6 Best golden age mystery books like Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection by Sebastian Farr

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Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection

By: Sebastian Farr

3.24

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

This addition to the Crime Classics series is an immersive musical mystery, featuring diagrams of t…

If you liked the golden age mystery plot in Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection by Sebastian Farr , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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

1. 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

Similar categories in Christianna Brand's Death of Jezebel (Inspector Cockrill #4) book and Sebastian Farr's Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection

  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"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)

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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

Similar categories in Christianna Brand's Green for Danger book and Sebastian Farr's Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The White Priory Murders (Sir Henry Merrivale, #2) by Carter Dickson

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

By: Carter Dickson

3.66

Format: 176 pages,

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Similar categories in Carter Dickson's The White Priory Murders (Sir Henry Merrivale, #2) book and Sebastian Farr's Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection

  • mystery
  • classics
  • crime
  • fiction

4. The Problem of the Green Capsule (Dr. Gideon Fell, #10)

By: John Dickson Carr

4.75

Format: None pages,

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Similar categories in John Dickson Carr's The Problem of the Green Capsule (Dr. Gideon Fell, #10) book and Sebastian Farr's Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection

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5. 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

Similar categories in Anthony Berkeley's Jumping Jenny (Roger Sheringham Cases, #9) book and Sebastian Farr's Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection

  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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6. 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

Similar categories in Carol Carnac's Impact of Evidence book and Sebastian Farr's Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Death of Mr. Dodsley (Francis McNab, #5) by John Ferguson

7. Death of Mr. Dodsley (Francis McNab, #5)

By: John Ferguson

3.45

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

A bookshop is a first-rate place for unobtrusive observation,’ he continued. ‘One can remain in it … read more

Similar categories in John Ferguson's Death of Mr. Dodsley (Francis McNab, #5) book and Sebastian Farr's Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection

  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. The Mysterious Mr. Badman

By: W.F. Harvey

3.57

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

The note read: “Will the gentleman who took by mistake a copy of Bunyan’s Life and Death of Mr. Ba… read more

Similar categories in W.F. Harvey's The Mysterious Mr. Badman book and Sebastian Farr's Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection

  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. 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

Similar categories in John Dickson Carr's The Seat of the Scornful book and Sebastian Farr's Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection

  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Death of an Author by E.C.R. Lorac

10. 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

Similar categories in E.C.R. Lorac's Death of an Author book and Sebastian Farr's Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection

  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Post After Post-Mortem by E.C.R. Lorac

11. 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

Similar categories in E.C.R. Lorac's Post After Post-Mortem book and Sebastian Farr's Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection

  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection by Sebastian Farr

12. Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection

By: Sebastian Farr

3.24

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

This addition to the Crime Classics series is an immersive musical mystery, featuring diagrams of t… read more

Similar categories in Sebastian Farr's Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection book and Sebastian Farr's Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection

  • music
  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Crook o' Lune by E.C.R. Lorac

13. 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

Similar categories in E.C.R. Lorac's Crook o' Lune book and Sebastian Farr's Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection

  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Murderer's Mistake (Robert Macdonald #28) by E.C.R. Lorac

14. 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

Similar categories in E.C.R. Lorac's Murderer's Mistake (Robert Macdonald #28) book and Sebastian Farr's Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection

  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • golden age mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Final Acts: Theatrical Mysteries by Martin Edwards

15. Final Acts: Theatrical Mysteries

By: Martin Edwards

3.63

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

Behind the stage lights and word-perfect soliloquies, sinister secrets are lurking in the wings. Th… read more

Similar categories in Martin Edwards's Final Acts: Theatrical Mysteries book and Sebastian Farr's Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection

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

16. 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

Similar categories in Martin Edwards's The Edinburgh Mystery: And Other Tales of Scottish Crime book and Sebastian Farr's Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection

  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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17. Who Killed Father Christmas?: And Other Seasonal Mysteries

By: Martin Edwards

3.88

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

The murder of Father Christmas in the grotto of London’s busiest toy shop is just one of many Yulet… read more

Similar categories in Martin Edwards's Who Killed Father Christmas?: And Other Seasonal Mysteries book and Sebastian Farr's Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection

  • mystery
  • classics
  • crime
  • fiction
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18. Twice Round the Clock

By: Billie Houston

3.79

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

“It is past the half-hour. My time is coming nearer with every tick of the clock.” Horace Mannin… read more

Similar categories in Billie Houston's Twice Round the Clock book and Sebastian Farr's Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection

  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. 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

Similar categories in David Magarshack's Big Ben Strikes Eleven book and Sebastian Farr's Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Telegram from Le Touquet: With an introduction by Martin Edwards by John Bude

20. 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

Similar categories in John Bude's A Telegram from Le Touquet: With an introduction by Martin Edwards book and Sebastian Farr's Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Lessons in Crime: Academic Mysteries by Martin Edwards

21. Lessons in Crime: Academic Mysteries

By: Martin Edwards

3.86

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

'Dr Greeby was found lying dead there, with his lecture-notes scattered all round him and brickbat … read more

Similar categories in Martin Edwards's Lessons in Crime: Academic Mysteries book and Sebastian Farr's Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction

20 best-selling fiction books like Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection by Sebastian Farr

Transform Your Habits

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Christianna Brand

3.55

Transform Your Habits

Green for Danger

Christianna Brand

3.69

Transform Your Habits

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

Carter Dickson

3.66

Transform Your Habits

Jumping Jenny (Roger Sheringham Cases, #9)

Anthony Berkeley

3.77

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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

Transform Your Habits

The Sussex Downs Murder (Superintendent Meredith, #2)

Martin Edwards , John Bude

4.72

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Jumping Jenny (Roger Sheringham Cases, #9)

Anthony Berkeley

3.77

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