Books like The Brading Collection by Patricia Wentworth

A pioneering English detective story in which a priceless diamond, once stolen from a Hindu idol and presented to a young woman on her eighteenth birthday, disappears again, sparking intrigue and danger.

Walter Hartright, a drawing master, becomes entangled with Laura Fairlie, Sir Percival Glyde, and the scheming Count Fosco as questions of identity and madness intertwine in 19th‑century England.

Hercule Poirot boards Le Train Bleu for a quiet trip to the Riviera, only to investigate the murder of American heiress Ruth Kettering in her luxury compartment.

A dark New England mansion, the House of the Seven Gables, casts an ancestral curse over the Pyncheon family, revealing secrets, mysterious deaths, and a complex mix of gothic, historical, and moral themes.

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.

A London art-collector, deaf since the Blitz, discovers a deadly robbery plot while eavesdropping; she seeks protection from the discreet detective Maud Silver, who must stop the crime and save her life.

In the summer of 1913, under the cover of London's perpetual smoggy dusk, two brilliant minds are pitted against each other -- a celebrated gentleman thief and a talented Scotland Yard detective -- in the greatest jewel heist of the new century. An exquisite strand of pale pink pearls, worth more than the Hope Diamond, has been bought by a Hatton Garden broker. Word of the "Mona Lisa of Pearls" spreads around the world, captivating jewelers as well as thieves. In transit to London from Paris, the necklace vanishes without a trace. Joseph Grizzard, "the King of Fences," is the charming leader of a vast gang of thieves in London's East End. Grizzard grew up on the streets of Whitechapel during the terror of Jack the Ripper to rise to the top of the criminal world. Wealthy, married, and a father, Grizzard still cannot resist the sport of crime, and the pearl necklace proves an irresistible challenge. Inspector Alfred Ward patrols the city's dark, befogged streets before joining the brand-new division of the Metropolitan Police known as "detectives." Ward earns his stripes catching some of the great murderers of Victorian London and, at the height of his career, is asked to turn his forensic talents to finding the missing pearls and the thief who stole them. In the spirit of The Great Train Robbery and the tales of Sherlock Holmes, this is the true story of a psychological cat-and-mouse game set against the backdrop of London's golden Edwardian era. Thoroughly researched, compellingly colorful, The Great Pearl Heist is a gripping narrative account of this little-known, yet extraordinary crime. - Jacket flap.

When a family’s ancestral home, Pilgrim’s Rest, turns deadly after a fatal fall and a series of accidents, veteran sleuth Miss Silver must uncover why the estate seems cursed.

On New Year's Eve, industrialist James Paradine is found dead after a theft at his manor. With a tight deadline and tense family dynamics, Maud Silver, a sharp woman sleuth, must uncover who killed him before midnight.

Miss Maud Silver investigates a sinister letter campaign that drives a village into terror, risking another death as she hunts the anonymous author.

Miss Silver investigates the murder of actress Tanis Lyle in London, uncovering a deadly family feud that has resurfaced after a long‑standing grudge.

In Vandeleur House, a former Victorian ballroom turned apartment, Maud Silver unravels a tangled web of blackmail, tragedy, and hidden secrets that threaten the residents’ reputations.

When Althea Graham’s hypochondriac mother is found dead in a suburban London gazebo, Scotland Yard turns on Althea and her fiancé, but Miss Silver intervenes to uncover the truth.

Miss Maud Silver, a governess-turned-detective, untangles the murder of a powerful British man and the dark secrets of the Porlock family.

When a broken engagement turns deadly, brilliant London detective Maud Silver must exonerate an innocent man from a cold‑blooded murder.