13 Top fiction books like The Woman in the Wardrobe by Peter Antony

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The Woman in the Wardrobe

By: Peter Antony

3.59

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder "Better and better!" cried Verity, chu…

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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
  • crime
  • fiction
"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 Beast Must Die (Nigel Strangeways, #4) by Nicholas Blake

2. The Beast Must Die (Nigel Strangeways, #4)

By: Nicholas Blake

3.77

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Frank Cairnes, a popular detective writer who now embarks on a real-life crime of his own, determin… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"My studies in criminology have suggested to me that only generals, Harley Street specialists and mine owners can get away with murder successfully."

-Nicholas Blake, The Beast Must Die (Nigel Strangeways, #4)

Cover of Death of Jezebel (Inspector Cockrill #4) by Christianna Brand

3. Death of Jezebel (Inspector Cockrill #4)

By: Christianna Brand

3.55

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

At a medieval pageant, Inspector Cockrill investigates a dramatic death Ever since she drove her… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"But now the streets were not like the streets she knew. They were so silent: and so empty. On the doorsteps, little groups of milk bottles huddled with their dirty white collars, waiting for the roun…"

-Christianna Brand, Death of Jezebel (Inspector Cockrill #4)

Cover of The Seventh Hypothesis (Dr. Twist #6) by Paul Halter, John Pugmire

4. The Seventh Hypothesis (Dr. Twist #6)

By: Paul Halter , John Pugmire

3.79

Format: 187 pages, Paperback

Characters dressed in the garb of 17th century plague doctors roaming alleyways haunted by Jack the… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Long Divorce (Gervase Fen, #8) by Edmund Crispin

5. The Long Divorce (Gervase Fen, #8)

By: Edmund Crispin

4.04

Format: 9 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Gervase Fen is summoned by a friend to a pretty village whose inhabitants are thrown into distress … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction

6. Death of a Busybody

By: George Bellairs

4.12

Format: 176 pages,

The eponymous nosy parker in Death of a Busybodyis Miss Ethel Tither. She has made herself deeply u… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction

7. Case for Three Detectives

By: Leo Bruce

2.76

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Possibly the most unusual mystery ever written. A murder is committed, behind closed doors, in biza… read more

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8. The Methods of Sergeant Cluff

By: Gil North

4.75

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

It is a wet and windy night in the town of Gunnarshaw, on the edge of the Yorkshire moors. The body… read more

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9. The Peacock Feather Murders (Sir Henry Merrivale, #6)

By: Carter Dickson

4.89

Format: 78 pages,

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10. The Dreadful Hollow (Nigel Strangeways, #10)

By: Nicholas Blake

3.63

Format: 56 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Strangeways is hired by a rather unlikable magnate, Sir Arthur Blick, to investigate a series of po… read more

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11. The Mad Hatter Mystery (Dr. Gideon Fell, #2)

By: John Dickson Carr

4.14

Format: 200 pages,

The newspapers dubbed the thief the 'Mad Hatter,' and his outrageous pranks amused all London. but … read more

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12. The Murder of My Aunt

By: Richard Hull

3.85

Format: 238 pages,

In this darkly comic, quite immoral masterwork, Edward is an effete, poor young man who has somethi… read more

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13. Holy Disorders (Gervase Fen, #2)

By: Edmund Crispin

5.00

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

Oxford don and part-time detective Gervase Fen is in the town of Tolnbridge where he is happily bou… read more

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14. The Case of the Lucky Legs

By: Erle Stanley Gardner

3.80

Format: 240 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Leggy Marjorie Clune, unjustly accused of murder of sleazy movie promoter Frank Patton, must rely o… read more

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15. Death of a Bookseller

By: Bernard J. Farmer

3.55

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A rare gem of the mystery genre makes its first return to print since 1956 An honest policeman, Se… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"Jack, I'm going to tell you a story. A runner took a book to a famous dealer and said: 'I've got something rare here.' 'Yes,' replied the dealer, 'but customers who want it are rarer.' Then my book i…"

-Bernard J. Farmer, Death of a Bookseller

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16. The Widow of Bath

By: Margot Bennett

3.43

Format: 187 pages, Kindle Edition

Hugh Everton was intent on nothing more than quietly drinking in the second-rate hotel he found him… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"...hatred destroyed with the speed of a bonfire in a wooden house. [Hugh Everton]"

-Margot Bennett, The Widow of Bath

"The judge's manner would have made any man doubt the efficacy of lonely truth. Evidence would be demanded."

-Margot Bennett, The Widow of Bath

"...I...advise you that it is the duty of every citizen to expose and so help to destroy evil. [Judge Gregory Bath]"

-Margot Bennett, The Widow of Bath

"Life didn't stop, and a mind given too much to thoughts of death would create nothing but its own tomb. [Hugh Everton]"

-Margot Bennett, The Widow of Bath

Cover of Two-Way Murder by E.C.R. Lorac

17. Two-Way Murder

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.10

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

'This is only a hill mist, not a real fog. You'll find it'll be perfectly clear when we run down in… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Checkmate to Murder (Robert MacDonald #25) by E.C.R. Lorac

18. Checkmate to Murder (Robert MacDonald #25)

By: E.C.R. Lorac

3.97

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

Who fired the fatal shot that snuffed out the life of miserly old Folliner during a London blackout… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"Mind the cat."

-E.C.R. Lorac, Checkmate to Murder (Robert MacDonald #25)

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19. Death in Captivity

By: Michael Gilbert

4.15

Format: 269 pages, Paperback

A suspected informer is found dead in a collapsed section of an escape tunnel being dug in a prison… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction

20. The Arsenal Stadium Mystery

By: Leonard R. Gribble

3.57

Format: 216 pages, None

The 1939 Arsenal side is firing on all cylinders and celebrating a string of victories. They appear… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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21. The Woman in the Wardrobe

By: Peter Antony

3.59

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder "Better and better!" cried Verity, chu… read more

Similar categories in Peter Antony's The Woman in the Wardrobe book and Peter Antony's The Woman in the Wardrobe

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction

13 best-selling mystery books like The Woman in the Wardrobe by Peter Antony

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

John Dickson Carr

3.91

Transform Your Habits

The Beast Must Die (Nigel Strangeways, #4)

Nicholas Blake

3.77

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Death of Jezebel (Inspector Cockrill #4)

Christianna Brand

3.55

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The Seventh Hypothesis (Dr. Twist #6)

Paul Halter , John Pugmire

3.79

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15 Top fiction books like The Arsenal Stadium Mystery by Leonard R. Gribble

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

John Dickson Carr

3.91

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Christianna Brand

3.69

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Murder of a Lady (Dr. Hailey, #12)

Anthony Wynne

5.00

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Martin Edwards , John Rowland

4.30

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