26 must-read mystery books like Blotto, Twinks and the Stars of the Silver Screen (Blotto and Twinks, #7) by Simon Brett

Cover of Blotto, Twinks and the Stars of the Silver Screen (Blotto and Twinks,  #7) by Simon Brett

Blotto, Twinks and the Stars of the Silver Screen (Blotto and Twinks, #7)

By: Simon Brett

3.89

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

Another hair-raising adventure featuring the aristocratic brother and sister sleuthing duo!The end …

If you liked the mystery plot in Blotto, Twinks and the Stars of the Silver Screen (Blotto and Twinks, #7) by Simon Brett , here is a list of 26 books like this:

Cover of Death of a Bore (Hamish Macbeth, #20) by M.C. Beaton

1. Death of a Bore (Hamish Macbeth, #20)

By: M.C. Beaton

3.84

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

From the author of the Agatha Raisin television series...DEATH OF A BORE: A Hamish Macbeth Mystery … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Bad Luck and Trouble (Jack Reacher, #11) by Lee Child

2. Bad Luck and Trouble (Jack Reacher, #11)

By: Lee Child

4.22

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

From a helicopter high above the empty California desert, a man is sent free-falling into the night… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"Now they broke my toothbrush, I don't own anything."

-Lee Child, Bad Luck and Trouble (Jack Reacher, #11)

"Slippery slope. I carry a spare shirt, pretty soon I'm carrying spare pants. Then I'd need a suitcase. Next thing I know, I've got a house and a car and a savings plan and I'm filling out all kinds o…"

-Lee Child, Bad Luck and Trouble (Jack Reacher, #11)

Cover of The Last Dragonslayer (The Last Dragonslayer, #1) by Jasper Fforde

3. The Last Dragonslayer (The Last Dragonslayer, #1)

By: Jasper Fforde

3.88

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

In the good old days, magic was indispensable; it could both save a kingdom and clear a clogged dra… read more

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  • fiction
"Quark," said the Quarkbeast."

-Jasper Fforde, The Last Dragonslayer (The Last Dragonslayer, #1)

"Love and magic are like oil and water--they just don't mix."

-Jasper Fforde, The Last Dragonslayer (The Last Dragonslayer, #1)

"Soothsayers are like that. They see many futures but never their own."

-Jasper Fforde, The Last Dragonslayer (The Last Dragonslayer, #1)

"That's the thing about destiny: It can't be predicted, and it's usually pretty odd."

-Jasper Fforde, The Last Dragonslayer (The Last Dragonslayer, #1)

Cover of The Unbearable Lightness Of Being In Aberystwyth (Aberystwyth Noir, #3) by Malcolm  Pryce

4. The Unbearable Lightness Of Being In Aberystwyth (Aberystwyth Noir, #3)

By: Malcolm Pryce

3.89

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

A highly imaginative, fantastical and ironic black baroque-comedic plot; set in the North Wales (UK… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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5. The Cry

By: Helen Fitzgerald

3.77

Format: 307 pages, Paperback

He's gone. And telling the truth won't bring him back... When a baby goes missing on a lonely ro… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Pietr the Latvian (Maigret, #1) by Georges Simenon, David Bellos

6. Pietr the Latvian (Maigret, #1)

By: Georges Simenon , David Bellos

3.47

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

The first novel in the famous Inspector Maigret series. What Maigret sought, and what he waited … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"Sono cose di cui non ci si vanta, cose che a parlarne farebbero sorridere e che pure richiedono una certa dose di eroismo."

-Georges Simenon, Pietr the Latvian (Maigret, #1)

"Arrivava solido come il granito, e da quel momento pareva che tutto dovesse spezzarsi contro di lui, sia che avanzasse, sia che restasse piantato sulle gambe leggermente divaricate."

-Georges Simenon, Pietr the Latvian (Maigret, #1)

Cover of The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) by Jasper Fforde

7. The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)

By: Jasper Fforde

3.89

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

Great Britain circa 1985: time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected p… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"Mücken haben die blaue Ziege gestochen."

-Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)

"The name is Schitt," he replied. "Jack Schitt."

-Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)

"Take no heed of her.... She reads a lot of books."

-Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)

"Religion isn't the cause of wars, it's the excuse."

-Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)

Cover of Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2) by Dorothy L. Sayers

8. Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Rustic old Riddlesdale Lodge was a Wimsey family retreat filled with country pleasures and the thri… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"Fou!"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

"Boil my brains!"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

"I am abso-bally-lutely positive"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

"The departure of the church-going element had induced a more humanitarian atmosphere."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

Cover of Death of a Perfect Wife (Hamish Macbeth, #4) by M.C. Beaton

9. Death of a Perfect Wife (Hamish Macbeth, #4)

By: M.C. Beaton

3.82

Format: 175 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Hamish Macbeth, the laid-back constable of Lochdubh, Scotland, has a new Land Rover to drive and a … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Killings at Badger's Drift (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #1) by Caroline Graham

10. The Killings at Badger's Drift (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #1)

By: Caroline Graham

3.97

Format: 261 pages, Paperback

Badger's Drift is an ideal English village, complete with vicar, bumbling local doctor, and kindly … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Competence (Custard Protocol, #3) by Gail Carriger

11. Competence (Custard Protocol, #3)

By: Gail Carriger

4.00

Format: 45 pages, Hardcover

From New York Timesbestselling author Gail Carriger comes the delightful sequel to Imprudence. Acci… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Deadly Dance (Agatha Raisin, #15) by M.C. Beaton

12. The Deadly Dance (Agatha Raisin, #15)

By: M.C. Beaton

4.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

Iinfuriated that her holiday was ruined by a mugging, Agatha Raisin decides to open up her own dete… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction

13. The Water Babies

By: Charles Kingsley

3.91

Format: None pages,

Tom, a poor orphan, is employed by the villainous chimney-sweep, Grimes, to climb up inside flues t… read more

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Cover of Death of a Scriptwriter (Hamish Macbeth, #14) by M.C. Beaton

14. Death of a Scriptwriter (Hamish Macbeth, #14)

By: M.C. Beaton

3.80

Format: 198 pages, Paperback

From the author of the Agatha Raisin television series...DEATH OF A SCRIPTWRITER: A Hamish Macbeth … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"Husbands are always angry, that's their nature. And the nature of us women, is not to pay a blind bit of notice."

-M.C. Beaton, Death of a Scriptwriter (Hamish Macbeth, #14)

15. Remarkable Creatures

By: Tracy Chevalier

3.71

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

In 1810, a sister and brother uncover the fossilized skull of an unknown animal in the cliffs on th… read more

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Cover of Red Side Story (Shades of Grey, #2) by Jasper Fforde

16. Red Side Story (Shades of Grey, #2)

By: Jasper Fforde

4.50

Format: 459 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Shades of Grey—in an exclusive edition… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"Choice," went the Word of Munsell, "leads only to dithering and unhealthy speculation over alternative outcomes. The choice to have no choice is the best choice of all."

-Jasper Fforde, Red Side Story (Shades of Grey, #2)

Cover of Murder Flies the Coop (Beryl and Edwina Mystery, #2) by Jessica Ellicott

17. Murder Flies the Coop (Beryl and Edwina Mystery, #2)

By: Jessica Ellicott

3.75

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

One would hardly call them birds of a feather, but thrill-seeking American adventuress Beryl Helliw… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Murder Cuts the Mustard (Beryl and Edwina Mystery, #3) by Jessica Ellicott

18. Murder Cuts the Mustard (Beryl and Edwina Mystery, #3)

By: Jessica Ellicott

3.93

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

In the lean years following World War I, brash American adventuress Beryl Helliwell and prim and pr… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Deadly Cross (Alex Cross, #28) by James  Patterson

19. Deadly Cross (Alex Cross, #28)

By: James Patterson

4.28

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

A double homicide in the nation’s capital opens the psychological case files — Detective Alex Cross… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Archie Goes Home (Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe Mysteries, #15) by Robert Goldsborough

20. Archie Goes Home (Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe Mysteries, #15)

By: Robert Goldsborough

3.94

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

Archie Goodwin leaves Manhattan for the Midwest to find out who put a bullet into a banker. Archie … read more

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

21. 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
  • fiction
Cover of Agatha Raisin and the Dead Ringer (Agatha Raisin, #29) by M.C. Beaton

22. Agatha Raisin and the Dead Ringer (Agatha Raisin, #29)

By: M.C. Beaton

3.42

Format: 233 pages, Hardcover

The latest Agatha Raisin mystery from bestselling author M. C. Beaton The team of bells at St. E… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Murder on Mistletoe Lane (Stella and Lyndy Mystery #5) by Clara McKenna

23. Murder on Mistletoe Lane (Stella and Lyndy Mystery #5)

By: Clara McKenna

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Ex-pat Stella and British aristocrat Viscount “Lyndy” Lyndhurst are thrilled to celebrate their fir… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"Despite his grumbling, Inspector Brown, living up to his title, searched every inch of the Daimler from grill to bumper."

-Clara McKenna, Murder on Mistletoe Lane (Stella and Lyndy Mystery #5)

"Stella...tossed aside her napkin and rose. With a sudden clattering of teacups and saucers to the table, so too did Sir Edwin, Lyndy, and her father-in-law. Still not used to the courtesy...Stella pr…"

-Clara McKenna, Murder on Mistletoe Lane (Stella and Lyndy Mystery #5)

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24. Maybe This Time

By: Jill Mansell

3.97

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 3 BESTSELLER!Heartwarming and joyful - the brand new romantic comedy from the … read more

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  • fiction
"Sometimes you could meet a complete stranger and just know you really liked them."

-Jill Mansell, Maybe This Time

"... the worst culprits were the ones who were secretly battling with their own feelings."

-Jill Mansell, Maybe This Time

"For every wizened female tortoise there's a male tortoise who thinks she's irresistible."

-Jill Mansell, Maybe This Time

"Grief made you selfish; engulfed as you were in your own pain, it was hard to remember the others were suffering too."

-Jill Mansell, Maybe This Time

Cover of Murder at Aldwych Station (London Underground Station Mysteries, #1) by Jim Eldridge

25. Murder at Aldwych Station (London Underground Station Mysteries, #1)

By: Jim Eldridge

3.96

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

December 1940. With the Luftwaffe pounding the city nightly, Londoners seek refuge in underground s… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Cat Who Caught a Killer (Conrad the Cat Detective #1) by L.T. Shearer

26. The Cat Who Caught a Killer (Conrad the Cat Detective #1)

By: L.T. Shearer

3.30

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

Meet Conrad the cat. You’ve never met a detective like him before. Neither has Lulu Lewis when h… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Hopjoy Was Here (Flaxborough, #3) by Colin Watson

27. Hopjoy Was Here (Flaxborough, #3)

By: Colin Watson

3.98

Format: 154 pages, Kindle Edition

The gripping sight of four burly policeman manhandling a bath down the front path of a respectable … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Murder at Down Street Station (London Underground Station Mysteries, #2) by Jim Eldridge

28. Murder at Down Street Station (London Underground Station Mysteries, #2)

By: Jim Eldridge

4.18

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

December 1940. Down Street underground station, in the heart of London's Mayfair, is now a secret r… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Blotto, Twinks and the Stars of the Silver Screen (Blotto and Twinks,  #7) by Simon Brett

29. Blotto, Twinks and the Stars of the Silver Screen (Blotto and Twinks, #7)

By: Simon Brett

3.89

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

Another hair-raising adventure featuring the aristocratic brother and sister sleuthing duo!The end … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of War in Heaven by Charles  Williams

30. War in Heaven

By: Charles Williams

3.83

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found: here A battle over the most sacred object in Chri… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"The telephone bell was ringing wildly, but without result, since there was no-one in the room but the corpse."

-Charles Williams, War in Heaven

"[...] the war between good and evil existed no longer, for the thing beneath the Graal was not fighting but vomiting."

-Charles Williams, War in Heaven

"An hour's conversation on literature between two ardent minds with a common devotion to a neglected poet is a miraculous road to intimacy."

-Charles Williams, War in Heaven

"There is no possible idea," Kenneth thought as he came onto the terrace, "to which the mind of man can't supply some damned alternative or other. Yet one must act."

-Charles Williams, War in Heaven

Cover of Murder at the Ritz (Hotel Mysteries, #1) by Jim Eldridge

31. Murder at the Ritz (Hotel Mysteries, #1)

By: Jim Eldridge

3.92

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

August 1940. On the streets of London, locals watch with growing concern as German fighter planes p… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction

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3.84

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Lee Child

4.22

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3.88

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