Books like The Dead Shall Be Raised & Murder of a Quack by George Bellairs

A charming and clever women detective, Precious Ramotswe, solves mysteries in Botswana's small town of Midsomin, South Africa, from 1986 to 1997, facing dangers and love in the process. The novel is beloved by readers worldwide for its clever dialogue and characters who are as flawed as the rest of us. The book is a bestseller and has been translated into 45 languages, including Polish, German, and Japanese, among others. It was also voted one of the International Books of the Year and the Millennium by the Times Literary Supplement.

Three sisters and a mysterious impostor converge on the Winslow estate in wartime England, sparking intrigue over a vanished heiress and a young woman's desperate bid for identity.

A detective in semiretirement finds herself assigned to lead the Literary Detectives, only to be replaced by a new chief librarian, leaving her to deal with the consequences of her past actions.

A scholarly investigation into how Agatha Christie and her peers in the Detection Club reshaped crime fiction, intertwining literary analysis with biographical insight.

Lisa Jackson’s thriller follows a relentless serial killer targeting Montana residents, with a determined female detective racing to expose him before more innocents die.

Miami homicide detective Hoke Moseley navigates a sudden overdose case, a threatening promotion, and mounting personal crises while struggling to stay afloat in the city’s underbelly.

A gripping psychological suspense novel set in Dublin, focusing on two detectives investigating a series of murders in the woods.

A bumbling thief, Dortmunder, returns from the wild, sparking a police chase and a series of crimes across the city.

A gripping mystery story following teenage girls grappling with personal tragedy and the pursuit of justice in a small English town.

A secret society of girls at Persephone College stumbles upon the drowned bursar, sparking a mystery in which the students must investigate and uncover hidden secrets.

> The latest in a series of popular crime and mystery anthologies from Diamond Dagger Award-winning genre expert Martin Edwards, featuring authors including Ngaio Marsh, Edmund Crispin and Julian Symons. As a collection of mysteries about books, libraries, book shops and authors, this will appeal to bibliophiles and booksellers alike. >A bookish puzzle threatens an eagerly awaited inheritance; a submission to a publisher recounts a murder that seems increasingly to be a work of nonfiction; an irate novelist puts a grisly end to the source of his writer’s block. >There is no better hiding place for clues – or red herrings – than inside the pages of a book. But in this world of resentful ghost writers, indiscreet playwrights and unscrupulous book collectors, literary prowess is often a prologue to disaster. >With Martin Edwards as librarian and guide, delve into an irresistible stack of tales perfect for every book-lover and armchair sleuth, featuring much-loved Golden Age detectives such as Nigel Strangeways, Philip Trent and Detective Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn. But readers should be warned that the most riveting tales often conceal the deadliest of secrets....

A witty mystery that follows a conference on the Irish question—a meeting that turns into mayhem when a speaker falls to his death from a battlement.

A potluck pot of mushrooms leads to murder and a romance investigation.

Inspector Meredith investigates a mysterious death at an isolated garage, uncovering clues that weave together suicide, smuggling, and shady business dealings with a looming plan to flee the country.

Sir Eustace is a cad of the first water, with a specialty in other men's wives, and the list of people who might want to do him in could fill a London phone book. But which of them actually sent the chocolates with their nasty hidden payload? Scotland Yard is baffled. Enter the Crime Circle, a group of society intellectuals with a shared conviction in their ability to succeed where the police have failed. Eventually, each member will produce a tightly reasoned solution to the Case of the Poisoned Chocolates, but each of those solutions will identify a different murderer. First published in 1929, this is both a classic of the golden age of mystery fiction, and one of the great puzzle-mysteries of all time.

Murder mystery featuring the lawyer Perry Mason.

When a violent death shatters an English estate, Dr. Gideon Fell is called to untangle the tangled claims of its two heirs.

A classic whodunnit about two brothers attending the same boarding school and the mysterious deaths that follow.

Impossible crime stories have been relished by puzzle-lovers ever since the invention of detective fiction. Fiendishly intricate cases were particularly well suited to the cerebral type of detective story that became so popular during the 'golden age of murder' between the two world wars. But the tradition goes back to the days of Edgar Allan Poe and Wilkie Collins, and impossible crime stories have been written by such luminaries as Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy L. Sayers and Margery Allingham. This anthology celebrates their work, alongside long-hidden gems by less familiar writers. Together these stories demonstrate the range and high accomplishment of the classic British impossible crime story over more than half a century.

Detective Philip Trent solves the case three times, each time closer to the truth.

A vintage Golden Age mystery set in 1930s Soho where a love affair and a fortune‑obsessed dance hostess collide, leading to murder in Piccadilly and a Scotland Yard investigation.

Mario Puzo's novels explore the world of organized crime and the lives of Italian Americans in New York.