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by J.K. Rowling · about this book

Loved The Cuckoo's Calling by J.K. Rowling? If its series, mystery and detective fiction hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Wrong Side of Goodbye, Sherlock Holmes and Murder On The Orient Express. 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 The Cuckoo's Calling: Series · Mystery · Detective Fiction · Private Investigator · Detective Protagonist

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   The Wrong Side of Goodbye

   Michael Connelly

   Private Investigator · Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · Crime · Mystery

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   Sherlock Holmes

   Arthur Conan Doyle

   Private Investigator · Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · London · Whodunit

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   Murder On The Orient Express

   Agatha Christie

   Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · Whodunit · Dialogue-Heavy · Mystery

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4. 

   Blue Lightning

   Ann Cleeves

   Detective Protagonist · Detective Fiction · Whodunit · Crime · Mystery

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5. 

   Dream Town

   David Baldacci

   Private Investigator · Detective Fiction · Crime · Dialogue-Heavy · Mystery

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6. 

   Missing, Presumed

   Susie Steiner

   Detective Protagonist · Detective Fiction · Crime · Mystery · Wealthy Families

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7. 

   Murder on Cold Street

   Sherry Thomas

   Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · London · Whodunit · Mystery

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8. 

   The Last Party

   Clare Mackintosh

   Detective Protagonist · Detective Fiction · Whodunit · Mystery · Crime

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9. 

   The Maltese Falcon

   Dashiell Hammett

   Private Investigator · Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · Dialogue-Heavy · Crime

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10. 

    Snow White Must Die

    Nele Neuhaus

    Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · Crime · Mystery · Whodunit

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11. 

    The Finisher

    Peter Lovesey

    Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · Crime · Mystery · Whodunit

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12. 

    Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone

    Benjamin Stevenson

    Whodunit · Red Herrings · Family Secrets · Mystery · Twisty

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13. 

    The Tenant

    Katrine Engberg

    Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · Crime · Whodunit · Mystery

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14. 

    The House of Silk

    Anthony Horowitz

    Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · London · Mystery · Whodunit

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15. 

    Poison

    John Lescroart

    Whodunit · Crime · Wealthy Families · Dialogue-Heavy · Red Herrings

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16. 

    The Tainted Cup

    Robert Jackson Bennett

    Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · Whodunit · Mystery · Plot-Driven

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17. 

    Murder at Holly House

    Denzil Meyrick

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

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18. 

    The Angel of the Crows

    Katherine Addison

    Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · London · War Trauma · Mystery

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19. 

    Good Girl, Bad Blood

    Holly Jackson

    Detective Fiction · Whodunit · Mystery · Red Herrings · Twisty

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20. 

    What She Found

    Robert Dugoni

    Detective Protagonist · Detective Fiction · Crime · Mystery · Plot-Driven

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