17 Best mystery books like As the Crow Dies (An Asheville Mystery, 1) by Kenneth Butcher

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As the Crow Dies (An Asheville Mystery, 1)

By: Kenneth Butcher

3.73

Format: 367 pages, Paperback

A bookish police detective and his roller derby star partner investigate a quirky mystery involving…

If you liked the mystery plot in As the Crow Dies (An Asheville Mystery, 1) by Kenneth Butcher , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #2)

By: Carolyn Keene , Mildred Benson

3.96

Format: 182 pages, Hardcover

After receiving a call from her friend Helen Corning, Nancy agrees to help solve a baffling mystery… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
"One thing is for sure, she thought. Work is the best antidote for worry. I'll get back to Twin Elms and do some more sleuthing there."

-Carolyn Keene, The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #2)

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2. Death in the Vines (Verlaque and Bonnet, #3)

By: M.L. Longworth

3.94

Format: 289 pages, Paperback

A crime wave jolts Aix-en-Provence in the third delightful Verlaque and Bonnet mystery Fans of Donn… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
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3. Murder at the Brightwell (Amory Ames Mystery, #1)

By: Ashley Weaver

3.77

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

Amory Ames is a wealthy young woman who regrets her marriage to her notoriously charming playboy hu… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
"Well, one can't stop love, can one?"

-Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell (Amory Ames Mystery, #1)

"The letter wasn't at all in Milo's style. He would have issued a much more elegant threat on vastly superior stationery."

-Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell (Amory Ames Mystery, #1)

"We looked into one another's eyes, and I think we both knew in that instant that the past was behind us. We could never be to each other what we had been once."

-Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell (Amory Ames Mystery, #1)

"Poor darling," he said, shaking his head, "you're not cold-hearted enough to be a detective. You only want the disagreeable people to be guilty, and I'm afraid you'll find that life isn't like that."

-Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell (Amory Ames Mystery, #1)

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4. Five Smooth Stones

By: Ann Fairbairn

4.43

Format: 933 pages, Mass Market Paperback

This gripping bestseller, first published in 1966, has continued to captivate readers with its wide… read more

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5. Himself

By: Jess Kidd

3.92

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Blending strange kindnesses, casual violence and buried secrets: an unforgettable debut from a dark… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
"It is the smell of a million mould-blossomed pages, of a thousand decaying bindings, of a universe of dead words."

-Jess Kidd, Himself

"It’s the hottest April in living and dead memory. So hot that the crows are flying with their tongues hanging out of their heads."

-Jess Kidd, Himself

"She's put him out like a cat a million times, but like a cat he has a habit of slinking back and curling up into the warm corners of her mind."

-Jess Kidd, Himself

"And the trees still hold strong. Their canopies drinking every soft grey sky and their roots spreading down deep in the dark, nuzzling clutches of old bones and fingering lost coins. They throw their…"

-Jess Kidd, Himself

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6. Henry VIII

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine

3.50

Format: None pages,

Henry VIII is a history play generally believed to be a collaboration between William Shakespeare a… read more

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7. The Essence of Malice (Amory Ames Mystery #4)

By: Ashley Weaver

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The fourth installment in the Edgar-nominated mystery series set in 1930s England. When Milo Ames r… read more

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8. A Most Novel Revenge (Amory Ames Mystery #3)

By: Ashley Weaver

3.63

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Amory and Milo Ames "channel Nick and Nora Charles" (Booklist) in the latest installment in this Ed… read more

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9. Death Wears a Mask (Amory Ames Mystery, #2)

By: Ashley Weaver

4.17

Format: 427 pages, Hardcover

Amory Ames and her rakish husband Milo take on a murder at a masked ball in this Christie-esque tra… read more

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10. Death of an Author

By: E.C.R. Lorac

3.99

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

'I hate murders and I hate murderers, but I must admit that the discovery of a bearded corpse would… read more

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  • mystery
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11. The 9th Man (Luke Daniels #1)

By: Steve Berry

4.28

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

From  New York Times  bestselling author of the Cotton Malone series comes a thrilling, action-pack… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
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12. Dinosaurs

By: Lydia Millet

3.88

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

A man named Gil walks from New York to Arizona to recover from a failed love. After he arrives, new… read more

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"They say those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones, but don’t we all?"

-Lydia Millet, Dinosaurs

"You gotta be a generalist, in the new climate. But that’s not enough either. If there’s too much poison around. We’re talking pesticides, mostly. Agrochemicals everywhere. Take the sparrows. So anywa…"

-Lydia Millet, Dinosaurs

"Good news. Maybe the insects would handle it. Since the dinosaurs didn’t have it in them. The insects might be naturals at revolution, with their hive minds. Their brainless, decentralized intelligen…"

-Lydia Millet, Dinosaurs

"And freedom, that sacred cow that was always invoked as an excuse for bad behavior, all manner of atrocity—what was it, even? They told you to love it, in the schools and the songs, but never said wh…"

-Lydia Millet, Dinosaurs

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13. Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard

By: Douglas W. Tallamy

4.37

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Douglas W. Tallamy’s first book, Bringing Nature Home, sparked a national conversation about the li… read more

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14. The Wandering Inn (The Wandering Inn, #1)

By: Pirateaba

4.27

Format: 1235 pages, Kindle Edition

“No killing Goblins.” So reads the sign outside of The Wandering Inn, a small building run by a yo… read more

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15. A Short Walk Through a Wide World

By: Douglas Westerbeke

3.56

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue meets Life of Pi in this dazzlingly epic debut that charts the in… read more

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  • mystery
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16. Dead Man's Wake (Mike Bowditch, #14)

By: Paul Doiron

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Game Warden Mike Bowditch's engagement party is interrupted by the discovery of a gruesome double m… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
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17. The Vineyard at Painted Moon

By: Susan Mallery

4.12

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

Mackenzie Dienes seems to have it all — a beautiful home, close friends and a successful career as … read more

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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

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
"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)

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19. Even As We Breathe

By: Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle

3.73

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Even As We Breathe introduces the reader to twenty-year-old Cowney Sequoyah and the mountains of we… read more

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  • mystery
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20. The Dearly Beloved

By: Cara Wall

4.07

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

Charles and Lily, James and Nan. They meet in Greenwich Village in 1963 when Charles and James are … read more

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""

-Cara Wall, The Dearly Beloved

"She would never be free again. But she would also never be alone."

-Cara Wall, The Dearly Beloved

"This minister, a small, balding, quick-spoken man, said often that faith, at its simplest, was the acceptance of the possibility that things one had never seen could be real."

-Cara Wall, The Dearly Beloved

"Nan had known, as a child, that God did not answer prayers for more candy or new shoes. Those were worldly things, not sacred. God answered prayers about being a better friend, or being able to get a…"

-Cara Wall, The Dearly Beloved

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21. An Act of Villainy (Amory Ames Mystery #5)

By: Ashley Weaver

3.95

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

London 1933. Amory Ames and her husband Milo encounter their old friend Gerard Holloway in the bust… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
"The world is full of wicked people, we are bound to know some of them."

-Ashley Weaver, An Act of Villainy (Amory Ames Mystery #5)

"I dare say no marriage is built on perfect love, but an imperfect love with the perfect person is the sort of thing that makes life worthwhile."

-Ashley Weaver, An Act of Villainy (Amory Ames Mystery #5)

"I may as well tell you now, darling, that I don't intend to lose you to an old roué like Balthazar Lebeau." "Well, after all, half the women in London have been in love with him at one time or anothe…"

-Ashley Weaver, An Act of Villainy (Amory Ames Mystery #5)

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22. The Lioness of Boston

By: Emily Franklin

3.72

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

A deeply evocative novel of the life of Isabella Stewart Gardner, a daring visionary who created an… read more

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"Don't spoil a good story by telling the truth."

-Emily Franklin, The Lioness of Boston

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23. Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes

By: Elizabeth Lesser

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

What story would Eve have told about picking the apple? Why is Pandora blamed for opening the box? … read more

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"When it no longer would destroy a boy to be likened to a girl, when a girl feels vital doing the things she values, when it's considered as brave to be womanly as it is to be manly, than boys and gir…"

-Elizabeth Lesser, Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes

"The basic belief of feminism is not that women are right and men are wrong; It is merely that women are people and therefor their voices matter, their values matter and their stories matter. It's tim…"

-Elizabeth Lesser, Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes

"That's why we tell the stories. To ease the anxiety of being soft-skinned mortals. To inspire the soul to fathom eternity. To give order to what feels out of control. To guide, to blame, to warn, to …"

-Elizabeth Lesser, Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes

"What if our myths and teaching tales had purposely led humanity to believe that it was the ultimate sign of strength to nurture and love? What if the urge to care for children and nature and each oth…"

-Elizabeth Lesser, Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes

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24. A Happier Life

By: Kristy Woodson Harvey

4.32

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Present Day: Keaton Smith is desperate for a fresh start. So when her mother needs someone to put h… read more

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  • mystery
"Trends come and go; the simplicity of timeless meals with the ones you love is forever."

-Kristy Woodson Harvey, A Happier Life

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25. The Wandering Inn: Volume 2 (The Wandering Inn, #2)

By: Pirateaba

4.52

Format: 1718 pages, ebook

Winter has come to the world, and still, Erin Solstice has no idea how she came to be an [Innkeeper… read more

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26. Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20)

By: William Kent Krueger

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A disappearance and a dead body put Cork O’Connor’s family in the crosshairs of a killer in the twe… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
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27. The Sky Club

By: Terry Roberts

4.38

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

“When I’m dead and buried...you get the hell out of here...Make a life somewhere else...a life that… read more

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28. The Spellshop

By: Sarah Beth Durst

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Spellshop is Sarah Beth Durst’s romantasy debut–a lush cottagecore tale full of stolen spellbo… read more

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  • mystery
"We can only control what we do and hope that other people make the right choice."

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

"She was lonely, and she wanted someone to love. She made me out of love, and the empire destroyed her for it."

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

"There was something so very beautiful about a notebook without a single note in it. It felt like touching pure potential."

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

"I hope you know what you're doing" Caz said as he returned. "I absolutely do not know what I'm doing. I thought that was clear?"

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

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29. We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1)

By: Richard Osman

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A brand new series. An iconic new detective duo. And a puzzling new murder to solve... Steve Whe… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
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30. As the Crow Dies (An Asheville Mystery, 1)

By: Kenneth Butcher

3.73

Format: 367 pages, Paperback

A bookish police detective and his roller derby star partner investigate a quirky mystery involving… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
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

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller

12 must-read mystery thriller books like As the Crow Dies (An Asheville Mystery, 1) by Kenneth Butcher

Transform Your Habits

The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #2)

Carolyn Keene , Mildred Benson

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Death in the Vines (Verlaque and Bonnet, #3)

M.L. Longworth

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Murder at the Brightwell (Amory Ames Mystery, #1)

Ashley Weaver

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Himself

Jess Kidd

3.92

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12 Top womens books like Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes by Elizabeth Lesser

Transform Your Habits

The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine

Sue Monk Kidd

3.98

Transform Your Habits

In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial

Mona Chollet

4.10

Transform Your Habits

On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good

Elise Loehnen

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology

Jess Zimmerman

3.73

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