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…
Want to Read $ 6.80"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)
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1. Death of a Peer (Roderick Alleyn, #10)
By: Ngaio Marsh
4.00
Format: 303 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Murder becomes a family affair... The Lampreys were a charming, eccentric happy-go-lucky family, t… read more
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2. 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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3. 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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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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"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)
5. Heads You Lose (Inspector Cockrill #1)
By: Christianna Brand
3.32
Format: 167 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Pigeonsford Estate is playing host to a group of close friends when one of their number, Grace Morl… read more
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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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7. The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion Mystery, #1)
By: Margery Allingham
3.62
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
A house party is under way at the remote mansion of Black Dudley, and among the guests are some ver… read more
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"George Abbershaw's prosaic mind quivered on the verge of poetry when he looked at her."-Margery Allingham, The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion Mystery, #1)
8. Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.96
Format: 277 pages, Paperback
It was planned as an act of a new piano for the parish hall, an amusing play to finance the gift. … read more
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"It's like one of those affairs in books," said Bailey disgustedly."Someone trying to think up a new way to do a murder. Silly, I call it." "What do you say, Roper?" said Alleyn. "To my way of thinkin…"-Ngaio Marsh, Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8)
9. Hag's Nook (Dr. Gideon Fell, #1)
By: John Dickson Carr
4.24
Format: 384 pages,
In his detecting debut, larger than life lexicographer Dr. Gideon Fell is entertaining young Americ… read more
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10. The Problem of the Green Capsule (Dr. Gideon Fell, #10)
By: John Dickson Carr
4.75
Format: None pages,
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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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"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. The Red Widow Murders (Sir Henry Merrivale, #3)
By: Carter Dickson
4.00
Format: None pages,
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14. The Man in the Queue (Inspector Alan Grant, #1)
By: Josephine Tey
3.77
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
Inspector Alan Grant searches for the identity of a man killed in the line at a theater and for the… read more
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15. 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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16. To Love and Be Wise (Inspector Alan Grant, #4)
By: Josephine Tey , Robert Barnard
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
When a strikingly handsome young photographer mysteriously disappears, it's up to Inspector Alan Gr… read more
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17. Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.96
Format: 346 pages, Paperback
The party's over when murder makes an entrance...With the notion of bringing together the most bitt… read more
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"With corpses stiffening on the premises, sir, all things be possible to a man with a desperate powerful idea egging him on."-Ngaio Marsh, Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11)
"They were fortified with all the resilience that youth presents to an emotional shock. In the midst of murder and attempted suicide, they had managed, not only to behave with address and good sense, …"-Ngaio Marsh, Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11)
"For some reason that he had never been able to understand, Mandrake was a man in whom his fellow-creatures confided. He was by no means obviously sympathetic and he seldom asked for confidences but, …"-Ngaio Marsh, Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11)
"Beneath it hung a faded photograph in an Oxford frame. It presented a Victorian gentleman wearing an ineffable air of hauteur and a costume which suggested that he had begun to dress up as Mr. Sherlo…"-Ngaio Marsh, Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11)
18. Death at the Bar (Roderick Alleyn, #9)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.46
Format: None pages, Paperback
A cosy game of darts in a cosy English pub is going well until one of the players dies on the spot.… read more
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19. Impact of Evidence
By: Carol Carnac
4.11
Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition
Near St. Brynneys in the Welsh border country, isolated by heavy snow and flooding from the thaw, a… read more
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20. 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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21. 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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22. Death of an Author
By: E.C.R. Lorac
3.99
Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition
'I hate murders and I hate murderers, but I must admit that the discovery of a bearded corpse would… read more
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23. 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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24. Murder by the Book: Mysteries for Bibliophiles
By: Martin Edwards
3.91
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
‘If much of the action is set in a bookshop or a library, it is a bibliomystery, just as it is if a… read more
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25. 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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26. 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
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27. 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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28. Two-Way Murder
By: E.C.R. Lorac
4.10
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
'This is only a hill mist, not a real fog. You'll find it'll be perfectly clear when we run down in… read more
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29. Fell Murder
By: E.C.R. Lorac
4.08
Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition
'...this crime is conditioned by the place. To understand the one you've got to study the other.' … read more
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"I set out this evening to learn something about the district, to study the roads and paths, and to get the hang of it, the feel of the land. It's no use rushing to ask questions when you're ignorant …"-E.C.R. Lorac, Fell Murder
"Far below him, the River Lune wound its serpentine curves across the wide flood plane: beneath the clear September sky the water shone blue, flowing out to Morecambe Bay, whose golden sands gleamed p…"-E.C.R. Lorac, Fell Murder
30. Root of All Evil (Andrew Basnett)
By: E.X. Ferrars
3.84
Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition
A weekend holiday at a wealthy relative’s country manor is a recipe that calls for mayhem in this c… read more
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31. A Telegram from Le Touquet: With an introduction by Martin Edwards
By: John Bude
3.95
Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition
With some trepidation Nigel Derry approaches the country house of his enigmatic and unpredictable a… read more
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