10 best-selling mystery books like Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3) by Elle Cosimano

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Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3)

By: Elle Cosimano

3.82

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Author and single mom Finlay Donovan has been in messes before―after all, she's a pro at removing b…

If you liked the mystery plot in Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3) by Elle Cosimano , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. First Lie Wins

By: Ashley Elston

4.05

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house w… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Elston's First Lie Wins book and Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Blunt honesty has more value than blind worship"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"It’s because you’re not ready to tell me the truth and I’d rather you not lie to me."

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"There’s an old saying: The first lie wins. It’s not referring to the little white kind that tumble out with no thought; it refers to the big one. The one that changes the game. The one that is delibe…"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

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2. Listen for the Lie

By: Amy Tintera

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if… read more

Similar categories in Amy Tintera's Listen for the Lie book and Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Men say shit,"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"What are you doing here?"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"We were all so repressed in our twenties,"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"Lucy, didn’t you want to be a writer once?"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

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3. Funny Story

By: Emily Henry

4.27

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common. Daphne … read more

Similar categories in Emily Henry's Funny Story book and Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3)

  • romance
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"No, no, no,"

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"For a few seconds, I'm nothing but a body seeking more of his."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"He loves me. Present tense. And I love him. He knows me, and I see him."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"To him, he's the brother who ran away. To her, he's the one who stays, even when he shouldn't."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

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4. The Heiress

By: Rachel Hawkins

3.87

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she’s not only North Carolina’s richest w… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Hawkins's The Heiress book and Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"One rarely finds salvation in Florida."

-Rachel Hawkins, The Heiress

"Sometimes it's fun to give people enough rope with which to hang themselves."

-Rachel Hawkins, The Heiress

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5. The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

By: Nita Prose

3.83

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

When an acclaimed author dies at the Regency Grand Hotel, it's up to a fastidious maid to uncover t… read more

Similar categories in Nita Prose's The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2) book and Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"We all make mistakes. It’s what we do after that matters."

-Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

"Mr. Grimthorpe and I have always maintained that books can rehabilitate anyone."

-Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

"You can fight monsters you can see, or you can run away from them. But the invisible ones are inescapable."

-Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

"It's a matter of polish," I say. "With most things, especially masterpieces, it's about removing the tarnish to reveal the shine."

-Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

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6. Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies (The Vacation Mysteries, #1)

By: Catherine Mack

3.53

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

Ten days, eight suspects, six cities, five authors, three bodies . . . one trip to die for. All … read more

Similar categories in Catherine Mack's Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies (The Vacation Mysteries, #1) book and Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3)

  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3) by Abby Jimenez

7. Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

By: Abby Jimenez

4.40

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he d… read more

Similar categories in Abby Jimenez's Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3) book and Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I'm going to let that tall drink of water slam me like a door."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

"I swear to God this guy is the epitome of If He Wanted To He Would."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

"The best kind of love doesn't happen on moonlit walks and romantic vacations. It happens in between the folds of everyday life."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

"I’ve been waiting my whole life to feel like this and I thought it was a curse that nobody else ever worked out. But it wasn’t. It’s just that they weren’t you."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

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8. The Paradise Problem

By: Christina Lauren

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Christina Lauren, returns with a delicious new romance between the buttoned-up heir of a grocery ch… read more

Similar categories in Christina Lauren's The Paradise Problem book and Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3)

  • romance
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"When we care about someone, they deserve the benefit of the doubt. We have to consider not only what they did, but also why they did it. Intent matters"

-Christina Lauren, The Paradise Problem

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9. Expiration Dates

By: Rebecca Serle

3.65

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Being single is like playing the lottery. There’s always the chance that with one piece of paper yo… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Serle's Expiration Dates book and Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"We have to be cracked open sometimes. We have to be cracked open sometimes to let anything good in. What I see now, emerging in the mirror, is this one, simple truth: learning to be broken is learnin…"

-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates

"There is nothing more terrifying than lying in a hospital bed and knowing your mom can't fix it. That she can't make it better. That no amount of bargaining with any doctor will carry you -- the both…"

-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates

"Joel and I don’t work because he’s my person, we work because I feel like I can be every bad and impossible version of myself with him. I can change. And it’s not even that I know he’ll still love me…"

-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates

"I often wonder what our responsibility is to other people, how much we owe them. Whose job is it to look out for our own happiness, Us, or the people who love us? It's both, of course. We owe ourselv…"

-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates

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10. Same Time Next Summer

By: Annabel Monaghan

3.76

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Beach Rules: Do take long walks on the sand. Do put an umbrella in every cocktail. Do NOT run in… read more

Similar categories in Annabel Monaghan's Same Time Next Summer book and Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2) by Abby Jimenez

11. Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2)

By: Abby Jimenez

4.32

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A novel of terrible first impressions, hilarious second chances, and the joy in finding your perfec… read more

Similar categories in Abby Jimenez's Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2) book and Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3)

  • romance
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You and me? We're different. We agree to be harmless to each other."

-Abby Jimenez, Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2)

Cover of The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties (Aunties, #3) by Jesse Q. Sutanto

12. The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties (Aunties, #3)

By: Jesse Q. Sutanto

3.54

Format: 278 pages, Paperback

What should have been a family celebration of Chinese New Year descends into chaos when longtime fo… read more

Similar categories in Jesse Q. Sutanto's The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties (Aunties, #3) book and Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3)

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. The Rom-Commers

By: Katherine Center

4.15

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

She’s rewriting his love story. But can she rewrite her own? Emma Wheeler desperately longs to … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Center's The Rom-Commers book and Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3)

  • romance
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"We don't get to know the whole story all at once. And where we're headed matters so much less than how we get there."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

"If my life were a screenplay, I'd end the story right there and roll credits - and then maybe rewind and watch it again."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

"But, it was okay. We don't get to know the whole story all at once. And where we're headed matters so much less than how we get there."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

"Humanity at its worst is an easy story to tell - but it's not the only story. Because the more we can imagine our better selves, the more we can become them."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

Cover of Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1) by Jesse Q. Sutanto

14. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1)

By: Jesse Q. Sutanto

4.04

Format: 339 pages, Paperback

Put the kettle on, there’s a mystery brewing… Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective? Sixty-year… read more

Similar categories in Jesse Q. Sutanto's Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1) book and Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3)

  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1) by Benjamin   Stevenson

15. Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

By: Benjamin Stevenson

3.79

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

Everyone in my family has killed someone. Some of us, the high achievers, have killed more than onc… read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1) book and Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3)

  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"But I promised to be reliable, not competent"

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

"Family is not whose blood runs in your veins, it's who you'd spill it for."

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

"Call me a reliable narrator. Everything I tell you will be the truth, or, at least, the truth as I knew it to be at the time that I thought I knew it."

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

"...my editor had crossed out my first go at this sentence and written Hypo=cold, Hyper=hot in the margin, in that helpful yet smug voice editors are born with, wishing to both correct you and impart …"

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

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16. Hello Stranger

By: Katherine Center

3.94

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

Love isn’t blind, it’s just a little blurry. Sadie Montgomery never saw what was coming . . . Li… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Center's Hello Stranger book and Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3)

  • romance
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon

17. Mother-Daughter Murder Night

By: Nina Simon

3.58

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

Nothing brings a family together like a murder next door. A lighthearted whodunnit about a gran… read more

Similar categories in Nina Simon's Mother-Daughter Murder Night book and Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2) by Steven  Rowley

18. The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2)

By: Steven Rowley

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Patrick O'Hara is called back to his guncle duties . . . This time for a big family wedding in Ita… read more

Similar categories in Steven Rowley's The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2) book and Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3)

  • romance
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. The True Love Experiment

By: Christina Lauren

4.11

Format: 409 pages, Hardcover

Sparks fly when a romance novelist and a documentary filmmaker join forces to craft the perfect Hol… read more

Similar categories in Christina Lauren's The True Love Experiment book and Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3)

  • romance
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"He is the stillness to my storm, the shadow to my bright sunlight, the Styles to my Harry."

-Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

"...tight, hyperaware realization that I want him close to me every second of every day from here on out."

-Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

"I'm consumed by a distracting ache, a sharp want, a desperation for this thing I already have in my arms."

-Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

"Romance isn't gratuitous bodice ripping. It can be, there's nothing wrong with that, but in the end, romance isn't about the fantasy of being wealthy or beautiful or even being tied to the bed."

-Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

Cover of The Honeymoon Crashers (Unhoneymooners, #1.5) by Christina Lauren

20. The Honeymoon Crashers (Unhoneymooners, #1.5)

By: Christina Lauren

3.58

Format: 5 pages, Audiobook

4 hours, 47 minutes A perfectionist maid of honor and a carefree, surfer-bro best man team up t… read more

Similar categories in Christina Lauren's The Honeymoon Crashers (Unhoneymooners, #1.5) book and Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3)

  • romance
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3) by Elle Cosimano

21. Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3)

By: Elle Cosimano

3.82

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Author and single mom Finlay Donovan has been in messes before―after all, she's a pro at removing b… read more

Similar categories in Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3) book and Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3)

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook

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