7 must-read cozy mystery books like The Dark Place (Gideon Oliver, #2) by Aaron Elkins

Cover of The Dark Place (Gideon Oliver, #2) by Aaron Elkins

The Dark Place (Gideon Oliver, #2)

By: Aaron Elkins

3.88

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Gideon Oliver earns his moniker "The Skeleton Detective" in this riveting entry to the Edgar Award-…

If you liked the cozy mystery plot in The Dark Place (Gideon Oliver, #2) by Aaron Elkins , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of The Art Whisperer (Alix London, #3) by Charlotte Elkins, Aaron Elkins

1. The Art Whisperer (Alix London, #3)

By: Charlotte Elkins , Aaron Elkins

3.96

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

When art conservator Alix London spots a forgery, she knows trouble will follow. So she’s understan… read more

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  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Anodyne Necklace (Richard Jury, #3) by Martha Grimes

2. The Anodyne Necklace (Richard Jury, #3)

By: Martha Grimes

4.03

Format: 310 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A severed finger found at the scene of a baffling murder in the village of Littlebourne leads local… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Cruise to Die for (Alix London, #2) by Charlotte Elkins, Aaron Elkins

3. A Cruise to Die for (Alix London, #2)

By: Charlotte Elkins , Aaron Elkins

3.80

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

This should be the cushiest job Alix London’s ever had. The second Alix London mystery finds the… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Rainbow's End (Felse, #13) by Ellis Peters

4. Rainbow's End (Felse, #13)

By: Ellis Peters

3.96

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

The sleepy village of Middlehope is suddenly jerked into life by nouveau riche antiques magnate Art… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Photo Finish (Roderick Alleyn, #31) by Ngaio Marsh

5. Photo Finish (Roderick Alleyn, #31)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.81

Format: 4 pages, Paperback

MURDER IN HIGH C... A persistent paparazzi has hounded operatic soprano Isabella Sommita until her … read more

Similar categories in Ngaio Marsh's Photo Finish (Roderick Alleyn, #31) book and Aaron Elkins's The Dark Place (Gideon Oliver, #2)

  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction

6. False Scent (Roderick Alleyn, #21)

By: Ngaio Marsh

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In a poisonous cloud of spray, the curtain falls on a drama queen. Little did beloved British actre… read more

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7. A Dangerous Talent (Alix London, #1)

By: Charlotte Elkins , Aaron Elkins

3.86

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

Alix London has a promising career as an art consultant, a sumptuous condo in Seattle's toniest nei… read more

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Cover of The Dark Place (Gideon Oliver, #2) by Aaron Elkins

8. The Dark Place (Gideon Oliver, #2)

By: Aaron Elkins

3.88

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Gideon Oliver earns his moniker "The Skeleton Detective" in this riveting entry to the Edgar Award-… read more

Similar categories in Aaron Elkins's The Dark Place (Gideon Oliver, #2) book and Aaron Elkins's The Dark Place (Gideon Oliver, #2)

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • cozy mystery
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
  • anthropology

9. The Trouble with Mirrors (Alix London #4)

By: Charlotte Elkins , Aaron Elkins

3.71

Format: 498 pages,

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10. A Wicked Slice (Lee Ofsted, #1)

By: Charlotte Elkins , Aaron Elkins

4.11

Format: 288 pages,

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11. Rock with Wings (Leaphorn & Chee, #20)

By: Anne Hillerman

4.36

Format: 94 pages, Hardcover

Navajo Tribal cops Jim Chee and Bernadette Manuelito, and their mentor, the legendary Lieutenant Jo… read more

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Cover of Murder on the Train (DI Hillary Greene #21) by Faith Martin

12. Murder on the Train (DI Hillary Greene #21)

By: Faith Martin

4.35

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

Six passengers in a locked train carriage. One of them is dead. No one saw a thing.Former Detective… read more

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  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Evidence of Things Seen (Henry Gamadge) by Elizabeth Daly

13. 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
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Leper of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #5) by Ellis Peters

14. The Leper of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #5)

By: Ellis Peters

4.16

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

October 1139. A savage murder interrupts an ill-fated marriage set to take place at Brother Cadfael… read more

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  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Oh, sometimes I like to put the sand of doubt into the oyster of my faith." (Br. Cadfael)"

-Ellis Peters, The Leper of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #5)

"I have always known that the best of the Saracens could out-Christian many of us Christians."

-Ellis Peters, The Leper of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #5)

Cover of Retreat from Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 14) by Harriet Steel

15. Retreat from Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 14)

By: Harriet Steel

4.27

Format: 198 pages, Kindle Edition

Shanti and Jane de Silva’s peaceful retreat at a mountain monastery rapidly turns into something fa… read more

Similar categories in Harriet Steel's Retreat from Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 14) book and Aaron Elkins's The Dark Place (Gideon Oliver, #2)

  • mystery
Cover of On the Fringe (Lee Ofsted Mysteries Book 5) by Charlotte Elkins

16. On the Fringe (Lee Ofsted Mysteries Book 5)

By: Charlotte Elkins

3.96

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

New Revised Edition. A Lee Ofsted mystery. Lee Ofsted and Graham Sheldon, her ex-cop fiance, have d… read more

Similar categories in Charlotte Elkins's On the Fringe (Lee Ofsted Mysteries Book 5) book and Aaron Elkins's The Dark Place (Gideon Oliver, #2)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Rotten Lies (Lee Ofsted, #2) by Charlotte Elkins

17. Rotten Lies (Lee Ofsted, #2)

By: Charlotte Elkins

3.79

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

In a second installment in the popular series featuring the professional golfer and amateur sleuth … read more

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  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Vampire on the Orient Express (Avery & Carter, #1) by Shane Carrow

18. Vampire on the Orient Express (Avery & Carter, #1)

By: Shane Carrow

4.07

Format: 135 pages, Kindle Edition

Paris, 1914. American adventurer Sam Carter boards the Orient Express, departing France in style af… read more

Similar categories in Shane Carrow's Vampire on the Orient Express (Avery & Carter, #1) book and Aaron Elkins's The Dark Place (Gideon Oliver, #2)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Somewhere in the House (Henry Gamadge #10) by Elizabeth Daly

19. Somewhere in the House (Henry Gamadge #10)

By: Elizabeth Daly

3.99

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

The Clayborn clan has been waiting 25 years to divvy up Grandmama's fortune, locked up by her will,… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The End of the Line by Gillian Galbraith

20. The End of the Line

By: Gillian Galbraith

3.45

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

After the death of leading haematologist Professor Anstruther, antiquarian book dealer Anthony Spar… read more

Similar categories in Gillian Galbraith's The End of the Line book and Aaron Elkins's The Dark Place (Gideon Oliver, #2)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
Cover of City of the Dead (Gia Santella #1) by Kristi Belcamino

21. City of the Dead (Gia Santella #1)

By: Kristi Belcamino

4.09

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

She lives life fast, hard, and deadly… Gia Santella no longer cares about the consequences. She … read more

Similar categories in Kristi Belcamino's City of the Dead (Gia Santella #1) book and Aaron Elkins's The Dark Place (Gideon Oliver, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

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