26 must-read fiction books like Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1) by C.A. Larmer

Cover of Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1) by C.A. Larmer

Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1)

By: C.A. Larmer

4.01

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

If you thought your child had just killed you, would you want to know? In this sometimes hilarious,…

If you liked the fiction plot in Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1) by C.A. Larmer , here is a list of 26 books like this:

Cover of The Secret, Book & Scone Society (Secret, Book, & Scone Society, #1) by Ellery Adams

1. The Secret, Book & Scone Society (Secret, Book, & Scone Society, #1)

By: Ellery Adams

3.77

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Ellery Adams comes the first in an intriguing new series set… read more

Similar categories in Ellery Adams's The Secret, Book & Scone Society (Secret, Book, & Scone Society, #1) book and C.A. Larmer's Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1)

  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
"Is that from a book?"

-Ellery Adams, The Secret, Book & Scone Society (Secret, Book, & Scone Society, #1)

"… Becoming a reader is a change for the better. Trust me. No one has ever lost by becoming addicted to stories – to the lessons learned by those who possess enough courage to put pen to paper."

-Ellery Adams, The Secret, Book & Scone Society (Secret, Book, & Scone Society, #1)

"The books in her shop weren’t merely things. They were gifts wrapped in imagination, inspiration, excite ment, pain, and heartache. Gifts given by thousands of writers. Gifts just waiting to be opene…"

-Ellery Adams, The Secret, Book & Scone Society (Secret, Book, & Scone Society, #1)

Cover of Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

2. Magpie Murders

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.25

Format: 159 pages, Hardcover

When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway's latest novel, she has no reason … read more

Similar categories in Anthony Horowitz's Magpie Murders book and C.A. Larmer's Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies (The Ill-Mannered Ladies, #1) by Alison Goodman

3. The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies (The Ill-Mannered Ladies, #1)

By: Alison Goodman

4.18

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

A high society amateur detective at the heart of Regency London uses her wits and invisibility as a… read more

Similar categories in Alison Goodman's The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies (The Ill-Mannered Ladies, #1) book and C.A. Larmer's Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
"What makes you think he is trustworthy?’ ‘ He has a sense of humor,’ I said, and then added the final proof. ‘And he found my observations funny too."

-Alison Goodman, The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies (The Ill-Mannered Ladies, #1)

"If you need me, just yell,' he said. 'Ladies do not yell,' I replied over my shoulder. 'But renegades do.' I caught a glimpse of myself in one of the mirrors as I passed; my color was high and I had …"

-Alison Goodman, The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies (The Ill-Mannered Ladies, #1)

"My brother pursed his lips. 'Love? Really, Augusta, this is an important decision. If you think love is essential to a good match it is no wonder you are still unmarried.' 'Duffy, that is unkind,' Ju…"

-Alison Goodman, The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies (The Ill-Mannered Ladies, #1)

"He took the offering and positioned it behind his head with a baleful look. 'If I recall, it is your fault I have lost a great deal of blood,' Undeniable, but then again, I had not started the encoun…"

-Alison Goodman, The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies (The Ill-Mannered Ladies, #1)

Cover of Murder Mystery Book Club (Florida Keys Bed & Breakfast Cozy Mystery, #1) by Danielle Collins

4. Murder Mystery Book Club (Florida Keys Bed & Breakfast Cozy Mystery, #1)

By: Danielle Collins

3.98

Format: 180 pages, Kindle Edition

Eva Stewart runs a charming bed and breakfast in the Florida Keys with her talkative parrot. One of… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Collins's Murder Mystery Book Club (Florida Keys Bed & Breakfast Cozy Mystery, #1) book and C.A. Larmer's Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1)

  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
Cover of A Cast of Falcons (Nell Ward, #2) by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett

5. A Cast of Falcons (Nell Ward, #2)

By: Sarah Yarwood-Lovett

3.89

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

When the wedding of her oldest friend ends with a shocking murder, Dr Nell Ward is once again caugh… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Yarwood-Lovett's A Cast of Falcons (Nell Ward, #2) book and C.A. Larmer's Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1)

  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
Cover of The Twist of a Knife (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #4) by Anthony Horowitz

6. The Twist of a Knife (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #4)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.09

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fourth literary whodunit followin… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Horowitz's The Twist of a Knife (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #4) book and C.A. Larmer's Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
"It's an interesting paradox. The more humane the critics, the more hurtful their opinions."

-Anthony Horowitz, The Twist of a Knife (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #4)

"Harriet distorted everything. It was a sort of ownership. She made the entire world her own..."

-Anthony Horowitz, The Twist of a Knife (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #4)

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7. The Paris Novel

By: Ruth Reichl

3.84

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Ruth Reichl takes readers on an adventure of food, art, and fashion in 1980s Par… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Reichl's The Paris Novel book and C.A. Larmer's Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1)

  • fiction
"That is the most expensive spice in the world. It comes from the Valley of Flowers, where everyone's hands are red from separating the saffron from the blossoms. Each flower has just three strands, s…"

-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel

"The fat was bubbling in a pot on the stove. The potatoes went in, were snatched out, then plunged back in. They emerged crisp and golden; Richard sprinkled them with salt and piled them on a platter,…"

-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel

"The oysters arrived on a deep bed of ice. She had never eaten an oyster, and she stared down at the platter. A ruffle of black encircled each opalescent heart; she thought of orchids. Triangles of le…"

-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel

"A waiter set a small tart of caramelized pears before each of them and added a dab of licorice ice cream. Next came bananas topped with passion fruit and black pepper, little pirouettes of pleasure. …"

-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel

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8. The Messy Lives of Book People

By: Phaedra Patrick

3.69

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Have you ever wished you were someone else? Mother of two Liv Green barely scrapes by as a maid … read more

Similar categories in Phaedra Patrick's The Messy Lives of Book People book and C.A. Larmer's Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1) by Anthony Horowitz

9. The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)

By: Anthony Horowitz

3.93

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

SHE PLANNED HER OWN FUNERAL. BUT DID SHE ARRANGE HER OWN MURDER? New York Times bestselling auth… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Horowitz's The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1) book and C.A. Larmer's Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
Cover of Moonflower Murders (Susan Ryeland, #2) by Anthony Horowitz

10. Moonflower Murders (Susan Ryeland, #2)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.05

Format: 608 pages, Paperback

Featuring his famous literary detective Atticus Pund and Susan Ryeland, hero of the worldwide bests… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Horowitz's Moonflower Murders (Susan Ryeland, #2) book and C.A. Larmer's Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
"Everything in life has a pattern and a coincidence is simply the moment when the pattern becomes briefly visible."

-Anthony Horowitz, Moonflower Murders (Susan Ryeland, #2)

"I would kill myself tomorrow and I would except for the one brightness in my life, the one dawn that gives me hope."

-Anthony Horowitz, Moonflower Murders (Susan Ryeland, #2)

"The greatest evil occurs when people, no matter what their aims or their motives, become utterly convinced that they are right. [Atticus Pūnd]"

-Anthony Horowitz, Moonflower Murders (Susan Ryeland, #2)

Cover of Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1) by Benjamin   Stevenson

11. Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

By: Benjamin Stevenson

3.79

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

Everyone in my family has killed someone. Some of us, the high achievers, have killed more than onc… read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1) book and C.A. Larmer's Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1)

  • mystery
  • humor
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
"But I promised to be reliable, not competent"

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

"Family is not whose blood runs in your veins, it's who you'd spill it for."

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

"Call me a reliable narrator. Everything I tell you will be the truth, or, at least, the truth as I knew it to be at the time that I thought I knew it."

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

"...my editor had crossed out my first go at this sentence and written Hypo=cold, Hyper=hot in the margin, in that helpful yet smug voice editors are born with, wishing to both correct you and impart …"

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

Cover of The Christmas Bookshop (The Christmas Bookshop, #1) by Jenny Colgan

12. The Christmas Bookshop (The Christmas Bookshop, #1)

By: Jenny Colgan

3.75

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Perfect for the holidays! A brand-new heartwarming Christmas novel from the beloved New York Times … read more

Similar categories in Jenny Colgan's The Christmas Bookshop (The Christmas Bookshop, #1) book and C.A. Larmer's Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1)

  • fiction
"Carmen measured her days in books."

-Jenny Colgan, The Christmas Bookshop (The Christmas Bookshop, #1)

"And tiny Leone smiled and took the book after Carmen carefully wrapped it up in paper and held it tight to her breast, as if she both loved it and was slightly scared of it, which were not, after all…"

-Jenny Colgan, The Christmas Bookshop (The Christmas Bookshop, #1)

"Carmen measured her days in books. She kept a paperback under the desk for quiet periods, when she had remade as many window displays as one could usefully do in one day, and dusted, polished, straig…"

-Jenny Colgan, The Christmas Bookshop (The Christmas Bookshop, #1)

Cover of Death in the Sunshine (Retired Detectives Club, #1) by Steph Broadribb

13. Death in the Sunshine (Retired Detectives Club, #1)

By: Steph Broadribb

3.92

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

Four ex-cops in a retirement paradise. Sure they’ll rest…when the killer is caught. After a long… read more

Similar categories in Steph Broadribb's Death in the Sunshine (Retired Detectives Club, #1) book and C.A. Larmer's Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1)

  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Paper Cuts (Secret, Book, & Scone Society, #6) by Ellery Adams

14. Paper Cuts (Secret, Book, & Scone Society, #6)

By: Ellery Adams

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author returns with a mystery with a touch of magical realism and a … read more

Similar categories in Ellery Adams's Paper Cuts (Secret, Book, & Scone Society, #6) book and C.A. Larmer's Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1)

  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Broadway Butterfly by Sara DiVello

15. Broadway Butterfly

By: Sara DiVello

3.98

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

New York in the Roaring Twenties—a riveting true-crime novel, based on one of the most notorious un… read more

Similar categories in Sara DiVello's Broadway Butterfly book and C.A. Larmer's Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect (Ernest Cunningham, #2) by Benjamin   Stevenson

16. Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect (Ernest Cunningham, #2)

By: Benjamin Stevenson

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When the Australian Mystery Writers’ Society invited me to their crime-writing festival aboard the … read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect (Ernest Cunningham, #2) book and C.A. Larmer's Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1)

  • mystery
  • humor
  • fiction
Cover of The Spy Coast (The Martini Club, #1) by Tess Gerritsen

17. The Spy Coast (The Martini Club, #1)

By: Tess Gerritsen

4.35

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

A retired CIA operative in small-town Maine tackles the ghosts of her past in this fresh take on th… read more

Similar categories in Tess Gerritsen's The Spy Coast (The Martini Club, #1) book and C.A. Larmer's Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Mastering the Art of French Murder (An American In Paris, #1) by Colleen Cambridge

18. Mastering the Art of French Murder (An American In Paris, #1)

By: Colleen Cambridge

3.64

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Marie Benedict, Nita Prose, and of course, Julia Child, will adore thi… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Cambridge's Mastering the Art of French Murder (An American In Paris, #1) book and C.A. Larmer's Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1)

  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
"If I could fix an airplane engine, I could roast a chicken. It couldn't be that difficult, could it? Yes. Yes, it could."

-Colleen Cambridge, Mastering the Art of French Murder (An American In Paris, #1)

Cover of Death at Paradise Palms (Retired Detectives Club #2) by Steph Broadribb

19. Death at Paradise Palms (Retired Detectives Club #2)

By: Steph Broadribb

4.23

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

It looks like an open-and-shut case—until one of the Retired Detectives disappears… When movie p… read more

Similar categories in Steph Broadribb's Death at Paradise Palms (Retired Detectives Club #2) book and C.A. Larmer's Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1)

  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Vanishing Type (Secret, Book, & Scone Society, #5) by Ellery Adams

20. The Vanishing Type (Secret, Book, & Scone Society, #5)

By: Ellery Adams

4.22

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Entertainment Weekly hails the Secret, Book, and Scone Society series by the beloved New York Times… read more

Similar categories in Ellery Adams's The Vanishing Type (Secret, Book, & Scone Society, #5) book and C.A. Larmer's Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1)

  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Where Wild Peaches Grow by Cade Bentley

21. Where Wild Peaches Grow

By: Cade Bentley

3.95

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

In a deeply emotional novel of family, cultural heritage, and forgiveness, estranged sisters wrestl… read more

Similar categories in Cade Bentley's Where Wild Peaches Grow book and C.A. Larmer's Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1)

  • fiction
Cover of The Bookstore Sisters by Alice Hoffman

22. The Bookstore Sisters

By: Alice Hoffman

4.02

Format: 36 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman comes a heartfelt short story about family, in… read more

Similar categories in Alice Hoffman's The Bookstore Sisters book and C.A. Larmer's Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1)

  • fiction
"Oh, you're moonlight," he'd said. "Harder to see, but there for those who look."

-Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

"A lot of people don’t know what to do about grief. I don’t blame you for a thing."

-Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

"I don't think I'm the smart sister," Isabel said. "You are," Sophie told her. "You just have a lot to learn."

-Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

Cover of A Murder of Crows (Nell Ward, #1) by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett

23. A Murder of Crows (Nell Ward, #1)

By: Sarah Yarwood-Lovett

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr Nell Ward is an ecologist, not a detective. But when she’s the prime suspect in a murder, only h… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Yarwood-Lovett's A Murder of Crows (Nell Ward, #1) book and C.A. Larmer's Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1)

  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Old Ducks' Hen Do (Old Ducks Club, #2) by Maddie Please

24. The Old Ducks' Hen Do (Old Ducks Club, #2)

By: Maddie Please

4.37

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

The brand new novel from the #1 bestselling author, Maddie Please! The Old Ducks are back and they … read more

Similar categories in Maddie Please's The Old Ducks' Hen Do (Old Ducks Club, #2) book and C.A. Larmer's Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1)

  • fiction
Cover of Murder On Friday Street (Friday Street Murder Mysteries Book 1) by Russell Cooper

25. Murder On Friday Street (Friday Street Murder Mysteries Book 1)

By: Russell Cooper

4.38

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

If you love Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series, you’ll love this. Eccentric twin brothe… read more

Similar categories in Russell Cooper's Murder On Friday Street (Friday Street Murder Mysteries Book 1) book and C.A. Larmer's Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1)

  • mystery
  • humor
  • fiction
Cover of Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1) by C.A. Larmer

26. Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1)

By: C.A. Larmer

4.01

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

If you thought your child had just killed you, would you want to know? In this sometimes hilarious,… read more

Similar categories in C.A. Larmer's Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1) book and C.A. Larmer's Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1)

  • humor
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • paranormal

21 Top mystery books like Do Not Go Gentle (A Posthumous Mystery #1) by C.A. Larmer

Transform Your Habits

The Secret, Book & Scone Society (Secret, Book, & Scone Society, #1)

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3.77

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Anthony Horowitz

4.25

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The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies (The Ill-Mannered Ladies, #1)

Alison Goodman

4.18

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Danielle Collins

3.98

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Viveca Sten

4.06

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Death Message (DI Nick Dixon #13)

Damien Boyd

4.58

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Hide (Detective Harriet Foster, #1)

Tracy Clark

4.15

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T.M. Payne

4.26

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