10 Top thriller books like Death of a Red Heroine (Inspector Chen Cao #1) by Qiu Xiaolong

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Death of a Red Heroine (Inspector Chen Cao #1)

By: Qiu Xiaolong

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

Qiu Xiaolong's Anthony Award-winning debut introduces Inspector Chen of the Shanghai Police. A youn…

If you liked the thriller plot in Death of a Red Heroine (Inspector Chen Cao #1) by Qiu Xiaolong , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of Disco for the Departed (Dr. Siri Paiboun, #3) by Colin Cotterill

1. Disco for the Departed (Dr. Siri Paiboun, #3)

By: Colin Cotterill

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Dr. Siri Paiboun, reluctant national coroner of the People’s Democratic Republic of Laos, is summon… read more

Similar categories in Colin Cotterill's Disco for the Departed (Dr. Siri Paiboun, #3) book and Qiu Xiaolong's Death of a Red Heroine (Inspector Chen Cao #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • asia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"More panic. More emergencies and disasters. Soon, emergencies fell into a sort of natural ranking: drop-everything emergencies, do-what-you-can emergencies, and you’ll just-have-to-wait emergencies. …"

-Colin Cotterill, Disco for the Departed (Dr. Siri Paiboun, #3)

Cover of The Chinese Bell Murders by Robert van Gulik

2. The Chinese Bell Murders

By: Robert van Gulik

4.08

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

A.D. 668 Meet Judge Dee, the detective lauded as the "Sherlock Holmes of ancient China" — Fans o… read more

Similar categories in Robert van Gulik's The Chinese Bell Murders book and Qiu Xiaolong's Death of a Red Heroine (Inspector Chen Cao #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • asia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • china
  • crime
"Justice outweighs human life."

-Robert van Gulik, The Chinese Bell Murders

"Con người chỉ là vật mọn Công lý mới là trên hết."

-Robert van Gulik, The Chinese Bell Murders

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3. Mao: A Life

By: Philip Short

3.98

Format: 824 pages, Paperback

When the Nationalists routed a ragtag Red Army on the Xiang River during the Long March, an earthy … read more

Similar categories in Philip Short's Mao: A Life book and Qiu Xiaolong's Death of a Red Heroine (Inspector Chen Cao #1)

  • asia
  • china
Cover of The Janissary Tree (Yashim the Eunuch, #1) by Jason Goodwin

4. The Janissary Tree (Yashim the Eunuch, #1)

By: Jason Goodwin

3.74

Format: 410 pages, Paperback

"Jason Goodwin has unleashed his talent on a series of mysteries set in nineteenth-century Istanbul… read more

Similar categories in Jason Goodwin's The Janissary Tree (Yashim the Eunuch, #1) book and Qiu Xiaolong's Death of a Red Heroine (Inspector Chen Cao #1)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of A Question of Identity (Simon Serrailler, #7) by Susan         Hill

5. A Question of Identity (Simon Serrailler, #7)

By: Susan Hill

2.57

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

A particularly unpleasant murder, that of a very old woman in a housing project, rocks the town of … read more

Similar categories in Susan Hill's A Question of Identity (Simon Serrailler, #7) book and Qiu Xiaolong's Death of a Red Heroine (Inspector Chen Cao #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Inspector Imanishi Investigates by Seichō Matsumoto, Beth Cary

6. Inspector Imanishi Investigates

By: Seichō Matsumoto , Beth Cary

4.08

Format: 234 pages,

In a police procedural by Japan's foremost master of mystery, Inspector Imanishi Eitaro, a typicall… read more

Similar categories in Seichō Matsumoto's Inspector Imanishi Investigates book and Qiu Xiaolong's Death of a Red Heroine (Inspector Chen Cao #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Death of a Red Heroine (Inspector Chen Cao #1) by Qiu Xiaolong

7. Death of a Red Heroine (Inspector Chen Cao #1)

By: Qiu Xiaolong

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

Qiu Xiaolong's Anthony Award-winning debut introduces Inspector Chen of the Shanghai Police. A youn… read more

Similar categories in Qiu Xiaolong's Death of a Red Heroine (Inspector Chen Cao #1) book and Qiu Xiaolong's Death of a Red Heroine (Inspector Chen Cao #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • asia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • china
  • crime

8. The Master Key

By: Masako Togawa , None

4.38

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

Fans of P.D. James, Robert Barnard and other literate writers in the genre will welcome US publicat… read more

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9. The Man Who Walked Like a Bear (Porfiry Rostnikov, #6)

By: Stuart M. Kaminsky

4.18

Format: 342 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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10. Murder in Canton

By: Robert van Gulik

4.50

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

A.D. 681 Murder In Canton takes place in 680 A.D. Judge Dee, recently promoted to Lord Chief Justic… read more

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11. Il sorriso di Angelica (Commissario Montalbano, #17)

By: Andrea Camilleri

2.56

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

Una banda di ladri ripulisce gli appartamenti di alcuni facoltosi professionisti di Vigata. Le moda… read more

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12. Snakeskin Shamisen (Mas Arai, #3)

By: Naomi Hirahara

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From Summer of the Big Bachito Gasa-Gasa Girl, Naomi Hirahara's acclaimed novels have featured one … read more

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Cover of Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6) by Ed McBain

13. Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6)

By: Ed McBain

3.94

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

He appeared to be a decent, upright, honest citizen....And yet appearances can be more than deceivi… read more

Similar categories in Ed McBain's Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6) book and Qiu Xiaolong's Death of a Red Heroine (Inspector Chen Cao #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Trial of Joe Harlan Junior (Talion #0.5) by J.K. Franko

14. The Trial of Joe Harlan Junior (Talion #0.5)

By: J.K. Franko

4.33

Format: 101 pages, Kindle Edition

What would you do if the law failed you? The college Halloween party was supposed to be a night… read more

Similar categories in J.K. Franko's The Trial of Joe Harlan Junior (Talion #0.5) book and Qiu Xiaolong's Death of a Red Heroine (Inspector Chen Cao #1)

  • thriller
  • fiction
"From the start, I told you! We should’a just handled this ourselves. You should’ve handled it the way my daddy would’ve."

-J.K. Franko, The Trial of Joe Harlan Junior (Talion #0.5)

"And I looked out at the dog, and McCoy trying to cradle her in one arm and cut the rope with t’other, and I said, ‘What goes around, comes around, daddy.’ “And he just smiled. A wicked smile. And he …"

-J.K. Franko, The Trial of Joe Harlan Junior (Talion #0.5)

"It was golden hour in Tarrytown. An incandescent sun cast long shadows that pointed in unison toward nightfall. Birds sang. But their melodies were drowned out by crescendos of cicadas’ chattering. N…"

-J.K. Franko, The Trial of Joe Harlan Junior (Talion #0.5)

Cover of O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted by A.G. Russo

15. O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

By: A.G. Russo

4.34

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

*Author "I have never used AI in my writing." A.G. RussoThe homefront, summer 1942, Brooklyn, New … read more

Similar categories in A.G. Russo's O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted book and Qiu Xiaolong's Death of a Red Heroine (Inspector Chen Cao #1)

  • mystery
"A uniformed cop around 6’4"

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

"You can use all the hundred dollar words you want,"

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

"She’s a cop’s wife. She understands what her husband does for a living,"

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

"When those we care about are weakest, that’s when we must be strong for them."

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

Cover of Killing Johnny Miracle by J.K. Franko

16. Killing Johnny Miracle

By: J.K. Franko

4.39

Format: None pages, Paperback

Johnny Miracle is in love... but not with his wife. He's going to divorce Mary, and he has leverage… read more

Similar categories in J.K. Franko's Killing Johnny Miracle book and Qiu Xiaolong's Death of a Red Heroine (Inspector Chen Cao #1)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
"Pretty isn’t permanent."

-J.K. Franko, Killing Johnny Miracle

"It’s a divorce, not cancer."

-J.K. Franko, Killing Johnny Miracle

"Blood only flows in one direction."

-J.K. Franko, Killing Johnny Miracle

"The snake you don’t kill today may kill you tomorrow."

-J.K. Franko, Killing Johnny Miracle

Cover of The Final Curtain (Detective Kaga, #4) by Keigo Higashino

17. The Final Curtain (Detective Kaga, #4)

By: Keigo Higashino

4.13

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Malice and Newcomer, a confounding murder in Tokyo is connected to the… read more

Similar categories in Keigo Higashino's The Final Curtain (Detective Kaga, #4) book and Qiu Xiaolong's Death of a Red Heroine (Inspector Chen Cao #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • asia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Smoke and Ashes (Sam Wyndham, #3) by Abir  Mukherjee

18. Smoke and Ashes (Sam Wyndham, #3)

By: Abir Mukherjee

4.17

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

India, 1921. Haunted by his memories of the Great War, Captain Sam Wyndham is battling a serious ad… read more

Similar categories in Abir Mukherjee's Smoke and Ashes (Sam Wyndham, #3) book and Qiu Xiaolong's Death of a Red Heroine (Inspector Chen Cao #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • asia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Le chant des innocents by Piergiorgio Pulixi

19. Le chant des innocents

By: Piergiorgio Pulixi

3.82

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

“Le mal est contagieux, commissaire, et vous le savez. Il ne s’agit pas de vengeance ici, mais d’ex… read more

Similar categories in Piergiorgio Pulixi's Le chant des innocents book and Qiu Xiaolong's Death of a Red Heroine (Inspector Chen Cao #1)

  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Sky Was Falling: A Young Surgeon's Story of Bravery, Survival, and Hope by Cornelia Griggs

20. The Sky Was Falling: A Young Surgeon's Story of Bravery, Survival, and Hope

By: Cornelia Griggs

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The dramatic, unforgettable, and ultimately cathartic diary of a young pediatric surgeon and mother… read more

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Cover of Lady Joker, Volume One by Kaoru Takamura

21. Lady Joker, Volume One

By: Kaoru Takamura

3.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

One of Japan’s great modern masters, Kaoru Takamura, makes her English-language debut with this two… read more

Similar categories in Kaoru Takamura's Lady Joker, Volume One book and Qiu Xiaolong's Death of a Red Heroine (Inspector Chen Cao #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • asia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

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Colin Cotterill

4.06

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4.08

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3.74

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J.B. Lion

4.32

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Andri E. Elia

4.36

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Susan Rowland

4.33

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4.33

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