6 Top detective books like The Murderer is a Fox (Ellery Queen Detective, #18) by Ellery Queen

Cover of The Murderer is a Fox (Ellery Queen Detective, #18) by Ellery Queen

The Murderer is a Fox (Ellery Queen Detective, #18)

By: Ellery Queen

3.54

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

For the twelve years following the death of Davy's mother Jessica, and the trial of his father, Dav…

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Cover of Please Pass the Guilt (Nero Wolfe, #45) by Rex Stout

1. Please Pass the Guilt (Nero Wolfe, #45)

By: Rex Stout

4.00

Format: 154 pages, Hardcover

When a boorish millionaire and a Mets fan with a phony name show up at his door with a tempting cas… read more

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  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Pearls Before Swine (Albert Campion Mystery, #12) by Margery Allingham

2. Pearls Before Swine (Albert Campion Mystery, #12)

By: Margery Allingham

3.99

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Albert Campion returns from three years’ work for the War Office in Europe to find that Lugg, his m… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Striding Folly (Lord Peter Wimsey #15) by Dorothy L. Sayers, Elizabeth  George, Janet Hitchman

3. Striding Folly (Lord Peter Wimsey #15)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers , Elizabeth George , Janet Hitchman

3.99

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Three of Lord Peter Wimsey's most baffling cases demonstrate his unique detction skills at their mo… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett

4. The Thin Man

By: Dashiell Hammett

3.82

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Nick and Nora Charles are Hammett's most enchanting creations, a rich, glamorous couple who solve h… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Murderer is a Fox (Ellery Queen Detective, #18) by Ellery Queen

5. The Murderer is a Fox (Ellery Queen Detective, #18)

By: Ellery Queen

3.54

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

For the twelve years following the death of Davy's mother Jessica, and the trial of his father, Dav… read more

Similar categories in Ellery Queen's The Murderer is a Fox (Ellery Queen Detective, #18) book and Ellery Queen's The Murderer is a Fox (Ellery Queen Detective, #18)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28) by Rex Stout, Sharyn McCrumb

6. Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

By: Rex Stout , Sharyn McCrumb

3.47

Format: 185 pages, Paperback

One thing is certain to distract Nero Wolfe from his culinary and horticultural pursuits: murder. T… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

7. More Work for the Undertaker (Albert Campion Mystery, #13)

By: Margery Allingham

4.06

Format: 663 pages, Paperback

Elegant and engaging detective Albert Campion investigates two deaths in the eccentric Palinode hou… read more

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8. The Puzzle of the Pepper Tree

By: Stuart Palmer

3.52

Format: 257 pages, Paperback

Hildegarde Withers heads for Catalina Island when a man is murdered on a passenger plane in full si… read more

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9. The Wall

By: John Hersey

3.50

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

Riveting & compelling, The Walltells the inspiring story of forty men & women who escape the dehuma… read more

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10. The Red Widow Murders (Sir Henry Merrivale, #3)

By: Carter Dickson

4.00

Format: None pages,

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11. Red Harvest

By: Dashiell Hammett

4.12

Format: 652 pages, ebook

The Continental Op first heard Personville called Poisonville by Hickey Dewey. But since Dewey also… read more

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12. Murder on Wheels

By: Stuart Palmer

4.60

Format: 645 pages,

Miss Withers investigates a man who appears to have hanged himself while driving As snow falls on t… read more

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13. The Hot Rock (Dortmunder, #1)

By: Donald E. Westlake

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

John Archibald Dortmunder is the thief whose capers never quite come off. Here, the released convic… read more

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14. Over My Dead Body (Nero Wolfe, #7)

By: Rex Stout , John Jakes

3.63

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

When a Balkan beauty gets in trouble over some missing diamonds, whom else can she turn to but the … read more

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15. Unnatural Causes (Adam Dalgliesh #3)

By: None

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

AN ADAM DALGLIESH MYSTERY Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh had been looking forward to a quiet holiday… read more

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16. Rim of the Pit (Rogan Kincaid, #2)

By: Hake Talbot

3.77

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

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17. The Penguin Pool Murder (Hildegarde Withers #1)

By: Stuart Palmer

3.37

Format: None pages, Paperback

Spinster sleuth and school teacher, Hildegarde Withers, meets up with Inspector Oscar Piper at a mu… read more

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18. The Tiger in the Smoke (Albert Campion Mystery #14)

By: Margery Allingham

3.86

Format: 536 pages, Paperback

Meg's marriage to self-made millionaire Geoffrey Levett should have been happy, until she began rec… read more

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19. And Be a Villain (Nero Wolfe, #13)

By: Rex Stout , Maan Meyers

3.96

Format: None pages, Paperback

Radio talk show host Madeline Fraser's worst nightmare comes true when one of her on-air guests col… read more

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20. If Death Ever Slept (Nero Wolfe, #29)

By: Rex Stout , Michael Prichard

3.67

Format: 208 pages, Audio CD

Millionaire Otis Jarrell can't even trust his family, it seems. He hires a reluctant Nero Wolfe to … read more

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Cover of The Wintringham Mystery by Anthony Berkeley

21. The Wintringham Mystery

By: Anthony Berkeley

3.66

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Republished for the first time in nearly 95 years, a classic winter country house mystery by the fo… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
"For a minute or two they remained in complete silence--the silence of people who know each other so well that words are merely an accessory rather than a necessity."

-Anthony Berkeley, The Wintringham Mystery

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