19 Best mystery books like Death in the Fearful Night (Inspector Littlejohn #34) by George Bellairs

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Death in the Fearful Night (Inspector Littlejohn #34)

By: George Bellairs

3.93

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Pure British detective story’ – The New York Times Superintendent Littlejohn arrives in the villa…

If you liked the mystery plot in Death in the Fearful Night (Inspector Littlejohn #34) by George Bellairs , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn, #2) by Ngaio Marsh

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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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
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2. Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly

By: Agatha Christie

2.60

Format: None pages,

Never before published--the lost classic, unseen for sixty years! A party game goes dead wrong in t… read more

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  • mystery thriller
Cover of Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8) by Ngaio Marsh

3. Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.96

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

It was planned as an act of a new piano for the parish hall, an amusing play to finance the gift. … read more

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  • mystery thriller
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"It's like one of those affairs in books," said Bailey disgustedly."Someone trying to think up a new way to do a murder. Silly, I call it." "What do you say, Roper?" said Alleyn. "To my way of thinkin…"

-Ngaio Marsh, Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8)

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4. Snobbery With Violence (Edwardian Murder Mysteries, #1)

By: Marion Chesney

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

Lady Rose Summer's father calls on Captain Harry Cathcart to investigate her suitor, Sir Geoffrey B… read more

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  • mystery
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5. The Layton Court Mystery (Roger Sheringham Cases, #1)

By: Anthony Berkeley

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

A Roger Sheringham mysteryIn a typical English country house, a murder is committed. The wealthy Vi… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature

6. Rest You Merry (Peter Shandy, #1)

By: Charlotte MacLeod

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Professor Peter Shandy finally succumbs to Jemima Ames, Chairperson for Balaclava Agricultural Coll… read more

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7. Full Dark House (Bryant & May, #1)

By: Christopher Fowler

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Edgy, suspenseful, and darkly comic, here is the first novel in a riveting new mystery series starr… read more

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8. 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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  • mystery thriller
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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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9. The Mysterious Mr. Badman

By: W.F. Harvey

3.57

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

The note read: “Will the gentleman who took by mistake a copy of Bunyan’s Life and Death of Mr. Ba… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
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10. Murder at the Spring Ball (Lord Edgington Investigates, #1)

By: Benedict Brown

4.12

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

A little music, a little dancing, a little murder at the spring ball. England, 1925. After years s… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
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11. 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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  • mystery
  • british literature
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12. A Cast of Falcons (Nell Ward, #2)

By: Sarah Yarwood-Lovett

3.89

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

When the wedding of her oldest friend ends with a shocking murder, Dr Nell Ward is once again caugh… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
Cover of The Light Remains (DCI Evan Warlow Crime Thriller #11) by Rhys Dylan

13. The Light Remains (DCI Evan Warlow Crime Thriller #11)

By: Rhys Dylan

4.59

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

The games people play… When a revered sports legend falls victim to a brutal home invasion, a na… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
Cover of A Mischief of Rats (Nell Ward, #3) by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett

14. A Mischief of Rats (Nell Ward, #3)

By: Sarah Yarwood-Lovett

3.87

Format: 420 pages, Kindle Edition

When a driver dies during a glamourous classic car event at her family's estate, Dr Nell Ward is in… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
Cover of The Cornish Wedding Murder (The Nosey Parker Mysteries #1) by Fiona Leitch

15. The Cornish Wedding Murder (The Nosey Parker Mysteries #1)

By: Fiona Leitch

4.05

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

Still spinning from the hustle and bustle of city life, Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker is glad to be back in … read more

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  • mystery
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16. A Murder of Crows (Nell Ward, #1)

By: Sarah Yarwood-Lovett

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr Nell Ward is an ecologist, not a detective. But when she’s the prime suspect in a murder, only h… read more

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  • mystery
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  • british literature
Cover of The Worcester Whisperers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #2) by Kerry Tombs

17. The Worcester Whisperers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #2)

By: Kerry Tombs

4.24

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

A CAPTIVATING HISTORICAL MURDER MYSTERY SET IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND Jack the Ripper is terrifying Lon… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of The Secret of Bagnett Hall (The Oldminster Mysteries #3) by Norman Russell

18. The Secret of Bagnett Hall (The Oldminster Mysteries #3)

By: Norman Russell

4.23

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

One dead heiress. A fortune hanging in the balance. A cunning guest who’ll do anything to claim t… read more

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  • mystery
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19. Episode of the Wandering Knife

By: Mary Roberts Rinehart

4.08

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

Three tales from a mystery master whose “literary distinction lies in the combination of love, humo… read more

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20. Death in the Fearful Night (Inspector Littlejohn #34)

By: George Bellairs

3.93

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Pure British detective story’ – The New York Times Superintendent Littlejohn arrives in the villa… read more

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Cover of Death Reports to a Health Resort (Anty Boisjoly Mysteries #9) by P.J. Fitzsimmons

21. Death Reports to a Health Resort (Anty Boisjoly Mysteries #9)

By: P.J. Fitzsimmons

4.53

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

Death Reports to a Health Resortor The case of the case of withdrawalWhen his uncle is accused of a… read more

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12 must-read british literature books like Death in the Fearful Night (Inspector Littlejohn #34) by George Bellairs

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Ngaio Marsh

3.82

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3.96

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M.C. Beaton

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3.91

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