12 best-selling mystery books like Cloak of Darkness by Helen MacInnes

Cover of Cloak of Darkness by Helen MacInnes

Cloak of Darkness

By: Helen MacInnes

3.86

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Bob Renwick of Interintell, a counter-terrorist agency, discovers his name on the Minus List, …

If you liked the mystery plot in Cloak of Darkness by Helen MacInnes , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Died in the Wool (Roderick Alleyn, #13) by Ngaio Marsh

1. Died in the Wool (Roderick Alleyn, #13)

By: Ngaio Marsh

4.09

Format: 129 pages,

One summer evening in 1942, Flossie Rubrick, goes to her husband's wool shed to rehearse a patrioti… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Rose Rent (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #13) by Ellis Peters

2. The Rose Rent (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #13)

By: Ellis Peters

4.17

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A late spring in 1142 brings dismay to the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, for there may be no… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
"In happiness or unhappiness, living is a duty, and must be done thoroughly."

-Ellis Peters, The Rose Rent (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #13)

"Questions are as supple as willow wands, it's easy to brush by them and slip them aside, and no one the worse for it."

-Ellis Peters, The Rose Rent (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #13)

Cover of Proof by Dick Francis

3. Proof

By: Dick Francis

4.40

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

Wine merchant Tony Beach has expertly catered his latest society soiree, but the fun's over when a … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Decider by Dick Francis

4. Decider

By: Dick Francis

4.40

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

Architect Lee Morris inherits a partial ownership in the Stratton Park racecourse--and with it, a d… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of In the Frame by Dick Francis

5. In the Frame

By: Dick Francis

4.40

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

Charles Todd--a renowned painter of horses--is shocked when he turns up at his cousin Donald's hous… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Footsteps in the Dark by Georgette Heyer

6. Footsteps in the Dark

By: Georgette Heyer

3.72

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Locals claim the Priory is haunted and refuse to put a single toe past the front door. Left empty f… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
"They dined early, and as soon as the meal was over Margaret went up to change into the frock she had worn on the previous evening. With a praiseworthy attention to detail she made her hair look tousl…"

-Georgette Heyer, Footsteps in the Dark

Cover of The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14) by None, P.D. James

7. The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)

By: None , P.D. James

3.80

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are called in to investigate a murder at a private nursing ho… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"Benton had a strong interest in helping to ensure that Warren's home life wasn't greatly disturbed: his wife was Cornish, and that morning Warren had arrived with six Cornish pasties of remarkable fl…"

-None, The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)

"With the death of what Sydney Smith described as rational religon and the proponents of what remains sending out such confusing and uncertain messages, all civilised people have to be ethicists. We m…"

-None, The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)

"Snapping shut his mobile, Dalgliesh reflected that murder, a unique crime for which no reparation is ever possible, imposes it own compulsions as well as it's conventions. He doubted whether Macklefi…"

-None, The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)

"The city which lay below was a charnel house built on multi-layered bones centuries older than those which lay beneath the cities of Hamburg or Dresden. Was this knowledge part of the mystery it held…"

-None, The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)

8. They Found Him Dead (Inspector Hannasyde, #3)

By: Georgette Heyer

4.06

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

It is the morning after wealthy Silas Kane's sixtieth birthday party - a celebration that brings to… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Cloak of Darkness by Helen MacInnes

9. Cloak of Darkness

By: Helen MacInnes

3.86

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Bob Renwick of Interintell, a counter-terrorist agency, discovers his name on the Minus List, … read more

Similar categories in Helen MacInnes's Cloak of Darkness book and Helen MacInnes's Cloak of Darkness

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • 20th century
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant, #2) by Josephine Tey, Robert Barnard

10. A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant, #2)

By: Josephine Tey , Robert Barnard

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

When a woman's body washes up on an isolated stretch of beach on the southern coast of England, Sco… read more

Similar categories in Josephine Tey's A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant, #2) book and Helen MacInnes's Cloak of Darkness

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

11. Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence

By: Bill O'Reilly , Martin Dugard

4.27

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Told through the eyes of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Great Britain’… read more

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12. Rat Race

By: Dick Francis

3.47

Format: 1 pages, Paperback

Hired to fly four racing buffs to the track, pilot Matt Shore expects it will be the kind of job he… read more

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13. Smokescreen

By: Dick Francis

3.47

Format: 1 pages, Paperback

Edward Lincoln is a worldwide celebrity who plays detectives on the big screen. But when his godmot… read more

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14. The Edge

By: Dick Francis

3.47

Format: 1 pages, Paperback

A high-class, transcontinental horse-racing junket should be an idyllic getaway for the super-rich.… read more

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15. Dead Cert

By: Dick Francis

3.47

Format: 1 pages, Paperback

As jockey Alan York looked at the back of Bill Davidson astride the great horse Admiral, one thing … read more

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16. Lost City (NUMA Files, #5)

By: Clive Cussler , Paul Kemprecos

4.11

Format: 500 pages, Paperback

An enzyme that will dramatically prolong life has been discovered 2000 feet down in the North Atlan… read more

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17. Murder on the Ballarat Train (Phryne Fisher, #3)

By: Kerry Greenwood

3.41

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When the 1920s' most glamorous lady detective, the Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher, arranges to go to… read more

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18. The Man Who Went Up in Smoke (Martin Beck, #2)

By: Joan Tate , Maj Sjöwall , Per Wahlöö

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The masterful second novel in the Martin Beck series of mysteries by the internationally renowned c… read more

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19. Wilful Behaviour (Commissario Brunetti, #11)

By: Donna Leon

4.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Commissario Brunetti receives a visit from one of his wife's students with a strange and vague… read more

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20. Death in the Stocks (Inspector Hannasyde, #1)

By: Georgette Heyer

3.80

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

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21. My Brother Michael

By: Mary Stewart

3.56

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

ONLY A MOMENT BEFORE Camilla Haven is on holiday alone, and wishes for some excitement. She had bee… read more

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22. Death of a Gossip (Hamish Macbeth, #1)

By: M.C. Beaton

4.45

Format: None pages, Paperback

Scottish highland village cop Hamish Macbeth must find which target was provoked enough to strangle… read more

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23. A Sea of Troubles (Commissario Brunetti, #10)

By: Donna Leon

4.40

Format: 86 pages, Paperback

The murder of two clam fishermen off the island of Pellestrina, south of the Lido on the Venetian l… read more

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24. Grey Mask (Miss Silver, #1)

By: Patricia Wentworth

3.99

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

After Charles was jilted at the altar by Margaret, he discovers that she is mixed up in a vicious k… read more

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25. Brat Farrar

By: Josephine Tey , Robert Barnard

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Listening Length: 7 hours and 55 minutes Brat Farrar has been carefully coached to assume the ident… read more

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26. To Love and Be Wise (Inspector Alan Grant, #4)

By: Josephine Tey , Robert Barnard

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

When a strikingly handsome young photographer mysteriously disappears, it's up to Inspector Alan Gr… read more

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27. Liar's Key (Sharpe & Donovan, #6)

By: Carla Neggers

5.00

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

An FBI legend, a mysterious antiquities specialist and a brazen art thief draw top FBI agents Emma … read more

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28. Death at the Bar (Roderick Alleyn, #9)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.46

Format: None pages, Paperback

A cosy game of darts in a cosy English pub is going well until one of the players dies on the spot.… read more

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29. Airs Above the Ground

By: Mary Stewart

3.06

Format: 405 pages, Paperback

Lovely Vanessa March, two years married and very much in love, did not think it was a strange for h… read more

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30. Agent Running in the Field

By: John Le Carré

3.85

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

Nat, a 47 year-old veteran of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, believes his years as an agent… read more

Similar categories in John Le Carré's Agent Running in the Field book and Helen MacInnes's Cloak of Darkness

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"Beloof niets waar je niet op kunt terugkomen."

-John Le Carré, Agent Running in the Field

"O cartaz seguinte anuncia as características curativas dos famosos banhos. Não há nenhum cartaz a anunciar que a cidade também é célebre como o local de encontro preferido da fina-flor do crime organ…"

-John Le Carré, Agent Running in the Field

"Para quem tem acesso autorizado à Poeira de Estrelas, o espetáculo começa dentro de cinquenta e cinco minutos. Para quem não tem, há dois funcionários com olhos de águia à porta que terão todo o gost…"

-John Le Carré, Agent Running in the Field

"It is my considered opinion, that for Britain and Europe, and for liberal democracy across the entire world as a whole, Britain’s departure from the European Union in the time of Donald Trump, and Br…"

-John Le Carré, Agent Running in the Field

Cover of A Dark and Stormy Night (Dorothy Martin #10) by Jeanne M. Dams

31. A Dark and Stormy Night (Dorothy Martin #10)

By: Jeanne M. Dams

4.23

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

Dorothy and her husband are invited by friends to Branston Abbey for a country house weekend. Th… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction

12 Top fiction books like Cloak of Darkness by Helen MacInnes

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Died in the Wool (Roderick Alleyn, #13)

Ngaio Marsh

4.09

Transform Your Habits

The Rose Rent (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #13)

Ellis Peters

4.17

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Proof

Dick Francis

4.40

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Decider

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4.40

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Mick Herron

4.02

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The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1)

Len Deighton

3.93

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Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

Mick Herron

3.89

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London Match (Bernard Samson, #3)

Len Deighton

3.59

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