25 must-read mystery books like London Bridge is Falling Down (Bryant & May, #18) by Christopher Fowler

Cover of London Bridge is Falling Down (Bryant & May, #18) by Christopher Fowler

London Bridge is Falling Down (Bryant & May, #18)

By: Christopher Fowler

4.33

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Oh, joy, a new Peculiar Crimes Unit case by Christopher Fowler . . . the best fun is running all ov…

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Cover of The Wyndham Case (Imogen Quy, #1) by Jill Paton Walsh

1. The Wyndham Case (Imogen Quy, #1)

By: Jill Paton Walsh

4.75

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

The library of St Agatha's, Cambridge, houses an unrivalled and according to scholars, uninterestin… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3) by Ngaio Marsh

2. 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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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"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)

Cover of The Five Bells and Bladebone (Richard Jury, #9) by Martha Grimes

3. The Five Bells and Bladebone (Richard Jury, #9)

By: Martha Grimes

3.93

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

When a dismembered corpse is found in the compartments of an antique secretaire a abattant, Marshal… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Death in the Stars (Kate Shackleton, #9) by Frances Brody

4. Death in the Stars (Kate Shackleton, #9)

By: Frances Brody

4.35

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Yorkshire, 1927. Eclipse fever grips the nation, and when beloved theatre star Selina Fellini appro… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction

5. Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains (Dandy Gilver, #5)

By: Catriona McPherson

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

One of The Boston Globe's Best Mysteries of 2011 "Guaranteed to appeal to those who have never got … read more

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6. The Case Has Altered (Richard Jury, #14)

By: Martha Grimes

4.00

Format: 176 pages,

Passava pouco das onze quando Dorcas Reese deixou o bar onde trabalhava. Sozinha com as suas divaga… read more

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7. Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair … read more

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8. The Horse You Came In On (Richard Jury, #12)

By: Martha Grimes

5.00

Format: 228 pages,

"Intricate and entertaining . . . A delicious puzzle." - The Boston Globe The murder is in America,… read more

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9. Thrones, Dominations (Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane #1)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers , Jill Paton Walsh

3.69

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The wife of a wealthy man is found dead, and it is up to Lord Peter Wimsey and his wife, Harriet, t… read more

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

10. 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
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Midnight Hour (The Brighton Mysteries, #6) by Elly Griffiths

11. The Midnight Hour (The Brighton Mysteries, #6)

By: Elly Griffiths

3.98

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

The sixth gripping Brighton-based mystery from the bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway Serie… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of London Bridge is Falling Down (Bryant & May, #18) by Christopher Fowler

12. London Bridge is Falling Down (Bryant & May, #18)

By: Christopher Fowler

4.33

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Oh, joy, a new Peculiar Crimes Unit case by Christopher Fowler . . . the best fun is running all ov… read more

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  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • humor
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Twist of a Knife (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #4) by Anthony Horowitz

13. The Twist of a Knife (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #4)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.09

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fourth literary whodunit followin… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"It's an interesting paradox. The more humane the critics, the more hurtful their opinions."

-Anthony Horowitz, The Twist of a Knife (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #4)

"Harriet distorted everything. It was a sort of ownership. She made the entire world her own..."

-Anthony Horowitz, The Twist of a Knife (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #4)

Cover of The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3) by Ann Cleeves

14. The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.01

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

Ann Cleeves― New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, b… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Give Unto Others (Commissario Brunetti, #31) by Donna Leon

15. Give Unto Others (Commissario Brunetti, #31)

By: Donna Leon

4.09

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

Brunetti is forced to confront the price of loyalty, to his past and in his work, as a seemingly in… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"He slowed his pace to hers, and they walked automatically, neither of them having to hesitate about where to turn or which bridge to take: the unconscious navigation of the average Venetian is surpas…"

-Donna Leon, Give Unto Others (Commissario Brunetti, #31)

"In Campo Manin, the bodies of dead shops lined the way to the canal. There was a dead Middle Eastern fast-food place, a dead sporting goods shop, a dead clothes shop with two dead mannequins in the w…"

-Donna Leon, Give Unto Others (Commissario Brunetti, #31)

"While del Balzo spoke, Brunetti turned off his ears and observed the speaking man, a habit he had developed during years of interrogating suspects, listening to witnesses, or sometimes hearing his ch…"

-Donna Leon, Give Unto Others (Commissario Brunetti, #31)

"Have you been reading the letters of Rosa Luxemburg again, Donatella?’ Brunetti asked in a normal voice. She laughed her bright laugh, a sound he delighted in hearing because to be thought clever or …"

-Donna Leon, Give Unto Others (Commissario Brunetti, #31)

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16. The Last Word

By: Elly Griffiths

3.92

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in The Postscript Murders, are running a detective agency in Shoreha… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14) by Elly Griffiths

17. The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.23

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Pandemic lockdowns have Ruth Galloway feeling isolated from everyone but a new neighbor—until Nelso… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"It's a locked room mystery,' says Tony. 'Like in the books.' 'Nothing,' says Nelson, 'is like it is in the books."

-Elly Griffiths, The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)

"The churches are all closed. She was surprised how shocked she'd been to hear this news. Judy might be a lapsed Catholic, but she'd always assumed that, all her life, mass would be carrying on somewh…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)

"The air is so sweet and pure that it almost takes her breath away. It's as if nature is conspiring to make lockdown a less terrifying experience. Ruth has already noticed herself becoming interested …"

-Elly Griffiths, The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)

"There are no commuters, no children jostling for school buses, no taxis, no old men in hats driving in the centre of the road. It should feel like heaven but, as Nelson drives through the old city ga…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)

Cover of Edge of the Grave (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery #1) by Robbie Morrison

18. Edge of the Grave (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery #1)

By: Robbie Morrison

4.19

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Glasgow, 1932. When the son-in-law of one of the city’s wealthiest families is found floating in… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Treachery on Tenth Street (Gilded Gotham Mystery, #3) by Kate Belli

19. Treachery on Tenth Street (Gilded Gotham Mystery, #3)

By: Kate Belli

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Somebody’s killing the most glamorous models in Gilded-Age New York, but intrepid Genevieve Stewart… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Murder Wheel (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #2) by Tom   Mead

20. 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 thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Death and the Conjuror (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #1) by Tom   Mead

21. Death and the Conjuror (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #1)

By: Tom Mead

3.55

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A magician-turned-sleuth in pre-war London solves three impossible crimes. In 1930s London, cele… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13) by Elly Griffiths

22. The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.27

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr Ruth Galloway returns to the moody and beautiful landscape of North Norfolk to confront another … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Death in Print (St. Just Mystery, #5) by G.M. Malliet

23. Death in Print (St. Just Mystery, #5)

By: G.M. Malliet

3.71

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

A celebration in Oxford for university tutor and bestselling author Jason Verdoot, attended by DCI … read more

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  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of A Game of Fear (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #24) by Charles Todd

24. A Game of Fear (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #24)

By: Charles Todd

4.27

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this newest installment of the acclaimed New York Times bestselling series, Scotland Yard’s Ian … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Fever of the World (Merrily Watkins, #15) by Phil Rickman

25. The Fever of the World (Merrily Watkins, #15)

By: Phil Rickman

3.92

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

THE FIFTEENTH INSTALMENT IN THE MERRILY WATKINS SERIESThe River Wye, according to local folklore, t… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
"Seconds passed. If there’d been an old clock in here, its ticks would have sounded slow and menacing."

-Phil Rickman, The Fever of the World (Merrily Watkins, #15)

"Sliding on to a very public bench, dead centre of Ross. He was feeling heavy but insubstantial, like vinegar-soaked fish and chip paper tossed from a passing car."

-Phil Rickman, The Fever of the World (Merrily Watkins, #15)

Cover of The Old Success (Richard Jury, #25) by Martha Grimes

26. The Old Success (Richard Jury, #25)

By: Martha Grimes

3.66

Format: 243 pages, Hardcover

When the body of a French woman washes up on a wild inlet off the Cornish coast, Brian Macalvie, di… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Fierce Poison (Barker & Llewelyn, #13) by Will Thomas

27. Fierce Poison (Barker & Llewelyn, #13)

By: Will Thomas

4.31

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

London, 1893, there is poisoner loose in the city, with deaths piling up, and private enquiry agent… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Stolen Letters  (A Lady Arianna Regency Mystery #3.5) by Andrea Penrose

28. The Stolen Letters (A Lady Arianna Regency Mystery #3.5)

By: Andrea Penrose

3.78

Format: 105 pages, Kindle Edition

With the hunt for a diabolical traitor finally over, Lady Arianna is looking for some peace and qui… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Snapshot of Murder (Kate Shackleton #10) by Frances Brody

29. A Snapshot of Murder (Kate Shackleton #10)

By: Frances Brody

3.75

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

'Frances Brody has made it to the top rank of crime writers' Daily MailTaking the perfect photograp… read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Scottish Fling (Eliza Thomson Investigates #4) by V.L. McBeath

30. A Scottish Fling (Eliza Thomson Investigates #4)

By: V.L. McBeath

4.18

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

Eliza, Connie and Henry join Archie as he visits his family in Scotland. But murder isn't far away.… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of A Corpse from the Past: A Funny, Twisty Murder Mystery (The Izzy Palmer Mysteries Book 10) by Benedict Brown

31. A Corpse from the Past: A Funny, Twisty Murder Mystery (The Izzy Palmer Mysteries Book 10)

By: Benedict Brown

4.49

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

A string of old adversaries found murdered, a killer out for revenge, and eight past suspects who c… read more

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24 must-read fiction books like London Bridge is Falling Down (Bryant & May, #18) by Christopher Fowler

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The Wyndham Case (Imogen Quy, #1)

Jill Paton Walsh

4.75

Transform Your Habits

The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3)

Ngaio Marsh

3.71

Transform Your Habits

The Five Bells and Bladebone (Richard Jury, #9)

Martha Grimes

3.93

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Death in the Stars (Kate Shackleton, #9)

Frances Brody

4.35

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Marple: Twelve New Mysteries

Naomi Alderman

3.81

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Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5)

Sophie Hannah

3.75

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Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

Robert Thorogood

3.92

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The Twist of a Knife (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #4)

Anthony Horowitz

4.09

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