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British Mystery

Description: Mysteries from the British Isles.
Based on tag: British mystery

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1

And Then There Were None

by Agatha Christie

25,334 members

615 reviews

4.2

9 Members: Only2rs, merrystar, JohnChic, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

2

Murder on the Orient Express

by Agatha Christie

20,624 members

469 reviews

4.1

9 Members: Only2rs, merrystar, JohnChic, rretzler, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB

3

Death on the Nile

by Agatha Christie

10,976 members

223 reviews

3.9

9 Members: Only2rs, merrystar, JohnChic, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB, miguel.catalan

4

Murder Must Advertise

by Dorothy L. Sayers

4,113 members

111 reviews

4.2

9 Members: Only2rs, aulsmith, merrystar, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB, miguel.catalan

5

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle

17,792 members

341 reviews

3.9

8 Members: Only2rs, merrystar, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

6

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

by Agatha Christie

12,024 members

385 reviews

4.1

8 Members: Only2rs, merrystar, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

7

by Dorothy L. Sayers

5,989 members

158 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: Only2rs, aulsmith, merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

8

by Dorothy L. Sayers

5,549 members

220 reviews

½ 3.6

8 Members: Only2rs, aulsmith, merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

9

by Dorothy L. Sayers

4,862 members

139 reviews

4.1

8 Members: Only2rs, aulsmith, merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB, miguel.catalan

10

The Nine Tailors

by Dorothy L. Sayers

4,825 members

124 reviews

4

8 Members: Only2rs, aulsmith, merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

11

The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

3,234 members

18 reviews

½ 4.5

8 Members: Only2rs, aulsmith, merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB, miguel.catalan

12

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins

14,494 members

373 reviews

4

7 Members: Only2rs, merrystar, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

13

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

13,997 members

99 reviews

½ 4.4

7 Members: Only2rs, merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

14

by Wilkie Collins

12,042 members

273 reviews

4

7 Members: Only2rs, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

15

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

by Agatha Christie

10,898 members

351 reviews

3.8

7 Members: Only2rs, merrystar, JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB

16

A Study in Scarlet

by Arthur Conan Doyle

9,219 members

355 reviews

3.9

7 Members: Only2rs, merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

17

The Sign of the Four

by Arthur Conan Doyle

5,838 members

194 reviews

3.8

7 Members: Only2rs, merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

18

A Morbid Taste for Bones

by Ellis Peters

4,414 members

117 reviews

3.8

7 Members: Only2rs, aulsmith, merrystar, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, NinieB

19

Clouds of Witness

by Dorothy L. Sayers

4,043 members

112 reviews

3.8

7 Members: Only2rs, aulsmith, merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB

20

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

by Dorothy L. Sayers

3,370 members

97 reviews

3.9

7 Members: Only2rs, aulsmith, merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB

21

Lord Peter Views the Body

by Dorothy L. Sayers

1,939 members

44 reviews

3.9

7 Members: Only2rs, aulsmith, merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB

22

The ABC Murders

by Agatha Christie

8,281 members

167 reviews

3.8

6 Members: merrystar, JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB

23

The Murder at the Vicarage

by Agatha Christie

7,244 members

218 reviews

3.8

6 Members: merrystar, JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB

24

The Body in the Library

by Agatha Christie

6,737 members

171 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: merrystar, JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB

25

The Daughter of Time

by Josephine Tey

6,625 members

252 reviews

3.9

7 Members: merrystar, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda,

26

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

6,020 members

97 reviews

4.1

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

27

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

5,079 members

64 reviews

4.1

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

28

Sleeping Murder

by Agatha Christie

5,036 members

86 reviews

3.8

6 Members: merrystar, JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB

29

The Mirror Crack'd

by Agatha Christie

4,397 members

86 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: merrystar, JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

30

Busman's Honeymoon

by Dorothy L. Sayers

4,273 members

99 reviews

4.2

6 Members: Only2rs, aulsmith, merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33

31

The Tuesday Club Murders

by Agatha Christie

3,799 members

87 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: merrystar, JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB

32

Have His Carcase

by Dorothy L. Sayers

3,584 members

82 reviews

4

6 Members: Only2rs, aulsmith, merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33

33

Unnatural Death

by Dorothy L. Sayers

3,492 members

94 reviews

3.8

6 Members: Only2rs, merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB

34

Miss Marple : The Complete Short Stories

by Agatha Christie

2,763 members

46 reviews

4.1

6 Members: merrystar, JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB

35

Death of a Peer

1,069 members

20 reviews

3.8

6 Members: Only2rs, aulsmith, merrystar, rretzler, Bookkat33, NinieB

36

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

47,807 members

1,394 reviews

3.9

6 Members: Only2rs, rretzler, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,merrystar
Explanations: merrystar: couldn't finish this one

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

19,629 members

365 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: Only2rs, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB

38

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

18,407 members

275 reviews

4.1

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB

39

Murder on the Links

by Agatha Christie

5,549 members

147 reviews

½ 3.6

5 Members: merrystar, JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

40

Five Little Pigs

by Agatha Christie

5,402 members

117 reviews

3.9

5 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, NinieB

41

Murder for Christmas

by Agatha Christie

5,367 members

131 reviews

3.8

5 Members: merrystar, JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

42

Curtain: Poirot's Last Case

by Agatha Christie

5,167 members

70 reviews

3.8

5 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB

43

The Secret Adversary

by Agatha Christie

5,077 members

162 reviews

½ 3.6

5 Members: merrystar, JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

44

Peril at End House

by Agatha Christie

4,872 members

97 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB

45

The Moving Finger

by Agatha Christie

4,682 members

126 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: merrystar, JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

46

At Bertram's Hotel

by Agatha Christie

4,398 members

94 reviews

½ 3.5

5 Members: merrystar, JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

47

by Agatha Christie

4,342 members

107 reviews

3.8

5 Members: merrystar, JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

48

by Agatha Christie

4,299 members

77 reviews

½ 3.5

5 Members: merrystar, JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

49

A Caribbean Mystery

by Agatha Christie

4,291 members

95 reviews

½ 3.6

5 Members: merrystar, JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

50

A Pocket Full of Rye

by Agatha Christie

4,264 members

82 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: merrystar, JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

51

Poirot Investigates

by Agatha Christie

4,193 members

107 reviews

½ 3.6

5 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB

52

by Agatha Christie

4,166 members

92 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: merrystar, JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

53

The Man in the Brown Suit

by Agatha Christie

4,133 members

112 reviews

½ 3.6

5 Members: merrystar, JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

54

They Do It With Mirrors

by Agatha Christie

3,917 members

80 reviews

½ 3.6

5 Members: merrystar, JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

55

Partners in Crime

by Agatha Christie

3,089 members

68 reviews

½ 3.6

5 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB

56

One Corpse Too Many

by Ellis Peters

3,040 members

71 reviews

3.9

5 Members: Only2rs, rretzler, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963

57

Murder in the Mews

by Agatha Christie

2,860 members

52 reviews

½ 3.6

5 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB

58

Lord Peter: The Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Stories

by Dorothy L. Sayers

2,442 members

30 reviews

4.2

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB

59

Friend of the Devil

by Peter Robinson

1,318 members

64 reviews

3.8

5 Members: elkiedee, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, NinieB

60

Northern Lights

by Philip Pullman

40,095 members

790 reviews

4.1

5 Members: Only2rs, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,merrystar
Explanations: merrystar: more fantasy than mystery

61

Hallowe'en Party

by Agatha Christie

5,823 members

144 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

62

Death Comes to Pemberley

5,561 members

341 reviews

3

4 Members: merrystar, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963

63

The Mystery of the Blue Train

by Agatha Christie

5,312 members

107 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

64

Crocodile on the Sandbank

by Elizabeth Peters

4,967 members

246 reviews

3.9

4 Members: Only2rs, rretzler, gypsysmom, NinieB

65

Cat Among the Pigeons

by Agatha Christie

4,820 members

97 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

66

Murder in Mesopotamia

by Agatha Christie

4,749 members

95 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

67

After the Funeral

by Agatha Christie

4,587 members

81 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

68

Death in the Clouds

by Agatha Christie

4,537 members

85 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

69

by Agatha Christie

4,519 members

118 reviews

½ 3.3

4 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

70

Elephants Can Remember

by Agatha Christie

4,400 members

77 reviews

½ 3.4

4 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

71

Lord Edgware Dies

by Agatha Christie

4,311 members

94 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

72

by Agatha Christie

4,133 members

78 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

73

The Complete Father Brown Stories

by G. K. Chesterton

4,094 members

37 reviews

3.9

4 Members: Only2rs, merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963

74

Death in Holy Orders

4,088 members

58 reviews

3.8

4 Members: rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Bookkat33

75

by Agatha Christie

4,037 members

89 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

76

by Agatha Christie

3,999 members

89 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

77

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

by Agatha Christie

3,935 members

80 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

78

Hickory Dickory Dock

by Agatha Christie

3,714 members

67 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

79

3,697 members

96 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

80

By the Pricking of My Thumbs

by Agatha Christie

3,666 members

60 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

81

by Agatha Christie

3,535 members

85 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

82

The Seven Dials Mystery

by Agatha Christie

3,482 members

89 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

83

Devices and Desires

3,400 members

45 reviews

3.8

4 Members: rretzler, ahef1963, Bookkat33, NinieB

84

The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

3,321 members

54 reviews

3.9

4 Members: merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

85

Ordeal by Innocence

by Agatha Christie

3,264 members

77 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

86

Death Comes as the End

by Agatha Christie

3,194 members

67 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

87

They Came to Baghdad

by Agatha Christie

3,154 members

57 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

88

His Last Bow (story collection)

by Arthur Conan Doyle

2,818 members

56 reviews

4

4 Members: merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

89

The Mysterious Mr. Quin

by Agatha Christie

2,794 members

63 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

90

Destination Unknown

by Agatha Christie

2,621 members

61 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

91

Shroud for a Nightingale

2,467 members

49 reviews

3.9

4 Members: merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

92

Parker Pyne Investigates

by Agatha Christie

2,449 members

44 reviews

½ 3.4

4 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

93

Three Blind Mice and Other Stories

by Agatha Christie

2,437 members

36 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

94

The Skull Beneath the Skin

2,288 members

33 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, NinieB

95

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and Other Stories

by Agatha Christie

1,869 members

43 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: merrystar, JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963

96

Poirot's Early Cases

by Agatha Christie

1,789 members

29 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

97

The Documents in the Case

by Dorothy L. Sayers

1,720 members

27 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

98

The Singing Sands

by Josephine Tey

1,631 members

55 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

99

The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories

by Agatha Christie

1,576 members

27 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: JohnChic, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

100

Miss Pym Disposes

by Josephine Tey

1,560 members

64 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB

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