22 best-selling mystery books like The Case of the Leaning Man (Ludovic Travers #19) by Christopher Bush

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The Case of the Leaning Man (Ludovic Travers #19)

By: Christopher Bush

4.10

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

Palmer saw him out, and gave that little deprecatory cough. "If you'll pardon me, sir, is it ano…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Case of the Leaning Man (Ludovic Travers #19) by Christopher Bush , here is a list of 22 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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2. Missing or Murdered

By: Robin Forsythe , Curtis Evans

3.97

Format: 649 pages,

There was no mistaking the sound: it was that of a stealthy footfall, and it appeared to come from … read more

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3. Night Walk

By: Bob Shaw

3.80

Format: 281 pages, Mass Market Paperback

For 'refusing to co-operate' the Emm Luther Special Police took out Earth agent Sam Tallon's eyes a… read more

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4. Murder at Bridge (a Mystery Novel)

By: Anne Austin

4.48

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Bonnie Dundee stretched out a long and rather fine pair of legs, regarding the pattern of his dark-… read more

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5. Murder Fantastical (Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery, #8)

By: Patricia Moyes

3.42

Format: 32 pages,

The Manciples have always been known to their neighbors as the most eccentric family in the charmin… read more

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6. Jumping Jenny (Roger Sheringham Cases, #9)

By: Anthony Berkeley

3.77

Format: 190 pages, Hardcover

When a murder is committed at a party given in honour of a famous writer-detective, the guests impe… read more

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7. Scales of Justice (Roderick Alleyn, #18)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.71

Format: 244 pages,

The quiet village of Swevenings seemed an English pastoral paradise, until the savagely beaten body… read more

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8. The Tragedy at Freyne

By: Anthony Gilbert

4.11

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

When Sir Simon Chandos is found poisoned in his library, with a confession in front of him and a ph… read more

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9. Roger Sheringham and the Vane Mystery

By: Anthony Berkeley

3.90

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Ingenious’ Times Literary SupplementThe second of ten ‘Roger Sheringham’ detective novelsThis 2023… read more

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10. 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

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11. Murder In The Basement (Roger Sheringham Cases, #8)

By: Anthony Berkeley

3.57

Format: 233 pages, Paperback

A ROGER SHERINGHAM MYSTERY.Roger and Molly Dane have something of a surprise in their new house. Wh… read more

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12. Post After Post-Mortem

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.00

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

The Surrays and their five children form a prolific writing machine, with scores of treatises, revi… read more

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13. Death in the Dusk: A Golden Age Country House Murder Mystery

By: Virgil Markham

3.91

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

‘A first-rate tale of mystery’ New York Times‘An extraordinary plot with lashings of Gothic atmosph… read more

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14. These Names Make Clues

By: E.C.R. Lorac

3.66

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Should detectives go to parties? Was it consistent with the dignity of the Yard? The inspector tos… read more

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15. Case in the Clinic

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.05

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

The story begins with the sudden death of an elderly clergyman named Anderby, who drops dead while … read more

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16. The Case with Three Threads: An English Country House Murder Mystery

By: Anthony Lang

3.84

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Effortless telling of a good story’ The Observer‘Murder most ingeniously contrived’ New York Times… read more

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17. Tragedy at the Unicorn

By: John Rhode

4.26

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

‘The best detective story of 1928’ Times Literary Supplement'A case of suicide, accident or murder?… read more

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18. Accident by Design

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.24

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

Accident by Design was honestly a really well done classic British mystery. I was surprised, expect… read more

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19. The Two Ticket Puzzle

By: J.J. Connington

4.00

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

The Two Ticket Puzzle, first published in 1930, is a traditional British murder mystery; the victim… read more

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20. The Mystery at Stowe

By: Vernon Loder

3.77

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

First published by Collins in 1928, this was the first of 22 mystery novels by Vernon Loder, one of… read more

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Cover of The Dinner Party at Bardolph's: A Golden Age Murder Mystery (Merlin Classic Crime) by R.A. J. Walling

21. The Dinner Party at Bardolph's: A Golden Age Murder Mystery (Merlin Classic Crime)

By: R.A. J. Walling

4.25

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

Edward Bardolph is an incredibly successful financier - he is also despised by many - with good rea… read more

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22. The Felixstowe Murder (Chief Inspector Bryce Murder Mysteries Book3)

By: Peter Zander-Howell

4.22

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

In August 1949, Detective Chief Inspector Bryce and his new bride Veronica are holidaying in the Ea… read more

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23. The Polo Ground Mystery

By: Robin Forsythe

3.64

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

Mr Sutton Armadale, the financier, was shot dead on the private polo ground of his palatial home. B… read more

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Cover of Frozen Death: An Inspector Treadgold Mystery (Merlin Classic Crime) by Anthony Weymouth

24. Frozen Death: An Inspector Treadgold Mystery (Merlin Classic Crime)

By: Anthony Weymouth

3.72

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Ingenious’ MORNING POST‘An extremely skilful mystery’ THE DAILY EXPRESS‘An exceptionally good dete… read more

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25. The Missing Partners (Inspector Poole #1)

By: Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher

3.75

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Cousins James and Charles Morden run a shipping company in Liverpool that is, in the wake of the Gr… read more

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Cover of My Bones Will Keep (Mrs. Bradley) by Gladys Mitchell

26. My Bones Will Keep (Mrs. Bradley)

By: Gladys Mitchell

3.88

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Laura's trip to her native Scotland—accompanying Dame Beatrice for a conference, the secretary find… read more

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27. Murder of the Ninth Baronet

By: J.S. Fletcher

3.86

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

Elderly John Marbury, who came from faraway Australia the day before, was killed in central London.… read more

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Cover of The Case of the Leaning Man (Ludovic Travers #19) by Christopher Bush

28. The Case of the Leaning Man (Ludovic Travers #19)

By: Christopher Bush

4.10

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

Palmer saw him out, and gave that little deprecatory cough. "If you'll pardon me, sir, is it ano… read more

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Cover of The Horseman of Death: A Dr Hailey Detective Novel by Anthony Wynne

29. The Horseman of Death: A Dr Hailey Detective Novel

By: Anthony Wynne

3.62

Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition

‘The outcome is startling and surprising’ Boston Globe‘Fascinating. The solution is clever’ Philade… read more

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Cover of The Creeping Jenny Mystery (Anthony Bathurst Mystery) by Brian Flynn

30. The Creeping Jenny Mystery (Anthony Bathurst Mystery)

By: Brian Flynn

4.13

Format: 208 pages, ebook

“So great was the force of the blow, it would have been impossible for the victim to have lived mor… read more

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Cover of Death of a Delft Blue (Mrs. Bradley, #37) by Gladys Mitchell

31. Death of a Delft Blue (Mrs. Bradley, #37)

By: Gladys Mitchell

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

While attending a conference in Holland, Dame Beatrice Bradley makes the acquaintance of a chatty b… read more

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17 best-selling fiction books like Post After Post-Mortem by E.C.R. Lorac

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Death of Jezebel (Inspector Cockrill #4)

Christianna Brand

3.55

Transform Your Habits

Green for Danger

Christianna Brand

3.69

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The Sussex Downs Murder (Superintendent Meredith, #2)

Martin Edwards , John Bude

4.72

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Jumping Jenny (Roger Sheringham Cases, #9)

Anthony Berkeley

3.77

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