50 Books like The clocks [by] Agatha Christie

The Murder at the Vicarage

by Agatha Christie • 1930

A tyrant colonel lies shot in the vicarage study. Everyone in the village had a reason.

4.04

219k+

🏘️ Village Murder Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏡 English Village 🤫 Small Town Secrets

The Murder at the Vicarage 96%

A tyrant colonel lies shot in the vicarage study. Everyone in the village had a reason.

by Agatha Christie 1930

4.04

219k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Murder Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏡 English Village 🤫 Small Town Secrets

After the Funeral

by Agatha Christie • 1953

A relative cries murder at a funeral, then turns up dead. Poirot steps in.

3.92

51k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏠 English Country House 💰 Inheritance Drama 🎭 Hidden Identity 🧠 Psychological Suspense

After the Funeral 96%

A relative cries murder at a funeral, then turns up dead. Poirot steps in.

by Agatha Christie 1953

3.92

51k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏠 English Country House 💰 Inheritance Drama 🎭 Hidden Identity 🧠 Psychological Suspense

The Body in the Library

by Agatha Christie • 2018

A corpse in a colonel's library draws Miss Marple into a village's hidden web of lies.

3.76

1k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👵 Elderly Detective 🎭 Mistaken Identity

The Body in the Library 95%

A corpse in a colonel's library draws Miss Marple into a village's hidden web of lies.

by Agatha Christie 2018

3.76

1k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👵 Elderly Detective 🎭 Mistaken Identity

The Sittaford Mystery

by Agatha Christie • 1931

A snowbound séance predicts murder. The suspect's fiancée knows the police have the wrong man.

3.77

32k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏠 Country House Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 👻 SéAnce ❄️ Snowbound Isolation

The Sittaford Mystery 94%

A snowbound séance predicts murder. The suspect's fiancée knows the police have the wrong man.

by Agatha Christie 1931

3.77

32k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏠 Country House Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 👻 SéAnce ❄️ Snowbound Isolation

A Shilling for Candles

by Josephine Tey • 1936

A film star drowns in Kent, a button accuses her friend, and Inspector Grant knows better.

3.92

10k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Social Satire 🇬🇧 1930s England

A Shilling for Candles 94%

A film star drowns in Kent, a button accuses her friend, and Inspector Grant knows better.

by Josephine Tey 1936

3.92

10k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Social Satire 🇬🇧 1930s England

The Man in the Brown Suit

by Agatha Christie • 1924

A Tube death and a cryptic note send a woman hunting stolen diamonds across the ocean.

3.95

127k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💎 Jewel Heist 🚢 Shipboard Mystery 🌍 International Intrigue

The Man in the Brown Suit 94%

A Tube death and a cryptic note send a woman hunting stolen diamonds across the ocean.

by Agatha Christie 1924

3.95

127k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💎 Jewel Heist 🚢 Shipboard Mystery 🌍 International Intrigue

Crooked House

by Agatha Christie • 1949

When a patriarch is poisoned, his granddaughter's suitor must unmask the killer living among them.

4.08

95k+

🔎 Golden Age Mystery 🏚️ Country House Mystery 🔪 Family Murder Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👧 Child Villain

Crooked House 93%

When a patriarch is poisoned, his granddaughter's suitor must unmask the killer living among them.

by Agatha Christie 1949

4.08

95k+ ratings

🔎 Golden Age Mystery 🏚️ Country House Mystery 🔪 Family Murder Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👧 Child Villain

The Secret Adversary

by Agatha Christie • 1922

Penniless in London, two friends stumble into a conspiracy of spies, impostors, and a stolen treaty.

3.84

72k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤝 Crime Solving Duo 💕 Partners To Lovers 🏙️ Post-Wwi London

The Secret Adversary 93%

Penniless in London, two friends stumble into a conspiracy of spies, impostors, and a stolen treaty.

by Agatha Christie 1922

3.84

72k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤝 Crime Solving Duo 💕 Partners To Lovers 🏙️ Post-Wwi London

Magpie Murders

by Anthony Horowitz • 2016

To find her author's killer, an editor must solve the murder in his unfinished manuscript.

3.94

170k+

📚 Nested Narrative 🏡 English Village Mystery 🕰️ Golden Age Homage 🧩 Meta Mystery 📜 Manuscript As Clue

Magpie Murders 93%

To find her author's killer, an editor must solve the murder in his unfinished manuscript.

by Anthony Horowitz 2016

3.94

170k+ ratings

📚 Nested Narrative 🏡 English Village Mystery 🕰️ Golden Age Homage 🧩 Meta Mystery 📜 Manuscript As Clue

The Mystery of the Yellow Room

by Gaston Leroux • 2006

A young reporter arrives at an isolated chateau to solve an attack inside a locked room.

3.65

15k+

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🕵️ Hidden Identity 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏰 Isolated Estate

The Mystery of the Yellow Room 93%

A young reporter arrives at an isolated chateau to solve an attack inside a locked room.

by Gaston Leroux 2006

3.65

15k+ ratings

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🕵️ Hidden Identity 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏰 Isolated Estate

The Body in the Dales

by J.R. Ellis • 2017

A London detective's first day in Yorkshire: a body in a cave, a village thick with secrets.

4.02

30k+

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Detective Duo 🕳️ Cave Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets ✉️ Blackmail

The Body in the Dales 93%

A London detective's first day in Yorkshire: a body in a cave, a village thick with secrets.

by J.R. Ellis 2017

4.02

30k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Detective Duo 🕳️ Cave Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets ✉️ Blackmail

Ordeal by Innocence

by Agatha Christie • 1958

A dead man is exonerated of murder. His family must find the real killer among themselves.

3.83

33k+

🧠 Psychological Mystery 🏠 Domestic Suspense ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🖤 Dark Family Secrets

Ordeal by Innocence 93%

A dead man is exonerated of murder. His family must find the real killer among themselves.

by Agatha Christie 1958

3.83

33k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Mystery 🏠 Domestic Suspense ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🖤 Dark Family Secrets

The Seven Dials Mystery

by Agatha Christie • 1929

A prank, a death, a missing clock. A socialite steps into a masked society's deadly conspiracy.

3.78

44k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏰 Country House Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Secret Society 🖤 Hidden Villain

The Seven Dials Mystery 93%

A prank, a death, a missing clock. A socialite steps into a masked society's deadly conspiracy.

by Agatha Christie 1929

3.78

44k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏰 Country House Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Secret Society 🖤 Hidden Villain

Cards on the Table

by Agatha Christie • 1936

Poirot joins four killers for bridge. Their host is dead before the last card is dealt.

3.96

75k+

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Closed Circle Suspects 🧠 Psychological Detection 🎩 Eccentric Detective 📝 False Confession

Cards on the Table 93%

Poirot joins four killers for bridge. Their host is dead before the last card is dealt.

by Agatha Christie 1936

3.96

75k+ ratings

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Closed Circle Suspects 🧠 Psychological Detection 🎩 Eccentric Detective 📝 False Confession

Hercule Poirot's Silent Night

by Sophie Hannah • 2023

Trapped in a crumbling Norfolk house at Christmas, Poirot hunts a killer who targets happy men.

3.68

12k+

👑 Golden Age Mystery 🏠 Country House Murder 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 🗝️ Family Secrets

Hercule Poirot's Silent Night 93%

Trapped in a crumbling Norfolk house at Christmas, Poirot hunts a killer who targets happy men.

by Sophie Hannah 2023

3.68

12k+ ratings

👑 Golden Age Mystery 🏠 Country House Murder 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 🗝️ Family Secrets

How to Solve Your Own Murder

by Kristen Perrin • 2024

A fortune-teller's prophecy foretold her murder; now her great-niece must solve it to inherit.

3.79

132k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🧩 Inheritance Puzzle 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 📂 Cold Case Revisited 📔 Diary Clues

How to Solve Your Own Murder 93%

A fortune-teller's prophecy foretold her murder; now her great-niece must solve it to inherit.

by Kristen Perrin 2024

3.79

132k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🧩 Inheritance Puzzle 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 📂 Cold Case Revisited 📔 Diary Clues

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

by Erle Stanley Gardner • 1936

A bishop's secret, a fake heiress, a murdered tycoon: Perry Mason must clear an accused mother.

3.86

2k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 👤 Hidden Heir 🎭 Impostor Plot 📻 1930s Crime

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop Summary

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop 93%

A bishop's secret, a fake heiress, a murdered tycoon: Perry Mason must clear an accused mother.

by Erle Stanley Gardner 1936

3.86

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 👤 Hidden Heir 🎭 Impostor Plot 📻 1930s Crime

The Word is Murder

by Anthony Horowitz • 2017

Six hours after she plans her funeral, a woman is murdered; a novelist shadows the case.

3.92

104k+

📖 Metafiction 🕵️ Consulting Detective 👥 Reluctant Partners 🎭 Theatrical Murder 💚 Envy As Motive

The Word is Murder 93%

Six hours after she plans her funeral, a woman is murdered; a novelist shadows the case.

by Anthony Horowitz 2017

3.92

104k+ ratings

📖 Metafiction 🕵️ Consulting Detective 👥 Reluctant Partners 🎭 Theatrical Murder 💚 Envy As Motive

Death at the Sign of the Rook

by Kate Atkinson • 2024

A stolen painting leads to a snowbound manor where a murder mystery weekend is no game.

3.71

26k+

🏠 Country House Mystery 🖼️ Art Heist 👑 Aristocratic Decay 🎭 Ensemble Cast ❄️ Snowbound Tension

Death at the Sign of the Rook 93%

A stolen painting leads to a snowbound manor where a murder mystery weekend is no game.

by Kate Atkinson 2024

3.71

26k+ ratings

🏠 Country House Mystery 🖼️ Art Heist 👑 Aristocratic Decay 🎭 Ensemble Cast ❄️ Snowbound Tension

Behold a Pale Horse

by Milton William Cooper • 1991

A detective uncovers a murder ring that fakes natural deaths with mind control and rare poison.

3.85

6k+

🕵️ Psychological Mystery 🔫 Crime Thriller 🧪 Murder By Poison 🕴️ Criminal Mastermind 🎭 Psychological Warfare

Behold a Pale Horse 93%

A detective uncovers a murder ring that fakes natural deaths with mind control and rare poison.

by Milton William Cooper 1991

3.85

6k+ ratings

🕵️ Psychological Mystery 🔫 Crime Thriller 🧪 Murder By Poison 🕴️ Criminal Mastermind 🎭 Psychological Warfare

The Final Problem

by Arturo Pérez-Reverte • 2023

An actor famous for playing a sleuth is stranded on an island with a locked-room killer.

3.65

10k+

🧩 Locked-Room Mystery 🕵️ Holmesian Pastiche 🎭 Meta Fiction 👤 Identity Swap ⚖️ Ambiguous Justice

The Final Problem 93%

An actor famous for playing a sleuth is stranded on an island with a locked-room killer.

by Arturo Pérez-Reverte 2023

3.65

10k+ ratings

🧩 Locked-Room Mystery 🕵️ Holmesian Pastiche 🎭 Meta Fiction 👤 Identity Swap ⚖️ Ambiguous Justice

The Mysterious Mr. Quin

by Agatha Christie • 1930

At country house parties, a quiet gentleman and a spectral stranger reconstruct buried crimes.

3.74

18k+

👀 Armchair Detective 🏠 Country House Mystery 📚 Golden Age Mystery 🔮 Supernatural Sleuthing 🥂 Secrets At A House Party

The Mysterious Mr. Quin 93%

At country house parties, a quiet gentleman and a spectral stranger reconstruct buried crimes.

by Agatha Christie 1930

3.74

18k+ ratings

👀 Armchair Detective 🏠 Country House Mystery 📚 Golden Age Mystery 🔮 Supernatural Sleuthing 🥂 Secrets At A House Party

The Dark Hours

by David J. Gatward • 2023

A murder game, a real corpse, a blizzard. Everyone trapped inside is a suspect.

4.48

6k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👮 Police Procedural 🎭 Murder Game Gone Wrong 🪦 Faked Death 🔍 Multiple Suspects

The Dark Hours 92%

A murder game, a real corpse, a blizzard. Everyone trapped inside is a suspect.

by David J. Gatward 2023

4.48

6k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👮 Police Procedural 🎭 Murder Game Gone Wrong 🪦 Faked Death 🔍 Multiple Suspects

Death of a Gossip

by M.C. Beaton • 1985

A gossip columnist joins a Highland fishing school. She's found strangled. Everyone wanted her dead.

3.64

22k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 👮 Small Town Constable 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 💌 Secrets And Blackmail

Death of a Gossip 92%

A gossip columnist joins a Highland fishing school. She's found strangled. Everyone wanted her dead.

by M.C. Beaton 1985

3.64

22k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 👮 Small Town Constable 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 💌 Secrets And Blackmail

The Cuckoo's Calling

by Robert Galbraith • 2013

A broke PI investigates a supermodel's death ruled suicide. Her brother hired him to prove murder.

3.89

630k+

🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 🎖️ War Veteran Protagonist 💎 High Society Murder 🔍 Investigative Duo 🗣️ Unreliable Witnesses

The Cuckoo's Calling 92%

A broke PI investigates a supermodel's death ruled suicide. Her brother hired him to prove murder.

by Robert Galbraith 2013

3.89

630k+ ratings

🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 🎖️ War Veteran Protagonist 💎 High Society Murder 🔍 Investigative Duo 🗣️ Unreliable Witnesses

The Westing Game

by Ellen Raskin • 1978

Sixteen tenants learn a dead man's will named them suspects. To inherit, they must find the killer.

3.99

237k+

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identities 🕵️ Child Detective 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 👥 Eccentric Ensemble Cast

The Westing Game 92%

Sixteen tenants learn a dead man's will named them suspects. To inherit, they must find the killer.

by Ellen Raskin 1978

3.99

237k+ ratings

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identities 🕵️ Child Detective 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 👥 Eccentric Ensemble Cast

The Thursday Murder Club

by Richard Osman • 2020

Four retirees in a quiet retirement village trade cold cases for a live murder investigation.

3.85

804k+

🧓 Retiree Sleuths 🔍 Cold Case Reopened 🤝 Unlikely Partnership 🫂 Found Family Ensemble 💬 Witty Mystery

The Thursday Murder Club 92%

Four retirees in a quiet retirement village trade cold cases for a live murder investigation.

by Richard Osman 2020

3.85

804k+ ratings

🧓 Retiree Sleuths 🔍 Cold Case Reopened 🤝 Unlikely Partnership 🫂 Found Family Ensemble 💬 Witty Mystery

Death in the Family

by Tessa Wegert • 2020

A traumatized detective, a missing man, and a storm-trapped family with secrets worth killing for.

3.65

5k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🏠 Family Secrets 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

Death in the Family 92%

A traumatized detective, a missing man, and a storm-trapped family with secrets worth killing for.

by Tessa Wegert 2020

3.65

5k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🏠 Family Secrets 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

Sunburned

by Katherine Wood • 2025

At her billionaire ex's island, a PI hunts a blackmailer; a deadly dive makes her suspect.

3.72

2k+

🕵️ Locked Room Mystery 💰 Wealthy Suspects ⏳ Past Comes Back ☀️ Summer Noir ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity

Sunburned 92%

At her billionaire ex's island, a PI hunts a blackmailer; a deadly dive makes her suspect.

by Katherine Wood 2025

3.72

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Locked Room Mystery 💰 Wealthy Suspects ⏳ Past Comes Back ☀️ Summer Noir ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone

by Benjamin Stevenson • 2022

A snowed-in family reunion turns lethal; the mystery writer knows every relative has killed before.

3.75

236k+

🎯 Fair Play Mystery 💀 Family Of Killers ❄️ Snowed-In Mystery 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🖤 Dark Family Secrets

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone Summary

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone 92%

A snowed-in family reunion turns lethal; the mystery writer knows every relative has killed before.

by Benjamin Stevenson 2022

3.75

236k+ ratings

🎯 Fair Play Mystery 💀 Family Of Killers ❄️ Snowed-In Mystery 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🖤 Dark Family Secrets

Death of an Earl

by G.G. Vandagriff • 2021

An Oxford poet must clear her fiancé's sister-in-law of murdering an earl.

4.27

1k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🎓 Oxford Academia 🏰 English Manor Murder 🇬🇧 Pre War England

Death of an Earl 92%

An Oxford poet must clear her fiancé's sister-in-law of murdering an earl.

by G.G. Vandagriff 2021

4.27

1k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🎓 Oxford Academia 🏰 English Manor Murder 🇬🇧 Pre War England

Murder at Holly House

by Denzil Meyrick • 2023

A hapless detective banished to a snowbound village unearths a chimney corpse and a coup.

3.20

11k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🏰 Country House Mystery 🕵️ Bumbling Detective 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Murder at Holly House 91%

A hapless detective banished to a snowbound village unearths a chimney corpse and a coup.

by Denzil Meyrick 2023

3.20

11k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🏰 Country House Mystery 🕵️ Bumbling Detective 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

A Man of Some Repute

by Elizabeth Edmondson • 2015

A wounded spy moves to a crumbling castle just as the vanished Earl is unearthed.

3.77

12k+

🏰 Country House Murder ❄️ Cold Case Investigation 🇬🇧 Postwar England 🕵️ Amateur Detective 🔒 Family Secrets

A Man of Some Repute 91%

A wounded spy moves to a crumbling castle just as the vanished Earl is unearthed.

by Elizabeth Edmondson 2015

3.77

12k+ ratings

🏰 Country House Murder ❄️ Cold Case Investigation 🇬🇧 Postwar England 🕵️ Amateur Detective 🔒 Family Secrets

The Stand

by Stephen King • 1978

Ten strangers are lured to an island and killed one by one, following a nursery rhyme.

4.35

853k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island 🎶 Nursery Rhyme Murders 🎲 Deadly Game ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

The Stand 91%

Ten strangers are lured to an island and killed one by one, following a nursery rhyme.

by Stephen King 1978

4.35

853k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island 🎶 Nursery Rhyme Murders 🎲 Deadly Game ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Walk the Wire

by David Baldacci • 2020

A mutilated body in oil country. An agent who never forgets. Secrets worth killing for.

4.15

65k+

🕵️ FBI Investigation 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🧠 Damaged Detective 🔪 Serial Killer 🕵️‍♂️ Conspiracy Thriller

Walk the Wire 91%

A mutilated body in oil country. An agent who never forgets. Secrets worth killing for.

by David Baldacci 2020

4.15

65k+ ratings

🕵️ FBI Investigation 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🧠 Damaged Detective 🔪 Serial Killer 🕵️‍♂️ Conspiracy Thriller

We Solve Murders

by Richard Osman • 2024

A bodyguard framed for murder, a retired cop, and a famous novelist hunt the real killer.

4.05

197k+

🕵️ Witty Mystery 👴 Retired Detective 🏘️ English Village 🤝 Unlikely Allies ⚡ High Stakes Cozy

We Solve Murders 91%

A bodyguard framed for murder, a retired cop, and a famous novelist hunt the real killer.

by Richard Osman 2024

4.05

197k+ ratings

🕵️ Witty Mystery 👴 Retired Detective 🏘️ English Village 🤝 Unlikely Allies ⚡ High Stakes Cozy

Still Life

by Louise Penny • 2005

An antique arrow kills a retired teacher in a Quebec village where no one locks their doors.

3.90

288k+

🏘️ Cozy Village Mystery 🫂 Found Family 🎩 Gentleman Detective 📚 Literary Cozy 🤫 Small-Town Secrets

Still Life 91%

An antique arrow kills a retired teacher in a Quebec village where no one locks their doors.

by Louise Penny 2005

3.90

288k+ ratings

🏘️ Cozy Village Mystery 🫂 Found Family 🎩 Gentleman Detective 📚 Literary Cozy 🤫 Small-Town Secrets

The Ipcress File

by Len Deighton • 1962

A cynical agent tracks missing scientists into a brainwashing plot where his own side is the enemy.

3.91

18k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🧠 Brainwashing Conspiracy 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Double Agent Betrayal 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere

The Ipcress File 91%

A cynical agent tracks missing scientists into a brainwashing plot where his own side is the enemy.

by Len Deighton 1962

3.91

18k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🧠 Brainwashing Conspiracy 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Double Agent Betrayal 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere

Mother-Daughter Murder Night

by Nina Simon • 2023

When her granddaughter is accused of murder, a mogul with cancer investigates in a coastal town.

3.55

117k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuthing 🏘️ Small Town Murder 🔒 Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 📖 Character-Driven Mystery

Mother-Daughter Murder Night 91%

When her granddaughter is accused of murder, a mogul with cancer investigates in a coastal town.

by Nina Simon 2023

3.55

117k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuthing 🏘️ Small Town Murder 🔒 Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 📖 Character-Driven Mystery

The Death of Mrs. Westaway

by Ruth Ware • 2018

Crushed by debt, a tarot reader fakes an inheritance claim and enters a mansion built on murder.

3.79

202k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Family Secrets 🎭 False Identity 📜 Inheritance Drama 🏠 Creepy Old House

The Death of Mrs. Westaway 91%

Crushed by debt, a tarot reader fakes an inheritance claim and enters a mansion built on murder.

by Ruth Ware 2018

3.79

202k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Family Secrets 🎭 False Identity 📜 Inheritance Drama 🏠 Creepy Old House

The Night in Question

by Susan Fletcher • 2024

After her care home manager's window plunge, an 87-year-old sleuth unearths a death-haunted past.

4.02

3k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏡 Retirement Home 👵 Elderly Protagonist ❤️ Late-Life Romance 🤫 Hidden Identities

The Night in Question 91%

After her care home manager's window plunge, an 87-year-old sleuth unearths a death-haunted past.

by Susan Fletcher 2024

4.02

3k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏡 Retirement Home 👵 Elderly Protagonist ❤️ Late-Life Romance 🤫 Hidden Identities

A Great Deliverance

by Elizabeth George • 1988

A beheading in Yorkshire, a mute confession sends two detectives into a family's darkest secrets.

4.03

52k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🎩 Aristocratic Detective 🤝 Unlikely Partners 🔒 Dark Family Secrets 🏘️ English Village Murder

A Great Deliverance 91%

A beheading in Yorkshire, a mute confession sends two detectives into a family's darkest secrets.

by Elizabeth George 1988

4.03

52k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🎩 Aristocratic Detective 🤝 Unlikely Partners 🔒 Dark Family Secrets 🏘️ English Village Murder

Don't Let Go

by Harlan Coben • 2017

Fifteen years after his twin died, a cop's missing girlfriend reappears at a murder scene.

4.05

82k+

🔍 Cold Case 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🚀 Cold War Mystery 👤 Missing Persons 🕯️ Secret Society

Don't Let Go 91%

Fifteen years after his twin died, a cop's missing girlfriend reappears at a murder scene.

by Harlan Coben 2017

4.05

82k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🚀 Cold War Mystery 👤 Missing Persons 🕯️ Secret Society

A Study in Scarlet

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1887

Dr. Watson meets Sherlock Holmes. A corpse, a bloody word, a trail to the Utah desert.

4.13

499k+

🏙️ Victorian London 🕵️ Eccentric Detective 📝 Sidekick Narrator ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🏜️ American Frontier

A Study in Scarlet 91%

Dr. Watson meets Sherlock Holmes. A corpse, a bloody word, a trail to the Utah desert.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1887

4.13

499k+ ratings

🏙️ Victorian London 🕵️ Eccentric Detective 📝 Sidekick Narrator ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🏜️ American Frontier

Murder in the Family

by Cara Hunter • 2023

A filmmaker revisits his stepfather's murder on camera, dragging his family into a fresh nightmare.

3.71

53k+

🥶 Cold Case Mystery 🎬 Documentary Mystery 🤫 Family Cover-Up 🕵️ Fake Identity 💔 Abuse Survivor

Murder in the Family 91%

A filmmaker revisits his stepfather's murder on camera, dragging his family into a fresh nightmare.

by Cara Hunter 2023

3.71

53k+ ratings

🥶 Cold Case Mystery 🎬 Documentary Mystery 🤫 Family Cover-Up 🕵️ Fake Identity 💔 Abuse Survivor

Sidney Sheldon's The Tides of Memory

by Tilly Bagshawe • 2013

Britain's Home Secretary buried her American past. The father of the child who died has found her.

3.91

7k+

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Sidney Sheldon's The Tides of Memory Summary

Sidney Sheldon's The Tides of Memory 91%

Britain's Home Secretary buried her American past. The father of the child who died has found her.

by Tilly Bagshawe 2013

3.91

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Thriller 💎 Glamorous Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔒 Family Secrets 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Rift

Casino Royale

by Ian Fleming • 1953

Tasked with bankrupting a Soviet paymaster, a British agent wagers his life at the baccarat table.

3.74

97k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🃏 High-Stakes Gambling 💔 Double Agent Romance 🥂 Bleak Glamour 🍸 Cynical Spy

Casino Royale 91%

Tasked with bankrupting a Soviet paymaster, a British agent wagers his life at the baccarat table.

by Ian Fleming 1953

3.74

97k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🃏 High-Stakes Gambling 💔 Double Agent Romance 🥂 Bleak Glamour 🍸 Cynical Spy

The Secret of the Old Clock

by Carolyn Keene • 1930

Teen detective Nancy Drew tracks a missing will hidden in a clock to outwit a greedy family.

3.97

85k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📜 Inheritance Mystery 🍵 Cozy Mystery Energy 🕰️ Hidden Will 🗝️ Secret Compartment

The Secret of the Old Clock 91%

Teen detective Nancy Drew tracks a missing will hidden in a clock to outwit a greedy family.

by Carolyn Keene 1930

3.97

85k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📜 Inheritance Mystery 🍵 Cozy Mystery Energy 🕰️ Hidden Will 🗝️ Secret Compartment

The Ministry of Fear

by Graham Greene • 1943

Winning a cake at a Blitz fête plunges a guilt-ridden man into a deadly spy conspiracy.

3.78

8k+

🕵️‍♂️ Wartime Espionage 💣 Blitz London 🧠 Amnesia Thriller 😔 Guilt-Ridden Hero 🎭 Mistaken Identity

The Ministry of Fear 91%

Winning a cake at a Blitz fête plunges a guilt-ridden man into a deadly spy conspiracy.

by Graham Greene 1943

3.78

8k+ ratings

🕵️‍♂️ Wartime Espionage 💣 Blitz London 🧠 Amnesia Thriller 😔 Guilt-Ridden Hero 🎭 Mistaken Identity

Hunting for Hidden Gold

by Franklin W. Dixon • 1928

Summoned to Montana, two brothers hunt for buried gold as a ruthless gang closes in.

3.93

7k+

⛏️ Gold Prospecting Mystery 🔍 Sibling Sleuths 🗺️ Hidden Treasure Hunt 🧠 Amnesia Plot 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Hunting for Hidden Gold 91%

Summoned to Montana, two brothers hunt for buried gold as a ruthless gang closes in.

by Franklin W. Dixon 1928

3.93

7k+ ratings

⛏️ Gold Prospecting Mystery 🔍 Sibling Sleuths 🗺️ Hidden Treasure Hunt 🧠 Amnesia Plot 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

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