16 must-read crime books like The Assize of the Dying by Edith Pargeter

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The Assize of the Dying

By: Edith Pargeter

3.86

Format: 216 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When Louis Stevenson is found guilty of murder, he leaves the dock loudly proclaiming his innocence…

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1. The Sanctuary Sparrow (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #7)

By: Ellis Peters

4.08

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

Medieval monk Brother Cadfael races to save a young man he believes is falsely accused of robbery—i… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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2. Fallen Into the Pit (Felse Investigations, #1)

By: Ellis Peters

3.79

Format: 325 pages, Paperback

When an obnoxious former Nazi land-worker is murdered in the small English village of Comerford, Ch… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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3. The Knocker on Death's Door (The Felse Investigations #10)

By: Ellis Peters

4.02

Format: 202 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The knocker hung on a very special door - oak, heavy, with a late-Gothic arch, and apparently a lat… read more

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  • fiction
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  • mystery
  • crime
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4. Death to the Landlords (The Felse Investigations, #11)

By: Ellis Peters

3.79

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Dominic Felse and the Swami Premanathanand, a man of peace, unravel a deadly Indian rope trick of h… read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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5. The Grass Widow's Tale (The Felse Investigations #7)

By: Ellis Peters

4.03

Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

‘Listen to who’s talking. I’m not the one who goes hobnobbing with gunmen and such.’ Such is Bunty … read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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6. Rainbow's End (Felse, #13)

By: Ellis Peters

3.96

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

The sleepy village of Middlehope is suddenly jerked into life by nouveau riche antiques magnate Art… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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7. Death and the Joyful Woman (Felse, #2)

By: Ellis Peters

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

When the woman he loves is accused of murder, Dominic Felse sets out to find the true culprit Is a … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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8. The Piper on the Mountain (Felse, #5)

By: Ellis Peters

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Herbert Terrell falls off a mountain during a vacation in Czechoslovakia, accidental death is … read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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9. Miss Pym Disposes

By: Josephine Tey

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

To Lucy Pym, author of a best-seller on Psychology, the atmosphere at the college where she is lect… read more

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10. The Funeral of Figaro

By: Ellis Peters

4.10

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

When Figaro is killed in an aeroplane crash it seems that nothing can save the production of Mozart… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
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11. Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Heart (Felse, #6)

By: Ellis Peters

4.19

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

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  • mystery
  • crime
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12. Mourning Raga (Felse, #9)

By: Ellis Peters

4.19

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

As a favour to his girlfriend Tossa's erratic filmstar mother, Dominic Felse agrees to escort a you… read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

13. 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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14. Something Light

By: Margery Sharp

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The life of a bachelorette and professional dog photographer as she tries to find herself and be on… read more

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15. The House of Green Turf (Felse, #8)

By: Ellis Peters

4.50

Format: 142 pages,

When world famous singer Maggie Tressider crashes her car on the way to a concert, she wakes up in … read more

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16. 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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17. Death Mask

By: Ellis Peters

3.56

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

The moment Evelyn Manville enlists in the British Army, his thoughts turn to Dorothy Grieve. He's l… read more

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18. 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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19. Flight of a Witch (Felse, #3)

By: Ellis Peters

4.03

Format: 325 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Annet Beck's beauty is of the second order and it worries her parents so much that they guard her a… read more

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20. The Lighthouse (Adam Dalgliesh #13)

By: None

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

A secure and secluded retreat for the rich and powerful becomes the setting for an unsettling serie… read more

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21. Never Pick up Hitch-hikers!

By: Ellis Peters

3.93

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

When Alf Jarrett spots the hitch-hiker, he thinks his prayers have been answered. William Banks is … read more

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22. The Horn of Roland

By: Ellis Peters

4.07

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

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23. To Love and Be Wise (Inspector Alan Grant, #4)

By: Josephine Tey , Robert Barnard

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

When a strikingly handsome young photographer mysteriously disappears, it's up to Inspector Alan Gr… read more

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24. City of Gold and Shadows (Felse, #12)

By: Ellis Peters

4.16

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

When Alan Morris disappears, his great-niece, Charlotte, regrets never having got to know the renow… read more

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25. A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs (Felse, #4)

By: Ellis Peters

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Shed here no tears. No Saint could die More Blessed and Comforted than I." So read the epitaph com… read more

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26. Closer than you think (Mags Munroe #4)

By: Jean Grainger

4.70

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Mags Munroe is juggling a lot. A Gen Z new Garda recruit who lectures everyone on political correct… read more

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27. The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

By: Ellis Peters

4.17

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

The winter of 1139 will disrupt Brother Cadfael’s tranquil life in Shrewsbury with the most disturb… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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  • crime
"Love shared is no sin."

-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

"There never was, for all I could ever learn, a time when living was easy and peaceful."

-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

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28. The Royal Librarian

By: Daisy Wood

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A royal palace. A closed book. A betrayal that will echo through generations… Windsor, 1940: Sec… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical fiction
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  • british literature
"The room smelt exactly as a library should: of old paper, leather and sweet, sticky glue, overlaid with furniture polish and the smoke from a thousand dead fires."

-Daisy Wood, The Royal Librarian

"She loved the calm regularity of librarianship; each book a treasure trove of information or experience that would be categorised, labelled and stored in its rightful place. And she could think of no…"

-Daisy Wood, The Royal Librarian

"Most walls of the family's apartment were lined with bookshelves, and more volumes were stacked in boxes under every bed and table. Her mother often threatened to throw them out with the rubbish, and…"

-Daisy Wood, The Royal Librarian

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29. Deadly Nightshade (Henry Gamadge #2)

By: Elizabeth Daly

3.73

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

With talk of war all over the radio waves, Henry Gamadge is back in Maine, this time by invitation … read more

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30. The Will and the Deed

By: Ellis Peters

4.03

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

A shocking revelation in a diva’s will leads to murder in this chilling whodunit from the Edgar Awa… read more

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31. The Assize of the Dying

By: Edith Pargeter

3.86

Format: 216 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When Louis Stevenson is found guilty of murder, he leaves the dock loudly proclaiming his innocence… read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
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  • mystery
  • crime

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Margery Allingham

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Christianna Brand

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