23 Top crime books like The Sergeant's Cat & Other Stories by Janwillem van de Wetering

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The Sergeant's Cat & Other Stories

By: Janwillem van de Wetering

3.61

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

The philosophical Detective Adjutant Grijpstra and his assistant, Sergeant de Gier, appear in eight…

If you liked the crime plot in The Sergeant's Cat & Other Stories by Janwillem van de Wetering , here is a list of 23 books like this:

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1. Our Game

By: John Le Carré

3.70

Format: 414 pages, Mass Market Paperback

At forty-eight, Tim Cranmer is a secret servant in a premature retirement to deepest rural England.… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"A dead man is the worst enemy alive, I thought. You can't alter his power over you. You can't alter what you love or owe. And it's too late to ask him for his absolution. He has beaten you all ways."

-John Le Carré, Our Game

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2. Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)

By: Naomi Novik

3.90

Format: 398 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When Britain intercepted a French ship and its precious cargo–an unhatched dragon’s egg–Capt. Will … read more

Similar categories in Naomi Novik's Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2) book and Janwillem van de Wetering's The Sergeant's Cat & Other Stories

  • fiction
"...It seems to me,"

-Naomi Novik, Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)

"I do not care if Laurence tells me not to squash you"

-Naomi Novik, Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)

"I am very tired of this Government, which I have never seen, and which is always insisting that I must do disagreeable things, and does no good to anybody."

-Naomi Novik, Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)

"Those men want to take Laurence from me, and put him in prison, and execute him, and I will not let them, ever, and I do not care if Laurence tells me not to squash you," he added, fiercely, to Lord …"

-Naomi Novik, Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)

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3. Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

By: Mick Herron

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

CWA Gold Dagger winner Mick Herron's debut novel introduces Sarah Tucker, whose search for a missin… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1) book and Janwillem van de Wetering's The Sergeant's Cat & Other Stories

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"He had never really lost his youth; he just kept it in a small room off the landing."

-Mick Herron, Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

"So she was waiting for the lecture; prolonged silence always led to the lecture. It was the last thing Sarah needed, and a list of the first things would have filled a book: a hug, a bath, an ear, so…"

-Mick Herron, Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

"On discovering a fire, the instructions ran, shout Fire and try to put it out. It was useful, heart-of the matter advice, and could be extended almost indefinitely in any direction. On discovering yo…"

-Mick Herron, Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

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4. The Summer Before the War

By: Helen Simonson

3.78

Format: 481 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand returns with a breathtaking novel of love an… read more

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  • fiction
"Smile,"

-Helen Simonson, The Summer Before the War

"War does have a way of interfering with one's most closely held desires."

-Helen Simonson, The Summer Before the War

"They sat a moment in embrace of silent mutual comfort, which was, she often thought, the reward of those long married."

-Helen Simonson, The Summer Before the War

"Most of all I remember that what begins with drums and fife, flags and bunting, becomes too swiftly a long and grey winter of the spirit."

-Helen Simonson, The Summer Before the War

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5. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.05

Format: 243 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Ninety-year-old General Fentiman was definitely dead, but no one knew exactly when he had died—and … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"Exactly. He is the Most Unlikely Person, and that is why Sherlock Holmes would suspect him at once."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)

"I have a peculiar instinct about pubs. I can find one blindfold in a pea-souper with both hands tied behind me."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)

"Books... are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)

"I’m determined never to be a parent. Modern manners and the break-up of the fine old traditions have simply ruined the business. I shall devote my life and fortune to the endowment of research on the…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)

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6. Raven Black (Shetland Island, #1)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Winner of Britain’s coveted Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award, Ann Cleeves introduces a dazzling new suspe… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's Raven Black (Shetland Island, #1) book and Janwillem van de Wetering's The Sergeant's Cat & Other Stories

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"It was precisely midnight when he stepped through the door. Taylor had said he wanted everyone in the Incident Room an hour before first light the next day, but Perez wasn't ready for sleep. As he sw…"

-Ann Cleeves, Raven Black (Shetland Island, #1)

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7. Triptych (Will Trent, #1)

By: Karin Slaughter

4.13

Format: 393 pages, Hardcover

In the city of Atlanta, women are dying—at the hands of a killer who signs his work with a single, … read more

Similar categories in Karin Slaughter's Triptych (Will Trent, #1) book and Janwillem van de Wetering's The Sergeant's Cat & Other Stories

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"Amanda was probably in her mid-fifties, a small woman, maybe five-three on a good day. Her attitude filled the room, and she walked with a swagger that rivaled a bullfighter's. She wore a simple diam…"

-Karin Slaughter, Triptych (Will Trent, #1)

Cover of Kindness Goes Unpunished (Walt Longmire, #3) by Craig Johnson

8. Kindness Goes Unpunished (Walt Longmire, #3)

By: Craig Johnson

3.50

Format: 31 pages,

Walt Longmire has been sheriff of Wyoming's Absaroka County for almost a quarter of a century and h… read more

Similar categories in Craig Johnson's Kindness Goes Unpunished (Walt Longmire, #3) book and Janwillem van de Wetering's The Sergeant's Cat & Other Stories

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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9. The Widening Gyre (Spenser, #10)

By: Robert B. Parker

5.00

Format: 160 pages,

The adoring wife of Senate candidate Meade Alexander has a smile as sweet as candy and dotted her i… read more

Similar categories in Robert B. Parker's The Widening Gyre (Spenser, #10) book and Janwillem van de Wetering's The Sergeant's Cat & Other Stories

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Guards (Jack Taylor, #1) by Ken Bruen

10. The Guards (Jack Taylor, #1)

By: Ken Bruen

3.89

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Still stinging from his unceremonious ouster from the Garda Siochana--the Guards, Ireland's police … read more

Similar categories in Ken Bruen's The Guards (Jack Taylor, #1) book and Janwillem van de Wetering's The Sergeant's Cat & Other Stories

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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11. A Murder of Quality

By: John Le Carré

3.64

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

John le Carre's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of inter… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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12. After the Funeral (Hercule Poirot, #29)

By: Agatha Christie

3.78

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Hercule Poirot is called on to investigate the murder of a brother and sister in this classic from … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction

13. Birds of a Feather (Maisie Dobbs, #2)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

3.53

Format: 320 pages,

It is the spring of 1930, and Maisie has been hired to find a runaway heiress. When three of the he… read more

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14. The Dutch Blue Error (Brady Coyne, #2)

By: William G. Tapply

4.47

Format: 907 pages, Mass Market Paperback

To solve a murder, Brady must find a copy of the world's rarest stamp It is a small paper square wi… read more

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15. Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair … read more

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16. West with the Night

By: Beryl Markham

4.33

Format: None pages,

West with the Nightis the story of Beryl Markham--aviator, racehorse trainer, beauty--and her life … read more

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17. Marple: Twelve New Mysteries

By: Naomi Alderman

3.81

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A brand-new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Mystery’s legendary detective Jane M… read more

Similar categories in Naomi Alderman's Marple: Twelve New Mysteries book and Janwillem van de Wetering's The Sergeant's Cat & Other Stories

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24) by C.J. Box

18. Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24)

By: C.J. Box

4.36

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two different kinds of rampaging beasts—one animal, one human… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Box's Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24) book and Janwillem van de Wetering's The Sergeant's Cat & Other Stories

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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19. Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)

By: Jo Nesbø

4.20

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Brilliant rogue police investigator Harry Hole is back, this time as an outsider assembling his own… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"Your mother should have treated him better, he was her patron, after all. Just like the parasite that is humanity should treat this planet better."

-Jo Nesbø, Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)

"She was upfront like that, a one man woman, and always had been. Even if Markus was far from being a one woman man. Because it wasn’t about what he thought of her, but about what she thought of herse…"

-Jo Nesbø, Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)

"Have you ever thought about how as children we expect unconditional love from our parents, without giving anything in return? But then we grow up and things change completely. When do you think we st…"

-Jo Nesbø, Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)

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20. The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

By: Tana French

4.12

Format: 467 pages, Hardcover

It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"She'll bake bread and make jam, because she likes those made her way, but she says she cooked a good meal from scratch every night of her marriage, and now if she wants to live mainly off toasted san…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

"Trey has a bone-deep mistrust of marriage or anything resembling it. She knows that Lena sometimes stays the night at Cal's place, but Lena also has a place of her own, which she can go back to whene…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

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21. Dark Sky (Joe Pickett, #21)

By: C.J. Box

4.46

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT series—now streaming on Paramount+Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett must a… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Box's Dark Sky (Joe Pickett, #21) book and Janwillem van de Wetering's The Sergeant's Cat & Other Stories

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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22. A Long Time Dead (The Misty Isle, #1)

By: J.M. Dalgliesh

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

You can’t stay dead forever… A group of high school students gather on the Isle of Skye’s remote C… read more

Similar categories in J.M. Dalgliesh's A Long Time Dead (The Misty Isle, #1) book and Janwillem van de Wetering's The Sergeant's Cat & Other Stories

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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23. Wolf Pack (Joe Pickett, #19)

By: C.J. Box

4.39

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT series—now streaming on Paramount+Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett encoun… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Box's Wolf Pack (Joe Pickett, #19) book and Janwillem van de Wetering's The Sergeant's Cat & Other Stories

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"Pure ruthlessness was no substitute for careful planning."

-C.J. Box, Wolf Pack (Joe Pickett, #19)

"There aren't four seasons in Rocky Mountains, but three: summer, winter, and mud."

-C.J. Box, Wolf Pack (Joe Pickett, #19)

"In his experience, character wasn't relegated to any particular political party over the other."

-C.J. Box, Wolf Pack (Joe Pickett, #19)

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24. Monk's Hood (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #3)

By: Ellis Peters

4.08

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

Silver Dagger Award Winner: In this medieval mystery, Brother Cadfael faces suspicion when one of h… read more

Similar categories in Ellis Peters's Monk's Hood (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #3) book and Janwillem van de Wetering's The Sergeant's Cat & Other Stories

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"Don't reach for the halo too soon. You have plenty of time to enjoy yourself, even a little maliciously sometimes, before you settle down to being a saint."

-Ellis Peters, Monk's Hood (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #3)

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25. Holmes, Marple & Poe (Holmes, Margaret & Poe #1)

By: James Patterson

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Brendan Holmes, Margaret Marple and August Poe run the most in-demand private investigation firm in… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"In this quiet room, surrounded by tales of mystery and deception, she felt most like herself."

-James Patterson, Holmes, Marple & Poe (Holmes, Margaret & Poe #1)

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26. The Fortnight in September

By: R.C. Sherriff

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The Fortnight in September embodies the kind of mundane normality the men in the dug-out longed for… read more

Similar categories in R.C. Sherriff's The Fortnight in September book and Janwillem van de Wetering's The Sergeant's Cat & Other Stories

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

27. 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 Janwillem van de Wetering's The Sergeant's Cat & Other Stories

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Murder at Melrose Court (Heathcliff Lennox, #1) by Karen Baugh Menuhin

28. Murder at Melrose Court (Heathcliff Lennox, #1)

By: Karen Baugh Menuhin

4.07

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

Downton Abbey meets Agatha Christie with a touch of Wodehouse and a dog of distinction. It's 1920 a… read more

Similar categories in Karen Baugh Menuhin's Murder at Melrose Court (Heathcliff Lennox, #1) book and Janwillem van de Wetering's The Sergeant's Cat & Other Stories

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

29. 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

Similar categories in Kate Atkinson's Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6) book and Janwillem van de Wetering's The Sergeant's Cat & Other Stories

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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30. Il sole sorge dietro il Louvre

By: Léo Malet

3.55

Format: 171 pages, Paperback

Nestor Burma torna a indagare i misteri della sua città, Parigi. Questa volta protagonista è il pri… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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31. The Sergeant's Cat & Other Stories

By: Janwillem van de Wetering

3.61

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

The philosophical Detective Adjutant Grijpstra and his assistant, Sergeant de Gier, appear in eight… read more

Similar categories in Janwillem van de Wetering's The Sergeant's Cat & Other Stories book and Janwillem van de Wetering's The Sergeant's Cat & Other Stories

  • dutch literature
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

27 Best fiction books like The Sergeant's Cat & Other Stories by Janwillem van de Wetering

Transform Your Habits

Our Game

John Le Carré

3.70

Transform Your Habits

Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)

Naomi Novik

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

Mick Herron

3.89

Transform Your Habits

The Summer Before the War

Helen Simonson

3.78

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Force Of Nature (Joe Pickett, #12)

C.J. Box

4.35

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Blood Trail (Joe Pickett, #8)

C.J. Box

4.30

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Below Zero (Joe Pickett, #9)

C.J. Box

4.22

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Nowhere To Run (Joe Pickett, #10)

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