12 Top mystery books like The Promise of the Pelican: A Novel by Roy Hoffman

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The Promise of the Pelican: A Novel

By: Roy Hoffman

3.96

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

For fans of Harper Lee and Rita Mae Brown, Roy Hoffman's new novel is steeped in a sense of place--…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Promise of the Pelican: A Novel by Roy Hoffman , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Guardian Angel (V.I. Warshawski, #7) by Sara Paretsky

1. Guardian Angel (V.I. Warshawski, #7)

By: Sara Paretsky

3.90

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Racine Avenue is going upscale—bad news for hand-to-mouth residents like V I Warshawski. As tax bil… read more

Similar categories in Sara Paretsky's Guardian Angel (V.I. Warshawski, #7) book and Roy Hoffman's The Promise of the Pelican: A Novel

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Blackout (Kat Bronsky #2) by John J. Nance

2. Blackout (Kat Bronsky #2)

By: John J. Nance

4.08

Format: 672 pages, Paperback

When a passenger craft goes down near Cuba, is it an accident, a terrorist incident, or an attack b… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Revenge of the Spellmans (The Spellmans, #3) by Lisa Lutz

3. Revenge of the Spellmans (The Spellmans, #3)

By: Lisa Lutz

4.13

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

YOU THOUGHT YOUR LIFE WAS COMPLICATED Private investigator Isabel Spellman is back on the case and… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"I'm sorry you're angry" is NOT an apology."

-Lisa Lutz, Revenge of the Spellmans (The Spellmans, #3)

"ISABEL: Sorry I missed my session Monday. DR. RUSH: Would you like to tell me why? ISABEL: I was depressed. DR. RUSH: That's a good reason to come to therapy."

-Lisa Lutz, Revenge of the Spellmans (The Spellmans, #3)

"It's not like I didn't think I had any demons. I did, but I could name them- and even provide an address and telephone number for each. As far as I was concerned, those demons could go to therapy ins…"

-Lisa Lutz, Revenge of the Spellmans (The Spellmans, #3)

"The next week she withheld my paycheck until I signed a document (drafted by David) in which I promised not to marry Connor. Ever. I signed the document, took the check, and had David draft another d…"

-Lisa Lutz, Revenge of the Spellmans (The Spellmans, #3)

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4. Among the Lesser Gods

By: Margo Catts

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"Tragedy and blessing. Leave them alone long enough, and it gets real hard to tell them apart." Ele… read more

Similar categories in Margo Catts's Among the Lesser Gods book and Roy Hoffman's The Promise of the Pelican: A Novel

  • fiction
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5. Katherine Carlyle

By: Rupert Thomson

4.01

Format: 175 pages, Paperback

Katherine Carlyle is Rupert Thomson's breakthrough novel. Written in the beautifully spare, lucid, … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Hazard: A Sister's Flight from Family and a Broken Boy by Margaret Combs

6. Hazard: A Sister's Flight from Family and a Broken Boy

By: Margaret Combs

4.15

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

Hazardis a poignant, unflinching memoir of the emotional intricacies of growing up with a severely … read more

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7. Scratch One

By: Michael Crichton , John Lange

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

To prevent an arms shipment from reaching the Middle East a terrorist group has been carrying out t… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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8. Songs in Ordinary Time

By: Mary McGarry Morris

3.37

Format: 120 pages,

Songs in Ordinary Timeis set in the summer of 1960 - the last of quiet times and America's innocenc… read more

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  • fiction

9. Every Last Cuckoo

By: Kate Maloy

4.11

Format: 15 pages, Hardcover

Sarah Lucas imagined the rest of her days would be spent living peacefully in her rural Vermont hom… read more

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  • fiction

10. Claraboia

By: José Saramago

3.43

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

A accao do romance localiza-se em Lisboa em meados do seculo XX. Num predio existente numa zona pop… read more

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11. The Ice House

By: Laura Lee Smith

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From a writer who's been praised for her "intelligence, heart, wit" (Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-… read more

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12. Binary

By: Michael Crichton , John Lange

3.67

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

Political radical John Wright is plotting an act of mass destruction - and federal agent John Grave… read more

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13. Angel Landing

By: Alice Hoffman

3.60

Format: None pages,

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14. A Change in Altitude

By: Anita Shreve

4.39

Format: None pages,

Margaret and Patrick have been married just a few months when they set off on what they hope will b… read more

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15. Mary Coin

By: Marisa Silver

3.92

Format: 381 pages, Hardcover

*An NPR Best Book of 2013* *A BBC Best Book of 2013* In her first novel since The God of War,the cr… read more

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16. Modigliani Scandal

By: Ken Follett

3.88

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

In the modern art world of intrigue and competition, rumours had long flourished about the existenc… read more

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17. Summit

By: Harry Farthing

3.43

Format: 240 pages,

A summit is a summit, and the truth is the truth. But the view from 8,848 meters isn't always so cl… read more

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18. Garden of Stones

By: Sophie Littlefield

3.91

Format: 385 pages, Paperback

In the dark days of war, a mother makes the ultimate sacrifice. Lucy Takeda is just fourteen years … read more

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19. The Hired Man

By: Aminatta Forna

3.45

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

The new novel from the winner of the Commonwealth Writer's Prize, The Hired Man is a taut, powerful… read more

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Cover of The Hollow Place (Ray Wyatt #2) by Rick Mofina

20. The Hollow Place (Ray Wyatt #2)

By: Rick Mofina

4.38

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

While driving to Canada with her boyfriend to start a new life, Samantha Moore, a college student f… read more

Similar categories in Rick Mofina's The Hollow Place (Ray Wyatt #2) book and Roy Hoffman's The Promise of the Pelican: A Novel

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Art Collector's Daughter by Derville Murphy

21. The Art Collector's Daughter

By: Derville Murphy

4.18

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Love, art, and obsession, set between Nazi occupied Paris and rural Ireland. As the Germans adva… read more

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  • fiction
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22. The Promise of the Pelican: A Novel

By: Roy Hoffman

3.96

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

For fans of Harper Lee and Rita Mae Brown, Roy Hoffman's new novel is steeped in a sense of place--… read more

Similar categories in Roy Hoffman's The Promise of the Pelican: A Novel book and Roy Hoffman's The Promise of the Pelican: A Novel

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • legal thriller
Cover of Grave Descend by John Lange

23. Grave Descend

By: John Lange

3.76

Format: 203 pages, Kindle Edition

An Edgar Award finalist from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Jurassic Park: A diver ent… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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24. After the Rain

By: Laila Ibrahim

3.77

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

It began like any other Sunday morning…Jenn Henderson arrived home from brunch, threw some laundry … read more

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Cover of Second Shot (Helen Warwick #1) by Cindy Dees

25. Second Shot (Helen Warwick #1)

By: Cindy Dees

4.19

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This taut, action-packed thriller introduces unforgettable heroine Helen Warwick, a highly skilled … read more

Similar categories in Cindy Dees's Second Shot (Helen Warwick #1) book and Roy Hoffman's The Promise of the Pelican: A Novel

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Every Now and Then by Lesley Kagen

26. Every Now and Then

By: Lesley Kagen

3.64

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

For fans of Where the Crawdads Sing and This Tender Land. A heartfelt coming-of-age story about … read more

Similar categories in Lesley Kagen's Every Now and Then book and Roy Hoffman's The Promise of the Pelican: A Novel

  • mystery
  • fiction
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27. Once We Were Here

By: Christopher Cosmos

4.19

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

As World War II intrudes upon their home, three young friends risk everything for freedom, love, an… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Eternal Deception (The House of Closed Doors) by Jane Steen

28. Eternal Deception (The House of Closed Doors)

By: Jane Steen

4.36

Format: 476 pages, Paperback

Love or independence? Few choices remain for Nell and her new family on the Kansas frontier…Kansas,… read more

Similar categories in Jane Steen's Eternal Deception (The House of Closed Doors) book and Roy Hoffman's The Promise of the Pelican: A Novel

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Cozy Up To Murder (Cozy Up #2) by Colin Conway

29. Cozy Up To Murder (Cozy Up #2)

By: Colin Conway

4.11

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

A man hiding from his past. A detective hunting for a murderer. This is no time to bake a pie… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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30. Attribution

By: Linda Moore

4.06

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

Art historian Cate Adamson, still grieving the death of her brother and desperate to succeed, leave… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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31. An Act of Love

By: Carol Drinkwater

4.32

Format: 443 pages, Kindle Edition

France, 1943. Forced to flee war ravaged Poland, seventeen-year-old Sara and her parents find re… read more

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Guardian Angel (V.I. Warshawski, #7)

Sara Paretsky

3.90

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Blackout (Kat Bronsky #2)

John J. Nance

4.08

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Lisa Lutz

4.13

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Among the Lesser Gods

Margo Catts

4.43

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Drowning Ruth

Christina Schwarz

3.74

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Sue Miller

3.68

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A. Manette Ansay

3.39

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Wally Lamb

4.02

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