21 must-read mystery books like The Four Defences by J.J. Connington

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The Four Defences

By: J.J. Connington

4.08

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

An unidentified body is found in a blazing car. A man in the locality is missing. But the corpse in…

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1. The Cask

By: Freeman Wills Crofts

3.71

Format: 656 pages, Paperback

Paris. Shipping business, police techniques, investigative procedures, feature in this alibi puzzle… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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2. Murder of a Lady (Dr. Hailey, #12)

By: Anthony Wynne

5.00

Format: 176 pages,

Duchlan Castle is a gloomy, forbidding place in the Scottish Highlands. Late one night the body of … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction

3. To Love and Be Wise (Inspector Alan Grant, #4)

By: Josephine Tey , Robert Barnard

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

When a strikingly handsome young photographer mysteriously disappears, it's up to Inspector Alan Gr… read more

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4. House of the Arrow

By: A.E.W. Mason

4.15

Format: 447 pages, Paperback

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5. The Mystery of the Kneeling Woman

By: Moray Dalton

4.30

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

"Not another murder!" "You've said it." Kindly Reverend John Clare pays a social call upon the satu… read more

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  • mystery
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6. The Tragedy at Freyne

By: Anthony Gilbert

4.11

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

When Sir Simon Chandos is found poisoned in his library, with a confession in front of him and a ph… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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7. The Missing Link: A Golden Age Murder Mystery

By: George Varney

3.90

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Detective mystery in a sinister old mansion’ Daily Sketch‘Effortless telling of a good story’ The … read more

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8. The Templeton Case: A Detective Story

By: Victor L. Whitechurch

4.06

Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition

A dead body is found near the estuary of a river. Here the country detective works his way throught… read more

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9. The Threefold Cord (The Inspector Knollis Mysteries #3)

By: Francis Vivian

4.23

Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition

“Of course, it’s rotten having a murder in the village, and especially in what was once my own hous… read more

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  • mystery
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10. 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
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11. Sable Messenger (The Inspector Knollis Mysteries #2)

By: Francis Vivian

3.98

Format: 172 pages, Kindle Edition

If Lesley Dexter had not been a snob her husband might have lived out his three-score-and-ten years… read more

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  • mystery
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12. Licensed for Murder

By: John Rhode

3.92

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

Licensed for Murder, first published in 1958, is part of the series of mysteries featuring private … read more

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13. Death Sits on the Board

By: John Rhode

4.18

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Death Sits on the Board, first published in 1937 (and published in the UK as Death on the Board) is… read more

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14. The Harvest Murder

By: John Rhode

4.11

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

The Harvest Murder, first published in 1937 (and also published under the title Death in the Hop Fi… read more

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15. Murder at Derivale

By: John Rhode

3.93

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

Murder at Derivale, first published in 1958, is book no. 66 in the Dr. Priestley detective story se… read more

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16. Fire in the Thatch (Robert MacDonald #27)

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.08

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

The Second World War is drawing to a close. Nicholas Vaughan, released from the army after an accid… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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17. The Murder of Eve: A Golden Age Mystery

By: Moray Dalton

4.19

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

"Life hasn't always been easy here, but nobody has tried to murder me before." Roger Fordyce, a lit… read more

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  • mystery
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18. 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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19. Crossed Skis

By: E. C. R. Lorac

4.28

Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition

The investigation of a dead body in London's  Bloomsbury takes Rivers to the  Austrian Alps  to hun… read more

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20. The Safety Pin

By: J.S. Fletcher

3.64

Format: 101 pages, Kindle Edition

The Safety Pin by Joseph Smith Fletcher. An elderly man called Deane is murdered in an English town… read more

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  • mystery
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21. The Verdict of You All

By: Henry Wade

3.93

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

‘An exceptionally well-constructed detective story’ Times Literary SupplementThe much-revered crime… read more

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  • mystery
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22. The Crime

By: Anthony Lang

4.14

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

‘A brilliantly-written detective story’ The Daily Mail‘A detective story of the first order’ Cassel… read more

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23. The Borgia Cabinet

By: J.S. Fletcher

3.80

Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition

Joseph Smith Fletcher was a British journalist, writer, and fellow of the Royal Historical Society.… read more

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24. Death in the Forest: A Golden Age Mystery

By: Moray Dalton

4.15

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

"The man's heart was dicky. It couldn't stand a shock. The question is-what shock?" Roger Frere is … read more

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25. The Four Defences

By: J.J. Connington

4.08

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

An unidentified body is found in a blazing car. A man in the locality is missing. But the corpse in… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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26. The Solution of a Mystery

By: J.S. Fletcher

3.81

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

A man is charged with murder and his life is threatened with death if he does not confess. But he c… read more

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27. Murder of the Ninth Baronet

By: J.S. Fletcher

3.86

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

Elderly John Marbury, who came from faraway Australia the day before, was killed in central London.… read more

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Cover of Death Came Softly (Robert MacDonald #23) by E.C.R. Lorac

28. Death Came Softly (Robert MacDonald #23)

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.17

Format: 201 pages, Kindle Edition

This crime puzzle features Chief Inspector Robert Macdonald, who is a “London Scot” and an avowed b… read more

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  • mystery
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29. Shot on the Downs

By: Victor L. Whitechurch

4.02

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

‘All Whitechurch’s stories have distinct merit’ Barzun & Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime‘Whitechurch’s… read more

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30. Rope’s End, Rogue’s End

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.05

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

From the dust jacket: Wulfstane Manor, a rambling old country house with many unused rooms, winding… read more

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31. Murder in Four Degrees

By: J.S. Fletcher

3.94

Format: 181 pages, Kindle Edition

When the famous editor of Lord Cheverdale's paper, the Daily Sentinel, is found brutally killed on … read more

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6 must-read fiction books like The Four Defences by J.J. Connington

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The Cask

Freeman Wills Crofts

3.71

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Murder of a Lady (Dr. Hailey, #12)

Anthony Wynne

5.00

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The Tragedy at Freyne

Anthony Gilbert

4.11

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Case in the Clinic

E.C.R. Lorac

4.05

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Mystery in White

Martin Edwards , J. Jefferson Farjeon

3.38

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Death of Jezebel (Inspector Cockrill #4)

Christianna Brand

3.55

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Green for Danger

Christianna Brand

3.69

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The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Roger Sheringham Cases, #5)

Anthony Berkeley

4.00

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