12 Best mystery thriller books like The Trouble Makers by Celia Fremlin

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The Trouble Makers

By: Celia Fremlin

3.88

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Poor Mary. Her husband is so stingy and critical that he makes the other neighborhood spouses look …

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in The Trouble Makers by Celia Fremlin , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. Someone at a Distance

By: Dorothy Whipple

4.21

Format: 413 pages, Paperback

'A very good novel indeed about the fragility and also the tenacity of love' commented the Spectato… read more

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  • fiction
"With love, you don't even need butter on your bread; without it, an elaborate feast is necessary to make you come to the table."

-Dorothy Whipple, Someone at a Distance

"But Mrs. Brockington, old, alone, almost crippled by rheumatism, had faith and courage. She had more. She had a warm serenity, and when Ellen was with her, she almost had it too. For goodness is catc…"

-Dorothy Whipple, Someone at a Distance

"All those books, all those prayers and she had got nothing from them. When everything went well for her she had been able to pray, she couldn't now. There was such urgency in her present situation th…"

-Dorothy Whipple, Someone at a Distance

"A loved husband is the companion of companions, the supreme sharer, and a happy wife often sounds trivial when she is really sampling and enjoying their mutual and unique confidence. But in doing it,…"

-Dorothy Whipple, Someone at a Distance

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2. Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

By: Elizabeth Taylor , Paul Bailey

4.00

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

Librarian Note: An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here On a rainy Sunday in Januar… read more

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  • fiction
"Abrió el libro, pero ninguna página parecía ser lo bastante potente para borrar la soledad que sentía."

-Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

"La catastrofe de la vejez residía en no atreverse a ir a cualquier parte, en resignarse a perder la libertad"

-Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

"If you don't praise people just sometimes a little early on they die of despair, or turn into Hitlers, you know?"

-Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

"...pensaba en el amor y en sus espantosas desigualdades. Siempre hay alguien que ofrece la mejilla y otro que la besa."

-Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

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3. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

By: Muriel Spark

3.70

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

A teacher at a girl's school in Edinburgh during the 1930s comes into conflict with school authorit… read more

Similar categories in Muriel Spark's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie book and Celia Fremlin's The Trouble Makers

  • fiction
"It's only possible to betray where loyalty is due"

-Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

"[...] there were other people's Edinburghs quite different from hers [...]"

-Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

"... flattening their scorn underneath the chariot wheels of her superiority."

-Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

"To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul."

-Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Cover of The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji, Sōji Shimada, Ho-Ling Wong

4. The Decagon House Murders

By: Yukito Ayatsuji , Sōji Shimada , Ho-Ling Wong

2.50

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Students from a university mystery club decide to visit an island which was the site of a grisly mu… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of A Noise Downstairs: A Novel by Linwood Barclay, None, Jared Zeus

5. A Noise Downstairs: A Novel

By: Linwood Barclay , None , Jared Zeus

3.81

Format: 215 pages, Audio

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
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6. Devil's Day

By: Andrew Michael Hurley

3.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Every autumn, John Pentecost returns to the Lancashire farm where he grew up to help gather the she… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Michael Hurley's Devil's Day book and Celia Fremlin's The Trouble Makers

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Man in the Wooden Hat (Old Filth, #2) by Jane Gardam

7. The Man in the Wooden Hat (Old Filth, #2)

By: Jane Gardam

4.10

Format: 233 pages, Paperback

The New York Times called Sir Edward Feathers one of the most memorable characters in modern litera… read more

Similar categories in Jane Gardam's The Man in the Wooden Hat (Old Filth, #2) book and Celia Fremlin's The Trouble Makers

  • fiction

8. Lolly Willowes

By: Sylvia Townsend Warner , Alison Lurie

3.50

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

In Lolly Willowes, an ageing spinster rebels against her role as the universal aunt, at everybody's… read more

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9. Quartet in Autumn

By: Barbara Pym

3.90

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

This is the story of four people in late middle-age - Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia - whose chief… read more

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  • fiction

10. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

By: Unknown , None , Burton Raffel

4.50

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Written by an anonymous 14th-century poet, this epic poem is recognized as an equal of Chaucer's ma… read more

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11. Ghost Camera

By: Darcy Coates

3.68

Format: 189 pages,

A small number of cameras have the ability to capture ghosts on film. This gift comes at a steep pr… read more

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12. The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed

By: None

3.22

Format: 111 pages, Paperback

Did Patrizia Reggiani murder her ex-husband, Maurizio Gucci, in 1995 because his spending was wildl… read more

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13. As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning

By: Laurie Lee , Leonard Rosoman

4.28

Format: 120 pages,

It was 1934 and a young man walked to London from the security of the Cotswolds to make his fortune… read more

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14. Love in a Cold Climate

By: Nancy Mitford

4.40

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found  One of Nancy Mitford's most beloved nov… read more

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Cover of Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5) by Sophie Hannah

15. Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5)

By: Sophie Hannah

3.75

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirot – legendary star of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the … read more

Similar categories in Sophie Hannah's Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5) book and Celia Fremlin's The Trouble Makers

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
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16. Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Ha… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Horowitz's Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5) book and Celia Fremlin's The Trouble Makers

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey

17. The List of Suspicious Things

By: Jennie Godfrey

4.29

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

'What if we decided to try and find him?' 'What on earth are you on about?' she said. 'How are w… read more

Similar categories in Jennie Godfrey's The List of Suspicious Things book and Celia Fremlin's The Trouble Makers

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
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18. Best of Luck

By: Jason Mott

3.77

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

Did you ever hear the one about the man with a string of bad luck? The worst is still to come in a … read more

Similar categories in Jason Mott's Best of Luck book and Celia Fremlin's The Trouble Makers

  • fiction
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19. It Waits in the Woods

By: Josh Malerman

3.72

Format: 52 pages, Kindle Edition

Some chilling campfire tales ring too true to ignore. For one young woman, an urban legend calls he… read more

Similar categories in Josh Malerman's It Waits in the Woods book and Celia Fremlin's The Trouble Makers

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Christmas Appeal (The Appeal, #1.5) by Janice Hallett

20. The Christmas Appeal (The Appeal, #1.5)

By: Janice Hallett

3.63

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

This immersive holiday caper from the “modern Agatha Christie” (The Sunday Times, London) follows t… read more

Similar categories in Janice Hallett's The Christmas Appeal (The Appeal, #1.5) book and Celia Fremlin's The Trouble Makers

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
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21. The Fox Wife

By: Yangsze Choo

4.01

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

Some people think foxes are similar to ghosts because we go around collecting qi, or life force, bu… read more

Similar categories in Yangsze Choo's The Fox Wife book and Celia Fremlin's The Trouble Makers

  • mystery
  • fiction
"Chinese traditionally consider shadows part of the soul. Harm done to a shadow, whether by pinning it to the ground or stepping on it, was considered spiritual damage to the person. Of course none of…"

-Yangsze Choo, The Fox Wife

"Sometimes our wishes come back in the darkest, most twisted ways, like a thorn that pierces and grows through your flesh. A tree that drinks blood and blots out the sun. The sin was mine; I had water…"

-Yangsze Choo, The Fox Wife

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22. The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

By: Joanna Cannon

3.65

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

Part coming-of-age story, part mystery, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep is a quirky and utterly ch… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Cannon's The Trouble with Goats and Sheep book and Celia Fremlin's The Trouble Makers

  • mystery
  • fiction
"The most important thing a garden needs is the shadow of a gardener."

-Joanna Cannon, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

"I thought I would like a job where inquiring about everyone else's private business was considered perfectly routine."

-Joanna Cannon, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

"And I decided it really was true after all. You only really need two people to believe in the same thing, to feel as though you just might belong."

-Joanna Cannon, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

"The only problem was, when your whole existence is something you have to cope with, you look back one day and find that your strategy has become a way of life."

-Joanna Cannon, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

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23. The Vacation House

By: Jane Shemilt

3.73

Format: 287 pages, Paperback

Two women. Two secrets. One terrible night. PAXOS, GREECE The vacation house is a luxurious ge… read more

Similar categories in Jane Shemilt's The Vacation House book and Celia Fremlin's The Trouble Makers

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
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24. Now You See Us

By: Balli Kaur Jaswal

3.74

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The story of three women who work in the homes of Singapore’s elite and band together to solve a mu… read more

Similar categories in Balli Kaur Jaswal's Now You See Us book and Celia Fremlin's The Trouble Makers

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
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25. Julia

By: Sandra Newman

3.78

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

London, chief city of Airstrip One, the third most populous province of Oceana. It's 1984 and Julia… read more

Similar categories in Sandra Newman's Julia book and Celia Fremlin's The Trouble Makers

  • fiction
"У цьому весь жах. Ти не маєш вибору, а все ж мусиш діяти точно так, ніби маєш."

-Sandra Newman, Julia

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26. Rattlebone

By: Maxine Clair

3.90

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

None read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Final Acts: Theatrical Mysteries by Martin Edwards

27. Final Acts: Theatrical Mysteries

By: Martin Edwards

3.63

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

Behind the stage lights and word-perfect soliloquies, sinister secrets are lurking in the wings. Th… read more

Similar categories in Martin Edwards's Final Acts: Theatrical Mysteries book and Celia Fremlin's The Trouble Makers

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
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28. The Other Mothers

By: Katherine Faulkner

3.84

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When a young nanny is found dead in mysterious circumstances, new mom, Tash, is intrigued. She has … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Faulkner's The Other Mothers book and Celia Fremlin's The Trouble Makers

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
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29. Impact of Evidence

By: E. C. R. Lorac

4.32

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

AMONG THE hills of the Welsh borders a little group of farmsteads is isolated by snow and ice, then… read more

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30. The Examiner

By: Janice Hallett

4.06

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Told in emails, text messages, and essays, this innovative pause-resister follows a group of studen… read more

Similar categories in Janice Hallett's The Examiner book and Celia Fremlin's The Trouble Makers

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Trouble Makers by Celia Fremlin

31. The Trouble Makers

By: Celia Fremlin

3.88

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Poor Mary. Her husband is so stingy and critical that he makes the other neighborhood spouses look … read more

Similar categories in Celia Fremlin's The Trouble Makers book and Celia Fremlin's The Trouble Makers

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction

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