Best Locked Room Mystery Books

The Case of the Constant Suicides

by John Dickson Carr

Scotland at the outbreak of the Second World War: a series of mysterious deaths, a motley crew of characters, some heavy-handed humour concerning a particularly potent blend of Scotch whisky and a pair of squabbling acad...

And Then There Were None

by Agatha Christie

And Then There Were None is a mystery novel by the English writer Agatha Christie, described by her as the most difficult of her books to write. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 6...

The Case of the Solid Key

by Anthony Boucher

The Big Bow Mystery

by Israel Zangwill

"The Big Bow Mystery", by Israel Zangwill. Israel Zangwill, british humorist and writer (1864-1926).

Case for Three Detectives

by Leo Bruce

*Case for Three Detectives* is possibly the most unusual mystery ever written. A murder is committed, behind closed doors, in bizarre circumstances. Three amateur detectives take the case: Lord Simon Plimsoll, Monsieur A...

The King is Dead

by Ellery Queen

Munitions maker King Bendigo is the wealthiest man alive, and what the King wants, the King gets. What he wants is the investigative powers of Ellery Queen and his father, New York homicide detective Richard Queen, in or...

Death from a Top Hat

by Clayton Rawson

Killed on the Rocks

by WIllaim DeAndrea

Bloodhounds

by Peter Lovesey

Head of the Bath murder squad, Peter Diamond isn't exactly up to his elbows in bodies in the placid resort. He's bored, a bit testy, and ready for an old-fashioned mystery. Alas, when one does come along it's not in his...