12 must-read crime books like The Cannonball Tree Mystery (Crown Colony #5) by Ovidia Yu

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The Cannonball Tree Mystery (Crown Colony #5)

By: Ovidia Yu

4.21

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

Has Su Lin summoned a tree demon who is now killing on her behalf? The overpoweringly fragrant f…

If you liked the crime plot in The Cannonball Tree Mystery (Crown Colony #5) by Ovidia Yu , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of The Salaryman's Wife (Rei Shimura #1) by Sujata Massey

1. The Salaryman's Wife (Rei Shimura #1)

By: Sujata Massey

3.62

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Japanese-American Rei Shimura is a 27-year-old English teacher living in one of Tokyo's seediest ne… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • asia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Singapore School of Villainy (Inspector Singh Investigates #3) by Shamini Flint

2. The Singapore School of Villainy (Inspector Singh Investigates #3)

By: Shamini Flint

3.88

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Inspector Singh is home - and how he wishes he wasn't. His wife nags him at breakfast and his super… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • asia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

3. A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder (Inspector Singh Investigates #1)

By: Shamini Flint

3.60

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Inspector Singh is in a bad mood. He's been sent from his home in Singapore to Kuala Lumpur to solv… read more

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Cover of A Nest of Vipers (Bangalore Detectives Club #3) by Harini Nagendra

4. A Nest of Vipers (Bangalore Detectives Club #3)

By: Harini Nagendra

3.79

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

This latest novel in the Bangalore Detectives Club mystery series takes the reader deep into the hi… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of Evil in Emerald (Harriet Gordon Mystery, #3) by A.M.   Stuart

5. Evil in Emerald (Harriet Gordon Mystery, #3)

By: A.M. Stuart

4.27

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

Craving a change of pace, Harriet Gordon, joins a local musical theatre production but when a fello… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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6. Terror in Topaz (Harriet Gordon Mystery, #4)

By: A.M. Stuart

4.37

Format: 373 pages, ebook

The next instalment in the riveting HARRIET GORDON MYSTERIES. The chance to pursue a new opportu… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of Death of a Lesser God (Malabar House, #4) by Vaseem Khan

7. Death of a Lesser God (Malabar House, #4)

By: Vaseem Khan

4.25

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

*** SHORTLISTED FOR HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR at the FINGERPRINT AWARDS ***In the fourth rip-roa… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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8. The Lost Man of Bombay (Malabar House #3)

By: Vaseem Khan

4.26

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

THE THRILLING NEW MYSTERY FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF MIDNIGHT AT MALABAR HOUSEBombay, 1950Whe… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Secrets of a Scottish Isle (Jane Wunderly, #5) by Erica Ruth Neubauer

9. Secrets of a Scottish Isle (Jane Wunderly, #5)

By: Erica Ruth Neubauer

3.65

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

On an isolated isle off the western coast of Scotland, spirited American Jane Wunderly must investi… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1) by John Shen Yen Nee

10. The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

By: John Shen Yen Nee

3.62

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films, this stunning, swashbuckling series opener by a po… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
"The British are oddly vulnerable to charm. I've found that in England it's often the easiest path to one's objective. And hurts none along the way."

-John Shen Yen Nee, The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

Cover of Chasing the Dragon: BY NEW BLOOD DAGGER AND SCOTTISH CRIME DEBUT SHORTLISTED AUTHOR (Betancourt Mystery Series Book 2) by Mark Wightman

11. Chasing the Dragon: BY NEW BLOOD DAGGER AND SCOTTISH CRIME DEBUT SHORTLISTED AUTHOR (Betancourt Mystery Series Book 2)

By: Mark Wightman

4.25

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

The much-awaited follow up to Waking the Tiger, shortlisted for the 2022 Crime Writers’ Association… read more

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  • crime
  • historical fiction
Cover of Murder Under a Red Moon (Bangalore Detectives Club, #2) by Harini Nagendra

12. Murder Under a Red Moon (Bangalore Detectives Club, #2)

By: Harini Nagendra

3.86

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

The latest novel in the acclaimed Bangalore Detectives Club series finds amateur sleuth Kaveri Murt… read more

Similar categories in Harini Nagendra's Murder Under a Red Moon (Bangalore Detectives Club, #2) book and Ovidia Yu's The Cannonball Tree Mystery (Crown Colony #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Long Odds in Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 13) by Harriet Steel

13. Long Odds in Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 13)

By: Harriet Steel

4.39

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

When Nuala’s premier race meeting ends in controversy and a tragic death, Inspector Shanti de Silva… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Mumbai Murder Mystery  (Temple Hill Mystery #1) by Meeti Shroff-Shah

14. A Mumbai Murder Mystery (Temple Hill Mystery #1)

By: Meeti Shroff-Shah

4.06

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

Among the rarefied circles of Mumbai’s posh Temple Hill, there is nothing more tragic than the loss… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Mistress of Bhatia House (Perveen Mistry, #4) by Sujata Massey

15. The Mistress of Bhatia House (Perveen Mistry, #4)

By: Sujata Massey

4.02

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Bombay’s only female solicitor, Perveen Mistry, grapples with class divisions, sexism, and complex … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Waking the Tiger by Mark  Wightman

16. Waking the Tiger

By: Mark Wightman

4.35

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

Shortlisted for a Crime Writers' Association John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2022.Finalist for the … read more

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  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Retreat from Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 14) by Harriet Steel

17. Retreat from Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 14)

By: Harriet Steel

4.27

Format: 198 pages, Kindle Edition

Shanti and Jane de Silva’s peaceful retreat at a mountain monastery rapidly turns into something fa… read more

Similar categories in Harriet Steel's Retreat from Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 14) book and Ovidia Yu's The Cannonball Tree Mystery (Crown Colony #5)

  • mystery
Cover of The Cannonball Tree Mystery  (Crown Colony #5) by Ovidia Yu

18. The Cannonball Tree Mystery (Crown Colony #5)

By: Ovidia Yu

4.21

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

Has Su Lin summoned a tree demon who is now killing on her behalf? The overpoweringly fragrant f… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • asia
  • adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of A Matrimonial Murder (Temple Hill Mystery #2) by Meeti Shroff-Shah

19. A Matrimonial Murder (Temple Hill Mystery #2)

By: Meeti Shroff-Shah

4.06

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

Some people will kill for the perfect match. Radhi has a new crime to solve. The body of the ass… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Break from Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 11) by Harriet Steel

20. Break from Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 11)

By: Harriet Steel

4.38

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

It is autumn 1940, and Inspector de Silva and his wife Jane are looking forward to a well-earned ho… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11) by Alan Bradley

21. What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11)

By: Alan Bradley

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the absence of adult supervision, Flavia has taken on the mentorship of her “pestilent” younger … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime

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