14 must-read detective books like A Fatal Attachment (Charlie Peace, #2) by Robert Barnard

Cover of A Fatal Attachment (Charlie Peace, #2) by Robert Barnard

A Fatal Attachment (Charlie Peace, #2)

By: Robert Barnard

3.67

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Lydia Perceval is happier than she's been in years. Two new boys have come into her life. A nat…

If you liked the detective plot in A Fatal Attachment (Charlie Peace, #2) by Robert Barnard , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of The Man With a Load of Mischief (Richard Jury, #1) by Martha Grimes

1. The Man With a Load of Mischief (Richard Jury, #1)

By: Martha Grimes

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

At the Man with a Load of Mischief, they found the dead body stuck in a keg of beer. At the Jack an… read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
"And so it continued all day, wynde after wynde, from a room beyond came the whistle of a teakettle. "Now, you really must join me. I've some marvelous Darjeeling, and some delicious petits fours a fr…"

-Martha Grimes, The Man With a Load of Mischief (Richard Jury, #1)

Cover of The Old Contemptibles (Richard Jury, #11) by Martha Grimes

2. The Old Contemptibles (Richard Jury, #11)

By: Martha Grimes

4.02

Format: 359 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Did Jane Galloway commit suicide or was she murdered? Melrose Plant attempts to determine the ident… read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
Cover of Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #2) by Alexander McCall Smith

3. Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #2)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

3.98

Format: 233 pages, Paperback

Librarian note: Older cover edition of 9780349116655. In 1999 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency… read more

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  • mystery
  • detective
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
"Africa had a way of coming back and simply covering everything up again."

-Alexander McCall Smith, Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #2)

"It was easy to make a difference to other people’s lives, so easy to change the little room in which people lived their life."

-Alexander McCall Smith, Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #2)

"Mma Ramotswe reflected on how easy it was to find oneself committed to a course of action simply because one lacked the courage to say no."

-Alexander McCall Smith, Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #2)

"Perhaps if you don't know there's a gap, you don't worry about it. If you were a millipede, a tshongololo , crawling along the ground would you look at the birds and worry about not having wings? Pro…"

-Alexander McCall Smith, Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #2)

Cover of Night Ferry to Death by Patricia Moyes

4. Night Ferry to Death

By: Patricia Moyes

5.00

Format: None pages,

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of Photo Finish (Roderick Alleyn, #31) by Ngaio Marsh

5. Photo Finish (Roderick Alleyn, #31)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.81

Format: 4 pages, Paperback

MURDER IN HIGH C... A persistent paparazzi has hounded operatic soprano Isabella Sommita until her … read more

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  • mystery
  • detective
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of The Unexpected Guest by Agatha Christie, Charles Osborne

6. The Unexpected Guest

By: Agatha Christie , Charles Osborne

3.95

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

When a stranger runs his car into a ditch in dense fog near the South Wales coast, and makes his wa… read more

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  • mystery
  • detective
  • fiction
Cover of The Beckoning Lady (Albert Campion #15) by Margery Allingham

7. The Beckoning Lady (Albert Campion #15)

By: Margery Allingham

3.57

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Albert Campion, family, Lugg and DCI Charles Luke are on hand in Suffolk when friends Minnie and To… read more

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  • mystery
  • detective
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of Faithful Unto Death (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #5) by Caroline Graham

8. Faithful Unto Death (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #5)

By: Caroline Graham

3.92

Format: 420 pages, Paperback

When bored young housewife Simone Hollingsworth misses bell-ringing practice-her latest effort to f… read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
Cover of The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (No.1 Ladies Detective Agency, #12) by Alexander McCall Smith

9. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (No.1 Ladies Detective Agency, #12)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

4.55

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

At a remote cattle post south of Gaborone two cows have been killed, and Precious Ramotswe, Botswan… read more

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  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Faceless Killers (Kurt Wallander, #1) by Henning Mankell, Steven T. Murray

10. Faceless Killers (Kurt Wallander, #1)

By: Henning Mankell , Steven T. Murray

3.54

Format: None pages, Paperback

It was a senselessly violent crime: on a cold night in a remote Swedish farmhouse an elderly farmer… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Written In Blood (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #4) by Caroline Graham

11. Written In Blood (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #4)

By: Caroline Graham

4.10

Format: 40 pages,

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery

12. Last Ditch (Roderick Alleyn, #29)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.70

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Horseplay turns deadly... Young Ricky Alleyn has come to the picturesque fishing village of Deep Co… read more

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13. Quartet in Autumn

By: Barbara Pym

3.90

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

This is the story of four people in late middle-age - Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia - whose chief… read more

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  • fiction
  • british literature

14. The Old Fox Deceiv'd (Richard Jury, #2)

By: Martha Grimes

5.00

Format: 120 pages,

When Gemma Temple is found dead on Twelfth Night it is a murder so bizarre that, to the irritation … read more

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15. The Moving Finger (Miss Marple, #4)

By: Agatha Christie

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

The placid village of Lymstock seems the perfect place for Jerry Burton to recuperate from his acci… read more

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16. Murder Is Easy (Superintendent Battle, #4)

By: Agatha Christie

3.25

Format: 198 pages, Paperback

An elderly lady is on her way to Scotland Yard to report several murders in her village. "It is ver… read more

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17. The Lake District Murder (Superintendent Meredith, #1)

By: John Bude

4.45

Format: None pages, Paperback

When a body is found at an isolated garage, Inspector Meredith is drawn into a complex investigatio… read more

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18. Knots and Crosses (Inspector Rebus, #1)

By: Ian Rankin , Mircea Pricăjan

3.00

Format: None pages,

Detective John Rebus: His city is being terrorized by a baffling series of murders...and he's tied … read more

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19. 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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20. To Love and Be Wise (Inspector Alan Grant, #4)

By: Josephine Tey , Robert Barnard

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

When a strikingly handsome young photographer mysteriously disappears, it's up to Inspector Alan Gr… read more

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21. Sleeping Murder (Miss Marple, #13)

By: Agatha Christie

4.02

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

Soon after Gwenda moved into her new home, odd things started to happen. Despite her best efforts t… read more

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22. The Wintringham Mystery

By: Anthony Berkeley

3.66

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Republished for the first time in nearly 95 years, a classic winter country house mystery by the fo… read more

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  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • british literature
"For a minute or two they remained in complete silence--the silence of people who know each other so well that words are merely an accessory rather than a necessity."

-Anthony Berkeley, The Wintringham Mystery

Cover of The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) by Jacqueline Winspear

23. The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.46

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow! Psychologist and… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • british literature
"You've go to get on with it, my boy. Stop feeling sorry for yourselft, because what's done is done. You can't change it, so you've got to stiffen your backbone. You've a good job, a very nice roof ov…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

Cover of The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1) by Seishi Yokomizo

24. The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)

By: Seishi Yokomizo

3.66

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

One of Japan's greatest classic murder mysteries, introducing their best loved detective, translate… read more

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  • mystery
  • detective
  • fiction
"What was Kenzo's reaction to all this criticism? His approach was to stay completely silent. He made no move whatsoever to respond to any of it. And, of course, water eventually wins over fire. One b…"

-Seishi Yokomizo, The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)

Cover of The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3) by Robert Thorogood

25. The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3)

By: Robert Thorogood

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The Marlow Murder Club is on the hunt for a killer... Geoffrey Lushington, Mayor of Marlow, dies su… read more

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  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • british literature

26. The Rising Tide (Vera Stanhope, #10)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

For fifty years a group of friends have been meeting regularly for reunions on Holy Island, celebra… read more

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  • mystery
  • detective
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4) by Seishi Yokomizo

27. Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4)

By: Seishi Yokomizo

3.79

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Kosuke Kindaichi arrives on the remote Gokumon Island bearing tragic news – the son of one of the i… read more

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  • mystery
  • detective
  • fiction
"Poverty is the mother of crime. If people are poor, they lose all sense of shame, and behave appallingly."

-Seishi Yokomizo, Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4)

"Mảnh trăng lưỡi liềm mùng mười còn treo trên sườn núi Suribachi, bầu trời lấp lánh muôn ánh sao. Sông Ngân kéo chiếc đuôi dài thượt ngang qua, có thể thấy thấp thoáng quầng sáng trắng sữa. Đảo Ngục M…"

-Seishi Yokomizo, Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4)

Cover of Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5) by Elizabeth Strout

28. Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

By: Elizabeth Strout

4.46

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friend… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"...Bob caught a glimpse of himself in the store window that was right there. He was startled. Who was that tall older man? Was that him? A sense of bewilderment came to him. He turned away, then turn…"

-Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

Cover of The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11) by Ann Cleeves

29. 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

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  • mystery
  • detective
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of A Fatal Attachment (Charlie Peace, #2) by Robert Barnard

30. A Fatal Attachment (Charlie Peace, #2)

By: Robert Barnard

3.67

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Lydia Perceval is happier than she's been in years. Two new boys have come into her life. A nat… read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
Cover of The Waiting (Renée Ballard, #6; Harry Bosch, #25; Harry Bosch Universe, #39) by Michael    Connelly

31. The Waiting (Renée Ballard, #6; Harry Bosch, #25; Harry Bosch Universe, #39)

By: Michael Connelly

4.47

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a terrifying serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, with the… read more

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  • mystery
  • detective
  • fiction

22 must-read fiction books like A Fatal Attachment (Charlie Peace, #2) by Robert Barnard

Transform Your Habits

The Man With a Load of Mischief (Richard Jury, #1)

Martha Grimes

3.99

Transform Your Habits

The Old Contemptibles (Richard Jury, #11)

Martha Grimes

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #2)

Alexander McCall Smith

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Night Ferry to Death

Patricia Moyes

5.00

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21 Top fiction books like The Rising Tide (Vera Stanhope, #10) by Ann Cleeves

Transform Your Habits

Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

Peter Robinson

4.09

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A Killing of Innocents (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #19)

Deborah Crombie

4.25

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Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Transform Your Habits

A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24)

Ian Rankin

4.20

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