24 best-selling mystery books like A Dire Isle (Athreya, #2) by R.V. Raman

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A Dire Isle (Athreya, #2)

By: R.V. Raman

3.79

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

An archaeological expedition is excavating in the heart of Bundelkhand, a place rich in history and…

If you liked the mystery plot in A Dire Isle (Athreya, #2) by R.V. Raman , here is a list of 24 books like this:

Cover of Dandy Gilver & A Deadly Measure of Brimstone (Dandy Gilver, #8) by Catriona McPherson

1. Dandy Gilver & A Deadly Measure of Brimstone (Dandy Gilver, #8)

By: Catriona McPherson

3.87

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

Perthshire 1929 and the menfolk of the Gilver family have come down, between them, with influenza, … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Sōji Shimada, Shika MacKenzie, Ross MacKenzie

2. The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

By: Sōji Shimada , Shika MacKenzie , Ross MacKenzie

3.87

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

Astrologer, fortuneteller, and self-styled detective Kiyoshi Mitarai must in one week solve a myste… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"Art is not to copy the work of another; real art exists only in difference."

-Sōji Shimada, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

"I'm a huge fan of mysteries; in fact, they're almost an addiction. If a week goes by without reading a mystery, I suffer withdrawal symptoms. Then I wander around like I'm sleepwalking and wake up in…"

-Sōji Shimada, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

3. Sleeping Beauties (Inspector Tom Reynolds Mystery, #3)

By: Jo Spain

4.18

Format: 407 pages,

read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction

4. Patang

By: Bhaskar Chattopadhyay

4.41

Format: None pages, Paperback

An alternate cover edition can be found . 'I hate the rain...I hate it, hate it, hate it. But the … read more

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5. Crooked Seeds

By: Karen Jennings

3.53

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A woman in post-apartheid South Africa confronts her family's troubling past in this taut and darin… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2) by Robert Thorogood

6. Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

By: Robert Thorogood

3.92

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s been an enjoyable and murder-free time for Judith, Suzie and Becks – AKA the Marlow Murder Clu… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
"... Feynman's technique was simple. And he claimed that it was always successful. But it' not currently working for me. Not yet. What was it? Well, when he was building the first atomic bomb, he obse…"

-Robert Thorogood, Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

Cover of Midnight at Malabar House (Malabar House #1) by Vaseem Khan

7. Midnight at Malabar House (Malabar House #1)

By: Vaseem Khan

4.02

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

Bombay, New Year's Eve, 1949As India celebrates the arrival of a momentous new decade, Inspector Pe… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • india
  • fiction
"Just because a cow stands in a field all day doesn’t make it a philosopher"

-Vaseem Khan, Midnight at Malabar House (Malabar House #1)

Cover of The Bangalore Detectives Club (Bangalore Detectives Club, #1) by Harini Nagendra

8. The Bangalore Detectives Club (Bangalore Detectives Club, #1)

By: Harini Nagendra

3.62

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The first in a charming, joyful cozy crime series set in 1920s Bangalore, featuring sari-wearing de… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • india
  • fiction
Cover of In the Crypt with a Candlestick (Tode Hall, #1) by Daisy Waugh

9. In the Crypt with a Candlestick (Tode Hall, #1)

By: Daisy Waugh

2.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Sir Ecgbert Tode of Tode Hall has survived to a grand old age - much to the despair of his younger … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
Cover of Death and Croissants (A Follet Valley Mystery, #1) by Ian  Moore

10. Death and Croissants (A Follet Valley Mystery, #1)

By: Ian Moore

3.27

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

Richard is a middle-aged Englishman who runs a B&B in the fictional Val de Follet in the Loire Vall… read more

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

11. 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
  • crime
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
Cover of Death of a Lesser God (Malabar House, #4) by Vaseem Khan

12. Death of a Lesser God (Malabar House, #4)

By: Vaseem Khan

4.25

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

*** SHORTLISTED FOR HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR at the FINGERPRINT AWARDS ***In the fourth rip-roa… read more

Similar categories in Vaseem Khan's Death of a Lesser God (Malabar House, #4) book and R.V. Raman's A Dire Isle (Athreya, #2)

  • indian literature
  • india
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens by Raul Palma

13. A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens

By: Raul Palma

3.55

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A genre-bending debut with a fiercely political heart, A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens explores the w… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Murder Under a Red Moon (Bangalore Detectives Club, #2) by Harini Nagendra

14. Murder Under a Red Moon (Bangalore Detectives Club, #2)

By: Harini Nagendra

3.86

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

The latest novel in the acclaimed Bangalore Detectives Club series finds amateur sleuth Kaveri Murt… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • india
  • fiction
Cover of The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2) by Yukito Ayatsuji

15. The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

By: Yukito Ayatsuji

3.62

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

Ever since a horrific car accident, Fujinuma Kiichi has lived a reclusive existence in the remote M… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
"A cold death mask worn by a living man."

-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

"It sounded like the beating heart of the house."

-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

"In the gloomy darkness, I revealed my accursed face."

-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

"He cursed the storm that had upset his peaceful life."

-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

Cover of The Mistress of Bhatia House (Perveen Mistry, #4) by Sujata Massey

16. The Mistress of Bhatia House (Perveen Mistry, #4)

By: Sujata Massey

4.02

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Bombay’s only female solicitor, Perveen Mistry, grapples with class divisions, sexism, and complex … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • india
  • fiction
Cover of The Devil's Flute Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #5) by Seishi Yokomizo

17. The Devil's Flute Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #5)

By: Seishi Yokomizo

3.89

Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition

An ingenious and highly atmospheric classic whodunit from Japan’s master of crime. Amid the rubb… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
Cover of The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer by Dean Jobb

18. The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer

By: Dean Jobb

3.62

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

“When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals,” Sherlock Holmes observed during one of … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima Rao

19. A Disappearance in Fiji

By: Nilima Rao

3.89

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

A charming and atmospheric debut mystery featuring a 25-year-old Indian police sergeant investigati… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • india
  • fiction
Cover of The Noh Mask Murder by Akimitsu Takagi

20. The Noh Mask Murder

By: Akimitsu Takagi

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A bewildering locked-room murder occurs as an amateur crime writer investigates strange events in t… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
Cover of Razor Sharp (Kutta Kadam, #1) by Ashwin Sanghi

21. Razor Sharp (Kutta Kadam, #1)

By: Ashwin Sanghi

3.90

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

A baffling crime. A rundown ex-cop. But he's their best bet. A city on edge A ruthless serial kil… read more

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  • indian literature
  • fiction
Cover of Ninety Days: The True Story of the Hunt for Rajiv Gandhi's Assassins by Anirudhya Mitra

22. Ninety Days: The True Story of the Hunt for Rajiv Gandhi's Assassins

By: Anirudhya Mitra

4.28

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

At 10:20 p.m. on 21 May 1991, a young woman bowed before Rajiv Gandhi at an election rally in Sripe… read more

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  • crime
  • india
Cover of Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas by Satyarth Nayak

23. Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas

By: Satyarth Nayak

4.44

Format: 436 pages, Paperback

Do you know the story where Brahma and Vishnu race against each other or where Shiva battles Krishn… read more

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  • indian literature
  • india
"In every tale lies a profound teaching, reminding us of the timeless wisdom embedded within our cultural heritage."

-Satyarth Nayak, Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas

"Vijaya is victory over others. Jaya is victory over one's own self. One's own mind and heart, thoughts and actions. Vijaya is external but Jaya is internal and that's always the hardest."

-Satyarth Nayak, Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas

"I fear,' replied the mother of mankind. 'I fear now to beget the female race. If a father can endanger his own daughter, who shall keep them safe? Who shall heal them if everybody wounds them? ' He r…"

-Satyarth Nayak, Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas

Cover of The Little Sparrow Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #6) by Seishi Yokomizo

24. The Little Sparrow Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #6)

By: Seishi Yokomizo

4.01

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An old friend of Kosuke Kindaichi's invites the scruffy detective to visit the remote mountain vill… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
Cover of Bad Liars: One Murder. Three Liars. by Vikrant Khanna

25. Bad Liars: One Murder. Three Liars.

By: Vikrant Khanna

3.31

Format: 172 pages, Kindle Edition

When the dead body of a famous fund manager, Anant Kapoor, is found in his house, it isn't hard for… read more

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  • crime
Cover of What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11) by Alan Bradley

26. What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11)

By: Alan Bradley

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the absence of adult supervision, Flavia has taken on the mentorship of her “pestilent” younger … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of A Dire Isle (Athreya, #2) by R.V. Raman

27. A Dire Isle (Athreya, #2)

By: R.V. Raman

3.79

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

An archaeological expedition is excavating in the heart of Bundelkhand, a place rich in history and… read more

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  • indian literature
  • india
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2) by Ben Aaronovitch

28. 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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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Great Hippopotamus Hotel (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #25) by Alexander McCall Smith

29. The Great Hippopotamus Hotel (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #25)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

4.33

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Precious Ramotswe takes on an interesting but sensitive case and learns valuable lessons along the … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Aperture by Bhaskar Chattopadhyay

30. Aperture

By: Bhaskar Chattopadhyay

4.08

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

When a struggling freelance photographer discovers a secret window in his apartment that offers a c… read more

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Cover of The Paranormal Ranger: A Navajo Investigator's Search for the Unexplained by Stanley Milford Jr.

31. The Paranormal Ranger: A Navajo Investigator's Search for the Unexplained

By: Stanley Milford Jr.

3.81

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A Navajo Ranger’s chilling and clear-eyed memoir of his investigations into bizarre cases of the pa… read more

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24 Best fiction books like A Dire Isle (Athreya, #2) by R.V. Raman

Transform Your Habits

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Catriona McPherson

3.87

Transform Your Habits

The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

Sōji Shimada , Shika MacKenzie , Ross MacKenzie

3.87

Sleeping Beauties (Inspector Tom Reynolds Mystery, #3)

Jo Spain

4.18

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Karen Jennings

3.53

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19 Top fiction books like The Bangalore Detectives Club (Bangalore Detectives Club, #1) by Harini Nagendra

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The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown (Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation, #2)

Vaseem Khan

4.05

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The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra

Vaseem Khan

3.70

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The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star

Vaseem Khan

4.08

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Anthony Horowitz

4.18

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