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OLEKSIW'S 100 CLASSIC BRITISH MYSTERY NOVELS
In A Reader’s Guide to the Classic British Mystery (1988), Susan Oleksiw listed “one hundred novels that are outstanding for various reasons: some are historically important as well as being well written; some are fascinating stories; and others are ingenious tales that capture and hold the reader until the surprise ending.” In her book each title is discussed.
| Catharine Aird | The Complete Steel. 1969 |
| Margery Allingham | Black Plumes. 1940 |
| Delano Ames | Corpse Diplomatique. 1950 |
| James Anderson | The Affair of the Blood-Stained Egg Cosy. 1975 |
| James Anderson | Assault and Matrimony. 1980 |
| J.R.L. Anderson | A Sprig of Sea Lavender. 1978 |
| Marian Babson | So Soon Done For. 1979 |
| H.C. Bailey | The Bishop's Crime. 1940 |
| Robert Barnard | Death of an Old Goat. 1977 |
| Francis Beeding | The Six Proud Walkers. 1928 |
| Francis Beeding | Death Walks in Eastrepps. 1931 |
| Josephine Bell | Death at the Medical Board. 1944 |
| Josephine Bell | A Pigeon Among the Cats. 1974 |
| E.C. Bentley | Trent's Last Case. 1913 |
| Anthony Berkeley | The Poisoned Chocolates Case. 1929 |
| Nicholas Blake | The Beast Must Die. 1938 |
| Nicholas Blake | The Case of the Abominable Snowman. 1941 |
| Christianna Brand | Green for Danger. 1945 |
| Edward Candy | Bones of Contention. 1954 |
| G.K. Chesterton | The Man Who Was Thursday. 1908 |
| Agatha Christie | The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. 1926 |
| Agatha Christie | Murder on the Orient Express. 1934 |
| Agatha Christie | Death on the Nile. 1937 |
| Agatha Christie | The Murder at the Vickerage. 1930 |
| Agatha Christie | A Caribbean Mystery. 1964 |
| Douglas Clark | The Gimmel Flask. 1977 |
| Douglas Clark | Dead Letter. 1984 |
| Edmund Crispin | The Moving Toyshop. 1946 |
| Edmund Crispin | Buried for Pleasure. 1948 |
| Freeman Wills Crofts | Death of a Train. 1946 |
| Freeman Wills Crofts | The Cask. 1920 |
| Freeman Wills Crofts | The Pit-Prop Syndicate. 1922 |
| Colin Dexter | The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn. 1977 |
| Ellis Dillon | Death in the Quadrangle. 1956 |
| Margaret Erskine | Harriet Farewell. 1975 |
| A. Fielding | The Mysterious Partner. 1929 |
| Nigel Fitzgerald | Midsummer Malice. 1953 |
| Nigel Fitzgerald | This Won't Hurt You. 1959 |
| J.S. Fletcher | The Middle Temple Murder. 1918 |
| Dick Francis | Dead Cert. 1962 |
| R. Austin Freeman | The Red Thumb Mark. 1907 |
| Michael Gilbert | Smallbone Deceased. 1950 |
| Martha Grimes | The Man With a Load of Mischief. 1981 |
| Cyril Hare | When the Wind Blows. 1949 |
| Cyril Hare | An English Murder. 1951 |
| Georgette Heyer | A Blunt Instrument. 1938 |
| Reginald Hill | Deadheads. 1983 |
| Fergus Hume | The Mystery of a Hansom Cab. 1886 |
| Francis Iles | Malice Aforethought. 1931 |
| Michael Innes | Death at the President's Lodging. 1936 |
| Michael Innes | Lament for a Maker. 1938 |
| Michael Innes | The New Sonia Wayward. 1960 |
| P.D. James | The Black Tower. 1975 |
| P.D. James | Death of an Expert Witness. 1977 |
| H.R.F. Keating | The Murder of the Maharajah. 1980 |
| H.R.F. Keating | Inspector Ghote Breaks an Egg. 1970 |
| C.H.B. Kitchin | Death of My Aunt. 1929 |
| Ronald A. Knox | The Footsteps at the Lock. 1928 |
| Ronald A. Knox | The Viaduct Murder. 1925 |
| Elizabeth Lemarchand | Cyanide With Compliments. 1972 |
| Elizabeth Lemarchand | Step in the Dark. 1976 |
| E.C.R. Lorac | Fire in the Thatch. 1946 |
| Peter Lovesey | Swing, Swing, Together. 1976 |
| Philip MacDonald | The Rasp. 1924 |
| Philip MacDonald | The Nursemaid Who Disappeared. 1938 |
| Philip MacDonald | R.I.P. (or Vengeance). 1933 |
| Ngaio Marsh | Surfeit of Lampreys. 1940 |
| Ngaio Marsh | Died in the Wool. 1945 |
| Ngaio Marsh | Opening Night. 1951 |
| J.C. Masterman | An Oxford Tragedy. 1933 |
| A.A. Milne | The Red House Mystery. 1922 |
| Gladys Mitchell | The Saltmarsh Murders. 1932 |
| Gwen Moffat | Over the Sea to Death. 1976 |
| Patricia Moyes | The Sunken Sailor (or Down Among the Dead Men). 1961 |
| Patricia Moyes | Murder Fantastical. 1967 |
| Ellis Peters | Death and the Joyful Woman. 1961 |
| Ellis Peters | Death to the Landlords. 1972 |
| Ellis Peters | Never Pick Up Hitch-Hikers. 1976 |
| Stella Phillips | The Hidden Wrath. 1968 |
| Ruth Rendell | A Judgment in Stone. 1977 |
| Ruth Rendell | The Lake of Darkness. 1980 |
| John Rhode | Death in Harley Street. 1946 |
| Robert Robinson | Landscape With Dead Dons. 1956 |
| Dorothy L. Sayers | The Inpleasantness at the Bellona Club. 1928 |
| Dorothy L. Sayers | Murder Must Advertise. 1933 |
| Dorothy L. Sayers | The Nine Tailors. 1934 |
| Julian Symons | The Blackheath Poisonings. 1978 |
| Julian Symons | The End of Solomon Grundy. 1964 |
| Julian Symons | The Man Who Lost His Wife. 1970 |
| Josephine Tey | The Singing Sands. 1952 |
| June Thomson | Death Cap. 1973 |
| Gwen Trevor | Murder at School. 1931 |
| Michael Underwood | A Pinch of Snuff |
| Roy Vickers | The Sole Survivor. 1951 |
| Henry Wade | The Duke of York's Steps. 1929 |
| Henry wade | Heir Presumptive. 1935 |
| Colin Watson | Lonelyheart 4122. 1967 |
| David Williams | Treasure Up in Smoke. 1978 |
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