6 best-selling murder mystery books like Love & Other Crimes by Sara Paretsky

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Love & Other Crimes

By: Sara Paretsky

3.76

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

From New York Times bestselling author Sara Paretsky, a collection of thrilling crime and detective…

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Cover of Flesh and Blood (Kay Scarpetta, #22) by Patricia Cornwell

1. Flesh and Blood (Kay Scarpetta, #22)

By: Patricia Cornwell

3.76

Format: 369 pages, Hardcover

It's a sunny morning in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and also Dr. Kay Scarpetta's birthday. She's abo… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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2. The Scarpetta Factor (Kay Scarpetta, #17)

By: Patricia Cornwell

3.74

Format: 494 pages, Hardcover

It is the week before Christmas and Dr Kay Scarpetta has offered her services pro bono to New York … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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3. The Anodyne Necklace (Richard Jury, #3)

By: Martha Grimes

4.03

Format: 310 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A severed finger found at the scene of a baffling murder in the village of Littlebourne leads local… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Y is for Yesterday (Kinsey Millhone, #25) by Sue Grafton

4. Y is for Yesterday (Kinsey Millhone, #25)

By: Sue Grafton

4.01

Format: 483 pages, Hardcover

One of the darkest and most disturbing case reports from the files of Kinsey Millhone. "Y is for Ye… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"The cold hard truth will fall on stony ground, whereas your all-around trashy rumor will flourish like a weed."

-Sue Grafton, Y is for Yesterday (Kinsey Millhone, #25)

"a book has no unwanted calories and you don’t have to worry about sizes as long as the subject matter appeals to the recipient."

-Sue Grafton, Y is for Yesterday (Kinsey Millhone, #25)

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5. In the Moon of Red Ponies (Billy Bob Holland, #4)

By: James Lee Burke

4.10

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

In James Lee Burke's last novel featuring Billy Bob Holland, Bitterroot, the former Texas Ranger le… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"How do you caution a fawn about a cigarette a motorist has just flipped from his car window into a patch of yellow grass, or tell a sparrow that winged creatures eventually plummet to earth?"

-James Lee Burke, In the Moon of Red Ponies (Billy Bob Holland, #4)

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6. W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)

By: Sue Grafton

3.95

Format: 486 pages, Hardcover

Two dead men changed the course of my life that fall. One of them I knew and the other I’d never la… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"nothing wrong with a lie or two when the situation demanded it"

-Sue Grafton, W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)

"maybe it was time to at least pretend to be a nicer person than i knew i was"

-Sue Grafton, W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)

"I wondered if I'd ever be nice enough to volunteer for anything. I was hoping not."

-Sue Grafton, W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)

"i'm happiest when signs are posted--no spitting, no public urination, no walking on the grass. i might not obey but at least i know where i stood."

-Sue Grafton, W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)

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7. Killer Smile (Rosato & Associates, #9)

By: Lisa Scottoline

3.88

Format: 448 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A stunning new tale filled with witty dialogue, vibrant characters, and breakneck pacing, in which … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"If you can't be brave, be determined. And you'll end up in the same place."

-Lisa Scottoline, Killer Smile (Rosato & Associates, #9)

Cover of Dust (Kay Scarpetta, #21) by Patricia Cornwell

8. Dust (Kay Scarpetta, #21)

By: Patricia Cornwell

3.83

Format: 95 pages, Hardcover

Massachusetts Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta has just returned from working one of the worst … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Red Mist (Kay Scarpetta, #19) by Patricia Cornwell

9. Red Mist (Kay Scarpetta, #19)

By: Patricia Cornwell

3.98

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The new Kay Scarpetta novel from the world's #1 bestselling crime writer. Determined to find out wh… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. Company of Liars

By: Karen Maitland

3.75

Format: 148 pages, Hardcover

The year is 1348. The Black Plague grips the country. In a world ruled by faith and fear, nine desp… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

11. Through a Glass, Darkly (Commissario Brunetti, #15)

By: Donna Leon

3.44

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Donna Leon opens doors to the hidden Venice like no one else. With her latest novel, Through a Glas… read more

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12. Port Mortuary (Kay Scarpetta, #18)

By: Patricia Cornwell

4.02

Format: 293 pages,

The new Kay Scarpetta novel from the world's #1 bestselling crime writer. "When it comes to the for… read more

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13. Suffer the Little Children (Commissario Brunetti, #16)

By: Donna Leon

3.57

Format: 271 pages,

Donna Leon's charming, evocative, and addictive Commissario Guido Brunetti series continues with Su… read more

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14. Courting Trouble (Rosato & Associates, #7)

By: Lisa Scottoline

3.69

Format: 47 pages, Paperback

Anne Murphy thought she'd put her unhappy past a continent behind her when she joined Philadelphia … read more

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15. The Vendetta Defense (Rosato & Associates, #6)

By: Lisa Scottoline

3.69

Format: 47 pages, Paperback

In a case steeped in blood and memory, it will take a stroke of brilliance to save Pigeon Tony. But… read more

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16. Doctored Evidence (Commissario Brunetti, #13)

By: Donna Leon

4.30

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

Donna Leon's riveting new novel, Doctored Evidence, follows Commissario Guido Brunetti down the win… read more

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17. Circle in the Water (A Sharon McCone Mystery)

By: Marcia Muller

3.57

Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition

In this twisting mystery in a New York Times bestselling series, pranks escalate into a deadly sche… read more

Similar categories in Marcia Muller's Circle in the Water (A Sharon McCone Mystery) book and Sara Paretsky's Love & Other Crimes

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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18. Camino Ghosts (Camino Island #3)

By: John Grisham

4.26

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

In this new thriller on Camino Island, popular bookseller Bruce Cable tells Mercer Mann an irresist… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. The Last Hope

By: Susan Elia MacNeal

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

All will be revealed in the no-holds-barred finale of the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Awar… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Doodleville (Doodleville, #1) by Chad Sell

20. Doodleville (Doodleville, #1)

By: Chad Sell

3.82

Format: 288 pages, ebook

For fans of Svetlana Chmakova's Awkward and Raina Telgemeier's Smile comes an inventive new story f… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #23) by Kathy Reichs

21. Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #23)

By: Kathy Reichs

4.18

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

It’s never easy working fire scenes.   Called to Washington, DC to analyse the victims of a mysteri… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook by Celia Rees

22. Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook

By: Celia Rees

3.93

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

A striking historical novel about an ordinary young British woman sent to uncover a network of spie… read more

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  • audiobook
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Завжди буде якийсь ворог, міняється лиш ім'я."

-Celia Rees, Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook

"Брехню легше стерпіти, коли починаєш обманювати себе, а правду легко ігнорувати, поки вона не постукає у двері."

-Celia Rees, Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook

"А ще їжа куди краще за щоденник викликає яскраві спогади. Навіть через багато років. Щоденники такої яскравості позбавлені."

-Celia Rees, Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook

"Сказали брати із собою тільки найнеобхідніше, та більшість принесли чи не все, що мали. Та хіба можна їх винуватити? Адже пакуючи усе своє життя на возика, що хочеш забрати, а що - залишити? Вибір за…"

-Celia Rees, Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook

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23. The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2021 (Best Mystery Stories)

By: Lee Child

3.92

Format: 451 pages, Kindle Edition

Lee Child selects the twenty best mystery short stories of the year, including tales by Stephen Kin… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Pay Dirt Road (Annie McIntyre, #1) by Samantha Jayne Allen

24. Pay Dirt Road (Annie McIntyre, #1)

By: Samantha Jayne Allen

3.36

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Friday Night Lights meets Mare of Easttown in this small-town mystery about an unlikely private inv… read more

Similar categories in Samantha Jayne Allen's Pay Dirt Road (Annie McIntyre, #1) book and Sara Paretsky's Love & Other Crimes

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

25. 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 thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Next of Kin (Annie McIntyre, #3) by Samantha Jayne Allen

26. Next of Kin (Annie McIntyre, #3)

By: Samantha Jayne Allen

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the Tony Hillerman Prize-winning author of Pay Dirt Road comes Samantha Jayne Allen's mesmeriz… read more

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

27. 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

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  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Love & Other Crimes by Sara Paretsky

28. Love & Other Crimes

By: Sara Paretsky

3.76

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

From New York Times bestselling author Sara Paretsky, a collection of thrilling crime and detective… read more

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  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • womens
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2) by Ben Aaronovitch

29. The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

New York City, New York. Meet Augustus Berrycloth-Young - fop, flaneur, and Englishman abroad - … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Guide Me Home (Highway 59, #3) by Attica Locke

30. Guide Me Home (Highway 59, #3)

By: Attica Locke

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the final novel in the "timely and evocative" (NPR) Highway 59 trilogy, from Edgar Award-winning… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Den of Iniquity (J.P. Beaumont, #26) by J.A. Jance

31. Den of Iniquity (J.P. Beaumont, #26)

By: J.A. Jance

4.65

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance returns with a new pulse-pounding suspense novel feat… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

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Liane Moriarty

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Elizabeth Strout

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