12 must-read mystery books like Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5) by Robin Stevens

Cover of Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5) by Robin Stevens

Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5)

By: Robin Stevens

4.17

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

A thrilling new short story collection in the number-one bestselling, award-winning Murder Most Unl…

If you liked the mystery plot in Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5) by Robin Stevens , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #1) by Katherine Woodfine

1. The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #1)

By: Katherine Woodfine

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

You are cordially invited to attend the Grand Opening of Sinclair’s department store! Enter a wo… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Woodfine's The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #1) book and Robin Stevens's Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5)

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Mystery of the Painted Dragon (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #3) by Katherine Woodfine

2. The Mystery of the Painted Dragon (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #3)

By: Katherine Woodfine

4.28

Format: 339 pages, Paperback

When a priceless painting is stolen, our dauntless heroines Sophie and Lil find themselves faced wi… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Woodfine's The Mystery of the Painted Dragon (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #3) book and Robin Stevens's Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5)

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Curse in the Candlelight (Scarlet and Ivy, #5) by Sophie Cleverly

3. The Curse in the Candlelight (Scarlet and Ivy, #5)

By: Sophie Cleverly

4.46

Format: 379 pages, Paperback

There’s a new girl at Rookwood School, and new mystery for Scarlet and Ivy to solve. It’s a bran… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Cleverly's The Curse in the Candlelight (Scarlet and Ivy, #5) book and Robin Stevens's Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5)

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of The Whispers in the Walls (Scarlet and Ivy, #2) by Sophie Cleverly

4. The Whispers in the Walls (Scarlet and Ivy, #2)

By: Sophie Cleverly

4.24

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Scarlet and Ivy return to Rookwood School - in their second spine-tingling mystery adventure! The t… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Cleverly's The Whispers in the Walls (Scarlet and Ivy, #2) book and Robin Stevens's Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5)

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mystery

5. The Mystery of the Jewelled Moth (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #2)

By: Katherine Woodfine

4.01

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

The honour of your company is requested at lord beaucastle's fancy dress ball. Wonder at the puzzli… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Woodfine's The Mystery of the Jewelled Moth (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #2) book and Robin Stevens's Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5)

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of The Dance in the Dark (Scarlet and Ivy #3) by Sophie Cleverly

6. The Dance in the Dark (Scarlet and Ivy #3)

By: Sophie Cleverly

3.67

Format: 346 pages, Paperback

Scarlet and Ivy return to creepy Rookwood School for a third mystery adventure! Perfect for fans of… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Cleverly's The Dance in the Dark (Scarlet and Ivy #3) book and Robin Stevens's Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5)

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery

7. The Mystery of the Midnight Peacock (The Sinclair's mysteries #4)

By: Katherine Woodfine

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

You are cordially invited to Sinclair's Midnight Peacock Ball! The festive season has come to Sincl… read more

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8. The Lights Under the Lake (Scarlet and Ivy #4)

By: Sophie Cleverly

3.80

Format: 212 pages,

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Similar categories in Sophie Cleverly's The Lights Under the Lake (Scarlet and Ivy #4) book and Robin Stevens's Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5)

9. Letters from the Lighthouse

By: Emma Carroll

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

We weren't supposed to be going to the pictures that night. We weren't even meant to be outside, no… read more

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10. The Lost Twin (Scarlet and Ivy #1)

By: Sophie Cleverly , None

3.50

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

Ivy, I pray that it's you reading this. And if you are, well, I suppose you're the new me... When s… read more

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Cover of The Last Bookwanderer (Pages & Co., #6) by Anna     James

11. The Last Bookwanderer (Pages & Co., #6)

By: Anna James

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The Pages and Co. series comes to a thrilling end in this perfect final instalment. As Tilly, Os… read more

Similar categories in Anna James's The Last Bookwanderer (Pages & Co., #6) book and Robin Stevens's Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of The Catastrophic Friendship Fails of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #2) by Katie  Kirby

12. The Catastrophic Friendship Fails of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #2)

By: Katie Kirby

4.52

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

The hilarious new sequel to The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks by the bestselling cre… read more

Similar categories in Katie Kirby's The Catastrophic Friendship Fails of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #2) book and Robin Stevens's Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of The Very Merry Murder Club by Serena Patel

13. The Very Merry Murder Club

By: Serena Patel

3.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A wintery middle grade mystery collection of short stories by thirteen of the most exciting and div… read more

Similar categories in Serena Patel's The Very Merry Murder Club book and Robin Stevens's Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Lottie Brooks's Totally Disastrous School-Trip (Lottie Brooks, #4) by Katie  Kirby

14. Lottie Brooks's Totally Disastrous School-Trip (Lottie Brooks, #4)

By: Katie Kirby

4.56

Format: 439 pages, Kindle Edition

Lottie Brooks continues to navigate the many perils of growing up in this fantastically funny illus… read more

Similar categories in Katie Kirby's Lottie Brooks's Totally Disastrous School-Trip (Lottie Brooks, #4) book and Robin Stevens's Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of Keedie by Elle McNicoll

15. Keedie

By: Elle McNicoll

4.69

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark, Keedie is a powerful coming-of-age story that tho… read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Keedie book and Robin Stevens's Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"I can't stand people who say they're good when they're not."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"I may be forced to mask, but they choose to wear numerous faces."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"You have to be the cartographer of your own heart. Make it into a map."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"She's like the sunflower. She'll find the sun no matter how much darkness other people try to put her in."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

Cover of Dread Wood (Dread Wood, #1) by Jennifer Killick

16. Dread Wood (Dread Wood, #1)

By: Jennifer Killick

4.06

Format: 195 pages, Kindle Edition

The brand new must-read middle-grade novel from the author of super-spooky Crater Lake. Perfect for… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Killick's Dread Wood (Dread Wood, #1) book and Robin Stevens's Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
Cover of High-rise Mystery by Sharna Jackson

17. High-rise Mystery

By: Sharna Jackson

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The detective duo everyone is dying to meet! Summer in London is hot, the hottest on record, an… read more

Similar categories in Sharna Jackson's High-rise Mystery book and Robin Stevens's Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Secret Key (Agatha Oddly, #1) by Lena  Jones

18. The Secret Key (Agatha Oddly, #1)

By: Lena Jones

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Meet thirteen-year-old Agatha Oddly – a bold, determined heroine, and the star of a stylish new det… read more

Similar categories in Lena Jones's The Secret Key (Agatha Oddly, #1) book and Robin Stevens's Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"Ah, Mademoiselle Oddlow - trouble is all around. But heroes are rare."

-Lena Jones, The Secret Key (Agatha Oddly, #1)

Cover of The Last Secret (Scarlet and Ivy, #6) by Sophie Cleverly

19. The Last Secret (Scarlet and Ivy, #6)

By: Sophie Cleverly

4.55

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

The sixth and final unputdownable mystery in the thrilling and bestselling SCARLET AND IVY series, … read more

Similar categories in Sophie Cleverly's The Last Secret (Scarlet and Ivy, #6) book and Robin Stevens's Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5)

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of Island of Whispers by Frances Hardinge

20. Island of Whispers

By: Frances Hardinge

4.35

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning, bestselling Frances Hardinge and Emily Gravett unite for the first time to conju… read more

Similar categories in Frances Hardinge's Island of Whispers book and Robin Stevens's Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"Kindness is not weakness. To be kind in this unkind world is walking through a battlefield without armour or sword. It takes courage and strength to be kind."

-Frances Hardinge, Island of Whispers

"They do not touch you. But they will trick you into touching them. Falter-moths, grief-winged. Things of doubt and confusion that feed on loss. If you touch them, they will feed on you..."

-Frances Hardinge, Island of Whispers

"There was a trick to seeing and hearing the Dead, like the trick to falling asleep. You had to not quite listen, not quite look, not quite think. You let the edges of your mind slip into the right so…"

-Frances Hardinge, Island of Whispers

"Everywhere Milo saw traces of his father - his chair, his bowl, the roof he had planned to mend. The worst thing about losing somebody is that, even after you survive a difficult day, the next mornin…"

-Frances Hardinge, Island of Whispers

Cover of Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5) by Robin Stevens

21. Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5)

By: Robin Stevens

4.17

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

A thrilling new short story collection in the number-one bestselling, award-winning Murder Most Unl… read more

Similar categories in Robin Stevens's Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5) book and Robin Stevens's Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5)

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
  • crime

13 Top fiction books like Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5) by Robin Stevens

Transform Your Habits

The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #1)

Katherine Woodfine

3.99

Transform Your Habits

The Mystery of the Painted Dragon (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #3)

Katherine Woodfine

4.28

Transform Your Habits

The Curse in the Candlelight (Scarlet and Ivy, #5)

Sophie Cleverly

4.46

The Mystery of the Jewelled Moth (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #2)

Katherine Woodfine

4.01

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17 best-selling fiction books like Island of Whispers by Frances Hardinge

Transform Your Habits

City of Stolen Magic

Nazneen Ahmed Pathak

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Leila and the Blue Fox

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

4.29

Transform Your Habits

And Then, Boom!

Lisa Fipps

4.69

Transform Your Habits

The Whisperwicks: The Labyrinth of Lost and Found

Jordan Lees

4.32

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