Dorothy Sayers was in a similar time period as Agatha Christie and wrote excellent books.
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Ngaio Marsh.
Plugging Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe. Very different style and tone than Christie but also detective/mystery novels. The earliest ones overlap Christie’s era.
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I am a sucker for the Sue Grafton series. Maybe check out A is for Alibi to get a feel for her protagonist.
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my pick is Edmund Crispin. same era as Christie, much funnier and more engrossing ime.
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try ruth rendell, his inspector wexford series specifically.
Gladys Mitchell’s Mrs Bradley series or Anthony Horowitz- Magpie Murders might do the trick because of the subplot.
Isaac Asimov’s [Caves of Steel](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41811.The_Caves_of_Steel) and [The Naked Sun](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30016.The_Naked_Sun) are quite decent detective novels if you don’t mind them being science fiction. The same applies to Jack McDevitt’s “[The Devil’s Eye](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3076046-the-devil-s-eye)”.
Dorothy Sayers was in a similar time period as Agatha Christie and wrote excellent books.
Ngaio Marsh.
Plugging Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe. Very different style and tone than Christie but also detective/mystery novels. The earliest ones overlap Christie’s era.
I am a sucker for the Sue Grafton series. Maybe check out A is for Alibi to get a feel for her protagonist.
my pick is Edmund Crispin. same era as Christie, much funnier and more engrossing ime.