8 must-read mystery books like The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries Volume Two: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club / Strong Poison / The Five Red Herrings / Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers

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The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries Volume Two: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club / Strong Poison / The Five Red Herrings / Have His Carcase

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.30

Format: 1406 pages, Kindle Edition

The British aristocrat and sleuth takes on four more puzzling whodunits in this beloved series from…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries Volume Two: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club / Strong Poison / The Five Red Herrings / Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #2) by Dorothy Gilman

1. The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #2)

By: Dorothy Gilman

4.18

Format: 176 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When Emily Pollifax answers the phone that Sunday morning, she quickly forgets all about her Garden… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
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2. The Jewels of Paradise

By: Donna Leon

3.75

Format: 316 pages,

Donna Leon has won heaps of critical praise and legions of fans for her best-selling mystery series… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn, #1) by Ngaio Marsh

3. A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn, #1)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.80

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

At Sir Hubert Handesley's country house party, five guests have gathered for the uproarious parlor … read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • classics
Cover of The Late Scholar (Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane, #4) by Jill Paton Walsh

4. The Late Scholar (Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane, #4)

By: Jill Paton Walsh

3.50

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A new murder mystery featuring Lord Peter Wimsey - now a Duke - and his wife Harriet Vane, set in a… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical fiction

5. Shattered

By: Dick Francis

3.47

Format: 1 pages, Paperback

After his friend is killed in a horse-racing accident, up-and-coming glass artisan Gerard Logan fin… read more

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6. The Attenbury Emeralds (Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane, #3)

By: Jill Paton Walsh

5.00

Format: None pages,

In 1936, Dorothy L. Sayers abandoned the last Lord Peter Wimsey detective story. Sixty years later,… read more

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7. Immortality, Inc.

By: Robert Sheckley

3.36

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published in 1959 as a startling, revolutionary novel of the future, then pushed to new cinem… read more

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8. A Presumption of Death (Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane, #2)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers , Jill Paton Walsh

4.11

Format: 500 pages, Paperback

While Lord Peter is abroad on a secret mission, Harriet Vane, now Lady Peter Wimsey, takes their ch… read more

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9. Impersonations

By: Walter Jon Williams

3.60

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

Nebula Award-winning author Walter Jon Williams returns to the sweeping space opera adventure of hi… read more

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10. Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing: Spiritual Preparation for the Office of Confession

By: Søren Kierkegaard , Douglas V. Steere

3.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

Crossing the boundaries of philosophy, theology, psychology, and literature, the Danish writer Sore… read more

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11. Nil (Nil, #1)

By: Lynne Matson

4.32

Format: 224 pages, ebook

On the mysterious island of Nil, the rules are set. You have one year. Exactly 365 days--to escape,… read more

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12. A Symphony of Echoes (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #2)

By: Jodi Taylor

4.12

Format: 235 pages, Paperback

Book Two in the madcap time-travel series based at the St Mary's Institute of Historical Research t… read more

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  • historical fiction
"She fought off a T-rex with just a pepper spray and bad language. You couldn't be in better hands."

-Jodi Taylor, A Symphony of Echoes (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #2)

"We don't do time-travel. That's for amateurs. We're not time-travellers - we're historians. We 'investigate major historical events in contemporary time'. so much more classy."

-Jodi Taylor, A Symphony of Echoes (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #2)

"In England, the struggle between church and kings would take centuries to resolve. Interestingly, in the end, neither institution came out on top. Today, each is as powerless as the other. As people …"

-Jodi Taylor, A Symphony of Echoes (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #2)

"No incident, however seemingly trivial, is unimportant in the scheme of things. One event leads to another, which triggers something else and before you know where you are, the ramifications spread f…"

-Jodi Taylor, A Symphony of Echoes (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #2)

13. A Question of Belief (Commissario Brunetti, #19)

By: Donna Leon

4.15

Format: None pages,

Donna Leon's best-selling series featuring the principled, warmhearted Venetian Commissario Guido B… read more

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Cover of The Resurrection Mystery (The Detective Lavender Mysteries Book 7) by Karen Charlton

14. The Resurrection Mystery (The Detective Lavender Mysteries Book 7)

By: Karen Charlton

4.67

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

A corpse rises from the dead in the morgue at Guy's Hospital, and his missing pantaloons appear to … read more

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  • mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of An Assassination on the Agenda (Lady Hardcastle Mystery, #11) by T.E. Kinsey

15. An Assassination on the Agenda (Lady Hardcastle Mystery, #11)

By: T.E. Kinsey

4.53

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

They’re hoping this visit is a return journey—but it might be a one-way ticket to murder. July 1… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical fiction
"Chap's been shot in the Tramway Centre." "Nasty place to be shot," I said. "I wouldn't want to be shot in the Tramway Centre."

-T.E. Kinsey, An Assassination on the Agenda (Lady Hardcastle Mystery, #11)

"Hello Sim, dear," said Lady Hardcastle. "We've come to see your body." Dr. Gosling laughed. "I say, that's rather forward of you, Em. I had no idea you felt that way."

-T.E. Kinsey, An Assassination on the Agenda (Lady Hardcastle Mystery, #11)

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16. Safe at the Edge of the World (The Tour #2)

By: Jean Grainger

4.19

Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition

A tranquil Irish vacation, music, scenery, food... but someone on this tour has a secret he's despe… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of Imperium Restored (Dread Empire's Fall, #6) by Walter Jon Williams

17. Imperium Restored (Dread Empire's Fall, #6)

By: Walter Jon Williams

4.13

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

"Interstellar adventure has a new king, and his name is Walter Jon Williams." --George R.R. Martin … read more

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Cover of Finding Billie Romano (Conor O'Shea #5) by Jean Grainger

18. Finding Billie Romano (Conor O'Shea #5)

By: Jean Grainger

4.65

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate cover edition of ISBN B07VKDMWB7 Twenty-five year old Billie Romano is struggling. She… read more

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19. Christmas Past (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #8.6)

By: Jodi Taylor

4.53

Format: 45 pages, ebook

The First Farrell Family Christmas Max, Leon and Matthew - together at last for Christmas at St Mar… read more

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  • historical fiction
"You hear of single-parent families where one of the partners isn’t around for some reason, but as far as I know, no one has invented a word for the sole remaining member of a family where fifty per c…"

-Jodi Taylor, Christmas Past (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #8.6)

Cover of Kayla's Trick (The Tour #6) by Jean Grainger

20. Kayla's Trick (The Tour #6)

By: Jean Grainger

4.62

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

When Conor’s dream for Castle Dysert is facing ruin by circumstances outside his control he refuses… read more

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21. The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries Volume Two: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club / Strong Poison / The Five Red Herrings / Have His Carcase

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.30

Format: 1406 pages, Kindle Edition

The British aristocrat and sleuth takes on four more puzzling whodunits in this beloved series from… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • historical fiction

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3.75

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3.50

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4.12

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David Weber

3.49

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Marko Kloos

4.56

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Alastair Reynolds

4.36

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Gareth L. Powell

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