21 Top mystery books like The Fall Guy (Cedric O'Toole, #1) by Barbara Fradkin

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The Fall Guy (Cedric O'Toole, #1)

By: Barbara Fradkin

3.65

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

Handyman Cedric O'Toole likes his simple life. He lives by himself on a hardscrabble farm, collecti…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Fall Guy (Cedric O'Toole, #1) by Barbara Fradkin , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. The Fall Guy (Cedric O'Toole, #1)

By: Barbara Fradkin

3.65

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

Handyman Cedric O'Toole likes his simple life. He lives by himself on a hardscrabble farm, collecti… read more

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2. Darker Than Amber (Travis McGee #7)

By: John D. MacDonald

4.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

A great bestseller starring Travis McGee, a real American hero--and maybe the star of a new movie f… read more

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3. Well-Schooled in Murder (Inspector Lynley, #3)

By: Elizabeth George

3.73

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

When thirteen-year-old Matthew Whately goes missing from Bredgar Chambers, a prestigious public sch… read more

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4. The Mermaids Singing (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #1)

By: Val McDermid

3.66

Format: 325 pages,

Val McDermid stunned readers and critics alike with the publication of her brilliant thriller,A PLA… read more

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5. An English Murder

By: Cyril Hare

3.68

Format: 290 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Warbeck Hall is an old-fashioned English country house and the scene of equally English murders. Al… read more

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6. Gwendy's Magic Feather (The Button Box, #2)

By: Richard Chizmar

3.78

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

Something evil has swept into the small western Maine town of Castle Rock on the heels of the lates… read more

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Cover of Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28) by Peter Robinson

7. Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

By: Peter Robinson

4.09

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The 28th twisting installment in the DCI Alan Banks mystery series that Stephen King calls "the bes… read more

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8. Marple: Twelve New Mysteries

By: Naomi Alderman

3.81

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A brand-new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Mystery’s legendary detective Jane M… read more

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9. The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

By: Shauna Robinson

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

I, Maggie Banks, solemnly swear to uphold the rules of Cobblestone Books. If only, I, Maggie Ban… read more

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10. Night of the Mannequins

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.34

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Stephen Graham Jones returns with Night of the Mannequins, a contemporary horror story where a teen… read more

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"Moms are so oblivious. It’s like they live in a bubble of wishful thinking."

-Stephen Graham Jones, Night of the Mannequins

"The tornado the alarms had screamed about ... hadn't actually happened, but around here you never know. Better safe in the cellar than sorry halfway up the sky."

-Stephen Graham Jones, Night of the Mannequins

"Sometimes you just know what you're doing is the only thing to be doing. That the world is conspiring all around you to make it happen, like, not just giving you permission, but herding you the direc…"

-Stephen Graham Jones, Night of the Mannequins

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11. The Suspect (Kate Waters, #3)

By: Fiona Barton

3.84

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

The police belonged to another world – the world they saw on the television or in the papers. Not t… read more

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12. Big Bad

By: Chandler Baker

3.77

Format: 59 pages, Kindle Edition

For a family trying to make an isolated farmhouse into a home, fear and rage are getting harder to … read more

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13. Best of Luck

By: Jason Mott

3.77

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

Did you ever hear the one about the man with a string of bad luck? The worst is still to come in a … read more

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14. Murder at the Royal Ruby

By: Nita Prose

3.17

Format: 27 pages, Kindle Edition

The curtain rises, and the chandelier falls—taking the star of the show down with it. An ambitious … read more

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15. In Bloom

By: Paul Tremblay

3.08

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

There’s something in the water in this hallucinatory short story by Paul Tremblay, bestselling auth… read more

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16. The Mosquito

By: B.A. Paris

3.63

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

After his marriage fails, he hopes a vacation in France will relax and restore him. But fate has so… read more

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17. It Waits in the Woods

By: Josh Malerman

3.72

Format: 52 pages, Kindle Edition

Some chilling campfire tales ring too true to ignore. For one young woman, an urban legend calls he… read more

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18. The White Lady

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.07

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

The White Lady introduces yet another extraordinary heroine/sleuth from Jacqueline Winspear, creato… read more

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"Give me strong young womenfolk with sharp elbows, Charlotte, my dear, and they will make a good account of themselves in this world."

-Jacqueline Winspear, The White Lady

"And then there's that double-barreled name a lot of them toffs have, like they have to drag their ancestors up from the grave so we all know who they're related to."

-Jacqueline Winspear, The White Lady

". . . it was known German soldiers would go door-to-door to take males of working age, or boys on the cusp of manhood. They always took the men, leaving only the women, children and elderly. Women we…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The White Lady

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19. Cold, Cold Bones (Temperance Brennan, #21)

By: Kathy Reichs

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

“Reichs has written her masterpiece—smart, scary, complicated, and engrossing.” —Michael Connelly “… read more

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20. The Rising Tide (Vera Stanhope, #10)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

For fifty years a group of friends have been meeting regularly for reunions on Holy Island, celebra… read more

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Cover of Overboard (V.I. Warshawski, #21) by Sara Paretsky

21. Overboard (V.I. Warshawski, #21)

By: Sara Paretsky

4.01

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Legendary detective V.I. Warshawski uncovers a nefarious conspiracy during the Covid pandemic, in t… read more

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22. Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

By: Abbi Waxman

3.59

Format: 379 pages, Paperback

Just when she thought she’d gotten far enough away . . . a life-changing phone call throws an antis… read more

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23. Snow Road Station

By: Elizabeth Hay

3.77

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the Giller Prize-winning author comes a novel, witty and wise, about thwarted ambition, unreal… read more

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24. Paper Cuts (Secret, Book, & Scone Society, #6)

By: Ellery Adams

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author returns with a mystery with a touch of magical realism and a … read more

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Cover of Royal Holiday (The Wedding Date, #4) by Jasmine Guillory

25. Royal Holiday (The Wedding Date, #4)

By: Jasmine Guillory

3.47

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Proposalcomes a dazzling new novel about a sponta… read more

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26. Whiteout (Survival Instincts, #1)

By: Adriana Anders

3.73

Format: 514 pages, Kindle Edition

Angel Smith is finally ready to leave Antarctica for a second chance at life. But on what was meant… read more

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"He rose. “Come here."

-Adriana Anders, Whiteout (Survival Instincts, #1)

"The Ice Man… cometh."

-Adriana Anders, Whiteout (Survival Instincts, #1)

"I thought you were a jerk."

-Adriana Anders, Whiteout (Survival Instincts, #1)

"You feel a loss of control?"

-Adriana Anders, Whiteout (Survival Instincts, #1)

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27. The Perfect Family

By: Robyn Harding

3.53

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Thomas and Viv Adler are the envy of their neighbors: attractive, successful, with well-mannered ch… read more

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28. Ink and Shadows (Secret, Book, & Scone Society, #4)

By: Ellery Adams

4.18

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Controversy erupts in Miracle Springs, North Carolina, when the owner of the local bookstore tries … read more

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29. The Heart of a Mother

By: Julie Clark

3.67

Format: 41 pages, Kindle Edition

A fateful decision from the past haunts a wealthy Californian. Desperate to make things right, she … read more

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30. People Like Them

By: Minka Kent

4.09

Format: 56 pages, Kindle Edition

Nobody’s perfect—although one beautiful couple certainly comes close. Discover the cracks beneath t… read more

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31. Dark August

By: Katie Tallo

3.82

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

An electrifying, page-turning debut about a young woman haunted by her tragic past, who returns to … read more

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4.09

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4.25

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Anthony Horowitz

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