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What tickles you? Discover books in your favourite humour category

Children's Classics

Humorous Mystery and Crime

Romantic Comedy

Satirical Comedy

Science Fiction and Fantasy

Social comedy
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Humorous Mystery and Crime A Mrs Pollifax Mystery 8

Mrs Pollifax and the Golden Triangle

Dorothy Gilman

The most lovable and unlikely of international spies! – perfect for fans of Miss Seeton

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Humorous Mystery and Crime A Mrs Pollifax Mystery 7

Mrs Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha

Dorothy Gilman

The most lovable and unlikely of international spies! – perfect for fans of Miss Seeton

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Humorous Mystery and Crime Lucian Wing 3

Children of the Valley

Castle Freeman

A pair of runaways take refuge in Sheriff Wing’s slice of the Vermont countryside.

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Humorous Mystery and Crime A Cherry PI Mystery 2

Cherry Twist

Jennifer Stone

It’s murder on the dance floor!

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Humorous Mystery and Crime A Mrs Pollifax Mystery 6

Mrs Pollifax on the China Station

Dorothy Gilman

The most lovable and unlikely of international spies! – perfect for fans of Miss Seeton

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Humorous Mystery and Crime Classic Canning 10

Young Man on a Bicycle

Victor Canning

Victor Canning’s light-hearted and cleverly plotted novella set on the beautiful French Riviera

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Romantic Comedy

Odd Bird

Lee Farnsworth

Simon Selwood is an expert on the mating behaviour of birds – but he has a lot to learn about humans…

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Humorous Mystery and Crime A Mrs Pollifax Mystery 5

Mrs Pollifax on Safari

Dorothy Gilman

The most lovable and unlikely of international spies! – perfect for fans of Miss Seeton

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Humorous Mystery and Crime A Mrs Pollifax Mystery 4

A Palm for Mrs Pollifax

Dorothy Gilman

The most lovable and unlikely of international spies! – perfect for fans of Miss Seeton

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A Tom Knight Mystery 1

Vanishing Act

Charlie Hodges

Proving you’re only as young as you feel, the Tom Knight mysteries combine comedy with a page-turning whodunit. 

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Humorous Mystery and Crime Classic Canning 9

The Aberdyll Onion

Victor Canning

The collected short stories of great writer Victor Canning, originally first published in the 1950s and 1960s

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Humorous Mystery and Crime A Mrs Pollifax Mystery 3

The Elusive Mrs Pollifax

Dorothy Gilman

The most lovable and unlikely of international spies! – perfect for fans of Miss Seeton

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