19 best-selling crime books like The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14) by P.D. James

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The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)

By: None , P.D. James

3.80

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are called in to investigate a murder at a private nursing ho…

"Benton had a strong interest in helping to ensure that Warren's home life wasn't greatly disturbed: his wife was Cornish, and that morning Warren had arrived with six Cornish pasties of remarkable flavour and succulence."

-None, The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)

"Benton had a strong interest in helping to ensure that Warren's home life wasn't greatly disturbed: his wife was Cornish, and that morning Warren had arrived with six Cornish pasties of remarkable flavour and succulence."

-None, The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)

"With the death of what Sydney Smith described as rational religon and the proponents of what remains sending out such confusing and uncertain messages, all civilised people have to be ethicists. We must work out our own salvation with diligence based on what we believe."

-None, The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)

"With the death of what Sydney Smith described as rational religon and the proponents of what remains sending out such confusing and uncertain messages, all civilised people have to be ethicists. We must work out our own salvation with diligence based on what we believe."

-None, The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)

If you liked the crime plot in The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14) by None, P.D. James , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of Rainbow's End (Richard Jury, #13) by Martha Grimes

1. Rainbow's End (Richard Jury, #13)

By: Martha Grimes

4.53

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of "The Old Contemptibles" -- the latest Inspector Richard Jury mystery… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
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  • audiobook
"Having little to do with the present, Mr. Beaton had plenty of room for the past. Oh, yes, he read the papers and knew that governments came and went ("Conservative, Labor, Sociopath," Mr. Beaton wou…"

-Martha Grimes, Rainbow's End (Richard Jury, #13)

"Polly was a writer of many deadlines. There were the ignorable deadlines, the not-to-be-taken-too-seriously deadlines: the deadlines-before-the-deadlines deadlines, and finally, the no-kidding-around…"

-Martha Grimes, Rainbow's End (Richard Jury, #13)

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2. Some Lie and Some Die (Inspector Wexford, #8)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.74

Format: 181 pages, Hardcover

A mutilated body found at a rock festival.In spite of dire predictions, the rock festival in Kingsm… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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3. The Wench is Dead (Inspector Morse #8)

By: Colin Dexter

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Inspector Morse, recovering from an ulcer in Oxford's Radcliffe Hospital, comes across an old book … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
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  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"He was somewhat of a loner by temperament--because though never wholly happy when alone, he was usually slightly more miserable when with other people."

-Colin Dexter, The Wench is Dead (Inspector Morse #8)

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4. The Dead of Jericho (Inspector Morse, #5)

By: Colin Dexter

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Dead of Jericho is Colin Dexter's fifth outing featuring the popular detective, Inspector Morse… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
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  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"He sighed and knew that life was full of ‘if only’ for everyone"

-Colin Dexter, The Dead of Jericho (Inspector Morse, #5)

"Walters looked quizzically at Morse, who sat reading one of the glossy 'porno' magazines he had brought from upstairs. "You still sex-mad, I see, Morse," said the surgeon. "I don't seem to be able to…"

-Colin Dexter, The Dead of Jericho (Inspector Morse, #5)

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5. Last Bus to Woodstock (Inspector Morse, #1)

By: Colin Dexter

3.98

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

Beautiful Sylvia Kaye and another young woman had been seen hitching a ride not long before Sylvia'… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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6. The Jewel That Was Ours (Inspector Morse, #9)

By: Colin Dexter

3.98

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

"Superbly clue-laden...A complex and satisfying puzzle." THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE The case seems so … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. Not in the Flesh (Inspector Wexford, #21)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.62

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author and grand dame of British crime fiction (The Gazette) comes the chill… read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
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  • mystery
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  • audiobook
"As in most cases when the truth becomes clear you wonder how you could ever have seen things differently."

-Ruth Rendell, Not in the Flesh (Inspector Wexford, #21)

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8. Murder Being Once Done (Inspector Wexford, #7)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.87

Format: 155 pages, Paperback

The seventh book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford. It see… read more

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  • audiobook
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9. From Doon With Death (Inspector Wexford, #1)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.68

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Dazzling psychological suspense. Razor-sharp dialogue. Plots that catch and hold like a noose. Thes… read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
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  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
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  • audiobook
Cover of The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14) by None, P.D. James

10. The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)

By: None , P.D. James

3.80

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are called in to investigate a murder at a private nursing ho… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Benton had a strong interest in helping to ensure that Warren's home life wasn't greatly disturbed: his wife was Cornish, and that morning Warren had arrived with six Cornish pasties of remarkable fl…"

-None, The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)

"With the death of what Sydney Smith described as rational religon and the proponents of what remains sending out such confusing and uncertain messages, all civilised people have to be ethicists. We m…"

-None, The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)

"Snapping shut his mobile, Dalgliesh reflected that murder, a unique crime for which no reparation is ever possible, imposes it own compulsions as well as it's conventions. He doubted whether Macklefi…"

-None, The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)

"The city which lay below was a charnel house built on multi-layered bones centuries older than those which lay beneath the cities of Hamburg or Dresden. Was this knowledge part of the mystery it held…"

-None, The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)

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11. Shake Hands Forever (Inspector Wexford, #9)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.33

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

The bed was neatly made, and the woman on top neatly strangled. According to all accounts, Angela H… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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12. A Guilty Thing Surprised (Inspector Wexford, #5)

By: Ruth Rendell

4.27

Format: 260 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Elizabeth Nightingale found peace and tranquility on her nightly walks through the rich, dense fore… read more

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  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. Wolf to the Slaughter (Inspector Wexford, #3)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.65

Format: 224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The third book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford. Anita Ma… read more

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14. The Vault (Inspector Wexford, #23)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.95

Format: 161 pages, Hardcover

The twenty-fourth book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford. The… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
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15. The Remorseful Day (Inspector Morse, #13)

By: Colin Dexter

4.12

Format: 543 pages, Hardcover

The final Inspector Morse mystery finds the cunning detective and the long-suffering Sergeant Lewis… read more

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

16. No More Dying Then (Inspector Wexford, #6)

By: Ruth Rendell

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

What kind of a person would kidnap two children? That is the question that haunts Wexford when a fi… read more

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17. Service of All the Dead (Inspector Morse, #4)

By: Colin Dexter

3.57

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

"[MORSE IS] THE MOST PRICKLY, CONCEITED, AND GENUINELY BRILLIANT DETECTIVE SINCE HERCULE POIROT." -… read more

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18. The Daughters of Cain (Inspector Morse, #11)

By: Colin Dexter

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

"AUDACIOUS AND AMUSING. . . MAY BE THE BEST BOOK YET IN THIS DESERVEDLY CELEBRATED SERIES." --The W… read more

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19. The Veiled One (Inspector Wexford, #14)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.88

Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Chief Inspector Wexford, injured in a car bombing, must rely on Detective Mike Burden to catch a ki… read more

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  • detective
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  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
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  • audiobook

20. Speaker of Mandarin (Inspector Wexford, #12)

By: Ruth Rendell

2.83

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Chief Inspector Wexford is in China, visiting ancient tombs and palaces with a group of British tou… read more

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21. The Babes in the Wood (Inspector Wexford, #19)

By: Ruth Rendell

4.11

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

With floods threatening both the town of Kingsmarkham and his own home and no end to the rain in si… read more

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22. A Sleeping Life (Inspector Wexford, #10)

By: Ruth Rendell

4.11

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

Rhoda Comfrey's death seemed unremarkable; the real mystery was her life. In A Sleeping Life, maste… read more

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23. An Unkindness of Ravens (Inspector Wexford, #13)

By: Ruth Rendell

4.11

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

Rodney Williams's disappearance seems typical to Chief Inspector Wexford -- a simple case of a man … read more

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24. Kissing the Gunner's Daughter (Inspector Wexford, #15)

By: Ruth Rendell

4.11

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

Investigating the murder of a socialite family, Inspector Wexford is forced to face his own deepest… read more

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25. The Best Man to Die (Inspector Wexford, #4)

By: Ruth Rendell

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

Who could have suspected that the exciting stag party for the groom would be the prelude to the mur… read more

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26. No Man's Nightingale (Inspector Wexford #24)

By: Ruth Rendell

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A female vicar named Sarah Hussein is discovered strangled in her Kingsmarkham vicarage. Maxine, th… read more

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27. End in Tears (Inspector Wexford, #20)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The award-winning author of Babes in the Woods and The Rottweiler brings us another gripping Inspec… read more

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  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

28. Harm Done (Inspector Wexford, #18)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.00

Format: 9 pages, Paperback

The search for the body commenced. Then the victim walked into town. Behind the picture-postcard fa… read more

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29. The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

By: Susan Rowland

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Former Archivist Mary Wandwalker hates bringing bad news. Nevertheless, she confirms to her alma ma… read more

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  • detective
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  • mystery
  • thriller
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"The fire on the mountain."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"The Alchemy Scroll works on the heart,"

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"You can’t set fires, Anna. Never again. Promise."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"She stabbed the earth with her big fork as if she could make Cookie Mac’s blood sprout from it."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

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30. Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series)

By: Carolyn M. Bowen

4.36

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

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"He wanted a stiff drink to get through the evening, for he knew they’d be wailing, and her family coming unglued."

-Carolyn M. Bowen, Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series)

"Elpidio sensed that David had more to say but was holding back due to their friendship. He wondered why David had gone along with Emiliana's seemingly impulsive ideas."

-Carolyn M. Bowen, Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series)

"He didn't want to give the cartel any time to persuade Emiliana into accepting a more enticing offer. He had reservations about her loyalty and feared she might make a deal without Elpidio's consent."

-Carolyn M. Bowen, Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series)

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31. The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.01

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

Ann Cleeves― New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, b… read more

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  • british literature
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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

19 must-read fiction books like The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14) by P.D. James

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Rainbow's End (Richard Jury, #13)

Martha Grimes

4.53

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Some Lie and Some Die (Inspector Wexford, #8)

Ruth Rendell

3.74

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The Wench is Dead (Inspector Morse #8)

Colin Dexter

3.92

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The Dead of Jericho (Inspector Morse, #5)

Colin Dexter

3.99

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J.B. Lion

4.32

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Lisa Kaniut Cobb

4.37

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Susan Rowland

4.33

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Sacrifices Beyond Kingdoms: A Provocative Romance Torn Between Continents and Cultures (The Sacrifices and Kingdoms Series Book 2)

Patricia D'Arcy Laughlin

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