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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorObsession, Deceit, and Really Dark Chocolate
Kyra Davis · 350 pages
Sophie Katz's relationship with the irresistible and occasionally insufferable P.I. Anatoly Darinsky is on the fritz when a friend recruits Sophie's investigation skills to decode her possibly two-timing husband's strange behavior. When Sophie shows up in a short, red cocktail dress and her friend's hubby winds up dead, the loveable would-be sleuth can't help but take on the job. Suddenly plunged
Opal Fire
Barbra Annino · 291 pages
Stacy Justice did not expect to be set on fire that night but being raised by withes prepares one for life's little surprises. When a decades-old secret is discovered within the walls of her cousin's bar eve Stacy is rattled. Now someone wants her dead and she finds herself dodging angry motorists, exploding chickens and a creepy man who seems to lurk around every corner.
Not a Girl Detective
Susan Kandel · 315 pages
"I spent my entire youth idolizing Nancy Drew. I'm pushing forty now, but some fantasies die hard."Besides her beloved collection of vintage designer clothing, there is nothing Cece Caruso cherishes more than her childhood memories of Nancy Drew. Her near obsession with the fictional teenage sleuth led her to become a professional biographer of classic mystery writers. And now that she's working o
Somebody Killed His Editor
Josh Lanyon · 278 pages
"Thanks to an elderly spinster sleuth and her ingenious cat, Christopher Holmes has enjoyed a celebrated career as a bestselling mystery writer. Until now. Sales are down and his new editor is allergic to geriatric gumshoes. On the advice of his agent, he reinvents his fortyish, frumpy, recently dumped self into the sleek, sexy image of a literary lion, and heads for a Northern California writers
Them Bones
Carolyn Haines · 327 pages
If only I hadn't kidnapped the dog...but the ransom paid the mortgage....Now I seem to be a private eye....I shouldn't have listened to that ghost....Meet Sarah Booth Delaney...an unconventional Southern belle whose knack for uncovering the truth is about to make her the hottest detective in Zinnia, Mississippi...if it doesn't make her the deadest.No self-respecting lady would allow herself to end
Bubbles Unbound
Sarah Strohmeyer · 341 pages
Against all odds, Bubbles Yablonsky has returned to school, but while on her way to journalism school, she happens upon a crime scene and finds herself drawn into a murder investigation.
Size 12 Is Not Fat / Size 14 Is Not Fat Either
Meg Cabot · 345 pages
We Solve Murders
Richard Osman · 460 pages
Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life in the New Forest. He does the odd bit of investigation work, but he likes his familiar habits and routines: the pub quiz, his favourite bench, his cat waiting for him when he gets home. His days of adventure are over: adrenaline is daughter-in-law Amy’s business now. Amy Wheeler thinks adrenaline is good for the soul: she doesn’t stay still long enough fo
Heirs and Graces
Rhys Bowen
Lady Georgiana Rannoch learns that not everyone knows their table manners when a knife ends up in a duke’s back in the seventh Royal Spyness Mystery. London, 1934. Entrusted by Her Majesty the Queen with grooming Jack Altringham—the Duke of Eynsford’s newly discovered heir fresh from the Outback of Australia—for high society, Georgie now has the luxurious opportunity to live in one of England’s
The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss
Max Wirestone · 321 pages
"Meet Dahlia Moss, the reigning queen of unfortunate decision-making in the Saint Louis area. Unemployed, broke, and on her last bowl of ramen, she's not living her best life. But that's all about to change. Before Dahlia can make her life any messier on her own she's offered a job. A job that she's woefully under-qualified for. A job that will lead her to a murder, an MMORPG, and possibly a fella
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Alan Bradley · 375 pages
In his wickedly brilliant first novel, Debut Dagger Award winner Alan Bradley introduces one of the most singular and engaging heroines in recent fiction: eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison. It is the summer of 1950--and a series of inexplicable events has struck Buckshaw, the decaying English mansion that Flavia's family calls home. A dead bird is found
Owls Well That Ends Well
Donna Andrews · 322 pages
Meg and Michael are having a garage sale to empty their new house of all the clutter gathered by the Sprocketts. The sale brings an influx of relatives and a horde of visitors. A bargain seeker wants to buy a chest but insists on seeing inside it first - when Meg unlocks it a body is found and a murder investigation begins with a vast array of suspects from the large crowd that just wants to shop
Spying in High Heels
Gemma Halliday · 288 pages
An L.A. fashionista finds herself in over her head when murder, embezzlement, and a hot detective collide in her life.
A Dead and Stormy Night
Steffanie Holmes · 302 pages
Crocodile on the Sandbank
Elizabeth Peters · 280 pages
Thirty-one-year-old Victorian gentlewoman Amelia Peabody has not only inherited her father's fortune, but she is also blessed with his strong will as well. Now she's headed for Cairo, accompanied by a girl with a tarnished past, to indulge her passion for Egyptology. Little did she know that murder and a homicidal mummy lay in wait for her.
Earthly Delights
Kerry Greenwood · 258 pages
Introducing baker and amateur sleuth Corinna Chapman ... mysteries filled with gastronomical delights, humour and unexpected twists from the bestselling author of the Phyrne Fisher mysteries.Baking is an alchemical process for Corinna Chapman. At four am she starts work at Earthly Delights, her bakery in Calico Alley.But one morning Corinna receives a threatening note saying 'The wages of sin is d
Dog on It
Spencer Quinn · 305 pages
Fabulous, funny new detective novel featuring Bernie, a slightly down-at-heel PI and his offsider, Chet, a dog (and the captivating narrator of the story).I could smell him - or rather the booze on his breath - before he even opened the door, but my sense of smell is pretty good, probably better than yours.So begins this fabulous, funny new detective novel featuring Bernie, a slightly down-at-heel
Homicide in Hardcover
Kate Carlisle · 289 pages
"Brooklyn Wainwright is a skilled surgeon. Sure, her patients might smell like mold and have spines made of leather, but no ailing book is going to die on her watch. The same can't be said of Abraham Karastovsky, Brooklyn's friend and former employer. On the eve of the celebration for his latest book restoration, Brooklyn finds her mentor lying a pool of his own blood. With his final breath, Abrah
How to Solve Your Own Murder
Kristen Perrin · 358 pages