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by Arthur Conan Doyle · about this book

Loved A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle? If its detective fiction, detective protagonist and mystery hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The House of Silk, The Angel of the Crows and Murder on Cold Street. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside A Study in Scarlet: Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · Mystery · Classics · Victorian Era

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   The House of Silk

   Anthony Horowitz

   Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · Victorian Era · London · Frame Story

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   The Angel of the Crows

   Katherine Addison

   Victorian Era · Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · London · Mystery

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   Murder on Cold Street

   Sherry Thomas

   Detective Fiction · Victorian Era · Detective Protagonist · London · Whodunit

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4. 

   Murder On The Orient Express

   Agatha Christie

   Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · Whodunit · Classics · Mystery

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5. 

   The Case of the Missing Marquess

   Nancy Springer

   Victorian Era · Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · London · Mystery

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6. 

   Blue Lightning

   Ann Cleeves

   Detective Protagonist · Detective Fiction · Whodunit · Mystery · Male Lead

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7. 

   Mycroft and Sherlock (MYCROFT HOLMES)

   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

   Victorian Era · Detective Fiction · London · Whodunit · Mystery

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8. 

   The House on Vesper Sands (Inspector Cutter Mystery, An)

   Paraic O'Donnell

   Victorian Era · Detective Fiction · London · Detective Protagonist · Mystery

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9. 

   Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

   Robert Louis Stevenson

   Victorian Era · London · Classics · Frame Story · Male Lead

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10. 

    A Drop of Corruption

    Robert Jackson Bennett

    Detective Protagonist · Detective Fiction · Whodunit · Mystery · Male Lead

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11. 

    A Curious Beginning

    Deanna Raybourn

    Victorian Era · London · Detective Protagonist · Whodunit · Mystery

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12. 

    The Maltese Falcon

    Dashiell Hammett

    Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · Classics · Mystery · Male Lead

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13. 

    Murder at Holly House

    Denzil Meyrick

    Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · Whodunit · Mystery · Male Lead

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14. 

    The Finisher

    Peter Lovesey

    Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · Whodunit · Mystery · Male Lead

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15. 

    The Last Party

    Clare Mackintosh

    Detective Protagonist · Detective Fiction · Whodunit · Mystery · Red Herrings

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16. 

    The Wrong Side of Goodbye

    Michael Connelly

    Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · Mystery · Male Lead · Forensic Investigation

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17. 

    The Tenant

    Katrine Engberg

    Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · Whodunit · Mystery · Tense and Suspenseful

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18. 

    The War of the Worlds

    H. G. Wells

    Victorian Era · Classics · London · Frame Story · Male Lead

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19. 

    Snow White Must Die

    Nele Neuhaus

    Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · Whodunit · Mystery · Red Herrings

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20. 

    The Listening House

    Mabel Seeley

    Whodunit · Detective Fiction · Mystery · Classics · First Person Narrator

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