20 must-read mystery books like The Puzzle Lock (Dr. Thorndyke, 17) by R. Austin Freeman

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The Puzzle Lock (Dr. Thorndyke, 17)

By: R. Austin Freeman

3.82

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

Richard Austin Freeman presents an ingenious case in this remarkable detective saga. When a store o…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Puzzle Lock (Dr. Thorndyke, 17) by R. Austin Freeman , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. The Black Abbot

By: Edgar Wallace

4.53

Format: None pages,

Mystery at Fossaway Manor as the identity of the Black Abbot is sought and the search for missing t… read more

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  • mystery
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2. The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

By: Raymond Chandler

4.19

Format: 379 pages, Paperback

Down-and-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem: his millionaire wife is dead and he needs to get out… read more

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  • mystery
"To say goodbye is to die a little."

-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

"I'm killing time and it's dying hard."

-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

"I'm a native son, born in Santa Rosa."

-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

"I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between stars."

-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

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3. The Clue of the Twisted Candle

By: Edgar Wallace

5.00

Format: 362 pages,

'The Urbane T.X. is back in this locked-room mystery by British master storyteller Edgar Wallace. T… read more

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  • mystery
  • 20th century
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4. Double Sin and Other Stories

By: Agatha Christie

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In one of London's most elegant shops, a decorative doll in green velvet adopts some rather human, … read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
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5. 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
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6. Elephants Can Remember (Hercule Poirot, #37)

By: Agatha Christie

3.96

Format: None pages, Paperback

An alternate cover for this isbn can be found . Hercule Poirot is determined to solve an old husba… read more

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  • mystery
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7. The Red House Mystery

By: A.A. Milne

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

The creator of such beloved storybook characters for children as Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, and Eeyor… read more

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  • mystery
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8. Hickory Dickory Dock (Hercule Poirot, #30)

By: Agatha Christie , Hugh Fraser

4.00

Format: 199 pages, Audio CD

An outbreak of kleptomania at a student hostel was not normally the sort of crime that aroused Herc… read more

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  • mystery

9. The Case of the Gilded Lily

By: Erle Stanley Gardner

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Stewart G. Bedford loves his wife Ann, and cooperates with blackmailer Binney Denham. But he wakes … read more

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  • mystery

10. The Daffodil Mystery

By: Edgar Wallace

3.58

Format: 366 pages, Paperback

The Daffodil Mystery aka The Daffodil Murder When Mr. Thomas Lyne, poet, poseur. and owner of Lyne'… read more

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  • mystery
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11. After the Funeral (Hercule Poirot, #29)

By: Agatha Christie

3.78

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Hercule Poirot is called on to investigate the murder of a brother and sister in this classic from … read more

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  • mystery

12. Taken at the Flood (Hercule Poirot, #27)

By: Agatha Christie

3.00

Format: 1118 pages, Paperback

Shortly after marrying a young widow, Gordon Cloade is killed in the London blitz and the former Mr… read more

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13. The Hollow (Hercule Poirot, #26)

By: Agatha Christie

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Lady Angkatell, intrigued by the criminal mind, has invited Hercule Poirot to her estate for a week… read more

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  • mystery
"I, Hercule Poirot, am not amused."

-Agatha Christie, The Hollow (Hercule Poirot, #26)

"The past is sometimes a very good place to live"

-Agatha Christie, The Hollow (Hercule Poirot, #26)

"Some people are wise - they never expect to be happy. I did."

-Agatha Christie, The Hollow (Hercule Poirot, #26)

"What does one say to a woman who has just killed her husband?"

-Agatha Christie, The Hollow (Hercule Poirot, #26)

14. Cat Among the Pigeons (Hercule Poirot, #32)

By: Agatha Christie

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Late one night, two teachers investigate a mysterious flashing light in the sports pavilion, while … read more

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15. 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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16. The Labours of Hercules (Hercule Poirot, #26)

By: Agatha Christie , Hugh Fraser

3.80

Format: 275 pages, Audio CD

First published in book form in 1947, The Labours of Hercules comprises an even dozen mysteries sta… read more

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17. 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)

By: Agatha Christie

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For an instant the two trains ran together, going in the same direction side by side. In that froze… read more

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  • mystery
"Don’t go,"

-Agatha Christie, 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)

"I think, my dear, we won't talk any more about murder during tea. Such an unpleasant subject."

-Agatha Christie, 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)

"Everybody in St. Mary Mead knew Miss Marple; fluffy and dithery in appearance, but inwardly as sharp and as shrewd as they make them."

-Agatha Christie, 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)

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18. Black Coffee (Hercule Poirot, #7.5)

By: Agatha Christie , Charles Osborne

3.59

Format: 304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Inventor Sir Claude Amory feels a bitter taste in the mouth, when the new formula for explosive mat… read more

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  • mystery
"the truth is never horrible, only interesting."

-Agatha Christie, Black Coffee (Hercule Poirot, #7.5)

"Poirot thought it not quite professional to begin a routine working day before ten."

-Agatha Christie, Black Coffee (Hercule Poirot, #7.5)

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19. Hidden in Plain Sight (William Warwick, #2)

By: Jeffrey Archer

4.03

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

William Warwick has been promoted to Detective Sergeant, but his promotion means that he, along wit… read more

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  • mystery
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20. The House without the Door (Henry Gamadge #4)

By: Elizabeth Daly

3.96

Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition

Acquitted of murdering her husband, Mrs. Vina Gregson remains essentially a prisoner, trapped in he… read more

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  • mystery
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21. Crimes of Cymru: Classic Mystery Tales of Wales

By: Martin Edwards

3.68

Format: 284 pages, Paperback

Mystery and murder runs amok amidst ominous peaks and icy lakes. In hushed valleys, venom flows thr… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
Cover of The Tipster (Robert Budd Mystery #10) by Gerald Verner

22. The Tipster (Robert Budd Mystery #10)

By: Gerald Verner

3.95

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

A mysterious man telephones the Daily Clarion newspaper and announces his intention of committing f… read more

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23. The Jockey (Robert Budd Mystery #2)

By: Gerald Verner

4.16

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

A man calling himself ‘the Jockey’ had sent a letter to crooked bookmaker Simon Corbett, demanding … read more

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24. The Grim Joker (Robert Budd Mystery #1)

By: Gerald Verner

3.81

Format: 173 pages, Kindle Edition

Mr. Hamilton Lorne is amused to receive a card with the grotesque picture of a fool, complete with … read more

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25. Cold Evil: An Anthony Bathurst Mystery

By: Brian Flynn

4.06

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

“I believe those men were murdered just as clearly as if they had been stabbed to the heart with a … read more

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  • mystery
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26. The Seven Lamps (Robert Budd Mystery Book 8)

By: Gerald Verner

3.80

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

Jill Hartley has to take important papers to 18 Hayford Avenue, Berrydale - the home of her firm's … read more

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27. The Twelve Apostles (Robert Budd Mystery #7)

By: Gerald Verner

4.13

Format: 183 pages, Kindle Edition

Only Detective Robert Budd can crack this case...or can he? The queer business of the Silver Saint… read more

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28. The Silver Horseshoe (Robert Budd Mystery #3)

By: Gerald Verner

4.02

Format: 215 pages, Kindle Edition

On such small beginnings do large issues depend, that if a certain horse had not won the Lincolnshi… read more

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29. The Whispering Woman (Robert Budd Book 11)

By: Gerald Verner

3.87

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

Paula Rivers, a beautiful, haughty young cinema cashier, is selling tickets when her sister Eileen … read more

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30. The Puzzle Lock (Dr. Thorndyke, 17)

By: R. Austin Freeman

3.82

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

Richard Austin Freeman presents an ingenious case in this remarkable detective saga. When a store o… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • 20th century

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