The Best British Crime/Mystery Fiction
For the best crime/mystery novels set in Britain.
1 Murder on the Orient Expres...
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4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 66,603 ratings
2 The Complete Sherlock Holmes
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4.48 of 5 stars 4.48 avg rating — 58,536 ratings
3 And Then There Were None
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4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 134,254 ratings
4 Death on the Nile
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3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 33,414 ratings
5 The Hound of the Baskervill...
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 65,877 ratings
6 A Great Deliverance (Inspec...
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 14,627 ratings
7 The Nine Tailors (Lord Pete...
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4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 5,126 ratings
8 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd...
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 29,410 ratings
9 The Daughter of Time
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 8,451 ratings
10 The Moonstone
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 23,166 ratings
11 Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wim...
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4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 7,649 ratings
12 Black Dog (Ben Cooper & Dia...
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 1,068 ratings
13 The Woman in White
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 45,326 ratings
14 Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgli...
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 9,440 ratings
15 An Unsuitable Job For A Wom...
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 5,364 ratings
16 Strong Poison (Lord Peter W...
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 8,244 ratings
17 Murder Must Advertise  (Lor...
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 7,771 ratings
18 A Game of Proof (The Trials...
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 107 ratings
19 Well-Schooled in Murder (In...
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 8,467 ratings
20 For the Sake of Elena (Insp...
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 5,581 ratings
21 A Morbid Taste for Bones (C...
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 11,845 ratings
22 Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Pe...
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4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 6,673 ratings
23 Sleeping Murder (Miss Marpl...
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 8,637 ratings
24 The Face of a Stranger (Wil...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 5,424 ratings
25 Good Deed
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4.79 of 5 stars 4.79 avg rating — 24 ratings
26 Rebus: The Early Years (Kno...
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4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 286 ratings
27 A Place Of Execution
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 3,169 ratings
28 Case Histories (Jackson Bro...
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 25,983 ratings
29 The Mermaids Singing (Tony ...
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 4,959 ratings
30 Resurrection Men (Inspector...
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 3,665 ratings
31 Have His Carcase  (Lord Pet...
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 5,188 ratings
32 The Mysterious Affair At St...
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 50,723 ratings
33 A Taste For Death (Adam Dal...
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 4,644 ratings
34 Devices And Desires (Adam D...
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 3,810 ratings
35 The Skull Beneath The Skin ...
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 2,783 ratings
36 The ABC Murders (Hercule Po...
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 22,945 ratings
37 The Murder Room (Adam Dalgl...
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 4,736 ratings
38 In the Presence of the Enemy
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 4,185 ratings
39 Whose Body?  (Lord Peter Wi...
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 12,322 ratings
40 4:50 from Paddington
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 12,383 ratings
41 Black and Blue (Inspector R...
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4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 4,719 ratings
42 Death In Holy Orders (Adam ...
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 5,354 ratings
43 Playing for the Ashes (Insp...
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 5,408 ratings
44 In A Dry Season (Inspector ...
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 2,434 ratings
45 When Will There Be Good New...
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 12,534 ratings
46 The Wire In The Blood (Tony...
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4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 3,984 ratings
47 The Thirty-Nine Steps
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3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 7,449 ratings
48 The Sculptress
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 3,947 ratings
49 Lost River (Ben Cooper & Di...
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3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 205 ratings
50 The Falls (Inspector Rebus,...
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 3,679 ratings
51 One Corpse Too Many (Chroni...
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 4,273 ratings
52 A Certain Justice (Adam Dal...
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 3,328 ratings
53 A Dark-Adapted Eye
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4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 2,505 ratings
54 The Kill Call (Ben Cooper &...
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3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 227 ratings
55 The Zombie Room
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 2,322 ratings
56 The Elephant Tree
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 2,189 ratings
57 The Lighthouse (Adam Dalgli...
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 5,400 ratings
58 A Traitor to Memory (Inspec...
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 4,048 ratings
59 A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Al...
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 3,301 ratings
60 Five Red Herrings (Lord Pet...
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 6,079 ratings
61 The Crocodile Bird
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 1,058 ratings
62 Death Of An Expert Witness ...
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 3,635 ratings
63 The Ice House
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 3,483 ratings
64 Dissolution (Matthew Shardl...
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 9,666 ratings
65 Payment In Blood (Inspector...
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 6,211 ratings
66 Unnatural Causes (Adam Dalg...
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 3,969 ratings
67 The Private Patient (Adam D...
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3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 6,309 ratings
68 Original Sin (Adam Dalglies...
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 3,197 ratings
69 River of Darkness (John Mad...
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 1,801 ratings
70 Pig Island
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3.21 of 5 stars 3.21 avg rating — 1,873 ratings
71 Gallows View (Inspector Ban...
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 2,385 ratings
72 In Pursuit of the Proper Si...
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 5,069 ratings
73 Shroud for a Nightingale (A...
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 8,741 ratings
74 One Good Turn (Jackson Brod...
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 9,550 ratings
75 Thirteen Steps Down
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3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 1,438 ratings
76 Raven Black
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3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 2,577 ratings
77 Missing Joseph (Inspector L...
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 4,619 ratings
78 Whip Hand
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2,909 ratings
79 Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs,...
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 19,288 ratings
80 Innocent Blood
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3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 2,041 ratings
81 The Black Tower (Adam Dalgl...
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 4,429 ratings
82 Peril at End House (Hercule...
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 8,650 ratings
83 Death of a Peer (Roderick A...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2,013 ratings
84 The Virgin in the Ice (Chro...
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4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 2,650 ratings
85 Cards on the Table (Hercule...
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 9,850 ratings
86 The Lake of Darkness
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3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 394 ratings
87 Necessary As Blood (Duncan ...
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4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 2,020 ratings
88 The Moving Toyshop (Gervase...
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 1,156 ratings
89 Flesh House (Logan McRae, #4)
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4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 1,242 ratings
90 Beneath the Skin
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3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 1,693 ratings
91 Dark Blood (Logan McRae, #6)
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4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 991 ratings
92 Road Rage (Inspector Wexfor...
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3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 1,143 ratings
93 The Chemistry of Death (Dav...
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4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 3,880 ratings
94 The Leper of Saint Giles (C...
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 4,262 ratings
95 What Was She Thinking? [Not...
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3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 7,511 ratings
96 Dark Fire (Matthew Shardlak...
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4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 5,295 ratings
97 Sacrifice
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 1,763 ratings
98 The Secret of Chimneys (Sup...
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 4,460 ratings
99 The House at Sea's End
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 1,903 ratings
100 Suspect (Joseph O'Loughlin,...
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 1,936 ratings
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Tags: crime, mystery
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message 2: by Bettie (new)

Bettie 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 [deleted user] (new)

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




message 4: by [deleted user] (new)

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 5: by *Kashi* (new)

*Kashi* This list is quite useful. Can't wait to start reading some of this books.


message 6: by Andrea (new)

Andrea Clark Does anyone read Michael Robotham? Without question, he is my current favorite.


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