20 best-selling mystery books like The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf (Detective Varg, #4) by Alexander McCall Smith

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The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf (Detective Varg, #4)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

4.15

Format: 236 pages, Hardcover

In the new Detective Varg novel, Ulf Varg's future with the Department of Sensitive Crimes is put t…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf (Detective Varg, #4) by Alexander McCall Smith , 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 Alexander McCall Smith's The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf (Detective Varg, #4)

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2. The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18)

By: Laurie R. King

4.41

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, hoping for a respite in the French countryside, are instead caugh… read more

Similar categories in Laurie R. King's The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf (Detective Varg, #4)

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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3. Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5)

By: Sophie Hannah

3.75

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirot – legendary star of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the … read more

Similar categories in Sophie Hannah's Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf (Detective Varg, #4)

  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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4. Lost Birds (A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito #27)

By: Anne Hillerman

4.29

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

“Anne Hillerman is a star.”—J. A. Jance, New York Times bestselling author From New York Times bes… read more

Similar categories in Anne Hillerman's Lost Birds (A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito #27) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf (Detective Varg, #4)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • adult
  • fiction
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5. Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Ha… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Horowitz's Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf (Detective Varg, #4)

  • detective
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. Up on the Woof Top (Chet and Bernie Mystery, #14)

By: Spencer Quinn

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Chet the dog, "the most lovable narrator in all of crime fiction" ( Boston Globe ) and his human pa… read more

Similar categories in Spencer Quinn's Up on the Woof Top (Chet and Bernie Mystery, #14) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf (Detective Varg, #4)

  • humor
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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7. The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.01

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

Ann Cleeves― New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, b… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf (Detective Varg, #4)

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp

By: Leonie Swann

3.51

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

A quirky group of seniors attempts to solve one murder while covering up another—with the help of a… read more

Similar categories in Leonie Swann's The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf (Detective Varg, #4)

  • humor
  • adult
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. The Proof of the Pudding (Her Royal Spyness #17)

By: Rhys Bowen

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Lady Georgiana Rannoch is looking forward to her first ever turn as hostess for her very own house … read more

Similar categories in Rhys Bowen's The Proof of the Pudding (Her Royal Spyness #17) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf (Detective Varg, #4)

  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. Mrs. Plansky's Revenge

By: Spencer Quinn

3.72

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Mrs. Loretta Plansky, a recent widow in her seventies, is settling into retirement in Florida while… read more

Similar categories in Spencer Quinn's Mrs. Plansky's Revenge book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf (Detective Varg, #4)

  • humor
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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11. The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.46

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow! Psychologist and… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf (Detective Varg, #4)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"You've go to get on with it, my boy. Stop feeling sorry for yourselft, because what's done is done. You can't change it, so you've got to stiffen your backbone. You've a good job, a very nice roof ov…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

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12. 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 Alexander McCall Smith's The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf (Detective Varg, #4)

  • detective
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. A Chateau Under Siege

By: Martin Walker

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

France's favourite country cop, Bruno, faces a dangerous threat to the town he polices and the peop… read more

Similar categories in Martin Walker's A Chateau Under Siege book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf (Detective Varg, #4)

  • detective
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. 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 Alexander McCall Smith's The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf (Detective Varg, #4)

  • humor
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • 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)

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15. Death of a Lesser God (Malabar House, #4)

By: Vaseem Khan

4.25

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

*** SHORTLISTED FOR HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR at the FINGERPRINT AWARDS ***In the fourth rip-roa… read more

Similar categories in Vaseem Khan's Death of a Lesser God (Malabar House, #4) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf (Detective Varg, #4)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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16. The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf (Detective Varg, #4)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

4.15

Format: 236 pages, Hardcover

In the new Detective Varg novel, Ulf Varg's future with the Department of Sensitive Crimes is put t… read more

Similar categories in Alexander McCall Smith's The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf (Detective Varg, #4) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf (Detective Varg, #4)

  • detective
  • humor
  • adult
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
  • sweden
  • audiobook
Cover of Death of a Spy (Hamish Macbeth, #36) by M.C. Beaton

17. Death of a Spy (Hamish Macbeth, #36)

By: M.C. Beaton

3.85

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth faces a string of mysterious robberies that are only the beginning of an in… read more

Similar categories in M.C. Beaton's Death of a Spy (Hamish Macbeth, #36) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf (Detective Varg, #4)

  • humor
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Dead on Target (Agatha Raisin #34) by M.C. Beaton

18. Dead on Target (Agatha Raisin #34)

By: M.C. Beaton

3.95

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Beloved New York Times bestseller M.C. Beaton's cranky, crafty Agatha Raisin—the star of her own hi… read more

Similar categories in M.C. Beaton's Dead on Target (Agatha Raisin #34) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf (Detective Varg, #4)

  • humor
  • adult
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. A Christmas Vanishing

By: Anne Perry

3.75

Format: 190 pages, Hardcover

Charlotte Pitt’s clever grandmother investigates the sudden disappearance of her dear friend in thi… read more

Similar categories in Anne Perry's A Christmas Vanishing book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf (Detective Varg, #4)

  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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20. A Traitor Among Us (Elena Standish #5)

By: Anne Perry

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Elena Standish investigates the murder of a fellow MI6 agent near the country estate of one of Engl… read more

Similar categories in Anne Perry's A Traitor Among Us (Elena Standish #5) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf (Detective Varg, #4)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33) by Donna Leon

21. A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33)

By: Donna Leon

4.05

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

In the thirty-third installment of Donna Leon’s magnificent series, Commissario Guido Brunetti conf… read more

Similar categories in Donna Leon's A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33) book and Alexander McCall Smith's The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf (Detective Varg, #4)

  • detective
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

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Laurie R. King

4.41

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Sophie Hannah

3.75

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Lost Birds (A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito #27)

Anne Hillerman

4.29

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Anthony Horowitz

4.18

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Margaret Coel

3.31

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4.41

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Circle in the Water (A Sharon McCone Mystery)

Marcia Muller

3.57

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C.J. Box

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