Mr. Fortune, Please
By: H.C. Bailey
3.70
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
As successors to Sherlock Holmes there are no more than a handful of detectives in the great tradit…
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1. He Who Whispers (Dr. Gideon Fell, #16)
By: John Dickson Carr
3.91
Format: 165 pages, Paperback
At the edge of the woods by the river stands the tower. Once part of a chateau since burnt down, o… read more
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"We don't fall in love with a woman because of her good character."-John Dickson Carr, He Who Whispers (Dr. Gideon Fell, #16)
2. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
4.05
Format: 243 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Ninety-year-old General Fentiman was definitely dead, but no one knew exactly when he had died—and … read more
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"Exactly. He is the Most Unlikely Person, and that is why Sherlock Holmes would suspect him at once."-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)
"I have a peculiar instinct about pubs. I can find one blindfold in a pea-souper with both hands tied behind me."-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)
"Books... are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development."-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)
"I’m determined never to be a parent. Modern manners and the break-up of the fine old traditions have simply ruined the business. I shall devote my life and fortune to the endowment of research on the…"-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)
3. Heads You Lose (Inspector Cockrill #1)
By: Christianna Brand
3.32
Format: 167 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Pigeonsford Estate is playing host to a group of close friends when one of their number, Grace Morl… read more
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5. The Thin Man
By: Dashiell Hammett
3.82
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Nick and Nora Charles are Hammett's most enchanting creations, a rich, glamorous couple who solve h… read more
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6. Tour de Force
By: Christianna Brand
3.69
Format: None pages, Paperback
The vacationing Inspector Cockrill is on the job again when a fellow tourist is stabbed to death on… read more
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7. The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Roger Sheringham Cases, #5)
By: Anthony Berkeley
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Reissue of one of the great puzzle mystery classics of England's Golden Age of crime fiction; plot … read more
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8. An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (Cordelia Gray, #1)
By: None
3.50
Format: 31 pages, Paperback
Handsome Cambridge dropout Mark Callender died hanging by the neck with a faint trace of lipstick o… read more
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9. Six Against the Yard
By: Margery Allingham , Dorothy L. Sayers , Freeman Wills Crofts , The Detection Club , Anthony Berkeley , Ronald Knox , Russell Thorndike , None
3.64
Format: None pages, Paperback
Who better to commit the perfect murders than the world's greatest mystery writers? Six masters hav… read more
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10. Miraculous Mysteries
By: Martin Edwards
2.00
Format: 238 pages,
Impossible crime stories have been relished by puzzle-lovers ever since the invention of detective … read more
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11. Black Plumes
By: Margery Allingham
4.50
Format: 87 pages, Paperback
The slashing of a valuable painting at the renowned Ivory Gallery in London, followed by the murder… read more
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12. The Detections of Dr. Sam: Johnson
By: Lillian de la Torre
3.64
Format: 24 pages,
"I will not be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat by the menaces of a ruffian." --Samuel … read more
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14. Ordeal by Innocence
By: Agatha Christie
4.25
Format: None pages, Paperback
Recovering from amnesia, Dr. Arthur Calgary discovers that he alone could have provided an alibi in… read more
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15. 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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16. All the Birds, Singing
By: Evie Wyld
4.52
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists, a stunningly insightful, emotionally powerful ne… read more
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17. The Lady Vanishes
By: Ethel Lina White
3.81
Format: None pages, Paperback
THE WORLD-FAMOUS SUSPENSE NOVEL FROM WHICH ALFRED HITCHCOCK CREATED HIS MOVIE MASTERPIECE, REDISCOV… read more
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18. Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
4.00
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
"Gaudy Nightstands out even among Miss Sayers's novels. And Miss Sayers has long stood in a class b… read more
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19. 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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20. Keep the Aspidistra Flying
By: George Orwell
4.00
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
London, 1936. Gordon Comstock has declared war on the money god; and Gordon is losing the war. Near… read more
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21. Murder After Christmas
By: Rupert Latimer
3.46
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
An ingenious lost Christmas mystery returns to print for the first time since 1944 'Did you say … read more
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22. Death of an Author
By: E.C.R. Lorac
3.99
Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition
'I hate murders and I hate murderers, but I must admit that the discovery of a bearded corpse would… read more
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23. 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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24. The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)
By: Ellis Peters
4.17
Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition
The winter of 1139 will disrupt Brother Cadfael’s tranquil life in Shrewsbury with the most disturb… read more
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"Love shared is no sin."-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)
"There never was, for all I could ever learn, a time when living was easy and peaceful."-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)
25. Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6)
By: Kate Atkinson
4.09
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The stage is set. Marooned overnight by a snowstorm in a grand country house are a cast of characte… read more
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26. 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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27. Mr. Fortune, Please
By: H.C. Bailey
3.70
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
As successors to Sherlock Holmes there are no more than a handful of detectives in the great tradit… read more
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28. The Return of Dr. Sam: Johnson, Detector
By: Lillian de la Torre
3.89
Format: 191 pages, Paperback
“I am lost without my Boswell.” —Sherlock Holmes “Here was a real man as versatile and various … read more
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29. The Exploits of Dr. Sam: Johnson, Detector
By: Lillian de la Torre
4.11
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The 18th century lexicographer Samuel Johnson with the help of his friend James Boswell solves seve… read more
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