23 must-read mystery books like Sunset Over Soho by Gladys Mitchell

Cover of Sunset Over Soho by Gladys Mitchell

Sunset Over Soho

By: Gladys Mitchell

3.63

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

It's the height of the Second World War, and Mrs. Bradley is working overtime as a doctor at a rest…

If you liked the mystery plot in Sunset Over Soho by Gladys Mitchell , here is a list of 23 books like this:

Cover of The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie

1. The Man in the Brown Suit

By: Agatha Christie

3.95

Format: 381 pages, Paperback

Pretty, young Anne came to London looking for adventure. In fact, adventure comes looking for her—a… read more

Similar categories in Agatha Christie's The Man in the Brown Suit book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

  • mystery
  • crime
"A man who has shot lions in large quantities has an unfair advantage over other men."

-Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

"You know I want you. You know that I’d give my soul to pick you up in my arms and keep you here, hidden away from the world, forever and ever."

-Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

"I wonder if husbands know as much about their wives as they think they do. If I had a husband, I should hate him to bring home orphans without consulting me first."

-Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

"But his face should really inspire you with confidence, my dear lady. No self-respecting murderer would ever consent to look like one. Crippen now, I believe was one of the pleasantest fellows imagin…"

-Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

Cover of Pearls Before Swine (Albert Campion Mystery, #12) by Margery Allingham

2. Pearls Before Swine (Albert Campion Mystery, #12)

By: Margery Allingham

3.99

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Albert Campion returns from three years’ work for the War Office in Europe to find that Lugg, his m… read more

Similar categories in Margery Allingham's Pearls Before Swine (Albert Campion Mystery, #12) book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Duke of York's Steps by Henry Wade

3. The Duke of York's Steps

By: Henry Wade

3.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

When the prominent financier, Sir Garth Fratten, is mysteriously murdered, Inspector Poole is calle… read more

Similar categories in Henry Wade's The Duke of York's Steps book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

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

4. 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

Similar categories in Ngaio Marsh's Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn, #2) book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3) by Ngaio Marsh

5. The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.71

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Ngaio Marsh's bestselling and ingenious third novel remains one of the most popular pieces of crime… read more

Similar categories in Ngaio Marsh's The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3) book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

  • mystery
  • crime
"Do you read crime fiction?"

-Ngaio Marsh, The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3)

"They do a certain amount of mischief, they're an almighty nuisance, but as murderers I've no real faith in the British anarchist."

-Ngaio Marsh, The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3)

"Nash, who carried in his head a sort of social ladder, had quietly decided that police officers of all ranks were to be graded with piano tuners."

-Ngaio Marsh, The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3)

"... In our midst—in our very midst, Matron—are secret agents, secret societies, powers of evil known to the Yard but unsuspected by the general public. Mercifully so." He stopped short, folded his ar…"

-Ngaio Marsh, The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3)

Cover of Someone to Hold (Westcott, #2) by Mary Balogh

6. Someone to Hold (Westcott, #2)

By: Mary Balogh

3.77

Format: 341 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Humphrey Wescott, Earl of Riverdale, has died, leaving behind a fortune and a scandalous secret tha… read more

Similar categories in Mary Balogh's Someone to Hold (Westcott, #2) book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

Cover of A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn, #1) by Ngaio Marsh

7. A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn, #1)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.80

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

At Sir Hubert Handesley's country house party, five guests have gathered for the uproarious parlor … read more

Similar categories in Ngaio Marsh's A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn, #1) book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Ladies' Bane (Miss Silver, #22) by Patricia Wentworth

8. Ladies' Bane (Miss Silver, #22)

By: Patricia Wentworth

3.80

Format: 152 pages,

Miss Silver travels to the country to investigate a young man who may be deceiving his wife No one … read more

Similar categories in Patricia Wentworth's Ladies' Bane (Miss Silver, #22) book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The China Governess (Albert Campion Mystery #17) by Margery Allingham

9. The China Governess (Albert Campion Mystery #17)

By: Margery Allingham

4.03

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

Timothy Kinnit, rich, handsome, well-bred, learns on the eve of his elopement, that he was adopted.… read more

Similar categories in Margery Allingham's The China Governess (Albert Campion Mystery #17) book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Death in Ecstasy (Roderick Alleyn, #4) by Ngaio Marsh

10. Death in Ecstasy (Roderick Alleyn, #4)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.77

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When lovely Cara Quayne dropped dead to the floor after drinking the ritual wine at the House of th… read more

Similar categories in Ngaio Marsh's Death in Ecstasy (Roderick Alleyn, #4) book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

  • mystery
  • crime
"Look here,' said Nigel suddenly, 'let's pretend it's a detective novel. Where would we be by this time? About halfway through, I should think. Well, who's your pick' 'I am invariably gulled by detect…"

-Ngaio Marsh, Death in Ecstasy (Roderick Alleyn, #4)

11. More Work for the Undertaker (Albert Campion Mystery, #13)

By: Margery Allingham

4.06

Format: 663 pages, Paperback

Elegant and engaging detective Albert Campion investigates two deaths in the eccentric Palinode hou… read more

Similar categories in Margery Allingham's More Work for the Undertaker (Albert Campion Mystery, #13) book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

12. Murder by Matchlight (Robert MacDonald, #25)

By: E.C.R. Lorac

3.76

Format: 360 pages,

read more

Similar categories in E.C.R. Lorac's Murder by Matchlight (Robert MacDonald, #25) book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

13. Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing: Spiritual Preparation for the Office of Confession

By: Søren Kierkegaard , Douglas V. Steere

3.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

Crossing the boundaries of philosophy, theology, psychology, and literature, the Danish writer Sore… read more

Similar categories in Søren Kierkegaard's Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing: Spiritual Preparation for the Office of Confession book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

14. Dead Water (Roderick Alleyn, #23)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.53

Format: None pages,

read more

Similar categories in Ngaio Marsh's Dead Water (Roderick Alleyn, #23) book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

15. 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

Similar categories in Bob Shaw's Night Walk book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

16. Killer Dolphin (Roderick Alleyn, #24)

By: Ngaio Marsh

4.90

Format: None pages, Paperback

At the newly restored Dolphin Theatre, murder takes center stage The once-dilapidated Dolphin Theat… read more

Similar categories in Ngaio Marsh's Killer Dolphin (Roderick Alleyn, #24) book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

17. It Walks by Night (Henri Bencolin, #1)

By: John Dickson Carr

3.86

Format: 157 pages, Hardcover

Ten minutes after the Duc de Saligny entered the card room, the police burst in - and found he had … read more

Similar categories in John Dickson Carr's It Walks by Night (Henri Bencolin, #1) book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

Cover of Murder at the Spring Ball (Lord Edgington Investigates, #1) by Benedict Brown

18. 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

Similar categories in Benedict Brown's Murder at the Spring Ball (Lord Edgington Investigates, #1) book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Murder of Mrs Davenport: A Golden Age Mystery by Anthony Gilbert

19. The Murder of Mrs Davenport: A Golden Age Mystery

By: Anthony Gilbert

4.01

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

‘An absorbing story’ Times Literary Supplement‘The plot is well-conceived… the characters are well … read more

Similar categories in Anthony Gilbert's The Murder of Mrs Davenport: A Golden Age Mystery book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

  • mystery

20. The Rising Tide (Vera Stanhope, #10)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

For fifty years a group of friends have been meeting regularly for reunions on Holy Island, celebra… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Rising Tide (Vera Stanhope, #10) book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Death of a Lady (The Inspector Felix Mysteries Book 1) by R.A. Bentley

21. Death of a Lady (The Inspector Felix Mysteries Book 1)

By: R.A. Bentley

4.21

Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition

If you love the old ‘whodunits’ from the Golden Age of British crime-writing, you will enjoy this. … read more

Similar categories in R.A. Bentley's Death of a Lady (The Inspector Felix Mysteries Book 1) book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

  • mystery
Cover of Long Odds in Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 13) by Harriet Steel

22. Long Odds in Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 13)

By: Harriet Steel

4.39

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

When Nuala’s premier race meeting ends in controversy and a tragic death, Inspector Shanti de Silva… read more

Similar categories in Harriet Steel's Long Odds in Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 13) book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

  • mystery
Cover of And Dangerous to Know (Henry Gamadge #14) by Elizabeth Daly

23. And Dangerous to Know (Henry Gamadge #14)

By: Elizabeth Daly

4.08

Format: 173 pages, Kindle Edition

In this mystery novella by Agatha Christie’s favorite American author, a 1940s antiquarian book dea… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Daly's And Dangerous to Know (Henry Gamadge #14) book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

  • mystery
Cover of The Book of the Crime (Henry Gamadge #16) by Elizabeth Daly

24. The Book of the Crime (Henry Gamadge #16)

By: Elizabeth Daly

4.11

Format: 81 pages, Kindle Edition

Young Rena Austen, newly wed, is afraid she's made a terrible mistake. Her husband, once a dashingl… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Daly's The Book of the Crime (Henry Gamadge #16) book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Mystery at Stowe by Vernon Loder

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

Similar categories in Vernon Loder's The Mystery at Stowe book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of My Foe Outstretch'd Beneath the Tree (Dr. R.V. Davie #2) by V.C. Clinton-Baddeley

26. My Foe Outstretch'd Beneath the Tree (Dr. R.V. Davie #2)

By: V.C. Clinton-Baddeley

3.98

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

Morris Brent has it all: good looks, a beautiful mistress, and a membership at an exclusive club in… read more

Similar categories in V.C. Clinton-Baddeley's My Foe Outstretch'd Beneath the Tree (Dr. R.V. Davie #2) book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

  • mystery
Cover of Death on a Dark Sea (The Inspector Felix Mysteries Book 2) by R.A. Bentley

27. Death on a Dark Sea (The Inspector Felix Mysteries Book 2)

By: R.A. Bentley

4.02

Format: 147 pages, Kindle Edition

A millionaire throws a party for his business associates and their families aboard his luxury yacht… read more

Similar categories in R.A. Bentley's Death on a Dark Sea (The Inspector Felix Mysteries Book 2) book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

  • mystery
Cover of No Case for the Police (Dr. R.V. Davie #4) by V.C. Clinton-Baddeley

28. No Case for the Police (Dr. R.V. Davie #4)

By: V.C. Clinton-Baddeley

4.06

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

An aging man with a restless young wife. An antique collector with a sinister new acquisition. A … read more

Similar categories in V.C. Clinton-Baddeley's No Case for the Police (Dr. R.V. Davie #4) book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

  • mystery
Cover of The House on Graveyard Lane (Rachel Savernake Golden Age Mysteries, #4) by Martin Edwards

29. The House on Graveyard Lane (Rachel Savernake Golden Age Mysteries, #4)

By: Martin Edwards

3.65

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

"I want you to solve my murder," said the woman in white. Rachel Savernake gave a sardonic smile… read more

Similar categories in Martin Edwards's The House on Graveyard Lane (Rachel Savernake Golden Age Mysteries, #4) book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Sunset Over Soho by Gladys Mitchell

30. Sunset Over Soho

By: Gladys Mitchell

3.63

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

It's the height of the Second World War, and Mrs. Bradley is working overtime as a doctor at a rest… read more

Similar categories in Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Ellerby Case by John Rhode

31. The Ellerby Case

By: John Rhode

3.77

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Sir Noel Ellerby is recalled by his butler to his Lincolnshire mansion, Laxford Hall, after thieves… read more

Similar categories in John Rhode's The Ellerby Case book and Gladys Mitchell's Sunset Over Soho

  • mystery

15 must-read crime books like Sunset Over Soho by Gladys Mitchell

Transform Your Habits

The Man in the Brown Suit

Agatha Christie

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Pearls Before Swine (Albert Campion Mystery, #12)

Margery Allingham

3.99

Transform Your Habits

The Duke of York's Steps

Henry Wade

3.11

Transform Your Habits

Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn, #2)

Ngaio Marsh

3.82

View all the books

21 Top fiction books like The Rising Tide (Vera Stanhope, #10) by Ann Cleeves

Transform Your Habits

Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

Peter Robinson

4.09

Transform Your Habits

A Killing of Innocents (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #19)

Deborah Crombie

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Transform Your Habits

A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24)

Ian Rankin

4.20

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.