20 Best mystery thriller books like A Birthday Lunch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11.5) by Martin Walker

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A Birthday Lunch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11.5)

By: Martin Walker

3.83

Format: 22 pages, Kindle Edition

When not solving mysteries in his beloved little town of St. Denis, Bruno, the chief of police, lik…

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in A Birthday Lunch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11.5) by Martin Walker , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. The Care and Management of Lies

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.53

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The New York Timesbestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs series turns her prodigious talents to thi… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's The Care and Management of Lies book and Martin Walker's A Birthday Lunch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11.5)

  • mystery
  • fiction
"Their love was thus seeded in the rich soil of mutual understanding."

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Care and Management of Lies

Cover of Guidebook to Murder (A Tourist Trap Mystery, #1) by Lynn Cahoon

2. Guidebook to Murder (A Tourist Trap Mystery, #1)

By: Lynn Cahoon

3.88

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

In the gentle coastal town of South Cove, California, all Jill Gardner wants is to keep her store—C… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Cahoon's Guidebook to Murder (A Tourist Trap Mystery, #1) book and Martin Walker's A Birthday Lunch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11.5)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Death in Brittany (Commissaire Dupin #1) by Jean-Luc Bannalec

3. Death in Brittany (Commissaire Dupin #1)

By: Jean-Luc Bannalec

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

At the Central Hotel in Pont-Aven, Brittany, ninety-one-year-old manager Pierre-Louis Pennec is fou… read more

Similar categories in Jean-Luc Bannalec's Death in Brittany (Commissaire Dupin #1) book and Martin Walker's A Birthday Lunch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11.5)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • france
  • fiction
Cover of In Dublin's Fair City (Molly Murphy Mysteries, #6) by Rhys Bowen

4. In Dublin's Fair City (Molly Murphy Mysteries, #6)

By: Rhys Bowen

3.50

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

Molly Murphy is sent by aging well-off NYC theatrical impresario Tommy Burke to find baby sister le… read more

Similar categories in Rhys Bowen's In Dublin's Fair City (Molly Murphy Mysteries, #6) book and Martin Walker's A Birthday Lunch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11.5)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Oh Danny Boy (Molly Murphy Mysteries, #5) by Rhys Bowen

5. Oh Danny Boy (Molly Murphy Mysteries, #5)

By: Rhys Bowen

3.42

Format: 320 pages,

Irish immigrant-turned-private detective Molly Murphy comes to the aid of handsome NYPD captain Dan… read more

Similar categories in Rhys Bowen's Oh Danny Boy (Molly Murphy Mysteries, #5) book and Martin Walker's A Birthday Lunch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11.5)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of In a Gilded Cage (Molly Murphy, #8) by Rhys Bowen

6. In a Gilded Cage (Molly Murphy, #8)

By: Rhys Bowen

4.20

Format: 445 pages, Hardcover

Irish immigrant Molly Murphy and her New York City P.I. business are in the midst of a sweeping inf… read more

Similar categories in Rhys Bowen's In a Gilded Cage (Molly Murphy, #8) book and Martin Walker's A Birthday Lunch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11.5)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Earthly Remains (Commissario Brunetti, #26) by Donna Leon

7. Earthly Remains (Commissario Brunetti, #26)

By: Donna Leon

4.04

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Donna Leon’s bestselling mystery novels set in Venice have won a multitude of fans for their inside… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
"They walked slowly, taking the shortest way, deliberately cutting through Campo delle Fava to avoid the crowds in Calle della Bissa. When they arrived at the foot of the Rialto bridge, they looked up…"

-Donna Leon, Earthly Remains (Commissario Brunetti, #26)

8. Off the Rails (Bryant & May, #8)

By: Christopher Fowler

3.81

Format: 263 pages, Hardcover

They've been given just one week to find a killer they'd caught once before . . . Arthur Bryant, J… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Fowler's Off the Rails (Bryant & May, #8) book and Martin Walker's A Birthday Lunch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11.5)

9. Murderous Mistral: A Provence Mystery

By: Cay Rademacher

4.11

Format: 70 pages, Hardcover

An atmospheric murder mystery set in the south of France. Capitaine Roger Blanc, an investigator wi… read more

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10. The Outcast Dead (Ruth Galloway, #6)

By: Elly Griffiths

3.60

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

"Elly Griffiths draws us all the way back to prehistoric times . . . Highly atmospheric." -- New Yo… read more

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11. The Last Illusion (Molly Murphy Mysteries, #9)

By: Rhys Bowen

4.05

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Irish immigrant and PI Molly Murphy is thrilled to have a ticket to the theater to see a trio of il… read more

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12. Acqua Alta (Commissario Brunetti, #5)

By: Donna Leon

3.94

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

Donna Leon's growing American fan base is hungry for more of the books from her internationally bes… read more

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13. Lost Birds (A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito #27)

By: Anne Hillerman

4.29

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

“Anne Hillerman is a star.”—J. A. Jance, New York Times bestselling author From New York Times bes… read more

Similar categories in Anne Hillerman's Lost Birds (A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito #27) book and Martin Walker's A Birthday Lunch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11.5)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Road to Murder (Tuscan Mystery, #4) by Camilla Trinchieri

14. 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

Similar categories in Camilla Trinchieri's The Road to Murder (Tuscan Mystery, #4) book and Martin Walker's A Birthday Lunch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11.5)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
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15. 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

Similar categories in Camilla Trinchieri's Murder on the Vine (A Tuscan Mystery) book and Martin Walker's A Birthday Lunch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11.5)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
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16. The Paris Novel

By: Ruth Reichl

3.84

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Ruth Reichl takes readers on an adventure of food, art, and fashion in 1980s Par… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Reichl's The Paris Novel book and Martin Walker's A Birthday Lunch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11.5)

  • france
  • fiction
"That is the most expensive spice in the world. It comes from the Valley of Flowers, where everyone's hands are red from separating the saffron from the blossoms. Each flower has just three strands, s…"

-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel

"The fat was bubbling in a pot on the stove. The potatoes went in, were snatched out, then plunged back in. They emerged crisp and golden; Richard sprinkled them with salt and piled them on a platter,…"

-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel

"The oysters arrived on a deep bed of ice. She had never eaten an oyster, and she stared down at the platter. A ruffle of black encircled each opalescent heart; she thought of orchids. Triangles of le…"

-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel

"A waiter set a small tart of caramelized pears before each of them and added a dab of licorice ice cream. Next came bananas topped with passion fruit and black pepper, little pirouettes of pleasure. …"

-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel

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

17. 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

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) book and Martin Walker's A Birthday Lunch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11.5)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
"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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18. 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

Similar categories in Donna Leon's So Shall You Reap book and Martin Walker's A Birthday Lunch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11.5)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
"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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19. Murder in Chianti (A Tuscan Mystery)

By: Camilla Trinchieri

3.87

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Set in the heart of Tuscan wine country, Camilla Trinchieri's new mystery introduces Nico Doyle, a … read more

Similar categories in Camilla Trinchieri's Murder in Chianti (A Tuscan Mystery) book and Martin Walker's A Birthday Lunch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11.5)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
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20. A Gentleman Fallen on Hard Times (The Lord Julian Mysteries #1)

By: Grace Burrowes

4.36

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

A man dwelling in darkness... Lord Julian Caldicott has come home from the war in ragged health an… read more

Similar categories in Grace Burrowes's A Gentleman Fallen on Hard Times (The Lord Julian Mysteries #1) book and Martin Walker's A Birthday Lunch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11.5)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13) by Elly Griffiths

21. 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

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13) book and Martin Walker's A Birthday Lunch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11.5)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Body by the Sea (Commissaire Dupin, #8) by Jean-Luc Bannalec

22. The Body by the Sea (Commissaire Dupin, #8)

By: Jean-Luc Bannalec

3.94

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In all of Commissaire Georges Dupin’s time living in Brittany, there has never been a murder on his… read more

Similar categories in Jean-Luc Bannalec's The Body by the Sea (Commissaire Dupin, #8) book and Martin Walker's A Birthday Lunch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11.5)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • france
  • fiction
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23. The Bitter Taste of Murder

By: Camilla Trinchieri

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The follow-up to MURDER IN CHIANTI finds ex-NYPD detective Nico Doyle recruited by Italian authorit… read more

Similar categories in Camilla Trinchieri's The Bitter Taste of Murder book and Martin Walker's A Birthday Lunch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11.5)

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

24. 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

Similar categories in Alexander McCall Smith's The Conditions of Unconditional Love (Isabel Dalhousie, #15) book and Martin Walker's A Birthday Lunch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11.5)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of A Murder Most French (American In Paris Mystery, #2) by Colleen Cambridge

25. A Murder Most French (American In Paris Mystery, #2)

By: Colleen Cambridge

4.03

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Postwar Paris is surging back to life, and its citizens are seizing every opportunity to raise a gl… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Cambridge's A Murder Most French (American In Paris Mystery, #2) book and Martin Walker's A Birthday Lunch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11.5)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • france
  • fiction
Cover of Death of a Penniless Poet by Karen Baugh Menuhin

26. Death of a Penniless Poet

By: Karen Baugh Menuhin

4.43

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

DEATH of a PENNILESS POET Gabriel Travis – a poet and book binder – has lived and worked above the… read more

Similar categories in Karen Baugh Menuhin's Death of a Penniless Poet book and Martin Walker's A Birthday Lunch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11.5)

  • mystery
Cover of Frozen (Vera Stanhope, #8.5) by Ann Cleeves

27. Frozen (Vera Stanhope, #8.5)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.80

Format: 22 pages, Kindle Edition

As New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves' popularity explodes in print and on TV, this gripping e-s… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's Frozen (Vera Stanhope, #8.5) book and Martin Walker's A Birthday Lunch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11.5)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • short stories
  • fiction
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28. 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
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Temptation of Forgiveness (Commissario Brunetti, #27) by Donna Leon

29. The Temptation of Forgiveness (Commissario Brunetti, #27)

By: Donna Leon

3.92

Format: 42 pages, Kindle Edition

In the twenty-seventh novel in Donna Leon's bestselling mystery series, a suspicious accident leads… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of A Birthday Lunch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11.5) by Martin  Walker

30. A Birthday Lunch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11.5)

By: Martin Walker

3.83

Format: 22 pages, Kindle Edition

When not solving mysteries in his beloved little town of St. Denis, Bruno, the chief of police, lik… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • short stories
  • france
  • fiction
  • mystery
Cover of A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33) by Donna Leon

31. 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
  • fiction

25 Top fiction books like A Birthday Lunch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11.5) by Martin Walker

Transform Your Habits

The Care and Management of Lies

Jacqueline Winspear

4.53

Transform Your Habits

Guidebook to Murder (A Tourist Trap Mystery, #1)

Lynn Cahoon

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Death in Brittany (Commissaire Dupin #1)

Jean-Luc Bannalec

3.65

Transform Your Habits

In Dublin's Fair City (Molly Murphy Mysteries, #6)

Rhys Bowen

3.50

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The Eagle Catcher (Wind River Reservation, #1)

Margaret Coel

3.31

Transform Your Habits

The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18)

Laurie R. King

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Circle in the Water (A Sharon McCone Mystery)

Marcia Muller

3.57

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C.J. Box

4.36

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