12 best-selling thriller books like The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1) by John Shen Yen Nee

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The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

By: John Shen Yen Nee

3.62

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films, this stunning, swashbuckling series opener by a po…

"The British are oddly vulnerable to charm. I've found that in England it's often the easiest path to one's objective. And hurts none along the way."

-John Shen Yen Nee, The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

"The British are oddly vulnerable to charm. I've found that in England it's often the easiest path to one's objective. And hurts none along the way."

-John Shen Yen Nee, The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

"The British are oddly vulnerable to charm. I've found that in England it's often the easiest path to one's objective. And hurts none along the way."

-John Shen Yen Nee, The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

If you liked the thriller plot in The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1) by John Shen Yen Nee , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18) by Laurie R. King

1. The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18)

By: Laurie R. King

4.41

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, hoping for a respite in the French countryside, are instead caugh… read more

Similar categories in Laurie R. King's The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18) book and John Shen Yen Nee's The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Lost Birds (A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito #27) by Anne Hillerman

2. Lost Birds (A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito #27)

By: Anne Hillerman

4.29

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

“Anne Hillerman is a star.”—J. A. Jance, New York Times bestselling author From New York Times bes… read more

Similar categories in Anne Hillerman's Lost Birds (A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito #27) book and John Shen Yen Nee's The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5) by Anthony Horowitz

3. Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Ha… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Horowitz's Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5) book and John Shen Yen Nee's The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Locked in Pursuit (Electra McDonnell #4) by Ashley Weaver

4. Locked in Pursuit (Electra McDonnell #4)

By: Ashley Weaver

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The fourth instalment in the delightful series following safecracker Electra McDonnell fighting Naz… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Weaver's Locked in Pursuit (Electra McDonnell #4) book and John Shen Yen Nee's The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of A Nest of Vipers (Bangalore Detectives Club #3) by Harini Nagendra

5. A Nest of Vipers (Bangalore Detectives Club #3)

By: Harini Nagendra

3.79

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

This latest novel in the Bangalore Detectives Club mystery series takes the reader deep into the hi… read more

Similar categories in Harini Nagendra's A Nest of Vipers (Bangalore Detectives Club #3) book and John Shen Yen Nee's The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1) by Kristen Perrin

6. How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

By: Kristen Perrin

3.80

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

Frances Adams always said she'd be murdered. She was right. It’s 1965 and teenage Frances Adams … read more

Similar categories in Kristen Perrin's How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1) book and John Shen Yen Nee's The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"My favourite chess saying is very simple: You can play without a plan, but you’ll probably lose.’ - Rutherford Gravesdown"

-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

"You stupid b*tch, you think you're so worthy? You deserve nothing but a hole in the ground. You're a wh*re and a liar, and I swear if you don't stop this I'll snap your scrawny neck like a twig."

-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

"Don’t worry, Annie, I’m not going to murder you.’ ‘I appreciate that, Saxon,’ I reply. ‘I’m not going to murder you either.’ And then we both smile, because this is such a strange thing to say ten mi…"

-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

"You little b*tch, you think you can stand in my way? You're so used to getting what you want, with your perfect pretty face. If you don't stop I swear I'll ruin that face. I'll put your bones in a bo…"

-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

Cover of The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) by Jacqueline Winspear

7. The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.46

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow! Psychologist and… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) book and John Shen Yen Nee's The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"You've go to get on with it, my boy. Stop feeling sorry for yourselft, because what's done is done. You can't change it, so you've got to stiffen your backbone. You've a good job, a very nice roof ov…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

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8. The Last Word

By: Elly Griffiths

3.92

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in The Postscript Murders, are running a detective agency in Shoreha… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Last Word book and John Shen Yen Nee's The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder by C.L.   Miller

9. The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder

By: C.L. Miller

3.37

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this irresistible and thrilling debut novel, a former antique hunter investigates a suspicious d… read more

Similar categories in C.L. Miller's The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder book and John Shen Yen Nee's The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies (The Vacation Mysteries, #1) by Catherine  Mack

10. Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies (The Vacation Mysteries, #1)

By: Catherine Mack

3.53

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

Ten days, eight suspects, six cities, five authors, three bodies . . . one trip to die for. All … read more

Similar categories in Catherine Mack's Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies (The Vacation Mysteries, #1) book and John Shen Yen Nee's The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3) by Robert Thorogood

11. The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3)

By: Robert Thorogood

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The Marlow Murder Club is on the hunt for a killer... Geoffrey Lushington, Mayor of Marlow, dies su… read more

Similar categories in Robert Thorogood's The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3) book and John Shen Yen Nee's The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1) by John Shen Yen Nee

12. The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

By: John Shen Yen Nee

3.62

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films, this stunning, swashbuckling series opener by a po… read more

Similar categories in John Shen Yen Nee's The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1) book and John Shen Yen Nee's The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • china
  • audiobook
"The British are oddly vulnerable to charm. I've found that in England it's often the easiest path to one's objective. And hurts none along the way."

-John Shen Yen Nee, The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

Cover of A Murder Most French (American In Paris Mystery, #2) by Colleen Cambridge

13. A Murder Most French (American In Paris Mystery, #2)

By: Colleen Cambridge

4.03

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Postwar Paris is surging back to life, and its citizens are seizing every opportunity to raise a gl… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Cambridge's A Murder Most French (American In Paris Mystery, #2) book and John Shen Yen Nee's The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Mayors of New York (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith #15) by S.J. Rozan

14. The Mayors of New York (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith #15)

By: S.J. Rozan

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The new crime novel from the award-winning S. J. Rozan, where private investigators Lydia Chin and … read more

Similar categories in S.J. Rozan's The Mayors of New York (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith #15) book and John Shen Yen Nee's The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of A Deadly Walk in Devon (A Walk Through England Mystery, #1) by Nicholas  George

15. A Deadly Walk in Devon (A Walk Through England Mystery, #1)

By: Nicholas George

3.50

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For fans of M.C. Beaton, Martha Grimes, and Alexander McCall Smith, the first in a charming new mys… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas George's A Deadly Walk in Devon (A Walk Through England Mystery, #1) book and John Shen Yen Nee's The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8) by Sherry Thomas

16. A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8)

By: Sherry Thomas

4.19

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

Charlotte Holmes is accustomed to solving crimes, not being accused of them, but she finds herself … read more

Similar categories in Sherry Thomas's A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8) book and John Shen Yen Nee's The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Murders in Great Diddling by Katarina Bivald

17. The Murders in Great Diddling

By: Katarina Bivald

3.52

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

The best stories are the ones we didn't know needed to be told The small, rundown village of Gre… read more

Similar categories in Katarina Bivald's The Murders in Great Diddling book and John Shen Yen Nee's The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11) by Alan Bradley

18. What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11)

By: Alan Bradley

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the absence of adult supervision, Flavia has taken on the mentorship of her “pestilent” younger … read more

Similar categories in Alan Bradley's What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11) book and John Shen Yen Nee's The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Cabaret Macabre (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #3) by Tom   Mead

19. Cabaret Macabre (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #3)

By: Tom Mead

4.01

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This latest puzzle mystery from the author of Death and the Conjuror and The Murder Wheel takes sta… read more

Similar categories in Tom Mead's Cabaret Macabre (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #3) book and John Shen Yen Nee's The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6) by Allison Montclair

20. Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6)

By: Allison Montclair

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In post-WWII London, the matchmakers of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are involved in yet another … read more

Similar categories in Allison Montclair's Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6) book and John Shen Yen Nee's The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Trouble in Queenstown by Delia Pitts

21. Trouble in Queenstown

By: Delia Pitts

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

With Trouble in Queenstown , Delia Pitts introduces private investigator Vandy Myrick in a powerful… read more

Similar categories in Delia Pitts's Trouble in Queenstown book and John Shen Yen Nee's The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook

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4.29

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4.18

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3.31

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Marcia Muller

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