10 Top mystery thriller books like Mummy Dearest (Claire Malloy, #17) by Joan Hess

Cover of Mummy Dearest (Claire Malloy, #17) by Joan Hess

Mummy Dearest (Claire Malloy, #17)

By: Joan Hess

3.85

Format: None pages,

Sabrina's having a blast! She has traveled back in time for a school project and is observing her a…

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in Mummy Dearest (Claire Malloy, #17) by Joan Hess , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of A Murder for the Books (Blue Ridge Library Mysteries #1) by Victoria Gilbert

1. A Murder for the Books (Blue Ridge Library Mysteries #1)

By: Victoria Gilbert

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Fleeing a disastrous love affair, university librarian Amy Webber moves in with her aunt in a quiet… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Gilbert's A Murder for the Books (Blue Ridge Library Mysteries #1) book and Joan Hess's Mummy Dearest (Claire Malloy, #17)

  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Bloody Mary (Jack Daniels #2) by J.A. Konrath

2. Bloody Mary (Jack Daniels #2)

By: J.A. Konrath

4.03

Format: 384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

THE TWIST YOU WON'T SEE COMING... Start with a tough but vulnerable Chicago cop. Add a hyperactive… read more

Similar categories in J.A. Konrath's Bloody Mary (Jack Daniels #2) book and Joan Hess's Mummy Dearest (Claire Malloy, #17)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Tomb of the Golden Bird (Amelia Peabody, #18) by Elizabeth Peters

3. Tomb of the Golden Bird (Amelia Peabody, #18)

By: Elizabeth Peters

4.17

Format: 381 pages, Hardcover

Convinced that the tomb of the little-known king Tutankhamon lies somewhere in the Valley of the Ki… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Peters's Tomb of the Golden Bird (Amelia Peabody, #18) book and Joan Hess's Mummy Dearest (Claire Malloy, #17)

  • mystery thriller
  • egypt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • archaeology
"So now you have it. The plot, the whole plot, and nothing but the plot."

-Elizabeth Peters, Tomb of the Golden Bird (Amelia Peabody, #18)

"Have you caught cold?' 'It would appear so.' 'You could give it to Margaret,' Ramses suggested. His uncle turned the tinted spectacles toward him and then, unexpectedly, bust into laughter. 'What a c…"

-Elizabeth Peters, Tomb of the Golden Bird (Amelia Peabody, #18)

"They will have difficulties to overcome,' I admitted. 'Including the differences in their religions. However, marriage is always a chancy business, Katherine. I have known individuals who appeared pe…"

-Elizabeth Peters, Tomb of the Golden Bird (Amelia Peabody, #18)

Cover of Alibi in High Heels (High Heels, #4) by Gemma Halliday

4. Alibi in High Heels (High Heels, #4)

By: Gemma Halliday

3.95

Format: 447 pages, ebook

#1 Amazon, New York Times & USA Today Bestselling series! Will death on a Paris runway ruin fashion… read more

Similar categories in Gemma Halliday's Alibi in High Heels (High Heels, #4) book and Joan Hess's Mummy Dearest (Claire Malloy, #17)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House (Jane Austen Mysteries, #6) by Stephanie Barron

5. Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House (Jane Austen Mysteries, #6)

By: Stephanie Barron

3.95

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In her sixth engrossing outing, Jane Austen employs her delicious wit and family ties to the Royal … read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Barron's Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House (Jane Austen Mysteries, #6) book and Joan Hess's Mummy Dearest (Claire Malloy, #17)

  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Ape Who Guards the Balance (Amelia Peabody, #10) by Elizabeth Peters

6. The Ape Who Guards the Balance (Amelia Peabody, #10)

By: Elizabeth Peters

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Ape Who Guards the Balance begins in 1907 in England where Amelia is attending a suffragettes' … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Peters's The Ape Who Guards the Balance (Amelia Peabody, #10) book and Joan Hess's Mummy Dearest (Claire Malloy, #17)

  • mystery
  • egypt
  • fiction
Cover of Still Life with Murder  (Nell Sweeney Mysteries, #1) by P.B. Ryan, Patricia Ryan

7. Still Life with Murder (Nell Sweeney Mysteries, #1)

By: P.B. Ryan , Patricia Ryan

4.04

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

This is an alternate cover edition for  Boston, 1868: The dawn of the Gilded Age, an era of burgeo… read more

Similar categories in P.B. Ryan's Still Life with Murder (Nell Sweeney Mysteries, #1) book and Joan Hess's Mummy Dearest (Claire Malloy, #17)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Jane and the Barque of Frailty (Jane Austen Mysteries, #9) by Stephanie Barron

8. Jane and the Barque of Frailty (Jane Austen Mysteries, #9)

By: Stephanie Barron

2.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Beloved author-turned-sleuth Jane Austen is staying with her brother and his wife in London as she … read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Barron's Jane and the Barque of Frailty (Jane Austen Mysteries, #9) book and Joan Hess's Mummy Dearest (Claire Malloy, #17)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Vienna Waltz (Rannoch/Fraser Publication Order, #4) by Teresa Grant, Tracy Grant

9. Vienna Waltz (Rannoch/Fraser Publication Order, #4)

By: Teresa Grant , Tracy Grant

3.87

Format: 216 pages,

Nothing is fair in love and war. . .Europe's elite have gathered at the glittering Congress of Vien… read more

Similar categories in Teresa Grant's Vienna Waltz (Rannoch/Fraser Publication Order, #4) book and Joan Hess's Mummy Dearest (Claire Malloy, #17)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Mummy Dearest (Claire Malloy, #17) by Joan Hess

10. Mummy Dearest (Claire Malloy, #17)

By: Joan Hess

3.85

Format: None pages,

Sabrina's having a blast! She has traveled back in time for a school project and is observing her a… read more

Similar categories in Joan Hess's Mummy Dearest (Claire Malloy, #17) book and Joan Hess's Mummy Dearest (Claire Malloy, #17)

  • mystery thriller
  • africa
  • egypt
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • archaeology
Cover of Lowcountry Book Club (Liz Talbot Mystery #5) by Susan M. Boyer

11. Lowcountry Book Club (Liz Talbot Mystery #5)

By: Susan M. Boyer

4.13

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

Who could have pushed Shelby Poinsett out her second-floor library window besides her husband? In U… read more

Similar categories in Susan M. Boyer's Lowcountry Book Club (Liz Talbot Mystery #5) book and Joan Hess's Mummy Dearest (Claire Malloy, #17)

  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction

12. Death by Darjeeling (A Tea Shop Mystery, #1)

By: Laura Childs

3.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

Meet Theodosia Browning, owner of Charleston's beloved Indigo Tea Shop. Patrons love her blend of d… read more

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13. Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen (A Year-Round Christmas Mystery #1)

By: Vicki Delany

3.93

Format: 592 pages,

read more

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14. The Vanishing Thief (Victorian Bookshop Mystery #1)

By: Kate Parker

3.00

Format: 1118 pages, Paperback

At 30, Victorian bookshop owner Georgia Fenchurch knows she's considered a middle-class old maid. T… read more

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15. Latte Trouble (Coffeehouse Mystery, #3)

By: Cleo Coyle

3.66

Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Greenwich Village coffee shop manager and amateur sleuth Clare Cosi is faced with her most perilous… read more

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16. N is for Noose (Kinsey Millhone, #14)

By: Sue Grafton

3.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

Kinsey Millhone should have done something else--she should have turned the car in the direction of… read more

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17. Lean Mean Thirteen (Stephanie Plum, #13)

By: Janet Evanovich

4.46

Format: 170 pages,

New secrets, old flames, and hidden agendas are about to send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on her m… read more

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18. We'll Always Have Parrots (Meg Langslow, #5)

By: Donna Andrews

3.74

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Meg Langslow knew the fan convention for her actor-boyfriend's hit television series was going to b… read more

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19. Dial Meow for Murder (Lucky Paws Petsitting Mystery #2)

By: Bethany Blake

3.48

Format: None pages,

Even an experienced pet sitter like Daphne Templeton can be fooled by animal behavior: how can an a… read more

Similar categories in Bethany Blake's Dial Meow for Murder (Lucky Paws Petsitting Mystery #2) book and Joan Hess's Mummy Dearest (Claire Malloy, #17)

20. Tears of Pearl (Lady Emily, #4)

By: Tasha Alexander

0.00

Format: 152 pages,

Set amid the beauty and decadence of the Ottoman Empire, Lady Emily's latest adventure is full of i… read more

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21. Finding Sky (Nicki Valentine Mystery, #1)

By: Susan O'Brien

4.23

Format: 11 pages, Trade Paperback

She's a parent. She's (almost) a P.I. No one gets on your case like mom. Suburban widow and P.I. in… read more

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22. Time of Fog and Fire (Molly Murphy Mysteries, #16)

By: Rhys Bowen

3.75

Format: 263 pages, Hardcover

Molly Murphy Sullivan's husband Daniel, a police captain in turn-of-the-century New York City, is i… read more

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23. Cruel Justice (Lorne Simpkins, #1)

By: M.A. Comley

3.00

Format: None pages,

The headless body of a wealthy widow is discovered decomposing in Chelling Forest. Detective Inspec… read more

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24. Mistletoe Murder (A Lucy Stone Mystery, #1)

By: Leslie Meier

3.84

Format: None pages, Paperback

"As if baking Christmas cookies, knitting a jumper for her husband's gift, and making her daughter'… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Meier's Mistletoe Murder (A Lucy Stone Mystery, #1) book and Joan Hess's Mummy Dearest (Claire Malloy, #17)

Cover of The Three Witches and The Master by Max Nowaz

25. The Three Witches and The Master

By: Max Nowaz

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

When a beautiful naked woman Eve, unexpectedly turns up at his back door, Adam, an amateur wizard, … read more

Similar categories in Max Nowaz's The Three Witches and The Master book and Joan Hess's Mummy Dearest (Claire Malloy, #17)

  • fiction
"Where’s my uncle?"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"You can’t escape me, I’m coming for you soon,"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"I haven’t got a clue why his bones disintegrated, but look at the bright side,"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"He desperately tried to think of a story to explain his involvement in her sudden appearance, without mentioning the book of magic in his possession. "

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

Cover of Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker Mystery) by Susan  Rowland

26. Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

By: Susan Rowland

4.33

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

Who is killing off members of the Falconer family and why? Such is the challenge confronting highly… read more

Similar categories in Susan Rowland's Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker Mystery) book and Joan Hess's Mummy Dearest (Claire Malloy, #17)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
"Falconers,"

-Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"Mary tried to look reassuring. “It’s a house party, he said,"

-Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"We’re so very sorry about this latest murder. Ignore Simon’s levity."

-Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"He says it was tourists being careless, where I see a fiendishly clever murder attempt."

-Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

Cover of The Woman in the Veil (Victorian Mystery #4) by Laura Joh Rowland

27. The Woman in the Veil (Victorian Mystery #4)

By: Laura Joh Rowland

3.82

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Laura Joh Rowland is back with the fourth in her critically acclaimed Victoria… read more

Similar categories in Laura Joh Rowland's The Woman in the Veil (Victorian Mystery #4) book and Joan Hess's Mummy Dearest (Claire Malloy, #17)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuit (Felicity Carrol Mystery #1) by Patricia Marcantonio

28. Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuit (Felicity Carrol Mystery #1)

By: Patricia Marcantonio

3.70

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

Amidst the heraldry of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee celebrations, a string of brutal murders roc… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Marcantonio's Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuit (Felicity Carrol Mystery #1) book and Joan Hess's Mummy Dearest (Claire Malloy, #17)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Opium and Absinthe by Lydia Kang

29. Opium and Absinthe

By: Lydia Kang

3.94

Format: 379 pages, Kindle Edition

New York City, 1899. Tillie Pembroke’s sister lies dead, her body drained of blood and with two pun… read more

Similar categories in Lydia Kang's Opium and Absinthe book and Joan Hess's Mummy Dearest (Claire Malloy, #17)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Last Note of Warning (Nightingale Mysteries #3) by Katharine Schellman

30. The Last Note of Warning (Nightingale Mysteries #3)

By: Katharine Schellman

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The Last Note of Warning is the third in the luscious, mysterious, and queer Nightingale mystery se… read more

Similar categories in Katharine Schellman's The Last Note of Warning (Nightingale Mysteries #3) book and Joan Hess's Mummy Dearest (Claire Malloy, #17)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Bet The Farm by Staci Hart

31. Bet The Farm

By: Staci Hart

3.76

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Olivia Brent has one summer to save the dairy farm she just inherited. But there’s one problem, … read more

Similar categories in Staci Hart's Bet The Farm book and Joan Hess's Mummy Dearest (Claire Malloy, #17)

  • fiction

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