30 must-read mystery books like Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2) by G.M. Malliet

Cover of Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2) by G.M. Malliet

Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

By: G.M. Malliet

3.25

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Crime writer-turned-amateur sleuth, Augusta Hawke finds herself drawn into her second mystery when …

If you liked the mystery plot in Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2) by G.M. Malliet , here is a list of 30 books like this:

Cover of Water Like a Stone (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #11) by Deborah Crombie

1. Water Like a Stone (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #11)

By: Deborah Crombie

4.18

Format: 407 pages, Hardcover

Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his partner, Sergeant Gemma James, take their sons to … read more

Similar categories in Deborah Crombie's Water Like a Stone (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #11) book and G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook

2. Now May You Weep (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #9)

By: Deborah Crombie

3.37

Format: None pages, Paperback

A gripping story of family rivalry, romance and sinister deeds, set in the haunting Scottish Highla… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Crombie's Now May You Weep (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #9) book and G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook

3. Where Memories Lie (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #12)

By: Deborah Crombie

4.04

Format: 538 pages, Hardcover

Erika Rosenthal has always been secretive with her friend and neighbor, Detective Inspector Gemma J… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Crombie's Where Memories Lie (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #12) book and G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

Cover of A Killing of Innocents (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #19) by Deborah Crombie

4. A Killing of Innocents (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #19)

By: Deborah Crombie

4.25

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestseller Deborah Crombie returns with a new novel focusing on Scotland Yard detect… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Crombie's A Killing of Innocents (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #19) book and G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

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

5. 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 G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Road to Murder (Tuscan Mystery, #4) by Camilla Trinchieri

6. 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 G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Of Manners and Murder (Dear Miss Hermione Mystery, #1) by Anastasia Hastings

7. Of Manners and Murder (Dear Miss Hermione Mystery, #1)

By: Anastasia Hastings

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

1885: London, England. When Violet's Aunt Adelia decides to abscond with her newest paramour, she l… read more

Similar categories in Anastasia Hastings's Of Manners and Murder (Dear Miss Hermione Mystery, #1) book and G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Death by Chocolate Raspberry Scone (Death by Chocolate Mystery, #7) by Sarah Graves

8. Death by Chocolate Raspberry Scone (Death by Chocolate Mystery, #7)

By: Sarah Graves

3.84

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Summer guests are eager to sink their teeth into the tantalizing desserts Jacobia “Jake” Tiptree an… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Graves's Death by Chocolate Raspberry Scone (Death by Chocolate Mystery, #7) book and G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

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

9. 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 G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder at la Villette (Aimée Leduc Investigations, #21) by Cara Black

10. 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 G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway, #15) by Elly Griffiths

11. The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway, #15)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.41

Format: 361 pages, Hardcover

The discovery of a missing woman's bones forces Ruth and Nelson to finally confront their feelings … read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway, #15) book and G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Proof of the Pudding (Her Royal Spyness #17) by Rhys Bowen

12. The Proof of the Pudding (Her Royal Spyness #17)

By: Rhys Bowen

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Lady Georgiana Rannoch is looking forward to her first ever turn as hostess for her very own house … read more

Similar categories in Rhys Bowen's The Proof of the Pudding (Her Royal Spyness #17) book and G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Word by Elly Griffiths

13. 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 G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3) by Elly Griffiths

14. Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.00

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

A murderer strikes at a school reunion--but the students are no strangers to death-- in this propul… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3) book and G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Harbinder paces her office. She still can’t stop herself thinking, Look at me with an office big enough to pace in ."

-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

"How many times can you reminisce about school? She doesn’t think Talgarth High has ever tried to gather its former students. To be fair, it would be hard with so many of them electronically tagged."

-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

"Aren’t you a Christian though?’ She remembers a comment about St Peter’s Italian church. ‘Not really,’ says Kim. ‘I just pick the bits I like from every religion. Is there a word for that?’ ‘Heretic,…"

-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

"Gary’s made a bit of a name for himself. He’s always in the papers going on about climate change being a hoax. That’s why I was surprised ….’ ‘Surprised by what,’ prompts Harbinder because the singer…"

-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

Cover of The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3) by Robert Thorogood

15. 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 G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Mother of the Bride Murder (A Lucy Stone Mystery, #29) by Leslie Meier

16. Mother of the Bride Murder (A Lucy Stone Mystery, #29)

By: Leslie Meier

3.79

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

As part-time Tinker’s Cove, Maine reporter Lucy Stone says “ oui” to her daughter’s surprise weddin… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Meier's Mother of the Bride Murder (A Lucy Stone Mystery, #29) book and G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder at the Elms (Gilded Newport Mysteries #11) by Alyssa Maxwell

17. Murder at the Elms (Gilded Newport Mysteries #11)

By: Alyssa Maxwell

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

As the nineteenth century comes to a close, the illustrious Vanderbilt family dominates Newport, Rh… read more

Similar categories in Alyssa Maxwell's Murder at the Elms (Gilded Newport Mysteries #11) book and G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of An American in Scotland by Lucy Connelly

18. An American in Scotland

By: Lucy Connelly

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The small idyllic town of Sea Isle, Scotland, harbors some dark secrets, and Dr. Emilia McRoy is de… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Connelly's An American in Scotland book and G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Sign of Four Spirits (Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery, #9) by Vicki Delany

19. The Sign of Four Spirits (Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery, #9)

By: Vicki Delany

4.09

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Gemma Doyle won’t be spooked when a body shows up at the psychic fair in bestselling author Vicki D… read more

Similar categories in Vicki Delany's The Sign of Four Spirits (Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery, #9) book and G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Lady from Burma (Sparks & Bainbridge, #5) by Allison Montclair

20. The Lady from Burma (Sparks & Bainbridge, #5)

By: Allison Montclair

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In Allison Montclair's The Lady from Burma, murder once again stalks the proprietors of The Right S… read more

Similar categories in Allison Montclair's The Lady from Burma (Sparks & Bainbridge, #5) book and G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2) by G.M. Malliet

21. Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

By: G.M. Malliet

3.25

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Crime writer-turned-amateur sleuth, Augusta Hawke finds herself drawn into her second mystery when … read more

Similar categories in G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2) book and G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of A Murder Most French (American In Paris Mystery, #2) by Colleen Cambridge

22. 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 G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of A Cryptic Clue (Hunter and Clewe #1) by Victoria Gilbert

23. A Cryptic Clue (Hunter and Clewe #1)

By: Victoria Gilbert

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A retired librarian gets back to the books—and into a devilish murder case—in acclaimed author Vict… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Gilbert's A Cryptic Clue (Hunter and Clewe #1) book and G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of A Mansion for Murder (Kate Shackleton, #13) by Frances Brody

24. A Mansion for Murder (Kate Shackleton, #13)

By: Frances Brody

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

1930, Yorkshire. Intrigued by a mysterious letter from a stranger offering important information, P… read more

Similar categories in Frances Brody's A Mansion for Murder (Kate Shackleton, #13) book and G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Drop of Hemlock (Nightingale Mysteries, #2) by Katharine Schellman

25. 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 G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Raven Thief (Secret Staircase Mystery, #2) by Gigi Pandian

26. The Raven Thief (Secret Staircase Mystery, #2)

By: Gigi Pandian

3.80

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Multiple award-winning author Gigi Pandian is one of the best locked room mystery writers working t… read more

Similar categories in Gigi Pandian's The Raven Thief (Secret Staircase Mystery, #2) book and G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Mrs Pargeter's Patio (A Mrs Pargeter Mystery, 9) by Simon Brett

27. Mrs Pargeter's Patio (A Mrs Pargeter Mystery, 9)

By: Simon Brett

3.90

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A bizarre discovery right under Mrs Pargeter's patio turns a quiet and sunny June morning into a th… read more

Similar categories in Simon Brett's Mrs Pargeter's Patio (A Mrs Pargeter Mystery, 9) book and G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Devil You Know (Detective Margaret Nolan, #3) by P.J. Tracy

28. The Devil You Know (Detective Margaret Nolan, #3)

By: P.J. Tracy

3.55

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

LAPD Detective Margaret Nolan returns in The Devil You Know, the next book in the series where P. J… read more

Similar categories in P.J. Tracy's The Devil You Know (Detective Margaret Nolan, #3) book and G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6) by Kate Atkinson

29. Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6)

By: Kate Atkinson

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The stage is set. Marooned overnight by a snowstorm in a grand country house are a cast of characte… read more

Similar categories in Kate Atkinson's Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6) book and G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Miss Morton and the Spirits of the Underworld by Catherine Lloyd

30. Miss Morton and the Spirits of the Underworld

By: Catherine Lloyd

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Set against the timelessly intriguing backdrop of 1830s high-society London, this delightful histor… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Lloyd's Miss Morton and the Spirits of the Underworld book and G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of A Fashionable Fatality (A Lady and Lady's Maid Mystery, #8) by Alyssa Maxwell

31. A Fashionable Fatality (A Lady and Lady's Maid Mystery, #8)

By: Alyssa Maxwell

4.07

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Set in the Downton Abbey era of post-WW1 England, Alyssa Maxwell’s latest historical mystery finds … read more

Similar categories in Alyssa Maxwell's A Fashionable Fatality (A Lady and Lady's Maid Mystery, #8) book and G.M. Malliet's Invitation to a Killer (Augusta Hawke #2)

  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook

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