11 Top mystery books like Bodies in a Bookshop by R.T. Campbell

Cover of Bodies in a Bookshop by R.T. Campbell

Bodies in a Bookshop

By: R.T. Campbell

3.32

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

When botanist Max Boyle ventures into a little shop around the corner from London's Tottenham Court…

"The trouble with bookshops is that they are as bad as pubs. You start at one and then you drift to another, and before you know where you are you are on a gigantic book-binge. My brief case was full to bursting and I had bundles of books under both arms. I was bowed down by the weight of them."

-R.T. Campbell, Bodies in a Bookshop

"The trouble with bookshops is that they are as bad as pubs. You start at one and then you drift to another, and before you know where you are you are on a gigantic book-binge. My brief case was full to bursting and I had bundles of books under both arms. I was bowed down by the weight of them."

-R.T. Campbell, Bodies in a Bookshop

If you liked the mystery plot in Bodies in a Bookshop by R.T. Campbell , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) by Raymond Chandler

1. The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

By: Raymond Chandler

3.95

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

When a dying millionaire hires Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troubleso… read more

Similar categories in Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) book and R.T. Campbell's Bodies in a Bookshop

  • mystery
  • classics
  • crime
  • fiction
"Parecía más muerto que muchos cadáveres"

-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

"Dead men are heavier than broken hearts."

-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

"I was as empty of life as a scarecrow's pockets."

-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

"Just keep your nose clean and everything will be jake."

-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

Cover of The Moving Toyshop (Gervase Fen, #3) by Edmund Crispin

2. The Moving Toyshop (Gervase Fen, #3)

By: Edmund Crispin

3.76

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Richard Cadogan's Oxford holiday turns into a mystery solving adventure full of dangerous twists an… read more

Similar categories in Edmund Crispin's The Moving Toyshop (Gervase Fen, #3) book and R.T. Campbell's Bodies in a Bookshop

  • mystery
  • classics
  • crime
  • fiction
"What are you going to do with your self now?'... 'I? said Fen. 'I shall pursue my orderly and dignified progress towards the grave."

-Edmund Crispin, The Moving Toyshop (Gervase Fen, #3)

Cover of Call for the Dead (George Smiley, #1) by John Le Carré

3. Call for the Dead (George Smiley, #1)

By: John Le Carré

3.94

Format: 456 pages, Paperback

John le Carre classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of interna… read more

Similar categories in John Le Carré's Call for the Dead (George Smiley, #1) book and R.T. Campbell's Bodies in a Bookshop

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction

4. Death at La Fenice (Commissario Brunetti, #1)

By: Donna Leon

3.44

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

There is little violent crime in Venice, a serenely beautiful floating city of mystery and magic, h… read more

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5. Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)

By: C.J. Sansom

3.71

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

It is 1537, a time of revolution that sees the greatest changes in England since 1066. Henry VIII h… read more

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6. Black Orchids (Nero Wolfe, #9)

By: Lawrence Block , Rex Stout

3.96

Format: None pages, Paperback

Not much can get Wolfe to leave his comfortable brownstone, but the showing of a rare black orchid … read more

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7. The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)

By: Agatha Christie

3.82

Format: 191 pages, Hardcover

It’s seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She… read more

Similar categories in Agatha Christie's The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2) book and R.T. Campbell's Bodies in a Bookshop

  • mystery
  • classics
  • crime
  • fiction
"Here was a man who would never rail against fate but accept it and pass on to victory"

-Agatha Christie, The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)

"Because when you’re in love, you think you’re invincible. It blinds you. And you don’t seem to care."

-Agatha Christie, The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)

"What I feel is that if one has got to have a murder actually happening in one's house, one might as well enjoy it, if you know what I mean."

-Agatha Christie, The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)

"Bottled, was he?" Said Colonel Bantry, with an Englishman's sympathy for alcoholic excess. "Oh, well, can't judge a fellow by what he does when he's drunk? When I was at Cambridge, I remember I put a…"

-Agatha Christie, The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)

8. Lud-in-the-Mist

By: Neil Gaiman , Hope Mirrlees , Douglas A. Anderson

4.43

Format: 269 pages,

Lud-in-the-Mist, the capital city of the small country Dorimare, is a port at the confluence of two… read more

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9. Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Ha… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Horowitz's Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5) book and R.T. Campbell's Bodies in a Bookshop

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1) by Alan Bradley

10. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

By: Alan Bradley

3.82

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

It is the summer of 1950–and at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiri… read more

Similar categories in Alan Bradley's The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1) book and R.T. Campbell's Bodies in a Bookshop

  • mystery
  • historical
  • crime
  • fiction
"Simple pleasures are best."

-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

"It was as black in the closet as old blood."

-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

"...silence is sometimes the most costly of commodities."

-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

"Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend."

-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

Cover of King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild

11. King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

By: Adam Hochschild

4.18

Format: 442 pages, Kindle Edition

In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for … read more

Similar categories in Adam Hochschild's King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa book and R.T. Campbell's Bodies in a Bookshop

  • historical
"Most striking about the traditional societies of the Congo was their remarkable artwork: baskets, mats, pottery, copper and ironwork, and above all, woodcarving. It would be two decades before Europe…"

-Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

"Today we are less likely to speak of humanitarianism, with its overtones of paternalistic generosity, and more likely to speak of human rights. The basic freedoms in life are not seen as gifts to be …"

-Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

"Most striking about the traditional societies of the Congo was their remarkable artwork: baskets, mats, pottery, copper and ironwork, and, above all, woodcarving. It would be two decades before Europ…"

-Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

Cover of An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Elderly Lady #1) by Helene Tursten

12. An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Elderly Lady #1)

By: Helene Tursten

3.76

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781641290111 Content: - An elderly lady has accommodation prob… read more

Similar categories in Helene Tursten's An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Elderly Lady #1) book and R.T. Campbell's Bodies in a Bookshop

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"Maud placed two small cartons of rollmops in the basket of her wheeled walker, followed by a larger pack of herring salad. They were soon joined by a Stilton cheese in a blue porcelain pot, a mature …"

-Helene Tursten, An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Elderly Lady #1)

Cover of The Twist of a Knife (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #4) by Anthony Horowitz

13. The Twist of a Knife (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #4)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.09

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fourth literary whodunit followin… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Horowitz's The Twist of a Knife (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #4) book and R.T. Campbell's Bodies in a Bookshop

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"It's an interesting paradox. The more humane the critics, the more hurtful their opinions."

-Anthony Horowitz, The Twist of a Knife (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #4)

"Harriet distorted everything. It was a sort of ownership. She made the entire world her own..."

-Anthony Horowitz, The Twist of a Knife (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #4)

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14. Mrs. Caliban

By: Rachel Ingalls

3.76

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Now back in print, Mrs. Caliban is “totally unforgettable” ( The New York Times Book Review ) and “… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Ingalls's Mrs. Caliban book and R.T. Campbell's Bodies in a Bookshop

  • classics
  • fiction
"Drugs,"

-Rachel Ingalls, Mrs. Caliban

"Why do you call him a monster?"

-Rachel Ingalls, Mrs. Caliban

"I can’t imagine living in a different time,"

-Rachel Ingalls, Mrs. Caliban

"Still, people would notice a man with a green head. I guess I should get you a wig."

-Rachel Ingalls, Mrs. Caliban

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15. Argylle

By: Elly Conway

3.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A luxury train speeding towards Moscow and a date with destiny. A CIA plane downed in the jungle… read more

Similar categories in Elly Conway's Argylle book and R.T. Campbell's Bodies in a Bookshop

  • mystery
  • fiction
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16. A Single Thread of Moonlight

By: Laura Wood

4.28

Format: 510 pages, Paperback

Iris Grey's childhood was idyllic... until her father remarried. Iris's new stepmother and two step… read more

Similar categories in Laura Wood's A Single Thread of Moonlight book and R.T. Campbell's Bodies in a Bookshop

  • historical
  • fiction
Cover of I am the Minotaur by Anthony McGowan

17. I am the Minotaur

By: Anthony McGowan

3.96

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Matthew is 14 and is struggling to fit in - something that's extra hard when you're taking care of … read more

Similar categories in Anthony McGowan's I am the Minotaur book and R.T. Campbell's Bodies in a Bookshop

  • family
  • fiction
  • illness
  • psychology
Cover of The Eye of Ra (The Eye of Ra, #1) by Ben Gartner

18. The Eye of Ra (The Eye of Ra, #1)

By: Ben Gartner

4.10

Format: 278 pages, ebook

Exploring a mysterious cave in the mountains behind their house, John and his sister Sarah are shoc… read more

Similar categories in Ben Gartner's The Eye of Ra (The Eye of Ra, #1) book and R.T. Campbell's Bodies in a Bookshop

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
Cover of Bodies in a Bookshop by R.T. Campbell

19. Bodies in a Bookshop

By: R.T. Campbell

3.32

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

When botanist Max Boyle ventures into a little shop around the corner from London's Tottenham Court… read more

Similar categories in R.T. Campbell's Bodies in a Bookshop book and R.T. Campbell's Bodies in a Bookshop

  • classics
  • historical
  • psychology
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • family
  • mystery
  • crime
  • illness
  • books about books
"The trouble with bookshops is that they are as bad as pubs. You start at one and then you drift to another, and before you know where you are you are on a gigantic book-binge. My brief case was full …"

-R.T. Campbell, Bodies in a Bookshop

Cover of Lost for Words by Aoife Walsh

20. Lost for Words

By: Aoife Walsh

3.65

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Dallas's life was turned upside down the day her mum was killed in a traffic accident. Now she live… read more

Similar categories in Aoife Walsh's Lost for Words book and R.T. Campbell's Bodies in a Bookshop

  • family
  • psychology
Cover of Everything You Know About England Is Wrong by Matt              Brown

21. Everything You Know About England Is Wrong

By: Matt Brown

3.59

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A highly entertaining read for anyone interested in English history and culture, this great myth-bu… read more

Similar categories in Matt Brown's Everything You Know About England Is Wrong book and R.T. Campbell's Bodies in a Bookshop

  • historical

14 Best fiction books like Bodies in a Bookshop by R.T. Campbell

Transform Your Habits

The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

Raymond Chandler

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The Moving Toyshop (Gervase Fen, #3)

Edmund Crispin

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Call for the Dead (George Smiley, #1)

John Le Carré

3.94

Transform Your Habits

The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)

Agatha Christie

3.82

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29 Top fiction books like The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1) by Alan Bradley

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Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1)

Jacqueline Winspear

3.59

Transform Your Habits

Magpie Murders

Anthony Horowitz

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1)

Louise Penny

3.42

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)

Alexander McCall Smith

5.00

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