The Floating Admiral

8 best books like The Floating Admiral (Dorothy L. Sayers): The Sittaford Mystery, The Red House Mystery, Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making: More Stories and Secrets from Her Notebooks, Star Over Bethlehem and Other Stories, Giant's Bread, Unfinished Portrait, The Golden Ball and Other Stories, The Unexpected Guest

The Sittaford Mystery

Author	Agatha Christie
ISBN	0007136846

Agatha Christie is more than the most popular mystery writer of all time. In a career that spans over half a century, her name is synonymous with brilliant deception, ingenious puzzles, and the surprise denouement. By virtually inventing the modern mystery novel she has earned her title as the Queen...

The Red House Mystery

Author	A.A. Milne
ISBN	0486401294

The creator of such beloved storybook characters for children as Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, and Eeyore, A. A. Milne was also the author of numerous dramas, essays, and novels for adults — among them, this droll and finely crafted whodunit.
In it, Milne takes readers to the Red House, a comfortable...

Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making: More Stories and Secrets from Her Notebooks

Author	John Curran
ISBN	1620904098

In this follow-up volume to the award-winning 'Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks', Christie archivist and expert John Curran leads the reader through the six decades of Agatha's writing career, unearthing some remarkable clues to her success and a number of never-before-published excerpts...

Star Over Bethlehem and Other Stories

Author	Agatha Christie Mallowan
ISBN	0553351044

A must for every Christie fan, this facsimile edition was published in 2014. It includes six stories and five stories first published under Star over Bethlehem, illustrated by Elsie Wrigley by Collins in 1965. This special edition also includes A Masque from Italy, Seven ballads and eighteen poems...

Giant's Bread

Author

Mary Westmacott

In all honesty, the back of the book is a little misleading:
"Vernon Deyre is a sensitive and brilliant musician, even a genius. But there is a high price to be paid for his talent, especially by his family and the two women in his life. His sheltered childhood in the home he loves has not prepared Vernon...

Unfinished Portrait

Author

Mary Westmacott

Being an Agatha Christie fan, I’ve been meaning to read the six non-crime novels she wrote under the name of Mary Westmacott. This is my second one.

Unfinished Portrait is very much Christie’s life, vaguely disguised. Having read her autobiography, you can totally see the similarities....

The Golden Ball and Other Stories

Author	Agatha Christie
ISBN	0312981694

Is it a gesture of good will or a sinister trap that lures Rupert St. Vincent and his family to magnificent estate? How desperate is Joyce Lambert, a destitute young widow whose only recourse is to marry a man she despises? What unexpected circumstance stirs old loyalties in Theodora Darrell, and unfaithful...

The Unexpected Guest

Author	Charles Osborne
ISBN	0312975120

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time with her works outsold only by Shakespeare and the Bible. She is regarded by generations of fans as the greatest mystery writer ever, and her novels are read and cherished the world over.

A thriller as well as a puzzler set in a foggy...