25 must-read mystery books like Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1) by Fergus Craig

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Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

By: Fergus Craig

3.51

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Exeter: a city in decline, East Devon's capital of crime. Detective Roger LeCarre: a man on a qu…

If you liked the mystery plot in Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1) by Fergus Craig , here is a list of 25 books like this:

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1. Blacklands (Exmoor Trilogy, #1)

By: Belinda Bauer

3.75

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Steven Lamb digs holes on Exmoor, hoping to find a body. Every day after school, wh… read more

Similar categories in Belinda Bauer's Blacklands (Exmoor Trilogy, #1) book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Zero Minus Ten by Raymond Benson

2. Zero Minus Ten

By: Raymond Benson

3.83

Format: 95 pages, Hardcover

The clock is ticking for Hong Kong. On July 1, 1997, the British Crown Colony will be handed over t… read more

Similar categories in Raymond Benson's Zero Minus Ten book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time by Craig  Brown

3. One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time

By: Craig Brown

4.26

Format: 642 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Ma’am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret comes a fascinatin… read more

Similar categories in Craig Brown's One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • audiobook
Cover of Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within by Rory Stewart

4. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

By: Rory Stewart

4.36

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more

Similar categories in Rory Stewart's Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • audiobook
"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"

-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

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5. How They Broke Britain

By: James O'Brien

4.29

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

The revealing, defining account of the dark network that broke out country. Something has gone r… read more

Similar categories in James O'Brien's How They Broke Britain book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • audiobook
Cover of Dead in Devon (The Devon Mysteries, 1) by Stephanie  Austin

6. Dead in Devon (The Devon Mysteries, 1)

By: Stephanie Austin

3.90

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Juno Browne is a self-appointed Domestic Goddess. From cleaning to dog-walking to caring for the el… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Austin's Dead in Devon (The Devon Mysteries, 1) book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire

By: Michael Palin

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, H… read more

Similar categories in Michael Palin's Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • audiobook
Cover of Alan Partridge: Big Beacon by Alan Partridge

8. Alan Partridge: Big Beacon

By: Alan Partridge

4.27

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the o… read more

Similar categories in Alan Partridge's Alan Partridge: Big Beacon book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • humor
  • comedy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4) by Richard Osman

9. The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

By: Richard Osman

4.49

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been … read more

Similar categories in Richard Osman's The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4) book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • humor
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"His authentic indifference seems to delight them."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I think Psychopaths wear lipstick too,' says Joyce."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I love you,' he says. Because what else is there to say?"

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"Sure,' says Ron. 'She wants to kill me. Bake her some scones."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

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10. The Satsuma Complex

By: Bob Mortimer

3.68

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

'My name is Gary. I’m a thirty-year-old legal assistant with a firm of solicitors in London. To des… read more

Similar categories in Bob Mortimer's The Satsuma Complex book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • humor
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"And off she toddled back into the flat, banging Lassoo in the face with the door as he followed behind her. He looked up at me as if to say, 'That's your fucking fault."

-Bob Mortimer, The Satsuma Complex

Cover of A Death in Diamonds (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates, #4) by S.J.  Bennett

11. A Death in Diamonds (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates, #4)

By: S.J. Bennett

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The royally brilliant fourth book in the Her Majesty the Queen Investigates mystery series! 1957… read more

Similar categories in S.J. Bennett's A Death in Diamonds (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates, #4) book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Broken Afternoon (DI Ryan Wilkins, #2) by Simon Mason

12. The Broken Afternoon (DI Ryan Wilkins, #2)

By: Simon Mason

4.33

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

A four-year-old girl goes missing in plain sight outside her nursery in Oxford, a middle-class, aff… read more

Similar categories in Simon Mason's The Broken Afternoon (DI Ryan Wilkins, #2) book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of A Killing in November (DI Ryan Wilkins, #1) by Simon Mason

13. A Killing in November (DI Ryan Wilkins, #1)

By: Simon Mason

4.16

Format: 352 pages, ebook

Ryan Wilkins grew up on a trailer park, a member of what many people would call the criminal classe… read more

Similar categories in Simon Mason's A Killing in November (DI Ryan Wilkins, #1) book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • detective
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Love Will Tear Us Apart (Stranger Times, #3) by C.K. McDonnell

14. Love Will Tear Us Apart (Stranger Times, #3)

By: C.K. McDonnell

4.39

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Love can be a truly terrible thing.Marriages are tricky at the best of times, especially when one o… read more

Similar categories in C.K. McDonnell's Love Will Tear Us Apart (Stranger Times, #3) book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • humor
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"It flicked through all the channels until it found a repeat of the 1990s show in which people in swimwear saved other people from drowning by running in slow motion towards them"

-C.K. McDonnell, Love Will Tear Us Apart (Stranger Times, #3)

Cover of The Village Hall Vendetta (The Bingo Hall Detectives, #2) by Jonathan Whitelaw

15. The Village Hall Vendetta (The Bingo Hall Detectives, #2)

By: Jonathan Whitelaw

3.43

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

There’s a fine art to murder… The Lake District: stunning scenery, charming towns and…murder mos… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Whitelaw's The Village Hall Vendetta (The Bingo Hall Detectives, #2) book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Leave No Trace (Kat and Lock, #2) by Jo  Callaghan

16. Leave No Trace (Kat and Lock, #2)

By: Jo Callaghan

4.31

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

DCS Kat Frank and AIDE Lock return in the provocative new thriller from the author of In the Blink … read more

Similar categories in Jo Callaghan's Leave No Trace (Kat and Lock, #2) book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1) by John Shen Yen Nee

17. The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

By: John Shen Yen Nee

3.62

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films, this stunning, swashbuckling series opener by a po… read more

Similar categories in John Shen Yen Nee's The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1) book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • mystery
  • detective
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"The British are oddly vulnerable to charm. I've found that in England it's often the easiest path to one's objective. And hurts none along the way."

-John Shen Yen Nee, The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

Cover of Murder at Holly House (Frank Grasby Mystery, #1) by Denzil Meyrick

18. Murder at Holly House (Frank Grasby Mystery, #1)

By: Denzil Meyrick

3.64

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

A village of secrets It's December 1952, and a dead stranger has been found lodged up the chimney … read more

Similar categories in Denzil Meyrick's Murder at Holly House (Frank Grasby Mystery, #1) book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Murder Game by Tom Hindle

19. The Murder Game

By: Tom Hindle

3.57

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

One house. Nine guests. Endless motives for murder...In the seaside town of Hamlet Wick, guests ass… read more

Similar categories in Tom Hindle's The Murder Game book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
Cover of The Silver Collar (Thomas Hawkins #4) by Antonia Hodgson

20. The Silver Collar (Thomas Hawkins #4)

By: Antonia Hodgson

4.37

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

Autumn, 1728. Life is good for Thomas Hawkins and Kitty Sparks in their home above the Cocked Pi… read more

Similar categories in Antonia Hodgson's The Silver Collar (Thomas Hawkins #4) book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of T.V.: Big Adventures on the Small Screen by Peter Kay

21. T.V.: Big Adventures on the Small Screen

By: Peter Kay

4.23

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

*The long-awaited return of the comedy national treasure*Blockbusters, Baywatch … Mastermind, Moonl… read more

Similar categories in Peter Kay's T.V.: Big Adventures on the Small Screen book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • humor
  • comedy
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder at the Monastery (Canon Clement Mystery #3) by Richard  Coles

22. Murder at the Monastery (Canon Clement Mystery #3)

By: Richard Coles

3.87

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

Daniel Clement has suffered a secret humiliation and to recover, takes respite at the monastery whe… read more

Similar categories in Richard Coles's Murder at the Monastery (Canon Clement Mystery #3) book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Grave Expectations (Grave Expectations, #1) by Alice   Bell

23. Grave Expectations (Grave Expectations, #1)

By: Alice Bell

3.56

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A fast-paced and hilarious debut crime novel, in which a burnt-out Millennial medium must utilize h… read more

Similar categories in Alice Bell's Grave Expectations (Grave Expectations, #1) book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Figgy Wellington-Forge opened the driver’s door and unfolded from the car like a sexy deck chair."

-Alice Bell, Grave Expectations (Grave Expectations, #1)

Cover of The Kellerby Code by Jonny Sweet

24. The Kellerby Code

By: Jonny Sweet

3.51

Format: None pages, ebook

Edward is living in a world he can't afford and to which he doesn't belong. To camouflage himself, … read more

Similar categories in Jonny Sweet's The Kellerby Code book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Killer Kung Pao (A Noodle Shop Mystery, #6) by Vivien Chien

25. Killer Kung Pao (A Noodle Shop Mystery, #6)

By: Vivien Chien

3.89

Format: 304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Vivien Chen's Lana Lee returns for Killer Kung Pao, another delectable cozy set in a Chinese restau… read more

Similar categories in Vivien Chien's Killer Kung Pao (A Noodle Shop Mystery, #6) book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Purgatory Poisoning by Rebecca        Rogers

26. The Purgatory Poisoning

By: Rebecca Rogers

3.67

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Comedy Women in Print Unpublished Prize! How do you solve your own murder when you're… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Rogers's The Purgatory Poisoning book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • humor
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • comedy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Wrong Hands (Detective Miller #2) by Mark Billingham

27. The Wrong Hands (Detective Miller #2)

By: Mark Billingham

4.41

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

This is one case Detective Miller won't want to open . . . The second rip-roaring mystery from m… read more

Similar categories in Mark Billingham's The Wrong Hands (Detective Miller #2) book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1) by Fergus Craig

28. Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

By: Fergus Craig

3.51

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Exeter: a city in decline, East Devon's capital of crime. Detective Roger LeCarre: a man on a qu… read more

Similar categories in Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1) book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • detective
  • humor
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
  • comedy
  • audiobook
Cover of Death at the Dress Rehearsal (Lowe and Le Breton Mysteries, #1) by Stuart Douglas

29. Death at the Dress Rehearsal (Lowe and Le Breton Mysteries, #1)

By: Stuart Douglas

3.56

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Two ageing actors attempt to solve a murder after a body is found on the set in this witty, fun who… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Douglas's Death at the Dress Rehearsal (Lowe and Le Breton Mysteries, #1) book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • mystery
Cover of The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2) by Ben Aaronovitch

30. The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

New York City, New York. Meet Augustus Berrycloth-Young - fop, flaneur, and Englishman abroad - … read more

Similar categories in Ben Aaronovitch's The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2) book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Hotel Avocado by Bob Mortimer

31. The Hotel Avocado

By: Bob Mortimer

4.21

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

Gary Thorn is struggling with a big decision. Should he stay in London, wallowing in the safety of … read more

Similar categories in Bob Mortimer's The Hotel Avocado book and Fergus Craig's Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1)

  • humor
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • comedy
  • audiobook

25 Best fiction books like Once Upon a Crime (Detective Roger LeCarre #1) by Fergus Craig

Transform Your Habits

Blacklands (Exmoor Trilogy, #1)

Belinda Bauer

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Zero Minus Ten

Raymond Benson

3.83

Transform Your Habits

Dead in Devon (The Devon Mysteries, 1)

Stephanie Austin

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Alan Partridge: Big Beacon

Alan Partridge

4.27

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16 Best audiobook books like Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within by Rory Stewart

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Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

Transform Your Habits

How They Broke Britain

James O'Brien

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

David Mitchell

4.16

Transform Your Habits

How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't

Ian Dunt

4.45

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