15 must-read crime books like The Case of the Seven Whistlers (Thomas Littlejohn #6) by George Bellairs

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The Case of the Seven Whistlers (Thomas Littlejohn #6)

By: George Bellairs

4.05

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

A body in a trunk draws Thomas Littlejohn of Scotland Yard to a peculiar English village On a cobbl…

If you liked the crime plot in The Case of the Seven Whistlers (Thomas Littlejohn #6) by George Bellairs , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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

1. 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
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
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2. The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.71

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Ngaio Marsh's bestselling and ingenious third novel remains one of the most popular pieces of crime… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
"Do you read crime fiction?"

-Ngaio Marsh, The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3)

"They do a certain amount of mischief, they're an almighty nuisance, but as murderers I've no real faith in the British anarchist."

-Ngaio Marsh, The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3)

"Nash, who carried in his head a sort of social ladder, had quietly decided that police officers of all ranks were to be graded with piano tuners."

-Ngaio Marsh, The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3)

"... In our midst—in our very midst, Matron—are secret agents, secret societies, powers of evil known to the Yard but unsuspected by the general public. Mercifully so." He stopped short, folded his ar…"

-Ngaio Marsh, The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3)

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3. McKee of Centre Street

By: Helen Reilly

4.67

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

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  • mystery
Cover of A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn, #1) by Ngaio Marsh

4. A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn, #1)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.80

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

At Sir Hubert Handesley's country house party, five guests have gathered for the uproarious parlor … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
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5. Silent Nights: Christmas Mysteries

By: Martin Edwards

4.04

Format: 288 pages,

Christmas is a mysterious, as well as magical, time of year. Strange things can happen, and this he… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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6. 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
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
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7. Pursuit of a Parcel

By: Patricia Wentworth

5.00

Format: 176 pages,

Enemy forces will stop at nothing to retrieve an incriminating package in this gripping internation… read more

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  • mystery
  • british literature
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8. Crimson Snow: Winter Mysteries

By: Martin Edwards

4.10

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

Crimson Snowbrings together a dozen vintage crime stories set in winter. Welcome to a world of Fath… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Death in Ecstasy (Roderick Alleyn, #4) by Ngaio Marsh

9. Death in Ecstasy (Roderick Alleyn, #4)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.77

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When lovely Cara Quayne dropped dead to the floor after drinking the ritual wine at the House of th… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
"Look here,' said Nigel suddenly, 'let's pretend it's a detective novel. Where would we be by this time? About halfway through, I should think. Well, who's your pick' 'I am invariably gulled by detect…"

-Ngaio Marsh, Death in Ecstasy (Roderick Alleyn, #4)

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10. 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
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature

11. 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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12. The Cheltenham Square Murder

By: John Bude

3.19

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the seeming tranquility of Regency Square in Cheltenham live the diverse inhabitants of its ten … read more

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13. Night Walk

By: Bob Shaw

3.80

Format: 281 pages, Mass Market Paperback

For 'refusing to co-operate' the Emm Luther Special Police took out Earth agent Sam Tallon's eyes a… read more

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14. The Greene Murder Case (A Philo Vance Mystery #3)

By: S.S. Van Dine , Willard Huntington Wright

4.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

This carefully crafted ebook: "THE GREENE MURDER CASE (Mystery Classic)" is formatted for your eRea… read more

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15. The Stately Home Murder (Inspector Sloan, #3)

By: Catherine Aird

4.64

Format: 272 pages,

A dead body in a case of armor, a once-wealthy earl with lots to hide, a sprawling estate stacked w… read more

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16. 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
  • british literature
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17. Crossed Skis (Julian Rivers #8)

By: Carol Carnac

3.88

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

An atmospheric holiday novel from one of the most consistently popular authors in the series, Carol… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
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18. Death of a Bookseller

By: Bernard J. Farmer

3.55

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A rare gem of the mystery genre makes its first return to print since 1956 An honest policeman, Se… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
"Jack, I'm going to tell you a story. A runner took a book to a famous dealer and said: 'I've got something rare here.' 'Yes,' replied the dealer, 'but customers who want it are rarer.' Then my book i…"

-Bernard J. Farmer, Death of a Bookseller

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19. Murder at the Spring Ball (Lord Edgington Investigates, #1)

By: Benedict Brown

4.12

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

A little music, a little dancing, a little murder at the spring ball. England, 1925. After years s… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of Murder at Everham Hall (Marius Quin Mystery #1) by Benedict Brown

20. Murder at Everham Hall (Marius Quin Mystery #1)

By: Benedict Brown

4.01

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

A mystery novelist with writer’s block, a lavish party to ring in the new year, and a film star wit… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of The Belvedere Murders (Heathcliff Lennox #11) by Karen Baugh Menuhin

21. The Belvedere Murders (Heathcliff Lennox #11)

By: Karen Baugh Menuhin

4.60

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Murder, Mystery and a dog, and cat, of distinction A dazzling ball in a rooftop ballroom in one … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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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
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
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23. Death at Dyke's Corner

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.18

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Death at Dyke's Corner is a 1940 detective novel by E.C.R. Lorac, the pen name of the British write… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of Blood on the Tracks: Railway Mysteries by Martin Edwards

24. Blood on the Tracks: Railway Mysteries

By: Martin Edwards

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

“Never had I been given a tougher problem to solve, and never had I been so utterly at my wits’ end… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
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25. The Secrets of Love Story Bridge

By: Phaedra Patrick

3.62

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Rise and Shine Benedict Stone , now an original movie on Hallmark. “Patrick ble… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • british literature
"There's no such thing as perfection, just two people trying to make the most of their time together."

-Phaedra Patrick, The Secrets of Love Story Bridge

Cover of Death at Mistram Manor: A 1940s DCI Bryce story (Chief Inspector Bryce Murder Mysteries Book 5) by Peter Zander-Howell

26. Death at Mistram Manor: A 1940s DCI Bryce story (Chief Inspector Bryce Murder Mysteries Book 5)

By: Peter Zander-Howell

4.48

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A funeral service in Oxfordshire has been held for the late chatelaine of Mistram Manor. The subse… read more

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27. Murder By the Clock (Lieutenant Valcour #1)

By: Rufus King

3.51

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Lieutenant Valcour in his best-known case must solve the murder of a man who was murdered twice. At… read more

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  • mystery
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28. The Case of the Seven Whistlers (Thomas Littlejohn #6)

By: George Bellairs

4.05

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

A body in a trunk draws Thomas Littlejohn of Scotland Yard to a peculiar English village On a cobbl… read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • 20th century
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Fly Country: A Golden Age Murder Mystery by Anthony Lang

29. Fly Country: A Golden Age Murder Mystery

By: Anthony Lang

4.05

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

‘A neatly constructed plot which is distinctly out of the ordinary’ The Times‘An excellent mystery … read more

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Cover of Trouble in the Theatre (The Inn at Holiday Bay, #29) by Kathi Daley

30. Trouble in the Theatre (The Inn at Holiday Bay, #29)

By: Kathi Daley

4.60

Format: 159 pages, Kindle Edition

A heartwarming cozy mystery series about losing everything, taking a chance, and starting again.Aft… read more

Similar categories in Kathi Daley's Trouble in the Theatre (The Inn at Holiday Bay, #29) book and George Bellairs's The Case of the Seven Whistlers (Thomas Littlejohn #6)

  • mystery

31. Death and Mary Dazill

By: Mary Fitt

4.35

Format: 173 pages, Paperback

'Is it wise to evoke these memories--to raise these ghosts--after all these years? After attending … read more

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  • mystery

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Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn, #2)

Ngaio Marsh

3.82

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Ngaio Marsh

3.71

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A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn, #1)

Ngaio Marsh

3.80

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Martin Edwards

4.04

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Impact of Evidence

Carol Carnac

4.11

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R.A.J. Walling

4.05

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John Ferguson

3.45

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W.F. Harvey

3.57

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