7 Best murder mystery books like Death at the Dolphin / Hand in Glove / Dead Water (The Ngaio Marsh Collection) by Ngaio Marsh

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Death at the Dolphin / Hand in Glove / Dead Water (The Ngaio Marsh Collection)

By: Ngaio Marsh

4.16

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime’s first book, the eighth volume in a set of omnib…

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Cover of The Monster in the Box (Inspector Wexford, #22) by Ruth Rendell

1. The Monster in the Box (Inspector Wexford, #22)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.51

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The Monster in the Box takes Chief Inspector Wexford back to his days as a young policeman, and to … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Right Attitude to Rain (Isabel Dalhousie, #3) by Alexander McCall Smith

2. The Right Attitude to Rain (Isabel Dalhousie, #3)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

3.78

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

The delectable new installment in the bestselling and already beloved adventures of Isabel Dalhousi… read more

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  • mystery
"Nobody enjoys being on display," said Isabel. But then she thought: Some do, and so she added, "Except actors. And narcissists."

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Right Attitude to Rain (Isabel Dalhousie, #3)

"There was nothing more unattractive than narcissism, she thought: nothing could transform beauty into a cloying, unattractive quality than that self-conscious appreciation of self."

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Right Attitude to Rain (Isabel Dalhousie, #3)

"She had noticed that there was a tendency on the part of some Americans to believe that everybody, deep inside, wanted to live in America, and that it was inexplicable that people who could do so did…"

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Right Attitude to Rain (Isabel Dalhousie, #3)

"Protestations of happiness could sound almost boasting to those whose happiness is incomplete. One did not boast of perfect skin to one affected by dermatitis; for the same reason, perhaps, one shoul…"

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Right Attitude to Rain (Isabel Dalhousie, #3)

Cover of Pearls Before Swine (Albert Campion Mystery, #12) by Margery Allingham

3. 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
Cover of Simisola (Inspector Wexford, #16) by Ruth Rendell

4. Simisola (Inspector Wexford, #16)

By: Ruth Rendell

4.32

Format: 632 pages, Hardcover

In the quiet Sussex country town of Kingsmarkham, the daughter of Nigerian physician Raymond Akande… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Dead of Jericho (Inspector Morse, #5) by Colin Dexter

5. The Dead of Jericho (Inspector Morse, #5)

By: Colin Dexter

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Dead of Jericho is Colin Dexter's fifth outing featuring the popular detective, Inspector Morse… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • murder mystery
"He sighed and knew that life was full of ‘if only’ for everyone"

-Colin Dexter, The Dead of Jericho (Inspector Morse, #5)

"Walters looked quizzically at Morse, who sat reading one of the glossy 'porno' magazines he had brought from upstairs. "You still sex-mad, I see, Morse," said the surgeon. "I don't seem to be able to…"

-Colin Dexter, The Dead of Jericho (Inspector Morse, #5)

Cover of The Riddle of the Third Mile (Inspector Morse, #6) by Colin Dexter

6. The Riddle of the Third Mile (Inspector Morse, #6)

By: Colin Dexter

3.24

Format: None pages,

Inspector Morse isn't sure what to make of the truncated body found dumped in the Oxford Canal. He … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Pictures of Perfection (Dalziel & Pascoe, #14) by Reginald Hill

7. Pictures of Perfection (Dalziel & Pascoe, #14)

By: Reginald Hill

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Reginald Hill's ironic humor, polished prose, and keen insight have placed him squarely alongside s… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Recalled to Life (Dalziel & Pascoe, #13) by Reginald Hill

8. Recalled to Life (Dalziel & Pascoe, #13)

By: Reginald Hill

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

It was a crime of passion in onc of England's great houses, an open-and-shut case. But thirty years… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The World According to Bertie (44 Scotland Street, #4) by Alexander McCall Smith

9. The World According to Bertie (44 Scotland Street, #4)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

3.79

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

'The World According To Bertie' is the fourth in the series and revolves around the many colourful … read more

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  • mystery
Cover of The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (Inspector Morse, #3) by Colin Dexter

10. The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (Inspector Morse, #3)

By: Colin Dexter

4.12

Format: 543 pages, Paperback

Nicholas Quinn is deaf, so he considers himself lucky to be appointed to the Foreign Examinations B… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Lost Art of Gratitude (Isabel Dalhousie, #6) by Alexander McCall Smith

11. The Lost Art of Gratitude (Isabel Dalhousie, #6)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

3.50

Format: 240 pages,

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  • mystery
Cover of Road Rage (Inspector Wexford, #17) by Ruth Rendell

12. Road Rage (Inspector Wexford, #17)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.00

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The woods outside of Kingsmarkham were lovely, dark, and deep. And they were about to vanish foreve… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham, Maeve Binchy, Benjamin DeMott

13. Of Human Bondage

By: W. Somerset Maugham , Maeve Binchy , Benjamin DeMott

3.99

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

The first and most autobiographical of Maugham's masterpieces. It is the story of Philip Carey, an … read more

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14. 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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15. Service of All the Dead (Inspector Morse, #4)

By: Colin Dexter

3.57

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

"[MORSE IS] THE MOST PRICKLY, CONCEITED, AND GENUINELY BRILLIANT DETECTIVE SINCE HERCULE POIROT." -… read more

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16. The Bertie Project (44 Scotland Street #11)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

4.05

Format: None pages,

Once more, we catch up with the delightful goings-on in the fictitious 44 Scotland Street from Alex… read more

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Cover of The Veiled One (Inspector Wexford, #14) by Ruth Rendell

17. The Veiled One (Inspector Wexford, #14)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.88

Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Chief Inspector Wexford, injured in a car bombing, must rely on Detective Mike Burden to catch a ki… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • murder mystery

18. Through a Glass, Darkly (Commissario Brunetti, #15)

By: Donna Leon

3.44

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Donna Leon opens doors to the hidden Venice like no one else. With her latest novel, Through a Glas… read more

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19. Blood from a Stone (Commissario Brunetti, #14)

By: Donna Leon

4.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

A pitch-perfect mystery, an alluring portrait of contemporary Venice, and an elucidating eye into t… read more

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Cover of Last Seen Wearing (Inspector Morse, #2) by Colin Dexter

20. Last Seen Wearing (Inspector Morse, #2)

By: Colin Dexter

3.84

Format: 326 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Valerie Taylor has been missing since she was a sexy seventeen, more than two years ago. Inspector … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • murder mystery
"As he lay abed on Sunday, 21 September, Morse was beset by the nagging feeling that there was so much to be done if only he could summon up the mental resolve to begin."

-Colin Dexter, Last Seen Wearing (Inspector Morse, #2)

"Morse stared morosely at the blotting paper. "It's just not my sort of case, Lewis. I know it's not a very nice thing to say, but I just get on better when we've got a body - a body that died from un…"

-Colin Dexter, Last Seen Wearing (Inspector Morse, #2)

"As he lay abed on Sunday, 21 September, Morse was beset by the nagging feeling that there was so much to be done if only he could summon up the mental resolve to begin. It was like deferring a long-p…"

-Colin Dexter, Last Seen Wearing (Inspector Morse, #2)

21. Suffer the Little Children (Commissario Brunetti, #16)

By: Donna Leon

3.57

Format: 271 pages,

Donna Leon's charming, evocative, and addictive Commissario Guido Brunetti series continues with Su… read more

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22. The Tiger in the Smoke (Albert Campion Mystery #14)

By: Margery Allingham

3.86

Format: 536 pages, Paperback

Meg's marriage to self-made millionaire Geoffrey Levett should have been happy, until she began rec… read more

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23. Kissing the Gunner's Daughter (Inspector Wexford, #15)

By: Ruth Rendell

4.11

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

Investigating the murder of a socialite family, Inspector Wexford is forced to face his own deepest… read more

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24. Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair … read more

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25. The Charming Quirks of Others (Isabel Dalhousie, #7)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

5.00

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

ISABEL DALHOUSIE - Book 7 Nothing captures the charm of Edinburgh like the bestselling Isabel Dalho… read more

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26. Uniform Justice (Commissario Brunetti, #12)

By: Donna Leon

3.94

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

A riveting, pitch-perfect murder mystery--the work of a truly masterful storyteller. Conjuring cont… read more

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Cover of End in Tears (Inspector Wexford, #20) by Ruth Rendell

27. End in Tears (Inspector Wexford, #20)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The award-winning author of Babes in the Woods and The Rottweiler brings us another gripping Inspec… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • murder mystery
Cover of The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett

28. The Twyford Code

By: Janice Hallett

3.62

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

It's time to solve the murder of the century... Forty years ago, Steven Smith found a copy of a … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • murder mystery
"A lot of talk inside about feelings. How feelings are like visitors with something to give you. If they knock on your door: answer. Let em in. Accept the gift. Say cheers, mate. Otherwise, they said,…"

-Janice Hallett, The Twyford Code

Cover of The Railway Murders (Yorkshire Murder Mysteries #8) by J.R. Ellis

29. The Railway Murders (Yorkshire Murder Mysteries #8)

By: J.R. Ellis

4.25

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

A puzzling locked-room mystery that puts someone Oldroyd loves in terrible danger… When a film s… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • murder mystery
Cover of Long Gore Hall (DI Tanner #8) by David  Blake

30. Long Gore Hall (DI Tanner #8)

By: David Blake

4.40

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

A CHILLING NORFOLK BROADS CRIME THRILLER An intruder shot dead to be seen rising from the grave, a… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Death at the Dolphin / Hand in Glove / Dead Water (The Ngaio Marsh Collection) by Ngaio Marsh

31. Death at the Dolphin / Hand in Glove / Dead Water (The Ngaio Marsh Collection)

By: Ngaio Marsh

4.16

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime’s first book, the eighth volume in a set of omnib… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • murder mystery

19 Best mystery books like Death at the Dolphin / Hand in Glove / Dead Water (The Ngaio Marsh Collection) by Ngaio Marsh

Transform Your Habits

The Monster in the Box (Inspector Wexford, #22)

Ruth Rendell

3.51

Transform Your Habits

The Right Attitude to Rain (Isabel Dalhousie, #3)

Alexander McCall Smith

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Pearls Before Swine (Albert Campion Mystery, #12)

Margery Allingham

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Simisola (Inspector Wexford, #16)

Ruth Rendell

4.32

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20 Best fiction books like The Railway Murders (Yorkshire Murder Mysteries #8) by J.R. Ellis

Transform Your Habits

Dead to Me (Hidden Norfolk #13)

J.M. Dalgliesh

4.40

Transform Your Habits

Graves on the Fens (DI Nikki Galena #14)

Joy Ellis

4.58

Transform Your Habits

Death Rocks (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #21)

L.J. Ross

4.64

Transform Your Habits

Lady's Well (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #20)

L.J. Ross

4.42

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