16 must-read classics books like The Reader Is Warned (Sir Henry Merrivale, #9) by Carter Dickson

Cover of The Reader Is Warned (Sir Henry Merrivale, #9) by Carter Dickson

The Reader Is Warned (Sir Henry Merrivale, #9)

By: Carter Dickson

3.50

Format: 24 pages,

If you liked the classics plot in The Reader Is Warned (Sir Henry Merrivale, #9) by Carter Dickson , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of The Case of the Constant Suicides (Dr. Gideon Fell, #13) by John Dickson Carr

1. The Case of the Constant Suicides (Dr. Gideon Fell, #13)

By: John Dickson Carr

3.77

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Having lost all his money in hare-brained get-rich-quick schemes, old Angus Campbell has nothing to… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • crime
  • fiction
"Alan Campbell opened one eye. From somewhere in remote distances, muffled beyond sight or sound, his soul crawled back painfully, through subterranean corridors, up into his body again. Toward the la…"

-John Dickson Carr, The Case of the Constant Suicides (Dr. Gideon Fell, #13)

Cover of The Clocks (Hercule Poirot, #39) by Agatha Christie, None, Robin  Bailey

2. The Clocks (Hercule Poirot, #39)

By: Agatha Christie , None , Robin Bailey

3.73

Format: 8 pages, Audio Cassette

Sheila Webb, typist-for-hire, has arrived at 19 Wilbraham Crescent in the seaside town of Crowdean … read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"To every problem, there is a most simple solution."

-Agatha Christie, The Clocks (Hercule Poirot, #39)

"It seemed unnecessary for her to have had a premonition at all."

-Agatha Christie, The Clocks (Hercule Poirot, #39)

"What an absurdity to go and bury oneself in South America, where they are always having revolutions."

-Agatha Christie, The Clocks (Hercule Poirot, #39)

"It is clear that the books owned the shop rather than the other way about. Everywhere they had run wild and taken possession of their habitat, breeding and multiplying, and clearly lacking any strong…"

-Agatha Christie, The Clocks (Hercule Poirot, #39)

Cover of He Who Whispers (Dr. Gideon Fell, #16) by John Dickson Carr

3. He Who Whispers (Dr. Gideon Fell, #16)

By: John Dickson Carr

3.91

Format: 165 pages, Paperback

At the edge of the woods by the river stands the tower. Once part of a chateau since burnt down, o… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"We don't fall in love with a woman because of her good character."

-John Dickson Carr, He Who Whispers (Dr. Gideon Fell, #16)

Cover of The Man Who Could Not Shudder (Dr. Gideon Fell, #12) by John Dickson Carr

4. The Man Who Could Not Shudder (Dr. Gideon Fell, #12)

By: John Dickson Carr

3.86

Format: 568 pages,

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Three Coffins (Dr. Gideon Fell, #6) by John Dickson Carr

5. The Three Coffins (Dr. Gideon Fell, #6)

By: John Dickson Carr

4.04

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

Professor Charles Grimaud was explaining to some friends the natural causes behind an ancient super… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

6. In Spite of Thunder (Dr. Gideon Fell, #20)

By: John Dickson Carr

4.24

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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7. Third Girl (Hercule Poirot, #35)

By: Agatha Christie

3.78

Format: 377 pages, Paperback

Poirot is approached by a girl who shared a flat with two other girls in London. She is convinced s… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • crime
  • fiction
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8. The Sittaford Mystery

By: Agatha Christie

3.76

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

In a remote house in the middle of Dartmoor, six shadowy figures huddle around a table for a seance… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"I help those who can help themselves."

-Agatha Christie, The Sittaford Mystery

"Sloppy crying had never helped anyone yet."

-Agatha Christie, The Sittaford Mystery

"To cry at will is not an easy accomplishment."

-Agatha Christie, The Sittaford Mystery

"Emily had the kind of personality that soars triumphantly over all obstacles."

-Agatha Christie, The Sittaford Mystery

Cover of The Reader Is Warned (Sir Henry Merrivale, #9) by Carter Dickson

9. The Reader Is Warned (Sir Henry Merrivale, #9)

By: Carter Dickson

3.50

Format: 24 pages,

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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10. Serpents in Eden

By: Martin Edwards

3.50

Format: 93 pages, Paperback

'The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the … read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The French Powder Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #2) by Ellery Queen

11. The French Powder Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #2)

By: Ellery Queen

4.01

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

French's department store was famous for the rare merchandise it offered its elite clientele. But n… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of After the Funeral (Hercule Poirot, #29) by Agatha Christie

12. 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
  • classics
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Tattoo Murder Case by Akimitsu Takagi, Deborah Boliver Boehm

13. The Tattoo Murder Case

By: Akimitsu Takagi , Deborah Boliver Boehm

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Kinue Nomura survived World War II only to be murdered in Tokyo, her severed limbs discovered in a … read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Monogram Murders by Agatha Christie, Sophie Hannah

14. The Monogram Murders

By: Agatha Christie , Sophie Hannah

3.13

Format: 192 pages, ebook

'I'm a dead woman, or I shall be soon...' Hercule Poirot's quiet supper in a London coffeehouse is … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction

15. The Problem of the Green Capsule (Dr. Gideon Fell, #10)

By: John Dickson Carr

4.75

Format: None pages,

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16. Trial and Error

By: Anthony Berkeley

3.90

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

A terminally ill man decides to murder someone evil, but an innocent man is accused of the crime. T… read more

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17. The Third Bullet

By: John Dickson Carr

4.14

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

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18. Poison in Jest

By: John Dickson Carr

4.46

Format: 170 pages,

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19. N or M? (Tommy and Tuppence, #3)

By: Agatha Christie

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

This novel, set during World War II, sees Tommy and Tuppence Beresford appointed as spies by the in… read more

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20. The Men Who Explained Miracles

By: John Dickson Carr

3.96

Format: None pages, Paperback

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21. The Nine Wrong Answers

By: John Dickson Carr

3.75

Format: 289 pages, Paperback

The story of a baffling murder takes place in London and at the BBC studios and the home of Sherloc… read more

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22. Portrait of a Murderer

By: None

2.56

Format: 201 pages,

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23. The Burning Court

By: John Dickson Carr

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

When the family found an odd piece of string, tied at equal intervals into nine knots, under Miles … read more

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Cover of Till Death Do Us Part (Dr. Gideon Fell, #15) by John Dickson Carr

24. Till Death Do Us Part (Dr. Gideon Fell, #15)

By: John Dickson Carr

3.83

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Crime author Dick Markham is in love again; his fiancée the mysterious newcomer to the village, Les… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Post After Post-Mortem by E.C.R. Lorac

25. Post After Post-Mortem

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.00

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

The Surrays and their five children form a prolific writing machine, with scores of treatises, revi… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8) by Dorothy L. Sayers

26. Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.11

Format: 499 pages, Kindle Edition

The second Dorothy L. Sayers classic to feature mystery writer Harriet Vane, Have His Carcase. Harr… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • crime
  • fiction
"I always have a quotation for everything--it saves original thinking."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)

"Novelists and police-inspectors do not always see eye to eye as regards publicity."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)

"A solitary rock is always attractive. All right-minded people feel an overwhelming desire to scale and sit upon it."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)

"In the mood of relaxation and confidence that follows on being parboiled, it was easy enough to pump Mrs Weldon. A little diplomacy was needed, so as not to betray the ulterior object of the inquiry,…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)

Cover of The Inugami Curse (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #2) by Seishi Yokomizo

27. The Inugami Curse (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #2)

By: Seishi Yokomizo

3.87

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

A fiendish classic murder mystery, from one of Japan’s greatest crime writers. In 1940s Japan, t… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Detective you have to arrest her. You have to arrest her and put her to death. Not just the regular death penalty - that's not good enough for her. I want her to hang by her heels, rip her to shreds,…"

-Seishi Yokomizo, The Inugami Curse (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #2)

Cover of Crook o' Lune by E.C.R. Lorac

28. Crook o' Lune

By: E.C.R. Lorac

4.15

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

It all began up at High Gimmerdale with the sheep-stealing, a hateful act in the shepherding lands … read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Patrick Butler for the Defence by John Dickson Carr

29. Patrick Butler for the Defence

By: John Dickson Carr

3.40

Format: 236 pages, Hardcover

Who was the funny little man in the green fez with the dancing tassel? And what business had he sto… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Noh Mask Murder by Akimitsu Takagi

30. The Noh Mask Murder

By: Akimitsu Takagi

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A bewildering locked-room murder occurs as an amateur crime writer investigates strange events in t… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Metropolitan Opera Murders by Helen Traubel

31. The Metropolitan Opera Murders

By: Helen Traubel

3.52

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

It happened right in front of the soprano's eyes...the man in the prompter's box gasped, twisted gr… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • crime
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