[HarryT]

I've just started reading Ngaio Marsh's "Inspector Alleyn" novels. She wrote 32 of them, in a long writing career which stretched from 1934 to 1982. I've read the first two so far. The first, "A Man Lay Dead", is a typical "murder at an upper-class English house-party" story. Short, but well-written, and it was a "fair" detective story, with all the clues being presented to the reader as the story progresses. The second, "Enter a Murderer" is set (as are many of her books) in the world of the theatre. Easy reading. Good for a lazy Sunday afternoon.

They're all available as eBooks (in the UK, at least).