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Books Like The Silkworm

by J.K. Rowling · about this book

Loved The Silkworm by J.K. Rowling? If its detective protagonist, series and private investigator hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Dream Town, 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 Silkworm: Detective Protagonist · Series · Private Investigator · Detective Fiction · Mystery

1. 

   Dream Town

   David Baldacci

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

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2. 

   Sherlock Holmes

   Arthur Conan Doyle

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

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3. 

   Murder On The Orient Express

   Agatha Christie

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

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4. 

   Snow White Must Die

   Nele Neuhaus

   Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · Crime · Whodunit · Mystery

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5. 

   The Wrong Side of Goodbye

   Michael Connelly

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

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6. 

   Murder on Cold Street

   Sherry Thomas

   Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · London · Whodunit · Mystery

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7. 

   Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect

   Benjamin Stevenson

   Whodunit · Mystery · Red Herrings · Bookish · Plot-Driven

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8. 

   The Maltese Falcon

   Dashiell Hammett

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

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9. 

   Blue Lightning

   Ann Cleeves

   Detective Protagonist · Detective Fiction · Whodunit · Crime · Mystery

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10. 

    The Tenant

    Katrine Engberg

    Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · Whodunit · Crime · Mystery

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11. 

    The House of Silk

    Anthony Horowitz

    Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · London · Whodunit · Mystery

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12. 

    The Finisher

    Peter Lovesey

    Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · Crime · Whodunit · Mystery

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13. 

    Murder at Holly House

    Denzil Meyrick

    Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · Whodunit · Closed Circle of Suspects · Mystery

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14. 

    The Last Party

    Clare Mackintosh

    Detective Protagonist · Detective Fiction · Whodunit · Closed Circle of Suspects · Mystery

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15. 

    Kiss the Girls

    James Patterson

    Detective Protagonist · Detective Fiction · Crime · Missing Person · Plot-Driven

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16. 

    The Tainted Cup

    Robert Jackson Bennett

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

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17. 

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

    Paraic O'Donnell

    London · Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · Mystery · Missing Person

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18. 

    The Keeper of Lost Causes

    Jussi Adler-Olsen

    Detective Protagonist · Detective Fiction · Crime · Mystery · Missing Person

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19. 

    We Solve Murders

    Richard Osman

    Whodunit · Detective Protagonist · Mystery · Writer Protagonist · Crime

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20. 

    What She Found

    Robert Dugoni

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

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