22 Best mystery books like Twelve Horses and the Hangman's Noose (Mrs. Bradley) by Gladys Mitchell

Cover of Twelve Horses and the Hangman's Noose (Mrs. Bradley) by Gladys Mitchell

Twelve Horses and the Hangman's Noose (Mrs. Bradley)

By: Gladys Mitchell

3.83

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

John Mapstead kept twelve horses at his riding-stables. Eight were for hire, three came and went my…

If you liked the mystery plot in Twelve Horses and the Hangman's Noose (Mrs. Bradley) by Gladys Mitchell , here is a list of 22 books like this:

Cover of The Case Is Closed (Miss Silver, #2) by Patricia Wentworth

1. The Case Is Closed (Miss Silver, #2)

By: Patricia Wentworth

3.86

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

The Everton murder case has long been closed. The culprit has been charged with the murder of his u… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
"And if you, Miss Hilary, could blow up that fire and put on a kettle, we will make her a nice cup of tea. In fact I think we all should all be the better of a nice cup of tea."

-Patricia Wentworth, The Case Is Closed (Miss Silver, #2)

Cover of Cargo of Eagles (Albert Campion Mystery, #19) by Margery Allingham

2. Cargo of Eagles (Albert Campion Mystery, #19)

By: Margery Allingham

3.80

Format: 162 pages, Hardcover

In this, Ms. Allingham's last novel, the action revolves around Saltey, for centuries a hidey-hole … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
Cover of Spinsters in Jeopardy (Roderick Alleyn, #17) by Ngaio Marsh

3. Spinsters in Jeopardy (Roderick Alleyn, #17)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.71

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

SPINSTERS IN JEOPARDY read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
Cover of Tether's End (Albert Campion Mystery, #16) by Margery Allingham

4. Tether's End (Albert Campion Mystery, #16)

By: Margery Allingham

3.96

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

In Hide My Eyes, private detective Albert Campion finds himself hunting down a serial killer in Lon… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
Cover of Pearls Before Swine (Albert Campion Mystery, #12) by Margery Allingham

5. 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
  • crime
  • british literature
Cover of The Mind Readers (Albert Campion Mystery, #18) by Margery Allingham

6. The Mind Readers (Albert Campion Mystery, #18)

By: Margery Allingham

3.47

Format: 260 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Mind over murder Two schoolboys have discovered a miraculous gadget that enables them to read oth… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
Cover of Light Thickens (Roderick Alleyn, #32) by Ngaio Marsh

7. Light Thickens (Roderick Alleyn, #32)

By: Ngaio Marsh

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Is this a dagger which I see before me..." Four murders. Three witches. A fiendish lady. A homicid… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
Cover of Photo Finish (Roderick Alleyn, #31) by Ngaio Marsh

8. Photo Finish (Roderick Alleyn, #31)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.81

Format: 4 pages, Paperback

MURDER IN HIGH C... A persistent paparazzi has hounded operatic soprano Isabella Sommita until her … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
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9. Death by Water (Phryne Fisher, #15)

By: Kerry Greenwood

4.17

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

'Who are you?' asked the doctor. 'You are not the standard cruise passenger, I can tell you that.' … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Sweet Danger (Albert Campion Mystery #5) by Margery Allingham

10. Sweet Danger (Albert Campion Mystery #5)

By: Margery Allingham

3.57

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

The impoverished Fitton family inhabit a run-down mill in a Suffolk village, and suspect their brot… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
Cover of The Beckoning Lady (Albert Campion #15) by Margery Allingham

11. The Beckoning Lady (Albert Campion #15)

By: Margery Allingham

3.57

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Albert Campion, family, Lugg and DCI Charles Luke are on hand in Suffolk when friends Minnie and To… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature

12. Death of a Ghost (Albert Campion Mystery #6)

By: Margery Allingham

4.03

Format: 246 pages,

The first killing took place at a crowded art show, in full view of the cream of London society. Fo… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
Cover of The China Governess (Albert Campion Mystery #17) by Margery Allingham

13. The China Governess (Albert Campion Mystery #17)

By: Margery Allingham

4.03

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

Timothy Kinnit, rich, handsome, well-bred, learns on the eve of his elopement, that he was adopted.… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
Cover of Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8) by Ngaio Marsh

14. Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.96

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

It was planned as an act of a new piano for the parish hall, an amusing play to finance the gift. … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
"It's like one of those affairs in books," said Bailey disgustedly."Someone trying to think up a new way to do a murder. Silly, I call it." "What do you say, Roper?" said Alleyn. "To my way of thinkin…"

-Ngaio Marsh, Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8)

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

15. 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
  • british literature
"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)

Cover of A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant, #2) by Josephine Tey, Robert Barnard

16. A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant, #2)

By: Josephine Tey , Robert Barnard

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

When a woman's body washes up on an isolated stretch of beach on the southern coast of England, Sco… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
Cover of Night at the Vulcan (Roderick Alleyn, #16) by Ngaio Marsh

17. Night at the Vulcan (Roderick Alleyn, #16)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.91

Format: 163 pages, Paperback

A London actor was dying for a star billing... From the leading lady's liaison to the harassment of… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature

18. More Work for the Undertaker (Albert Campion Mystery, #13)

By: Margery Allingham

4.06

Format: 663 pages, Paperback

Elegant and engaging detective Albert Campion investigates two deaths in the eccentric Palinode hou… read more

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19. Look to the Lady (Albert Campion Mystery #3)

By: Margery Allingham

4.06

Format: 663 pages, Paperback

A ring of international thieves target the Gyrth Chalice, a priceless goblet held by centuries of G… read more

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20. Raisins and Almonds (Phryne Fisher, #9)

By: Kerry Greenwood

3.65

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Phryne Fisher loves dancing, especially with gorgeous young Simon Abrahams. But Phrynes contentment… read more

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Cover of Flowers for the Judge (Albert Campion Mystery, #7) by Margery Allingham

21. Flowers for the Judge (Albert Campion Mystery, #7)

By: Margery Allingham

3.99

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Scandal hits the prestigious publishing house of Barnabas when one of the directors is found dead i… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature

22. 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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Cover of The Man in the Queue (Inspector Alan Grant, #1) by Josephine Tey

23. The Man in the Queue (Inspector Alan Grant, #1)

By: Josephine Tey

3.77

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

Inspector Alan Grant searches for the identity of a man killed in the line at a theater and for the… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature

24. The Catherine Wheel (Miss Silver, #15)

By: Patricia Wentworth

4.11

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

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25. Murder on a Midsummer Night (Phryne Fisher, #17)

By: Kerry Greenwood

3.73

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The year is 1929, and Melbourne is in the grip of an exhausting heatwave. But for elegant and irrep… read more

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26. 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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27. Death in a White Tie (Roderick Alleyn, #7)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.46

Format: None pages, Paperback

A body in the back of a taxi begins an elegantly constructed mystery, perhaps the finest of Marsh's… read more

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28. Hand in Glove (Roderick Alleyn, #22)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.46

Format: None pages,

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Cover of The Strong Room: A Golden Age Mystery by R.A.J. Walling

29. The Strong Room: A Golden Age Mystery

By: R.A.J. Walling

4.05

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

Golden Age of Crime writer R.A.J. Walling’s first-ever crime novel, republished here for the first … read more

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  • mystery
  • british literature
Cover of The Man Who Was London: A Golden Age English Country House Murder Mystery by Anthony Gilbert

30. The Man Who Was London: A Golden Age English Country House Murder Mystery

By: Anthony Gilbert

3.92

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

Anthony Gilbert’s first ever detective novel (originally published under a different pen-name, ‘J. … read more

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  • mystery
Cover of Twelve Horses and the Hangman's Noose (Mrs. Bradley) by Gladys Mitchell

31. Twelve Horses and the Hangman's Noose (Mrs. Bradley)

By: Gladys Mitchell

3.83

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

John Mapstead kept twelve horses at his riding-stables. Eight were for hire, three came and went my… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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  • british literature

20 must-read crime books like Twelve Horses and the Hangman's Noose (Mrs. Bradley) by Gladys Mitchell

Transform Your Habits

The Case Is Closed (Miss Silver, #2)

Patricia Wentworth

3.86

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Cargo of Eagles (Albert Campion Mystery, #19)

Margery Allingham

3.80

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Spinsters in Jeopardy (Roderick Alleyn, #17)

Ngaio Marsh

3.71

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Tether's End (Albert Campion Mystery, #16)

Margery Allingham

3.96

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Spinsters in Jeopardy (Roderick Alleyn, #17)

Ngaio Marsh

3.71

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Death of a Peer (Roderick Alleyn, #10)

Ngaio Marsh

4.00

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Striding Folly (Lord Peter Wimsey #15)

Dorothy L. Sayers , Elizabeth George , Janet Hitchman

3.99

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The Wyndham Case (Imogen Quy, #1)

Jill Paton Walsh

4.75

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