20 Top fiction books like The Mystery of the Downs (Thriller Novel) by Arthur J. Rees

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The Mystery of the Downs (Thriller Novel)

By: Arthur J. Rees

3.65

Format: 219 pages, Kindle Edition

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Cover of The Notting Hill Mystery by Charles Warren Adams, George du Maurier, Charles Felix

1. The Notting Hill Mystery

By: Charles Warren Adams , George du Maurier , Charles Felix

3.27

Format: 284 pages, Paperback

Can you name the first detective novel ever published? For years, many believed it to be Wilkie Col… read more

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  • mystery
  • 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
  • classics
  • fiction
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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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • classics
  • 20th century
"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)

Cover of Heads You Lose (Inspector Cockrill #1) by Christianna Brand

4. Heads You Lose (Inspector Cockrill #1)

By: Christianna Brand

3.32

Format: 167 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Pigeonsford Estate is playing host to a group of close friends when one of their number, Grace Morl… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • fiction
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5. Green for Danger

By: Christianna Brand

3.69

Format: None pages, Paperback

Set in a military hospital during the blitz, this novel is one of Brand's most intricately plotted … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Fear Stalks the Village by Ethel Lina White

6. Fear Stalks the Village

By: Ethel Lina White

4.12

Format: 207 pages, Paperback

It was a model English village, filled with flowers, Tudor cottages, and cobbled streets. Joan Broo… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Vintage Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #5) by Ngaio Marsh

7. Vintage Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #5)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.83

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Death served well-chilled The leading lady of a theater company touring New Zealand was stunning… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • fiction
"What do you think, Mr Alleyn? If there's another war will the young chaps come at it, same as we did, thinking it's great? And get the same jolt? What do you reckon?" "I'm afraid to speculate," said …"

-Ngaio Marsh, Vintage Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #5)

"My poor fat Alfie! He was not a romantic husband, but he was so kind and understanding. He never minded whether I was amusing or dull. He thought it impossible that I could be dull. I didn't have to …"

-Ngaio Marsh, Vintage Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #5)

Cover of Hag's Nook (Dr. Gideon Fell, #1) by John Dickson Carr

8. Hag's Nook (Dr. Gideon Fell, #1)

By: John Dickson Carr

4.24

Format: 384 pages,

In his detecting debut, larger than life lexicographer Dr. Gideon Fell is entertaining young Americ… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3) by Dorothy L. Sayers

9. 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
  • 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)

10. Written Off (Mysterious Detective #1)

By: E.J. Copperman

3.32

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Rachel Goldman writes mysteries in which Duffy Madison, consultant to the county prosecutor's offic… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Black Cat Murders (Heathcliff Lennox, #2) by Karen Baugh Menuhin

11. The Black Cat Murders (Heathcliff Lennox, #2)

By: Karen Baugh Menuhin

4.24

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

Downton Abbey meets Agatha Christie with a touch of Wodehouse and a dog of distinction. Who killed … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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12. Impact of Evidence

By: Carol Carnac

4.11

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

Near St. Brynneys in the Welsh border country, isolated by heavy snow and flooding from the thaw, a… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • 20th century
Cover of Roger Sheringham and the Vane Mystery by Anthony Berkeley

13. Roger Sheringham and the Vane Mystery

By: Anthony Berkeley

3.90

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Ingenious’ Times Literary SupplementThe second of ten ‘Roger Sheringham’ detective novelsThis 2023… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of The Missing Link: A Golden Age Murder Mystery by George Varney

14. 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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  • mystery
Cover of Death of Mr. Dodsley (Francis McNab, #5) by John Ferguson

15. Death of Mr. Dodsley (Francis McNab, #5)

By: John Ferguson

3.45

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

A bookshop is a first-rate place for unobtrusive observation,’ he continued. ‘One can remain in it … read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • 20th century
Cover of Death of an Author by E.C.R. Lorac

16. Death of an Author

By: E.C.R. Lorac

3.99

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

'I hate murders and I hate murderers, but I must admit that the discovery of a bearded corpse would… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of The Christmas Murder Game by Alexandra  Benedict

17. The Christmas Murder Game

By: Alexandra Benedict

3.39

Format: 279 pages, Paperback

Twelve clues. Twelve keys. Twelve days of Christmas. But how many will die before Twelfth Night? … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"... przemilczany uraz przechodzi w trwały ból. To, że nie objawia się na zewnątrz, nie znaczy, że zanikł."

-Alexandra Benedict, The Christmas Murder Game

"Leaves have fallen onto the snow like punctuation marks. They've held on for so long, but winter gets to us all in the end."

-Alexandra Benedict, The Christmas Murder Game

"Fear and excitement are twins; they live on opposite sides of the same door. It's up to you which room you live in. [Violet Harper Armitage]"

-Alexandra Benedict, The Christmas Murder Game

"Tragedia nie oznacza, że nie można się dobrze bawić (...) Czasami emocje są ze sobą połączone. (...) Strach jest po drugiej stronie muru ekscytacji. (...) To pomaga nam docenić życie."

-Alexandra Benedict, The Christmas Murder Game

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18. Murder in Fulbridge Village: A 1920s Mystery

By: Jay Gill

4.06

Format: 178 pages, Kindle Edition

An English village fete. A shocking murder. A village full of secrets. 1920s Agatha-Christie-sty… read more

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

19. 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 An Occupied Grave (Brock & Poole #1) by A.G.  Barnett

20. An Occupied Grave (Brock & Poole #1)

By: A.G. Barnett

4.13

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

A village of secrets finds its past lies waiting… When mourners gather in the village of Lower Gla… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Frozen Death: An Inspector Treadgold Mystery (Merlin Classic Crime) by Anthony Weymouth

21. Frozen Death: An Inspector Treadgold Mystery (Merlin Classic Crime)

By: Anthony Weymouth

3.72

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Ingenious’ MORNING POST‘An extremely skilful mystery’ THE DAILY EXPRESS‘An exceptionally good dete… read more

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Cover of The Doctors are Doubtful: An Inspector Treadgold Mystery (Merlin Classic Crime) by Anthony Weymouth

22. The Doctors are Doubtful: An Inspector Treadgold Mystery (Merlin Classic Crime)

By: Anthony Weymouth

4.22

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Ingenious’ THE TIMES‘Original and interesting’ DOROTHY L. SAYERS in the SUNDAY TIMES‘A well-writte… read more

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Cover of The Terriford Mystery by Marie Belloc Lowndes

23. The Terriford Mystery

By: Marie Belloc Lowndes

3.50

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Mrs. Belloc Lowndes knows better than most writers how to maintain the interest in a mystery story.… read more

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Cover of The D'Arblay Mystery by R. Austin Freeman

24. The D'Arblay Mystery

By: R. Austin Freeman

3.72

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

When a man is found floating beneath the skin of a green-skimmed pond one morning, Dr Thorndyke bec… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Draycott Murder Mystery by Molly Thynne

25. The Draycott Murder Mystery

By: Molly Thynne

3.99

Format: 215 pages, Kindle Edition

There was something about those hands, with their strangely crisped fingers, as though they had bee… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • fiction
"She's never been an atom of good to that child since the day she she was born and, in her present mood, she'd cast a blight over a Bacchanalian orgy!"

-Molly Thynne, The Draycott Murder Mystery

Cover of The Mystery of the Downs (Thriller Novel) by Arthur J. Rees

26. The Mystery of the Downs (Thriller Novel)

By: Arthur J. Rees

3.65

Format: 219 pages, Kindle Edition

This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all … read more

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  • 20th century
Cover of In Face of the Verdict: A Dr. Priestley Detective Story by John Rhode

27. In Face of the Verdict: A Dr. Priestley Detective Story

By: John Rhode

4.20

Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition

In Face of the Verdict, first published in 1936, is book no. 24 in the series of mysteries featurin… read more

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Cover of The Case of the Running Mouse (Ludovic Travers #27) by Christopher Bush

28. The Case of the Running Mouse (Ludovic Travers #27)

By: Christopher Bush

4.17

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

“Is he bad, sir?” “Worse than that,” I said. “In fact, he’s dead.”1943. Ludovic Travers, consulting… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of The Man with the Black Cord by Auguste Groner

29. The Man with the Black Cord

By: Auguste Groner

3.29

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more t… read more

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30. The Lady in Blue

By: Auguste Groner

4.00

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A Joseph Muller Mystery originally published in 1905 in German as The Blue Lady. Translated by Amer… read more

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Cover of Hard Liver: An Inspector Treadgold Mystery (Merlin Classic Crime) by Anthony Weymouth

31. Hard Liver: An Inspector Treadgold Mystery (Merlin Classic Crime)

By: Anthony Weymouth

4.11

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

‘A thriller of the first rank’ DAILY SKETCH‘An extremely skilful novel’ THE BOOKSELLER‘Mr Weymouth … read more

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12 must-read classics books like The Mystery of the Downs (Thriller Novel) by Arthur J. Rees

Transform Your Habits

The Notting Hill Mystery

Charles Warren Adams , George du Maurier , Charles Felix

3.27

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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

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Heads You Lose (Inspector Cockrill #1)

Christianna Brand

3.32

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Suddenly at His Residence (Inspector Cockrill, #3)

Christianna Brand

3.56

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The Strong Room: A Golden Age Mystery

R.A.J. Walling

4.05

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The Tragedy at Freyne

Anthony Gilbert

4.11

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Roger Sheringham and the Vane Mystery

Anthony Berkeley

3.90

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