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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorDeath Wears a Mask
Ashley Weaver · 354 pages
Amory Ames is looking forward to a tranquil period of reconnecting with reformed playboy husband Milo after an unexpected reconciliation following the murderous events at the Brightwell Hotel. Amory hopes a quiet stay at their London flat will help mend their dysfunctional relationship. However, she soon finds herself drawn into another investigation when Serena Barrington asks her to look into th
Murder Your Darlings
J.J. Murphy · 316 pages
When she stumbles over the dead body of drama critic Leland Mayflower and an aspiring writer named Billy Faulkner is accused of the murder, Dorothy Parker investigates with the aid of her fellow Algonquin Round Tablemates.
Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for a Murder
Catriona McPherson · 287 pages
Murder and Mendelssohn
Kerry Greenwood
To the accompaniment of heavenly choirs singing, the fearless Miss Phryne Fisher returns in her 20th adventure with musical score in hand. An orchestral conductor has been found dead and Detective Inspector Jack Robinson needs the delightfully incisive and sophisticated Miss Fisher’s assistance to enter a world in which he is truly lost. Hugh Tregennis, not much liked by anyone, has been murder
Murder on the SS Rosa
Lee Strauss · 173 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.
Murder at Maypole Manor
L.B. Hathaway
Excitingly, Private Detective Posie Parker has been asked to accompany Inspector Richard Lovelace of New Scotland Yard on an undercover mission. Their destination is a glittering New Year's Eve party at Maypole Manor, the cliff-top home of Lord Robin Glaysayer. Among the twelve members of the house-party are a famous film star, an artist, an Italian nobleman, a government spy and a clairvoyant. Wi
A Question of Death: An Illustrated Phryne Fisher Treasury
Kerry Greenwood, Beth Norling · 265 pages
The Honourable Phryne Fisher - she of the Lulu bob, green eyes, Cupid's Bow lips and diamant garters - is the 1920's most elegant and irrepressible sleuth. This all-new collection of Phryne short stories and other Phryne miscellany - including lists of Phryne's favourite designers, decadent cocktail recipes and other ephemera - is a gorgeously collectable, must-have treat for all Phryne fans. Lavi
Silent Murders
Mary Miley · 311 pages
"[Vaudeville actress turned Hollywood insider] Jessie's thrilled when Bruno Heilmann, a movie studio bigwig, invites her to a party. Shes even more delighted to run into a face from her past at that party. But the following day, Jessie learns that sometime in the wee hours of the morning both her old friend and Bruno Heilmann were brutally murdered. She's devastated, but with her skill as an actre
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
First Class Murder
Robin Stevens · 328 pages
Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are taking a holiday on the famous Orient Express. From the moment the girls step aboard, it's clear that everyone in the first-class carriage has something to hide. Then there is a scream from one of the cabins, and a wealthy heiress is found dead. But the killer has vanished - as if into thin air. Daisy and Hazel are faced with their first locked-room mystery - and wit
Murder, I Spy: A Dora and Rex Mystery (Dora and Rex 1920s Mysteries)
Lynn Morrison · 240 pages
A Gentleman of Fortune
Anna Dean · 346 pages
It is Richmond, 1806. Miss Dido Kent has developed rather a taste for mysteries. So when a neighbour dies suddenly, leaving her entire estate to her young nephew, Miss Dido can't help but be suspicious. When the local doctor pronounces an overdose as the cause of death, Miss Dido feels her inquisitiveness is justified.
Death Comes to Pemberley
P.D. James · 330 pages
Death Comes to Pemberly is a murder mystery based on the characters from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The novel joins Mr and Mrs Darcy after they have been married for six year and just as they are preparing to hold their annual ball in honour of Mr Darcy’s mother. Everything is going well, Jane and Bingley have arrived and their staff have preparations well in hand. Then the night befor
A Most Agreeable Murder
Julia Seales · 368 pages
The Riddle at Gipsy's Mile
Clara Benson · 284 pages
Lost in the mists of the Romney Marsh, Angela Marchmont stumbles upon the body of a woman whose face has been disfigured - presumably to prevent recognition. Who is she, and what was she doing out there in the middle of nowhere? The search for answers will take Angela from a grand stately home to London's most fashionable - and disreputable - nightclub, and into a murky world of illegal drinking,
Murder at Sedgwick Court
Margaret Addison · 264 pages
The Murder of Mr. Wickham
Claudia Gray · 386 pages