🏠 Country House Murder

Classic whodunits set in grand estates where a body turns up among the guests, and every drawing room conversation conceals a motive worth killing for.

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

by Agatha Christie • 1920

A wealthy matriarch is poisoned in her locked bedroom, and a Belgian detective finds only motives.

4.00

516k+

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Puzzle ☠️ Poison Mystery 🕵️‍♂️ Detective Duo 🧩 Cerebral Sleuthing

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

A wealthy matriarch is poisoned in her locked bedroom, and a Belgian detective finds only motives.

by Agatha Christie 1920

4.00

516k+ ratings

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Puzzle ☠️ Poison Mystery 🕵️‍♂️ Detective Duo 🧩 Cerebral Sleuthing

Hercule Poirot's Silent Night

by Sophie Hannah • 2023

Trapped in a crumbling Norfolk house at Christmas, Poirot hunts a killer who targets happy men.

3.68

12k+

👑 Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 🗝️ Family Secrets 💔 Sibling Betrayal

Hercule Poirot's Silent Night

Trapped in a crumbling Norfolk house at Christmas, Poirot hunts a killer who targets happy men.

by Sophie Hannah 2023

3.68

12k+ ratings

👑 Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 🗝️ Family Secrets 💔 Sibling Betrayal

All of Us Murderers

by K.J. Charles • 2025

Trapped in a Dartmoor mansion: his ex-lover, a bride contest, and no way out.

3.70

10k+

💔 Second Chance Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🔪 Servant Revenge 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

All of Us Murderers

Trapped in a Dartmoor mansion: his ex-lover, a bride contest, and no way out.

by K.J. Charles 2025

3.70

10k+ ratings

💔 Second Chance Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🔪 Servant Revenge 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

The Murder at Redmire Hall

by J.R. Ellis • 2018

A lord performs a locked-room vanishing act on television and reappears stabbed in the back.

4.28

15k+

🗝️ Locked Room Mystery 🔍 Classic Whodunit 🖤 Family Secrets 💀 Revenge Plot 🎭 Aristocratic Decline

The Murder at Redmire Hall

A lord performs a locked-room vanishing act on television and reappears stabbed in the back.

by J.R. Ellis 2018

4.28

15k+ ratings

🗝️ Locked Room Mystery 🔍 Classic Whodunit 🖤 Family Secrets 💀 Revenge Plot 🎭 Aristocratic Decline

Three Act Tragedy

by Agatha Christie • 1935

A vicar dies mid-toast at a party. Poirot finds no poison until a second guest dies identically.

3.84

51k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🧩 Serial Killer 🎭 Theatrical Setting 💔 Love Triangle 🇬🇧 1930s England

Three Act Tragedy

A vicar dies mid-toast at a party. Poirot finds no poison until a second guest dies identically.

by Agatha Christie 1935

3.84

51k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🧩 Serial Killer 🎭 Theatrical Setting 💔 Love Triangle 🇬🇧 1930s England

Towards Zero (Agatha Christie Collection) by Christie, Agatha (2008) Paperback

by Agatha Christie • 1944

A seaside house, two wives, and a murder staged to frame the innocent.

3.96

32k+

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 😈 Charming Sociopath 💔 Love Triangle ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🌊 English Seaside

Towards Zero (Agatha Christie Collection) by Christie, Agatha (2008) Paperback

A seaside house, two wives, and a murder staged to frame the innocent.

by Agatha Christie 1944

3.96

32k+ ratings

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 😈 Charming Sociopath 💔 Love Triangle ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🌊 English Seaside

A Man of Some Repute

by Elizabeth Edmondson • 2015

A wounded spy moves to a crumbling castle just as the vanished Earl is unearthed.

3.77

12k+

❄️ Cold Case Investigation 🇬🇧 Postwar England 🕵️ Amateur Detective 🔒 Family Secrets 📨 Blackmail And Secrets

A Man of Some Repute

A wounded spy moves to a crumbling castle just as the vanished Earl is unearthed.

by Elizabeth Edmondson 2015

3.77

12k+ ratings

❄️ Cold Case Investigation 🇬🇧 Postwar England 🕵️ Amateur Detective 🔒 Family Secrets 📨 Blackmail And Secrets

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