19 must-read crime books like The Mystery of the Three Orchids by Augusto De Angelis

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The Mystery of the Three Orchids

By: Augusto De Angelis

3.24

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The notorious Inspector Di Vincenzi returns in this cryptic murder mystery teeming with blackmail, …

If you liked the crime plot in The Mystery of the Three Orchids by Augusto De Angelis , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4) by Agatha Christie

1. A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)

By: Agatha Christie

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

"A Murder is Announced" is a staple of crime fiction and often considered as the best Miss Marple n… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"الناس في الظلام مختلفين كثيرا"

-Agatha Christie, A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)

"Use that fluff of yours you call a brain."

-Agatha Christie, A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)

"It's what's in yourself that makes you happy or unhappy."

-Agatha Christie, A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)

"إن الجرائم الصغيرة تؤدي إلى الجرائم الكبيرة .. أليس كذلك ؟"

-Agatha Christie, A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)

Cover of Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie

2. Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

By: Agatha Christie

3.91

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Was it a misstep that sent a handsome stranger plummeting to his death from a cliff? Or something m… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"Why didn't they ask the Evans?"

-Agatha Christie, Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

"Young men are sadly degenerate nowadays."

-Agatha Christie, Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

"A woman would know all right about her own husband."

-Agatha Christie, Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

"Time, thought Bobby suddenly, was a very frightening thing."

-Agatha Christie, Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

Cover of The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Sōji Shimada, Shika MacKenzie, Ross MacKenzie

3. The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

By: Sōji Shimada , Shika MacKenzie , Ross MacKenzie

3.87

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

Astrologer, fortuneteller, and self-styled detective Kiyoshi Mitarai must in one week solve a myste… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"Art is not to copy the work of another; real art exists only in difference."

-Sōji Shimada, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

"I'm a huge fan of mysteries; in fact, they're almost an addiction. If a week goes by without reading a mystery, I suffer withdrawal symptoms. Then I wander around like I'm sleepwalking and wake up in…"

-Sōji Shimada, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

Cover of Voice of the Violin (Inspector Montalbano, #4) by Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli

4. Voice of the Violin (Inspector Montalbano, #4)

By: Andrea Camilleri , Stephen Sartarelli

3.98

Format: 574 pages,

The Sicilian detective, Inspector Salvo Montalbano, is on the search for the killer of a young woma… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Excursion to Tindari (Inspector Montalbano, #5) by Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli

5. Excursion to Tindari (Inspector Montalbano, #5)

By: Andrea Camilleri , Stephen Sartarelli

3.98

Format: 574 pages, Paperback

Following the long-running success he has enjoyed on bestseller lists in Europe, Inspector Salvo Mo… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji, Sōji Shimada, Ho-Ling Wong

6. The Decagon House Murders

By: Yukito Ayatsuji , Sōji Shimada , Ho-Ling Wong

2.50

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Students from a university mystery club decide to visit an island which was the site of a grisly mu… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie

7. The Sittaford Mystery

By: Agatha Christie

3.76

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

In a remote house in the middle of Dartmoor, six shadowy figures huddle around a table for a seance… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"I help those who can help themselves."

-Agatha Christie, The Sittaford Mystery

"Sloppy crying had never helped anyone yet."

-Agatha Christie, The Sittaford Mystery

"To cry at will is not an easy accomplishment."

-Agatha Christie, The Sittaford Mystery

"Emily had the kind of personality that soars triumphantly over all obstacles."

-Agatha Christie, The Sittaford Mystery

8. The Wychford Poisoning Case (Roger Sheringham Cases, #2)

By: Anthony Berkeley

3.97

Format: None pages, Hardcover

2nd Roger Sheringham novel. read more

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9. The Seven Dials Mystery (Superintendent Battle #2)

By: Agatha Christie

3.80

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

A practical joke goes chillingly, murderously wrong in Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie’s classic d… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"It's a rotten job, but somebody's got to do it."

-Agatha Christie, The Seven Dials Mystery (Superintendent Battle #2)

"To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness."

-Agatha Christie, The Seven Dials Mystery (Superintendent Battle #2)

"You've brought out your best butter." [you're laying on the flattery thickly]"

-Agatha Christie, The Seven Dials Mystery (Superintendent Battle #2)

"What I think is a different matter. Maybe I think some rather curious things—but until thinking's got you somewhere it's no use talking about it."

-Agatha Christie, The Seven Dials Mystery (Superintendent Battle #2)

10. Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #23)

By: Agatha Christie

4.48

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

Set at the Jolly Roger, a posh vacation resort for the rich and famous on the southern coast of Eng… read more

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11. A Little Local Murder

By: Robert Barnard

3.22

Format: 402 pages, Paperback

Social infighting in the tiny village of Twythching, just when Radio Broadwich starts to do a docum… read more

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12. The Master Key

By: Masako Togawa , None

4.38

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

Fans of P.D. James, Robert Barnard and other literate writers in the genre will welcome US publicat… read more

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13. The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)

By: Raymond Chandler

3.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

A couple of missing wives--one a rich man's and one a poor man's--become the objects of Marlowe's i… read more

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14. The Drowned World

By: Martin Amis , J.G. Ballard

4.50

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

First published in 1962, J.G. Ballard's mesmerizing and ferociously prescient novel imagines a terr… read more

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15. The Smell of the Night (Inspector Montalbano, #6)

By: Andrea Camilleri , Stephen Sartarelli

4.50

Format: None pages,

The number of Inspector Montalbano fans will continue to grow with this ingenious new novel featuri… read more

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16. 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)

By: Agatha Christie

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For an instant the two trains ran together, going in the same direction side by side. In that froze… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"Don’t go,"

-Agatha Christie, 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)

"I think, my dear, we won't talk any more about murder during tea. Such an unpleasant subject."

-Agatha Christie, 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)

"Everybody in St. Mary Mead knew Miss Marple; fluffy and dithery in appearance, but inwardly as sharp and as shrewd as they make them."

-Agatha Christie, 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)

17. Acqua Alta (Commissario Brunetti, #5)

By: Donna Leon

3.94

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

Donna Leon's growing American fan base is hungry for more of the books from her internationally bes… read more

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18. The Lady Killer

By: Masako Togawa

3.96

Format: 286 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Ichiro Honda is a good-looking computer expert who works in Tokyo, lives in a respectable hotel, an… read more

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19. Tokyo Express

By: Seichō Matsumoto

3.68

Format: 175 pages, Paperback

In una cala rocciosa della baia di Hakata, i corpi di un uomo e di una donna vengono rinvenuti all’… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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20. La portalettere

By: Francesca Giannone

4.14

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Salento, giugno 1934. A Lizzanello, un paesino di poche migliaia di anime, una corriera si ferma ne… read more

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  • fiction
"Si diresse in cucina, aspettandosi che Anna la seguisse per aiutarla. Invece vide che scostava la sedia e si accomodava. Roba da matti, pensò allora, scuotendo il capo. Se c'era un'altra donna tra i …"

-Francesca Giannone, La portalettere

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21. Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan

By: Erika Fatland

4.28

Format: 477 pages, Hardcover

Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan became free of the Soviet Union in… read more

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"W gruncie rzeczy nie wyobrażam sobie lepszej ilustracji szczytu melancholii niż pesymista czytający Schopenhauera w Pamirze."

-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan

"(...) a kiedy się śmiał, czynił to na ten lekko zrezygnowany, ironiczny sposób, który przyswoili sobie obrońcy praw człowieka na całym świecie."

-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan

"There are very few lazy people in Uzbekistan now" he said. "I describe as lazy those who go to Moscow and sweep its streets and squares." - President of Uzbekistan"

-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan

"He shook his head and waved me on to his colleague, who was responsible for moral checks. "Do you have any porn with you miss?" The customs officer looked at me with interest."

-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan

Cover of The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1) by Seishi Yokomizo

22. The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)

By: Seishi Yokomizo

3.66

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

One of Japan's greatest classic murder mysteries, introducing their best loved detective, translate… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"What was Kenzo's reaction to all this criticism? His approach was to stay completely silent. He made no move whatsoever to respond to any of it. And, of course, water eventually wins over fire. One b…"

-Seishi Yokomizo, The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)

Cover of The Inugami Curse (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #2) by Seishi Yokomizo

23. The Inugami Curse (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #2)

By: Seishi Yokomizo

3.87

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

A fiendish classic murder mystery, from one of Japan’s greatest crime writers. In 1940s Japan, t… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"Detective you have to arrest her. You have to arrest her and put her to death. Not just the regular death penalty - that's not good enough for her. I want her to hang by her heels, rip her to shreds,…"

-Seishi Yokomizo, The Inugami Curse (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #2)

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24. Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun

By: Chris Broad

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a … read more

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25. Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4)

By: Seishi Yokomizo

3.79

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Kosuke Kindaichi arrives on the remote Gokumon Island bearing tragic news – the son of one of the i… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"Poverty is the mother of crime. If people are poor, they lose all sense of shame, and behave appallingly."

-Seishi Yokomizo, Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4)

"Mảnh trăng lưỡi liềm mùng mười còn treo trên sườn núi Suribachi, bầu trời lấp lánh muôn ánh sao. Sông Ngân kéo chiếc đuôi dài thượt ngang qua, có thể thấy thấp thoáng quầng sáng trắng sữa. Đảo Ngục M…"

-Seishi Yokomizo, Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4)

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26. Outside

By: Ragnar Jónasson

3.02

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

With three million copies of his books sold worldwide, "world-class crime writer"( The Sunday Times… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2) by Yukito Ayatsuji

27. The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

By: Yukito Ayatsuji

3.62

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

Ever since a horrific car accident, Fujinuma Kiichi has lived a reclusive existence in the remote M… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"A cold death mask worn by a living man."

-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

"It sounded like the beating heart of the house."

-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

"In the gloomy darkness, I revealed my accursed face."

-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

"He cursed the storm that had upset his peaceful life."

-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

Cover of Death and the Conjuror (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #1) by Tom   Mead

28. Death and the Conjuror (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #1)

By: Tom Mead

3.55

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A magician-turned-sleuth in pre-war London solves three impossible crimes. In 1930s London, cele… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Murder in the Crooked House (Kiyoshi Mitarai, #2) by Sōji Shimada

29. Murder in the Crooked House (Kiyoshi Mitarai, #2)

By: Sōji Shimada

3.55

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

The Crooked House sits on a snowbound cliff at the remote northern tip of Japan. A curious place to… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Dead Man’s Grave (DS Max Craigie, #1) by Neil Lancaster

30. Dead Man’s Grave (DS Max Craigie, #1)

By: Neil Lancaster

4.28

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

This grave can never be opened. The head of Scotland’s most powerful crime family is brutally murd… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Mystery of the Three Orchids by Augusto De Angelis

31. The Mystery of the Three Orchids

By: Augusto De Angelis

3.24

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The notorious Inspector Di Vincenzi returns in this cryptic murder mystery teeming with blackmail, … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction

20 Best fiction books like The Mystery of the Three Orchids by Augusto De Angelis

Transform Your Habits

A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)

Agatha Christie

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

Agatha Christie

3.91

Transform Your Habits

The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

Sōji Shimada , Shika MacKenzie , Ross MacKenzie

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Voice of the Violin (Inspector Montalbano, #4)

Andrea Camilleri , Stephen Sartarelli

3.98

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20 must-read fiction books like Death and the Conjuror (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #1) by Tom Mead

Transform Your Habits

He Who Whispers (Dr. Gideon Fell, #16)

John Dickson Carr

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5)

Sophie Hannah

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Transform Your Habits

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

Robert Thorogood

3.92

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