7 best-selling mystery books like The Follower by Patrick Quentin

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The Follower

By: Patrick Quentin

4.00

Format: None pages, paperback

Mark Liddon came home for Christmas--unexpectedly! Ellie, his wife of a few weeks, wasn't there to …

If you liked the mystery plot in The Follower by Patrick Quentin , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of The Simple Art of Murder by Raymond Chandler

1. The Simple Art of Murder

By: Raymond Chandler

4.13

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Contains Chandler's essay on the art of detective stories and a collection of 8 classic Chandler my… read more

Similar categories in Raymond Chandler's The Simple Art of Murder book and Patrick Quentin's The Follower

  • mystery
  • crime
"Racket beer, sonny,"

-Raymond Chandler, The Simple Art of Murder

"You know who they are?"

-Raymond Chandler, The Simple Art of Murder

"Her voice was as dead as the summer before last. (Nevada Gas)"

-Raymond Chandler, The Simple Art of Murder

"If he is a man on honor in one thing, he is that in all things."

-Raymond Chandler, The Simple Art of Murder

Cover of The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6) by Raymond Chandler

2. The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

By: Raymond Chandler

4.19

Format: 379 pages, Paperback

Down-and-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem: his millionaire wife is dead and he needs to get out… read more

Similar categories in Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6) book and Patrick Quentin's The Follower

  • mystery
  • crime
"To say goodbye is to die a little."

-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

"I'm killing time and it's dying hard."

-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

"I'm a native son, born in Santa Rosa."

-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

"I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between stars."

-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

Cover of Factotum by Charles Bukowski

3. Factotum

By: Charles Bukowski

3.93

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

One of Bukowski's best, this beer-soaked, deliciously degenerate novel follows the wanderings of as… read more

Similar categories in Charles Bukowski's Factotum book and Patrick Quentin's The Follower

  • mystery
"عشق به درد آدم‌های واقعی می‌خورد."

-Charles Bukowski, Factotum

"You bitch," I whispered, "I love you." Then I came."

-Charles Bukowski, Factotum

"A woman is a full time job. You have to choose your profession."

-Charles Bukowski, Factotum

"Моята пияна от бира душа е по-тъжна от всички мъртви коледни елхи по света"

-Charles Bukowski, Factotum

Cover of The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1) by Agatha Christie

4. The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1)

By: Agatha Christie

3.85

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

Tommy Beresford and Prudence 'Tuppence' Cowley are young, in love… and flat broke. Just after Great… read more

Similar categories in Agatha Christie's The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1) book and Patrick Quentin's The Follower

  • mystery
  • crime
"It's dangerous to know too much."

-Agatha Christie, The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1)

"Youth is a failing only too easily outgrown."

-Agatha Christie, The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1)

"Shades of Pelmanism!’ said Tommy, and relapsed into silence."

-Agatha Christie, The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1)

"Never tell all you know-not even to the person you know best."

-Agatha Christie, The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1)

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5. The Thin Man

By: Dashiell Hammett

3.82

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Nick and Nora Charles are Hammett's most enchanting creations, a rich, glamorous couple who solve h… read more

Similar categories in Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man book and Patrick Quentin's The Follower

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Follower by Patrick Quentin

6. The Follower

By: Patrick Quentin

4.00

Format: None pages, paperback

Mark Liddon came home for Christmas--unexpectedly! Ellie, his wife of a few weeks, wasn't there to … read more

Similar categories in Patrick Quentin's The Follower book and Patrick Quentin's The Follower

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

7. The Lottery

By: Shirley Jackson

4.05

Format: 30 pages, Paperback

In a small American town, the local residents are abuzz with excitement and nervousness when they w… read more

Similar categories in Shirley Jackson's The Lottery book and Patrick Quentin's The Follower

"It's not the way it used to be... people ain't the way they used to be."

-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery

"It isn't fair, it isn't right," Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her."

-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery

"The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green."

-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery

8. Red Harvest

By: Dashiell Hammett

4.12

Format: 652 pages, ebook

The Continental Op first heard Personville called Poisonville by Hickey Dewey. But since Dewey also… read more

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9. The Day of the Triffids

By: John Wyndham

4.01

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1951 John Wyndham published his novel The Day of the Triffidsto moderate acclaim. Fifty-two year… read more

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10. A Little Princess

By: Frances Hodgson Burnett , Nancy Bond

4.03

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sara Crewe, an exceptionally intelligent and imaginative student at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary … read more

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11. Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)

By: Agatha Christie

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Motives for Murder: A fortune in uncut diamonds, hidden by an eccentric old man - A woman's love, t… read more

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12. Murder Is Easy (Superintendent Battle, #4)

By: Agatha Christie

3.25

Format: 198 pages, Paperback

An elderly lady is on her way to Scotland Yard to report several murders in her village. "It is ver… read more

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13. Cinema Speculation

By: Quentin Tarantino

4.06

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more

Similar categories in Quentin Tarantino's Cinema Speculation book and Patrick Quentin's The Follower

"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

Cover of The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2) by Agatha Christie

14. The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)

By: Agatha Christie

3.87

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

When Hercule Poirot and his associate Arthur Hastings arrive in the French village of Merlinville-s… read more

Similar categories in Agatha Christie's The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2) book and Patrick Quentin's The Follower

  • mystery
  • crime
"Two people rarely see the same thing."

-Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)

"Again you have the sentiment and not the logic!"

-Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)

"[...] She is not for you, that one! Take it from Papa Poirot!"

-Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)

"Mon ami, двоє людей рідко можуть похвалитись, що бачать однакові речі"

-Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)

Cover of Oddball (Sarah's Scribbles, #4) by Sarah Andersen

15. Oddball (Sarah's Scribbles, #4)

By: Sarah Andersen

4.22

Format: 105 pages, Paperback

The newest Sarah's Scribbles collection from New York Times bestselling author Sarah Andersen Th… read more

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6 Best crime books like The Follower by Patrick Quentin

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The Simple Art of Murder

Raymond Chandler

4.13

Transform Your Habits

The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

Raymond Chandler

4.19

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The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1)

Agatha Christie

3.85

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Dashiell Hammett

3.82

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Snug: A Collection of Comics about Dating Your Best Friend

Catana Chetwynd

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Oddball (Sarah's Scribbles, #4)

Sarah Andersen

4.22

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I Left The House Today!

Cassandra Calin

4.03

Transform Your Habits

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Catana Chetwynd

4.28

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