27 must-read fiction books like Death on Account (Penguin Crime Fiction) by Margaret Yorke

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Death on Account (Penguin Crime Fiction)

By: Margaret Yorke

3.94

Format: 160 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A mild-mannered man secretly dreams of robbing the bank where he works and having revenge on his bo…

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1. Miss Pym Disposes

By: Josephine Tey

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

To Lucy Pym, author of a best-seller on Psychology, the atmosphere at the college where she is lect… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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2. Cause for Concern

By: Margaret Yorke , Yorke Margaret

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

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  • mystery
  • crime

3. The Island Hideaway

By: Louise Candlish

3.95

Format: 315 pages, Unknown Binding

How far would you follow him before you accept it's over? Eleanor Blake, distraught after breaking … read more

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4. The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey, #11)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

3.94

Format: 450 pages, Hardcover

When a disfigured corpse is discovered in a country parish, the local rector pleads with Lord Peter… read more

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5. Marple: Twelve New Mysteries

By: Naomi Alderman

3.81

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A brand-new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Mystery’s legendary detective Jane M… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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6. The Dream Home

By: T.M. Logan

3.97

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

IF YOU HAD NEVER OPENED THE DOOR, YOUR FAMILY WOULD BE SAFE . . . THE UNMISSABLE NEW THRILLER FR… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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7. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

By: David Mitchell

4.16

Format: 433 pages, ebook

A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more

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"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

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8. The Marriage Act

By: John Marrs

3.81

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

What if marriage was the law? Dare you disobey?Britain. The near-future. A right-wing government be… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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9. So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men

By: Claire Keegan

3.99

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Librarian's Note: This is the entry for the short story collection. Please don't combine it with th… read more

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  • fiction
"You know what is at the heart of misogyny? When it comes down to it?’ ‘So I’m a misogynist now?’ ‘It’s simply about not giving,’ she said."

-Claire Keegan, So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men

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10. The Politician (DS Cross Mysteries, #4)

By: Tim Sullivan

4.49

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

A ransacked room. A dead politician. A burglary gone wrong – or a staged murder? THE DETECTIVE … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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11. Husband and Wife

By: K.L. Slater

3.88

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

We promised to keep each other’s secrets. Until they found the body… The Wife: My husband and… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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12. Are You Awake?

By: Claire McGowan

3.96

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of What You Did comes a chilling story about a missing girl and two pot… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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13. Beneath Devil's Bridge

By: Loreth Anne White

4.28

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

A true crime podcast yields new revelations about a shocking murder. True crime podcaster Trini… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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14. The Sleepover

By: Keri Beevis

4.08

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

When you’re a kid, you imagine monsters to have horns and fangs. That they hide under the bed or in… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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15. The Mistress

By: Valerie Keogh

3.85

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

She wants what you have... Hannah Parker is a woman who always gets what she wants. When her … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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16. One Last Secret

By: Adele Parks

3.71

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Everyone has secrets, don’t they? One last client A week at a beautiful chateau in the south of… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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17. The Dentist (DS Cross Mysteries, #1)

By: Tim Sullivan

4.20

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

A homeless man. Violently strangled. No leads. Except for his past. An outsider himself, DS Geor… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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18. The Only Suspect

By: Louise Candlish

3.94

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

THE NEW CAUTIONARY TALE OF OBSESSION, LOVE, JEALOUSY AND DECEPTION FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLIN… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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19. The School Reunion

By: Shalini Boland

3.84

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Secret Mother , a chilling tale about revisiting the past—and di… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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20. You're Family Now ('The Family' Psychological Thriller Trilogy #1)

By: Jack Stainton

4.09

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

He only had to do one thing. Love her family… Matt Walker was a chancer; he’d spent his entire p… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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21. The Lost Notebook (Toussaints Detective Agency, #1)

By: Louise Douglas

4.00

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

A notebook full of secrets, two untimely deaths – something sinister is stirring in the perfect sea… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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22. The Perfect Girlfriend

By: Hayley Smith

3.82

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

I smile at my boyfriend as I set the table ready for the delicious dinner that’s bubbling on the st… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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23. The Night of the Sleepover (Sleepover, #1)

By: Kerry Wilkinson

4.01

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

Four girls close their eyes. Only one wakes up. Leah and her three best friends get changed into… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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24. The Lying Room

By: Nicci French

3.61

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

It should have been just a mid-life fling. A guilty indiscretion that Neve Connolly could have weat… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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25. Sun Damage

By: Sabine Durrant

3.64

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Reminiscent of the works of Patricia Highsmith and Lucy Foley, a compulsive psychological thriller—… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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26. The Locked Attic

By: B.P. Walter

3.18

Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition

There’s something in my neighbour’s attic. Something steeped in shadows. A secret to everyone… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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27. Our Holiday

By: Louise Candlish

3.65

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping, twisty new thriller from the bestselling author of Our HouseTHERE’S TROUBLE IN PARADISE… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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28. Nasty Little Cuts

By: Tina Baker

3.45

Format: 368 pages, ebook

WHEN YOUR MARRIAGE IS THIS BROKEN, YOU MAY NOT MAKE IT OUT ALIVE. A nightmare jolts Debs awake. … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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29. The Guest Room

By: Rona Halsall

3.99

Format: 311 pages, Kindle Edition

You think you’re safe in your home. You’re wrong. Ever since Steph’s husband walked out after a … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1) by Richard Osman

30. We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1)

By: Richard Osman

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A brand new series. An iconic new detective duo. And a puzzling new murder to solve... Steve Whe… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Death on Account (Penguin Crime Fiction) by Margaret Yorke

31. Death on Account (Penguin Crime Fiction)

By: Margaret Yorke

3.94

Format: 160 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A mild-mannered man secretly dreams of robbing the bank where he works and having revenge on his bo… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction

27 Top mystery books like Death on Account (Penguin Crime Fiction) by Margaret Yorke

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Miss Pym Disposes

Josephine Tey

4.36

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Cause for Concern

Margaret Yorke , Yorke Margaret

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Naomi Alderman

3.81

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T.M. Logan

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She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

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None of This Is True

Lisa Jewell

4.12

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Good Bad Girl

Alice Feeney

3.66

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Shari Lapena

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