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The Best Mysteries on the Shelf
Whodunits we keep going back to. Phryne Fisher chasing two cases through 1928 Melbourne, Lady Georgiana Rannoch slipping through Kensington Palace, a Depression-era sign painter solving a banker's murder, a Glasgow journalist tracking a Stradivarius across Moscow.
6 books on this list.
Murder on a Midsummer Nightby Kerry Greenwood
4.0“Murder on a Midsummer Night by Kerry Greenwood 2008 review. The seventeenth Phryne Fisher Mystery sends the Honourable Miss Fisher chasing two cases at once in summer 1929 Melbourne.”
Malice at the Palaceby Rhys Bowen
4.0“Malice at the Palace by Rhys Bowen 2015 review. The ninth Royal Spyness mystery sends Lady Georgiana Rannoch to Kensington Palace to chaperone Princess Marina before her royal wedding.”
When Rich Men Dieby Harold Adams
4.0“When Rich Men Die by Harold Adams 1987 review. The fifth Carl Wilcox Depression-era mystery sends the alcoholic itinerant artist back to Corden, South Dakota for a banker’s murder.”
Silksby Dick Francis
4.0“Silks by Dick Francis 2008 review. Geoffrey Mason is a barrister who rides as an amateur jockey on weekends, until his only racetrack friend turns up dead.”
Flash Pointby Paul Adam
4.0“Flash Point by Paul Adam 2006 review. A Glasgow journalist investigates the death of a young African violinist competing in the Tchaikovsky Competition and stumbles into a missing-instrument scandal.”
Dead Heatby Dick Francis
4.0“Dead Heat by Dick Francis 2007 review. Chef Max Moreton survives a gala poisoning at the Newmarket races and has to figure out who is killing his guests and why.”