Books like The mousetrap and selected plays [4 plays] by Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie’s 1939 mystery, first titled Ten Little Niggers, revolves around a deadly puzzle on an isolated island, where a group of millionaires is killed one by one. It was later published as And Then There Were None.

A locked‑in murder on the Orient Express forces detective Hercule Poirot to unravel a mystery among a diverse group of passengers during a snowbound night.

In 1917, war‑injured Captain Hastings arrives at his friend John Cavendish’s Essex manor, where the wealthy widow Emily Inglethorp is found dead by strychnine. Hercule Poirot is called to untangle a web of family intrigue and hidden motives.

When Belgian detective Hercule Poirot returns to the English village of King's Abbot, he confronts the murder of industrialist Roger Ackroyd, unraveling a web of family secrets and hidden motives that reveal the culprit was nobody he expected.

Two young lovers, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, form a private detective agency and are hired to locate a missing woman named Jane Finn, whose disappearance threatens post‑war Britain.

On a luxury Nile cruise, the glamorous Linnet Ridgeway is found murdered, and intrepid detective Hercule Poirot must uncover the truth amid intrigue, secrets, and false leads.

In the tranquil village of Lymstock, a sudden wave of poison-pen letters turns the community into a web of suspicion and tragedy. When a desperate situation rises, an unlikely hero arrives to restore order.

Lord Peter Wimsey is drawn into the mysteries of a disinterred corpse, uncovering a century‑old crime that reverberates through a quiet East Anglian village.

When a middle‑aged spinster abandons her city life for a summer home in the Adirondacks, she becomes tangled in a murder investigation carried out by town detectives.

A 1938 mystery featuring Belgian detective Hercule Poirot as he investigates the disappearance of a missing lady in an English countryside estate.

Inheritance, mystery, and a bold librarian collide when Aurora "Roe" Teagarden learns she has been named heir to a sizeable estate—and a murder to solve.

Roderick Alleyn faces an assassination attempt at London's Ng'ombwana embassy, navigating rival police forces, a tribal court, and a clever black cat to solve the murder.

Lt. Peter Decker is stunned when a relative is found murdered in a Manhattan hotel and his niece disappears. Racing across the country, he dives into New York's underworld, confronting crime, secrets, and his own faith.

Familial doll‑collecting turns deadly when a beloved collector is murdered, and a surviving heir must uncover the truth before critics of a notorious curator strike next.

A collection of eight classic Agatha Christie detective plays, including the world‑record‑holding "The Mousetrap," "Witness for the Prosecution," and "Appointment With Death."

After two patrons are murdered on successive nights at a play, detective Kathy Mallory investigates the killings and mystery chalkboard messages backstage.

First‑year LAPD rookie Cynthia Decker faces a terrifying stalker while juggling a car‑jacking investigation, all while keeping her growing danger hidden from her father Peter and stepmother Rina.

Mass murder at a Los Angeles restaurant forces homicide detective Peter Decker to investigate a mysterious shooting that may involve multiple weapons and a hidden web of California power and corruption.

Detective Inspector Annie Cabbot investigates a mysterious murder in the Yorkshire Dales, while Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, once a lover, comes to help and uncover the darker aspects of his family's past.

During the Victorian era, Inspector Witherspoon suspects a murder victim’s young housekeeper, but Mrs. Jeffries, the Metropolitan Police’s housekeeper, unravels the true perpetrator amid intrigue and a cold‑blooded crime.

In a class with sleuths V.I. Warshawski and Stephanie Plum, (Publishers Weekly) China Bayles stumbles over old secrets in a Shaker village.Chinas friends and family are urging her to get some restand a Kentucky Shaker village seems the ideal place for it. At Mount Zion, China can assist with some herbal workshopswhile absorbing all things Shaker, from their furniture to their peaceful ways. But the restored modern version of the village, striving to become a popular tourist attraction, is plagued with misfortune and strife some of it the likely result of sabotage. China and her friend Martha are hoping to get to the bottom of it.However, much like Shaker history itself, the case appears simpler at first than it is. There is tension behind the serene exterior. And after a shocking death occurs during her stay, China will plunge into the archives of another time to connect the sins of the past with a modern-day murder.