19 Best mystery books like Golden Age Whodunits (American Mystery Classics) by Otto Penzler

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Golden Age Whodunits (American Mystery Classics)

By: Otto Penzler

3.31

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

Fifteen puzzling tales from the masters of the mystery genre Depending on who you ask, the term “wh…

If you liked the mystery plot in Golden Age Whodunits (American Mystery Classics) by Otto Penzler , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. 8 Faces at 3 (John J. Malone #1)

By: Craig Rice

3.74

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

Jake Justus and Helene Brand met over the corpse of Aunt Alexandria. So it was probably a good thin… read more

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"Yet he worked unceasingly, amassing a considerable fortune in the process, at turning clients who were indubitably criminals loose upon society. He always assumed that the words from a witness' mouth…"

-Craig Rice, 8 Faces at 3 (John J. Malone #1)

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2. The Fallen Sparrow

By: Dorothy B. Hughes

3.46

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

For more than a year, Kit McKittrick languishes in a Fascist prison, his days spent in darkness and… read more

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Cover of The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe by Erle Stanley Gardner

3. The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe

By: Erle Stanley Gardner

4.33

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

HELL ON HEELS After her well-to-do Aunt Sarah is caught shoplifting, Virginia Trent is convinced sh… read more

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Cover of The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players (Asey Mayo Cape Cod Mystery, #3) by Phoebe Atwood Taylor

4. The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players (Asey Mayo Cape Cod Mystery, #3)

By: Phoebe Atwood Taylor

3.70

Format: 186 pages,

Asey Mayo tries to find out why someone has killed a traveling magician who seemed irresistible to … read more

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5. Elegy for Eddie (Maisie Dobbs, #9)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

3.89

Format: 704 pages, Hardcover

In this latest entry in the acclaimed, bestselling mystery series, Maisie Dobbs takes on her most p… read more

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6. The Birthday Murder

By: Lange Lewis

3.50

Format: 519 pages, Paperback

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7. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (Hercule Poirot, #22)

By: Agatha Christie , Hugh Fraser

3.00

Format: 81 pages, Audio CD

A dentist's suspicious death leads Poirot to drill the good doctor's patients, partners, lovers, an… read more

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8. 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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9. The Mapping of Love and Death (Maisie Dobbs, #7)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.32

Format: 312 pages,

In the latest mystery in the New York Timesbestselling series, Maisie Dobbs must unravel a case of … read more

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10. Rim of the Pit (Rogan Kincaid, #2)

By: Hake Talbot

3.77

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

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11. 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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12. The Case of the Rolling Bones

By: Erle Stanley Gardner

3.24

Format: 324 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Years ago Alden Leeds found a rich vein of gold in the Klondike. Now his greedy relatives fear he's… read more

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13. A Lesson in Secrets (Maisie Dobbs, #8)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

0.00

Format: None pages,

In the summer of 1932, Maisie Dobbs' career goes in an exciting new direction when she accepts an u… read more

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14. 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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15. The Last Word

By: Elly Griffiths

3.92

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in The Postscript Murders, are running a detective agency in Shoreha… read more

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Cover of The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3) by Robert Thorogood

16. The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3)

By: Robert Thorogood

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The Marlow Murder Club is on the hunt for a killer... Geoffrey Lushington, Mayor of Marlow, dies su… read more

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17. 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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18. The Butcher of the Forest

By: Premee Mohamed

3.94

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A world-weary woman races against the clock to rescue the children of a wrathful tyrant from a dang… read more

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19. Shadowheart (UNSUB #4)

By: Meg Gardiner

4.07

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

What happens when two serial killers begin to compete with each other? From #1 New York Times bests… read more

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Cover of The Little Sparrow Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #6) by Seishi Yokomizo

20. The Little Sparrow Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #6)

By: Seishi Yokomizo

4.01

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An old friend of Kosuke Kindaichi's invites the scruffy detective to visit the remote mountain vill… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11) by Alan Bradley

21. What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11)

By: Alan Bradley

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the absence of adult supervision, Flavia has taken on the mentorship of her “pestilent” younger … read more

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  • mystery
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22. The Examiner

By: Janice Hallett

4.06

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Told in emails, text messages, and essays, this innovative pause-resister follows a group of studen… read more

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23. S.S. Murder

By: Q. Patrick

3.62

Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s homicide on the high seas in this “A 1 mystery” by the Edgar Award–winning author who wrote th… read more

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Cover of The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss by Margalit Fox

24. The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss

By: Margalit Fox

3.48

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A Jewish mother of four, a gracious society hostess, a beloved member of her community—and the firs… read more

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25. Murder in the Bookshop

By: Carolyn Wells

3.18

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Murder, stalking among the rare and valuable volumes of a bookshop, provides Fleming Stone with one… read more

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Cover of The Wilds (Detective Elin Warner, #3) by Sarah  Pearse

26. The Wilds (Detective Elin Warner, #3)

By: Sarah Pearse

3.81

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

A perpetual drifter, Kier Templer lives her life on the road. Dubbed “the monster’s daughter” after… read more

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27. The Blue Hour

By: Paula Hawkins

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The spellbinding new novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Girl on the Train. … read more

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28. Golden Age Whodunits (American Mystery Classics)

By: Otto Penzler

3.31

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

Fifteen puzzling tales from the masters of the mystery genre Depending on who you ask, the term “wh… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
Cover of The Cat Wears a Noose (The Rachel Murdock Mysteries) by Dolores Hitchens

29. The Cat Wears a Noose (The Rachel Murdock Mysteries)

By: Dolores Hitchens

3.62

Format: 179 pages, Kindle Edition

A drunken man is shot dead on his doorstep in this classic mystery starring the “observant [and] ap… read more

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Cover of Adulthood Is a Gift! (Sarah's Scribbles, #5) by Sarah Andersen

30. Adulthood Is a Gift! (Sarah's Scribbles, #5)

By: Sarah Andersen

4.45

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

With new and classic Sarah's Scribbles comics, essays, stickers, and more, this book is a celebrati… read more

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31. A Killer Christmas

By: Jessica Fletcher

4.11

Format: 265 pages, ebook

It’s Christmastime in Cabot Cove, but there’s more homicide than ho-ho-ho in the newest entry in th… read more

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