British Detectives Books


The Merchant of DeathThe Merchant of Death
Best Price: $8.72
The Merchant of Death is a gripping story of the world's greatest detective that has never been...
St. Peter's Fair: The Fourth Chronicle of Brother CadfaelSt. Peter's Fair: The Fourth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
Best Price: $68.16
Provost Corviser leads a delegation of Shrewsbury's best men before Abbot Radolfus demanding a...
Road Rage (A Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery)Road Rage (A Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery)
Best Price: $3.00
Rendell has done it again! This is a masterful mystery that will keep you guessing until the...
Tree of HandsTree of Hands
Best Price: $3.25
The Tree of Hands, at its core, is the story of three mothers. First, there is Mopsa, a...
Recalled to Life (Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries)Recalled to Life (Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries)
Best Price: $2.68
I'm rereading Reginald Hill and devouring Robert Goddard (whom I hadn't encountered before). I...


The Five Bells and BladeboneThe Five Bells and Bladebone
Best Price: $2.18
Grimes maintains a high level of ambiguity about the central characters, thereby presenting us...
After the Funeral: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection)After the Funeral: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection)
Best Price: $7.17
What "improvements" have been made for the Black Dog & Leventhal edition? There...
Defend and Betray (William Monk Novels)Defend and Betray (William Monk Novels)
Best Price: $1.99
This Victorian mystery is one of Perry's more intense novels. It features William Monk, police...
The Religious BodyThe Religious Body
Best Price: $8.84
As is usual in Sloan's cases, THE RELIGIOUS BODY begins not with any member of the police team,...
Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist (Agatha Raisin Mysteries, No. 6)Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist (Agatha Raisin Mysteries, No. 6)
Best Price: $2.69
When last we left our heroine (AGATHA RAISIN AND THE MURDEROUS MARRIAGE) her long anticipated...


A Monstrous Regiment of Women: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock HolmesA Monstrous Regiment of Women: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
Best Price: $4.79
I thought that Laurie King was quite creative in blending in a character like Mary to enter into...
Traitors GateTraitors Gate
Best Price: $1.95
I have to admit this is by far, the best, most exciting book Perry has written so far. I...
Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House (Agatha Raisin Mysteries, No. 14)Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House (Agatha Raisin Mysteries, No. 14)
Best Price: $1.89
In this, the 14th volume of the long running AGATHA RAISIN series we find the quiet little...
Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death (Agatha Raisin Mysteries, No. 7)Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death (Agatha Raisin Mysteries, No. 7)
Best Price: $1.89
As this seventh volume of the AGATHA RAISIN series opens, Agatha is feeling rather ill used. ...
Death of a Dormouse (Felony & Mayhem Mysteries)Death of a Dormouse (Felony & Mayhem Mysteries)
Best Price: $5.98
I only read the first chapter because I knew I wasn't going to like this book. There were two...

And Then There Were NoneAnd Then There Were None
Best Price: $14.38
And Then There Were None, the brilliant masterwork by the much imitated Agatha Christie is a...
Mysterious Affair at Styles: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection)Mysterious Affair at Styles: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection)
Best Price: $2.99
...I got a hunch about 1/2 way through that one of the characters was the murderer - but could...
The Servant's Tale (A Dame Frevisse Mystery)The Servant's Tale (A Dame Frevisse Mystery)
Best Price: $3.25
The Servant's Tale takes a good 60 pages to grab you, but once the second murder has happened,...
The Riddle of the Third Mile (Inspector Morse Mysteries) (Inspector Morse Mysteries)The Riddle of the Third Mile (Inspector Morse Mysteries) (Inspector Morse Mysteries)
Best Price: $3.31
I honestly don't know how to feel about this book. It was twisted and weird, unrealistic but...
Aunt Dimity Digs InAunt Dimity Digs In
Best Price: $3.00
A good installment in the Aunt Dimity series, but probably my least favorite thus far. I'm...

Prioress' Tale (Sister Frevisse Medieval Mysteries)Prioress' Tale (Sister Frevisse Medieval Mysteries)
This is by far the best book so far in this series. The medieval flavour is very strong and the...
Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil (Penguin Mysteries)Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil (Penguin Mysteries)
Best Price: $4.05
The characters capture you from the first encounter. Atherton has real skill at creating...
How to Murder Your Mother-In-LawHow to Murder Your Mother-In-Law
Best Price: $4.19
Ellie Haskell is irritated by her mother-in-law, as are some friends of hers. They eventually...
The Blue LastThe Blue Last
Best Price: $0.90
I owned every book in the "Richard Jury" series except this one. Received quickly and...
Summer of the Danes (Brother Cadfael Mysteries)Summer of the Danes (Brother Cadfael Mysteries)
Best Price: $5.99
Cadfael is out and about again, this time in the company of his favorite Brother, Mark, and the...

Crooked HouseCrooked House
Best Price: $16.86
Crooked House is supposedly one of Christie's top two favorite books and I can see why. Filled...
The Maiden's Tale (Sister Frevisse Medieval Mysteries)The Maiden's Tale (Sister Frevisse Medieval Mysteries)
Best Price: $39.99
I am a great fan of this series, and in 2008 there are several of the books that have not been...
Bones and Silence (Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries)Bones and Silence (Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries)
Best Price: $2.50
The writing and characterization are superb. This is probably the best book in the series when...
The Mirror Crack'd (Miss Marple Mysteries)The Mirror Crack'd (Miss Marple Mysteries)
Best Price: $2.95
What "improvements" have been made for the Signet edition? There are already major...
One Virgin Too ManyOne Virgin Too Many
Best Price: $5.00
This is the eleventh in a series of excellent detective stories set in Vespasian's Roman Empire...

Death At Wentwater Court (Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries)Death At Wentwater Court (Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries)
Best Price: $2.95
This book, the second in the Daisy Dalrymple life, is a good second, no let down in characters,...
The Hooded Hawke (Elizabeth I Mysteries, Book 9)The Hooded Hawke (Elizabeth I Mysteries, Book 9)
Best Price: $3.50
I have long been a fan of Harper's Queen Elizabeth I mystery series and have avidly read each...
Miss Pym DisposesMiss Pym Disposes
Best Price: $4.79
The murder does not occur until near the end of the story. Miss Lucy Pym arrives at Leys to...
The Palace TigerThe Palace Tiger
Best Price: $3.00
It is rare that I cannot solve a mystery long before the book ends, let alone be fooled as I was...
Cat Among Pigeons: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection)Cat Among Pigeons: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection)
Best Price: $7.24
I am a great Agatha Christie fan and have all her books. I am very busy now so do not have time...

Blind Justice (Sir John Fielding)Blind Justice (Sir John Fielding)
Best Price: $4.10
I really enjoyed this murder mystery set in eighteenth century London. I enjoyed the characters...
The Tuesday Club Murders: A Miss Marple Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection)The Tuesday Club Murders: A Miss Marple Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection)
Best Price: $7.00
This is one of Christie's rather cunning vehicles for marketing very short Miss Marple...
The Sittaford Mystery (St. Martin's Minotaur Mysteries)The Sittaford Mystery (St. Martin's Minotaur Mysteries)
Best Price: $3.23
At the time Agatha Christie died, I was sure that I had read everything she had published. ...
Miss Marple: The Complete Short StoriesMiss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
Best Price: $5.85
Excellent as with all of the Miss Marple stories by Christie. I was disappointed a little...
White Corridor (Bryant & May Mysteries)White Corridor (Bryant & May Mysteries)
Best Price: $6.85
Happy to report that (from my perspective) the previous enthusiastic Amazon reviews of...

White Corridor (Bryant & May Mysteries)White Corridor (Bryant & May Mysteries)
Best Price: $6.85
Happy to report that (from my perspective) the previous enthusiastic Amazon reviews of...
Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow MurdersRumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders
Best Price: $4.50
The book is a mistake. The Penge Bungalow Murders have been made legendary in the Rumpole...
The Boy's Tale (Sister Frevisse Medieval Mysteries)The Boy's Tale (Sister Frevisse Medieval Mysteries)
Best Price: $14.94
I've been reading the Sister Frevisse series, and I found that this book is the best so far. ...
Three Act Tragedy (Hercule Poirot)Three Act Tragedy (Hercule Poirot)
Best Price: $3.13
I'm not sure how it happened that I have never read Three Act Tragedy (sometimes known as Murder...
Murder at Madingley Grange (Felony & Mayhem Mysteries)Murder at Madingley Grange (Felony & Mayhem Mysteries)
Best Price: $3.95
This on kept me guessing right up to the amazing ending. Imaginatively written with great...

The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories (Hercule Poirot)The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories (Hercule Poirot)
Best Price: $2.55
THE REGATTA MYSTERY is a thoroughly satisfying collection of short stories by Agatha Christie,...
Corpse in a Gilded Cage (Felony & Mayhem Mysteries)Corpse in a Gilded Cage (Felony & Mayhem Mysteries)
Best Price: $8.78
Another wonderful British mystery from the reknowned author Robert Barnard who always has a...
A Caribbean Mystery (Miss Marple Mysteries)A Caribbean Mystery (Miss Marple Mysteries)
Best Price: $3.26
This is not the book that Agatha Christie wrote. From the first page forward, there are major...
On Beulah Height (Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries)On Beulah Height (Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries)
Best Price: $3.75
I am an admirer of Reginald Hill. His characters, Dalziel and Pascoe, have helped me spend many...
The MoonstoneThe Moonstone
Best Price: $3.80
After a military fracas breaks out in colonial India, a mysterious (and supposedly cursed) Hindu...

The Moonstone (Penguin Classics)The Moonstone (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $3.49
Pastiche Victorian mystery and adventure tales are currently in vogue; but why settle for an...
Mistletoe And Murder (Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries)Mistletoe And Murder (Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries)
Best Price: $2.37
When Lady Dalrymple learns that her daughter Daisy is writing an article about Lord Westmoor's...
By The Pricking Of My Thumbs (Tommy and Tuppence)By The Pricking Of My Thumbs (Tommy and Tuppence)
Best Price: $3.25
What "improvements" have been made for the Signet edition? There are already major...
The Raphael Affair (Art History Mystery)The Raphael Affair (Art History Mystery)
Best Price: $2.01
I do not know what to call this book , because it is a novel and also part of history; but not...
Death of a Ghost (Felony & Mayhem Mysteries)Death of a Ghost (Felony & Mayhem Mysteries)
Best Price: $7.82
The late great artist John Lafcadio had left behind twelve crated paintings with instructions...

Fear on Friday (Lois Meade Mystery)Fear on Friday (Lois Meade Mystery)
Best Price: $3.00
My husband and I are really enjoy reading the Lois Meade books together and trying to solve the...
Rumpole Misbehaves: A Novel (Rumpole Novels)Rumpole Misbehaves: A Novel (Rumpole Novels)
Best Price: $2.21
This is the latest of a long-running series written by British author and lawyer John Mortimer...
Scared to LiveScared to Live
Best Price: $12.50
"Scared to Live" marks the return of DS Diane Fry and DC Ben Cooper, the protagonists...
Curtain (Hercule Poirot)Curtain (Hercule Poirot)
Best Price: $2.79
What "improvements" have been made for the Berkley edition? There are already major...
Murder on the Brighton Express (Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck)Murder on the Brighton Express (Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck)
Best Price: $19.77
Edward Marston is just one of the pseudonyms of author Keith Miles. He has had a multitude of...
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