8 Top crime books like Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery by Rosalie Knecht

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Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery

By: Rosalie Knecht

3.88

Format: 249 pages, Paperback

When ex-CIA agent Vera Kelly loses her job and her girlfriend in a single day, she reluctantly goes…

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1. Hell and Good Company: The Spanish Civil War and the World it Made

By: Richard Rhodes

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the Pulitzer Prize winning and bestselling author of The Making of the Atomic Bombthe remarkab… read more

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2. This Is Where We Live

By: Janelle Brown

4.04

Format: 9 pages, Hardcover

A novel about subprime mortgages, ruthless Hollywood economics, and the unraveling of a young marri… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook

3. Some Enchanted Éclair (A Magical Bakery Mystery, #4)

By: Bailey Cates

3.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

FLOUR POWER When Hollywood invades Savannah's historic district to film a Revolutionary War movie, … read more

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4. Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3)

By: Ashley Herring Blake

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone around Iris Kelly is in love. Her best friends are all coupled up, her siblings have partn… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Herring Blake's Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3) book and Rosalie Knecht's Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
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5. The Bangalore Detectives Club (Bangalore Detectives Club, #1)

By: Harini Nagendra

3.62

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The first in a charming, joyful cozy crime series set in 1920s Bangalore, featuring sari-wearing de… read more

Similar categories in Harini Nagendra's The Bangalore Detectives Club (Bangalore Detectives Club, #1) book and Rosalie Knecht's Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

By: Tana French

4.12

Format: 467 pages, Hardcover

It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"She'll bake bread and make jam, because she likes those made her way, but she says she cooked a good meal from scratch every night of her marriage, and now if she wants to live mainly off toasted san…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

"Trey has a bone-deep mistrust of marriage or anything resembling it. She knows that Lena sometimes stays the night at Cal's place, but Lena also has a place of her own, which she can go back to whene…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

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7. Shrines of Gaiety

By: Kate Atkinson

3.85

Format: 439 pages, Hardcover

London 1926. Roaring Twenties. Corruption. Seduction. Debts due. In a country still recovering … read more

Similar categories in Kate Atkinson's Shrines of Gaiety book and Rosalie Knecht's Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"The library had not been a career choice. After all, who would choose to be a librarian?"

-Kate Atkinson, Shrines of Gaiety

"His head was always in the clouds. 'I'm writing a novel,' he told her. As if that was something to crow about. As if there weren't enough novels in the world already."

-Kate Atkinson, Shrines of Gaiety

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8. When Worlds Collide

By: Erin Zak

4.41

Format: 376 pages, ebook

In the glittering world of Broadway, where dreams take center stage and the city that never sleeps … read more

Similar categories in Erin Zak's When Worlds Collide book and Rosalie Knecht's Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery

  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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9. Dead in Long Beach, California

By: Venita Blackburn

3.16

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

"This book rewired my brain; it's a bonafide knockout." ―Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth "Y… read more

Similar categories in Venita Blackburn's Dead in Long Beach, California book and Rosalie Knecht's Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • queer
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10. Rhythm and Clues (The Record Shop Mysteries, #3)

By: Olivia Blacke

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The rhythm is gonna get you. It’s been five whole months since the last murder in Cedar River, T… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Blacke's Rhythm and Clues (The Record Shop Mysteries, #3) book and Rosalie Knecht's Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder Crossed Her Mind (Pentecost and Parker, #4) by Stephen Spotswood

11. Murder Crossed Her Mind (Pentecost and Parker, #4)

By: Stephen Spotswood

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The latest action-packed installment in the Nero Award-winning Pentecost & Parker Mystery series fo… read more

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  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • queer
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12. Fortune Favors the Dead (Pentecost and Parker, #1)

By: Stephen Spotswood

4.03

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

A wildly charming and fast-paced mystery written with all the panache of the hardboiled classics, F… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Spotswood's Fortune Favors the Dead (Pentecost and Parker, #1) book and Rosalie Knecht's Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • queer
"The lady of the house has gone adventuring and I know not where."

-Stephen Spotswood, Fortune Favors the Dead (Pentecost and Parker, #1)

"I'm to take Becca Collins out dancing and try to get a glimpse of her inner workings?' 'Don't be crude.' She sniffed and, dare I say it, blushed a little. 'I trust you to use your best judgment. Don'…"

-Stephen Spotswood, Fortune Favors the Dead (Pentecost and Parker, #1)

"It's the ones that look like they're sleeping that I have a hard time with. Eventually, I notice the stillness. The absence of things I take for granted: the slow in-and-out of regular breathing, the…"

-Stephen Spotswood, Fortune Favors the Dead (Pentecost and Parker, #1)

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13. The Verifiers (Claudia Lin)

By: Jane Pek

3.50

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

Introducing a sharp-witted heroine for the 21st century: a new amateur sleuth exploring the landsca… read more

Similar categories in Jane Pek's The Verifiers (Claudia Lin) book and Rosalie Knecht's Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • queer
"If this were a novel, he might simply be a poorly written character. But there are no poorly written people. Only ones you don't yet understand."

-Jane Pek, The Verifiers (Claudia Lin)

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14. Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

By: Margot Douaihy

3.20

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Sister Holiday, a chain-smoking, heavily tattooed, queer nun, puts her amateur sleuthing skills to … read more

Similar categories in Margot Douaihy's Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1) book and Rosalie Knecht's Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • queer
"There is a sublime wholeness in holding one another, fitting into other bodies. We eat the body of Christ. We drink the blood. So many years later, Nina’s taste still laced my mouth—champagne, sweat,…"

-Margot Douaihy, Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

"I loved the chase. Even Riveaux’s insane driving. Not just the velocity but the violence of it all. I liked speeding through red lights. Headfirst to the edge. Scraping enough skin to burn not bleed.…"

-Margot Douaihy, Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

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15. Lavender House (Evander Mills, #1)

By: Lev A.C. Rosen

3.87

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

Lavender House, 1952: the family seat of recently deceased matriarch Irene Lamontaine, head of the … read more

Similar categories in Lev A.C. Rosen's Lavender House (Evander Mills, #1) book and Rosalie Knecht's Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • queer
"Even when your dream is taken from you, you can have a great new life."

-Lev A.C. Rosen, Lavender House (Evander Mills, #1)

"People are always trying to claim you, without ever listening to who you are. They want you to be something else, to be the role they have for you in the family. But really, we're all better off just…"

-Lev A.C. Rosen, Lavender House (Evander Mills, #1)

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16. The Bell in the Fog (Evander Mills, #2)

By: Lev A.C. Rosen

4.17

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

The Bell in the Fog, a dazzling historical mystery by Lev AC Rosen, asks―once you have finally foun… read more

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  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • queer
Cover of Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery by Rosalie Knecht

17. Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery

By: Rosalie Knecht

3.88

Format: 249 pages, Paperback

When ex-CIA agent Vera Kelly loses her job and her girlfriend in a single day, she reluctantly goes… read more

Similar categories in Rosalie Knecht's Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery book and Rosalie Knecht's Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • queer
Cover of Murder Under Her Skin (Pentecost and Parker, #2) by Stephen Spotswood

18. Murder Under Her Skin (Pentecost and Parker, #2)

By: Stephen Spotswood

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Stephen Spotswood hard-boils with the best of 'em! --Alan Bradley, bestselling author of the Flavia… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Spotswood's Murder Under Her Skin (Pentecost and Parker, #2) book and Rosalie Knecht's Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • queer
Cover of Secrets Typed in Blood (Pentecost & Parker, #3) by Stephen Spotswood

19. Secrets Typed in Blood (Pentecost & Parker, #3)

By: Stephen Spotswood

4.14

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

In the newest entry into the Nero Award-winning Parker & Pentecost Mystery series ("my new favorite… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Spotswood's Secrets Typed in Blood (Pentecost & Parker, #3) book and Rosalie Knecht's Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • queer
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20. Blessed Water (Sister Holiday Mystery #2)

By: Margot Douaihy

3.59

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Sister Holiday is back with a newly minted PI apprentice certificate, a twisty mystery to solve, an… read more

Similar categories in Margot Douaihy's Blessed Water (Sister Holiday Mystery #2) book and Rosalie Knecht's Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • queer
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21. The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel

By: Denise Mina

3.61

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Philip Marlowe is on the hunt for a missing heiress in L.A. —and up against a rival PI—in this smar… read more

Similar categories in Denise Mina's The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel book and Rosalie Knecht's Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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22. The Continental Affair

By: Christine Mangan

3.41

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

With gorgeous prose, European glamour, and an expansive wanderlust, Christine Mangan's The Continen… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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23. Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South

By: Winfred Rembert

4.57

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Winfred Rembert grew up as a field hand on a Georgia plantation. He embraced the Civil Rights Movem… read more

Similar categories in Winfred Rembert's Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South book and Rosalie Knecht's Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery

  • audiobook
Cover of Sam & Ilsa's Last Hurrah by Rachel Cohn

24. Sam & Ilsa's Last Hurrah

By: Rachel Cohn

2.78

Format: 211 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times Bestselling duo behind Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist and The Twelve Days of D… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"There’s such power in that, being someone’s focus."

-Rachel Cohn, Sam & Ilsa's Last Hurrah

"It's like a fairy tale, and we're the shadows who are turning back into boys."

-Rachel Cohn, Sam & Ilsa's Last Hurrah

"I’ve tried breaking things to feel better and found that it only feels better while things are breaking."

-Rachel Cohn, Sam & Ilsa's Last Hurrah

"Do you know what I learned? I learned that leaving is bullshit. Because you always take yourself wherever you go."

-Rachel Cohn, Sam & Ilsa's Last Hurrah

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25. Kissing Girls on Shabbat: A Memoir

By: Sara Glass

4.38

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A moving coming-of-age memoir in the vein of Unorthodox and Brazen , about one young woman’s desper… read more

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  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • queer
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26. Murder Most Actual

By: Alexis Hall

3.54

Format: 302 pages, ebook

From the author of Boyfriend Material and Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake comes a cozy mystery that … read more

Similar categories in Alexis Hall's Murder Most Actual book and Rosalie Knecht's Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery

  • queer
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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27. Catalina

By: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

3.65

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulne… read more

Similar categories in Karla Cornejo Villavicencio's Catalina book and Rosalie Knecht's Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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28. Side Notes from the Archivist

By: Anastacia-Reneé

4.25

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The award-winning, genre-crossing writer demonstrates her power as a funkadelic and formidable femi… read more

Similar categories in Anastacia-Reneé's Side Notes from the Archivist book and Rosalie Knecht's Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
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29. Not in the Plan

By: Dana Hawkins

3.83

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

Free-spirited coffee shop owner meets uptight coffee addict. Is an opposites-attract match brewing…… read more

Similar categories in Dana Hawkins's Not in the Plan book and Rosalie Knecht's Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
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30. Trust and Safety

By: Laura Blackett

3.90

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A wry yet tenderhearted novel about a couple who attempt to buy their way into a “wild and precious… read more

Similar categories in Laura Blackett's Trust and Safety book and Rosalie Knecht's Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
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31. Noah Frye Gets Crushed

By: Maggie Horne

4.22

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

In this cute and queer contemporary middle grade comedy about friendship, first crushes, and first … read more

Similar categories in Maggie Horne's Noah Frye Gets Crushed book and Rosalie Knecht's Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • queer

25 Best fiction books like Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery by Rosalie Knecht

This Is Where We Live

Janelle Brown

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3)

Ashley Herring Blake

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Bangalore Detectives Club (Bangalore Detectives Club, #1)

Harini Nagendra

3.62

Transform Your Habits

The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

Tana French

4.12

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The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown (Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation, #2)

Vaseem Khan

4.05

Transform Your Habits

The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra

Vaseem Khan

3.70

Transform Your Habits

The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star

Vaseem Khan

4.08

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Anthony Horowitz

4.18

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