24 must-read mystery books like There's a Reason for Everything (The Bobby Owen Mysteries, #21) by E.R. Punshon

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There's a Reason for Everything (The Bobby Owen Mysteries, #21)

By: E.R. Punshon

3.90

Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition

With a slow gesture of one lifted hand, Bobby pointed. There, in a space between the prostrate stag…

If you liked the mystery plot in There's a Reason for Everything (The Bobby Owen Mysteries, #21) by E.R. Punshon , here is a list of 24 books like this:

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1. Vanish in an Instant

By: Margaret Millar

3.66

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

This classic hardboiled thriller presents the confusing evidence of a wife suspected of murder. read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
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2. The Little French Bistro

By: Nina George

3.57

Format: 311 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Little Paris Bookshop, an ext… read more

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"A wood that smells of the sea."

-Nina George, The Little French Bistro

"Death is not free. Its price is life."

-Nina George, The Little French Bistro

"Any man who loves a woman as she deserves to be loved is a magician."

-Nina George, The Little French Bistro

"One might have to be a little ruthless to seize back control of one's life, don't you think?"

-Nina George, The Little French Bistro

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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
  • mystery thriller
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4. Penhallow

By: Georgette Heyer

3.13

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Old patriarch, Adam Penhallow, yet ruling his family and his Cornish roost with an iron hand from h… read more

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  • mystery
"No, no I wouldn't annoy him for the world!" Aubrey said. "I do think he was quite pleased to see his little Aubrey, don't you? I have always regarded myself as the feminine influence in the family an…"

-Georgette Heyer, Penhallow

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5. Green for Danger

By: Christianna Brand

3.69

Format: None pages, Paperback

Set in a military hospital during the blitz, this novel is one of Brand's most intricately plotted … read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
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6. The Case of the Sulky Girl

By: Erle Stanley Gardner

3.50

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Unable to marry due to a stipulation in her late father's will--which states that she will lose his… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
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7. 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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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
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8. The Tragedy of X

By: Ellery Queen , Barnaby Ross

4.48

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

New York City, the early 30's. A man is poisoned on a crowded streetcar during rush hour. Everyone … read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
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9. The Last Judgement (Jonathan Argyll, #4)

By: Iain Pears

3.82

Format: 254 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When a tacky painting in his possession is linked to a series of murders, art dealer Jonathan Argyl… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller

10. The Hog's Back Mystery

By: Freeman Wills Crofts

5.00

Format: 500 pages, Paperback

'As pretty a piece of work as Inspector French has done ... On the level of Mr Crofts' very best; w… read more

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11. Buried for Pleasure (Gervase Fen, #6)

By: Edmund Crispin

3.83

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Professor Gervase Fen, always in pursuit of a witty epigram, declares candidacy for Parliament, rea… read more

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12. A Fete Worse Than Death (Jack Haldean Murder Mystery #1)

By: Dolores Gordon-Smith

4.43

Format: 85 pages, Paperback

It's 1922 and Jack Haldean, young crime writer and former Royal Flying Corps pilot, is enjoying the… read more

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13. The Saint-Fiacre Affair: Inspector Maigret #13

By: Georges Simenon

3.91

Format: 385 pages, Paperback

When an ominous note predicting the time and place of a death finds its way to Maigret's desk in Pa… read more

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14. Act of Oblivion

By: Robert Harris

4.07

Format: 463 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, Munich, and Conclave comes this spellbi… read more

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  • mystery
"He had no idea where they would go, or what they would do, or what dangers lay ahead. But with their love, and their Bible, with their absolute certainty in the power of the Lord and the protection o…"

-Robert Harris, Act of Oblivion

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15. Shroud of Darkness

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.24

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

One was brutally attacked in the choking black fog in Paddington Station. Attempted murder became b… read more

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  • mystery
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16. 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
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17. 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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18. Murder at the Spring Ball (Lord Edgington Investigates, #1)

By: Benedict Brown

4.12

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

A little music, a little dancing, a little murder at the spring ball. England, 1925. After years s… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
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19. 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
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20. The Murder of Mrs Davenport: A Golden Age Mystery

By: Anthony Gilbert

4.01

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

‘An absorbing story’ Times Literary Supplement‘The plot is well-conceived… the characters are well … read more

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  • mystery
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21. Murderer's Mistake (Robert Macdonald #28)

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.07

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

It's not long after the end of WWII, rationing is still in force in the UK, and Chief Inspector Mac… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
Cover of Poison at the Village Show (The Martha Miller Mysteries #1) by Catherine Coles

22. Poison at the Village Show (The Martha Miller Mysteries #1)

By: Catherine Coles

4.13

Format: 219 pages, Kindle Edition

Westleham Village 1947. It’s the Westleham village show and with the war finally over, everyone … read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
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23. Tragedy at the Unicorn

By: John Rhode

4.26

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

‘The best detective story of 1928’ Times Literary Supplement'A case of suicide, accident or murder?… read more

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  • mystery
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24. Blackthorn House (The Dr. Priestley Detective Stories)

By: John Rhode

3.69

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

A man's car is impounded as a stolen vehicle--but that's not the worst of it--in this classic Briti… read more

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  • mystery
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25. The Dinner Party at Bardolph's: A Golden Age Murder Mystery (Merlin Classic Crime)

By: R.A. J. Walling

4.25

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

Edward Bardolph is an incredibly successful financier - he is also despised by many - with good rea… read more

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  • mystery
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26. Agatha Christie Premium Collection

By: Agatha Christie

4.48

Format: 1334 pages, Kindle Edition

This ebook collection contains the following works of Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Affair at … read more

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  • mystery thriller
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27. Fear Comes to Chalfont

By: Freeman Wills Crofts

4.11

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

Julia Elton, mistress of Chalfont, is the dutiful wife of a man she does not love. Frank Cox is the… read more

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  • mystery
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28. Outrage on Gallows Hill (Thomas Littlejohn #13)

By: George Bellairs

4.13

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

In Melchester, Thomas Littlejohn hunts the killer of a strangled poet The war is over and blackouts… read more

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  • mystery
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29. There's a Reason for Everything (The Bobby Owen Mysteries, #21)

By: E.R. Punshon

3.90

Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition

With a slow gesture of one lifted hand, Bobby pointed. There, in a space between the prostrate stag… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
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30. Rope’s End, Rogue’s End

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.05

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

From the dust jacket: Wulfstane Manor, a rambling old country house with many unused rooms, winding… read more

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