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…
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1. An Expert in Murder (Josephine Tey, #1)
By: Nicola Upson
3.52
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant and original fiction debut set in the exotic world of 1930s British theatre. March 1… read more
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2. The Fashion in Shrouds (Albert Campion Mystery, #10)
By: Margery Allingham
3.93
Format: 579 pages, Hardcover
Detective Albert Campion has a talented dress designer sister with celebrated clients. Georgia Well… read more
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"There are some people to whom muddled thinking and self-deception are the two most unforgivable crimes in the world."-Margery Allingham, The Fashion in Shrouds (Albert Campion Mystery, #10)
"Why it is that a garment which is honestly attractive in, say, 1910 should be honestly ridiculous a few years later and honestly charming again a few years later still is one of those things which ar…"-Margery Allingham, The Fashion in Shrouds (Albert Campion Mystery, #10)
3. 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)
4. 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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"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)
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. Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn, #2)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.82
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
A classic Ngaio Marsh novel reissued - the second Roderick Alleyn Mystery. The crime scene was the … read more
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7. The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.71
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Ngaio Marsh's bestselling and ingenious third novel remains one of the most popular pieces of crime… read more
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"Do you read crime fiction?"-Ngaio Marsh, The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3)
"They do a certain amount of mischief, they're an almighty nuisance, but as murderers I've no real faith in the British anarchist."-Ngaio Marsh, The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3)
"Nash, who carried in his head a sort of social ladder, had quietly decided that police officers of all ranks were to be graded with piano tuners."-Ngaio Marsh, The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3)
"... In our midst—in our very midst, Matron—are secret agents, secret societies, powers of evil known to the Yard but unsuspected by the general public. Mercifully so." He stopped short, folded his ar…"-Ngaio Marsh, The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3)
8. Green for Danger
By: Christianna Brand
3.69
Format: None pages, Paperback
Set in a military hospital during the blitz, this novel is one of Brand's most intricately plotted … read more
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9. Suddenly at His Residence (Inspector Cockrill, #3)
By: Christianna Brand
3.56
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
In the height of an English summer, Grandfather is found dead in the little Grecian lodge among the… read more
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10. A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn, #1)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.80
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
At Sir Hubert Handesley's country house party, five guests have gathered for the uproarious parlor … read more
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11. Kif
By: Josephine Tey , Elizabeth Mackintosh
3.82
Format: None pages,
Tey's first book; the sad story of a young man's downward path in the difficult post-WWI years in E… read more
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12. 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)
13. Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
3.84
Format: 212 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The stark naked body was lying in the tub. Not unusual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for … read more
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"But if you were investigating a crime,"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
"Well, it’s no good jumping at conclusions."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
"Oh damn!' said Lord Peter Wimsey at Piccadilly Circus."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
"I trust you told her I had succumbed to lethargic encephalitis suddenly, no flowers by request."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
14. Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
4.07
Format: 264 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The wealthy Agatha Dawson is dead--a trifle sooner than expected--but there are no apparent signs o… read more
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"It doesn't do for people, especially doctors, to go about 'thinking' things. They may get into frightful trouble."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)
"…After all, it isn't really difficult to write books. Especially if you either write a rotten story in good English or a good story in rotten English, which is as far as most people seem to get nowad…"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)
"I sleuth, you know. For a hobby. Harmless outlet for natural inquisitiveness, don't you see, which might otherwise strike inward and produce introspection an' suicide. Very natural, healthy pursuit -…"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)
"Miss Climpson," said Lord Peter, "is a manifestation of the wasteful way in which this country is run. Look at electricity, Look at water-power. Look at the tides. Look at the sun. Millions of power …"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)
15. The Case of the Late Pig (Albert Campion Mystery #8)
By: Margery Allingham
3.67
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
Agatha Christie called her 'a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true quee… read more
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16. Angel with Two Faces (Josephine Tey, #2)
By: Nicola Upson
3.95
Format: 145 pages, Paperback
Inspector Archie Penrose invites Josephine Tey down to his home in Cornwall so she can recover from… read more
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17. Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing: Spiritual Preparation for the Office of Confession
By: Søren Kierkegaard , Douglas V. Steere
3.36
Format: None pages, Paperback
Crossing the boundaries of philosophy, theology, psychology, and literature, the Danish writer Sore… read more
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18. 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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19. The Death of Lucy Kyte (Josephine Tey, #5)
By: Nicola Upson
3.91
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
In this atmospheric, intriguing historical mystery brimming with psychological tension, an unexpect… read more
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20. Two for Sorrow (Josephine Tey, #3)
By: Nicola Upson
5.00
Format: 172 pages, Paperback
"A new and assured talent....Nicola Upson is to be congratulated." --P.D. James Author Nicola Upson… read more
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21. The Expensive Halo: A Fable Without Moral
By: Josephine Tey
3.76
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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