7 Top mystery thriller books like Murder on the Tropic (The Hugh Rennert Mysteries) by Todd Downing

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Murder on the Tropic (The Hugh Rennert Mysteries)

By: Todd Downing

3.76

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

An American customs agent looks into a murder in Mexico as a hurricane bears down on the tropical l…

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in Murder on the Tropic (The Hugh Rennert Mysteries) by Todd Downing , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Sōji Shimada, Shika MacKenzie, Ross MacKenzie

1. The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

By: Sōji Shimada , Shika MacKenzie , Ross MacKenzie

3.87

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

Astrologer, fortuneteller, and self-styled detective Kiyoshi Mitarai must in one week solve a myste… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
"Art is not to copy the work of another; real art exists only in difference."

-Sōji Shimada, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

"I'm a huge fan of mysteries; in fact, they're almost an addiction. If a week goes by without reading a mystery, I suffer withdrawal symptoms. Then I wander around like I'm sleepwalking and wake up in…"

-Sōji Shimada, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

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2. Having Wonderful Crime

By: Craig Rice

4.33

Format: None pages,

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  • mystery
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3. The Right Murder

By: Craig Rice

3.93

Format: None pages,

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  • mystery
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4. Redshirts

By: John Scalzi

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of… read more

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"Sooner or later the Narrative will come for each of us."

-John Scalzi, Redshirts

"We've already established whoever is writing us is an asshole."

-John Scalzi, Redshirts

"Who are you and what medications aren't you taking?" Finn said."

-John Scalzi, Redshirts

"In other words, crew deaths are a feature, not a bug," Cassaway said, dryly."

-John Scalzi, Redshirts

5. A Sticky Inheritance (Maple Syrup Mysteries, #1)

By: Emily James

3.64

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes the truth can be a sticky thing... Nicole Fitzhenry-Dawes feels like she's the only failu… read more

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6. The Dead Shall be Raised and Murder of a Quack

By: George Bellairs

3.87

Format: 288 pages,

Two classic cases featuring Detective-Inspector Littlejohn. In the winter of 1940, the Home Guard u… read more

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7. Nightwoods

By: Charles Frazier

4.23

Format: 400 pages,

The extraordinary author of Cold Mountain and Thirteen Moonsreturns with a dazzling new novel of su… read more

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8. Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat

By: Giles Milton

3.44

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

Six gentlemen, one goal: the destruction of Hitler's war machine In the spring of 1939, a top-secre… read more

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9. Mythology 101

By: Jody Lynn Nye

4.25

Format: None pages,

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10. Madam, Will You Talk?

By: Mary Stewart

3.06

Format: 405 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Widow Charity Selbornehad been greatly looking forward to her driving holiday through France with h… read more

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11. The Fatal Glove: A Noel Pinson Mystery (Merlin Classic Crime)

By: R.A.J. Walling

4.19

Format: 211 pages, Kindle Edition

First serialised in newspapers in 1917.Never published in book form beforeA classic mystery by R.A.… read more

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12. The Murders in Praed Street (Dr Priestley #4)

By: John Rhode

4.04

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

‘An absorbing murder mystery’ New York Times‘A very ingenious tale’ Times Literary Supplement‘The f… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of The Secret of the Lost Pearls (Rosalind Thorne Mysteries, #6) by Darcie Wilde

13. The Secret of the Lost Pearls (Rosalind Thorne Mysteries, #6)

By: Darcie Wilde

4.17

Format: 396 pages, Hardcover

Beyond the glittering ballrooms and elegant parties of Regency London lurk all manner of unexpected… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
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14. Tragedy at the Unicorn

By: John Rhode

4.26

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

‘The best detective story of 1928’ Times Literary Supplement'A case of suicide, accident or murder?… read more

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15. Murders in Volume 2 (Henry Gamadge Book 3)

By: Elizabeth Daly

3.98

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

Third in the Henry Gamadge series. One hundred years earlier, a beautiful guest had disappeared fro… read more

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16. The House without the Door (Henry Gamadge #4)

By: Elizabeth Daly

3.96

Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition

Acquitted of murdering her husband, Mrs. Vina Gregson remains essentially a prisoner, trapped in he… read more

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17. Evidence of Things Seen (Henry Gamadge)

By: Elizabeth Daly

4.02

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

In the sticky summer of 1943, a secluded cottage in the Berkshires sounds just the ticket to the ne… read more

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  • mystery thriller
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18. Nothing Can Rescue Me (Henry Gamadge #5)

By: Elizabeth Daly

3.87

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

In mid-1943, and up to his elbows in war work, Henry Gamadge is longing for a quiet weekend. But wh… read more

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19. Arrow Pointing Nowhere (Henry Gamadge #7)

By: Elizabeth Daly

3.99

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

Something is not right at the elegant Fenway mansion on the Upper East Side of New York City. The o… read more

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20. Death in the Night Watches (Thomas Littlejohn #8)

By: George Bellairs

4.16

Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition

At the height of World War II, Thomas Littlejohn investigates a factory boss’s murder Once, Henry W… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of And Dangerous to Know (Henry Gamadge #14) by Elizabeth Daly

21. And Dangerous to Know (Henry Gamadge #14)

By: Elizabeth Daly

4.08

Format: 173 pages, Kindle Edition

In this mystery novella by Agatha Christie’s favorite American author, a 1940s antiquarian book dea… read more

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Cover of Calamity at Harwood (Chief Inspector Littlejohn #7) by George Bellairs

22. Calamity at Harwood (Chief Inspector Littlejohn #7)

By: George Bellairs

4.15

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

To solve a murder case, Thomas Littlejohn contends with ghosts, Nazis, and crooked real estate spec… read more

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23. The Mystery of the Ashes

By: Anthony Wynne

3.68

Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition

The Ashes is a grand and sombre country house perched on a headland on the Northumberland coast. It… read more

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Cover of Death and Letters (Henry Gamadge, #15) by Elizabeth Daly

24. Death and Letters (Henry Gamadge, #15)

By: Elizabeth Daly

3.95

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

Henry Gamadge is summoned to a secluded estate by way of a crossword puzzle, the only means of comm… read more

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25. The Book of the Crime (Henry Gamadge #16)

By: Elizabeth Daly

4.11

Format: 81 pages, Kindle Edition

Young Rena Austen, newly wed, is afraid she's made a terrible mistake. Her husband, once a dashingl… read more

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26. Murder Al Dente (Nikki Hunter #9)

By: Nancy Skopin

4.50

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

“An intuitive detective, a kidnapped child, and an assassin with a heart of gold …” In Murder Al De… read more

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  • mystery thriller
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27. Any Shape or Form (Henry Gamadge #9)

By: Elizabeth Daly

3.97

Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition

Just about any of the guests at Johnny Redfield’s party seems to have a good reason to have killed … read more

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Cover of Peril at Cranbury Hall (The Dr. Priestley Detective Stories) by John Rhode

28. Peril at Cranbury Hall (The Dr. Priestley Detective Stories)

By: John Rhode

3.94

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

A shady operator is targeted for death and needs help from a professor with an "uncanny ability to … read more

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29. Murder Alfresco (Nikki Hunter #7)

By: Nancy Skopin

4.40

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

Private Investigator Nicoli “Nikki” Hunter has just returned from a trip to Washington D.C., where … read more

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30. Murder Served Cold (Nikki Hunter #8)

By: Nancy Skopin

4.58

Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition

PI Nicoli 'Nikki' Hunter is blindsided when someone close to her is murdered, and their body dumped… read more

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31. Murder on the Tropic (The Hugh Rennert Mysteries)

By: Todd Downing

3.76

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

An American customs agent looks into a murder in Mexico as a hurricane bears down on the tropical l… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller

21 Top mystery books like Murder on the Tropic (The Hugh Rennert Mysteries) by Todd Downing

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The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

Sōji Shimada , Shika MacKenzie , Ross MacKenzie

3.87

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Having Wonderful Crime

Craig Rice

4.33

Transform Your Habits

The Right Murder

Craig Rice

3.93

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The Murders in Praed Street (Dr Priestley #4)

John Rhode

4.04

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18 Top mystery books like The Murders in Praed Street (Dr Priestley #4) by John Rhode

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The Strong Room: A Golden Age Mystery

R.A.J. Walling

4.05

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The Tragedy at Freyne

Anthony Gilbert

4.11

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The Missing Link: A Golden Age Murder Mystery

George Varney

3.90

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Post After Post-Mortem

E.C.R. Lorac

4.00

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