18 must-read crime books like Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair by Francis Durbridge

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Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair

By: Francis Durbridge

3.86

Format: None pages, Audiobook

From 1938 to 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and his gla…

If you liked the crime plot in Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair by Francis Durbridge , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of Death of a Bore (Hamish Macbeth, #20) by M.C. Beaton

1. Death of a Bore (Hamish Macbeth, #20)

By: M.C. Beaton

3.84

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

From the author of the Agatha Raisin television series...DEATH OF A BORE: A Hamish Macbeth Mystery … read more

Similar categories in M.C. Beaton's Death of a Bore (Hamish Macbeth, #20) book and Francis Durbridge's Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair

  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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2. Mr. and Mrs. Bunny — Detectives Extraordinaire! (The Bunny's #1)

By: Sophie Blackall , Polly Horvath

3.80

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

In this hilarious chapter book mystery, meet a girl whose parents have been kidnapped by disreputab… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of Towards Zero (Superintendent Battle, #5) by Agatha Christie

3. Towards Zero (Superintendent Battle, #5)

By: Agatha Christie

3.94

Format: 301 pages, Paperback

An elderly widow is murdered at a clifftop seaside house...What is the connection between a failed … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Slike ting blir sendt oss for å prøve oss. I hvert fall tror jeg det. Jeg skjønner ikke hvorfor de ellers blir sendt oss."

-Agatha Christie, Towards Zero (Superintendent Battle, #5)

"I suppose, like most young people nowadays, boredom is what you dread most in the world, and yet, I can assure you, there are worse things."

-Agatha Christie, Towards Zero (Superintendent Battle, #5)

"Whether he acted rightly or not, I have never been sure. It was the future of a child that was at stake. A child, he felt, ought to be given the benefit of a doubt."

-Agatha Christie, Towards Zero (Superintendent Battle, #5)

"It has been my experience, that women possess little or no pride where love affairs are concerned. Pride is a quality often on their lips, but not apparent in their actions."

-Agatha Christie, Towards Zero (Superintendent Battle, #5)

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

4. 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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  • 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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5. 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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  • 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)

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6. The Cleaner (John Milton, #1)

By: Mark Dawson

3.80

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

Meet John MiltonHe considers himself an artisan. A craftsman. His trade is murder.Milton is the man… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. Cooking in a Bedsitter

By: Katharine Whitehorn

4.05

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A reprint of the original 1961 edition Cooking in a Corner read more

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

8. 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

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  • mystery
  • crime
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9. A Reconstructed Corpse (Charles Paris, #15)

By: Simon Brett

3.52

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed mystery writer Simon Brett takes readers behind the scenes of a true-crime television sho… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham (Agatha Raisin, #8) by M.C. Beaton

10. Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham (Agatha Raisin, #8)

By: M.C. Beaton

3.93

Format: 233 pages, Paperback

The local ladies all deem Mr John a wizard, so when Agatha finds a few grey hairs on her head, she … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

11. Death at La Fenice (Commissario Brunetti, #1)

By: Donna Leon

3.44

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

There is little violent crime in Venice, a serenely beautiful floating city of mystery and magic, h… read more

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12. Death of a Snob (Hamish Macbeth, #6)

By: M.C. Beaton

3.00

Format: 468 pages,

Facing a head cold and lonely Xmas, Highland Sergeant Hamish Macbeth accepts a holiday invite from … read more

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13. Dumb Witness (Hercule Poirot, #16)

By: Agatha Christie

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Everyone blamed Emily's accident on the stairs on her dog, but she was convinced someone was trying… read more

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14. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (Hercule Poirot, #22)

By: Agatha Christie , Hugh Fraser

3.00

Format: 81 pages, Audio CD

A dentist's suspicious death leads Poirot to drill the good doctor's patients, partners, lovers, an… read more

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15. The Labours of Hercules (Hercule Poirot, #26)

By: Agatha Christie , Hugh Fraser

3.80

Format: 275 pages, Audio CD

First published in book form in 1947, The Labours of Hercules comprises an even dozen mysteries sta… read more

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16. Valley of the Dolls

By: Jacqueline Susann

3.42

Format: 8 pages,

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17. Maigret in Montmartre (Inspector Maigret #36)

By: Georges Simenon , Daphne Woodward

3.80

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

Two brutal stranglings and a beautiful corpse lead Inspector Maigret into an underworld of striptea… read more

Similar categories in Georges Simenon's Maigret in Montmartre (Inspector Maigret #36) book and Francis Durbridge's Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair

  • mystery
  • crime

18. Bolt (Kit Fielding, #2)

By: Dick Francis

4.00

Format: 279 pages, Paperback

Kit Fielding will do whatever it takes to stop the killing of racehorses. Not an easy task consider… read more

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19. Sleeping Murder (Miss Marple, #13)

By: Agatha Christie

4.02

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

Soon after Gwenda moved into her new home, odd things started to happen. Despite her best efforts t… read more

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Cover of Cupcakes for Christmas (Return to Willoughby Close, #1) by Kate Hewitt

20. Cupcakes for Christmas (Return to Willoughby Close, #1)

By: Kate Hewitt

3.54

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome back to Willoughby Close, with four new residents and happy endings to deliver… Olivia J… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3) by Robert Thorogood

21. The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3)

By: Robert Thorogood

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The Marlow Murder Club is on the hunt for a killer... Geoffrey Lushington, Mayor of Marlow, dies su… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4) by Seishi Yokomizo

22. Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4)

By: Seishi Yokomizo

3.79

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Kosuke Kindaichi arrives on the remote Gokumon Island bearing tragic news – the son of one of the i… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
"Poverty is the mother of crime. If people are poor, they lose all sense of shame, and behave appallingly."

-Seishi Yokomizo, Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4)

"Mảnh trăng lưỡi liềm mùng mười còn treo trên sườn núi Suribachi, bầu trời lấp lánh muôn ánh sao. Sông Ngân kéo chiếc đuôi dài thượt ngang qua, có thể thấy thấp thoáng quầng sáng trắng sữa. Đảo Ngục M…"

-Seishi Yokomizo, Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4)

Cover of Monk's Hood (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #3) by Ellis Peters

23. Monk's Hood (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #3)

By: Ellis Peters

4.08

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

Silver Dagger Award Winner: In this medieval mystery, Brother Cadfael faces suspicion when one of h… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Don't reach for the halo too soon. You have plenty of time to enjoy yourself, even a little maliciously sometimes, before you settle down to being a saint."

-Ellis Peters, Monk's Hood (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #3)

Cover of The Patient Man (Jackman & Evans #6) by Joy Ellis

24. The Patient Man (Jackman & Evans #6)

By: Joy Ellis

4.34

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Jackman and Evans’ most dangerous enemy is back to finish things off The domestic bliss of Dete… read more

Similar categories in Joy Ellis's The Patient Man (Jackman & Evans #6) book and Francis Durbridge's Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair

  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder by the Minster (Kitt Hartley Yorkshire Mysteries, #1) by Helen Cox

25. Murder by the Minster (Kitt Hartley Yorkshire Mysteries, #1)

By: Helen Cox

3.72

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

A BRAND NEW COSY MYSTERY SERIES SET IN THE PICTURESQUE CITY OF YORK. FOR FANS OF FAITH MARTIN, BETT… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Father Paolo Baldi Mysteries: The Complete BBC Radio Crime Series by Barry Devlin

26. The Father Paolo Baldi Mysteries: The Complete BBC Radio Crime Series

By: Barry Devlin

3.92

Format: None pages, Audio CD

The complete series 1-5 of the thrilling mystery series. On sabbatical from the Franciscan order, F… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

27. The Resistance of Mrs Brown

By: Ed Harris

3.80

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Amanda Root stars in a stirring wartime thriller with a difference. read more

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Cover of Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair by Francis Durbridge

28. Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair

By: Francis Durbridge

3.86

Format: None pages, Audiobook

From 1938 to 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and his gla… read more

Similar categories in Francis Durbridge's Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair book and Francis Durbridge's Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair

  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1) by Richard Osman

29. We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1)

By: Richard Osman

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A brand new series. An iconic new detective duo. And a puzzling new murder to solve... Steve Whe… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Charles Paris: A Doubtful Death: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation by Jeremy Front

30. Charles Paris: A Doubtful Death: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation

By: Jeremy Front

3.86

Format: 2 pages, Audio CD

Bill Nighy returns as the loveably louche actor-cum-amateur detective Charles Paris Charles Paris… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

15 best-selling audiobook books like Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair by Francis Durbridge

Transform Your Habits

Death of a Bore (Hamish Macbeth, #20)

M.C. Beaton

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Towards Zero (Superintendent Battle, #5)

Agatha Christie

3.94

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Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

Dorothy L. Sayers

3.98

Transform Your Habits

The Cleaner (John Milton, #1)

Mark Dawson

3.80

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A Royal Christmas Princess (Christmas Wishes Book 2)

Scarlet Wilson

3.86

Transform Your Habits

The Christmas Surprise (Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop, #3)

Jenny Colgan

4.35

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Kate Hewitt

3.54

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Krista Lynne Jensen

4.05

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