6 Best true crime books like A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie by Kathryn Harkup

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A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie

By: Kathryn Harkup

3.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

People are fascinated by murder. The popularity of murder mystery books, TV series, and even board …

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1. Jane Austen at Home

By: Lucy Worsley

3.16

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

On the eve of the two hundredth anniversary of Jane Austen's death, take a trip back to her world a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • books about books
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2. Postern of Fate (Tommy and Tuppence, #5)

By: Agatha Christie

3.50

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins! Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of susp… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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3. A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie

By: Kathryn Harkup

3.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

People are fascinated by murder. The popularity of murder mystery books, TV series, and even board … read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • books about books
  • science
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4. The Pale Horse (Ariadne Oliver, #5)

By: Agatha Christie

3.84

Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"Wickedness...such wickedness...." The dying woman turned to Father Gorman with agony in her eyes.… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
"After all, the stupidest child can set a house on fire quite easily."

-Agatha Christie, The Pale Horse (Ariadne Oliver, #5)

"Being in love has a very bad effect on men - it seems to addle their wits."

-Agatha Christie, The Pale Horse (Ariadne Oliver, #5)

"People are so proud of wickedness. Odd, isn't it, that people who are good are never proud of it? That's where Christian humility comes in, I suppose. They don't even know they are good."

-Agatha Christie, The Pale Horse (Ariadne Oliver, #5)

"Evil is not something superhuman, it's something LESS than human. Your criminal is someone who wants to be important, but who never will be important, because he'll always be less than a man."

-Agatha Christie, The Pale Horse (Ariadne Oliver, #5)

5. The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock

By: Lucy Worsley

3.73

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Murder -- a dark, shameful deed, the last resort of the desperate or a vile tool of the greedy. And… read more

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

By: John Dickson Carr

4.75

Format: None pages,

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7. The Case of the Gilded Fly (Gervase Fen, #1)

By: Edmund Crispin

3.51

Format: 225 pages, Paperback

Theatre companies are notorious hotbeds of intrigue, and few are more intriguing than the company c… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
"la pobre virgencita rústica que espera que su caballero deje de hacer el tonto con la princesa malvada"

-Edmund Crispin, The Case of the Gilded Fly (Gervase Fen, #1)

"bruscas sacudidas del tren abofetean a los viajeros hasta dejarlos sumidos en un estado de abyecta sumisión"

-Edmund Crispin, The Case of the Gilded Fly (Gervase Fen, #1)

8. An Autobiography

By: Agatha Christie , None

3.00

Format: 1118 pages,

Back in print in an all-new edition, is the engaging and illuminating chronicle of the life of the … read more

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9. If Not Now, When?

By: Primo Levi , William Weaver

3.72

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Primo Levi was among the greatest witnesses to twentieth-century atrocity. In this gripping novel, … read more

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10. Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman

By: Lucy Worsley

4.20

Format: 498 pages, Kindle Edition

A new, fascinating account of the life of Agatha Christie from celebrated literary and cultural his… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • books about books
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11. The Seat of the Scornful

By: John Dickson Carr

3.85

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

Judge Horace Ireton didn't care about the letter of the law. He was interested in administering abs… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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12. The Case of the Carnaby Castle Curse (Anty Boisjoly Mysteries #4)

By: P.J. Fitzsimmons

4.34

Format: None pages, ebook

Anty Boisjoly takes on his twistiest test to date in a tale of curses and crows, crypts and conspir… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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13. Keanu Reeves is Not in Love With You: The Murky World of Online Romance Fraud

By: Becky Holmes

3.88

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

One woman's hilarious and fascinating quest to expose the truth behind fraudulent Twitter romance … read more

Similar categories in Becky Holmes's Keanu Reeves is Not in Love With You: The Murky World of Online Romance Fraud book and Kathryn Harkup's A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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14. The Science of Murder: The Forensics of Agatha Christie

By: Carla Valentine

3.83

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Discover the science of forensics through Agatha Christie's novels Agatha Christie is the bestse… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • books about books
  • science
Cover of A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them by Neil Bradbury

15. A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

By: Neil Bradbury

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant blend of science and crime, 'A TASTE FOR POISON' reveals how eleven notorious poisons a… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • science
"Sometimes what makes things toxic is exactly what allows them to be used for good."

-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

"Rather than throw the white arsenic away, it was realised that money could be made by selling the substance as a poison to get rid of all kinds of vermin, including cockroaches, rats, stray animals -…"

-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

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16. The Case of the Ghost of Christmas Morning (Anty Boisjoly Mysteries, #2)

By: P.J. Fitzsimmons

4.28

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Anty Boisjoly tackles the strange case of a war hero who visits his old friends on Christmas mornin… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
"It’ll be just like Romeo and Juliet,"

-P.J. Fitzsimmons, The Case of the Ghost of Christmas Morning (Anty Boisjoly Mysteries, #2)

"This is the rummiest ingredient of this rum cocktail."

-P.J. Fitzsimmons, The Case of the Ghost of Christmas Morning (Anty Boisjoly Mysteries, #2)

"It’s very much its own reward, I find, spending other people’s money."

-P.J. Fitzsimmons, The Case of the Ghost of Christmas Morning (Anty Boisjoly Mysteries, #2)

"I believe that Americans will buy anything so long as someone else buys one first."

-P.J. Fitzsimmons, The Case of the Ghost of Christmas Morning (Anty Boisjoly Mysteries, #2)

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17. The Case of the Case of Kilcladdich (Anty Boisjoly Mysteries #6)

By: P.J. Fitzsimmons

4.43

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

In The Case of the Case of Kilcladdich, Anty travels to the timeless source waters of Glen Glennegi… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Reckoning at the Riviera Royale (Anty Boisjoly Mysteries, #5) by P.J. Fitzsimmons

18. Reckoning at the Riviera Royale (Anty Boisjoly Mysteries, #5)

By: P.J. Fitzsimmons

4.27

Format: 201 pages, ebook

Anty travels to the Riviera to finally have that awkward ‘did you murder my father’ conversation wi… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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19. The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women

By: Lisa Perrin

4.05

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A feast for the senses, this sumptuously illustrated book will introduce you to some of the most in… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • science
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20. The Tale of the Tenpenny Tontine (Anty Boisjoly Mysteries, #3)

By: P.J. Fitzsimmons

4.34

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The Tale of the Tenpenny Tontine is another mystifying, manor house stumper for Wodehousian bon-viv… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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21. Court Number One: The Old Bailey Trials that Defined Modern Britain

By: Thomas Grant

4.07

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A WATERSTONES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 'Superbl… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • history
  • true crime

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