Books Like Sleeping Murder

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Stephanie Cole narrates Christie's last Miss Marple with the unhurried precision the character herself would approve of — a six-hour mystery that uses Cole's warmly authoritative voice to make the paranormal premise feel grounded, as if the most natural thing in the world is an elderly woman untangling a decades-old murder from the evidence of a haunted house. All ten recommendations are other Christie titles by Hugh Fraser, sharing that same golden-age construction where the puzzle is pleasurable precisely because the world is tightly bounded and the detective is calmly in control.

10 books for fans of Sleeping Murder

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    The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie - HINDI Book 1) (Hindi Edition) cover

    The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie - HINDI Book 1) (Hindi Edition)

    Hercule Poirot • Book 4

    by Agatha Christie

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    Roger Ackroyd discovers who was blackmailing the woman he loved, then gets murdered before he can act—Christie's most shocking plot twist awaits.

    4.26 Goodreads (354.0K ratings)
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    Five Little Pigs

    Hercule Poirot • Book 24

    by Agatha Christie

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    Poirot investigates a sixteen-year-old murder case by interviewing five witnesses to painter Amyas Crale's death by poison. Hugh Fraser's familiar voice guides listeners through Christie's ingenious structure, where each witness's account reveals new layers of motive and deception.

    4.03 Goodreads (94.4K ratings)
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    Peril at End House

    Hercule Poirot • Book 8

    by Agatha Christie

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    Vacationing Poirot becomes intrigued by Nick Buckley's string of deadly accidents at her crumbling Cornish estate. Christie weaves red herrings and false clues into one of her most cleverly constructed puzzles.

    4.02 Goodreads (84.6K ratings)
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    The Mysterious Affair at Styles

    A Hercule Poirot Mystery • Book 1

    by Agatha Christie

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    Christie's debut novel introduces Hercule Poirot investigating a poison murder at an English country house. The case that launched a thousand mysteries establishes all the classic whodunit conventions.

    4.00 Goodreads (514.2K ratings)
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    Evil Under the Sun (G. K. Hall's Agatha Christie Series)

    Hercule Poirot • Book 23

    by Agatha Christie

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    Poirot's holiday on Smugglers' Island gets complicated when an attractive woman turns up dead, launching one of Christie's tightest seaside puzzles.

    3.98 Goodreads (89.7K ratings)
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    Sad Cypress

    Hercule Poirot • Book 21

    by Agatha Christie

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    Elinor faces execution for poisoning her rival in love, but Poirot suspects someone else planted the evidence. Christie builds tension as the detective races against the death sentence.

    3.94 Goodreads (48.0K ratings)
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    After the Funeral (The Agatha Christie Mystery Collection; Imitation Leather)

    Hercule Poirot • Book 30

    by Agatha Christie

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    When Cora declares her brother was murdered at his funeral, then gets savagely killed with a hatchet the next day, her throwaway comment becomes chillingly significant. Christie weaves family greed and hidden resentments into a classic locked-room mystery.

    3.92 Goodreads (50.4K ratings)
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    Dumb Witness. The Agatha Christie Collection.

    Hercule Poirot • Book 17

    by Agatha Christie

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    Christie builds her mystery around a delayed letter from a dead woman who suspected her relatives of attempted murder, with a wire-haired terrier providing the crucial clue.

    3.92 Goodreads (49.4K ratings)
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    Poirot Investigates (Agatha Christie)

    Hercule Poirot • Book 3

    by Agatha Christie

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    Fourteen bite-sized mysteries showcase Poirot's deductive genius across settings from English estates to ancient Egyptian tombs.

    3.88 Goodreads (76.0K ratings)
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    The Murder on the Links

    Hercule Poirot • Book 2

    by Agatha Christie

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    Christie's second Poirot novel finds the detective investigating a millionaire's murder on a French golf course, where family secrets and a mysterious woman in black complicate every clue—classic Christie puzzle-solving in a seaside setting.

    3.87 Goodreads (121.5K ratings)