10 must-read mystery thriller books like The Continental Affair by Christine Mangan

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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…

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in The Continental Affair by Christine Mangan , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. The Secret Hours

By: Mick Herron

4.29

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "historical … read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's The Secret Hours book and Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"We’re the Secret Service. We’re not here to be liked."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"And you can shut your damn mouth too." "Now now. Casual profanity’s the sign of a small fucking mind."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"Come on. You can buy me breakfast." "I've already had breakfast." "So have I. What's that got to do with it?"

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"First Desk enjoyed coincidences the way she liked happy endings: outside of fiction, they were as trustworthy as a Tinder Profile."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

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2. Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories

By: Kate Atkinson

3.71

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling collection of eleven interconnected stories from the bestselling, award-winning author o… read more

Similar categories in Kate Atkinson's Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories book and Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Hello, Boy," Franklin said. He liked dogs, they were uncomplicated. "I'm a girl, actually," the dog said."

-Kate Atkinson, Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories

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3. Absolution

By: Alice McDermott

3.81

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

A riveting account of women’s lives on the margins of the Vietnam War. In Saigon in 1963, two yo… read more

Similar categories in Alice McDermott's Absolution book and Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
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4. Table for Two

By: Amor Towles

4.26

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a… read more

Similar categories in Amor Towles's Table for Two book and Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"And though she couldn’t remember the exact reference and whether it was from mythology or the Bible, she knew instinctively as they approached the pier’s limit she mustn’t look back."

-Amor Towles, Table for Two

"It is a funny aspect of life, thought Charlie, how a group of grown people can convince themselves to do something that none of them really want to do. They start by talking an idea into existence. O…"

-Amor Towles, Table for Two

Cover of The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) by Tana French

5. 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

Similar categories in Tana French's The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) book and Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • 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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6. The Helsinki Affair

By: Anna Pitoniak

3.44

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

CIA agent Amanda Cole is thrust into an international conspiracy involving high-profile assassinati… read more

Similar categories in Anna Pitoniak's The Helsinki Affair book and Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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7. Hunted

By: Abir Mukherjee

3.90

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A breakout thriller from an “enthralling” and award-winning writer: can two parents find their lost… read more

Similar categories in Abir Mukherjee's Hunted book and Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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8. Beirut Station: Two Lives of a Spy

By: Paul Vidich

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A stunning new espionage novel by a master of the genre, Beirut Station follows a young female CIA … read more

Similar categories in Paul Vidich's Beirut Station: Two Lives of a Spy book and Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
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9. The Stolen Coast

By: Dwyer Murphy

3.10

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Adrift in a sleepy coastal Massachusetts town, a man who ferries fugitives by day gets twisted up i… read more

Similar categories in Dwyer Murphy's The Stolen Coast book and Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"The experience was collective, but not the memory."

-Dwyer Murphy, The Stolen Coast

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10. Maybe, Perhaps, Possibly

By: Joanna Glen

4.14

Format: 438 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Costa-shortlisted author of THE OTHER HALF OF AUGUSTA HOPE and ALL MY MOTHERS The story… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Glen's Maybe, Perhaps, Possibly book and Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair

  • fiction
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11. Ilium

By: Lea Carpenter

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Set in the dark world of international espionage, from London to Mallorca, Croatia, Paris, and Cap … read more

Similar categories in Lea Carpenter's Ilium book and Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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12. 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 Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Continental Affair by Christine Mangan

13. 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

Similar categories in Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair book and Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • literary fiction
  • travel
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • audiobook
Cover of The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby by Ellery Lloyd

14. The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby

By: Ellery Lloyd

4.15

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Some women won't be painted out of history . . . Everybody knows that in 1938, runaway heiress a… read more

Similar categories in Ellery Lloyd's The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby book and Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Death of a Foreign Gentleman (Stephen Minter #1) by Steven  Carroll

15. Death of a Foreign Gentleman (Stephen Minter #1)

By: Steven Carroll

3.73

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Who killed Martin Friedrich? From award-winning writer Steven Carroll comes the first book in a ser… read more

Similar categories in Steven Carroll's Death of a Foreign Gentleman (Stephen Minter #1) book and Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
Cover of Goldenseal: A Novel by Maria Hummel

16. Goldenseal: A Novel

By: Maria Hummel

3.35

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A Gentleman in Moscow meets My Brilliant Friend in this novel of two estranged friends who reunite … read more

Similar categories in Maria Hummel's Goldenseal: A Novel book and Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. The Swan's Nest

By: Laura McNeal

3.73

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A tender and engrossing historical novel about the unlikely love affair between two great 19th-cent… read more

Similar categories in Laura McNeal's The Swan's Nest book and Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Betrayal of Thomas True by A.J.  West

18. The Betrayal of Thomas True

By: A.J. West

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It is the year 1710, and Thomas True has arrived on old London Bridge with a dangerous secret. One … read more

Similar categories in A.J. West's The Betrayal of Thomas True book and Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Prey (Sam Shephard Book 6) by Vanda Symon

19. Prey (Sam Shephard Book 6)

By: Vanda Symon

4.43

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

Fresh from maternity leave, Dunedin detective Sam Shephard investigates the unsolved murder of a hi… read more

Similar categories in Vanda Symon's Prey (Sam Shephard Book 6) book and Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair

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20. Sharp Glass

By: Sarah Hilary

3.57

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

Sarah Hilary, Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year winner and author of Black Thorn, re… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Hilary's Sharp Glass book and Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair

  • fiction
Cover of Pursued by Death by Gunnar Staalesen

21. Pursued by Death

By: Gunnar Staalesen

4.08

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

When Bergen PI Varg Veum becomes involved in the disappearance of a young activist, he comes up aga… read more

Similar categories in Gunnar Staalesen's Pursued by Death book and Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair

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