12 best-selling mystery books like My Father Sleeps (Mrs. Bradley, #17) by Gladys Mitchell

Cover of My Father Sleeps (Mrs. Bradley, #17) by Gladys Mitchell

My Father Sleeps (Mrs. Bradley, #17)

By: Gladys Mitchell

3.64

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Newlyweds Ian and Catherine Menzies are having a fine time touring Scotland's western Highlands by …

If you liked the mystery plot in My Father Sleeps (Mrs. Bradley, #17) by Gladys Mitchell , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Pearls Before Swine (Albert Campion Mystery, #12) by Margery Allingham

1. Pearls Before Swine (Albert Campion Mystery, #12)

By: Margery Allingham

3.99

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Albert Campion returns from three years’ work for the War Office in Europe to find that Lugg, his m… read more

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Cover of The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3) by Ngaio Marsh

2. The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.71

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Ngaio Marsh's bestselling and ingenious third novel remains one of the most popular pieces of crime… read more

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"Do you read crime fiction?"

-Ngaio Marsh, The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3)

"They do a certain amount of mischief, they're an almighty nuisance, but as murderers I've no real faith in the British anarchist."

-Ngaio Marsh, The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3)

"Nash, who carried in his head a sort of social ladder, had quietly decided that police officers of all ranks were to be graded with piano tuners."

-Ngaio Marsh, The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3)

"... In our midst—in our very midst, Matron—are secret agents, secret societies, powers of evil known to the Yard but unsuspected by the general public. Mercifully so." He stopped short, folded his ar…"

-Ngaio Marsh, The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3)

Cover of Someone to Hold (Westcott, #2) by Mary Balogh

3. Someone to Hold (Westcott, #2)

By: Mary Balogh

3.77

Format: 341 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Humphrey Wescott, Earl of Riverdale, has died, leaving behind a fortune and a scandalous secret tha… read more

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4. A Wreath for Rivera (Roderick Alleyn, #15)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.00

Format: 50 pages, Paperback

Red-hot jazz meets cold-blooded murder. When Lord Pastern Bagott takes up with the hot music of Bre… read more

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Cover of The Three Coffins (Dr. Gideon Fell, #6) by John Dickson Carr

5. The Three Coffins (Dr. Gideon Fell, #6)

By: John Dickson Carr

4.04

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

Professor Charles Grimaud was explaining to some friends the natural causes behind an ancient super… read more

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6. My Father Sleeps

By: Gladys Mitchell

3.33

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Touring Scotland's western Highlands is meant to be a romantic holiday for Ian and Catherine Menzie… read more

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Cover of Death in Ecstasy (Roderick Alleyn, #4) by Ngaio Marsh

7. Death in Ecstasy (Roderick Alleyn, #4)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.77

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When lovely Cara Quayne dropped dead to the floor after drinking the ritual wine at the House of th… read more

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"Look here,' said Nigel suddenly, 'let's pretend it's a detective novel. Where would we be by this time? About halfway through, I should think. Well, who's your pick' 'I am invariably gulled by detect…"

-Ngaio Marsh, Death in Ecstasy (Roderick Alleyn, #4)

8. Artists in Crime (Roderick Alleyn, #6)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.91

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

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9. The Crooked Hinge (Dr. Gideon Fell, #8)

By: John Dickson Carr

4.01

Format: 217 pages,

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10. The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6)

By: Agatha Christie

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A mysterious woman, a legendary cursed jewel, and a night train to the Mediterranean -- ingredients… read more

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11. A Man With One of Those Faces (The Dublin Trilogy Book 1)

By: Caimh McDonnell

3.28

Format: 5 pages,

The First time somebody tried to kill him was an accident. The second time was deliberate. Now Paul… read more

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12. 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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13. Grey Mask (Miss Silver, #1)

By: Patricia Wentworth

3.99

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

After Charles was jilted at the altar by Margaret, he discovers that she is mixed up in a vicious k… read more

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14. Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair … read more

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15. Shroud of Darkness

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.24

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

One was brutally attacked in the choking black fog in Paddington Station. Attempted murder became b… read more

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Cover of The Wintringham Mystery by Anthony Berkeley

16. The Wintringham Mystery

By: Anthony Berkeley

3.66

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Republished for the first time in nearly 95 years, a classic winter country house mystery by the fo… read more

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"For a minute or two they remained in complete silence--the silence of people who know each other so well that words are merely an accessory rather than a necessity."

-Anthony Berkeley, The Wintringham Mystery

Cover of The Belvedere Murders (Heathcliff Lennox #11) by Karen Baugh Menuhin

17. The Belvedere Murders (Heathcliff Lennox #11)

By: Karen Baugh Menuhin

4.60

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Murder, Mystery and a dog, and cat, of distinction A dazzling ball in a rooftop ballroom in one … read more

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Cover of Crook o' Lune by E.C.R. Lorac

18. Crook o' Lune

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.15

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

It all began up at High Gimmerdale with the sheep-stealing, a hateful act in the shepherding lands … read more

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19. Fell Murder

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.08

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

'...this crime is conditioned by the place. To understand the one you've got to study the other.' … read more

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"I set out this evening to learn something about the district, to study the roads and paths, and to get the hang of it, the feel of the land. It's no use rushing to ask questions when you're ignorant …"

-E.C.R. Lorac, Fell Murder

"Far below him, the River Lune wound its serpentine curves across the wide flood plane: beneath the clear September sky the water shone blue, flowing out to Morecambe Bay, whose golden sands gleamed p…"

-E.C.R. Lorac, Fell Murder

Cover of The Last Escape by E.C.R. Lorac

20. The Last Escape

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.04

Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition

In this final detective novel to feature Superintendent Robert MacDonald, we find the police office… read more

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21. Shades of Darkness

By: Malcolm Torrie

4.05

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

A body lies in wait for Timothy Herring. While scouting locations for a movie producer, Timothy and… read more

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