6 Best mystery thriller books like The Lacemaker's Secret (Chloe Ellefson Mystery #9) by Kathleen Ernst

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The Lacemaker's Secret (Chloe Ellefson Mystery #9)

By: Kathleen Ernst

4.29

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

Greed, Uncertainty, and Death Get Tangled in the Mystery of a Rare Piece of Belgian Lace Curator C…

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in The Lacemaker's Secret (Chloe Ellefson Mystery #9) by Kathleen Ernst , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse (Flavia de Luce, #6.5)

By: Alan Bradley

3.77

Format: 24 pages, Kindle Edition

Murder! the letter says, Come at once. Anson House, Greyminster, Staircase No. 3. How can Flavia de… read more

Similar categories in Alan Bradley's The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse (Flavia de Luce, #6.5) book and Kathleen Ernst's The Lacemaker's Secret (Chloe Ellefson Mystery #9)

  • historical
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of Death Stalks Door County (Dave Cubiak, #1) by Patricia Skalka

2. Death Stalks Door County (Dave Cubiak, #1)

By: Patricia Skalka

3.16

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Six deaths mar the holiday mood as summer vacationers enjoy Wisconsin's beautiful Door County penin… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Skalka's Death Stalks Door County (Dave Cubiak, #1) book and Kathleen Ernst's The Lacemaker's Secret (Chloe Ellefson Mystery #9)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (Flavia de Luce, #7) by Alan Bradley

3. As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (Flavia de Luce, #7)

By: Alan Bradley

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Hard on the heels of the return of her mother's body from the frozen reaches of the Himalayas, Flav… read more

Similar categories in Alan Bradley's As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (Flavia de Luce, #7) book and Kathleen Ernst's The Lacemaker's Secret (Chloe Ellefson Mystery #9)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

4. Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd (Flavia de Luce, #8)

By: Alan Bradley

4.18

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Hailed as "a combination of Eloise and Sherlock Holmes" by The Boston Globe, Flavia de Luce returns… read more

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5. Charmed Life (Chrestomanci, #1)

By: Diana Wynne Jones

4.16

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Cat doesn't mind living in the shadow of his sister, Gwendolen, the most promising young witch ever… read more

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6. The Magicians of Caprona (Chrestomanci, #4)

By: Diana Wynne Jones

4.42

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Tonino is the only person in the famous Montana household who wasn't born with an instinct for crea… read more

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7. Speaking from Among the Bones (Flavia de Luce, #5)

By: Alan Bradley

4.19

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Eleven-year-old amateur detective and ardent chemist Flavia de Luce is used to digging up clues, wh… read more

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8. The Lives of Christopher Chant (Chrestomanci, #2)

By: Diana Wynne Jones

5.00

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

His father and uncles are enchanters, his mother a powerful sorceress, yet nothing seems magical ab… read more

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9. Unwritten

By: Charles Martin

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

An actress running from her past finds escape with a man hiding from his future. When someone wants… read more

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10. Happy Birthday, Felicity! A Springtime Story (American Girls: Felicity, #4)

By: Valerie Tripp

4.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

Spring brings Felicity's tenth birthday, and a visit from her Grandfather. He arrives with a precio… read more

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11. Witch Week (Chrestomanci, #3)

By: Diana Wynne Jones

5.00

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

SOMEONE IN THIS CLASS IS A WITCH. When the note, written in ordinary blue ballpoint, appears betwee… read more

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Cover of The Twelve Books of Christmas (Bibliophile Mystery, #17) by Kate Carlisle

12. The Twelve Books of Christmas (Bibliophile Mystery, #17)

By: Kate Carlisle

3.92

Format: 336 pages, ebook

San Francisco book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright and her hunky security-expert husband, De… read more

Similar categories in Kate Carlisle's The Twelve Books of Christmas (Bibliophile Mystery, #17) book and Kathleen Ernst's The Lacemaker's Secret (Chloe Ellefson Mystery #9)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
Cover of The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl

13. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

By: Margaret Renkl

4.37

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a “h… read more

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14. The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

By: James Patterson

3.92

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

Booksellers and librarians are superheroes, saving lives every single day. Here are their amazing, … read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading book and Kathleen Ernst's The Lacemaker's Secret (Chloe Ellefson Mystery #9)

  • adult
"Different books speak to us at different times."

-James Patterson, The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

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

15. 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 Kathleen Ernst's The Lacemaker's Secret (Chloe Ellefson Mystery #9)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
"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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16. The Seed Keeper

By: Diane Wilson

4.30

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

A haunting novel spanning several generations, The Seed Keeper follows a Dakota family's struggle t… read more

Similar categories in Diane Wilson's The Seed Keeper book and Kathleen Ernst's The Lacemaker's Secret (Chloe Ellefson Mystery #9)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"My father traveled now with the stars, returned to the vast mystery that had so fascinated him all his life."

-Diane Wilson, The Seed Keeper

"What the white settlers called progress was a storm of fury thundering its way across the land, and none of us were strong enough to withstand it."

-Diane Wilson, The Seed Keeper

"I decided to give Rosie all the facts I could—because that's how the corporations work against us, twisting the truth till we're at war with each other."

-Diane Wilson, The Seed Keeper

"I thought about the aftermath of the 1862 war, when thirty-eight hastily condemned warriors had been hung in Mankato, in the country's largest-ever mass execution. Their bodies were buried in shallow…"

-Diane Wilson, The Seed Keeper

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17. The Fifth Avenue Story Society

By: Rachel Hauck

4.03

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

An invitation to join The Fifth Avenue Story Society gives five New York strangers a chance to rewr… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Hauck's The Fifth Avenue Story Society book and Kathleen Ernst's The Lacemaker's Secret (Chloe Ellefson Mystery #9)

  • fiction
"She didn’t resist the rush of tears. If there was no sadness about leaving New York, then her time here would’ve meant nothing."

-Rachel Hauck, The Fifth Avenue Story Society

Cover of Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray

18. Becoming Madam Secretary

By: Stephanie Dray

4.45

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

She took on titans, battled generals, and changed the world as we know it… New York Times bestse… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Dray's Becoming Madam Secretary book and Kathleen Ernst's The Lacemaker's Secret (Chloe Ellefson Mystery #9)

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Not That Fancy: Simple Lessons on Living, Loving, Eating, and Dusting Off Your Boots by Reba McEntire

19. Not That Fancy: Simple Lessons on Living, Loving, Eating, and Dusting Off Your Boots

By: Reba McEntire

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The best things in life are really not that fancy. This photo-dri… read more

Similar categories in Reba McEntire's Not That Fancy: Simple Lessons on Living, Loving, Eating, and Dusting Off Your Boots book and Kathleen Ernst's The Lacemaker's Secret (Chloe Ellefson Mystery #9)

  • adult
Cover of Have You Seen Luis Velez? by Catherine Ryan Hyde

20. Have You Seen Luis Velez?

By: Catherine Ryan Hyde

4.39

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

An Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestseller. New York Times bestselling author Catherine R… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Ryan Hyde's Have You Seen Luis Velez? book and Kathleen Ernst's The Lacemaker's Secret (Chloe Ellefson Mystery #9)

  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Right,"

-Catherine Ryan Hyde, Have You Seen Luis Velez?

"Unlike Ed, she listened. But then she forgot."

-Catherine Ryan Hyde, Have You Seen Luis Velez?

"After all, the only thing that hurts more than tears shed is tears unshed."

-Catherine Ryan Hyde, Have You Seen Luis Velez?

"I think it makes not one bit of difference if those words came from the soul of Annaliese Schmidt or from the inside of my own brain."

-Catherine Ryan Hyde, Have You Seen Luis Velez?

Cover of Door to Door Quilts (Door County Quilts, #2) by Ann Hazelwood

21. Door to Door Quilts (Door County Quilts, #2)

By: Ann Hazelwood

4.07

Format: 437 pages, Kindle Edition

An artist finds herself in the midst of a local controversy and a romance gone wrong in this charmi… read more

Similar categories in Ann Hazelwood's Door to Door Quilts (Door County Quilts, #2) book and Kathleen Ernst's The Lacemaker's Secret (Chloe Ellefson Mystery #9)

  • mystery
Cover of My Friend Anne Frank: The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds by Hannah Pick-Goslar

22. My Friend Anne Frank: The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds

By: Hannah Pick-Goslar

4.66

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

THE INSTANT  NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Both heartbreaking and life-affirming" (Edith Eger, auth… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Pick-Goslar's My Friend Anne Frank: The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds book and Kathleen Ernst's The Lacemaker's Secret (Chloe Ellefson Mystery #9)

  • historical
Cover of The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Flavia de Luce, #6) by Alan Bradley

23. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Flavia de Luce, #6)

By: Alan Bradley

4.18

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

On a spring morning in 1951, eleven-year-old chemist and aspiring detective Flavia de Luce gathers … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
"If stupidity were theoretical physics, then I would be Albert Einstein."

-Alan Bradley, The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Flavia de Luce, #6)

"It’s things like this that really shake me: sudden terrifying glimpses into the world of being an adult, and they are sometimes things that I am not sure I really want to know."

-Alan Bradley, The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Flavia de Luce, #6)

"I suddenly realized that there's something about singing hymns with a large group of people that sharpens the senses remarkably. I stored this observation away for later use; it was a jolly good thin…"

-Alan Bradley, The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Flavia de Luce, #6)

"Although it seems shocking to say so, grief is a funny thing. On the one hand, you're numb, yet on the other, something inside is trying desperately to claw its way back to normal: to pull a funny fa…"

-Alan Bradley, The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Flavia de Luce, #6)

Cover of Every Living Thing  (All Creatures Great and Small, #8) by James Herriot

24. Every Living Thing (All Creatures Great and Small, #8)

By: James Herriot

4.49

Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition

For more than twenty years, James Herriot has captivated millions of readers and television viewers… read more

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Cover of The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are by Libby Copeland

25. The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are

By: Libby Copeland

4.02

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

In The Lost Family, journalist Libby Copeland investigates what happens when we embark on a vast so… read more

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  • adult
"Time is the enemy of secret-keepers, because with time comes the inevitable revelation, one way or another."

-Libby Copeland, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are

"Linda would say that she was so excited to have half-sisters that she didn't fully appreciate how her story posted a fundamental threat to their story."

-Libby Copeland, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are

"Seeking out genetic information... may allow adult adoptees, who had no choice in whether to be adopted, or by whom, to exercise their autonomy in making meaning out of it."

-Libby Copeland, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are

"People thought they could get away with everything, she says– and indeed, they did until genetic genealogy came along. In Moore's view, DNA is an equalizer, a revelatory force with the power to right…"

-Libby Copeland, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are

Cover of Quilters of the Door (Door County Quilts, #1) by Ann Hazelwood

26. Quilters of the Door (Door County Quilts, #1)

By: Ann Hazelwood

3.89

Format: 388 pages, Kindle Edition

A quilt artist finds a new home—and beautiful new horizons—on the shores of Lake Michigan in this s… read more

Similar categories in Ann Hazelwood's Quilters of the Door (Door County Quilts, #1) book and Kathleen Ernst's The Lacemaker's Secret (Chloe Ellefson Mystery #9)

  • fiction
Cover of The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier

27. The Glassmaker

By: Tracy Chevalier

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glass… read more

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  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"...you never recover from losing someone; you just learn to accommodate the hole it makes in you."

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

"People who make things also have an ambiguous relationship with time. Painters, writers, wood-carvers, knitters, weavers and, yes, glassmakers: creators often enter an absorbed state that psychologis…"

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

Cover of Enemies Don't: An Enemies to Lovers Romantic Comedy (Fall In Love Series Book 2) by Leah Dobrinska

28. Enemies Don't: An Enemies to Lovers Romantic Comedy (Fall In Love Series Book 2)

By: Leah Dobrinska

4.35

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

A heartfelt romantic comedy, loosely inspired by The Proposal. Lost and guarded after getting out … read more

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Cover of Friends Don't (Fall in Love #1) by Leah Dobrinska

29. Friends Don't (Fall in Love #1)

By: Leah Dobrinska

4.29

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

A heartfelt and hilarious romantic comedy, loosely inspired by While You Were Sleeping. As the o… read more

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Cover of The Lacemaker's Secret (Chloe Ellefson Mystery #9) by Kathleen Ernst

30. The Lacemaker's Secret (Chloe Ellefson Mystery #9)

By: Kathleen Ernst

4.29

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

Greed, Uncertainty, and Death Get Tangled in the Mystery of a Rare Piece of Belgian Lace Curator C… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Ernst's The Lacemaker's Secret (Chloe Ellefson Mystery #9) book and Kathleen Ernst's The Lacemaker's Secret (Chloe Ellefson Mystery #9)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
Cover of What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11) by Alan Bradley

31. What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11)

By: Alan Bradley

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the absence of adult supervision, Flavia has taken on the mentorship of her “pestilent” younger … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery

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