6 must-read mystery books like Heir of Blood and Secrets by Linda Xia

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Heir of Blood and Secrets

By: Linda Xia

4.11

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

“We’re all complicit in things we regret. Sometimes, we just do what we must.” In the city-state o…

If you liked the mystery plot in Heir of Blood and Secrets by Linda Xia , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. The Glittering Court (The Glittering Court, #1)

By: Richelle Mead

3.49

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Big and sweeping, spanning from the refined palaces of Osfrid to the gold dust and untamed forests … read more

Similar categories in Richelle Mead's The Glittering Court (The Glittering Court, #1) book and Linda Xia's Heir of Blood and Secrets

  • dystopia
  • young adult
"I agree. I certainly like your mouth"

-Richelle Mead, The Glittering Court (The Glittering Court, #1)

"You can't fight evil with meditation."

-Richelle Mead, The Glittering Court (The Glittering Court, #1)

"That easy, confident grin returned. “Don’t worry, it’s easily forgotten."

-Richelle Mead, The Glittering Court (The Glittering Court, #1)

"Ben bu insanlardan daha üstünüm', diye söylendim içimden. 'Bir soylu olduğum için değil, daha iyi bir insan olduğum için."

-Richelle Mead, The Glittering Court (The Glittering Court, #1)

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2. The Sylvan Horn: Book One of The Sylvan Chord

By: Robert Redinger

3.16

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

Before the days of men, there were elves. In a time they were great and powerful, the first dweller… read more

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3. Evermore (The Immortals, #1)

By: Alyson Noel

3.59

Format: 301 pages, Paperback

The first book in Alyson Noël's extraordinary new Immortals series. Enter an enchanting new world, … read more

Similar categories in Alyson Noel's Evermore (The Immortals, #1) book and Linda Xia's Heir of Blood and Secrets

  • young adult
"You'll always be safe with me."

-Alyson Noel, Evermore (The Immortals, #1)

"Laughing because it feels so damn good to do so."

-Alyson Noel, Evermore (The Immortals, #1)

"You never know what you have till you've lost it."

-Alyson Noel, Evermore (The Immortals, #1)

"It's over. Absolutely, completely, eternally over"

-Alyson Noel, Evermore (The Immortals, #1)

4. The House at Pooh Corner (Winnie-the-Pooh, #2)

By: Ernest H. Shepard , A.A. Milne

3.88

Format: None pages,

This deluxe edition of The House At Pooh Corneris the perfect way to celebrate the enduring popular… read more

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5. The Blossom Tree of Dreams (Wishing Wood, #1)

By: Holly Martin

4.30

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to the wonderful Wishing Wood, where incredible treehouses twinkle under a blanket of stars… read more

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6. The Other Bennet Sister

By: Janice Hadlow

4.16

Format: 463 pages, Hardcover

Mary, the bookish ugly duckling of Pride and Prejudice’s five Bennet sisters, emerges from the shad… read more

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"Watching what happens isn’t the same as being part of it."

-Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister

"And anyway, in our house, no-one is obliged to sparkle. Which, I find, makes it far more likely that they might."

-Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister

"If I don’t have the genius to create a thing of beauty myself, at least I have the judgement to appreciate the art of others."

-Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister

"...in truth, there is no state that better demonstrates real firmness of affection than the ability to remain quietly comfortable together without conversation."

-Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister

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7. The Gathering

By: C.J. Tudor

3.93

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A detective investigating a grisly crime in rural Alaska finds herself caught up in the dark secret… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Tudor's The Gathering book and Linda Xia's Heir of Blood and Secrets

  • mystery
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8. The Other Passenger

By: Louise Candlish

3.78

Format: 11 pages, Audiobook

From the bestselling author of Our House, winner of the Crime and Thriller Book of the Year Award Y… read more

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  • mystery
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9. Castles in Their Bones (Castles in Their Bones, #1)

By: Laura Sebastian

4.06

Format: 514 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding story of three princesses and the destiny they were born for: seduction, conquest, a… read more

Similar categories in Laura Sebastian's Castles in Their Bones (Castles in Their Bones, #1) book and Linda Xia's Heir of Blood and Secrets

  • young adult
"You've trained for this, my doves. You know who to strike. You know where they are vulnerable."

-Laura Sebastian, Castles in Their Bones (Castles in Their Bones, #1)

"I’m here because I want to be. Because you are lightning– terrifying and beautiful and dangerous and bright all at once. And I wouldn’t wish you were anything else."

-Laura Sebastian, Castles in Their Bones (Castles in Their Bones, #1)

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10. Together We Burn

By: Isabel Ibañez

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Eighteen-year-old Zarela Zalvidar is a talented flamenco dancer and daughter of the most famous Dra… read more

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  • young adult
"I'll always pay you for your work. Artists should be paid, especially by friends."

-Isabel Ibañez, Together We Burn

"She danced the way she loved; steadfast, gracious, wildly, and slightly aggressive."

-Isabel Ibañez, Together We Burn

"Time is the worst kind of thief, sneaky and effective and gone before you realize what's been taken."

-Isabel Ibañez, Together We Burn

"If my despair were a place, it'd be the cold floor of an oubliette, where everyone I ever loved slowly forgot my name."

-Isabel Ibañez, Together We Burn

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11. XOXO

By: Axie Oh

3.82

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Cello prodigy Jenny has one goal: to get into a prestigious music conservatory. When she meets myst… read more

Similar categories in Axie Oh's XOXO book and Linda Xia's Heir of Blood and Secrets

  • young adult
"It’s important to take time for yourself, even with responsibilities. You can’t be there for other people if you’re not first there for yourself."

-Axie Oh, XOXO

"My girlfriend that I was in love with who broke up with me on a hospital rooftop three months ago in Seoul shows up right before my concert in New York City. Yeah, I forgot about it."

-Axie Oh, XOXO

"People do strange things to protect their hearts. But when you're afraid, your heart is closed, and it's never the right time, but when your heart is open, and you're willing to be brave enough to ta…"

-Axie Oh, XOXO

"I'm saying, people do strange things to protect their hearts. But when you're afraid, your heart is closed, and it's never the right time, but when your heart is open, and you're willing to be brave …"

-Axie Oh, XOXO

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12. Never Fall for Your Fiancée (The Merriwell Sisters, #1)

By: Virginia Heath

3.56

Format: 359 pages, Paperback

The first in a new historical rom-com series, a handsome earl hires a fake fiancée to keep his matc… read more

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13. The Song of the Marked (Shadows and Crowns, #1)

By: S.M. Gaither

3.93

Format: 437 pages, Kindle Edition

The old gods are growing restless... Mercenary Casia Greythorne cares about two things: completi… read more

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"Perhaps this was simply how the world was, no matter what? An endless trading of places between the oppressors and the oppressed?"

-S.M. Gaither, The Song of the Marked (Shadows and Crowns, #1)

"So he stayed. He didn't ask her to talk. Or eat. Or sleep. Or calm down. They simply existed in thee same space for a while; she was a ship drifting aimlessly about, and he was the lighthouse that sh…"

-S.M. Gaither, The Song of the Marked (Shadows and Crowns, #1)

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14. A Bookshop Christmas

By: Rachel Burton

3.81

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

A snowstorm. A stranger. A spark. And it's Christmas! It should be the perfect start to the perfec… read more

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15. Crown of Moonlight (Court of Midnight and Deception, #2)

By: K.M. Shea

4.42

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

I thought becoming Queen of the Night Court and marrying the deadliest fae assassin in the supernat… read more

Similar categories in K.M. Shea's Crown of Moonlight (Court of Midnight and Deception, #2) book and Linda Xia's Heir of Blood and Secrets

  • young adult
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16. A Forgery of Roses

By: Jessica S. Olson

3.73

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Myra Whitlock has a gift. One many would kill for. She’s an artist whose portraits alter people’s r… read more

Similar categories in Jessica S. Olson's A Forgery of Roses book and Linda Xia's Heir of Blood and Secrets

  • mystery
  • young adult
"I was going to do some more work when I got home, but…"

-Jessica S. Olson, A Forgery of Roses

"A love for books is the best indicator of a curious mind."

-Jessica S. Olson, A Forgery of Roses

"Lucy grimaces at me. “I ran into Marie and Beth while we were out."

-Jessica S. Olson, A Forgery of Roses

"Art holds magic. It captures how it feels to be alive, with all its aches and sorrows and joy."

-Jessica S. Olson, A Forgery of Roses

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17. Empire of Wild

By: Cherie Dimaline

3.74

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the YA-crossover hit The Marrow Thieves, a propulsive, stunning and sensuous nov… read more

Similar categories in Cherie Dimaline's Empire of Wild book and Linda Xia's Heir of Blood and Secrets

  • mystery
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18. A Forest of Stars (Court of Starlight and Darkness, #1)

By: Linsey Hall

4.08

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

When the fae king comes for me... My idea of a good time used to be a rom-com and pint of ice cr… read more

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"Do I look like a Frank?" "No one in this place looks like they could be a Frank actually"

-Linsey Hall, A Forest of Stars (Court of Starlight and Darkness, #1)

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19. Breathe and Count Back from Ten

By: Natalia Sylvester

3.86

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this gorgeously written and authentic novel, Verónica, a Peruvian-American teen with hip dysplas… read more

Similar categories in Natalia Sylvester's Breathe and Count Back from Ten book and Linda Xia's Heir of Blood and Secrets

  • young adult
"You are so a physical person...You're taking up space. You're made of all this matter. What more proof do you need than that?"

-Natalia Sylvester, Breathe and Count Back from Ten

"Like maybe the "magic" isn't just about believing in mermaids; it's about believing peope like me don't exist, Like maybe admitting I've needed crutched dispels the myths we want to believe about peo…"

-Natalia Sylvester, Breathe and Count Back from Ten

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20. The Queen's Crown (Court of Midnight and Deception, #3)

By: K.M. Shea

4.48

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

Since the day I was crowned Queen of the Night Court, someone has been trying to kill me. Yay, me! … read more

Similar categories in K.M. Shea's The Queen's Crown (Court of Midnight and Deception, #3) book and Linda Xia's Heir of Blood and Secrets

  • young adult
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21. This Vicious Grace (The Last Finestra, #1)

By: Emily Thiede

3.97

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Three weddings. Three funerals. Alessa’s gift from the gods is supposed to magnify a partner’s magi… read more

Similar categories in Emily Thiede's This Vicious Grace (The Last Finestra, #1) book and Linda Xia's Heir of Blood and Secrets

  • young adult
"the thing that scares men with power most is a woman with more of it."

-Emily Thiede, This Vicious Grace (The Last Finestra, #1)

"A través de la ventana divina, la luz reduce a los demonios a cenizas."

-Emily Thiede, This Vicious Grace (The Last Finestra, #1)

"It's a lot easier to blame someone else when things go wrong than it is when your decisions have terrible consequences."

-Emily Thiede, This Vicious Grace (The Last Finestra, #1)

"Cry. Rage. You deserve to. You’re angry, and you should be, but you get to choose whether it will make you bitter or make you better."

-Emily Thiede, This Vicious Grace (The Last Finestra, #1)

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22. Crown of Shadows (Court of Midnight and Deception, #1)

By: K.M. Shea

4.22

Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition

The fae of the Night Court are desperately searching for a new monarch to crown before the Court co… read more

Similar categories in K.M. Shea's Crown of Shadows (Court of Midnight and Deception, #1) book and Linda Xia's Heir of Blood and Secrets

  • young adult
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23. One for Sorrow (The Magpie Society, #1)

By: Zoe Sugg

3.71

Format: 329 pages, Hardcover

The brand new series from Zoe Sugg and Amy McCulloch Illumen Hall is an elite boarding school. T… read more

Similar categories in Zoe Sugg's One for Sorrow (The Magpie Society, #1) book and Linda Xia's Heir of Blood and Secrets

  • mystery
  • young adult
  • murder mystery
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24. Heir of Blood and Secrets

By: Linda Xia

4.11

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

“We’re all complicit in things we regret. Sometimes, we just do what we must.” In the city-state o… read more

Similar categories in Linda Xia's Heir of Blood and Secrets book and Linda Xia's Heir of Blood and Secrets

  • mystery
  • dystopia
  • young adult
  • murder mystery
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25. Time's Orphan (Odriel's Heirs #3)

By: Hayley Reese Chow

4.60

Format: None pages, None

Speak of pain, and I’ll tell you of the Time who stole it away… Besieged by war, ravaged by mons… read more

Similar categories in Hayley Reese Chow's Time's Orphan (Odriel's Heirs #3) book and Linda Xia's Heir of Blood and Secrets

  • young adult
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26. Havoc

By: Paityn E. Parque

4.50

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

They had all killed themselves. Waking up in the heart of Engine, Shadow only has one goal in m… read more

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27. Ashes in Venice: A Vengeance Thriller

By: Gojan Nikolich

4.31

Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition

"Unpredictable, brilliantly crafted and deliriously unhinged, we can't get enough of Ashes in Venic… read more

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28. Meara: A Contemporary Fantasy Romance (Legacy of Love #1)

By: Anya Wylde

3.89

Format: 487 pages, Kindle Edition

A whisper of someone like her being born has been discussed for aeons by the gods. The question is,… read more

Similar categories in Anya Wylde's Meara: A Contemporary Fantasy Romance (Legacy of Love #1) book and Linda Xia's Heir of Blood and Secrets

  • young adult
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29. The Rose Vol. 1

By: P.D. Alleva

4.44

Format: 316 pages, ebook

A dystopian science fiction thriller of telepathic evil greys, mysterious rebellion, martial arts, … read more

Similar categories in P.D. Alleva's The Rose Vol. 1 book and Linda Xia's Heir of Blood and Secrets

  • dystopia
"And Here We Go!"

-P.D. Alleva, The Rose Vol. 1

"Vampires…always so overdramatic."

-P.D. Alleva, The Rose Vol. 1

"This isn’t some sick sci-fi novel."

-P.D. Alleva, The Rose Vol. 1

"America…land of the slaves, home of the depraved."

-P.D. Alleva, The Rose Vol. 1

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30. In the Midst of Magic

By: Christian Cura

4.00

Format: 382 pages, None

Meet Kara Hartman, a photojournalist who is hiding her magic from the world. Traumatized by her bro… read more

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31. I Let You Fall

By: Sara Downing

3.83

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

***WINNER of the RNA Romantic Novel Awards 2023, Fantasy Romantic Novel Category*** On a summer … read more

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