24 must-read mystery books like Knock, Murderer, Knock! by Harriet Rutland

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Knock, Murderer, Knock!

By: Harriet Rutland

4.48

Format: 192 pages,

"EURoeI think,"EUR said Palk slowly, "EURoethere"EUR(tm)s a homicidal maniac loose in the Hydro, bu…

If you liked the mystery plot in Knock, Murderer, Knock! by Harriet Rutland , here is a list of 24 books like this:

Cover of The Abbey Court Murder (Inspector Furnival, #1) by Annie Haynes

1. The Abbey Court Murder (Inspector Furnival, #1)

By: Annie Haynes

3.54

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

“A crime of a peculiarly mysterious nature was perpetrated some time last night in a block of flats… read more

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  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Bungalow Mystery by Annie Haynes

2. The Bungalow Mystery

By: Annie Haynes

3.50

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

"He had his tea as usual; when I knocked at the door with the tray (he always had afternoon tea), I… read more

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  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Sōji Shimada, Shika MacKenzie, Ross MacKenzie

3. The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

By: Sōji Shimada , Shika MacKenzie , Ross MacKenzie

3.87

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

Astrologer, fortuneteller, and self-styled detective Kiyoshi Mitarai must in one week solve a myste… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • crime
"Art is not to copy the work of another; real art exists only in difference."

-Sōji Shimada, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

"I'm a huge fan of mysteries; in fact, they're almost an addiction. If a week goes by without reading a mystery, I suffer withdrawal symptoms. Then I wander around like I'm sleepwalking and wake up in…"

-Sōji Shimada, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

Cover of Death of Jezebel (Inspector Cockrill #4) by Christianna Brand

4. 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
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • mystery
  • crime
"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)

Cover of Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2) by Dorothy L. Sayers

5. Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Rustic old Riddlesdale Lodge was a Wimsey family retreat filled with country pleasures and the thri… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • classics
  • british literature
  • mystery
  • crime
"Fou!"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

"Boil my brains!"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

"I am abso-bally-lutely positive"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

"The departure of the church-going element had induced a more humanitarian atmosphere."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

Cover of Fear Stalks the Village by Ethel Lina White

6. Fear Stalks the Village

By: Ethel Lina White

4.12

Format: 207 pages, Paperback

It was a model English village, filled with flowers, Tudor cottages, and cobbled streets. Joan Broo… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of There May Be Danger by Ianthe Jerrold

7. There May Be Danger

By: Ianthe Jerrold

3.26

Format: 212 pages,

Amid the danger of World War Two's London, Kate Mayhew is returning from another hopeless round of … read more

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  • mystery
Cover of Hunting for Hidden Gold (Hardy Boys, #5) by Franklin W. Dixon

8. Hunting for Hidden Gold (Hardy Boys, #5)

By: Franklin W. Dixon

3.72

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

Timber wolves, a Rocky Mountain blizzard, and a mine cave-in are only a few of the perils Frank and… read more

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  • mystery
  • detective
  • classics
Cover of Knock, Murderer, Knock! by Harriet Rutland

9. Knock, Murderer, Knock!

By: Harriet Rutland

4.48

Format: 192 pages,

"EURoeI think,"EUR said Palk slowly, "EURoethere"EUR(tm)s a homicidal maniac loose in the Hydro, bu… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • mystery
  • crime

10. Unexpected Night (Henry Gamadge, #1)

By: Elizabeth Daly

3.91

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

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

11. 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 thriller
  • detective
  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • 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)

12. Murder Underground

By: Stephen Booth , Mavis Doriel Hay

4.45

Format: None pages, Paperback

If you were suddenly to be found murdered, would your friends have theories about who had done the … read more

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13. The Nightingale Gallery (Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan, #1)

By: Paul Doherty

4.15

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

In 1376, the famed Black Prince died of a terrible rotting sickness, closely followed by his father… read more

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14. The 12:30 from Croydon

By: Freeman Wills Crofts

3.85

Format: None pages,

'Crofts constructs his alibi with immense elaboration...The story is highly successful, and Mr Crof… read more

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Cover of Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5) by Anthony Horowitz

15. 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
  • detective
  • british literature
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Strong Room: A Golden Age Mystery by R.A.J. Walling

16. 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 Midsummer Murder by Clifford Witting

17. Midsummer Murder

By: Clifford Witting

3.86

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

Witting's second Inspector Charlton mystery, first published in 1937, is set in Paulsfield (clearly… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Missing Link: A Golden Age Murder Mystery by George Varney

18. The Missing Link: A Golden Age Murder Mystery

By: George Varney

3.90

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Detective mystery in a sinister old mansion’ Daily Sketch‘Effortless telling of a good story’ The … read more

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  • mystery
Cover of The Wintringham Mystery by Anthony Berkeley

19. 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 thriller
  • classics
  • british literature
  • mystery
  • crime
"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

Cover of Measure for Murder by Clifford Witting

20. Measure for Murder

By: Clifford Witting

4.09

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

It is 1940 and Mrs Mudge, the cleaning lady is busy tidying the Little Theatre in Lulverton, which … read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
Cover of The Studio Crime by Ianthe Jerrold

21. The Studio Crime

By: Ianthe Jerrold

3.63

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

"He is dead. It is quite impossible that he should have killed himself. He has been murdered. About… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Murder of Mrs Davenport: A Golden Age Mystery by Anthony Gilbert

22. The Murder of Mrs Davenport: A Golden Age Mystery

By: Anthony Gilbert

4.01

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

‘An absorbing story’ Times Literary Supplement‘The plot is well-conceived… the characters are well … read more

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  • mystery
Cover of These Names Make Clues by E.C.R. Lorac

23. These Names Make Clues

By: E.C.R. Lorac

3.66

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Should detectives go to parties? Was it consistent with the dignity of the Yard? The inspector tos… read more

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  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Case in the Clinic by E.C.R. Lorac

24. 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
  • british literature
Cover of The Murder Wheel (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #2) by Tom   Mead

25. The Murder Wheel (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #2)

By: Tom Mead

3.57

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In London, 1938, young and idealistic lawyer Edmund Ibbs is trying to find any shred of evidence th… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
Cover of Big Ben Strikes Eleven by David Magarshack

26. Big Ben Strikes Eleven

By: David Magarshack

3.34

Format: 333 pages, Paperback

The discovery of Sir Robert Boniface's body on the floor of his limousine was made quite accidental… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Murder in Vienna by E.C.R. Lorac

27. Murder in Vienna

By: E.C.R. Lorac

3.85

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

Superintendent Macdonald, CID, studied his fellow-passengers on the Vienna plane simply because he … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • golden age mystery
  • british literature
Cover of Somewhere in the House (Henry Gamadge #10) by Elizabeth Daly

28. Somewhere in the House (Henry Gamadge #10)

By: Elizabeth Daly

3.99

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

The Clayborn clan has been waiting 25 years to divvy up Grandmama's fortune, locked up by her will,… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • crime
Cover of Villainy at Vespers by Joan Cockin

29. Villainy at Vespers

By: Joan Cockin

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The lost art of brass rubbing, crooked antiques dealers, and smuggling all figure in this tale of a… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of The Ghost Party by Henrietta Clandon

30. The Ghost Party

By: Henrietta Clandon

3.04

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

Jonnie Rogers tells his fellow guests at a Devonshire hotel that the nearby Dower House is reputedl… read more

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