18 must-read mystery books like Murder at Monk's Barn (The 'Perrins, Private Investigators' Mysteries Book 1) by Cecil Waye

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Murder at Monk's Barn (The 'Perrins, Private Investigators' Mysteries Book 1)

By: Cecil Waye

3.99

Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition

Burden, who had served in the war, and had considerable experience of death in its violent forms, t…

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1. Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn, #2)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.82

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

A classic Ngaio Marsh novel reissued - the second Roderick Alleyn Mystery. The crime scene was the … read more

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2. Vittoria Cottage (Dering Family, #1)

By: D.E. Stevenson

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Caroline Dering, a young widow, lives in Vittoria Cottage in Ashbridge, a small country town in rur… read more

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3. The Red Thumb Mark

By: R. Austin Freeman

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

Richard Austin Freeman (1862-1943) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the … read more

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4. Thrush Green (Thrush Green, #1)

By: Miss Read

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Miss Read's charming chronicles of small-town life have achieved an almost legendary popularity wor… read more

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5. News from Thrush Green (Thrush Green, #3)

By: Miss Read , John S. Goodall

3.70

Format: 339 pages, Paperback

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6. Winter in Thrush Green (Thrush Green, #2)

By: Miss Read

3.70

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

In the follow-up to Thrush Green, the arrival of a stranger in the village stirs ripples of specula… read more

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7. Unexpected Night (Henry Gamadge, #1)

By: Elizabeth Daly

3.91

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

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8. A Night Of Errors (Sir John Appleby, #11)

By: Michael Innes

3.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

A gruelling night of shrouded motives and confused identities develops when the last of the Dromios… read more

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9. Quartet in Autumn

By: Barbara Pym

3.90

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

This is the story of four people in late middle-age - Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia - whose chief… read more

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10. Nil (Nil, #1)

By: Lynne Matson

4.32

Format: 224 pages, ebook

On the mysterious island of Nil, the rules are set. You have one year. Exactly 365 days--to escape,… read more

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11. Tragedy at Law (Francis Pettigrew, #1)

By: Cyril Hare

3.84

Format: 523 pages,

When an anonymous letter arrives for Mr Justice Barber, the High Court judge, warning of imminent r… read more

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12. Death at the Bar (Roderick Alleyn, #9)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.46

Format: None pages, Paperback

A cosy game of darts in a cosy English pub is going well until one of the players dies on the spot.… read more

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13. The Adventures of Ellery Queen

By: Ellery Queen

3.20

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Collection of short stories. * ...The African Traveler (original story) * ...The Hanging Acrobat (M… read more

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14. The Mystery of the Kneeling Woman

By: Moray Dalton

4.30

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

"Not another murder!" "You've said it." Kindly Reverend John Clare pays a social call upon the satu… read more

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15. Catt Out of the Bag (Inspector Harry Charlton, #4)

By: Clifford Witting

4.15

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

This reissue of a classic mystery originally published in 1939 sparkles with wonderfully wry humour… read more

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16. The Missing Link: A Golden Age Murder Mystery

By: George Varney

3.90

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Detective mystery in a sinister old mansion’ Daily Sketch‘Effortless telling of a good story’ The … read more

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17. Measure for Murder

By: Clifford Witting

4.09

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

It is 1940 and Mrs Mudge, the cleaning lady is busy tidying the Little Theatre in Lulverton, which … read more

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18. 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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19. The Studio Crime

By: Ianthe Jerrold

3.63

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

"He is dead. It is quite impossible that he should have killed himself. He has been murdered. About… read more

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20. A Fatal Crossing

By: Tom Hindle

3.44

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

November 1924. The Endeavour sets sail from Southampton carrying 2,000 passengers and crew on a wee… read more

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21. 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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22. Dead March for Penelope Blow (The Inspector Littlejohn Mysteries Book 4)

By: George Bellairs

4.20

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

In the wake of Mr William Blow’s death, his surviving relatives find themselves tangled up in famil… read more

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23. Murder's a Swine

By: Nap Lombard

3.74

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

“I should imagine this was murder, too, because it would be very difficult to build yourself into a… read more

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24. At Home in Thrush Green (Thrush Green, #8)

By: Miss Read

4.33

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

It is spring in the village of Thrush Green. In neighboring Lulling, Charles Henstock admires the b… read more

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25. 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 Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries (An American Mystery Classic) by Otto Penzler

26. Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries (An American Mystery Classic)

By: Otto Penzler

3.96

Format: 492 pages, Paperback

Fourteen impossible crimes from the American masters of the form For devotees of the Golden Age mys… read more

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27. The Shop Window Murders

By: Vernon Loder

3.44

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

Mander's Stores is the newest department store in London. But when its owner and a young shop-worke… read more

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28. He'd Rather Be Dead (Chief Inspector Littlejohn #8)

By: George Bellairs

3.97

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

The Mayor of the popular resort of Westcombe, Sir Gideon Ware, is no stranger to making enemies. … read more

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29. Murder at Monk's Barn (The 'Perrins, Private Investigators' Mysteries Book 1)

By: Cecil Waye

3.99

Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition

Burden, who had served in the war, and had considerable experience of death in its violent forms, t… read more

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30. Murder in the Squire's Pew (A Ronald Camberwell Mystery)

By: J.S. Fletcher

3.96

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

The private eye Ronald Camberwell and his associate Chaney are called to investigate about the myst… read more

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31. Four Strange Women (The Bobby Owen Mysteries, #14)

By: E.R. Punshon

4.11

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

“You think it’s murder, don’t you?” “There is no proof of that as yet, sir,” Bobby answered caut… read more

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15 Top mystery books like Dead March for Penelope Blow (The Inspector Littlejohn Mysteries Book 4) by George Bellairs

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Death of an Outsider (Hamish Macbeth, #3)

M.C. Beaton

3.81

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Karen Baugh Menuhin

4.24

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Shroud of Darkness

E.C.R. Lorac

4.24

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W.F. Harvey

3.57

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