British Detectives Books


The Anodyne NecklaceThe Anodyne Necklace
Best Price: $1.59
The series could use ore dynamic character development between the main characters. It's...
Our Lady of Pain: An Edwardian Murder Mystery (Edwardian Murder Mysteries)Our Lady of Pain: An Edwardian Murder Mystery (Edwardian Murder Mysteries)
Best Price: $2.96
Enjoyed every minute reading it!! Ms Beaton is great - I cannot wait for her next book!
A Ghost in the Machine: A Chief Inspector Barnaby Novel (Chief Inspector Barnaby Novels)A Ghost in the Machine: A Chief Inspector Barnaby Novel (Chief Inspector Barnaby Novels)
Best Price: $3.00
This is an Inspector Barnaby's novel. Barnaby himself does not appear almost till the middle of...
Death at Devil's Bridge (Robin Paige Victorian Mysteries, No. 4)Death at Devil's Bridge (Robin Paige Victorian Mysteries, No. 4)
Best Price: $2.45
I found this book interesting more for it's description of a pivotal period in the history of...
The Mystery of the Blue Train: A Hercule Poirot MysteryThe Mystery of the Blue Train: A Hercule Poirot Mystery
Best Price: $7.22
This book was published in 1928. One of the things I like about Agatha Christie's books is that...


Aunt Dimity's Death (Aunt Dimity Mystery)Aunt Dimity's Death (Aunt Dimity Mystery)
Best Price: $3.62
I read this first title in the series thinking the ghost would be the crime-solver, and was...
Flowers for the Judge: #7 Albert Campion mystery (Albert Campion)Flowers for the Judge: #7 Albert Campion mystery (Albert Campion)
Best Price: $8.68
and in the Barnabas family lately that luck has turned all bad. In the 19th century Jacoby...
Weighed in the Balance (William Monk Novels)Weighed in the Balance (William Monk Novels)
Best Price: $2.25
This is not your usual Anne Perry, which is not an endorsement but more of a warning. From...
ABC Murders: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection)ABC Murders: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection)
Best Price: $4.12
Poirot is setting off on one of his most baffling and frightening cases ever. A madman has...
Death of a Scriptwriter (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries, No. 14)Death of a Scriptwriter (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries, No. 14)
Best Price: $3.25
I like a relaxing read now and then, and these Hamish Macbeth mysteries by M.C. Beaton fill that...


Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley (Agatha Raisin Mysteries, No. 4)Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley (Agatha Raisin Mysteries, No. 4)
Best Price: $6.99
all the agatha raisin books are a delight to read. you just want to take a break with a cup of...
Silence in Hanover Close (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt Novels)Silence in Hanover Close (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt Novels)
Best Price: $1.29
Inspector Thomas Pitt of the London Metropolitan Police in the late 1880s faces one of his more...
At Bertram's Hotel: A Miss Marple Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection)At Bertram's Hotel: A Miss Marple Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection)
Best Price: $7.23
This is not the book that Agatha Christie wrote. There are major differences in punctuation,...
The Man With a Load of Mischief (Richard Jury Novel Series)The Man With a Load of Mischief (Richard Jury Novel Series)
Best Price: $1.00
This is the first of the Inspector Jury mysteries. My own debut with the series was one of the...
Death of an Addict (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries, No. 15)Death of an Addict (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries, No. 15)
Best Price: $2.95
Life looks simple enough as the book opens. Lochdubh's finest, Police Constable Hamish Macbeth,...

The Killings at Badger's Drift (Inspector Barnaby Mysteries)The Killings at Badger's Drift (Inspector Barnaby Mysteries)
Best Price: $7.20
I picked up a more recent book in the Inspector Barnaby series from my local used bookstore but...
Belgrave SquareBelgrave Square
Best Price: $1.98
It's 1889 and Inspector Thomas Pitt of the London police, who has become something of a...
Death of a Hollow Man (The 2nd Inspector Barnaby Mystery)Death of a Hollow Man (The 2nd Inspector Barnaby Mystery)
Best Price: $8.43
When are Tom Barnaby and Inspector Troy going to make their appearance? This is one of those...
Lord Edgware DiesLord Edgware Dies
Best Price: $3.26
I began reading Ms. Christie's Hercule Poirot mysteries in the order in which she wrote them....
The Winds of ChangeThe Winds of Change
Best Price: $1.49
This recent Inspector Jury novel by Martha Grimes will have readers in two categories, those who...

The Winds of ChangeThe Winds of Change
Best Price: $1.49
This recent Inspector Jury novel by Martha Grimes will have readers in two categories, those who...
Bethlehem RoadBethlehem Road
Best Price: $1.50
This is the tenth in the Victorian murder mystery series about Inspector Thomas Pitt of the...
Aunt Dimity and the Duke (Aunt Dimity Mystery)Aunt Dimity and the Duke (Aunt Dimity Mystery)
Best Price: $3.00
This is one of the worst books I have ever read! It is billed as a mystery and there is no...
Murder in Mesopotamia: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection)Murder in Mesopotamia: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection)
Best Price: $7.49
I read this book when I was just a boy, barely old enough to speak the word...
Hercule Poirot's Christmas: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection)Hercule Poirot's Christmas: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection)
Best Price: $5.90
I've read 'em all--over 80. This is one of the best and most fun. Very tricky in a totally...

Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance: A MysteryOscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance: A Mystery
Best Price: $7.53
I wouldn't call OSCAR WILDE AND A DEATH OF NO IMPORTANCE a perfect book, but it's well written...
The Grave MauriceThe Grave Maurice
Best Price: $1.25
This book, while dull, was eye opening about the abuse that the US's drug companies are allowed...
Death of a Village (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries, No. 19)Death of a Village (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries, No. 19)
Best Price: $3.25
Lazy, loveable Hamish Macbeth returns for the 19th installment of this popular series of cozy...
A Question of Blood: An Inspector Rebus Novel (Inspector Rebus Mysteries)A Question of Blood: An Inspector Rebus Novel (Inspector Rebus Mysteries)
Best Price: $2.75
"A Question of Blood" is the 14th book in the John Rebus series and delivers an...
Bone Mountain: A Novel (Inspector Shan Tao Yun)Bone Mountain: A Novel (Inspector Shan Tao Yun)
Best Price: $4.95
I really like Pattison's series. The books are a fascinating portrayal of how the Chinese are...

The Thirteen Problems (Miss Marple Mysteries)The Thirteen Problems (Miss Marple Mysteries)
Best Price: $2.79
Such an enjoyable example of Miss Marple- a keen brain hiding behind a fluffy exterior! Using...
Jerusalem InnJerusalem Inn
Best Price: $3.99
The series could use ore dynamic character development between the main characters. It's...
Lord of the Silent (Amelia Peabody, Book 13)Lord of the Silent (Amelia Peabody, Book 13)
Best Price: $3.22
The Peabody-Emerson clan is preparing to return to Egypt for the winter season of digging. WWI...
Ain't Myth-behaving: Two NovellasAin't Myth-behaving: Two Novellas
Best Price: $1.70
Couldn't stop laughing. My first book by this author. I will certainly look for more.
Suffer Little Children (Mystery of Ancient Ireland)Suffer Little Children (Mystery of Ancient Ireland)
Best Price: $2.69
While all of the books in Tremayne's Sister Fidelma series are engaging, the earlier works, such...

Requiem For A Mezzo: A Daisy Dalrymple MysteryRequiem For A Mezzo: A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery
Best Price: $2.95
This book is slow off the mark and never builds much interest. It's overloaded with ill-defined...
A Test of Wills (Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries)A Test of Wills (Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries)
Best Price: $3.95
If you generally have a suspicious outlook, you may early on get an inkling of who might have...
Sherlock Holmes: A Baker Street DozenSherlock Holmes: A Baker Street Dozen
Best Price: $15.79
I'm 25. I first heard Gielgud and Richardson's "The Speckled Band" back when I was in...
Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries)Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries)
Best Price: $3.93
Here we have Lord Peter Wimsey, teamed up with Inspector Parker, sticking his aristocratic nose...
The Crime at Black Dudley (Felony & Mayhem Mysteries)The Crime at Black Dudley (Felony & Mayhem Mysteries)
Best Price: $7.84
At a houseparty, that activity so familiar to mystery readers, a group of bright young things...

The Thin WomanThe Thin Woman
Best Price: $4.67
Ellie Simmons really wants to be thinner. But with her love of food, it wasn't going to happen...
Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot)Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot)
Best Price: $2.83
This classic Hercule Poirot novel carries a certain unique trait. As few other Agatha Christie...
The Novice's Tale (Sister Frevisse Medieval Mysteries)The Novice's Tale (Sister Frevisse Medieval Mysteries)
Best Price: $2.45
This is only the second book that I have read by Margaret Frazer but I was so impressed by the...
Some Lie and Some Die (An Inspector Wexford Mystery)Some Lie and Some Die (An Inspector Wexford Mystery)
Best Price: $4.00
...and possibly her worst. I've read two other SUPERB books, A judgement in Stone and The Babes...
Death of a Poison Pen (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries, No. 20)Death of a Poison Pen (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries, No. 20)
Best Price: $2.83
Hamish Macbeth is one of my favorite characters. MC Beaton is always a great read!

The Deer LeapThe Deer Leap
Best Price: $3.83
The Deer Leap, by Martha Grimes, is the 7th book in this excellent series. This entry introduces...
A Pocket Full of Rye (Miss Marple Mysteries)A Pocket Full of Rye (Miss Marple Mysteries)
Best Price: $2.41
What "improvements" have been made for the Signet edition? There are already major...
4:50 From Paddington: A Miss Marple Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection)4:50 From Paddington: A Miss Marple Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection)
Best Price: $4.80
What "improvements" have been made for the Bantam edition? There are already major...
Appointment With Death: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection)Appointment With Death: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection)
Best Price: $7.01
Agatha Christie is well-known for the twists that are in her mystery stories, but should receive...
Death Is Now My Neighbor (Inspector Morse)Death Is Now My Neighbor (Inspector Morse)
Best Price: $3.50
When Sir Clicksby Breen, at age 69, decides to retire as Master of Lonsdale College, Oxford, two...

Death Is Now My Neighbor (Inspector Morse)Death Is Now My Neighbor (Inspector Morse)
Best Price: $3.50
When Sir Clicksby Breen, at age 69, decides to retire as Master of Lonsdale College, Oxford, two...
Devices and Desires (Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries, No. 8)Devices and Desires (Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries, No. 8)
Best Price: $3.95
Another entry into p.d. james country, no humor or lightness, Dalgleish never cracks a smile,...
Thrones, Dominations (A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery)Thrones, Dominations (A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery)
Best Price: $2.00
As someone who's read all the Lord Peter novels several times, I picked this up mostly out of...
Death on the Nile: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)Death on the Nile: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)
Best Price: $7.46
I picked up this book a few days ago and it is the first Agatha Christie novel I have read. On...
The Case Has AlteredThe Case Has Altered
Best Price: $0.99
Oy vey! This is my first--and last--Martha Grimes. No respect for forensics. Tedious...

The Damascened BladeThe Damascened Blade
Best Price: $4.01
If you like mysteries that combine good historical and geographical information along with a...
In Like Flynn (Molly Murphy Mysteries)In Like Flynn (Molly Murphy Mysteries)
Best Price: $3.48
Don't expect too much from this book. Ms. Bowen does a good job of thinking up interesting, if...
Evil Under the Sun: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection)Evil Under the Sun: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection)
Best Price: $1.99
Evil Under the Sun takes place at a secluded seaside resort in England. Arlena Stuart Marshall,...
The Big Four (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)The Big Four (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)
Best Price: $2.50
One of my favorite Poirot mysteries ever! Probably second to his last mystery, Curtain. (If you...
The Moving Finger: A Miss Marple Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection)The Moving Finger: A Miss Marple Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection)
Best Price: $6.99
"Such a peaceful smiling happy countryside - and down underneath, something evil..." ...
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