15 must-read mystery books like The Bells at Old Bailey (Black Heath Classic Crime Book 5) by Dorothy Bowers

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The Bells at Old Bailey (Black Heath Classic Crime Book 5)

By: Dorothy Bowers

3.63

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

“When will you pay me, say the bells of Old Bailey…” Nothing much ever happens in the sleepy villa…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Bells at Old Bailey (Black Heath Classic Crime Book 5) by Dorothy Bowers , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. 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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2. Suddenly at His Residence (Inspector Cockrill, #3)

By: Christianna Brand

3.56

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

In the height of an English summer, Grandfather is found dead in the little Grecian lodge among the… read more

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  • mystery
  • british literature
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3. A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant, #2)

By: Josephine Tey , Robert Barnard

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

When a woman's body washes up on an isolated stretch of beach on the southern coast of England, Sco… read more

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  • mystery
  • british literature

4. Pilgrim's Rest (Miss Silver, #10)

By: Patricia Wentworth

3.40

Format: None pages,

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5. The Man in the Queue (Inspector Alan Grant, #1)

By: Josephine Tey

3.77

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

Inspector Alan Grant searches for the identity of a man killed in the line at a theater and for the… read more

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  • mystery
  • british literature

6. Death And The Pleasant Voices

By: Mary Fitt

3.33

Format: 300 pages,

When Jake Seaborne's car breaks down on a lonely, rainy road, he goes to the nearby manor house whe… read more

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7. 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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  • mystery
  • british literature
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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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  • british literature
"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. 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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10. Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

By: Val McDermid

4.26

Format: 452 pages, Hardcover

Val McDermid returns with DCI Karen Pirie in a new thriller of deceit and vengeance, set against th… read more

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  • mystery
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11. Case in the Clinic

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.05

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

The story begins with the sudden death of an elderly clergyman named Anderby, who drops dead while … read more

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  • mystery
  • british literature
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12. The Case with Three Threads: An English Country House Murder Mystery

By: Anthony Lang

3.84

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Effortless telling of a good story’ The Observer‘Murder most ingeniously contrived’ New York Times… read more

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13. Murder at the Monastery (Canon Clement Mystery #3)

By: Richard Coles

3.87

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

Daniel Clement has suffered a secret humiliation and to recover, takes respite at the monastery whe… read more

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  • mystery
  • british literature
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14. With a Bare Bodkin (Francis Pettigrew, #2)

By: Cyril Hare

3.95

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

England is in the grip of the Second World War and the Blitz has forced the evacuation of various g… read more

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  • mystery
  • british literature
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15. The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.47

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

As New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves's beloved Vera series explodes in popularity in print and … read more

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  • mystery
  • british literature
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16. The Crime

By: Anthony Lang

4.14

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

‘A brilliantly-written detective story’ The Daily Mail‘A detective story of the first order’ Cassel… read more

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17. Dancing With Death (Lady Lupin, #4)

By: Joan Coggin

3.69

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

Murder interrupts a Christmas houseparty in December 1946 and Lady Lupin immediately comes to the a… read more

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  • mystery
  • british literature
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18. Three Sisters Flew Home

By: Mary Fitt

3.61

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Not every woman can collect her dethroned lovers and their wives into one room. But then Claribel w… read more

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19. The Crime at Diana’s Pool

By: Victor L. Whitechurch

4.19

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Quite charming… devotees of mystery yarns will enjoy this story’ New York Times‘A quintessentially… read more

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20. The Bells at Old Bailey (Black Heath Classic Crime Book 5)

By: Dorothy Bowers

3.63

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

“When will you pay me, say the bells of Old Bailey…” Nothing much ever happens in the sleepy villa… read more

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  • mystery
  • british literature

21. Death and Mary Dazill

By: Mary Fitt

4.35

Format: 173 pages, Paperback

'Is it wise to evoke these memories--to raise these ghosts--after all these years? After attending … read more

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  • mystery

12 Top british literature books like The Bells at Old Bailey (Black Heath Classic Crime Book 5) by Dorothy Bowers

Transform Your Habits

Suddenly at His Residence (Inspector Cockrill, #3)

Christianna Brand

3.56

Transform Your Habits

A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant, #2)

Josephine Tey , Robert Barnard

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The Man in the Queue (Inspector Alan Grant, #1)

Josephine Tey

3.77

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Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

Anthony Horowitz

4.18

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20 best-selling fiction books like Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5) by Anthony Horowitz

Transform Your Habits

Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

Robert Thorogood

3.92

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Think Twice (Myron Bolitar, #12)

Harlan Coben

4.34

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The Mystery Writer

Sulari Gentill

3.42

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