26 must-read mystery books like Downfall by Robert Rotenberg

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Downfall

By: Robert Rotenberg

4.00

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

*INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER Detectives dig into the dark side of Toronto when a serial killer tar…

If you liked the mystery plot in Downfall by Robert Rotenberg , here is a list of 26 books like this:

Cover of The Paris Spy (Maggie Hope Mystery #7) by Susan Elia MacNeal

1. The Paris Spy (Maggie Hope Mystery #7)

By: Susan Elia MacNeal

4.00

Format: 32 pages,

American-born codebreaker extraordinaire, Maggie Hope, must stop a traitor from uncovering England'… read more

Similar categories in Susan Elia MacNeal's The Paris Spy (Maggie Hope Mystery #7) book and Robert Rotenberg's Downfall

  • mystery
  • fiction

2. Mrs. Roosevelt’s Confidante (Maggie Hope Mystery, #5)

By: Susan Elia MacNeal

3.36

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

December 1941. Soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Winston Churchill arrives in Washington, D.C.… read more

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3. North of Nowhere

By: Allison Brennan

4.09

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestseller Allison Brennan’s latest standalone is an unputdownable race to the drama… read more

Similar categories in Allison Brennan's North of Nowhere book and Robert Rotenberg's Downfall

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1) by Mark Billingham

4. The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1)

By: Mark Billingham

4.11

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

The first new series in two decades from multi-award-winning international bestseller Mark Billingh… read more

Similar categories in Mark Billingham's The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1) book and Robert Rotenberg's Downfall

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Clete (Dave Robicheaux, #24) by James Lee Burke

5. Clete (Dave Robicheaux, #24)

By: James Lee Burke

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

James Lee Burke returns to his bestselling Dave Robicheaux series, bringing Dave’s partner and frie… read more

Similar categories in James Lee Burke's Clete (Dave Robicheaux, #24) book and Robert Rotenberg's Downfall

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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6. 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 Robert Rotenberg's Downfall

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of To Track a Traitor (Lane Winslow #10) by Iona Whishaw

7. To Track a Traitor (Lane Winslow #10)

By: Iona Whishaw

4.27

Format: 473 pages, Paperback

With events spanning both world wars, the tenth installment in the Lane Winslow mystery series is a… read more

Similar categories in Iona Whishaw's To Track a Traitor (Lane Winslow #10) book and Robert Rotenberg's Downfall

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • canada
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8. The Defector (Apollo Murders, #2)

By: Chris Hadfield

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author, astronaut, and fighter pilot Chris Hadfield comes a rivetin… read more

Similar categories in Chris Hadfield's The Defector (Apollo Murders, #2) book and Robert Rotenberg's Downfall

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • canada
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9. Recipe for a Good Life

By: Lesley Crewe

4.34

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

Globe & Mail bestselling Lesley Crewe's new novel follows a mystery author with writer's block from… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
"Become an editor,' they said. 'You love books.' they said. I do love books; I just hate the people who write them."

-Lesley Crewe, Recipe for a Good Life

"I met the Homeville Women's Institute, a whole gaggle of rural women who have monthly meetings to make their community better. They realized that by joining together they had a stronger voice, and th…"

-Lesley Crewe, Recipe for a Good Life

"Life is like a recipe. What do you want in your life cake? What ingredients do you need to make it rise and taste wonderful? Sometimes the simplest recipe is the best, because the more you add to the…"

-Lesley Crewe, Recipe for a Good Life

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10. I Will Ruin You

By: Linwood Barclay

3.98

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

In the latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay, a teacher’s act of hero… read more

Similar categories in Linwood Barclay's I Will Ruin You book and Robert Rotenberg's Downfall

  • mystery thriller
  • canada
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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11. The Woman Inside

By: M.T. Edvardsson

3.54

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A wealthy couple ends up murdered in the nicest part of town in this compulsively readable, page-tu… read more

Similar categories in M.T. Edvardsson's The Woman Inside book and Robert Rotenberg's Downfall

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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12. Fit to Die

By: Daniel Kalla

3.66

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

From internationally bestselling author Daniel Kalla comes a riveting thriller about online body sh… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • canada
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of A Deceptive Devotion (Lane Winslow #6) by Iona Whishaw

13. A Deceptive Devotion (Lane Winslow #6)

By: Iona Whishaw

4.22

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

Wedding bells, a grisly murder, and a defecting Russian spy bring drama to King’s Cove in the newes… read more

Similar categories in Iona Whishaw's A Deceptive Devotion (Lane Winslow #6) book and Robert Rotenberg's Downfall

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of Southern Man (Penn Cage, #7) by Greg Iles

14. Southern Man (Penn Cage, #7)

By: Greg Iles

4.15

Format: 966 pages, Hardcover

Fifteen years after the events of the Natchez Burning trilogy, Penn Cage is alone. Nearly all his l… read more

Similar categories in Greg Iles's Southern Man (Penn Cage, #7) book and Robert Rotenberg's Downfall

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Bury the Lead (Quill & Packet Mystery, #1) by Kate   Hilton

15. Bury the Lead (Quill & Packet Mystery, #1)

By: Kate Hilton

3.71

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A big-city journalist joins the staff of a small-town paper in cottage country and finds a communit… read more

Similar categories in Kate Hilton's Bury the Lead (Quill & Packet Mystery, #1) book and Robert Rotenberg's Downfall

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • canada
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16. A New Season

By: Terry Fallis

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From beloved and bestselling author Terry Fallis comes a novel unlike any of his others. A thoughtf… read more

Similar categories in Terry Fallis's A New Season book and Robert Rotenberg's Downfall

  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of A Sorrowful Sanctuary (Lane Winslow #5) by Iona Whishaw

17. A Sorrowful Sanctuary (Lane Winslow #5)

By: Iona Whishaw

4.16

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

In the fifth book of this post-war mystery series that Kirkus Reviews calls “riveting,” Lane Winslo… read more

Similar categories in Iona Whishaw's A Sorrowful Sanctuary (Lane Winslow #5) book and Robert Rotenberg's Downfall

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of Framed in Fire (Lane Winslow #9) by Iona Whishaw

18. Framed in Fire (Lane Winslow #9)

By: Iona Whishaw

4.28

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A shallow grave, a missing person, and near-fatal arson keep Lane, Darling, and the Nelson police o… read more

Similar categories in Iona Whishaw's Framed in Fire (Lane Winslow #9) book and Robert Rotenberg's Downfall

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of It Begins In Betrayal (Lane Winslow #4) by Iona Whishaw

19. It Begins In Betrayal (Lane Winslow #4)

By: Iona Whishaw

4.23

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

The fourth book in what the Globe and Mail has proclaimed “a terrific series” by “a writer to watch… read more

Similar categories in Iona Whishaw's It Begins In Betrayal (Lane Winslow #4) book and Robert Rotenberg's Downfall

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of The Hollywood Spy (Maggie Hope, #10) by Susan Elia MacNeal

20. The Hollywood Spy (Maggie Hope, #10)

By: Susan Elia MacNeal

3.97

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Los Angeles, 1943. As the Allies beat back the Nazis in the Mediterranean and the United States mil… read more

Similar categories in Susan Elia MacNeal's The Hollywood Spy (Maggie Hope, #10) book and Robert Rotenberg's Downfall

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Dark Horses by Susan Mihalic

21. Dark Horses

By: Susan Mihalic

3.97

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A darkly gripping debut novel about a teenage girl’s fierce struggle to reclaim her life from her a… read more

Similar categories in Susan Mihalic's Dark Horses book and Robert Rotenberg's Downfall

  • fiction
Cover of Her Last Goodbye by Rick Mofina

22. Her Last Goodbye

By: Rick Mofina

4.00

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

Family ties run deep. Family secrets run deeper. Perfect wife. Doting mom. Jennifer Griffin was lov… read more

Similar categories in Rick Mofina's Her Last Goodbye book and Robert Rotenberg's Downfall

  • mystery thriller
  • canada
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Darkness in the Light by Daniel Kalla

23. The Darkness in the Light

By: Daniel Kalla

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A psychiatrist’s patients are dying—are they suicides related to a new antidepressant, or is there … read more

Similar categories in Daniel Kalla's The Darkness in the Light book and Robert Rotenberg's Downfall

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6) by Kate Atkinson

24. Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6)

By: Kate Atkinson

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The stage is set. Marooned overnight by a snowstorm in a grand country house are a cast of characte… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of A Deeper Fear (Lucy Kincaid, #17.5) by Allison Brennan

25. A Deeper Fear (Lucy Kincaid, #17.5)

By: Allison Brennan

4.36

Format: 142 pages, Kindle Edition

FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid is back in the new e-Novella, A Deeper Fear, from New York Times bestselling… read more

Similar categories in Allison Brennan's A Deeper Fear (Lucy Kincaid, #17.5) book and Robert Rotenberg's Downfall

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Pitch Dark (Mike Bowditch, #15) by Paul Doiron

26. Pitch Dark (Mike Bowditch, #15)

By: Paul Doiron

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Game Warden Mike Bowditch must chase down a cunning and dangerous fugitive in the North Maine Woods… read more

Similar categories in Paul Doiron's Pitch Dark (Mike Bowditch, #15) book and Robert Rotenberg's Downfall

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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27. A Man Downstairs

By: Nicole Lundrigan

3.65

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

What if the childhood you remember isn’t really what happened at all? From the acclaimed author … read more

Similar categories in Nicole Lundrigan's A Man Downstairs book and Robert Rotenberg's Downfall

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

28. 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 Robert Rotenberg's Downfall

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Downfall by Robert Rotenberg

29. Downfall

By: Robert Rotenberg

4.00

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

*INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER Detectives dig into the dark side of Toronto when a serial killer tar… read more

Similar categories in Robert Rotenberg's Downfall book and Robert Rotenberg's Downfall

  • mystery thriller
  • canada
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Outlier by Elisabeth Eaves

30. The Outlier

By: Elisabeth Eaves

3.45

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

An audaciously twisty psychological thriller in which finding the killer is only one of two mysteri… read more

Similar categories in Elisabeth Eaves's The Outlier book and Robert Rotenberg's Downfall

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of real ones by Katherena Vermette

31. real ones

By: Katherena Vermette

4.10

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of the nationally bestselling Strangers saga comes a heartrending story of two Mich… read more

Similar categories in Katherena Vermette's real ones book and Robert Rotenberg's Downfall

  • fiction
  • canada

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