14 must-read mystery books like Baby's First Felony (Cecil Younger #7) by John Straley

Cover of Baby's First Felony (Cecil Younger #7) by John Straley

Baby's First Felony (Cecil Younger #7)

By: John Straley

3.55

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Shamus Award–winner John Straley returns to his critically acclaimed Cecil Younger detective series…

If you liked the mystery plot in Baby's First Felony (Cecil Younger #7) by John Straley , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of Eventide (Plainsong, #2) by Kent Haruf

1. Eventide (Plainsong, #2)

By: Kent Haruf

4.23

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Kent Haruf, award-winning, bestselling author of Plainsong returns to the high-plains town of Holt,… read more

Similar categories in Kent Haruf's Eventide (Plainsong, #2) book and John Straley's Baby's First Felony (Cecil Younger #7)

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"And they had folded his brother's hands across his suited chest, as if he would be preserved in this sanguine pose forever, but only the heavy callouses visible at the sides of his hands seemed real.…"

-Kent Haruf, Eventide (Plainsong, #2)

Cover of Missing, Presumed (DS Manon, #1) by Susie Steiner

2. Missing, Presumed (DS Manon, #1)

By: Susie Steiner

4.44

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Mid-December, and Cambridgeshire is blanketed with snow. Detective Sergeant Manon Bradshaw tries to… read more

Similar categories in Susie Steiner's Missing, Presumed (DS Manon, #1) book and John Straley's Baby's First Felony (Cecil Younger #7)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Skeleton Road (Inspector Karen Pirie, #3) by Val McDermid

3. The Skeleton Road (Inspector Karen Pirie, #3)

By: Val McDermid

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling new novel from one of the world's most celebrated crime writers proves that the past ca… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Plainsong (Plainsong, #1) by Kent Haruf

4. Plainsong (Plainsong, #1)

By: Kent Haruf

4.30

Format: None pages,

A heartstrong story of family and romance, tribulation and tenacity, set on the High Plains east of… read more

Similar categories in Kent Haruf's Plainsong (Plainsong, #1) book and John Straley's Baby's First Felony (Cecil Younger #7)

  • book club
  • fiction
  • contemporary

5. Death Qualified (Barbara Holloway #1)

By: Kate Wilhelm

4.57

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

Barbara had given up the law five years before, but she's still "death qualified," still able to de… read more

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6. Out Of Sight

By: Elmore Leonard

4.20

Format: None pages,

Before there was Raylan, there was Sisco... U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco is on the hunt for world-class… read more

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7. Benediction (Plainsong, #3)

By: Kent Haruf

3.67

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When Dad Lewis is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he and his wife must work together, along with th… read more

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8. Out of Bounds (Inspector Karen Pirie, #4)

By: Val McDermid

3.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Internationally bestselling author Val McDermid is one of our finest crime writers, whose gripping,… read more

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Cover of First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20) by Craig Johnson

9. First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20)

By: Craig Johnson

4.37

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

Following the events of The Longmire Defense, we return to find Walt and our familiar cast of chara… read more

Similar categories in Craig Johnson's First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20) book and John Straley's Baby's First Felony (Cecil Younger #7)

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

10. 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 John Straley's Baby's First Felony (Cecil Younger #7)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp by Leonie Swann

11. The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp

By: Leonie Swann

3.51

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

A quirky group of seniors attempts to solve one murder while covering up another—with the help of a… read more

Similar categories in Leonie Swann's The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp book and John Straley's Baby's First Felony (Cecil Younger #7)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald

12. The Bookshop

By: Penelope Fitzgerald

3.28

Format: 163 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1959 Florence Green, a kindhearted widow with a small inheritance, risks everything to open a bo… read more

Similar categories in Penelope Fitzgerald's The Bookshop book and John Straley's Baby's First Felony (Cecil Younger #7)

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Morality is seldom a safe guide for human conduct."

-Penelope Fitzgerald, The Bookshop

"El corage y la perseverancia son inútiles si no se ponen a prueba"

-Penelope Fitzgerald, The Bookshop

"Hojear libros es parte de la tradición de una librería —le dijo Florence—. Debes dejar que se queden y toquen los libros."

-Penelope Fitzgerald, The Bookshop

"Hojear libros es parte de la tradición de una libreria -le dijo Florence-. Debes dejar que se queden y toquen los libros."

-Penelope Fitzgerald, The Bookshop

Cover of The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) by Tana French

13. 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

Similar categories in Tana French's The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) book and John Straley's Baby's First Felony (Cecil Younger #7)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"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)

Cover of Glory Be (Glory Broussard Mystery, #1) by Danielle Arceneaux

14. Glory Be (Glory Broussard Mystery, #1)

By: Danielle Arceneaux

3.81

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

The first in a crime series set in the Louisiana bayou, introducing the uncensored amateur sleuth G… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Arceneaux's Glory Be (Glory Broussard Mystery, #1) book and John Straley's Baby's First Felony (Cecil Younger #7)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery by Rosalie Knecht

15. Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery

By: Rosalie Knecht

3.88

Format: 249 pages, Paperback

When ex-CIA agent Vera Kelly loses her job and her girlfriend in a single day, she reluctantly goes… read more

Similar categories in Rosalie Knecht's Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery book and John Straley's Baby's First Felony (Cecil Younger #7)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Pyramid of Mud (Commissario Montalbano, #22) by Andrea Camilleri

16. The Pyramid of Mud (Commissario Montalbano, #22)

By: Andrea Camilleri

3.97

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The 22nd novel in the internationally and New York Times bestselling Inspector Montalbano mystery s… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Camilleri's The Pyramid of Mud (Commissario Montalbano, #22) book and John Straley's Baby's First Felony (Cecil Younger #7)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh by Claudia Gray

17. The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh

By: Claudia Gray

4.10

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

The third book in the Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney Mystery series, which finds the amateur sleuths facin… read more

Similar categories in Claudia Gray's The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh book and John Straley's Baby's First Felony (Cecil Younger #7)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11) by Ann Cleeves

18. The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.47

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

As New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves's beloved Vera series explodes in popularity in print and … read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11) book and John Straley's Baby's First Felony (Cecil Younger #7)

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

19. 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 John Straley's Baby's First Felony (Cecil Younger #7)

  • detective
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Baby's First Felony (Cecil Younger #7) by John Straley

20. Baby's First Felony (Cecil Younger #7)

By: John Straley

3.55

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Shamus Award–winner John Straley returns to his critically acclaimed Cecil Younger detective series… read more

Similar categories in John Straley's Baby's First Felony (Cecil Younger #7) book and John Straley's Baby's First Felony (Cecil Younger #7)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • book club
  • audiobook
Cover of A Grave in the Woods (Bruno, Chief of Police #17) by Martin  Walker

21. A Grave in the Woods (Bruno, Chief of Police #17)

By: Martin Walker

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Another entertaining and enlightening entry in the Bruno, Chief of Police series, featuring an arch… read more

Similar categories in Martin Walker's A Grave in the Woods (Bruno, Chief of Police #17) book and John Straley's Baby's First Felony (Cecil Younger #7)

  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

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4.44

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3.99

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Harlan Coben

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John Sandford

4.45

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David Baldacci

4.53

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John Grisham

4.26

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