12 Top classics books like The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne

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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…

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Cover of The Beast Must Die (Nigel Strangeways, #4) by Nicholas Blake

1. The Beast Must Die (Nigel Strangeways, #4)

By: Nicholas Blake

3.77

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Frank Cairnes, a popular detective writer who now embarks on a real-life crime of his own, determin… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"My studies in criminology have suggested to me that only generals, Harley Street specialists and mine owners can get away with murder successfully."

-Nicholas Blake, The Beast Must Die (Nigel Strangeways, #4)

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2. Death of Jezebel (Inspector Cockrill #4)

By: Christianna Brand

3.55

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

At a medieval pageant, Inspector Cockrill investigates a dramatic death Ever since she drove her… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"But now the streets were not like the streets she knew. They were so silent: and so empty. On the doorsteps, little groups of milk bottles huddled with their dirty white collars, waiting for the roun…"

-Christianna Brand, Death of Jezebel (Inspector Cockrill #4)

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3. Green for Danger

By: Christianna Brand

3.69

Format: None pages, Paperback

Set in a military hospital during the blitz, this novel is one of Brand's most intricately plotted … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Suddenly at His Residence (Inspector Cockrill, #3) by Christianna Brand

4. 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 thriller
  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. The Circular Staircase

By: Mary Roberts Rinehart

3.79

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

This is the story of how a middle-aged spinster lost her mind, deserted her domestic gods in the ci… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. The Drowner

By: John D. MacDonald

2.57

Format: 210 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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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

Similar categories in A.A. Milne's The Red House Mystery book and A.A. Milne's The Red House Mystery

  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Whose Body?  (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1) by Dorothy L. Sayers

8. Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

3.84

Format: 212 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The stark naked body was lying in the tub. Not unusual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"But if you were investigating a crime,"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

"Well, it’s no good jumping at conclusions."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

"Oh damn!' said Lord Peter Wimsey at Piccadilly Circus."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

"I trust you told her I had succumbed to lethargic encephalitis suddenly, no flowers by request."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

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9. Double Indemnity

By: James M. Cain

4.06

Format: 115 pages, Paperback

Tautly narrated and excruciatingly suspenseful, Double Indemnity gives us an X-ray view of guilt, o… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"I loved her like a rabbit loves a rattlesnake"

-James M. Cain, Double Indemnity

"I had killed a man, for money and a woman. I didn't have the money and I didn't have the woman."

-James M. Cain, Double Indemnity

"They've committed a *murder*! And it's not like taking a trolley ride together where they can get off at different stops. They're stuck with each other and they got to ride all the way to the end of …"

-James M. Cain, Double Indemnity

"There's a shark. Following the ship.' I tried not to look, but couldn't help it. I saw a flash of dirty white down in the green. We walked back to the deck chairs. Walter, we'll have to wait. Till th…"

-James M. Cain, Double Indemnity

Cover of The Layton Court Mystery (Roger Sheringham Cases, #1) by Anthony Berkeley

10. The Layton Court Mystery (Roger Sheringham Cases, #1)

By: Anthony Berkeley

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

A Roger Sheringham mysteryIn a typical English country house, a murder is committed. The wealthy Vi… read more

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

11. Deathtrap

By: Ira Levin

4.09

Format: None pages,

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12. Malice Aforethought

By: Francis Iles

3.93

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

On a balmy summer's day in 1930 the great and the good of the county are out in force for the annua… read more

Similar categories in Francis Iles's Malice Aforethought book and A.A. Milne's The Red House Mystery

  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"The evidence knocked clean out of their hands. Nothing but suspicion left…and you can’t arrest a murderer on suspicion, oh dear no! Only felonious loiterer’s and housebreakers and low scum like that.…"

-Francis Iles, Malice Aforethought

"Madeleine Cranmere met him in the hall and showed him over the ground floor herself. She appeared delighted to listen to his rapturous enthusiasm, and consulted him on a few points as if he were an e…"

-Francis Iles, Malice Aforethought

13. Trent's Last Case (Philip Trent, #1)

By: E.C. Bentley

4.37

Format: 383 pages, Paperback

On Wall Street, the mere mention of the name Sigsbee Manderson is enough to send a stock soaring--o… read more

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14. Thou Shell of Death (Nigel Strangeways, #2)

By: Nicholas Blake

3.75

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Nigel Strangeways is off to a Christmas houseparty hosted by Fergus O'Brien, a legendary World War … read more

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15. Jumping Jenny (Roger Sheringham Cases, #9)

By: Anthony Berkeley

3.77

Format: 190 pages, Hardcover

When a murder is committed at a party given in honour of a famous writer-detective, the guests impe… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Berkeley's Jumping Jenny (Roger Sheringham Cases, #9) book and A.A. Milne's The Red House Mystery

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

16. A Question of Proof (Nigel Strangeways, #1)

By: Nicholas Blake

4.07

Format: 640 pages,

The faculty and student body at Sudeley are shocked but scarcely saddened when the headmaster's obn… read more

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17. 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 thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Strong Room: A Golden Age Mystery by R.A.J. Walling

18. The Strong Room: A Golden Age Mystery

By: R.A.J. Walling

4.05

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

Golden Age of Crime writer R.A.J. Walling’s first-ever crime novel, republished here for the first … read more

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  • mystery
  • british literature
Cover of Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series) by Carolyn M. Bowen

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

By: Carolyn M. Bowen

4.36

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

None read more

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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)

Cover of Murderer's Mistake (Robert Macdonald #28) by E.C.R. Lorac

20. Murderer's Mistake (Robert Macdonald #28)

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.07

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

It's not long after the end of WWII, rationing is still in force in the UK, and Chief Inspector Mac… read more

Similar categories in E.C.R. Lorac's Murderer's Mistake (Robert Macdonald #28) book and A.A. Milne's The Red House Mystery

  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Case in the Clinic by E.C.R. Lorac

21. 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
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature

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