15 must-read mystery books like A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1) by Darynda Jones

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A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1)

By: Darynda Jones

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Sheriff Sunshine Vicram finds her cup o' joe more than half full when the small village of Del Sol,…

If you liked the mystery plot in A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1) by Darynda Jones , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Alaska Traveler: Dispatches from America's Last Frontier

By: Dana Stabenow

3.71

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Dana Stabenow was born in Alaska when it was a territory, grew up on and around fishing boats, work… read more

Similar categories in Dana Stabenow's Alaska Traveler: Dispatches from America's Last Frontier book and Darynda Jones's A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1)

Cover of Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine (Stephanie Plum, #29) by Janet Evanovich

2. Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine (Stephanie Plum, #29)

By: Janet Evanovich

4.17

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

Stephanie Plum breaks the rules, flirts with disaster, and shows who’s boss in this “fast and fun” … read more

Similar categories in Janet Evanovich's Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine (Stephanie Plum, #29) book and Darynda Jones's A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1)

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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3. The Recovery Agent (Gabriela Rose, #1)

By: Janet Evanovich

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Lost something? Gabriela Rose knows how to get it back. As a recovery agent, she’s hired by individ… read more

Similar categories in Janet Evanovich's The Recovery Agent (Gabriela Rose, #1) book and Darynda Jones's A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Thanks, but I’ll work rooms are better."

-Janet Evanovich, The Recovery Agent (Gabriela Rose, #1)

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4. Dirty Thirty (Stephanie Plum, #30)

By: Janet Evanovich

4.23

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Stephanie Plum, Trenton’s hardest working, most underappreciated bounty hunter, is offered a freela… read more

Similar categories in Janet Evanovich's Dirty Thirty (Stephanie Plum, #30) book and Darynda Jones's A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1)

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. 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 Darynda Jones's A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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6. Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice (Finlay Donovan, #4)

By: Elle Cosimano

3.92

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Finlay Donovan and her nanny/partner-in-crime Vero are in sore need of a girls’ weekend away. They … read more

Similar categories in Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice (Finlay Donovan, #4) book and Darynda Jones's A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1)

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"We can't go in there, Vero! Do you know what happens to women who go into creepy basements? Murder! Murder happens to women to go into creepy basements."

-Elle Cosimano, Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice (Finlay Donovan, #4)

Cover of Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson, #14; Mercy Thompson World, #20) by Patricia Briggs

7. Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson, #14; Mercy Thompson World, #20)

By: Patricia Briggs

4.40

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, must stop a disaster of world-shattering proportions… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Briggs's Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson, #14; Mercy Thompson World, #20) book and Darynda Jones's A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Locks only eve keep out people who aren't determined to come in."

-Patricia Briggs, Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson, #14; Mercy Thompson World, #20)

"Fine. When they shovel our frozen corpses out next spring, they can put 'They thought it would be fun' on our gravestone."

-Patricia Briggs, Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson, #14; Mercy Thompson World, #20)

"Saddest thin in the world is listening to a nineteen minutes of a twenty-minute sex scene," said Sherwood in a mock-mournful voice."

-Patricia Briggs, Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson, #14; Mercy Thompson World, #20)

"Are you embarrassed that your audiobook started in the middle of a very hot sex scene between three men in a swimming pool?" asked Sherood politely. "There's no reason to be embarrassed about that."

-Patricia Briggs, Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson, #14; Mercy Thompson World, #20)

Cover of The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center

8. The Rom-Commers

By: Katherine Center

4.15

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

She’s rewriting his love story. But can she rewrite her own? Emma Wheeler desperately longs to … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Center's The Rom-Commers book and Darynda Jones's A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1)

  • romance
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"We don't get to know the whole story all at once. And where we're headed matters so much less than how we get there."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

"If my life were a screenplay, I'd end the story right there and roll credits - and then maybe rewind and watch it again."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

"But, it was okay. We don't get to know the whole story all at once. And where we're headed matters so much less than how we get there."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

"Humanity at its worst is an easy story to tell - but it's not the only story. Because the more we can imagine our better selves, the more we can become them."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

Cover of Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1) by Jesse Q. Sutanto

9. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1)

By: Jesse Q. Sutanto

4.04

Format: 339 pages, Paperback

Put the kettle on, there’s a mystery brewing… Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective? Sixty-year… read more

Similar categories in Jesse Q. Sutanto's Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1) book and Darynda Jones's A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

By: Benjamin Stevenson

3.79

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

Everyone in my family has killed someone. Some of us, the high achievers, have killed more than onc… read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1) book and Darynda Jones's A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"But I promised to be reliable, not competent"

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

"Family is not whose blood runs in your veins, it's who you'd spill it for."

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

"Call me a reliable narrator. Everything I tell you will be the truth, or, at least, the truth as I knew it to be at the time that I thought I knew it."

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

"...my editor had crossed out my first go at this sentence and written Hypo=cold, Hyper=hot in the margin, in that helpful yet smug voice editors are born with, wishing to both correct you and impart …"

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

Cover of A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1) by Darynda Jones

11. A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1)

By: Darynda Jones

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Sheriff Sunshine Vicram finds her cup o' joe more than half full when the small village of Del Sol,… read more

Similar categories in Darynda Jones's A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1) book and Darynda Jones's A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1)

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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12. The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise

By: Colleen Oakley

4.05

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

Twenty-one-year-old Tanner Quimby needs a place to live. Preferably one where she can continue sitt… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Oakley's The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise book and Darynda Jones's A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1)

  • romance
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"He stilled midair, and then a slow grin spread across his lips. “Do you even know how to work that thing?"

-Colleen Oakley, The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise

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13. Hello Stranger

By: Katherine Center

3.94

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

Love isn’t blind, it’s just a little blurry. Sadie Montgomery never saw what was coming . . . Li… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Center's Hello Stranger book and Darynda Jones's A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1)

  • romance
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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14. Mother-Daughter Murder Night

By: Nina Simon

3.58

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

Nothing brings a family together like a murder next door. A lighthearted whodunnit about a gran… read more

Similar categories in Nina Simon's Mother-Daughter Murder Night book and Darynda Jones's A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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15. The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2)

By: Steven Rowley

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Patrick O'Hara is called back to his guncle duties . . . This time for a big family wedding in Ita… read more

Similar categories in Steven Rowley's The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2) book and Darynda Jones's A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1)

  • romance
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries (Camper & Criminals, #1) by Tonya Kappes

16. Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries (Camper & Criminals, #1)

By: Tonya Kappes

3.55

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to Normal, Kentucky~ where nothing is normal. Mae West, a far cry from the Hollywood actre… read more

Similar categories in Tonya Kappes's Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries (Camper & Criminals, #1) book and Darynda Jones's A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Veronica Ruiz Breaks the Bank (Finlay Donovan, #3.5) by Elle Cosimano

17. Veronica Ruiz Breaks the Bank (Finlay Donovan, #3.5)

By: Elle Cosimano

3.53

Format: 110 pages, Kindle Edition

A hilarious short story diving into Finlay Donovan's partner-in-crime Vero's past. Anyone can s… read more

Similar categories in Elle Cosimano's Veronica Ruiz Breaks the Bank (Finlay Donovan, #3.5) book and Darynda Jones's A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Finlay Donovan Is Killing It (Finlay Donovan, #1) by Elle Cosimano

18. Finlay Donovan Is Killing It (Finlay Donovan, #1)

By: Elle Cosimano

4.01

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

"Getting the job done" for one single mom takes on a whole new meaning in Finlay Donovan is Killing… read more

Similar categories in Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Is Killing It (Finlay Donovan, #1) book and Darynda Jones's A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1)

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3) by Elle Cosimano

19. Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3)

By: Elle Cosimano

3.82

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Author and single mom Finlay Donovan has been in messes before―after all, she's a pro at removing b… read more

Similar categories in Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3) book and Darynda Jones's A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1)

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller

20. Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

By: Kirsten Miller

4.19

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

The provocative and hilarious summer read that will have book lovers cheering and everyone talking!… read more

Similar categories in Kirsten Miller's Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books book and Darynda Jones's A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1)

  • audiobook
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead (Finlay Donovan, #2) by Elle Cosimano

21. Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead (Finlay Donovan, #2)

By: Elle Cosimano

3.98

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

Finlay Donovan is―once again―struggling to finish her next novel and keep her head above water as a… read more

Similar categories in Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead (Finlay Donovan, #2) book and Darynda Jones's A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1)

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook

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4.17

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Janet Evanovich

3.65

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Dirty Thirty (Stephanie Plum, #30)

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4.23

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3.97

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Jodi Picoult

4.19

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Katherine Center

4.15

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Catherine Newman

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