20 Best thriller books like The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1) by Anthony Horowitz

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The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)

By: Anthony Horowitz

3.93

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

SHE PLANNED HER OWN FUNERAL. BUT DID SHE ARRANGE HER OWN MURDER? New York Times bestselling auth…

If you liked the thriller plot in The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1) by Anthony Horowitz , here is a list of 20 books like this:

1. Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair … read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4) book and Anthony Horowitz's The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)

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2. Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

By: Robert Thorogood

3.92

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s been an enjoyable and murder-free time for Judith, Suzie and Becks – AKA the Marlow Murder Clu… read more

Similar categories in Robert Thorogood's Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2) book and Anthony Horowitz's The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"... Feynman's technique was simple. And he claimed that it was always successful. But it' not currently working for me. Not yet. What was it? Well, when he was building the first atomic bomb, he obse…"

-Robert Thorogood, Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

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3. How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

By: Kristen Perrin

3.80

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

Frances Adams always said she'd be murdered. She was right. It’s 1965 and teenage Frances Adams … read more

Similar categories in Kristen Perrin's How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1) book and Anthony Horowitz's The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"My favourite chess saying is very simple: You can play without a plan, but you’ll probably lose.’ - Rutherford Gravesdown"

-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

"You stupid b*tch, you think you're so worthy? You deserve nothing but a hole in the ground. You're a wh*re and a liar, and I swear if you don't stop this I'll snap your scrawny neck like a twig."

-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

"Don’t worry, Annie, I’m not going to murder you.’ ‘I appreciate that, Saxon,’ I reply. ‘I’m not going to murder you either.’ And then we both smile, because this is such a strange thing to say ten mi…"

-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

"You little b*tch, you think you can stand in my way? You're so used to getting what you want, with your perfect pretty face. If you don't stop I swear I'll ruin that face. I'll put your bones in a bo…"

-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

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4. The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7)

By: Robert Galbraith

4.61

Format: 960 pages, Hardcover

In the seventh installment in the Strike series, Cormoran and Robin must rescue a man ensnared in t… read more

Similar categories in Robert Galbraith's The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7) book and Anthony Horowitz's The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Wace's charm and ease of manner, his smile, his warmth, had vanished. Once before, Strike had faced a killer whose eyes, under the stress and excitement of hearing his crimes described, had become as…"

-Robert Galbraith, The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7)

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5. The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

By: Tana French

4.12

Format: 467 pages, Hardcover

It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is… read more

Similar categories in Tana French's The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) book and Anthony Horowitz's The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"She'll bake bread and make jam, because she likes those made her way, but she says she cooked a good meal from scratch every night of her marriage, and now if she wants to live mainly off toasted san…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

"Trey has a bone-deep mistrust of marriage or anything resembling it. She knows that Lena sometimes stays the night at Cal's place, but Lena also has a place of her own, which she can go back to whene…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

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6. The Last Murder at the End of the World

By: Stuart Turton

3.68

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Devil and the Dark Wat… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Turton's The Last Murder at the End of the World book and Anthony Horowitz's The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. The Last Word

By: Elly Griffiths

3.92

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in The Postscript Murders, are running a detective agency in Shoreha… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Last Word book and Anthony Horowitz's The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder

By: C.L. Miller

3.37

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this irresistible and thrilling debut novel, a former antique hunter investigates a suspicious d… read more

Similar categories in C.L. Miller's The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder book and Anthony Horowitz's The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

By: Nita Prose

3.83

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

When an acclaimed author dies at the Regency Grand Hotel, it's up to a fastidious maid to uncover t… read more

Similar categories in Nita Prose's The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2) book and Anthony Horowitz's The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"We all make mistakes. It’s what we do after that matters."

-Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

"Mr. Grimthorpe and I have always maintained that books can rehabilitate anyone."

-Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

"You can fight monsters you can see, or you can run away from them. But the invisible ones are inescapable."

-Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

"It's a matter of polish," I say. "With most things, especially masterpieces, it's about removing the tarnish to reveal the shine."

-Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

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10. Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide

By: Rupert Holmes

3.85

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller! From Edgar Award–winning novelist, playwright, and story-songwriter Ru… read more

Similar categories in Rupert Holmes's Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide book and Anthony Horowitz's The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"The only law I'd ever knowingly broken was white wine with steak..."

-Rupert Holmes, Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide

"Apparently the kitchen is to be commended for their successful use of fire."

-Rupert Holmes, Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide

"I'm afraid I was buried in thought. Yes, and I'm sure it was a shallow grave."

-Rupert Holmes, Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide

"And many students can't go a week without a savory cheese tart they call a 'pizza'...."

-Rupert Holmes, Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide

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11. The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

By: Richard Osman

4.49

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been … read more

Similar categories in Richard Osman's The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4) book and Anthony Horowitz's The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"His authentic indifference seems to delight them."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I think Psychopaths wear lipstick too,' says Joyce."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I love you,' he says. Because what else is there to say?"

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"Sure,' says Ron. 'She wants to kill me. Bake her some scones."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

Cover of The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3) by Robert Thorogood

12. The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3)

By: Robert Thorogood

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The Marlow Murder Club is on the hunt for a killer... Geoffrey Lushington, Mayor of Marlow, dies su… read more

Similar categories in Robert Thorogood's The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3) book and Anthony Horowitz's The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)

By: Anthony Horowitz

3.93

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

SHE PLANNED HER OWN FUNERAL. BUT DID SHE ARRANGE HER OWN MURDER? New York Times bestselling auth… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Horowitz's The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1) book and Anthony Horowitz's The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3) by Richard Osman

14. The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

By: Richard Osman

4.38

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

One Thursday afternoon in the seniors' center, a decade-old cold case --their favorite kind-- leads… read more

Similar categories in Richard Osman's The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3) book and Anthony Horowitz's The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"But you can’t be ruled by hindsight, can you?"

-Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

"Love? Try Googling it. There aren't any answers."

-Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

"When you look backwards, everything is inevitable."

-Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

"Ron's mouth opens, but, unusually for him, no words come out."

-Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

Cover of Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1) by Jesse Q. Sutanto

15. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1)

By: Jesse Q. Sutanto

4.04

Format: 339 pages, Paperback

Put the kettle on, there’s a mystery brewing… Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective? Sixty-year… read more

Similar categories in Jesse Q. Sutanto's Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1) book and Anthony Horowitz's The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1) by Richard Osman

16. The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)

By: Richard Osman

3.88

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate cover edition of ASIN B07S5D5TH7 In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely frien… read more

Similar categories in Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1) book and Anthony Horowitz's The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"If you hit women, you hit women"

-Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)

"Ron Ritchie is, as so often, having none of it."

-Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)

"The sun is up, the skies are blue, and murder is in the air"

-Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)

"I'm afraid I don't know WTF. I only discovered LOL from Joyce last week"

-Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)

Cover of Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1) by Benjamin   Stevenson

17. Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

By: Benjamin Stevenson

3.79

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

Everyone in my family has killed someone. Some of us, the high achievers, have killed more than onc… read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1) book and Anthony Horowitz's The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"But I promised to be reliable, not competent"

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

"Family is not whose blood runs in your veins, it's who you'd spill it for."

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

"Call me a reliable narrator. Everything I tell you will be the truth, or, at least, the truth as I knew it to be at the time that I thought I knew it."

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

"...my editor had crossed out my first go at this sentence and written Hypo=cold, Hyper=hot in the margin, in that helpful yet smug voice editors are born with, wishing to both correct you and impart …"

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

Cover of The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2) by Richard Osman

18. The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2)

By: Richard Osman

4.37

Format: 422 pages, Kindle Edition

It's the following Thursday. Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with w… read more

Similar categories in Richard Osman's The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2) book and Anthony Horowitz's The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Does it hurt?" asks Ibrahim. "Only when I breathe," says Donna."

-Richard Osman, The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2)

"Why did people always get so angry? We'll all be dead soon enough."

-Richard Osman, The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2)

"La gente que nunca se pierde no ha viajado nunca a ningún sitio interesante."

-Richard Osman, The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2)

"He buys three other books too, because he wants the bookshop still to be there when he comes back next week."

-Richard Osman, The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2)

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19. The Midnight Feast

By: Lucy Foley

3.64

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

Secrets. Lies. Murder. Let the festivities begin... It’s the opening night of The Manor, and no … read more

Similar categories in Lucy Foley's The Midnight Feast book and Anthony Horowitz's The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect (Ernest Cunningham, #2) by Benjamin   Stevenson

20. Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect (Ernest Cunningham, #2)

By: Benjamin Stevenson

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When the Australian Mystery Writers’ Society invited me to their crime-writing festival aboard the … read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect (Ernest Cunningham, #2) book and Anthony Horowitz's The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Marlow Murder Club (Marlow Murder Club, #1) by Robert Thorogood

21. The Marlow Murder Club (Marlow Murder Club, #1)

By: Robert Thorogood

3.79

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

To solve an impossible murder, you need an impossible hero… Judith Potts is seventy-seven years … read more

Similar categories in Robert Thorogood's The Marlow Murder Club (Marlow Murder Club, #1) book and Anthony Horowitz's The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

20 best-selling fiction books like The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1) by Anthony Horowitz

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Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

Robert Thorogood

3.92

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How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

Kristen Perrin

3.80

Transform Your Habits

The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7)

Robert Galbraith

4.61

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The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

Tana French

4.12

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Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

Anthony Horowitz

4.18

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Listen for the Lie

Amy Tintera

4.13

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The Fury

Alex Michaelides

3.38

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Lisa Unger

3.63

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