13 Top contemporary books like The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3) by Jodé Millman

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The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

By: Jodé Millman

4.10

Format: 366 pages, Paperback

A KIRKUS REVIEW EDITORS SELECTION! The third installment in the award-winning "Queen City Crimes…

If you liked the contemporary plot in The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3) by Jodé Millman , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of The Stars Are Fire by Anita Shreve

1. The Stars Are Fire

By: Anita Shreve

4.20

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

In October 1947, after a summer-long drought, fires break out all along the Maine coast from Bar Ha… read more

Similar categories in Anita Shreve's The Stars Are Fire book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • fiction
Cover of Curtain (Hercule Poirot, #39) by Agatha Christie

2. Curtain (Hercule Poirot, #39)

By: Agatha Christie

4.16

Format: 84 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The house guests at Styles seemed perfectly pleasant to Captain Hastings; there was his own daughte… read more

Similar categories in Agatha Christie's Curtain (Hercule Poirot, #39) book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Last Time I Saw You by Jo Leevers

3. The Last Time I Saw You

By: Jo Leevers

4.04

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

She’s waiting to become a mother—but first she has to find her own. Weeks away from the birth of… read more

Similar categories in Jo Leevers's The Last Time I Saw You book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Price You Pay (Peter Ash, #8) by Nick Petrie

4. The Price You Pay (Peter Ash, #8)

By: Nick Petrie

4.36

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

War veteran Peter Ash must follow his friend Lewis into a criminal underworld when secrets from the… read more

Similar categories in Nick Petrie's The Price You Pay (Peter Ash, #8) book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Cold Threat (Ryland & St. Clair #2) by Nancy Mehl

5. Cold Threat (Ryland & St. Clair #2)

By: Nancy Mehl

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Twenty years ago, several people were murdered in Des Moines, and the only evidence left behind was… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Mehl's Cold Threat (Ryland & St. Clair #2) book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of One Wrong Move (Jeopardy Falls #1) by Dani Pettrey

6. One Wrong Move (Jeopardy Falls #1)

By: Dani Pettrey

4.24

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Taunting riddles. A deadly string of heists. Two broken hearts trapped in a killer's game. Ch… read more

Similar categories in Dani Pettrey's One Wrong Move (Jeopardy Falls #1) book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"She straightened. "Sorry. I didn't mean to chill you." Chilling him was the last thing she was doing."

-Dani Pettrey, One Wrong Move (Jeopardy Falls #1)

Cover of Facing the Enemy by DiAnn Mills

7. Facing the Enemy

By: DiAnn Mills

4.19

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

For the past five years, FBI Special Agent Risa Jacobs has worked in the violent crimes against chi… read more

Similar categories in DiAnn Mills's Facing the Enemy book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"A fogged brain puts everyone in danger."

-DiAnn Mills, Facing the Enemy

"Guilt slithered through e like a poisonous snake."

-DiAnn Mills, Facing the Enemy

"A strong woman faces the enemy and walks through fire."

-DiAnn Mills, Facing the Enemy

"She smelled of freshness and gunpowder, sweetness and fire."

-DiAnn Mills, Facing the Enemy

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8. The Lost Boys of Barlowe Theater

By: Jaime Jo Wright

4.28

Format: 379 pages, Paperback

Barlowe Theater stole the life of Greta Mercy's brother during its construction. Now in 1915, the c… read more

Similar categories in Jaime Jo Wright's The Lost Boys of Barlowe Theater book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • suspense
  • contemporary
Cover of Murder at Midnight (Lily Adler Mystery, #4) by Katharine Schellman

9. Murder at Midnight (Lily Adler Mystery, #4)

By: Katharine Schellman

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

When a body is found shot to death after an unexpected snowstorm, Lily Adler quickly realizes that … read more

Similar categories in Katharine Schellman's Murder at Midnight (Lily Adler Mystery, #4) book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Vanishing at Castle Moreau by Jaime Jo Wright

10. The Vanishing at Castle Moreau

By: Jaime Jo Wright

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

In 1865, orphaned Daisy Francois takes a position as housemaid at a midwestern Wisconsin castle and… read more

Similar categories in Jaime Jo Wright's The Vanishing at Castle Moreau book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • suspense
  • contemporary
"A woman is a powerful creature, Daisy François. Do not underestimate the power you wield."

-Jaime Jo Wright, The Vanishing at Castle Moreau

"I’m sorry. . . . For whatever happened to you to steal the life from your eyes. To make you so afraid."

-Jaime Jo Wright, The Vanishing at Castle Moreau

"Death had avoided her, while life itself had extended a hand and insisted there was purpose. There was refuge."

-Jaime Jo Wright, The Vanishing at Castle Moreau

"You realize that if you aren’t an ambassador for your own feelings and thoughts, then no one else shall be either?"

-Jaime Jo Wright, The Vanishing at Castle Moreau

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11. The Nigerwife

By: Vanessa Walters

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This twisty and electrifying debut novel about a young woman who goes missing in Lagos, Nigeria, an… read more

Similar categories in Vanessa Walters's The Nigerwife book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"You have to go on with things, or things will get on without you."

-Vanessa Walters, The Nigerwife

Cover of Never Fall Again (Gossamer Falls, #1) by Lynn H. Blackburn

12. Never Fall Again (Gossamer Falls, #1)

By: Lynn H. Blackburn

4.45

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Landry Hutton has spent three years rebuilding her life behind the secure gates of The Haven, an ex… read more

Similar categories in Lynn H. Blackburn's Never Fall Again (Gossamer Falls, #1) book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • suspense
  • contemporary
"Never doubt in the dark what God revealed to you in the light."

-Lynn H. Blackburn, Never Fall Again (Gossamer Falls, #1)

"What's a fun surprise? Unexpected gifts, visits, food, experiences. Secrets bring despair. Surprises bring delight."

-Lynn H. Blackburn, Never Fall Again (Gossamer Falls, #1)

"If his kisses were smoking, the look he gave her when he spotted her standing outside the fence of the construction site was scorching."

-Lynn H. Blackburn, Never Fall Again (Gossamer Falls, #1)

Cover of Cold Pursuit (Ryland & St. Clair #1) by Nancy Mehl

13. Cold Pursuit (Ryland & St. Clair #1)

By: Nancy Mehl

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Ex-FBI profiler River Ryland still suffers from PTSD after a case that went horribly wrong. Needing… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Mehl's Cold Pursuit (Ryland & St. Clair #1) book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Orphan in the Peacock Shawl by AnneMarie Brear

14. The Orphan in the Peacock Shawl

By: AnneMarie Brear

4.34

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Yorkshire Dales 1850 As a terrible storm rages, Annabelle Wallis is shocked to find a distressed… read more

Similar categories in AnneMarie Brear's The Orphan in the Peacock Shawl book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • fiction
Cover of Murder at the Blarney Bash (Beacon Bakeshop #5) by Darci Hannah

15. Murder at the Blarney Bash (Beacon Bakeshop #5)

By: Darci Hannah

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Follow the aroma of shamrock sugar cookies to the Beacon Bakeshop, a lighthouse on the shores of La… read more

Similar categories in Darci Hannah's Murder at the Blarney Bash (Beacon Bakeshop #5) book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Madame Pommery, Creator of Brut Champagne by Rebecca Rosenberg

16. Madame Pommery, Creator of Brut Champagne

By: Rebecca Rosenberg

4.43

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Champagne, France, 1860. Madame Pommery, an etiquette teacher and orphanage founder, loses her husb… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Rosenberg's Madame Pommery, Creator of Brut Champagne book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • fiction
Cover of Citizen Orlov (1) by Jonathan   Payne

17. Citizen Orlov (1)

By: Jonathan Payne

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Not every fishmonger can be a secret agent. Journey to an unnamed mountainous country in central E… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Payne's Citizen Orlov (1) book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Girl on Trial by Kathleen Fine

18. Girl on Trial

By: Kathleen Fine

3.97

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Does doing one bad thing make you a bad person? Sixteen-year-old Emily Keller, known by the medi… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Fine's Girl on Trial book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Book of Silver Linings by Nan  Fischer

19. The Book of Silver Linings

By: Nan Fischer

3.75

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Within the margins of an antique book, a timeless love waits for a young woman on the precipice of … read more

Similar categories in Nan Fischer's The Book of Silver Linings book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of 8 Down (Alaskan Cyber Hunters #2) by Kimberley Woodhouse

20. 8 Down (Alaskan Cyber Hunters #2)

By: Kimberley Woodhouse

4.44

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

8 bodies down. 8 more lives at stake. Investigator Carrie Kintz is new blood with the Alaska … read more

Similar categories in Kimberley Woodhouse's 8 Down (Alaskan Cyber Hunters #2) book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • suspense
  • contemporary
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21. Phantom

By: Helen Power

3.47

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Would you sell your hand for a million dollars? Regan “Roz” Osbourne is broke. Her ex-boyfriend won… read more

Similar categories in Helen Power's Phantom book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Hitchcock Hotel by Stephanie Wrobel

22. The Hitchcock Hotel

By: Stephanie Wrobel

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A Hitchcock fanatic with an agenda invites old friends for a weekend stay at his secluded themed ho… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Wrobel's The Hitchcock Hotel book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Saving Myles by Carl Vonderau

23. Saving Myles

By: Carl Vonderau

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When the FBI can’t help, an unassuming banker takes matters into his own hands to bring his son hom… read more

Similar categories in Carl Vonderau's Saving Myles book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Killer's Wife by Susan Furlong

24. The Killer's Wife

By: Susan Furlong

3.85

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

A serial killer, a woman on the run, and an obsessive parole officer tangle in a psychological net … read more

Similar categories in Susan Furlong's The Killer's Wife book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • suspense
Cover of The Water Tower by Amy    Young

25. The Water Tower

By: Amy Young

3.72

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

Josie Ashbury was a successful Hollywood actress with a booming career-until an on-set breakdown se… read more

Similar categories in Amy Young's The Water Tower book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3) by Jodé Millman

26. The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

By: Jodé Millman

4.10

Format: 366 pages, Paperback

A KIRKUS REVIEW EDITORS SELECTION! The third installment in the award-winning "Queen City Crimes… read more

Similar categories in Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3) book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of A Tropical Frontier: The Foundling by Tim   Robinson

27. A Tropical Frontier: The Foundling

By: Tim Robinson

4.56

Format: 534 pages, Kindle Edition

[ PG-13] The Twenty-seventh novel in the award-winning "Tropical Frontier" series, "The Foundling" … read more

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Cover of One Dead, Two to Go (The Eddie Shoes Mysteries) by Elena Hartwell

28. One Dead, Two to Go (The Eddie Shoes Mysteries)

By: Elena Hartwell

4.24

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

This mystery featuring a crime-fighting mother-daughter duo is “smart, page-turning fun, with the m… read more

Similar categories in Elena Hartwell's One Dead, Two to Go (The Eddie Shoes Mysteries) book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Immortal Detective by D.B. Woodling

29. The Immortal Detective

By: D.B. Woodling

3.48

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

2024 IPPY Award Winner (Mystery) Sometimes being immortal makes you wish you were dead. Alth… read more

Similar categories in D.B. Woodling's The Immortal Detective book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Dead West: A Novel (The Endings Series Book 3) by Linda L. Richards

30. Dead West: A Novel (The Endings Series Book 3)

By: Linda L. Richards

3.93

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Rule #1 of being a hired never get to know your target . . . and definitely don' t fall in love wi… read more

Similar categories in Linda L. Richards's Dead West: A Novel (The Endings Series Book 3) book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • suspense
Cover of The Grey Wolf (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #19) by Louise Penny

31. The Grey Wolf (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #19)

By: Louise Penny

4.44

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The 19th mystery in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Armand Gamache series. Relentless phone ca… read more

Similar categories in Louise Penny's The Grey Wolf (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #19) book and Jodé Millman's The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction

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Anita Shreve

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Agatha Christie

4.16

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Jo Leevers

4.04

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Rachel Linden

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