17 Top crime books like Murder in the Bookshop by Carolyn Wells

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Murder in the Bookshop

By: Carolyn Wells

3.18

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Murder, stalking among the rare and valuable volumes of a bookshop, provides Fleming Stone with one…

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Cover of Penhallow by Georgette Heyer

1. 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
  • crime
  • fiction
"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

Cover of Goblin Market by Joyce Carol Oates, William Morris, Laurence Housman, Christina Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti

2. Goblin Market

By: Joyce Carol Oates , William Morris , Laurence Housman , Christina Rossetti , Dante Gabriel Rossetti

3.82

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

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  • fiction
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3. Tour de Force

By: Christianna Brand

3.69

Format: None pages, Paperback

The vacationing Inspector Cockrill is on the job again when a fellow tourist is stabbed to death on… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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4. 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
  • crime
  • fiction

5. 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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6. 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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7. The Leavenworth Case

By: Anna Katharine Green

4.27

Format: 412 pages, Paperback

Na biblioteca da sua mansao da Quinta Avenida, em Nova Iorque, o milionario Horatio Leavenworth e e… read more

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8. 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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9. Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.96

Format: 346 pages, Paperback

The party's over when murder makes an entrance...With the notion of bringing together the most bitt… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
"With corpses stiffening on the premises, sir, all things be possible to a man with a desperate powerful idea egging him on."

-Ngaio Marsh, Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11)

"They were fortified with all the resilience that youth presents to an emotional shock. In the midst of murder and attempted suicide, they had managed, not only to behave with address and good sense, …"

-Ngaio Marsh, Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11)

"For some reason that he had never been able to understand, Mandrake was a man in whom his fellow-creatures confided. He was by no means obviously sympathetic and he seldom asked for confidences but, …"

-Ngaio Marsh, Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11)

"Beneath it hung a faded photograph in an Oxford frame. It presented a Victorian gentleman wearing an ineffable air of hauteur and a costume which suggested that he had begun to dress up as Mr. Sherlo…"

-Ngaio Marsh, Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11)

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10. The Charity Shop Detective Agency (The Charity Shop Detective Agency, #1)

By: Peter Boland

3.94

Format: 371 pages, Kindle Edition

Fiona, Sue and Daisy, three retired ladies who volunteer at the local charity shop, Dogs Need Nice … read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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11. A Death in the Parish (Canon Clement, #2)

By: Richard Coles

3.90

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

It's been a few months since murder tore apart the community of Champton apart. As Canon Daniel Cl… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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12. Caminito: Un aprile del commissario Ricciardi

By: Maurizio de Giovanni

4.04

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Cinque anni possono cambiare un mondo. Una vita, tante vite. Il grande ritorno del commissario Ricc… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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13. Labyrinthes

By: Franck Thilliez

4.32

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Une scène de pure folie dans un chalet. Une victime au visage réduit en bouillie à coups de tisonni… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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14. A Tempest at Sea (Lady Sherlock #7)

By: Sherry Thomas

4.18

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

Charlotte Holmes’s brilliant mind and deductive skills are pulled into a dangerous investigation at… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Scottish Ladies' Detective Agency (The Scottish Ladies' Detective Agency, #1) by Lydia Travers

15. The Scottish Ladies' Detective Agency (The Scottish Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)

By: Lydia Travers

3.97

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

When Maud McIntyre sets up her own private detective agency, she never imagines her first case will… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of God Rest Ye, Royal Gentlemen (Her Royal Spyness, #15) by Rhys Bowen

16. God Rest Ye, Royal Gentlemen (Her Royal Spyness, #15)

By: Rhys Bowen

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Georgie is back and hanging the stockings with care when a murder interrupts her Christmas cheer in… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Murder at Holly House (Frank Grasby Mystery, #1) by Denzil Meyrick

17. Murder at Holly House (Frank Grasby Mystery, #1)

By: Denzil Meyrick

3.64

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

A village of secrets It's December 1952, and a dead stranger has been found lodged up the chimney … read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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18. The Murder Game

By: Tom Hindle

3.57

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

One house. Nine guests. Endless motives for murder...In the seaside town of Hamlet Wick, guests ass… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Murder Wheel (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #2) by Tom   Mead

19. The Murder Wheel (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #2)

By: Tom Mead

3.57

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In London, 1938, young and idealistic lawyer Edmund Ibbs is trying to find any shred of evidence th… read more

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

20. 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
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Murder Under the Mistletoe (Maybridge Murder Mysteries #2) by Liz Fielding

21. Murder Under the Mistletoe (Maybridge Murder Mysteries #2)

By: Liz Fielding

4.37

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Abby Finch heads to the old church hall armed with mistletoe and holly ready to help decorate in ti… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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22. Paradiso

By: Michele Masneri

3.27

Format: 187 pages, Hardcover

Nel «giorno più caldo di una delle estati più calde che si ricordino», Federico Desi­deri, giovane … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Murder in the Caribbean (Death in Paradise, #4) by Robert Thorogood

23. Murder in the Caribbean (Death in Paradise, #4)

By: Robert Thorogood

4.18

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

DI Richard Poole is hot, bothered and fed up. He’s stuck on the tropical island of Saint-Marie, for… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11) by Alan Bradley

24. What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11)

By: Alan Bradley

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the absence of adult supervision, Flavia has taken on the mentorship of her “pestilent” younger … read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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25. Clara Reads Proust

By: Stéphane Carlier

3.59

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A tender and witty coming-of-age story about the power of literature to inspire new beginnings, pep… read more

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  • fiction
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26. Murder in the Bookshop

By: Carolyn Wells

3.18

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Murder, stalking among the rare and valuable volumes of a bookshop, provides Fleming Stone with one… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Cabaret Macabre (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #3) by Tom   Mead

27. Cabaret Macabre (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #3)

By: Tom Mead

4.01

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This latest puzzle mystery from the author of Death and the Conjuror and The Murder Wheel takes sta… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of A Cotswold Christmas Mystery (Thea Osborne #18) by Rebecca Tope

28. A Cotswold Christmas Mystery (Thea Osborne #18)

By: Rebecca Tope

3.32

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

It’s Christmas, and things are looking good at the Slocombe house. Thea’s daughter Jessica has come… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Golden Age Whodunits (American Mystery Classics) by Otto Penzler

29. Golden Age Whodunits (American Mystery Classics)

By: Otto Penzler

3.31

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

Fifteen puzzling tales from the masters of the mystery genre Depending on who you ask, the term “wh… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of Frenzy of Evil (Black Gat Book) by Henry Kane

30. Frenzy of Evil (Black Gat Book)

By: Henry Kane

3.74

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

FRENZY OF EVIL Jonathan Joseph Carson—Jonathan Joe to his friends—has reached the pinnacle of succe… read more

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Georgette Heyer

3.13

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3.82

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Christianna Brand

3.69

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4.48

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Sophie Hannah

3.75

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Robert Thorogood

3.92

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Mark Billingham

4.11

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Tom Hindle

3.55

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