12 must-read mystery books like Black Diamond Fall by Joseph Olshan

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Black Diamond Fall

By: Joseph Olshan

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

From the acclaimed author of CLARA’S HEART and CLOUDLAND comes a rich, literary mystery based and u…

"When it isn't equal between two people, the one who cares less never sees the best of the one who cares more..."

-Joseph Olshan, Black Diamond Fall

"When it isn't equal between two people, the one who cares less never sees the best of the one who cares more..."

-Joseph Olshan, Black Diamond Fall

If you liked the mystery plot in Black Diamond Fall by Joseph Olshan , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Destroyer Angel (Anna Pigeon, #18) by Nevada Barr

1. Destroyer Angel (Anna Pigeon, #18)

By: Nevada Barr

3.86

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

Anna Pigeon, a ranger for the U.S. Park Services, sets off on vacation—an autumn canoe trip in the … read more

Similar categories in Nevada Barr's Destroyer Angel (Anna Pigeon, #18) book and Joseph Olshan's Black Diamond Fall

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline

2. A Piece of the World

By: Christina Baker Kline

3.86

Format: 352 pages, ebook

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the smash bestseller Orphan Train, a stunning and … read more

Similar categories in Christina Baker Kline's A Piece of the World book and Joseph Olshan's Black Diamond Fall

  • adult
  • fiction
"You're not shy. You just like who you like."

-Christina Baker Kline, A Piece of the World

"This life of ours can feel an awful lot like waiting."

-Christina Baker Kline, A Piece of the World

"I couldn't have imagined how much more there was to lose."

-Christina Baker Kline, A Piece of the World

"My heart is shattered, an all that's left are jagged shards."

-Christina Baker Kline, A Piece of the World

Cover of Blue Monday (Frieda Klein, #1) by Nicci French

3. Blue Monday (Frieda Klein, #1)

By: Nicci French

4.18

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Monday, the lowest point of the week. A day of dark impulses. A day to snatch a child from the stre… read more

Similar categories in Nicci French's Blue Monday (Frieda Klein, #1) book and Joseph Olshan's Black Diamond Fall

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas

4. The Persian Pickle Club

By: Sandra Dallas

4.26

Format: 331 pages,

It is the 1930s, and hard times have hit Harveyville, Kansas, where the crops are burning up, and t… read more

Similar categories in Sandra Dallas's The Persian Pickle Club book and Joseph Olshan's Black Diamond Fall

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

5. Tell the Wolves I'm Home

By: Carol Rifka Brunt

3.95

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this striking literary debut, Carol Rifka Brunt unfolds a moving story of love, grief, and renew… read more

Similar categories in Carol Rifka Brunt's Tell the Wolves I'm Home book and Joseph Olshan's Black Diamond Fall

  • adult
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Map of the Heart by Susan Wiggs

6. Map of the Heart

By: Susan Wiggs

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Susan Wiggs--an author "who paints the details of human relationships with the finesse of a master"… read more

Similar categories in Susan Wiggs's Map of the Heart book and Joseph Olshan's Black Diamond Fall

  • fiction
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7. Coal River

By: Ellen Marie Wiseman

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this vibrant new historical novel, the acclaimed author of The Plum Tree and What She Left Behin… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Marie Wiseman's Coal River book and Joseph Olshan's Black Diamond Fall

  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman

8. The Marriage of Opposites

By: Alice Hoffman

4.04

Format: 9 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Timesbestselling author of The Dovekeepersand The Museum of Extraordinary Things:… read more

Similar categories in Alice Hoffman's The Marriage of Opposites book and Joseph Olshan's Black Diamond Fall

  • fiction

9. Close Range

By: Annie Proulx

4.00

Format: 139 pages, Paperback

Short-story collection from the Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of The Shipping Newsa… read more

Similar categories in Annie Proulx's Close Range book and Joseph Olshan's Black Diamond Fall

  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Flying Blind (Nathan Heller #10) by Max Allan Collins

10. Flying Blind (Nathan Heller #10)

By: Max Allan Collins

4.00

Format: 117 pages, Hardcover

The intrepid fictional Nathan Heller discovers the truth behind the disappearance of famed aviatrix… read more

Similar categories in Max Allan Collins's Flying Blind (Nathan Heller #10) book and Joseph Olshan's Black Diamond Fall

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner

11. Secrets of a Charmed Life

By: Susan Meissner

4.27

Format: 67 pages, Paperback

She stood at a crossroads, half-aware that her choice would send her down a path from which there c… read more

Similar categories in Susan Meissner's Secrets of a Charmed Life book and Joseph Olshan's Black Diamond Fall

  • fiction
Cover of Plainsong (Plainsong, #1) by Kent Haruf

12. 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 Joseph Olshan's Black Diamond Fall

  • fiction

13. Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore

By: Matthew J. Sullivan

3.85

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When a bookshop patron commits suicide, it's his favorite store clerk who must unravel the puzzle h… read more

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14. As Bright as Heaven

By: Susan Meissner

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Lifeand A Bridge Across the Oceancomes a new nove… read more

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15. Down City: A Daughter's Story of Love, Memory, and Murder

By: None

3.76

Format: 205 pages, Hardcover

Like James Ellroy's, My Dark Places, DOWN CITY is a gripping narrative built of memory and reportag… read more

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16. A Dangerous Place (Maisie Dobbs, #11)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.23

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Maisie Dobbs returns in a powerful story of political intrigue and personal tragedy: a brutal murde… read more

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17. The Cold Dish (Walt Longmire, #1)

By: Craig Johnson

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

Walt Longmire, sheriff of Wyoming's Absaroka County, knows he's got trouble when Cody Pritchard is … read more

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Cover of Murder at Morrington Hall (A Stella and Lyndy Mystery, #1) by Clara McKenna

18. Murder at Morrington Hall (A Stella and Lyndy Mystery, #1)

By: Clara McKenna

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Stella Kendrick is an all-American heiress who can’t be tamed. But when the lively aspiring equine … read more

Similar categories in Clara McKenna's Murder at Morrington Hall (A Stella and Lyndy Mystery, #1) book and Joseph Olshan's Black Diamond Fall

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Meredith, Alone by Claire   Alexander

19. Meredith, Alone

By: Claire Alexander

4.05

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Meredith Maggs has everything a person needs.A best friend in Sadie.A beloved cat in Fred.Jigsaws t… read more

Similar categories in Claire Alexander's Meredith, Alone book and Joseph Olshan's Black Diamond Fall

  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley

20. The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise

By: Colleen Oakley

4.05

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

Twenty-one-year-old Tanner Quimby needs a place to live. Preferably one where she can continue sitt… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Oakley's The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise book and Joseph Olshan's Black Diamond Fall

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
"He stilled midair, and then a slow grin spread across his lips. “Do you even know how to work that thing?"

-Colleen Oakley, The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise

Cover of Apple Cider Slaying (A Cider Shop Mystery, #1) by Julie Anne   Lindsey

21. Apple Cider Slaying (A Cider Shop Mystery, #1)

By: Julie Anne Lindsey

3.99

Format: 313 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Apples are at the core of the family business run by Winona Mae Montgomery and her Granny Smythe. B… read more

Similar categories in Julie Anne Lindsey's Apple Cider Slaying (A Cider Shop Mystery, #1) book and Joseph Olshan's Black Diamond Fall

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of A Little Hope by Ethan Joella

22. A Little Hope

By: Ethan Joella

3.69

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A Read with Jenna Bonus Selection An “immersive…illuminating” (Booklist) and life-affirming nove… read more

Similar categories in Ethan Joella's A Little Hope book and Joseph Olshan's Black Diamond Fall

  • adult
  • fiction
"You never know what can break you. What you can fix, what you can stand up to. You never know what time will do, what will defeat or surprise you. You never know."

-Ethan Joella, A Little Hope

Cover of Zorrie by Laird Hunt

23. Zorrie

By: Laird Hunt

3.86

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Finalist for the 2021 National Book Award (Fiction) From prize-winning, acclaimed author Laird Hun… read more

Similar categories in Laird Hunt's Zorrie book and Joseph Olshan's Black Diamond Fall

  • adult
  • fiction
"You could get whiplash trying to watch time go by."

-Laird Hunt, Zorrie

"As she began to doze, she wondered if when you rode in airplanes, love, even old impossible love, sent hearts tumbling end over end."

-Laird Hunt, Zorrie

"Still, it was Indiana, it was the dirt she had bloomed up out of, it was who she was, what she felt, how she thought, what she knew."

-Laird Hunt, Zorrie

"She asked Janie what it was like to have a mother, and Janie leaned over and gave Zorrie a kiss on the top of her head and then turned her around and gave her a quick kick in her seat and told her th…"

-Laird Hunt, Zorrie

Cover of The Girl in Cabin 13 (Emma Griffin FBI Mystery, #1) by A.J. Rivers

24. The Girl in Cabin 13 (Emma Griffin FBI Mystery, #1)

By: A.J. Rivers

3.97

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

Knock…Knock… When Emma finds a dead body on her porch with her name written on the dead man's hand… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Rivers's The Girl in Cabin 13 (Emma Griffin FBI Mystery, #1) book and Joseph Olshan's Black Diamond Fall

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll

25. A Kind of Spark

By: Elle McNicoll

4.52

Format: 193 pages, Paperback

A neurodivergent girl campaigns for a memorial when she learns that her small Scottish town used to… read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark book and Joseph Olshan's Black Diamond Fall

  • fiction
"No horrible, awful, rubbish day is worth damaging a library book."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"Autistic people have probably done so much for hundreds of years without any credit."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"While you are neurotypical and I am autistic, I promise we are more alike than we are different."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"Books are not medicine, they are food. You won't remember every bite but you will remember the taste."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

Cover of Hemlock Island by Kelley Armstrong

26. Hemlock Island

By: Kelley Armstrong

3.45

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

A standalone horror novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong. Laney Kilp… read more

Similar categories in Kelley Armstrong's Hemlock Island book and Joseph Olshan's Black Diamond Fall

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
"Something as brief as our marriage should die like a roman candle. One blaze of glory, imprinted on the retina for a few moments and then fading. This wasn’t that. This was a flash fire, and I am sca…"

-Kelley Armstrong, Hemlock Island

Cover of The Yellow Bird Sings by Jennifer  Rosner

27. The Yellow Bird Sings

By: Jennifer Rosner

4.09

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Poland, 1941. After the Jews in their town are rounded up, Roza and her five-year-old daughter, Shi… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Rosner's The Yellow Bird Sings book and Joseph Olshan's Black Diamond Fall

  • fiction
Cover of The Suite Spot (Beck Sisters, #2) by Trish Doller

28. The Suite Spot (Beck Sisters, #2)

By: Trish Doller

3.77

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Trish Doller’s The Suite Spot is a charming romance novel about taking a chance on a new life and a… read more

Similar categories in Trish Doller's The Suite Spot (Beck Sisters, #2) book and Joseph Olshan's Black Diamond Fall

  • adult
  • fiction
"Mamihlapinatapai Yaghan A meaningful, but wordless, exchange between two people who both desire to initiate something but are hesitant to act upon it."

-Trish Doller, The Suite Spot (Beck Sisters, #2)

Cover of The Storyteller's Death by Ann Dávila Cardinal

29. The Storyteller's Death

By: Ann Dávila Cardinal

3.82

Format: 315 pages, Paperback

From International Latino Book Award-winning author Ann Dávila Cardinal comes a gorgeously written … read more

Similar categories in Ann Dávila Cardinal's The Storyteller's Death book and Joseph Olshan's Black Diamond Fall

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Sacrament by Olaf Olafsson

30. The Sacrament

By: Olaf Olafsson

3.72

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The haunting, vivid story of a nun whose past returns to her in unexpected ways, all while investig… read more

Similar categories in Olaf Olafsson's The Sacrament book and Joseph Olshan's Black Diamond Fall

  • mystery
  • fiction
"I watched them drive away. The Citroën was bright green and jolted slightly. The sun went on shining."

-Olaf Olafsson, The Sacrament

Cover of Black Diamond Fall by Joseph Olshan

31. Black Diamond Fall

By: Joseph Olshan

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

From the acclaimed author of CLARA’S HEART and CLOUDLAND comes a rich, literary mystery based and u… read more

Similar categories in Joseph Olshan's Black Diamond Fall book and Joseph Olshan's Black Diamond Fall

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"When it isn't equal between two people, the one who cares less never sees the best of the one who cares more..."

-Joseph Olshan, Black Diamond Fall

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4.18

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Sandra Dallas

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