18 must-read mystery books like Common Sense Is All You Need (Sir Clinton Driffield #17) by J.J. Connington

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Common Sense Is All You Need (Sir Clinton Driffield #17)

By: J.J. Connington

4.11

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

When Pickford's body was found hanging from a beam in his garage, Inspector Loxton was sure that it…

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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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2. 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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3. Nil (Nil, #1)

By: Lynne Matson

4.32

Format: 224 pages, ebook

On the mysterious island of Nil, the rules are set. You have one year. Exactly 365 days--to escape,… read more

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4. 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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5. 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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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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7. The Wintringham Mystery

By: Anthony Berkeley

3.66

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Republished for the first time in nearly 95 years, a classic winter country house mystery by the fo… read more

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"For a minute or two they remained in complete silence--the silence of people who know each other so well that words are merely an accessory rather than a necessity."

-Anthony Berkeley, The Wintringham Mystery

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8. The Fatal Glove: A Noel Pinson Mystery (Merlin Classic Crime)

By: R.A.J. Walling

4.19

Format: 211 pages, Kindle Edition

First serialised in newspapers in 1917.Never published in book form beforeA classic mystery by R.A.… read more

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9. 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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10. Vigil for the Dead (DCI Tom Raven #6)

By: M.S. Morris

4.49

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

A desolate moor. A burned body. A deadly conspiracy. DCI Tom Raven is enjoying the long summer d… read more

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11. Accident by Design

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.24

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

Accident by Design was honestly a really well done classic British mystery. I was surprised, expect… read more

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12. The Dying of the Year (DCI Tom Raven, #3)

By: M.S. Morris

4.47

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

A hit and run. A suspicious death. A vendetta. Sam Earnshaw’s recovery from a year-long coma sho… read more

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13. Days Like Shadows Pass (DCI Tom Raven #5)

By: M.S. Morris

4.49

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

DCI Tom Raven’s hopes for a few quiet days with his daughter, Hannah, are shattered when a shocking… read more

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14. 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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15. Murder at the Country Club (Miss Underhay #9)

By: Helena Dixon

4.38

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

Kitty Underhay is playing doubles… with death. Kitty Underhay is accompanying her fiancé, Matthe… read more

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16. The Empire Club Murders: A page-turning historical detective novel set in 1930s London (Detective Inspector Matthew Stannard Book 1)

By: C. K. Harewood

4.42

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

March 1930. The tranquillity of suburban Craynebrook is disturbed when a lifeless and nameless body… read more

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17. Deep into that Darkness (DCI Tom Raven #4)

By: M.S. Morris

4.48

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

A cold case to solve. New truths to uncover. A killer to catch. When the body of one of his own … read more

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18. Three Christmas Mysteries: Three Noel Pinson Mystery stories

By: R.A.J. Walling

4.11

Format: 45 pages, Kindle Edition

Noel Pinson is an accomplished barrister and gifted amateur detective and features in three novels … read more

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19. 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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20. 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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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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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. 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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24. Bury Him Darkly (Murder Room Book 92)

By: Henry Wade

3.90

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

The night watchman at Hallams, the long-established Bond Street jewellers, is found dead with his h… read more

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25. 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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26. Common Sense Is All You Need (Sir Clinton Driffield #17)

By: J.J. Connington

4.11

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

When Pickford's body was found hanging from a beam in his garage, Inspector Loxton was sure that it… read more

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27. Cornish Crime: An Inspector Treadgold Mystery (Merlin Classic Crime)

By: Anthony Weymouth

3.76

Format: 165 pages, Kindle Edition

A motley group of guests arrive at Philleigh House in Cornwell for the weekend at the invitation of… read more

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28. The Detective Budd Classic Mysteries Books 1-10 (Robert Budd Mystery #1-10)

By: Gerald Verner

4.43

Format: 2114 pages, Kindle Edition

In this 10-book box set: BOOK 1: THE GRIM JOKERHamilton Lorne is sent a threatening card with th… read more

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29. 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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30. Tempt me Not: an Inspector Treadgold Mystery (Merlin Classic Crime)

By: Anthony Weymouth

4.08

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

While investigating the vicious murder of society figure Anthony Rodd, Inspector Treadgold, realise… read more

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31. The Creeping Jenny Mystery (Anthony Bathurst Mystery)

By: Brian Flynn

4.13

Format: 208 pages, ebook

“So great was the force of the blow, it would have been impossible for the victim to have lived mor… read more

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24 best-selling mystery books like Death in the Forest: A Golden Age Mystery by Moray Dalton

Transform Your Habits

Shroud of Darkness

E.C.R. Lorac

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Strong Room: A Golden Age Mystery

R.A.J. Walling

4.05

Transform Your Habits

The Tragedy at Freyne

Anthony Gilbert

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Roger Sheringham and the Vane Mystery

Anthony Berkeley

3.90

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