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The Best British Crime/Mystery Fiction
For the best crime/mystery novels set in Britain.
Tags: crime and mystery

1
Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express
by Agatha Christie 22 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2039
vote
2
A Great Deliverance
A Great Deliverance
by Elizabeth George 15 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1366
vote
3
The Nine Tailors
The Nine Tailors
by Dorothy L. Sayers 13 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1279
vote
4
The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 4 Novels & 56 Short Stories
The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 4 Novels &...
by Arthur Conan Doyle 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1132
vote
5
Well-Schooled in Murder
Well-Schooled in Murder
by Elizabeth George 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1051
vote
6
Death on the Nile
Death on the Nile
by Agatha Christie 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1030
vote
7
Gaudy Night
Gaudy Night
by Dorothy L. Sayers 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 862
vote
8
Strong Poison
Strong Poison
by Dorothy L. Sayers 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 855
vote
9
The Moonstone
The Moonstone
by Wilkie Collins 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 814
vote
10
For the Sake of Elena
For the Sake of Elena
by Elizabeth George 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 691
vote
11
Murder Must Advertise
Murder Must Advertise
by Dorothy L. Sayers 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 679
vote
12
A Morbid Taste for Bones: The First Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
A Morbid Taste for Bones: The First Chronicle o...
by Ellis Peters 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 614
vote
13
Rebus: The Early Years: "Knots and Crosses", " Hide and Seek", " Tooth and Nail"
Rebus: The Early Years: "Knots and Crosses...
by Ian Rankin 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 580
vote
14
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
by Agatha Christie 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 554
vote
15
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 552
vote
16
The Murder Room
The Murder Room
by P.D. James 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 549
vote
17
The Skull Beneath The Skin
The Skull Beneath The Skin
by P.D. James 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 511
vote
18
Pig Island
Pig Island
by Mo Hayder 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 487
vote
19
The Face of a Stranger
The Face of a Stranger
by Anne Perry 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 480
vote
20
Lake of Darkness
Lake of Darkness
by Ruth Rendell 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 463
vote
21
Thirteen Steps Down
Thirteen Steps Down
by Ruth Rendell 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 457
vote
22
An Unsuitable Job For A Woman
An Unsuitable Job For A Woman
by P.D. James 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 447
vote
23
Devices And Desires
Devices And Desires
by P.D. James 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 430
vote
24
Resurrection Men
Resurrection Men
by Ian Rankin 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 387
vote
25
The Minotaur
The Minotaur
by Barbara Vine 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 384
vote
26
River of Darkness
River of Darkness
by Rennie Airth 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 356
vote
27
Death In Holy Orders
Death In Holy Orders
by P.D. James 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 354
vote
28
One Corpse Too Many: The Second Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
One Corpse Too Many: The Second Chronicle of Br...
by Ellis Peters 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 353
vote
29
Innocent Blood
Innocent Blood
by P.D. James 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 346
vote
29
The Woman in White
The Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 346
vote
31
Cover Her Face
Cover Her Face
by P.D. James 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 344
vote
32
Shroud For A Nightingale
Shroud For A Nightingale
by P.D. James 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 333
vote
33
Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #13)
Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries...
by Dorothy L. Sayers 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 331
vote
34
Death Of An Expert Witness
Death Of An Expert Witness
by P.D. James 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 330
vote
35
Whose Body?
Whose Body?
by Dorothy L. Sayers 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 328
vote
36
Original Sin
Original Sin
by P.D. James 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 323
vote
37
Unnatural Causes
Unnatural Causes
by P.D. James 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 319
vote
38
Artists in Crime
Artists in Crime
by Ngaio Marsh 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 313
vote
39
A Mind To Murder
A Mind To Murder
by P.D. James 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 310
vote
40
A Man Lay Dead
A Man Lay Dead
by Ngaio Marsh 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 301
vote
41
Beneath the Skin
Beneath the Skin
by Nicci French 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 298
vote
42
The Four Last Things
The Four Last Things
by Andrew Taylor 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 292
vote
43
London: The Novel
London: The Novel
by Edward Rutherfurd 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 289
vote
43
A Dark-Adapted Eye
A Dark-Adapted Eye
by Barbara Vine 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 289
vote
45
Black and Blue
Black and Blue
by Ian Rankin 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 287
vote
46
Notes on a Scandal: A Novel
Notes on a Scandal: A Novel
by Zoë Heller 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 283
vote
47
Dissolution
Dissolution
by C.J. Sansom 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 282
vote
48
Dark Fire
Dark Fire
by C.J. Sansom 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 281
vote
49
The Private Patient
The Private Patient
by P.D. James 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 275
vote
50
Sovereign
Sovereign
by C.J. Sansom 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 272
vote
51
Five Red Herrings
Five Red Herrings
by Dorothy L. Sayers 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 269
vote
52
The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse
by P.D. James 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 268
vote
53
The Killing Doll
The Killing Doll
by Ruth Rendell 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 262
vote
54
A Certain Justice
A Certain Justice
by P.D. James 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 254
vote
55
A Taste For Death
A Taste For Death
by P.D. James 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 248
vote
56
The Black Tower
The Black Tower
by P.D. James 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 232
vote
56
Have His Carcase
Have His Carcase
by Dorothy L. Sayers 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 232
vote
58
A Traitor to Memory
A Traitor to Memory
by Elizabeth George 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 231
vote
59
Charlotte
Charlotte
by Norah Lofts 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 198
vote
60
An Air That Kills
An Air That Kills
by Andrew Taylor 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 197
vote
60
Enter A Murderer
Enter A Murderer
by Ngaio Marsh 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 197
vote
62
Talking to Strange Men
Talking to Strange Men
by Ruth Rendell 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 195
vote
62
Among the Mad
Among the Mad
by Jacqueline Winspear 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 195
vote
64
The Bridesmaid
The Bridesmaid
by Ruth Rendell 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 193
vote
64
Afternoon of an Autocrat
Afternoon of an Autocrat
by Norah Lofts 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 193
vote
66
The Little Wax Doll
The Little Wax Doll
by Norah Lofts 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 191
vote
67
The Daughter of Time
The Daughter of Time
by Josephine Tey 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 188
vote
68
Revelation
Revelation
by C.J. Sansom 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 183
vote
69
The Crocodile Bird
The Crocodile Bird
by Ruth Rendell 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 177
vote
70
Three Cases for Inspector Wexford: "Kissing the Gunner's Daughter", "Simisola", "Road Rage"
Three Cases for Inspector Wexford: "Kissin...
by Ruth Rendell 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 173
vote
71
The Naming of the Dead
The Naming of the Dead
by Ian Rankin 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 171
vote
72
Everything You Know
Everything You Know
by Zoë Heller 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 170
vote
73
The Moving Toyshop
The Moving Toyshop
by Edmund Crispin 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 169
vote
74
The Documents in the Case
The Documents in the Case
by Dorothy L. Sayers 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 165
vote
75
In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner
In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner
by Elizabeth George 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 163
vote
75
The Jack Harvey Novels
The Jack Harvey Novels
by Ian Rankin 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 163
vote
75
Checkmate
Checkmate
by Norah Lofts 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 163
vote
78
Fleshmarket Close
Fleshmarket Close
by Ian Rankin 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 159
vote
79
Monk's Hood: The Third Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
Monk's Hood: The Third Chronicle of Brother Cad...
by Ellis Peters 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 158
vote
80
Exit Music
Exit Music
by Ian Rankin 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 156
vote
81
The Leper of Saint Giles: The Fifth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
The Leper of Saint Giles: The Fifth Chronicle o...
by Ellis Peters 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 155
vote
82
The Devil's Novice: The Eighth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
The Devil's Novice: The Eighth Chronicle of Bro...
by Ellis Peters 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 135
vote
82
The Mermaids Singing
The Mermaids Singing
by Val McDermid 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 135
vote
84
A Place of Execution
A Place of Execution
by Val McDermid 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 132
vote
85
Overture to Death
Overture to Death
by Ngaio Marsh 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 129
vote
86
Final Curtain
Final Curtain
by Ngaio Marsh 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 127
vote
87
Death of a Peer
Death of a Peer
by Ngaio Marsh 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 125
vote
88
Virgin in the Ice: The Sixth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
Virgin in the Ice: The Sixth Chronicle of Broth...
by Ellis Peters 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 123
vote
88
Died in the Wool
Died in the Wool
by Ngaio Marsh 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 123
vote
90
Vintage Murder
Vintage Murder
by Ngaio Marsh 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 121
vote
91
Light Thickens
Light Thickens
by Ngaio Marsh 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 119
vote
92
Hand in Glove
Hand in Glove
by Ngaio Marsh 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 117
vote
93
Death at the Bar
Death at the Bar
by Ngaio Marsh 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 115
vote
94
Scales of Justice
Scales of Justice
by Ngaio Marsh 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 113
vote
95
Black as He's Painted
Black as He's Painted
by Ngaio Marsh 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 111
vote
96
Death in a White Tie
Death in a White Tie
by Ngaio Marsh 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 107
vote
97
In the Presence of the Enemy
In the Presence of the Enemy
by Elizabeth George 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 106
vote
98
Dead Water
Dead Water
by Ngaio Marsh 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 103
vote
98
Missing Joseph
Missing Joseph
by Elizabeth George 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 103
vote
100
Wings of Fire
Wings of Fire
by Charles Todd 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
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message 2: by Bettie (new)
Sep 19, 2009 10:47AM

1108123 Canary wrote: "Still no book found like it doesn't exist. This is getting to be a real problem for me."

9780340281048 works but no cover piccie



message 3: by Canary (new)
Sep 19, 2009 10:59AM

1883731 Bettie wrote: "Canary wrote: "Still no book found like it doesn't exist. This is getting to be a real problem for me."

9780340281048 works but no cover piccie
"

Thanks Bettie! I am giving up for now as tired.




message 4: by Carol (new)
Sep 28, 2009 11:39AM

1318962 I see I'm going to have to read some PD James and search for more Norah Lofts.


message 5: by Canary (new)
Sep 28, 2009 04:28PM

1883731 Carol wrote: "I see I'm going to have to read some PD James and search for more Norah Lofts."

A NL is on the way. ;-)
It seems I have read the Moonstone but not certain.
Forgetful!




message 6: by Carol (new)
Sep 28, 2009 05:08PM

1318962 I'm excited. Oh I am reading The day of the Butterfly right now. I wonder if Daisy will end up with Jack Skelton. I'm so hoping Daisy doesn't turn into a prostitute. I don't like Kitty--maybe she turns out nice.


message 7: by Carol (new)
Sep 28, 2009 05:07PM

1318962 I'm excited. Oh I am reading The day of the Butterfly right now. I wonder if Daisy will end up with Jack Skelton. I'm so hoping Daisy doesn't turn into a prostitute. I don't like Kitty--maybe she turns out nice.


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