22 Best crime books like Paul Temple Intervenes by Francis Durbridge

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Paul Temple Intervenes

By: Francis Durbridge

3.58

Format: None pages, Audio CD

From 1938 to 1969 crime novelist and detective Paul Temple and his Fleet Street journalist wife Ste…

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Cover of Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15) by Agatha Christie

1. Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)

By: Agatha Christie

3.96

Format: 324 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A flamboyant party host is murdered in full view of a roomful of bridge players! Mr. Shaitana wa… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"I have always disapproved of murder."

-Agatha Christie, Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)

"Do you believe in the value of truth, my dear, or don’t you?"

-Agatha Christie, Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)

"Hercule Poirot spread out his hands in his most foreign manner."

-Agatha Christie, Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)

"There is the natural liar...Always says the thing that sounds best."

-Agatha Christie, Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)

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2. 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)

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3. Cyclops (Dirk Pitt, #8)

By: Clive Cussler

3.90

Format: 473 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A wealthy American financier disappears on atreasure hunt in an antique blimp. From Cubanwaters, th… read more

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  • mystery
"How's that for self-sufficiency?" said Steinmetz. "Chateau Lunar Chardonnay, 1989. Not exactly a premier vintage. Only had enough grapes to make four bottles. Should have allowed the vines in the gre…"

-Clive Cussler, Cyclops (Dirk Pitt, #8)

"Here is a detailed report from the Walter Reed pathology lab. Their examination was most helpful in giving us a lead for identification." The President looked at him in surprise. "You identified them…"

-Clive Cussler, Cyclops (Dirk Pitt, #8)

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4. Maigret's Boyhood Friend

By: Georges Simenon

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Maigret receives a visit from an old schoolmate whose mistress has been shot to death, he feel… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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5. The Curse of La Fontaine (Verlaque and Bonnet, #6)

By: M.L. Longworth

3.60

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

Chef Sigisbert "Bear" Valets has just opened his own restaurant, La Fontaine, in Aix-en-Provence. I… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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6. Murder in the Title: A Crime Novel

By: Simon Brett

3.52

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Simon Brett again takes us behind the scenes in a back-stage drama of crime and detection in Murder… read more

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

7. 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
  • crime
  • audiobook
"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)

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8. At Bertram's Hotel (Miss Marple, #11)

By: Agatha Christie

3.78

Format: 377 pages, Paperback

An old-fashioned London Hotel is not quite as reputable as it makes out! When Miss Marple comes up … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (Miss Marple, #9) by Agatha Christie

9. The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (Miss Marple, #9)

By: Agatha Christie

4.01

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

One minute, silly Heather Badcock had been gabbling on at her movie idol, the glamorous Marina Greg… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of A Pocket Full of Rye (Miss Marple, #7) by Agatha Christie

10. A Pocket Full of Rye (Miss Marple, #7)

By: Agatha Christie

3.72

Format: 395 pages, Paperback

A handful of grain is found in the pocket of a murdered businessman! Rex Fortescue, king of a finan… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Treasure (Dirk Pitt, #9) by Clive Cussler

11. Treasure (Dirk Pitt, #9)

By: Clive Cussler

3.94

Format: 489 pages, Paperback

Charts of lost gold... breathtaking art and rare volumes... maps of hidden oil and mineral deposits… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of An Amateur Corpse (Charles Paris, #4) by Simon Brett

12. An Amateur Corpse (Charles Paris, #4)

By: Simon Brett

3.90

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

'An Amateur Corpse' is another fascinating Simon Brett mystery set in the backdrop of theater. Char… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Monogram Murders by Agatha Christie, Sophie Hannah

13. The Monogram Murders

By: Agatha Christie , Sophie Hannah

3.13

Format: 192 pages, ebook

'I'm a dead woman, or I shall be soon...' Hercule Poirot's quiet supper in a London coffeehouse is … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

14. The Attenbury Emeralds (Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane, #3)

By: Jill Paton Walsh

5.00

Format: None pages,

In 1936, Dorothy L. Sayers abandoned the last Lord Peter Wimsey detective story. Sixty years later,… read more

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15. Félicie

By: Georges Simenon

2.83

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Peg Leg Lapie, a crusty old sailor, is found mysteriously murdered in a most incongruous setting: a… read more

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16. Cat Among the Pigeons (Hercule Poirot, #32)

By: Agatha Christie

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Late one night, two teachers investigate a mysterious flashing light in the sports pavilion, while … read more

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17. Lord Peter Views the Body (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #4)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In this delightful collection of Wimsey exploits, Dorothy L. Sayers reveals a gruesome, grotesque b… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
"I has such a sinking in my inside I has to get up and eat biscuits."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Lord Peter Views the Body (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #4)

"And upon his return, Gherkins, who had always considered his uncle as a very top-hatted sort of person, actually saw him take from his handkerchief-drawer an undeniable automatic pistol. It was at th…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Lord Peter Views the Body (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #4)

18. Inca Gold (Dirk Pitt, #12)

By: Clive Cussler

3.48

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A MAGNIFICENT CACHE OF ANCIENT GOLD BURIED IN MYSTERY... A POWERFUL CRIME FAMILY TAKES BLOODY AIM..… read more

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19. Dead Room Farce (Charles Paris, #17)

By: Simon Brett

3.68

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Charles Paris, Simon Brett's actor-cum-accidental sleuth, returns to the boards in this seventeenth… read more

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20. 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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21. The Library of the Dead (Edinburgh Nights, #1)

By: T.L. Huchu

3.49

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

When a child goes missing in Edinburgh's darkest streets, young Ropa investigates. She'll need to c… read more

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  • mystery
  • audiobook
"If I'm going down, I'm taking it with me. M.A.D., bitch. I'm up for Mutually Assured Destruction - if that's what it takes."

-T.L. Huchu, The Library of the Dead (Edinburgh Nights, #1)

"It’s in the most trying times, when we ourselves have nothing, that we mustn’t forget there are higher virtues like compassion, kindness and solidarity. Doing something when it is hard, because it is…"

-T.L. Huchu, The Library of the Dead (Edinburgh Nights, #1)

"There’s a world of a difference between reading and hearing. I mean, you extract the same juice out of the fruit of knowledge – whether it’s coming off pod or page. But with audio, I like hearing the…"

-T.L. Huchu, The Library of the Dead (Edinburgh Nights, #1)

Cover of A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24) by Ian Rankin

22. A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24)

By: Ian Rankin

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The brand-new John Rebus thriller from the #1 international bestseller Ian Rankin. John Rebus st… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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23. The Trial

By: Rob Rinder

4.24

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

An unputdownable murder mystery by Britain's best-loved criminal barrister Rob Rinder. ONE MURDE… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Luckily,Mum,there aren't any nice young ladies in my life so that's not really a problem."

-Rob Rinder, The Trial

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

24. 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

25. 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 The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2) by Yukito Ayatsuji

26. The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

By: Yukito Ayatsuji

3.62

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

Ever since a horrific car accident, Fujinuma Kiichi has lived a reclusive existence in the remote M… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"A cold death mask worn by a living man."

-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

"It sounded like the beating heart of the house."

-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

"In the gloomy darkness, I revealed my accursed face."

-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

"He cursed the storm that had upset his peaceful life."

-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

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27. The Secrets of the Bastide Blanche (Verlaque and Bonnet, #7)

By: M.L. Longworth

3.98

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In the spine-tingling seventh book in the series, Verlaque and Bonnet must investigate when a contr… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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28. 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
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29. The Suspect

By: Rob Rinder

3.96

Format: 400 pages, ebook

**THE GRIPPING SECOND NOVEL FROM ROB RINDER AND FOLLOW-UP TO NO. 1 BESTSELLER THE TRIAL**When Hanna… read more

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

30. 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 Paul Temple Intervenes by Francis Durbridge

31. Paul Temple Intervenes

By: Francis Durbridge

3.58

Format: None pages, Audio CD

From 1938 to 1969 crime novelist and detective Paul Temple and his Fleet Street journalist wife Ste… read more

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14 must-read audiobook books like Paul Temple Intervenes by Francis Durbridge

Transform Your Habits

Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)

Agatha Christie

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Towards Zero (Superintendent Battle, #5)

Agatha Christie

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

Dorothy L. Sayers

4.07

Transform Your Habits

The Monogram Murders

Agatha Christie , Sophie Hannah

3.13

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Agatha Christie

3.78

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Spider's Web

Agatha Christie , Charles Osborne

3.92

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Black Coffee (Hercule Poirot, #7.5)

Agatha Christie , Charles Osborne

3.59

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Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

Susan Rowland

4.33

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