Books like The body in the transept by Jeanne M. Dams

In an elite New England college, a charismatic classics professor lures a group of eccentric students into obsessive study, leading them from intellectual curiosity to corruption, betrayal, and ultimately murder.

Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic detective tale follows Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as they investigate the legend of an undead hound on Dartmoor, revealing secrets that threaten a family’s legacy.

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.

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.

Miss Marple finds herself in the Caribbean, where a mysterious old soldier hints at a strange coincidence that could spark adventure.

A single volume compiling all twenty Miss Jane Marple short stories, where Agatha Christie’s beloved amateur sleuth solves crimes in her quiet, observant village of St. Mary Mead.

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.

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec investigates a surprising death in the quiet village of Three Pines, uncovering a sinister truth beneath the seeming hunting accident.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s genius detective teams up with his apprentice Mary Russell to untangle a wartime mystery involving a duke’s brother, a scandalous death, and a trail that leads from London to Paris and the American frontier.

Retired teacher Dorothy Martin finds a quiet holiday in Iona gone awry when a storm, a missing key, and a dangerous cave lead her to uncover secrets that threaten the island’s fragile community.

Retired Carole Seddon unwittingly becomes the sleuth when, with her Labrador Gulliver, she discovers a body on Fethering beach that vanishes before the police act. Together with eccentric neighbor Jude, she tackles a mystery the authorities ignore.

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

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.

Professor Charles Grimaud is challenged by a stranger who claims to have risen from his own coffin. When the stranger dies violently during a snowstorm, Dr. Gideon Fell investigates a killer who leaves no footprints.

Dorothy Martin, a retired teacher, becomes an amateur sleuth when her son Bob is accused of stealing a Sevres tea set from Brocklesby Hall's informal toy museum, leading her through village secrets and miniature wonders.

A charming historical mystery set on Hill Top Farm in England, where Beatrix Potter, a beloved animal lover, uses her wit and animal companions to solve local puzzles and win the hearts of townfolk.

American Dorothy Martin and her husband uncover a mysterious death on Alderney, turning a holiday into a suspenseful investigation of cold‑blooded murder on a picturesque English Channel island.

American Anglophile Dorothy Martin tackles a tricky puzzle in the historic university town of Cambridge. Dorothy Martin isn't overly enthusiastic when her husband, retired police detective Alan Nesbitt, invites her to accompany him to a conference in Cambridge, picturing cramped student accommodation. But St. Stephen's turns out to be recently renovated, and, bolstered by en suite facilities, Dorothy is looking forward to exploring the historic and beautiful city. It is not long, though, before disaster strikes: lost in the maze of college buildings, Dorothy stumbles into a laboratory...and is shocked to find what looks like a pool of blood on the floor. She flees, to fetch help, but when Alan checks it out, there is nothing to be found. Was she mistaken? Or has a terrible crime been committed? Dorothy, who can never resist a puzzle, determines to find out.