22 Top fiction books like Beware of Railway-Journeys by Frank Heller

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Beware of Railway-Journeys

By: Frank Heller

3.08

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

When Allan Kragh impulsively follows a beautiful grey-eyed woman onto a train, he doesn’t expect to…

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1. Journey's End

By: R.C. Sherriff

3.86

Format: 114 pages, Hardcover

The "Heinemann Plays" series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in durable classroom editi… read more

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"You must always think of it like that if you can. Think of it all as - as romantic. It helps."

-R.C. Sherriff, Journey's End

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2. Three Act Tragedy (Hercule Poirot, #11)

By: Agatha Christie

3.84

Format: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Who wouldn't be pleased to attend a small dinner party being held by Sir Charles Cartwright, once t… read more

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"There is only one thing to do - think."

-Agatha Christie, Three Act Tragedy (Hercule Poirot, #11)

"Charles doesn’t go out of a room—he ‘makes an exit’—"

-Agatha Christie, Three Act Tragedy (Hercule Poirot, #11)

"One knows so little. When one knows more it is too late."

-Agatha Christie, Three Act Tragedy (Hercule Poirot, #11)

"It's the Only Thing To Do," he said, obviously speaking in capital letters."

-Agatha Christie, Three Act Tragedy (Hercule Poirot, #11)

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3. The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)

By: Shaun Bythell

3.72

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown - Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop. It contains 100… read more

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"the immersive capacity of a good novel to transport you into a different world is unique to the written word."

-Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)

"...people still cling to the notion that first editions are somehow imbued with a magical and financial value."

-Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)

"I am putting a mental jigsaw together of what a hobbit looks like, based on a composite of every customer I have ever sold a copy to."

-Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)

"A less than friendly email this morning... [from a booksop customer] After lunch I went to my parents' house to get my shotgun and shoot a kindle (broken screen, bought on eBay for £10)"

-Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)

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4. Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)

By: Agatha Christie

3.98

Format: 574 pages, Paperback

Nurse Amy Leatheran had a most unusual patient. Louise, according to her husband, celebrated archae… read more

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Cover of Whose Body?  (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1) by Dorothy L. Sayers

5. Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

3.84

Format: 212 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The stark naked body was lying in the tub. Not unusual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for … read more

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"But if you were investigating a crime,"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

"Well, it’s no good jumping at conclusions."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

"Oh damn!' said Lord Peter Wimsey at Piccadilly Circus."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

"I trust you told her I had succumbed to lethargic encephalitis suddenly, no flowers by request."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

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6. Frequent Hearses (Gervase Fen, #7)

By: Edmund Crispin

4.04

Format: 9 pages, Paperback

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7. Murder In My Backyard (Inspector Ramsay, #2)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.20

Format: 24 pages, Kindle Edition

No one in Heppleburn has a bad word to say about Alice Parry . . . . . . But here she is, murdered … read more

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8. The No. 2 Feline Detective Agency: A Hettie Bagshot Mystery

By: Mandy Morton

4.19

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

Prepare to be besotted with The No. 2 Feline Detective Agency, the first book in a new series that … read more

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9. Mrs. McGinty's Dead (Hercule Poirot, #28)

By: Agatha Christie , Hugh Fraser

2.83

Format: 212 pages, Audio CD

Mrs. McGinty is dead and everyone suspects James Bentley, her slightly shifty lodger, but Superinte… read more

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10. A Lesson In Dying (Inspector Ramsey, #1)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.88

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

Heppleburn, once a Northumberland pit village, has always been close-knit, friendly and safe - unti… read more

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11. Tied Up In Tinsel (Roderick Alleyn, #27)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.46

Format: None pages,

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12. Madam, Will You Talk?

By: Mary Stewart

3.06

Format: 405 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Widow Charity Selbornehad been greatly looking forward to her driving holiday through France with h… read more

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13. The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

By: Shauna Robinson

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

I, Maggie Banks, solemnly swear to uphold the rules of Cobblestone Books. If only, I, Maggie Ban… read more

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14. Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Ha… read more

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15. The Case of the Canterfell Codicil (Anty Boisjoly Mysteries, #1)

By: P.J. Fitzsimmons

4.13

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

In The Case of the Canterfell Codicil, Wodehousian gadabout and clubman Anty Boisjoly takes on his … read more

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16. The Rabbit Factor

By: Antti Tuomainen

3.79

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

An insurance mathematician’s carefully ordered life is turned on its head when he unexpectedly lose… read more

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17. Eastbound

By: Maylis de Kerangal

3.97

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

From Wellcome Prize winner Maylis de Kerangal comes a fast-paced story of two fugitives set on the … read more

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Cover of Remainders of the Day: More Diaries from The Bookshop, Wigtown (The Diary of a Bookseller, #3) by Shaun Bythell

18. Remainders of the Day: More Diaries from The Bookshop, Wigtown (The Diary of a Bookseller, #3)

By: Shaun Bythell

4.11

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

The Bookshop in Wigtown is a bookworm's idyll - with thousands of books across nearly a mile of she… read more

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19. Forbidden Notebook

By: Alba de Céspedes

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

With a foreword by Jhumpa Lahiri, Quaderno Proibito is a classic domestic novel by the Italian-Cu… read more

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Cover of Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller by Oliver Darkshire

20. Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller

By: Oliver Darkshire

3.97

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Some years ago, Oliver Darkshire stepped into the hushed interior of Henry Sotheran Ltd on Sackvill… read more

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"Early one morning, which is to say about five minutes before noon..."

-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller

"It's my belief that anyone worth knowing enjoys spending time in a bookshop."

-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller

"Hell hath no fury, they say, like a man treated the same way as he treats women."

-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller

"There is something about geriatric men which attracts them to dangerous ladders."

-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller

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21. The Case of the Ghost of Christmas Morning (Anty Boisjoly Mysteries, #2)

By: P.J. Fitzsimmons

4.28

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Anty Boisjoly tackles the strange case of a war hero who visits his old friends on Christmas mornin… read more

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"It’ll be just like Romeo and Juliet,"

-P.J. Fitzsimmons, The Case of the Ghost of Christmas Morning (Anty Boisjoly Mysteries, #2)

"This is the rummiest ingredient of this rum cocktail."

-P.J. Fitzsimmons, The Case of the Ghost of Christmas Morning (Anty Boisjoly Mysteries, #2)

"It’s very much its own reward, I find, spending other people’s money."

-P.J. Fitzsimmons, The Case of the Ghost of Christmas Morning (Anty Boisjoly Mysteries, #2)

"I believe that Americans will buy anything so long as someone else buys one first."

-P.J. Fitzsimmons, The Case of the Ghost of Christmas Morning (Anty Boisjoly Mysteries, #2)

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22. A Game of Lies (DC Morgan, #2)

By: Clare Mackintosh

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

They say the camera never lies. But on this show, you can't trust anything you see. Stranded in… read more

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23. The Twelve Days of Murder

By: Andreina Cordani

3.68

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Eight friends created the exclusive Masquerade Murder Society while in college. The murders they so… read more

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24. The Fortnight in September

By: R.C. Sherriff

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The Fortnight in September embodies the kind of mundane normality the men in the dug-out longed for… read more

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Cover of Mrs Mohr Goes Missing by Maryla Szymiczkowa

25. Mrs Mohr Goes Missing

By: Maryla Szymiczkowa

3.48

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Cracow, 1893. Thirty-eight-year-old Zofia Turbotyńska has assured her husband's rise through the ra… read more

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"Ignacy! - zapłonęła świętym oburzeniem, jak zawsze, kiedy powiedziano jej prawdę prosto w oczy."

-Maryla Szymiczkowa, Mrs Mohr Goes Missing

"Ignacy bywał trudny, to prawda, ale pomysł, że można zamordować męża, wydawał jej się... w złym guście."

-Maryla Szymiczkowa, Mrs Mohr Goes Missing

"Zdrowo - zmarszczył czoło Iwaniec - żaden zmarły nie wygląda zdrowo. Ustanie życia jest objawem zdecydowanego braku zdrowia. Definitywnego, rzekłbym."

-Maryla Szymiczkowa, Mrs Mohr Goes Missing

"Ale ten entuzjazm nie przystoi profesorowi, Ignacy - ofuknęła męża. - W takiej chwili twoją rolą jest zachować się dostojnie, a nie ekscytować głupstwami."

-Maryla Szymiczkowa, Mrs Mohr Goes Missing

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26. Empty Wardrobes

By: Maria Judite de Carvalho

3.75

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

For ten years Dora has ritualistically mourned her husband's death, a pointless ritual that forced … read more

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Cover of The Enigma of Garlic (44 Scotland Street, #16) by Alexander McCall Smith

27. The Enigma of Garlic (44 Scotland Street, #16)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

4.08

Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition

The latest in the hugely popular 44 Scotland Street series from the worldwide bestselling author, A… read more

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"He loved Elspeth so much, and he hoped that she knew it. Yet it occurred to him that she might not be sure of that because he had not told her – or at least he had not told her recently. Wives and hu…"

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Enigma of Garlic (44 Scotland Street, #16)

Cover of Death and Fromage (Follet Valley Mystery, #2) by Ian  Moore

28. Death and Fromage (Follet Valley Mystery, #2)

By: Ian Moore

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A laugh-out-loud mystery perfect for fans of The Thursday Murder Club Richard is a middle-aged Engl… read more

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29. Thirty Days of Darkness

By: Jenny Lund Madsen

3.49

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

A Danish literary author is challenged to write a crime novel in thirty days, travelling to a small… read more

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30. Beware of Railway-Journeys

By: Frank Heller

3.08

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

When Allan Kragh impulsively follows a beautiful grey-eyed woman onto a train, he doesn’t expect to… read more

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8 Best contemporary books like Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller by Oliver Darkshire

Transform Your Habits

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John Scalzi

4.16

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The Librarianist

Patrick deWitt

3.41

Transform Your Habits

A House with Good Bones

T. Kingfisher

3.69

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A Grandmother Begins the Story

Michelle Porter

3.84

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