10 must-read cozy mystery books like The Body by the Sea (Commissaire Dupin, #8) by Jean-Luc Bannalec

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The Body by the Sea (Commissaire Dupin, #8)

By: Jean-Luc Bannalec

3.94

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In all of Commissaire Georges Dupin’s time living in Brittany, there has never been a murder on his…

If you liked the cozy mystery plot in The Body by the Sea (Commissaire Dupin, #8) by Jean-Luc Bannalec , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. The Curse of La Fontaine (Verlaque and Bonnet, #6)

By: M.L. Longworth

3.60

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

Chef Sigisbert "Bear" Valets has just opened his own restaurant, La Fontaine, in Aix-en-Provence. I… read more

Similar categories in M.L. Longworth's The Curse of La Fontaine (Verlaque and Bonnet, #6) book and Jean-Luc Bannalec's The Body by the Sea (Commissaire Dupin, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • france
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • international

2. Murderous Mistral: A Provence Mystery

By: Cay Rademacher

4.11

Format: 70 pages, Hardcover

An atmospheric murder mystery set in the south of France. Capitaine Roger Blanc, an investigator wi… read more

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3. The Road to Murder (Tuscan Mystery, #4)

By: Camilla Trinchieri

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the latest installment of the acclaimed Tuscan Mystery series, the sole witness at a crime scene… read more

Similar categories in Camilla Trinchieri's The Road to Murder (Tuscan Mystery, #4) book and Jean-Luc Bannalec's The Body by the Sea (Commissaire Dupin, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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4. Murder on the Vine (A Tuscan Mystery)

By: Camilla Trinchieri

4.08

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Ex-NYPD homicide detective Nico Doyle investigates the murder of a local bartender in the Tuscan co… read more

Similar categories in Camilla Trinchieri's Murder on the Vine (A Tuscan Mystery) book and Jean-Luc Bannalec's The Body by the Sea (Commissaire Dupin, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. Murder at la Villette (Aimée Leduc Investigations, #21)

By: Cara Black

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Parisian private investigator Aimée Leduc has been framed for the murder of her daughter’s father—n… read more

Similar categories in Cara Black's Murder at la Villette (Aimée Leduc Investigations, #21) book and Jean-Luc Bannalec's The Body by the Sea (Commissaire Dupin, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • france
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. 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 Jean-Luc Bannalec's The Body by the Sea (Commissaire Dupin, #8)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • 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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7. A Chateau Under Siege

By: Martin Walker

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

France's favourite country cop, Bruno, faces a dangerous threat to the town he polices and the peop… read more

Similar categories in Martin Walker's A Chateau Under Siege book and Jean-Luc Bannalec's The Body by the Sea (Commissaire Dupin, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • cozy mystery
  • france
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • international
  • audiobook
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8. So Shall You Reap

By: Donna Leon

4.07

Format: 262 pages, ebook

In the thirty-second installment of Donna Leon’s bestselling series, a connection to Guido Brunetti… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Given Loreti's position in society, the press had followed, panting. But they were to be disappointed by the police's failure to find any sign of what the English call "foul play," and so the investi…"

-Donna Leon, So Shall You Reap

"Brunetti, no fan of television, did occasionally watch nature documentaries, and so he was familiar with the pose cobras took when they were preparing to attack. They somehow managed to raise their h…"

-Donna Leon, So Shall You Reap

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9. Murder in Chianti (A Tuscan Mystery)

By: Camilla Trinchieri

3.87

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Set in the heart of Tuscan wine country, Camilla Trinchieri's new mystery introduces Nico Doyle, a … read more

Similar categories in Camilla Trinchieri's Murder in Chianti (A Tuscan Mystery) book and Jean-Luc Bannalec's The Body by the Sea (Commissaire Dupin, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.27

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr Ruth Galloway returns to the moody and beautiful landscape of North Norfolk to confront another … read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13) book and Jean-Luc Bannalec's The Body by the Sea (Commissaire Dupin, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. The Body by the Sea (Commissaire Dupin, #8)

By: Jean-Luc Bannalec

3.94

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In all of Commissaire Georges Dupin’s time living in Brittany, there has never been a murder on his… read more

Similar categories in Jean-Luc Bannalec's The Body by the Sea (Commissaire Dupin, #8) book and Jean-Luc Bannalec's The Body by the Sea (Commissaire Dupin, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • cozy mystery
  • france
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
  • international
  • audiobook
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12. Death in Print (St. Just Mystery, #5)

By: G.M. Malliet

3.71

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

A celebration in Oxford for university tutor and bestselling author Jason Verdoot, attended by DCI … read more

Similar categories in G.M. Malliet's Death in Print (St. Just Mystery, #5) book and Jean-Luc Bannalec's The Body by the Sea (Commissaire Dupin, #8)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. To Kill a Troubadour (Bruno, Chief of Police, #15)

By: Martin Walker

4.19

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

When a musician’s new song hits a political nerve, he finds himself in the crosshairs of Spanish na… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • france
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • international
  • audiobook
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14. The Bitter Taste of Murder

By: Camilla Trinchieri

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The follow-up to MURDER IN CHIANTI finds ex-NYPD detective Nico Doyle recruited by Italian authorit… read more

Similar categories in Camilla Trinchieri's The Bitter Taste of Murder book and Jean-Luc Bannalec's The Body by the Sea (Commissaire Dupin, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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15. Disaster at the Vendome Theater (Verlaque and Bonnet #10)

By: M.L. Longworth

3.97

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Calamity befalls the little Vendome Theater in the tenth installment of the sun- and wine-soaked Pr… read more

Similar categories in M.L. Longworth's Disaster at the Vendome Theater (Verlaque and Bonnet #10) book and Jean-Luc Bannalec's The Body by the Sea (Commissaire Dupin, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • france
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. Deadly Camargue (Roger Blanc #2)

By: Cay Rademacher

3.87

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

International Dagger Award shortlisted author Cay Rademacher delivers a captivating follow-up to hi… read more

Similar categories in Cay Rademacher's Deadly Camargue (Roger Blanc #2) book and Jean-Luc Bannalec's The Body by the Sea (Commissaire Dupin, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • france
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • international
  • audiobook
Cover of The Vanishing Museum on the Rue Mistral (Verlaque and Bonnet #9) by M.L. Longworth

17. The Vanishing Museum on the Rue Mistral (Verlaque and Bonnet #9)

By: M.L. Longworth

4.08

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A breezy, charming, and perfectly escapist mystery set in the heart of sun- and wine-soaked Aix-en-… read more

Similar categories in M.L. Longworth's The Vanishing Museum on the Rue Mistral (Verlaque and Bonnet #9) book and Jean-Luc Bannalec's The Body by the Sea (Commissaire Dupin, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • france
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
  • international
  • audiobook
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18. The Secrets of the Bastide Blanche (Verlaque and Bonnet, #7)

By: M.L. Longworth

3.98

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In the spine-tingling seventh book in the series, Verlaque and Bonnet must investigate when a contr… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • cozy mystery
  • france
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
  • international
  • audiobook
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19. The Last Drop of Hemlock (Nightingale Mysteries, #2)

By: Katharine Schellman

3.72

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

New York, 1924. Vivian Kelly has gotten a job at the Nightingale, a speakeasy known to the young an… read more

Similar categories in Katharine Schellman's The Last Drop of Hemlock (Nightingale Mysteries, #2) book and Jean-Luc Bannalec's The Body by the Sea (Commissaire Dupin, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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20. The Dark Edge of Night

By: Mark Pryor

4.16

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

“Sharp eyed and sharp mouthed police detective”* Henri Lefort, is determined to solve homicides and… read more

Similar categories in Mark Pryor's The Dark Edge of Night book and Jean-Luc Bannalec's The Body by the Sea (Commissaire Dupin, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • france
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33) by Donna Leon

21. A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33)

By: Donna Leon

4.05

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

In the thirty-third installment of Donna Leon’s magnificent series, Commissario Guido Brunetti conf… read more

Similar categories in Donna Leon's A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33) book and Jean-Luc Bannalec's The Body by the Sea (Commissaire Dupin, #8)

  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

6 Top murder mystery books like The Body by the Sea (Commissaire Dupin, #8) by Jean-Luc Bannalec

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Cara Black

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4.07

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The Road to Murder (Tuscan Mystery, #4)

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Murder on the Vine (A Tuscan Mystery)

Camilla Trinchieri

4.08

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Cara Black

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