18 must-read classics books like Murder After Christmas by Rupert Latimer

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Murder After Christmas

By: Rupert Latimer

3.46

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An ingenious lost Christmas mystery returns to print for the first time since 1944 'Did you say …

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1. Mystery in White

By: Martin Edwards , J. Jefferson Farjeon

3.38

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

On Christmas Eve, heavy snowfall brings a train to a halt near the village of Hemmersby. Several pa… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • british literature
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"That is why any general, however wrong he may be--take Napoleon, to avoid the politics of mere contemporary examples--must believe in himself to be successful, or dupe himself into such a belief. Ind…"

-Martin Edwards, Mystery in White

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2. 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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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
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  • mystery
  • crime
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3. Silent Nights: Christmas Mysteries

By: Martin Edwards

4.04

Format: 288 pages,

Christmas is a mysterious, as well as magical, time of year. Strange things can happen, and this he… read more

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  • holiday
  • christmas
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  • crime
Cover of The White Priory Murders (Sir Henry Merrivale, #2) by Carter Dickson

4. The White Priory Murders (Sir Henry Merrivale, #2)

By: Carter Dickson

3.66

Format: 176 pages,

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  • detective
  • classics
  • british literature
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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5. Crimson Snow: Winter Mysteries

By: Martin Edwards

4.10

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

Crimson Snowbrings together a dozen vintage crime stories set in winter. Welcome to a world of Fath… read more

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  • classics
  • christmas
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  • crime

6. 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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7. Jumping Jenny (Roger Sheringham Cases, #9)

By: Anthony Berkeley

3.77

Format: 190 pages, Hardcover

When a murder is committed at a party given in honour of a famous writer-detective, the guests impe… read more

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  • crime
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8. Murder In The Basement (Roger Sheringham Cases, #8)

By: Anthony Berkeley

3.57

Format: 233 pages, Paperback

A ROGER SHERINGHAM MYSTERY.Roger and Molly Dane have something of a surprise in their new house. Wh… read more

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  • classics
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9. Death of a Bookseller

By: Bernard J. Farmer

3.55

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A rare gem of the mystery genre makes its first return to print since 1956 An honest policeman, Se… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"Jack, I'm going to tell you a story. A runner took a book to a famous dealer and said: 'I've got something rare here.' 'Yes,' replied the dealer, 'but customers who want it are rarer.' Then my book i…"

-Bernard J. Farmer, Death of a Bookseller

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10. Murder After Christmas

By: Rupert Latimer

3.46

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An ingenious lost Christmas mystery returns to print for the first time since 1944 'Did you say … read more

Similar categories in Rupert Latimer's Murder After Christmas book and Rupert Latimer's Murder After Christmas

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • classics
  • british literature
  • holiday
  • cozy mystery
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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11. 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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  • detective
  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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12. 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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  • classics
  • british literature
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13. 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
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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14. The Division Bell Mystery

By: Ellen Wilkinson

3.50

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Originally published in 1932, this is the first Crime Classic novel written by an MP. And fittingly… read more

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15. 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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Cover of Crook o' Lune by E.C.R. Lorac

16. 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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  • classics
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  • cozy mystery
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  • crime
Cover of Two-Way Murder by E.C.R. Lorac

17. 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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  • classics
  • british literature
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Bats in the Belfry (Robert MacDonald #13) by E.C.R. Lorac

18. Bats in the Belfry (Robert MacDonald #13)

By: E.C.R. Lorac

3.74

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

Bruce Attleton dazzled London's literary scene with his first two novels—but his early promise did … read more

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  • classics
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  • crime
Cover of The Edinburgh Mystery: And Other Tales of Scottish Crime by Martin Edwards

19. The Edinburgh Mystery: And Other Tales of Scottish Crime

By: Martin Edwards

3.66

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Highlands to the borders, the bustling cities to the remote isles in cold seas, the unique… read more

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  • classics
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  • crime
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20. A Surprise For Christmas: And Other Seasonal Mysteries

By: Martin Edwards

3.78

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

Two dead bodies and a Christmas stocking weaponised. A Postman murdered delivering cards on Christm… read more

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  • british literature
  • holiday
  • cozy mystery
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Murder in the Falling Snow by Cecily Gayford

21. Murder in the Falling Snow

By: Cecily Gayford

3.23

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

It's only the afternoon, but dusk is already falling and a log fire burning in the grate. Outside, … read more

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20 best-selling fiction books like Murder After Christmas by Rupert Latimer

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Mystery in White

Martin Edwards , J. Jefferson Farjeon

3.38

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Green for Danger

Christianna Brand

3.69

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Silent Nights: Christmas Mysteries

Martin Edwards

4.04

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Carter Dickson

3.66

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Death of Jezebel (Inspector Cockrill #4)

Christianna Brand

3.55

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Green for Danger

Christianna Brand

3.69

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The Sussex Downs Murder (Superintendent Meredith, #2)

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4.72

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Jumping Jenny (Roger Sheringham Cases, #9)

Anthony Berkeley

3.77

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