10 must-read mystery thriller books like The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players: An Asey Mayo Mystery (An American Mystery Classic) by Phoebe Atwood Taylor

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The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players: An Asey Mayo Mystery (An American Mystery Classic)

By: Phoebe Atwood Taylor

3.72

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Asey Mayo, the “Codfish Sherlock Holmes,” investigates the murder of a traveling performer. When th…

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Cover of He Who Whispers (Dr. Gideon Fell, #16) by John Dickson Carr

1. He Who Whispers (Dr. Gideon Fell, #16)

By: John Dickson Carr

3.91

Format: 165 pages, Paperback

At the edge of the woods by the river stands the tower. Once part of a chateau since burnt down, o… read more

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  • mystery thriller
"We don't fall in love with a woman because of her good character."

-John Dickson Carr, He Who Whispers (Dr. Gideon Fell, #16)

Cover of The Plague Court Murders (Sir Henry Merrivale, #1) by Carter Dickson

2. The Plague Court Murders (Sir Henry Merrivale, #1)

By: Carter Dickson

3.84

Format: 224 pages,

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
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3. The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players (Asey Mayo Cape Cod Mystery, #3)

By: Phoebe Atwood Taylor

3.70

Format: 186 pages,

Asey Mayo tries to find out why someone has killed a traveling magician who seemed irresistible to … read more

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  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
  • golden age mystery

4. Death of a Witch (Hamish Macbeth, #24)

By: M.C. Beaton

3.41

Format: 549 pages,

Scottish policeman tall Hamish Macbeth gets repeated forebodings. Newcomer alluring Catriona Beldam… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery

5. The Wall

By: John Hersey

3.50

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

Riveting & compelling, The Walltells the inspiring story of forty men & women who escape the dehuma… read more

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6. The Problem of the Wire Cage (Dr. Gideon Fell, #11)

By: John Dickson Carr

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

The corpse of Frank Dorrance is discovered in the center of a tennis court and Dr. Gideon Fell sear… read more

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7. Immortality, Inc.

By: Robert Sheckley

3.36

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published in 1959 as a startling, revolutionary novel of the future, then pushed to new cinem… read more

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8. The Red Widow Murders (Sir Henry Merrivale, #3)

By: Carter Dickson

4.00

Format: None pages,

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9. 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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10. Headed for a Hearse (Bill Crane #2)

By: Jonathan Latimer

3.84

Format: 467 pages,

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11. 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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12. The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)

By: Raymond Chandler

3.99

Format: 11 pages, Paperback

A wealthy Pasadena widow with a mean streak, a missing daughter-in-law with a past, and a gold coin… read more

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13. Cat of Many Tails (Ellery Queen Detective, #20)

By: Ellery Queen

3.91

Format: None pages,

The city was in a panic! Like a savage cat, the unknown strangler had pounced on his victims. Victi… read more

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14. The Good Soldier

By: Ford Madox Ford , None , Kenneth Womack

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

"A Tale of Passion," as its subtitle declares, The Good Soldierrelates the complex social and sexua… read more

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15. Rim of the Pit (Rogan Kincaid, #2)

By: Hake Talbot

3.77

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

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16. The Case of the Troubled Trustee

By: Erle Stanley Gardner

3.94

Format: 264 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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Cover of Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6) by Ed McBain

17. Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6)

By: Ed McBain

3.94

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

He appeared to be a decent, upright, honest citizen....And yet appearances can be more than deceivi… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
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18. 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
  • golden age mystery
Cover of The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3) by Robert Thorogood

19. 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
  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
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20. The Morningside

By: Téa Obreht

3.61

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the critically beloved, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger's Wife and Inland, a ma… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of Bodies from the Library: Lost Tales of Mystery and Suspense from the Golden Age of Detection: Lost Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Agatha Christie and other Masters of the Golden Age by Agatha Christie

21. Bodies from the Library: Lost Tales of Mystery and Suspense from the Golden Age of Detection: Lost Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Agatha Christie and other Masters of the Golden Age

By: Agatha Christie

3.72

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

Bodies from the Library 2 Bodies from the Library 3 Bodies from the Library 4 _____________… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • golden age mystery
"Quite simply, before anyone did anything Poe did everything. Or almost everything."

-Agatha Christie, Bodies from the Library: Lost Tales of Mystery and Suspense from the Golden Age of Detection: Lost Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Agatha Christie and other Masters of the Golden Age

Cover of Death and the Conjuror (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #1) by Tom   Mead

22. Death and the Conjuror (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #1)

By: Tom Mead

3.55

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A magician-turned-sleuth in pre-war London solves three impossible crimes. In 1930s London, cele… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
Cover of Framed in Fire (Lane Winslow #9) by Iona Whishaw

23. Framed in Fire (Lane Winslow #9)

By: Iona Whishaw

4.28

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A shallow grave, a missing person, and near-fatal arson keep Lane, Darling, and the Nelson police o… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
Cover of To Die in June (Harry McCoy, #6) by Alan  Parks

24. To Die in June (Harry McCoy, #6)

By: Alan Parks

4.33

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman enters a Glasgow police station to report her son missing, but no record can be found of th… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of The Man Who Couldn't Miss (Stewart Hoag Mystery, 10) by David Handler

25. The Man Who Couldn't Miss (Stewart Hoag Mystery, 10)

By: David Handler

3.62

Format: 256 pages, ebook

In the next novel in David Handler’s Edgar award-winning series, Stewart “Hoagy” Hoag and his belov… read more

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  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
Cover of Blind Man's Bluff (Duncan Maclain #4) by Baynard H. Kendrick

26. Blind Man's Bluff (Duncan Maclain #4)

By: Baynard H. Kendrick

3.74

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

In una notte d'inverno, nella sede di New York della società di investimenti M. T. & T. Company, un… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of The Dr. Britling Stories: Stories of Crime & Detection Volume I (James Ronald Stories of Crime & Detection Book 1) by James Ronald

27. The Dr. Britling Stories: Stories of Crime & Detection Volume I (James Ronald Stories of Crime & Detection Book 1)

By: James Ronald

4.29

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

'Art is never sordid,' said Daniel. 'And murder is one of the arts'Volume One of James Ronald Stori… read more

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28. The Door

By: Mary Roberts Rinehart

3.80

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

There’s been an awful murder at Elizabeth Bell’s otherwise quiet household in this classic mystery … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • golden age mystery
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29. S.S. Murder

By: Q. Patrick

3.62

Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s homicide on the high seas in this “A 1 mystery” by the Edgar Award–winning author who wrote th… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
Cover of The Cat Wears a Noose (The Rachel Murdock Mysteries) by Dolores Hitchens

30. The Cat Wears a Noose (The Rachel Murdock Mysteries)

By: Dolores Hitchens

3.62

Format: 179 pages, Kindle Edition

A drunken man is shot dead on his doorstep in this classic mystery starring the “observant [and] ap… read more

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  • mystery
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31. Midsummer Murder

By: Cecil Wills

3.00

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

It is slowly and insidiously that evil comes to the cathedral city of Storminster. Old scandals are… read more

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3.91

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3.84

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Phoebe Atwood Taylor

3.70

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Sophie Hannah

3.75

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Anthony Horowitz

4.18

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Robert Thorogood

3.92

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