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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorClaws of the Cat
Susan Spann · 326 pages
In sixteenth-century Japan, master ninja Hiro and the Jesuit priest he is sworn to protect race against time to prevent a wrongful execution by solving the murder of a samurai whose death is linked to numerous possible suspects.
The Silent Dead
Tetsuya Honda · 292 pages
"When a body wrapped in a blue plastic tarp and tied up with twine is discovered near the bushes near a quiet suburban Tokyo neighborhood, Lt. Reiko Himekawa and her squad take the case. The victim was slaughtered brutally--his wounds are bizarre, and no one can figure out the "what" or the "why" of this crime. At age twenty-nine, Reiko Himekawa of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police's Homicide Division
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
Jesse Q. Sutanto · 353 pages
A USA Today bestseller Edgar Award Winner for Best Original Paperback Audie Award Winner for Mystery Libby Award Winner for Best Mystery A lonely shopkeeper takes it upon herself to solve a murder in the most peculiar way in this captivating mystery by Jesse Q. Sutanto, bestselling author of Dial A for Aunties. Vera Wong is a lonely little old lady—ah, lady of a certain age—who lives above her for
Mastering the Art of French Murder
Colleen Cambridge · 262 pages
Stuck on Murder
Jenn McKinlay · 276 pages
In the small New England town of Morse Point, Brenna Miller glosses over her painful past by watching her decoupage students create eye-catching projects out of cutouts, glue, and varnish. But when the mayor's body is found stuffed in a trunk at Morse Point Lake, it's up to Brenna to clear her enigmatic landlord's name of murder—before his fate is signed, sealed and delivered.
Veiled Threats
Deborah Donnelly · 324 pages
She thought she was planning a wedding.What she got was ... Veiled Threats.A wedding to die for....When love is in the air, Carnegie Kincaid is not far behind. A wedding planner who works out of her Seattle houseboat, Carnegie makes magic -- usually -- with fractious families, brimming brides, and cantankerous caterers to give loving couples the wedding they've always wanted. So why is her dream j
My First Murder
Leena Lehtolainen · 242 pages
Maria Kallio has just been assigned her first murder investigation. To prove to herself and her squad that she has what it takes to be a detective, she'll have to solve the death of Tommi Peltonen. Found floating facedown at the water's edge of his Helsinki villa, Tommi had invited his choir group to spend a weekend at his retreat. But beneath the choir's seemingly tight-knit bonds seethed bitter
The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn
Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler · 214 pages
While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a merchant's son who longs to be a samurai, joins a group of kabuki actors in eighteenth-century Japan.
Undertaking Irene: A Jane Delaney Mystery, book 1
Pamela Burford · 329 pages
Deadly Nightshade
Cynthia Riggs · 356 pages
"Victoria Trumbull has lived most of her ninety-two years on the Island. Martha's Vineyard, its magic and its history, is part of the texture of her life. Like other Islanders, she knows the sounds of the sea in calm and stormy weather and she knows the sounds that do not belong. One evening while Victoria waits on the dock for her granddaughter to return with the harbormaster, she hears a chillin
The Ninth Daughter
Barbara Hamilton · 359 pages
When a murder occurs in the home of their friend and fellow patriot, Rebecca Malvern, John Adams is accused of the gruesome crime, which was seemingly perpetrated to obtain a secret Sons of Liberty document. With both her husband's good name and the fate of the Sons of Liberty at stake, Abby must uncover a conspiracy that could cost them all their freedom--and their lives. Set in Massachusetts col
The St. Valentine's Day Cookie Massacre
Elisabeth Crabtree · 162 pages