… read more

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24. Wicked Uncle (Miss Silver, #12)

By: Patricia Wentworth

4.30

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

Also published as Spotlight. When the menacing Gregory Porlock invites a group of unacquainted frie… read more

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25. Bark M For Murder

By: J.A. Jance , Virginia Lanier , Chassie West , Lee Charles Kelley

3.25

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

Who let the dogs out? Evildoers beware! Four of mystery fiction's top storytellers are setting the … read more

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26. The Silver Ghost (Kelling & Bittersohn, #8)

By: Charlotte MacLeod

4.22

Format: 160 pages,

Sarah Kelling and her husband Max Bittershohn are back in a whimsical whodunit involving a ghost--a… read more

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27. Anna Where Are You (Miss Silver, #20)

By: Patricia Wentworth

4.50

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

The delightful Miss Maud Silver is at it again in this engrossing mystery. When a young governess n… read more

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28. The Sunken Sailor: Inspector Tibbett #2 (Henry Tibbett)

By: Patricia Moyes

3.85

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

Poor Inspector Tibbett! Once again, he is attempting to have a nice vacation. And once again, Crime… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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29. Forget Me Never

By: Susan Wittig Albert

4.24

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

Olivia Andrews is locally famous for her blog and podcast, “Forget Me A Crime Victim’s Storyboard,… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Money in the Morgue (Roderick Alleyn, #33) by Ngaio Marsh

30. Money in the Morgue (Roderick Alleyn, #33)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.74

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

Roderick Alleyn is back in this unique crime novel begun by Ngaio Marsh during the Second World War… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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31. Episode of the Wandering Knife

By: Mary Roberts Rinehart

4.08

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

Three tales from a mystery master whose “literary distinction lies in the combination of love, humo… read more

Similar categories in Mary Roberts Rinehart's Episode of the Wandering Knife book and Mary Roberts Rinehart's Episode of the Wandering Knife

  • romance
  • classics
  • suspense
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery

16 best-selling fiction books like Episode of the Wandering Knife by Mary Roberts Rinehart

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Patricia Wentworth

3.97

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The Case Is Closed (Miss Silver, #2)

Patricia Wentworth

3.86

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The Corpse in Oozak's Pond (Peter Shandy, #6)

Charlotte MacLeod

3.80

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Charlotte MacLeod

3.76

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Patricia Wentworth

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Patricia Wentworth

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Margery Allingham

3.80

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Margery Allingham

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