9 Best mystery books like The Stradivarius by Rae Knowles

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The Stradivarius

By: Rae Knowles

4.29

Format: None pages, ebook

When a surprise inheritance and whirlwind romance offer Mae a chance to escape her repressive aunt,…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Stradivarius by Rae Knowles , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Maeve Fly

By: C.J. Leede

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Golden Poppy Octavia E. Butler Award! A Bram Stoker and Splatterpunk Award Nominee! … read more

Similar categories in C.J. Leede's Maeve Fly book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
"Inside my room, I turn on Billy Holiday. There are only two kinds of music in my world. Billy Holiday and Halloween songs."

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

"Men have always been permitted in fiction and in life to simply be what they are, no matter how dark or terrifying that might be. But with a woman, we expect an answer, a reason."

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

"I have tried the way of the misanthrope, the way of the deviant, the philosopher, the observer, the pretender. But there is one road I have not seriously considered walking down, have not permitted m…"

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

Cover of This Is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau

2. This Is Where We Talk Things Out

By: Caitlin Marceau

3.77

Format: 93 pages, ebook

This Is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau, author of Palimpsest: A Collection of Contempo… read more

Similar categories in Caitlin Marceau's This Is Where We Talk Things Out book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • queer
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3. The Embalmer

By: Rayne Havok

3.21

Format: 97 pages, Kindle Edition

Sadie is tempted by a body in the funeral home. She can't help herself, her curiosity is too strong… read more

Similar categories in Rayne Havok's The Embalmer book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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4. The Girls in the Cabin

By: Caleb Stephens

3.89

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

A dad will do anything to keep his daughters safe. But the phone lines are down. The roads are bloc… read more

Similar categories in Caleb Stephens's The Girls in the Cabin book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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5. All Hallows

By: Christopher Golden

3.55

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

With the 80's nostalgia of Stranger Things, this horror drama from NYT bestselling author Christoph… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Golden's All Hallows book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror by Joe Vallese

6. It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror

By: Joe Vallese

4.18

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

Through the lens of horror—from "Halloween" to "Hereditary"—queer and trans writers consider the fi… read more

Similar categories in Joe Vallese's It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • horror
  • adult
  • queer
  • lgbt
"Androgyny doesn't look a certain way, though gender is ingrained in society such that liberal readings are applied to everyone, sprinkling gender on everything from haircuts to careers to alcoholic b…"

-Joe Vallese, It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror

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7. Head Like a Hole

By: Andrew Van Wey

3.85

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

When you bury your past make sure that it’s dead. It’s the mid-nineties. Grunge and flannel are … read more

Similar categories in Andrew Van Wey's Head Like a Hole book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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8. She Is a Haunting

By: Trang Thanh Tran

3.39

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A house with a terrifying appetite haunts a broken family in this atmospheric horror, perfect for f… read more

Similar categories in Trang Thanh Tran's She Is a Haunting book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • gothic
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • horror
  • queer
"Who am I but someone others define? It's easier to be a stereotype. It hurts when you are yourself."

-Trang Thanh Tran, She Is a Haunting

"Revenge has always been easy to understand, but hunger implies that something can be filled. What is a ghost's limit when they have no real body?"

-Trang Thanh Tran, She Is a Haunting

"Blood slides from the sill and onto the wall, where it inches toward the floor. I'll let it stain, because it's exactly what he wanted: a mark on Vietnam."

-Trang Thanh Tran, She Is a Haunting

"My heart is here, the Lady of Many Tongues had said days before. Here, where I see how beautiful Đà Lạt is. I had thought the same of Saigon, despite the smoke and lights and buildings—how it could'v…"

-Trang Thanh Tran, She Is a Haunting

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9. Cadaverous

By: Jay Bower

4.17

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

When darkness falls, the nightmare begins...Step into the twisted world of Gaige Penrod. This self-… read more

Similar categories in Jay Bower's Cadaverous book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • horror
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10. Small Town Horror

By: Ronald Malfi

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Five childhood friends are forced to confront their own dark past as well as the curse placed upon … read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's Small Town Horror book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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11. Wild Spaces

By: S.L. Coney

3.51

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

Robert R. McCammon’s Boy’s Life meets H. P. Lovecraft in Wild Spaces, a foreboding, sensual coming-… read more

Similar categories in S.L. Coney's Wild Spaces book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
"As funny as he thinks a fish would look, he wonders how the sea felt when her inhabitants started walking away. He wonders if maybe that’s why she keeps eating away at the land, trying to take back w…"

-S.L. Coney, Wild Spaces

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12. This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances

By: Eric LaRocca

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A brand-new collection of four intense, claustrophobic and terrifying horror tales from the Bram St… read more

Similar categories in Eric LaRocca's This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • queer
"The worst thing a person can do to you after they've hurt you is let you live."

-Eric LaRocca, This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances

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13. Bluejay

By: Megan Stockton

3.71

Format: None pages, ebook

Noah, Jack, and Phil are three average guys who collect horror memorabilia and have a running compe… read more

Similar categories in Megan Stockton's Bluejay book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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14. Linghun

By: Ai Jiang

3.96

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

WELCOME HOME. Follow Wenqi, Liam, and Mrs. in this modern gothic ghost story by Chinese-Canadian… read more

Similar categories in Ai Jiang's Linghun book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • gothic
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
"In HOME, Liam was a dream. Here, he's a flawed but beautiful reality. Whispers of our future together lull us both into a dreamless sleep. It's the first time we find such emptiness comforting."

-Ai Jiang, Linghun

"Feelings, emotions, experiences, are all part of humanity's shared language, and in Linghun, that shared language is grief. Grief is a language that tears us apart, but it is also what brings us toge…"

-Ai Jiang, Linghun

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15. 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered

By: Sadie Hartmann

4.43

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

The Ultimate List of Must-Read Horror! Curious readers and fans of monsters and the macabre, get re… read more

Similar categories in Sadie Hartmann's 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • adult
  • horror
"I love a good story about everyone dying."

-Sadie Hartmann, 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered

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16. House of Rot

By: Danger Slater

3.78

Format: 125 pages, Kindle Edition

The pink mold growing on the walls isn’t the worst thing about Elenya and Myles’ brand new fixer up… read more

Similar categories in Danger Slater's House of Rot book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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17. Last to Leave the Room

By: Caitlin Starling

3.51

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

A new novel of genre-busting speculative horror from the acclaimed author of The Death of Jane Lawr… read more

Similar categories in Caitlin Starling's Last to Leave the Room book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • queer
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18. Squeak

By: Vera Valentine

3.07

Format: 54 pages, Kindle Edition

A dedicated art student at her local community college, Poppy practically lives inside her sketchbo… read more

Similar categories in Vera Valentine's Squeak book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

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19. The Eyes Are the Best Part

By: Monika Kim

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“Violent, smart, gruesome and wildly original, this novel pulls readers into a horrific world of mu… read more

Similar categories in Monika Kim's The Eyes Are the Best Part book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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20. American Rapture

By: C.J. Leede

4.51

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A virus is spreading across America, transforming the infected and making them feral with lust. Sop… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Leede's American Rapture book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Satan's Burnouts Must Die! by David Sodergren

21. Satan's Burnouts Must Die!

By: David Sodergren

4.06

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

"You're a killer, baby." Out of the desert they rode, 400lbs of hot steel throbbing between thei… read more

Similar categories in David Sodergren's Satan's Burnouts Must Die! book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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22. Lure

By: Tim McGregor

4.17

Format: 129 pages, Kindle Edition

In the chapel of a forsaken fishing village on another world's shore, the seawashed bones of old go… read more

Similar categories in Tim McGregor's Lure book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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23. Wait for Night

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.90

Format: 30 pages, ebook

Wait for Night by Stephen Graham Jones is horror story about a day laborer hired to help clean up a… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's Wait for Night book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Hungers as Old as This Land by Zachary Rosenberg

24. Hungers as Old as This Land

By: Zachary Rosenberg

4.12

Format: 107 pages, ebook

The settlement of Grey's Bluffs is a prosperous town. An independent community dwelling in the shad… read more

Similar categories in Zachary Rosenberg's Hungers as Old as This Land book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • horror
Cover of The Unmothers by Leslie J. Anderson

25. The Unmothers

By: Leslie J. Anderson

3.49

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In this emotionally raw and propulsive folk horror-mystery, a journalist goes to a small town and u… read more

Similar categories in Leslie J. Anderson's The Unmothers book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
Cover of The Hiding: (Book One of The Seer of York) by Alethea Lyons

26. The Hiding: (Book One of The Seer of York)

By: Alethea Lyons

4.31

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

“On its face, The Hiding is an enthralling adventure of demons, spirits, witches and their hunters.… read more

Similar categories in Alethea Lyons's The Hiding: (Book One of The Seer of York) book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

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27. The Stradivarius

By: Rae Knowles

4.29

Format: None pages, ebook

When a surprise inheritance and whirlwind romance offer Mae a chance to escape her repressive aunt,… read more

Similar categories in Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • gothic
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram

28. Coup de Grâce

By: Sofia Ajram

3.94

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

A mindbending and visceral experimental horror about a young man trapped in an infinite Montreal su… read more

Similar categories in Sofia Ajram's Coup de Grâce book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Model Home by Rivers Solomon

29. Model Home

By: Rivers Solomon

4.06

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to Rivers Solomon's dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel. The… read more

Similar categories in Rivers Solomon's Model Home book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Field Notes from a Nightmare: An Anthology of Ecological Horror by Alex Ebenstein

30. Field Notes from a Nightmare: An Anthology of Ecological Horror

By: Alex Ebenstein

4.22

Format: 172 pages, ebook

Pollution. Extinction. Warming. Sea level rise... Mother Nature heard our crimes and found us guilt… read more

Similar categories in Alex Ebenstein's Field Notes from a Nightmare: An Anthology of Ecological Horror book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • horror
Cover of Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca

31. Everything the Darkness Eats

By: Eric LaRocca

2.77

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the 2023 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. A haunting… read more

Similar categories in Eric LaRocca's Everything the Darkness Eats book and Rae Knowles's The Stradivarius

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • queer

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Maeve Fly

C.J. Leede

3.78

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Caitlin Marceau

3.77

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3.21

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John Durgin

4.03

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