5 best-selling thriller books like Midnight at Malabar House (Malabar House #1) by Vaseem Khan

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Midnight at Malabar House (Malabar House #1)

By: Vaseem Khan

4.02

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

Bombay, New Year's Eve, 1949As India celebrates the arrival of a momentous new decade, Inspector Pe…

"Just because a cow stands in a field all day doesn’t make it a philosopher"

-Vaseem Khan, Midnight at Malabar House (Malabar House #1)

If you liked the thriller plot in Midnight at Malabar House (Malabar House #1) by Vaseem Khan , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of A Rising Man (Sam Wyndham, #1) by Abir  Mukherjee

1. A Rising Man (Sam Wyndham, #1)

By: Abir Mukherjee

3.91

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate cover edition of ASIN B019CGXRZM The winner of the Harvill Secker/Daily Telegraph crim… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • asia
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime

2. A Necessary Evil (Sam Wyndham #2)

By: Abir Mukherjee

4.04

Format: 9 pages, Hardcover

India, 1920. Captain Wyndham and Sergeant Banerjee of the Calcutta Police Force investigate the dra… read more

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  • historical
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Trouble in Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 1) by Harriet Steel

3. Trouble in Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 1)

By: Harriet Steel

5.00

Format: 176 pages,

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  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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4. Patchwork

By: Ellen Banda-Aaku

3.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

Winner of the Penguin Prize for African Writing 2010 (fiction). Destined from birth to inhabit two … read more

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  • fiction

5. The Frangipani Tree Mystery (Crown Colony #1)

By: Ovidia Yu

4.09

Format: 156 pages,

First in a delightfully charming crime series set in 1930s Singapore, introducing amateur sleuth Su… read more

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Cover of Midnight at Malabar House (Malabar House #1) by Vaseem Khan

6. Midnight at Malabar House (Malabar House #1)

By: Vaseem Khan

4.02

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

Bombay, New Year's Eve, 1949As India celebrates the arrival of a momentous new decade, Inspector Pe… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • asia
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Just because a cow stands in a field all day doesn’t make it a philosopher"

-Vaseem Khan, Midnight at Malabar House (Malabar House #1)

Cover of The Satapur Moonstone (Perveen Mistry, #2) by Sujata Massey

7. The Satapur Moonstone (Perveen Mistry, #2)

By: Sujata Massey

3.98

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

The highly anticipated follow-up to the critically acclaimed novel The Widows of Malabar Hill.India… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • asia
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of A Mumbai Murder Mystery  (Temple Hill Mystery #1) by Meeti Shroff-Shah

8. A Mumbai Murder Mystery (Temple Hill Mystery #1)

By: Meeti Shroff-Shah

4.06

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

Among the rarefied circles of Mumbai’s posh Temple Hill, there is nothing more tragic than the loss… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • india
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Mistress of Bhatia House (Perveen Mistry, #4) by Sujata Massey

9. The Mistress of Bhatia House (Perveen Mistry, #4)

By: Sujata Massey

4.02

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Bombay’s only female solicitor, Perveen Mistry, grapples with class divisions, sexism, and complex … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • asia
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Shadows of Men (Sam Wyndham, #5) by Abir  Mukherjee

10. The Shadows of Men (Sam Wyndham, #5)

By: Abir Mukherjee

4.30

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

Calcutta, 1923.When a Hindu theologian is found murdered in his home, the city is on the brink of a… read more

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  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Death in the East (Sam Wyndham, #4) by Abir  Mukherjee

11. Death in the East (Sam Wyndham, #4)

By: Abir Mukherjee

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

1905, London. As a young constable, Sam Wyndham is on his usual East London beat when he comes acro… read more

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

12. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • asia
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Color of Air by Gail Tsukiyama

13. The Color of Air

By: Gail Tsukiyama

3.82

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Women of the Silk and The Samurai's Garden comes a go… read more

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  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Ayrılık Çeşmesi Sokağı by Selçuk Altun

14. Ayrılık Çeşmesi Sokağı

By: Selçuk Altun

3.41

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

Ziya Adlan kırk yıldır akademisyenlik yaptığı Cenevre’den dönüp, Ayrılık Çeşmesi Sokağı’ndaki bakım… read more

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Cover of The Betel Nut Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, #2) by Ovidia Yu

15. The Betel Nut Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, #2)

By: Ovidia Yu

3.95

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

'Great protagonist, great setting - this is a delightful book' Morning Star The second novel in Ovi… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
"Mrs MacPherson looked very proud of her son. It made me think about the different lessons people try to pass on to children about money. And about who controls that money."

-Ovidia Yu, The Betel Nut Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, #2)

"One thing about a tiny island like Singapore is that every man, woman, and monkey in it originated from somewhere else. Whether your distant ancestors sailed from China, India, the Malay archipelago …"

-Ovidia Yu, The Betel Nut Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, #2)

Cover of The Paper Bark Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, #3) by Ovidia Yu

16. The Paper Bark Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, #3)

By: Ovidia Yu

3.99

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

Su Lin is doing her dream job: assistant at Singapore's brand new detective agency. Until Bald Bern… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"It felt good to be alive. Better to be living with fools than dead in the company of sages, as my grandmother always said."

-Ovidia Yu, The Paper Bark Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, #3)

Cover of The Selfless Act of Breathing by J.J. Bola

17. The Selfless Act of Breathing

By: J.J. Bola

3.59

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Transcendent Kingdom meets A Man Called Ove in this heartwarming novel about a Congolese-British Lo… read more

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  • fiction
"Sometimes it is easier to forget than to heal."

-J.J. Bola, The Selfless Act of Breathing

"Oh, how would we treat the people in our lives if we knew which conversation would be the last? would we act differently? Appreciate every moment? Tell them we love them?"

-J.J. Bola, The Selfless Act of Breathing

"It is in these moments that we are compelled to question the meaning of life, and whether life has any meaning at all; moments when tragedy hits us so unexpectedly, and so sudden. But it is also in t…"

-J.J. Bola, The Selfless Act of Breathing

"Some days, I am just tired. Some days, I'm barely strong enough to carry the burden of my heavy heart, let alone the weight of the world on my shoulders, some days I need space on my own, no internet…"

-J.J. Bola, The Selfless Act of Breathing

Cover of A People's History of Heaven by Mathangi Subramanian

18. A People's History of Heaven

By: Mathangi Subramanian

4.03

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

Heaven is a thirty-year-old slum hidden between brand-new, high-rise apartment buildings and techno… read more

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  • asia
  • india
  • fiction
"So what you’re saying is,"

-Mathangi Subramanian, A People's History of Heaven

"It’s not that I don’t want to be part of something bigger,"

-Mathangi Subramanian, A People's History of Heaven

"Bravery, she thinks, belongs to girls. But freedom belongs to boys."

-Mathangi Subramanian, A People's History of Heaven

"You don’t have to light a match to burn a family’s life to the ground."

-Mathangi Subramanian, A People's History of Heaven

Cover of The Mimosa Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, #4) by Ovidia Yu

19. The Mimosa Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, #4)

By: Ovidia Yu

4.19

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Mirza, a secretive neighbour of the Chens in Japanese Occupied Singapore, is a known collaborator a… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
"I knew the women were searching for something more precious than watches or coins. They were peering into the faces of the dead, hoping to be disappointed."

-Ovidia Yu, The Mimosa Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, #4)

Cover of Offstage in Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries #3) by Harriet Steel

20. Offstage in Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries #3)

By: Harriet Steel

4.06

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

In this third instalment of The Inspector de Silva Mysteries, there’s great excitement when a profe… read more

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  • historical
  • asia
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Before the Queen Falls Asleep by Huzama Habayeb

21. Before the Queen Falls Asleep

By: Huzama Habayeb

3.58

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Born a girl to parents who expected a boy, Jihad grows up treated like the eldest son, wearing boy'… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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3.91

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Abir Mukherjee

4.04

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Harriet Steel

5.00

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Ellen Banda-Aaku

3.17

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Vaseem Khan

4.05

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Vaseem Khan

4.08

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Harini Nagendra

3.79

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3.62

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