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Flight of a witch

by Edith Pargeter and Ellis Peters
First published in 1964 — 12 editions work
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The Circular Staircase

by Mary Roberts Rinehart
First published in 1908 — 182 editions work

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Go, lovely Rose.

by Jean Potts First published in 1954 — 4 editions work
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Unholy writ

by Stuart David Williams
First published in 1976 — 8 editions work
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Treasure up in Smoke

by Stuart David Williams First published in 1978 — 6 editions work
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Murder for treasure.

by Stuart David Williams
First published in 1980 — 8 editions work
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Death in the stocks

by Georgette Heyer
First published in 1935 — 49 editions work
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Why shoot a butler?

by Georgette Heyer
First published in 1933 — 41 editions work
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Suicide excepted

by Cyril Hare
First published in 1954 — 15 editions work
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Ladies of Fantasy: Two Centuries of Sinister Stories by the Gentle Sex

by Seon Manley and Gogo Lewis First published in 1975 — 1 edition work
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Uncle Abner: master of mysteries

by Melville Davisson Post
First published in 1918 — 22 editions work
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A Party for the Shooting

by Louisa Revell First published in 1960 — 1 edition work
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Murder at Beechlands

by Maureen Sarsfield First published in 2003 — 1 edition work
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A touch of chill: stories of horror, suspense & fantasy

by Joan Aiken
First published in 1979 — 7 editions work

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Past Tense: a Sloan and Crosby mystery

by Catherine Aird edition

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Fear round about

by George Bellairs edition

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The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes and Impossible Mysteries

by Michael Ashley edition
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The Greene murder case: a Philo Vance story

by Willard Huntington Wright edition
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Death and the pleasant voices

by Mary Fitt First published in 1946 — 6 editions work
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Turn of the table

by Jonathan Stagge First published in 1941 — 1 edition work
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Wilders Walk Away

by Herbert Brean First published in 1948 — 3 editions work
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The Boat-House Riddle

by Alfred Walter Stewart edition
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Murder, M.D.

by Cecil John Charles Street edition
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Deadly Nightshade

by Elizabeth Daly edition
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Murder on the railways

by Peter Haining edition
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Murder impossible: an extravaganza of miraculous murders, fantastic felonies & incredible criminals

by Jack Adrian and Robert C. S. Adey edition
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The Box Office Murders

by Freeman Wills Crofts edition
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Stop Press: An Inspector Appleby Mystery

by Michael Innes edition

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Death by Request

by Romilly John and Katherine John edition
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Murder at Shots Hall

by Maureen Sarsfield edition
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McLean Investigates

by George Goodchild edition
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Holmes for the Holidays

by Martin H. Greenberg edition
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The Oxford book of legal anecdotes

by Michael Francis Gilbert edition
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Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock Holmes

by J. A. Campbell and Charles Prepolec edition
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The World of Sherlock Holmes

by Michael Harrison edition
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Murder for Christmas, Vol. 2

by Thomas Godfrey edition
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Crime at Christmas: A Seasonal Box of Murderous Delights

by Jack Adrian edition
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The Man with Two Names

by John Leslie Palmer edition
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Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Crime Stories of the 19th Century

by Isaac Asimov, Charles G. Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, William Russell, Thomas Hardy, Richard Harding Davis, and 9 others edition
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Behold, here's poison

by Georgette Heyer edition
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An Oxford tragedy

by J. C. Masterman edition
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Family Affair

by Michael Innes edition
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The murders of the Black Museum: 1870-1970

by Gordon Honeycombe edition
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The Cretan Counterfeit: An archaeological mystery featuring Inspector Ringwood of Scotland Yard

by Katharine Farrer edition
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The Ghost House

by Norman Berrow edition
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The crime doctor

by E. W. Hornung edition

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Fat Man's Agony

by Glyn Carr edition
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Death Takes the Living

by Cecil John Charles Street edition

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