5 best-selling mystery books like Blackeyes by Dennis Potter

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Blackeyes

By: Dennis Potter

3.45

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Jessica, a model, becomes bitter toward her uncle, Maurice James Kingsley, an elderly writer who us…

If you liked the mystery plot in Blackeyes by Dennis Potter , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie

1. Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

By: Agatha Christie

3.91

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Was it a misstep that sent a handsome stranger plummeting to his death from a cliff? Or something m… read more

Similar categories in Agatha Christie's Why Didn't They Ask Evans? book and Dennis Potter's Blackeyes

  • mystery
  • fiction
"Why didn't they ask the Evans?"

-Agatha Christie, Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

"Young men are sadly degenerate nowadays."

-Agatha Christie, Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

"A woman would know all right about her own husband."

-Agatha Christie, Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

"Time, thought Bobby suddenly, was a very frightening thing."

-Agatha Christie, Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

Cover of Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8) by Agatha Christie

2. Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8)

By: Agatha Christie

4.01

Format: 287 pages, Paperback

Hercule Poirot is vacationing on the Cornish coast when he meets Nick Buckley. Nick is the young an… read more

Similar categories in Agatha Christie's Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8) book and Dennis Potter's Blackeyes

  • mystery
  • fiction
"I always think loyalty's such a tiresome virtue. "

-Agatha Christie, Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8)

"Courage, Mademoiselle. There is always something to live for."

-Agatha Christie, Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8)

"Evil never goes unpunished, Monsieur. But the punishment is sometimes secret."

-Agatha Christie, Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8)

"Never give in! That’s my motto. Don’t think of trouble and trouble won’t come!"

-Agatha Christie, Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8)

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3. Quartet

By: Jean Rhys

3.95

Format: 768 pages, Paperback

Aperitifs in smoky Montparnasse cafes, cheap hotel rooms, and Marya Zelli, trying to make of her li… read more

Similar categories in Jean Rhys's Quartet book and Dennis Potter's Blackeyes

  • fiction
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4. Zelda

By: Nancy Milford

3.61

Format: 192 pages,

Zelda Sayre began as a Southern beauty, became an international wonder, and died by fire in a madho… read more

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5. Child of God

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.84

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In this taut, chilling novel, Lester Ballard--a violent, dispossessed man falsely accused of rape--… read more

Similar categories in Cormac McCarthy's Child of God book and Dennis Potter's Blackeyes

  • fiction
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6. The Children Act

By: Ian McEwan

4.10

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

A fiercely intelligent, well-respected High Court judge in London faces a morally ambiguous case wh… read more

Similar categories in Ian McEwan's The Children Act book and Dennis Potter's Blackeyes

  • fiction
Cover of Sad Cypress (Hercule Poirot, #21) by Agatha Christie

7. Sad Cypress (Hercule Poirot, #21)

By: Agatha Christie

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

Elinor Carlisle and Roddy Welman are the model English couple, perfect companions set for a life of… read more

Similar categories in Agatha Christie's Sad Cypress (Hercule Poirot, #21) book and Dennis Potter's Blackeyes

  • mystery
  • fiction

8. Them: Adventures with Extremists

By: Jon Ronson

4.27

Format: 217 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industryand So Yo… read more

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9. The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer

By: None

2.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

Laura Palmer was introduced to television audiences in the opening scenes of "Twin Peaks"--as a bea… read more

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10. Scandal

By: Shūsaku Endō , Van C. Gessel

3.84

Format: 223 pages,

Involves a famous Catholic writer whose comfortable life is shattered when a drunken woman crashes … read more

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11. Forbidden Colors

By: Yukio Mishima , Alfred H. Marks

5.00

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

From one of Japan's greatest modern writers comes an exquisitely disturbing novel of sexual combat … read more

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12. A Song of Stone

By: Iain Banks

3.73

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

A European nation not unlike Bosnia: armed forces roam the lawless land where dark columns of smoke… read more

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13. Devil May Care

By: Sebastian Faulks , Rodrigo Corral , None

3.45

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

Bond is back. With a vengeance. "Devil May Care" is a masterful continuation of the James Bond lega… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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14. And Away...

By: Bob Mortimer

4.33

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

Bob Mortimer’s life was trundling along happily until suddenly in 2015 he was diagnosed with a hear… read more

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"Always enter your shoes before wearing them."

-Bob Mortimer, And Away...

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15. Machines like Me

By: Ian McEwan

3.59

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

Britain has lost the Falklands war, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power and Alan Turing a… read more

Similar categories in Ian McEwan's Machines like Me book and Dennis Potter's Blackeyes

  • fiction
"Caen las hojas. Llega la primavera, y tu caída."

-Ian McEwan, Machines like Me

"could tell you similar stories of machine sadness."

-Ian McEwan, Machines like Me

"Nel suo sguardo, c'è un mondo d'amore. Amo il mondo!"

-Ian McEwan, Machines like Me

"But when you’ve lost a fortune, you don’t clean up the kitchen."

-Ian McEwan, Machines like Me

Cover of Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi

16. Burnt Sugar

By: Avni Doshi

3.26

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Uma história de obsessões e traição. Uma história de amor envenenada, cujos protagonistas, ao contr… read more

Similar categories in Avni Doshi's Burnt Sugar book and Dennis Potter's Blackeyes

  • fiction
"Ma naps on the sofa, and for a moment I can imagine what she’ll look like when she dies, when her face slackens and the air abandons her lungs. Around her are objects, papers, photo frames filled wit…"

-Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar

Cover of Blackeyes by Dennis Potter

17. Blackeyes

By: Dennis Potter

3.45

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Jessica, a model, becomes bitter toward her uncle, Maurice James Kingsley, an elderly writer who us… read more

Similar categories in Dennis Potter's Blackeyes book and Dennis Potter's Blackeyes

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • drama

10 best-selling fiction books like Blackeyes by Dennis Potter

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4.01

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Jean Rhys

3.95

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Child of God

Cormac McCarthy

3.84

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Deborah Levy

3.94

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Claire Keegan

4.18

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Anne Enright

3.55

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Penance

Eliza Clark

3.90

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