14 must-read mystery thriller books like The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers by Peter Lovesey

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The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers

By: Peter Lovesey

3.25

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Eighteen delightful holiday short stories by some of your favorite Soho Crime authors! This captiva…

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Cover of Smoke and Whispers (The Oxford Investigations, #4) by Mick Herron

1. Smoke and Whispers (The Oxford Investigations, #4)

By: Mick Herron

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Oxford private detective Zoë Boehm turns up dead in Newcastle, launching her friend Sarah Tucker in… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"If time was the means by which the universe prevented everything from happening at once, coincidence was the excuse it used when things occasionally did."

-Mick Herron, Smoke and Whispers (The Oxford Investigations, #4)

"A waitress had joined the gathering throng; was cruising with a bottle of fizz, topping glasses, all bright-eyed and shiny. Sarah guessed someone had once told her her eyes were her best feature, bec…"

-Mick Herron, Smoke and Whispers (The Oxford Investigations, #4)

Cover of The Dime Museum Murders by Daniel Stashower

2. The Dime Museum Murders

By: Daniel Stashower

3.49

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In 1897, New York City teems with hustlers and freshly made millionaires, fine artists and con arti… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
"Toleration is good for all or it is good for none."

-Daniel Stashower, The Dime Museum Murders

Cover of Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1) by Mick Herron

3. Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

By: Mick Herron

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

CWA Gold Dagger winner Mick Herron's debut novel introduces Sarah Tucker, whose search for a missin… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"He had never really lost his youth; he just kept it in a small room off the landing."

-Mick Herron, Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

"So she was waiting for the lecture; prolonged silence always led to the lecture. It was the last thing Sarah needed, and a list of the first things would have filled a book: a hug, a bath, an ear, so…"

-Mick Herron, Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

"On discovering a fire, the instructions ran, shout Fire and try to put it out. It was useful, heart-of the matter advice, and could be extended almost indefinitely in any direction. On discovering yo…"

-Mick Herron, Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

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4. A Christmas Visitor (Christmas Stories, #2)

By: Anne Perry

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Renowned for her acclaimed Victorian novels as well as a stunning new series set in World War I, An… read more

Similar categories in Anne Perry's A Christmas Visitor (Christmas Stories, #2) book and Peter Lovesey's The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers

  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook

5. The List: A Novella (Slough House, #2.5)

By: Mick Herron

3.00

Format: 282 pages, ebook

Dieter Hess, an aged spy, is dead, and John Bachelor, his MI5 handler, is in deep, deep trouble. De… read more

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6. Quartet in Autumn

By: Barbara Pym

3.90

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

This is the story of four people in late middle-age - Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia - whose chief… read more

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  • fiction

7. Town in a Blueberry Jam (A Candy Holliday Mystery, #1)

By: B.B. Haywood

3.85

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

First in the fabulous new Candy Holliday Murder mystery series. In the seaside village of Cape Wil… read more

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8. Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing: Spiritual Preparation for the Office of Confession

By: Søren Kierkegaard , Douglas V. Steere

3.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

Crossing the boundaries of philosophy, theology, psychology, and literature, the Danish writer Sore… read more

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9. Six and a Half Deadly Sins (Dr. Siri Paiboun #10)

By: Colin Cotterill

4.46

Format: 170 pages, Hardcover

Laos, 1979: Dr. Siri Paiboun, the twice retired ex-National Coroner of Laos, receives an unmarked p… read more

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10. An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Elderly Lady #1)

By: Helene Tursten

3.76

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781641290111 Content: - An elderly lady has accommodation prob… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Maud placed two small cartons of rollmops in the basket of her wheeled walker, followed by a larger pack of herring salad. They were soon joined by a Stilton cheese in a blue porcelain pot, a mature …"

-Helene Tursten, An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Elderly Lady #1)

Cover of Amid the Winter's Snow (Lady Emily, #12.5) by Tasha Alexander

11. Amid the Winter's Snow (Lady Emily, #12.5)

By: Tasha Alexander

4.02

Format: 59 pages, Kindle Edition

In Amid the Winter's Snow, an uplifting Christmas story in Tasha Alexander’s acclaimed series, Lady… read more

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  • holiday
  • christmas
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
Cover of The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) by Jacqueline Winspear

12. The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.46

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow! Psychologist and… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"You've go to get on with it, my boy. Stop feeling sorry for yourselft, because what's done is done. You can't change it, so you've got to stiffen your backbone. You've a good job, a very nice roof ov…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

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13. Murder at the Charity Ball (Miss Underhay #11)

By: Helena Dixon

4.41

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

Kitty Underhay is dancing… with death. Winter 1934. Kitty Underhay is enjoying a night off from … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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14. Fiction Land

By: R.R. Haywood

4.03

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

From multimillion bestselling Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Amazon and Audible author RR Ha… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6) by Ellis Peters

15. The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

By: Ellis Peters

4.17

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

The winter of 1139 will disrupt Brother Cadfael’s tranquil life in Shrewsbury with the most disturb… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Love shared is no sin."

-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

"There never was, for all I could ever learn, a time when living was easy and peaceful."

-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

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16. Murder by the Book: Mysteries for Bibliophiles

By: Martin Edwards

3.91

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

‘If much of the action is set in a bookshop or a library, it is a bibliomystery, just as it is if a… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Fatal First Edition (Library Lover's Mystery, #14) by Jenn McKinlay

17. Fatal First Edition (Library Lover's Mystery, #14)

By: Jenn McKinlay

4.06

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

People are dying to get their hands on a rare, valuable book in the newest Library Lover’s Mystery … read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Buddha and the Bee: Biking through America's Forgotten Roadways on an Accidental Journey of Discovery by Cory Mortensen

18. The Buddha and the Bee: Biking through America's Forgotten Roadways on an Accidental Journey of Discovery

By: Cory Mortensen

4.09

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

I will ride my bike down a never-ending ribbon of asphalt wearing a backpack. A solo bike ride a… read more

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Cover of The Conditions of Unconditional Love (Isabel Dalhousie, #15) by Alexander McCall Smith

19. The Conditions of Unconditional Love (Isabel Dalhousie, #15)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

4.19

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this latest installment of the beloved Isabel Dalhousie series, Isabel finds herself navigating … read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers by Peter Lovesey

20. The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers

By: Peter Lovesey

3.25

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Eighteen delightful holiday short stories by some of your favorite Soho Crime authors! This captiva… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • unfinished
  • holiday
  • anthologies
  • christmas
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Death on the Tiber (Flavia Albia, #12) by Lindsey Davis

21. Death on the Tiber (Flavia Albia, #12)

By: Lindsey Davis

4.35

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Rome is in chaos. The empire of a mobster chief is falling apart following his death. Rivals, fears… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Death from the Druid's Grove (The Kier and Levett Mystery, #2) by Deb Marlowe

22. Death from the Druid's Grove (The Kier and Levett Mystery, #2)

By: Deb Marlowe

4.50

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Secrets hide in the Druid's Grove, in a murderer's heart, and in Niall Kier's past . . October 185… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11) by Ann Cleeves

23. The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.47

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

As New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves's beloved Vera series explodes in popularity in print and … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Requiem for a Mouse (Cat in the Stacks, #16) by Miranda James

24. Requiem for a Mouse (Cat in the Stacks, #16)

By: Miranda James

4.30

Format: 282 pages, ebook

Librarian Charlie Harris and his ever-intuitive feline friend Diesel must catch a killer in a deadl… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Murder at the Movies (A Secret Bookcase Mystery #2) by Ellie Alexander

25. A Murder at the Movies (A Secret Bookcase Mystery #2)

By: Ellie Alexander

4.28

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

When bookseller and events organizer Annie Murray invites the glamorous world of Hollywood along to… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33) by Donna Leon

26. A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33)

By: Donna Leon

4.05

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

In the thirty-third installment of Donna Leon’s magnificent series, Commissario Guido Brunetti conf… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Death at the Sanatorium by Ragnar Jónasson

27. Death at the Sanatorium

By: Ragnar Jónasson

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Fresh off his career-changing standalone co-written with Icelandic PM, Reykjavík, #1 Icelandic best… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Night of Baba Yaga by Akira Otani

28. The Night of Baba Yaga

By: Akira Otani

3.40

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

In this no-holds-barred queer thriller, a fierce mixed-race fighter develops a powerful attachment … read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Controversial Cover (A Booktown Mystery #18) by Lorna Barrett

29. A Controversial Cover (A Booktown Mystery #18)

By: Lorna Barrett

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

When a famous children's author is murdered at the library, Tricia Miles has to find the killer bef… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Peach Tea Smash (A Tea Shop Mystery, #28) by Laura Childs

30. Peach Tea Smash (A Tea Shop Mystery, #28)

By: Laura Childs

4.05

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

Murder at an Alice in Wonderland–themed event threatens to send Theodosia Browning through the look… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Angel of Vengeance (Pendergast, #22) by Douglas Preston

31. Angel of Vengeance (Pendergast, #22)

By: Douglas Preston

4.41

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling series featuring FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Con… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

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