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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Terra-Cotta Dog
Andrea Camilleri · 346 pages
About Face
Donna Leon · 278 pages
The wonderful new Commissario Brunetti novel, from Sunday Times Bestselling author Donna LeonAt a dinner party given by his parents-in-law, Commissario Brunetti meets Franca Marinello, the wife of a prosperous Venetian businessman. He's charmed – perhaps too charmed, suggests his wife Paola – by her love of Virgil and Cicero, but shocked by her appearance.A few days later, Brunetti is visited by C
Death's Jest-Book
Reginald Hill · 557 pages
Last Seen Wearing
Colin Dexter · 312 pages
The statements before Inspector Morse appeared to confirm the bald simple truth. After leaving home to return to school, Valerie Taylor had completely vanished and the trail had gone cold. Until, two years later, somebody decided to supply some surprising new evidence for the case.
Death of a Peer
Ngaio Marsh · 303 pages
The killingly aristocratic Lamprey family exemplifies charm, wit, and a chronic lack of funds. Their only source of hope is the wealthy but unpleasant Lord Wutherwood, and the Lampreys may perhaps be forgiven for doing a little jig when his Lordship is killed and the resulting inheritance saves their bacon. Inspector Roderick Alleyn wouldn’t dream of judging the Lampreys’ joy. But he would like to
Now & Then
Robert B. Parker · 296 pages
Investigating a new client's unfaithful wife, Boston private eye Spenser finds himself in trouble when the case goes terribly wrong and three people wind up dead, a situation that reveals the wife's lover's ties to a terrorist organization.
The Monkey's Raincoat
Robert Crais · 245 pages
When Los Angeles private detective Elvis Cole investigates the disappearance of Ellen Lang's husband and young son, he stumbles into a bizarre nightmare of high-level intrigue, missing drugs, and murder in Hollywood's seamy underworld.
Death Without Company
Craig Johnson · 368 pages
Sherlock: A Study in Pink
Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss
"Holmes and Watson tackle brain-teasing crimes in modern-day London in this stunning Manga, presented in its original right-to-left reading order, and in the full chapters as originally serialized! Meet Holmes and Watson for the first time... all over again!"--Amazon.com
Strong Poison
Dorothy L. Sayers · 272 pages
This is the first in the Lord Peter Wimsey series of stories that includes Harriet Vane. Harriet is introduced as she stands in the dock on trial for murder. Lord Peter immediately determines that she is innocent and sets out to prove it - falling in love with her in the process.
The State Counsellor: Further Adventures of Fandorin
Boris Akunin · 224 pages
The Clocks
Agatha Christie · 257 pages
Sheila Webb, typist-for-hire, has arrived at 19 Wilbraham Crescent in the seaside town of Crowdean to accept a new job. What she finds is a well-dressed corpse surrounded by five clocks. Mrs Pebmarsh, the blind owner of No. 19, denies all knowledge of ringing Sheila’s secretarial agency and asking for her by name — yet someone did. Nor does she own that many clocks. And neither woman seems to know
A Catskill Eagle
Robert B. Parker, Robin A.H. Waterfield · 320 pages
In the detective business, Spenser sometimes has to bend the law, sometimes break it. His best friend, Hawk, faces a life sentence, and Susan is in even bigger trouble. Now Spencer has to free them both.
Robert B. Parker's Little White Lies
Ace Atkins · 398 pages
Boston PI Spenser and right hand Hawk follow a con man's trail of smoke and mirrors in the latest entry of the iconic crime series. After conning everyone from the cable news shows to the local cops, it looks like the drifter's latest double cross may be his last. Connie Kelly thought she'd found her perfect man on an online dating site. He was silver-haired and handsome, with a mysterious backgro
In the Best Families
Rex Stout · 246 pages
The Tainted Cup
Robert Jackson Bennett · 410 pages
A Rising Man
Abir Mukherjee · 386 pages
Calcutta, 1919. Captain Sam Wyndham, former Scotland Yard detective, is a new arrival to Calcutta. Desperately seeking a fresh start after his experiences during the Great War, Wyndham has been recruited to head up a new post in the police force. He is immediately overwhelmed by the heady vibrancy of the tropical city, but with barely a moment to acclimatize or to deal with the ghosts that still h
Killing with Confetti
Peter Lovesey · 336 pages
Dark of the Moon
John Sandford · 392 pages
Virgil Flowers-tall, lean, late thirties, three times divorced, hair way too long for a cop's-had kicked around for a while before joining the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. First, it was the army and the military police, then the police in St. Paul, and finally Lucas Davenport had brought him into the BCA, promising him, "We'll only give you the hard stuff."He'd been doing the hard st
The Strings of Murder
Oscar de Muriel · 416 pages
Death on Deadline
Robert Goldsborough · 185 pages
Love Lies Bleeding
Edmund Crispin · 271 pages
From Agora Books: " Castrevenford school is preparing for Speech Day and English professor and amateur sleuth Gervase Fen is called upon to present the prizes. However, the night before the big day, strange events take place that leave two members of staff dead. The Headmaster turns to Professor Fen to investigate the murders. While disentangling the facts of the case, Mr Fen is forced to deal