14 Best mystery thriller books like A Brush with Death by Ali Carter

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A Brush with Death

By: Ali Carter

3.21

Format: 311 pages, Paperback

Agatha Christie meets Downton Abbey in this delightful new series introducing pet portraitist and a…

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in A Brush with Death by Ali Carter , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of The Heiress of Linn Hagh (Detective Lavender Mysteries, #1) by Karen Charlton

1. The Heiress of Linn Hagh (Detective Lavender Mysteries, #1)

By: Karen Charlton

4.02

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

Northumberland, 1809: A beautiful young heiress disappears from her locked bedchamber at Linn Hagh.… read more

Similar categories in Karen Charlton's The Heiress of Linn Hagh (Detective Lavender Mysteries, #1) book and Ali Carter's A Brush with Death

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Murder at the Brightwell (Amory Ames Mystery, #1) by Ashley Weaver

2. Murder at the Brightwell (Amory Ames Mystery, #1)

By: Ashley Weaver

3.77

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

Amory Ames is a wealthy young woman who regrets her marriage to her notoriously charming playboy hu… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
"Well, one can't stop love, can one?"

-Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell (Amory Ames Mystery, #1)

"The letter wasn't at all in Milo's style. He would have issued a much more elegant threat on vastly superior stationery."

-Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell (Amory Ames Mystery, #1)

"We looked into one another's eyes, and I think we both knew in that instant that the past was behind us. We could never be to each other what we had been once."

-Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell (Amory Ames Mystery, #1)

"Poor darling," he said, shaking his head, "you're not cold-hearted enough to be a detective. You only want the disagreeable people to be guilty, and I'm afraid you'll find that life isn't like that."

-Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell (Amory Ames Mystery, #1)

Cover of The Mistletoe Murder And Other Stories by None, P.D. James

3. The Mistletoe Murder And Other Stories

By: None , P.D. James

3.75

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Four previously uncollected stories from one of the great mystery writers of our time--swift, cunni… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
"Dalgliesh told himself that he should have remembered what, as a small boy, he had discovered about Uncle Hubert's conscience--that it operated as a warning bell and that, unlike most people, Uncle H…"

-None, The Mistletoe Murder And Other Stories

"Although most of my own work has been as a novelist, I have greatly enjoyed the challenge of the short story. Much has to be achieved with limited means. There is not spacefor long and detailed descr…"

-None, The Mistletoe Murder And Other Stories

Cover of Death of a Ghost (Hamish Macbeth, #32) by M.C. Beaton

4. Death of a Ghost (Hamish Macbeth, #32)

By: M.C. Beaton

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth--Scotland's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman--returns in M.C. Be… read more

Similar categories in M.C. Beaton's Death of a Ghost (Hamish Macbeth, #32) book and Ali Carter's A Brush with Death

  • mystery
  • crime
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Game, Set and Murder by None, Elizabeth  Flynn

5. Game, Set and Murder

By: None , Elizabeth Flynn

3.86

Format: 445 pages, Paperback

It's the first day of the tennis tournament at Wimbledon. And a dead body is lying on court ninetee… read more

Similar categories in None's Game, Set and Murder book and Ali Carter's A Brush with Death

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Death of a Nurse (Hamish Macbeth, #31) by M.C. Beaton

6. Death of a Nurse (Hamish Macbeth, #31)

By: M.C. Beaton

3.66

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

M. C. Beaton's New York Timesbestselling Hamish Macbeth series continues with a new mystery featuri… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Smoke and Mirrors (Stephens & Mephisto Mystery, #2) by Elly Griffiths

7. Smoke and Mirrors (Stephens & Mephisto Mystery, #2)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Chilling murder in the world of 1950s theatre - another case for DI Stephens and Max Mephisto. Brig… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's Smoke and Mirrors (Stephens & Mephisto Mystery, #2) book and Ali Carter's A Brush with Death

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Sans Pareil Mystery (The Detective Lavender Mysteries Book 2) by Karen Charlton

8. The Sans Pareil Mystery (The Detective Lavender Mysteries Book 2)

By: Karen Charlton

3.96

Format: None pages,

On a cold February night in Regency London, a dark curtain falls on the Sans Pareil Theatre followi… read more

Similar categories in Karen Charlton's The Sans Pareil Mystery (The Detective Lavender Mysteries Book 2) book and Ali Carter's A Brush with Death

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Pay Dirt (Mrs. Murphy, #4) by Rita Mae Brown, Wendy Wray, Sneaky Pie Brown

9. Pay Dirt (Mrs. Murphy, #4)

By: Rita Mae Brown , Wendy Wray , Sneaky Pie Brown

3.91

Format: 736 pages, Paperback

The residents of tiny Crozet, Virginia, thrive on gossip, especially in the post office, where Mary… read more

Similar categories in Rita Mae Brown's Pay Dirt (Mrs. Murphy, #4) book and Ali Carter's A Brush with Death

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

10. Death at Bishop's Keep (Kathryn Ardleigh, #1)

By: Robin Paige

3.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

Kate Ardleigh is nota Victorian lady - outspoken, egalitarian, American, and a writer of penny-drea… read more

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11. The Sculthorpe Murder (The Detective Lavender Mysteries Book 3)

By: Karen Charlton

3.82

Format: None pages,

Northamptonshire, 1810: As a new canal network snakes across the landscape, a vicious mob stakes it… read more

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12. A Most Novel Revenge (Amory Ames Mystery #3)

By: Ashley Weaver

3.63

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Amory and Milo Ames "channel Nick and Nora Charles" (Booklist) in the latest installment in this Ed… read more

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13. Dead Gorgeous (A Mystery for D.I. Costello #2)

By: None

3.89

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Fashion model Kirsty Manners is young, beautiful, and recently dead Kirsty Manners is trying to mak… read more

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14. Murder at Monticello (Mrs. Murphy #3)

By: Rita Mae Brown , Wendy Wray , Sneaky Pie Brown

3.86

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

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15. End of the Roadie (A Mystery for D.I. Costello #3)

By: None

0.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Brendan Phelan, rock star, is playing in a stage show that includes guns and whips. As it reaches i… read more

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16. Death Wears a Mask (Amory Ames Mystery, #2)

By: Ashley Weaver

4.17

Format: 427 pages, Hardcover

Amory Ames and her rakish husband Milo take on a murder at a masked ball in this Christie-esque tra… read more

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Cover of Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2) by Robert Thorogood

17. Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

By: Robert Thorogood

3.92

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s been an enjoyable and murder-free time for Judith, Suzie and Becks – AKA the Marlow Murder Clu… read more

Similar categories in Robert Thorogood's Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2) book and Ali Carter's A Brush with Death

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"... Feynman's technique was simple. And he claimed that it was always successful. But it' not currently working for me. Not yet. What was it? Well, when he was building the first atomic bomb, he obse…"

-Robert Thorogood, Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

Cover of Death at a Scottish Wedding (A Scottish Isle Mystery) by Lucy Connelly

18. Death at a Scottish Wedding (A Scottish Isle Mystery)

By: Lucy Connelly

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Dr. Emilia McRoy is back on the case in the second book in the Scottish Isle mystery series, perfec… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Connelly's Death at a Scottish Wedding (A Scottish Isle Mystery) book and Ali Carter's A Brush with Death

  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Dead and Gondola (Christie Bookshop, #1) by Ann   Claire

19. Dead and Gondola (Christie Bookshop, #1)

By: Ann Claire

3.52

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

When a mysterious bookshop visitor dies under murderous circumstances, the Christie sisters and the… read more

Similar categories in Ann Claire's Dead and Gondola (Christie Bookshop, #1) book and Ali Carter's A Brush with Death

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Murder on the Golden Arrow (Kitty Worthington, #1) by Magda Alexander

20. Murder on the Golden Arrow (Kitty Worthington, #1)

By: Magda Alexander

4.28

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

What’s a bright young woman to do when her brother becomes the main suspect in a murder? Why, solve… read more

Similar categories in Magda Alexander's Murder on the Golden Arrow (Kitty Worthington, #1) book and Ali Carter's A Brush with Death

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3) by Robert Thorogood

21. The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3)

By: Robert Thorogood

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The Marlow Murder Club is on the hunt for a killer... Geoffrey Lushington, Mayor of Marlow, dies su… read more

Similar categories in Robert Thorogood's The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3) book and Ali Carter's A Brush with Death

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Pheasants Nest by Louise Milligan

22. Pheasants Nest

By: Louise Milligan

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

She wonders if they have discovered her missing yet. Has it broken in the news? Who has been assign… read more

Similar categories in Louise Milligan's Pheasants Nest book and Ali Carter's A Brush with Death

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Dinner Lady Detectives (Dinner Lady Detectives, #1) by Hannah Hendy

23. The Dinner Lady Detectives (Dinner Lady Detectives, #1)

By: Hannah Hendy

3.27

Format: 290 pages, ebook

Murder is a dish best served ice cold... Margery and Clementine are enjoying a peaceful middle-a… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Hendy's The Dinner Lady Detectives (Dinner Lady Detectives, #1) book and Ali Carter's A Brush with Death

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Daggers at the Country Fair (The Martha Miller Mysteries #2) by Catherine Coles

24. Daggers at the Country Fair (The Martha Miller Mysteries #2)

By: Catherine Coles

4.26

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

Winteringham Village 1947 As a thank you for her previous brilliant crime solving, amateur sleut… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Coles's Daggers at the Country Fair (The Martha Miller Mysteries #2) book and Ali Carter's A Brush with Death

  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
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 Ali Carter's A Brush with Death

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Season to Kill (A Mystery for D.I. Costello #4) by Elizabeth  Flynn

26. Season to Kill (A Mystery for D.I. Costello #4)

By: Elizabeth Flynn

3.66

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Brendan Phelan, rock star, is playing the Apollo, Hammersmith. The stage show includes guns and whi… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Flynn's Season to Kill (A Mystery for D.I. Costello #4) book and Ali Carter's A Brush with Death

  • mystery
Cover of An Act of Villainy (Amory Ames Mystery #5) by Ashley Weaver

27. An Act of Villainy (Amory Ames Mystery #5)

By: Ashley Weaver

3.95

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

London 1933. Amory Ames and her husband Milo encounter their old friend Gerard Holloway in the bust… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Weaver's An Act of Villainy (Amory Ames Mystery #5) book and Ali Carter's A Brush with Death

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
"The world is full of wicked people, we are bound to know some of them."

-Ashley Weaver, An Act of Villainy (Amory Ames Mystery #5)

"I dare say no marriage is built on perfect love, but an imperfect love with the perfect person is the sort of thing that makes life worthwhile."

-Ashley Weaver, An Act of Villainy (Amory Ames Mystery #5)

"I may as well tell you now, darling, that I don't intend to lose you to an old roué like Balthazar Lebeau." "Well, after all, half the women in London have been in love with him at one time or anothe…"

-Ashley Weaver, An Act of Villainy (Amory Ames Mystery #5)

Cover of The Emma Project (The Rajes, #4) by Sonali Dev

28. The Emma Project (The Rajes, #4)

By: Sonali Dev

3.71

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Emma gets a fresh Indian-American twist from award-winning author Sonali Dev in her heartwarmingly … read more

Similar categories in Sonali Dev's The Emma Project (The Rajes, #4) book and Ali Carter's A Brush with Death

  • fiction
"Are you saying you want me to be more than an inflatable doll?" She pressed into him. "I mean there are parts of you that are alarmingly easy to inflate."

-Sonali Dev, The Emma Project (The Rajes, #4)

"It's stunning how little respect you have for me, Naina." What more did he have to do to prove himself? She kept typing. "What am I supposed to respect exactly?"

-Sonali Dev, The Emma Project (The Rajes, #4)

"You know you can't do this without me," Jiggy said on the phone, after. "We'll figure it out. We rich kids do take our need to run around and save the world seriously."

-Sonali Dev, The Emma Project (The Rajes, #4)

"Delicious, Auntie! How do you make cucumber taste like this?" Paper-thin slices of cucumber, delicately spiced Greek yogurt spread, and pillowy whole-grain bread. This was the life."

-Sonali Dev, The Emma Project (The Rajes, #4)

Cover of A Brush with Death by Ali   Carter

29. A Brush with Death

By: Ali Carter

3.21

Format: 311 pages, Paperback

Agatha Christie meets Downton Abbey in this delightful new series introducing pet portraitist and a… read more

Similar categories in Ali Carter's A Brush with Death book and Ali Carter's A Brush with Death

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Whispering House by Elizabeth  Brooks

30. The Whispering House

By: Elizabeth Brooks

2.92

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Freya Lyell is struggling to move on from her sister Stella’s suicide five years ago. Visiting the … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Brooks's The Whispering House book and Ali Carter's A Brush with Death

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction

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