23 must-read crime books like A Deadly Habit (Charles Paris, #20) by Simon Brett

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A Deadly Habit (Charles Paris, #20)

By: Simon Brett

3.66

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

Rehearsals in a new West End play are disrupted by sudden, violent death in the intriguing new Char…

If you liked the crime plot in A Deadly Habit (Charles Paris, #20) by Simon Brett , here is a list of 23 books like this:

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1. That Uncertain Feeling

By: Kingsley Amis

3.53

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In That Uncertain Feeling by Kingsley Amis, competition is stiff for the position of sub-librarian … read more

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  • fiction
  • british literature
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2. As The Crow Flies (DI Nick Dixon #1)

By: Damien Boyd

3.93

Format: 173 pages, Kindle Edition

Rock climbing is now a blood sport. Detective Inspector Nick Dixon's former climbing partner, Ja… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5) by Dorothy L. Sayers

3. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.05

Format: 243 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Ninety-year-old General Fentiman was definitely dead, but no one knew exactly when he had died—and … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"Exactly. He is the Most Unlikely Person, and that is why Sherlock Holmes would suspect him at once."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)

"I have a peculiar instinct about pubs. I can find one blindfold in a pea-souper with both hands tied behind me."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)

"Books... are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)

"I’m determined never to be a parent. Modern manners and the break-up of the fine old traditions have simply ruined the business. I shall devote my life and fortune to the endowment of research on the…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)

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4. The Cleaner (John Milton, #1)

By: Mark Dawson

3.80

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

Meet John MiltonHe considers himself an artisan. A craftsman. His trade is murder.Milton is the man… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. A Wreath for Rivera (Roderick Alleyn, #15)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.00

Format: 50 pages, Paperback

Red-hot jazz meets cold-blooded murder. When Lord Pastern Bagott takes up with the hot music of Bre… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.07

Format: 264 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The wealthy Agatha Dawson is dead--a trifle sooner than expected--but there are no apparent signs o… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"It doesn't do for people, especially doctors, to go about 'thinking' things. They may get into frightful trouble."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

"…After all, it isn't really difficult to write books. Especially if you either write a rotten story in good English or a good story in rotten English, which is as far as most people seem to get nowad…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

"I sleuth, you know. For a hobby. Harmless outlet for natural inquisitiveness, don't you see, which might otherwise strike inward and produce introspection an' suicide. Very natural, healthy pursuit -…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

"Miss Climpson," said Lord Peter, "is a manifestation of the wasteful way in which this country is run. Look at electricity, Look at water-power. Look at the tides. Look at the sun. Millions of power …"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

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7. Death in the Tunnel

By: Miles Burton

3.50

Format: 93 pages, Paperback

On a dark November evening, Sir Wilfred Saxonby is travelling alone in the 5 o'clock train from Can… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
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8. A Case For Paul Temple

By: Various , Francis Durbridge , Gerda Stevenson

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Audio CD

From 1938 to 1968 crime novelist and detective Paul Temple and his Fleet Street journalist wife Ste… read more

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  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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9. How Right You Are, Jeeves (Jeeves, #12)

By: P.G. Wodehouse

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

A Bertie and Jeeves classic, featuring a cow-creamer, the redheaded Miss Wickham, and the formidabl… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • british literature

10. Netherland

By: Joseph O'Neill

3.71

Format: 160 pages,

In a New York City made phantasmagorical by the events of 9/11, Hans - a banker originally from the… read more

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  • fiction
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11. Murder at the Manor: Country House Mysteries

By: Martin Edwards

4.30

Format: None pages, Paperback

The English country house is an iconic setting for some of the greatest British crime fiction. This… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

12. Someone

By: Alice McDermott

3.47

Format: 1 pages, Hardcover

An ordinary life - its sharp pains and unexpected joys, its bursts of clarity and moments of confus… read more

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13. Dancers in Mourning (Albert Campion Mystery #9)

By: Margery Allingham

3.40

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Jimmy Sutane, London's favorite song-and-dance man, headlines at the Argosy Theater, where someone … read more

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14. Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm

By: Gil North

4.41

Format: None pages,

'He could feel it in the blackness, a difference in atmosphere, a sense of evil, of things hidden.'… read more

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Cover of A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24) by Ian Rankin

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

By: Ian Rankin

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The brand-new John Rebus thriller from the #1 international bestseller Ian Rankin. John Rebus st… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas

By: Mick Herron

4.13

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

At last in one volume: the collected Slough House spy novellas, including the never-before-publishe… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Well don't talk to me when I'm not listening. It's a waste of everyone's time."

-Mick Herron, Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas

"Shut up. Now, ordinarily the reason I make you run up those stairs is I don't like you and I want you to die. But today, as it happens, I've a job for you."

-Mick Herron, Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas

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17. A Death in the Parish (Canon Clement, #2)

By: Richard Coles

3.90

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

It's been a few months since murder tore apart the community of Champton apart. As Canon Daniel Cl… read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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18. In a House of Lies (Inspector Rebus, #22)

By: Ian Rankin

4.09

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

IN A HOUSE OF LIES... Everyone has something to hide A missing private investigator is found, l… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. 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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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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20. The Red Room (Atticus Priest #3)

By: Mark Dawson

4.48

Format: 484 pages, Kindle Edition

Private investigator Atticus Priest is asked to investigate after a man falls to his death from the… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Date with Evil (The Dales Detective Series #8) by Julia Chapman

21. Date with Evil (The Dales Detective Series #8)

By: Julia Chapman

4.50

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

In the eighth novel in the Dales Detective series, Date with Evil , Samson and Delilah are about to… read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6) by Kate Atkinson

22. Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6)

By: Kate Atkinson

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The stage is set. Marooned overnight by a snowstorm in a grand country house are a cast of characte… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Wrong Hands (Detective Miller #2) by Mark Billingham

23. The Wrong Hands (Detective Miller #2)

By: Mark Billingham

4.41

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

This is one case Detective Miller won't want to open . . . The second rip-roaring mystery from m… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery (Paul Temple BBC Serials #19) by Francis Durbridge

24. Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery (Paul Temple BBC Serials #19)

By: Francis Durbridge

3.82

Format: 4 pages, Audio Cassette

Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury star in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest sleuth a… read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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25. The Man in Black: Stories

By: Elly Griffiths

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This bumper collection of short stories by the No 1 bestselling author features all her best-loved … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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26. Lessons in Crime: Academic Mysteries

By: Martin Edwards

3.86

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

'Dr Greeby was found lying dead there, with his lecture-notes scattered all round him and brickbat … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Charles Paris: A Doubtful Death: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation by Jeremy Front

27. Charles Paris: A Doubtful Death: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation

By: Jeremy Front

3.86

Format: 2 pages, Audio CD

Bill Nighy returns as the loveably louche actor-cum-amateur detective Charles Paris Charles Paris… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A History of British Serial Killing: The Definitive History of British Serial Killing 1888-2008 - by the UK's Leading Expert by David           Wilson

28. A History of British Serial Killing: The Definitive History of British Serial Killing 1888-2008 - by the UK's Leading Expert

By: David Wilson

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this fascinating and informative new book, Professor David Wilson tells the stories of Britain's… read more

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  • crime
  • audiobook
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29. The Wooden Witness

By: Hugh Morrison

3.99

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Summer 1931: after finding the battered corpse of a spiritualist medium at an archaeological site o… read more

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Cover of A Deadly Habit (Charles Paris, #20) by Simon Brett

30. A Deadly Habit (Charles Paris, #20)

By: Simon Brett

3.66

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

Rehearsals in a new West End play are disrupted by sudden, violent death in the intriguing new Char… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Grave in the Woods (Bruno, Chief of Police #17) by Martin  Walker

31. A Grave in the Woods (Bruno, Chief of Police #17)

By: Martin Walker

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Another entertaining and enlightening entry in the Bruno, Chief of Police series, featuring an arch… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook

26 Best fiction books like A Deadly Habit (Charles Paris, #20) by Simon Brett

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That Uncertain Feeling

Kingsley Amis

3.53

Transform Your Habits

As The Crow Flies (DI Nick Dixon #1)

Damien Boyd

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)

Dorothy L. Sayers

4.05

Transform Your Habits

The Cleaner (John Milton, #1)

Mark Dawson

3.80

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21 best-selling fiction books like A Death in the Parish (Canon Clement, #2) by Richard Coles

Transform Your Habits

Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5)

Sophie Hannah

3.75

Transform Your Habits

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

Robert Thorogood

3.92

Transform Your Habits

The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1)

Mark Billingham

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Murder on Lake Garda

Tom Hindle

3.55

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