18 books like A Mind to Murder

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Death in Holy Orders P. D. James · 2001 · ★ 3.9 · 438p · ≈ 14h · Moderate From Amazon.com: From the award-winning master of literary crime fiction, a classic work rich in tense drama and psychological insight. On the East Anglian seacoast, a small theological college hangs precariously on an eroding shoreline and an equally precarious future. When the body of a student is found buried in the sand, the boy’s influential father demands that Scotland Yard investigate.… Shares Adam Dalgliesh, Dalgliesh, English Detective and mystery stories, Police
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Original Sin P. D. James · 1994 · ★ 4.0 · 631p · ≈ 21h · Challenging From Amazon.com: Adam Dalgliesh takes on a baffling murder in the rarefied world of London book publishing in this masterful mystery from one of our finest novelists. Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are confronted with a puzzle of impenetrable complexity. A murder has taken place in the offices of the Peverell Press, a venerable London publishing house located in a dramatic… Shares Adam Dalgliesh, Dalgliesh, Mord, London
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A Certain Justice P. D. James · 1997 · ★ 4.0 · 590p · ≈ 19h · Moderate "Venetia Aldridge QC is a distinguished barrister. When she agrees to defend Garry Ashe, accused of the brutal murder of his aunt, it is one more opportunity to triumph in her career as a criminal lawyer. But Regina V. Ashe initiates events both frightening and unpredictable... Just four weeks later, Miss Aldridge is found dead in her Middle Temple chambers. Commander Adam Dalgliesh, called in… Shares Adam Dalgliesh, Dalgliesh, London, Police
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Shroud for a Nightingale P. D. James · 1971 · ★ 4.0 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The young women of Nightingale House are there to learn to nurse and comfort the suffering. But when one of the students plays patient in a demonstration of nursing skills, she is horribly, brutally killed. Another student dies equally mysteriously, and it is up to Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard to unmask a killer who has decided to prescribe murder as the cure for all ills. Shares Adam Dalgliesh, Dalgliesh, London, Police
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The Black Tower P. D. James · 1975 · ★ 4.0 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Scotland Yard Inspector Adam Dalgliesh races to solve a twisted murder in bestselling author P.D. James’ classic mystery The Black Tower, hailed as “splendid, macabre” by the London Sunday Telegraph and “a masterpiece,” by the London Sunday Times. Just recovered from a grave illness, Commander Adam Dalgliesh receives a call for advice from the elderly chaplain at Toynton Grange, an isolated… Shares Adam Dalgliesh, Dalgliesh, London, Police
Левиафан
Левиафан Boris Akunin · 2002 · 280p · ≈ 9h · Moderate 1878 год. Русско-турецкая война окончилась победой. Эраст Петрович Фандорин за раскрытие турецкой шпионской сети всячески обласкан властями и даже лично отмечен царской благодарностью. Но сам он очень расстроен, что не смог достаточно быстро разоблачить шпионов. Из всех вариантов наград он выбирает путь дальнейшего служение отчизне и просит направить его с посольской миссией в Японию. Следовать… Shares Mord, Kriminalroman, Belletristische Darstellung
Cover of The Murder Room
The Murder Room P. D. James · 1775 · ★ 3.9 · 415p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Commander Dalgliesh investigates a horrible death at the Dupayne, a private museum on the edge of Hampstead Heath, dedicated to the years 1919-1939. One of the museum galleries displays exhibits from the most notorious murder cases of those inter-war years, and now a modern killer is at work, the crimes uncannily echoing the cases on display. All the people at the Dupayne - the trustees, the… Shares Adam Dalgliesh, Dalgliesh, London, Police
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Cleek, the man of the forty faces Thomas W. Hanshew · 1910 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Meet Hamilton Cleek – man of mystery, and master of disguise and derring-do. Cleek’s exploits are, to say the least, highly improbable, but the book is enormous fun. The goodies are good and the baddies are very bad indeed, but beware – things are not always what they seem. Suspend your disbelief and enjoy a rattling good yarn! Cleek is the central figure in dozens of short stories that… Shares London, Police, Crime, Mystery
Proof of Guilt
Proof of Guilt Charles Todd · 2013 · ★ 4.0 · 343p · ≈ 11h · Moderate When the clues in a hit-and-run investigation lead him to two families famous for producing and selling the world's best Madeira wine, Scotland Yard's Ian Rutledge is pitted against his new supervisor, who has his own suspect. Shares London, Police
Knots and Crosses
Knots and Crosses Ian Rankin · 1987 · ★ 3.5 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Edinburgh policeman, John Rebus, must solve murders involving seeming crank letters. He is not the only officer workering the case, but the only one who has all the pieces to resolve it. Shares English Detective and mystery stories, Police
From Cradle to Grave
From Cradle to Grave Rhys Bowen · 2025 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Lady Georgiana “Georgie” Rannoch is just like any other new mother, balancing responsibilities of being 34th in line for the British throne and solving the shocking deaths of several young men, in this new Royal Spyness novel from the queen of historical mystery, Rhys Bowen.Georgie may be figuring out what it means to be a new mother but she does know one thing for sure:… Shares English literature, Mystery
In Sunshine or in Shadow
In Sunshine or in Shadow Rhys Bowen & Clare Broyles · 2024 · ★ 4.0 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Retired Detective Molly Murphy Sullivan is back with In Sunshine or in Shadow, the next book in this beloved series by New York Times bestselling author Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles.New York, 1908: The days are getting longer—and warmer—in Manhattan. Molly Murphy Sullivan doesn’t want to leave her home in the city, but typhoid is back, and she’s expecting. So she heads north with the children to… Shares English literature, Mystery
Death at the Abbey
Death at the Abbey Anita Davison · 2023 Even the most glamorous stately homes hide secrets and lies from the past...When Flora Maguire receives an alarming telegram informing her of her father’s tragic death in a riding accident, she races back from London to her childhood home.But when Flora and her new husband, Bunny, get to Cleeve Abbey – where she was once Governess to Eddy, Viscount Trent, and her father was butler to Earl Trent –… Shares English literature, Mystery
All That Is Hidden
All That Is Hidden Rhys Bowen & Clare Broyles · 2023 · ★ 4.2 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "Retired" detective and police captain's wife Molly Murphy Sullivan tangles with Tammany Hall in the next in Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles's New York Times bestselling historical mystery series.New York, Autumn, 1907: Former private detective Molly Murphy Sullivan is happy with her place in the world. She and her policeman husband, Daniel, have built quite a life for themselves in Greenwich… Shares English literature, Mystery
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Death at the president's lodging J. I. M. Stewart · 1936 · ★ 3.3 · 232p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Inspector Appleby is called to St Anthony's College, where the President has been murdered in his Lodging. Scandal abounds when it becomes clear that the only people with any motive to murder him are the only people who had the opportunity - because the President's Lodging opens off Orchard Ground, which is locked at night, and only the Fellows of the College have keys. Shares London, Police, Mystery
Cover of The Seven Dials Mystery
The Seven Dials Mystery Agatha Christie · 1920 · ★ 3.8 · 193p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Brings back several characters from an earlier novel, *The Secret of Chimneys*, in a story that can best be described as a John Buchan thriller told by P.G. Wodehouse. (https://agathachristie.fandom.com/wiki/The_Seven_Dials_Mystery) Consummate young silly ass Gerry Wade is the despair of hosts and hostesses across the land, with his inability to make it to breakfast before the eggs are… Shares English Detective and mystery stories, Police, English literature, Mystery
Cover of The Sittaford Mystery
The Sittaford Mystery Agatha Christie · 1931 · ★ 3.8 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate M-U-R-D-E-R. It began as an innocent parlor game intended to while away the hours on a bitter winter night. But the message that appeared before the amateur occultists at the snowbound Sittaford House was spelled out as loud and clear as a scream. Of course, the notion that they had foretold doom was pure bunk. Wasn't it? And the discovery of a corpse was pure coincidence. Wasn't it? If… Shares English Detective and mystery stories, Crime, English literature, Mystery
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The Angel of Terror Edgar Wallace · 1923 · ★ 3.6 · 204p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The Angel of Terror aka The Destroying Angel Jack Glover of Rennet, Glover and Simpson does not believe his cousin Meredith killed Bulford. Meredith's father was an eccentric and unless Meredith is married by the age of thirty his sister inherits everything. She is dead and Meredith, now in prison, is thirty next Monday. Meanwhile Lydia Beale is struggling to pay her dead father's creditors. When… Shares Crime, Mystery

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