25 must-read mystery books like Death in a Cold Hard Light (A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery #4) by Francine Mathews

Cover of Death in a Cold Hard Light (A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery #4) by Francine Mathews

Death in a Cold Hard Light (A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery #4)

By: Francine Mathews

3.90

Format: 352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Merry Folger is more than ready for a romantic vacation with her fiancé Peter when fate--and her po…

If you liked the mystery plot in Death in a Cold Hard Light (A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery #4) by Francine Mathews , here is a list of 25 books like this:

Cover of The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #2) by Dorothy Gilman

1. The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #2)

By: Dorothy Gilman

4.18

Format: 176 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When Emily Pollifax answers the phone that Sunday morning, she quickly forgets all about her Garden… read more

Similar categories in Dorothy Gilman's The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #2) book and Francine Mathews's Death in a Cold Hard Light (A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery #4)

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

2. 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 Francine Mathews's Death in a Cold Hard Light (A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery #4)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Jane and the Canterbury Tale (Jane Austen Mysteries, #11) by Stephanie Barron

3. Jane and the Canterbury Tale (Jane Austen Mysteries, #11)

By: Stephanie Barron

4.08

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

Three years after news of her scandalous husband's death, Adelaide Fiske is at the altar again, her… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Barron's Jane and the Canterbury Tale (Jane Austen Mysteries, #11) book and Francine Mathews's Death in a Cold Hard Light (A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery #4)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Surrender, New York by Caleb Carr

4. Surrender, New York

By: Caleb Carr

4.23

Format: 343 pages, ebook

Caleb Carr, #1 New York Timesbestselling author of The Alienistand The Angel of Darkness,returns wi… read more

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  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

5. A Beautiful Place to Die (Martha's Vineyard Mystery #1)

By: Philip R. Craig

4.01

Format: 217 pages, Paperback

The first book in Craig's evocative series starring Jeff J.W. Jackson, a former Boston cop now reti… read more

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6. A Dangerous Mourning (William Monk, #2)

By: Anne Perry

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From the beloved creator of Inspector Pitt and his wife, the second in the Victorian mystery series… read more

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7. The Face of a Stranger (William Monk, #1)

By: Anne Perry

4.00

Format: 268 pages, Mass Market Paperback

His name, they tell him, is William Monk, and he is a London police detective. But the accident tha… read more

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8. Defend and Betray (William Monk, #3)

By: Anne Perry

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

" A richly textured and timeless novel of suspense. Her Victorian England pulsates with life and is… read more

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9. Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair … read more

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Cover of The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18) by Laurie R. King

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

By: Laurie R. King

4.41

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, hoping for a respite in the French countryside, are instead caugh… read more

Similar categories in Laurie R. King's The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18) book and Francine Mathews's Death in a Cold Hard Light (A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery #4)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Killing of Innocents (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #19) by Deborah Crombie

11. A Killing of Innocents (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #19)

By: Deborah Crombie

4.25

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestseller Deborah Crombie returns with a new novel focusing on Scotland Yard detect… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Crombie's A Killing of Innocents (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #19) book and Francine Mathews's Death in a Cold Hard Light (A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery #4)

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Lost Birds (A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito #27) by Anne Hillerman

12. 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 Francine Mathews's Death in a Cold Hard Light (A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery #4)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Imposter (Mike Bowditch, #10.5) by Paul Doiron

13. The Imposter (Mike Bowditch, #10.5)

By: Paul Doiron

3.68

Format: 49 pages, Kindle Edition

In this original short story in the bestselling Mike Bowditch mystery series by Paul Doiron, Mike i… read more

Similar categories in Paul Doiron's The Imposter (Mike Bowditch, #10.5) book and Francine Mathews's Death in a Cold Hard Light (A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery #4)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) by Jacqueline Winspear

14. 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 Francine Mathews's Death in a Cold Hard Light (A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery #4)

  • mystery
  • 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)

Cover of Dedication to Murder (Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery, #9) by Lauren  Elliott

15. Dedication to Murder (Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery, #9)

By: Lauren Elliott

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A first edition of The Velveteen Rabbit provides bookshop owner Addie Greyborne a telling clue to a… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Elliott's Dedication to Murder (Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery, #9) book and Francine Mathews's Death in a Cold Hard Light (A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery #4)

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Last Word by Elly Griffiths

16. The Last Word

By: Elly Griffiths

3.92

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in The Postscript Murders, are running a detective agency in Shoreha… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Last Word book and Francine Mathews's Death in a Cold Hard Light (A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery #4)

  • detective
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Girls on the Shore (Two Rivers, #2.5) by Ann Cleeves

17. The Girls on the Shore (Two Rivers, #2.5)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.40

Format: 36 pages, Kindle Edition

Ann Cleeves returns with a darkly delicious short story, "The Girls on the Shore", featuring DI Mat… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Girls on the Shore (Two Rivers, #2.5) book and Francine Mathews's Death in a Cold Hard Light (A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery #4)

  • detective
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3) by Elly Griffiths

18. Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.00

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

A murderer strikes at a school reunion--but the students are no strangers to death-- in this propul… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3) book and Francine Mathews's Death in a Cold Hard Light (A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery #4)

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Harbinder paces her office. She still can’t stop herself thinking, Look at me with an office big enough to pace in ."

-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

"How many times can you reminisce about school? She doesn’t think Talgarth High has ever tried to gather its former students. To be fair, it would be hard with so many of them electronically tagged."

-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

"Aren’t you a Christian though?’ She remembers a comment about St Peter’s Italian church. ‘Not really,’ says Kim. ‘I just pick the bits I like from every religion. Is there a word for that?’ ‘Heretic,…"

-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

"Gary’s made a bit of a name for himself. He’s always in the papers going on about climate change being a hoax. That’s why I was surprised ….’ ‘Surprised by what,’ prompts Harbinder because the singer…"

-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

Cover of The Postscript Murders (Harbinder Kaur, #2) by Elly Griffiths

19. The Postscript Murders (Harbinder Kaur, #2)

By: Elly Griffiths

3.93

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

Murder leaps off the page when crime novelists begin to turn up dead in this intricate new novel by… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Postscript Murders (Harbinder Kaur, #2) book and Francine Mathews's Death in a Cold Hard Light (A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery #4)

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Jane and the Final Mystery (Being a Jane Austen Mystery #15) by Stephanie Barron

20. Jane and the Final Mystery (Being a Jane Austen Mystery #15)

By: Stephanie Barron

4.16

Format: 255 pages, Hardcover

The final volume of the critically acclaimed mystery series featuring Jane Austen as amateur sleuth… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Barron's Jane and the Final Mystery (Being a Jane Austen Mystery #15) book and Francine Mathews's Death in a Cold Hard Light (A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery #4)

  • mystery
  • 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 Francine Mathews's Death in a Cold Hard Light (A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery #4)

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Hopeless Murder (A Hope Walker Mystery, #1) by Daniel Carson

22. A Hopeless Murder (A Hope Walker Mystery, #1)

By: Daniel Carson

4.34

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

A funny cozy mystery series full of bold women, a quirky and lovable town, and one seriously hopele… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Stellar Debut of Galactica MacFee (44 Scotland Street, #17) by Alexander McCall Smith

23. The Stellar Debut of Galactica MacFee (44 Scotland Street, #17)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

The latest installment in the warm and welcoming 44 Scotland Street series finds all our favorite r… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Back to the Garden by Laurie R. King

24. Back to the Garden

By: Laurie R. King

3.92

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

A fifty-year-old cold case involving California royalty comes back to life--with potentially fatal … read more

Similar categories in Laurie R. King's Back to the Garden book and Francine Mathews's Death in a Cold Hard Light (A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery #4)

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

25. 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

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11) book and Francine Mathews's Death in a Cold Hard Light (A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery #4)

  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Death in a Cold Hard Light (A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery #4) by Francine Mathews

26. Death in a Cold Hard Light (A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery #4)

By: Francine Mathews

3.90

Format: 352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Merry Folger is more than ready for a romantic vacation with her fiancé Peter when fate--and her po… read more

Similar categories in Francine Mathews's Death in a Cold Hard Light (A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery #4) book and Francine Mathews's Death in a Cold Hard Light (A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery #4)

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

27. 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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  • detective
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Witness for the Persecution (Jersey Girl #3) by E.J. Copperman

28. Witness for the Persecution (Jersey Girl #3)

By: E.J. Copperman

4.07

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Movie premiers, murder charges and celebrity shenanigans? It's all in a day's work for New Jersey p… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of Ukulele of Death by E.J. Copperman

29. Ukulele of Death

By: E.J. Copperman

3.46

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Meet Fran and Ken Stein - a private investigator duo who refuse to let a little thing like being no… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Murders in Great Diddling by Katarina Bivald

30. The Murders in Great Diddling

By: Katarina Bivald

3.52

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

The best stories are the ones we didn't know needed to be told The small, rundown village of Gre… read more

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

31. 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

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Elly Griffiths

4.33

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Stephanie Barron

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Marcia Muller

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