11 best-selling mystery books like The Artist Colony by Joanna FitzPatrick

Cover of The Artist Colony by Joanna FitzPatrick

The Artist Colony

By: Joanna FitzPatrick

3.81

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

From the historical fiction author of Katherine Mansfield comes a bold, creative and unexpected mys…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Artist Colony by Joanna FitzPatrick , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen

1. The Bone Garden

By: Tess Gerritsen

3.52

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Present day: Julia Hamill has made a horrifying discovery on the grounds of her new home in rural M… read more

Similar categories in Tess Gerritsen's The Bone Garden book and Joanna FitzPatrick's The Artist Colony

  • mystery
  • historical fiction

2. Q is for Quarry (Kinsey Millhone, #17)

By: Sue Grafton

3.65

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

She was a "Jane Doe," an unidentified white female whose decomposed body was discovered near a quar… read more

Similar categories in Sue Grafton's Q is for Quarry (Kinsey Millhone, #17) book and Joanna FitzPatrick's The Artist Colony

3. A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries, #1)

By: Charles Finch

3.27

Format: None pages,

Charles Lenox, Victorian gentleman and armchair explorer, likes nothing more than to relax in his p… read more

Similar categories in Charles Finch's A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries, #1) book and Joanna FitzPatrick's The Artist Colony

4. The Perfect Son

By: Barbara Claypole White

3.93

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

From a distance, Felix Fitzwilliam, the son of an old English family, is a good husband and father.… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Claypole White's The Perfect Son book and Joanna FitzPatrick's The Artist Colony

Cover of The Fiction Writer by Jillian Cantor

5. The Fiction Writer

By: Jillian Cantor

3.19

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The Fiction Writer follows a writer hired by a handsome billionaire to write about his family histo… read more

Similar categories in Jillian Cantor's The Fiction Writer book and Joanna FitzPatrick's The Artist Colony

  • mystery
"That's what writing fiction was, wasn't it? Processing your own life, answering all those questions in any way you wanted to, since fictional worlds operated with their own language and their own rul…"

-Jillian Cantor, The Fiction Writer

Cover of Horse by Geraldine Brooks

6. Horse

By: Geraldine Brooks

4.27

Format: 401 pages, Hardcover

A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American… read more

Similar categories in Geraldine Brooks's Horse book and Joanna FitzPatrick's The Artist Colony

  • historical fiction
"I don't rightly know who was my great-grandfather, much less his father. How come you know that about a horse?"

-Geraldine Brooks, Horse

"She felt a little clandestine, as if she were ten years old again, sneaking a dead rat past her mother so she could articulate a Rattus norvegicus domestica for her bedroom display."

-Geraldine Brooks, Horse

"You have to know that bigots are unwittingly handing you an edge. By thinking you're lesser than they are, they underestimate you. Lean on that. Learn to use it, and you'll get the upper hand."

-Geraldine Brooks, Horse

Cover of Absolution by Alice McDermott

7. Absolution

By: Alice McDermott

3.81

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

A riveting account of women’s lives on the margins of the Vietnam War. In Saigon in 1963, two yo… read more

Similar categories in Alice McDermott's Absolution book and Joanna FitzPatrick's The Artist Colony

  • historical fiction
Cover of Table for Two by Amor Towles

8. Table for Two

By: Amor Towles

4.26

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a… read more

Similar categories in Amor Towles's Table for Two book and Joanna FitzPatrick's The Artist Colony

  • historical fiction
"And though she couldn’t remember the exact reference and whether it was from mythology or the Bible, she knew instinctively as they approached the pier’s limit she mustn’t look back."

-Amor Towles, Table for Two

"It is a funny aspect of life, thought Charlie, how a group of grown people can convince themselves to do something that none of them really want to do. They start by talking an idea into existence. O…"

-Amor Towles, Table for Two

Cover of One Last Step (Tara Mills Mystery #1) by Sarah    Sutton

9. One Last Step (Tara Mills Mystery #1)

By: Sarah Sutton

4.24

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

ONE LAST STEP (A Tara Mills Mystery—Book One) is the debut novel in a new FBI mystery series by deb… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Sutton's One Last Step (Tara Mills Mystery #1) book and Joanna FitzPatrick's The Artist Colony

  • mystery
Cover of The Perfumist of Paris (The Jaipur Trilogy, #3) by Alka Joshi

10. The Perfumist of Paris (The Jaipur Trilogy, #3)

By: Alka Joshi

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Paris, 1974. Radha is now thirty-two and living in Paris with her husband, Pierre, and their two da… read more

Similar categories in Alka Joshi's The Perfumist of Paris (The Jaipur Trilogy, #3) book and Joanna FitzPatrick's The Artist Colony

  • historical fiction
"I've given my best, but I've been used. Delphine said I have to move past it. Lakshmi moved past her betrayals. So did Victorine. Isn't that the look she's giving us in Manet's paining? There will al…"

-Alka Joshi, The Perfumist of Paris (The Jaipur Trilogy, #3)

Cover of An American Beauty by Shana Abe

11. An American Beauty

By: Shana Abe

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

This sweeping novel of historical fiction is inspired by the true rags-to-riches story of Arabella … read more

Similar categories in Shana Abe's An American Beauty book and Joanna FitzPatrick's The Artist Colony

  • historical fiction
Cover of This Is Happiness by Niall Williams

12. This Is Happiness

By: Niall Williams

4.21

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

About This Is Happiness The most enchanting novel you'll read this year, from the acclaimed author… read more

Similar categories in Niall Williams's This Is Happiness book and Joanna FitzPatrick's The Artist Colony

  • historical fiction
"Nobody who's lived an anyway decent amount of life remembers everything."

-Niall Williams, This Is Happiness

"It seems to me the true and individual nature of a human being's eyes defy description, or at least my capabilities. They're not like anything else, or anyone else's, and may be the most perfect proo…"

-Niall Williams, This Is Happiness

"When you've been raised inside a religion, it's not a small thing to step outside it. Even if you no longer believe in it, you can feel its absence. There's a spirit-would to a Sunday. You can patch …"

-Niall Williams, This Is Happiness

"It was a condensed explanation, but I came to understand him to mean you could stop at, not all, but most of the moments of your life, stop for one heartbeat and, no matter what the state of your hea…"

-Niall Williams, This Is Happiness

Cover of The Last Lifeboat by Hazel Gaynor

13. The Last Lifeboat

By: Hazel Gaynor

4.33

Format: 371 pages, Paperback

A Most Anticipated Book by Real Simple ∙ SheReads ∙ BookBub ∙ and more! Inspired by a remarkable… read more

Similar categories in Hazel Gaynor's The Last Lifeboat book and Joanna FitzPatrick's The Artist Colony

  • historical fiction
Cover of The Beach at Summerly by Beatriz Williams

14. The Beach at Summerly

By: Beatriz Williams

3.89

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestseller Beatriz Williams returns with a ravishing summer read, taking readers bac… read more

Similar categories in Beatriz Williams's The Beach at Summerly book and Joanna FitzPatrick's The Artist Colony

  • mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of Her, Too by Bonnie Kistler

15. Her, Too

By: Bonnie Kistler

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Defending an accused rapist, a high-powered lawyer learns firsthand the terrible truth about her cl… read more

Similar categories in Bonnie Kistler's Her, Too book and Joanna FitzPatrick's The Artist Colony

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

16. 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 Joanna FitzPatrick's The Artist Colony

  • mystery
Cover of If She Saw (Kate Wise, #2) by Blake Pierce

17. If She Saw (Kate Wise, #2)

By: Blake Pierce

4.11

Format: 169 pages, Kindle Edition

IF SHE SAW (A Kate Wise Mystery) is book #2 in a new psychological thriller series by bestselling a… read more

Similar categories in Blake Pierce's If She Saw (Kate Wise, #2) book and Joanna FitzPatrick's The Artist Colony

  • mystery
Cover of The Good Liars by Anita Frank

18. The Good Liars

By: Anita Frank

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Six years ago, at the very start of World War One, a local boy went missing and was never found. So… read more

Similar categories in Anita Frank's The Good Liars book and Joanna FitzPatrick's The Artist Colony

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

19. 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

Similar categories in Donna Leon's A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33) book and Joanna FitzPatrick's The Artist Colony

  • mystery
Cover of The Artist Colony by Joanna FitzPatrick

20. The Artist Colony

By: Joanna FitzPatrick

3.81

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

From the historical fiction author of Katherine Mansfield comes a bold, creative and unexpected mys… read more

Similar categories in Joanna FitzPatrick's The Artist Colony book and Joanna FitzPatrick's The Artist Colony

  • mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue by Dean Jobb

21. A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue

By: Dean Jobb

4.02

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

“A master of narrative nonfiction … in this mesmerizing tale about a Jazz Age gentlemanly thief, Jo… read more

Similar categories in Dean Jobb's A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue book and Joanna FitzPatrick's The Artist Colony

  • mystery

11 must-read historical fiction books like The Artist Colony by Joanna FitzPatrick

Transform Your Habits

The Bone Garden

Tess Gerritsen

3.52

Transform Your Habits

Horse

Geraldine Brooks

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Absolution

Alice McDermott

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Table for Two

Amor Towles

4.26

View all the books

21 Best fiction books like The Fiction Writer by Jillian Cantor

Transform Your Habits

The Engagement Party

Darby Kane

3.29

Transform Your Habits

Everyone Is Watching

Heather Gudenkauf

3.65

Transform Your Habits

The New Couple in 5B

Lisa Unger

3.63

Transform Your Habits

The Manor House

Gilly Macmillan

3.71

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.