21 best-selling crime books like The Venetian Candidate by Philip Gwynne Jones

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The Venetian Candidate

By: Philip Gwynne Jones

4.24

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

To tell the truth is a revolutionary act. Battered by floods and crushed by overtourism, the cit…

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1. A Season For The Dead (Nic Costa, #1)

By: David Hewson

3.73

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

In a hushed Vatican Reading Room, the scene is shocking: a crazed professor shot dead after brandis… read more

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2. The Road to Murder (Tuscan Mystery, #4)

By: Camilla Trinchieri

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the latest installment of the acclaimed Tuscan Mystery series, the sole witness at a crime scene… read more

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  • mystery
  • italy
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3. Murder on the Vine (A Tuscan Mystery)

By: Camilla Trinchieri

4.08

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Ex-NYPD homicide detective Nico Doyle investigates the murder of a local bartender in the Tuscan co… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • italy
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4. A Chateau Under Siege

By: Martin Walker

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

France's favourite country cop, Bruno, faces a dangerous threat to the town he polices and the peop… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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5. So Shall You Reap

By: Donna Leon

4.07

Format: 262 pages, ebook

In the thirty-second installment of Donna Leon’s bestselling series, a connection to Guido Brunetti… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • italy
"Given Loreti's position in society, the press had followed, panting. But they were to be disappointed by the police's failure to find any sign of what the English call "foul play," and so the investi…"

-Donna Leon, So Shall You Reap

"Brunetti, no fan of television, did occasionally watch nature documentaries, and so he was familiar with the pose cobras took when they were preparing to attack. They somehow managed to raise their h…"

-Donna Leon, So Shall You Reap

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6. Murder on the Italian Riviera (An Armstrong and Oscar Cozy Mystery #7)

By: T.A. Williams

4.41

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

Pre-order the BRAND NEW instalment in bestselling author T. A. Williams' Armstrong and Oscar cozy m… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • italy
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7. Munich Wolf

By: Rory Clements

4.24

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

The gripping new 2024 thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The English Führer. In t… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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8. The Great Deceiver (The Brighton Mysteries, Book 7)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

The next gripping volume in The Brighton Mysteries series by bestselling author Elly Griffiths. … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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9. Fatal Legacy (Flavia Albia #11)

By: Lindsey Davis

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In first century Rome, Flavia Albia takes on an easy case that soon proves to be anything but as, a… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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10. The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.27

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr Ruth Galloway returns to the moody and beautiful landscape of North Norfolk to confront another … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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11. The Borgia Portrait (A Venetian Mystery #2)

By: David Hewson

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A noble family, a legendary painting, a cursed palazzo. The new Venetian mystery from master storyt… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • italy
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12. Murder in Florence (Armstrong and Oscar Cozy Mystery #3)

By: T.A. Williams

4.29

Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition

A brand-new cozy crime series set in gorgeous Tuscany...It's murder in paradise! A glamourous fi… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • italy
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13. Murder in Chianti (Armstrong and Oscar Cozy Mystery #2)

By: T.A. Williams

4.32

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

A brand new cozy crime series set in gorgeous Tuscany...It's murder in paradise! Murder in broad… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • italy
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14. Murder at the Leaning Tower (Armstrong and Oscar #6)

By: T.A. Williams

4.41

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

A secluded villa… When Dan Armstrong is asked to provide security at a private villa on the outs… read more

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  • mystery
  • italy
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15. Murder at the Matterhorn (Armstrong and Oscar Cozy Mystery #5)

By: T.A. Williams

4.30

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

A brand-new cozy crime series set in gorgeous Tuscany...It's murder in paradise! An old friend in n… read more

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  • mystery
  • italy
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16. Murder in Siena (An Armstrong and Oscar Cozy Mystery #4)

By: T.A. Williams

4.23

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

A brand-new cozy crime series set in gorgeous Tuscany... It's murder in paradise! A lazy weeken… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • italy
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17. Requiem in La Rossa (Daniel Leicester #3)

By: Tom Benjamin

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

'Devoured it. Great characters and brilliant use of the history and architecture of Bologna. His be… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • italy
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18. The Medici Murders

By: David Hewson

3.83

Format: 288 pages, ebook

When a well-known British TV historian, Marmaduke Godolphin, is found murdered in the canals of Ven… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • italy
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19. The Hunting Season (Daniel Leicester, #2)

By: Tom Benjamin

4.01

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

It's truffle season and in the hills around Bologna the hunt is on for the legendary Boscuri White,… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • italy
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20. Last Testament in Bologna (Daniel Leicester #5)

By: Tom Benjamin

4.31

Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition

'There are two major stars in this book, the laconic private eye Daniel Leicester and the city of B… read more

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  • mystery
  • italy
Cover of Deception in Siena: An Antonio Cortese Mystery (The Antonio Cortese Mysteries Book 1) by Frank Curtiss

21. Deception in Siena: An Antonio Cortese Mystery (The Antonio Cortese Mysteries Book 1)

By: Frank Curtiss

4.15

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

American Antonio Cortese considers Tuscany his second home. His mother was born and raised there, a… read more

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  • mystery
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22. Change of Heart (Beneath Italian Skies #2)

By: T.A. Williams

4.53

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

Two families at war and Alice finds herself caught in the middle. Can she re-write a story as old a… read more

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  • italy
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23. A Quiet Death in Italy (Daniel Leicester, #1)

By: Tom Benjamin

3.62

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

City of secrets, suspicion . . . and murder. A dark and atmospheric crime thriller set in the be… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • italy
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24. The Venetian Candidate

By: Philip Gwynne Jones

4.24

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

To tell the truth is a revolutionary act. Battered by floods and crushed by overtourism, the cit… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • italy
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25. Italian Rules (Daniel Leicester #4)

By: Tom Benjamin

3.85

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

'There are two major stars in this book, the laconic private eye Daniel Leicester and the city of B… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • italy
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26. No Tears for Sandrine (Madame Renard Investigates, #3)

By: Rachel Green

4.31

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

The murder of a woman, smothered in her own home, sends ripples of disquiet through the streets of … read more

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27. A Grave in the Woods (Bruno, Chief of Police, #17)

By: Martin Walker

4.08

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In his latest adventure Bruno, France's favourite country cop, investigates a long-buried war crime… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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28. 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
  • italy
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29. Missing in Firenze: An Antonio Cortese Mystery (The Antonio Cortese Mysteries Book 2)

By: Frank Curtiss

4.36

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

Antonio Cortese, restauranteur and ex-detective is dealing with PTSD from the terror attack that st… read more

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  • mystery
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30. Murder in Portofino (Armstrong and Oscar Cozy Mysteries, #8)

By: T.A. Williams

4.44

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

Dan Armstrong hasn’t done much retiring since moving to Tuscany, and with his new career as a succe… read more

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  • mystery
  • italy
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31. The Figurine

By: Victoria Hislop

4.14

Format: 568 pages, Kindle Edition

In her irresistible new novel, Sunday Times No 1 bestselling author Victoria Hislop shines a light … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime

28 must-read mystery books like The Venetian Candidate by Philip Gwynne Jones

Transform Your Habits

The Road to Murder (Tuscan Mystery, #4)

Camilla Trinchieri

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Murder on the Vine (A Tuscan Mystery)

Camilla Trinchieri

4.08

Transform Your Habits

A Chateau Under Siege

Martin Walker

4.09

Transform Your Habits

So Shall You Reap

Donna Leon

4.07

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Transform Your Habits

A Taste of Italian Sunshine

Leonie Mack

4.27

Transform Your Habits

A Month in Provence

Gillian Harvey

4.19

Transform Your Habits

The Library Murders (Flora Steele, #8)

Merryn Allingham

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Murder at the Inn (Julia Bird Mysteries #4)

Katie Gayle

4.42

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