18 books like Eye of the Storm

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Eye of the Storm Henry Patterson · 1982 · ★ 3.9 · 293p · ≈ 9h · Moderate An explosive New York Times bestseller from the author of The Eagle Has Landed. A British prime minister's life hangs in the balance as a deadly game of cat-and-mouse unfolds between a terrorist and an American working for British intelligence. Shares: Community pick

The Shape of Dread Marcia Muller · 1989 · 282p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Bobby Foster, carhop at the chic Cafe Comedie, is going to the gas chamber. He’s already confessed to the murder of Tracy Kostakos, the club’s rising star. But two years after the crime, Tracy’s body is still missing and Bobby’s confession is full of holes. All Souls Legal Cooperative’s final appeal sends San Francisco’s number one PI Sharon McCone behind the footlights into the super-charged… Shares: Women private investigators, San Francisco, California, Private investigators

Blue shoes and happiness Alexander McCall Smith · 2006 · ★ 4.1 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate In this seventh installment in the internationally bestselling, universally beloved series, there is considerable excitement at the shared premises of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. A cobra has been found in Precious Ramotswe's office. Then a nurse from a local medical clinic reveals to Mma Ramotswe that faulty blood-pressure readings are being recorded there.… Shares: Women private investigators, Private investigators

Ticktock Dean Koontz · 1996 · ★ 3.8 · 318p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Tommy Phan is a 30-year-old Vietnamese-American detective and novelist living in Southern California, and a chaser of the American Dream. He drives home his brand-new Corvette one day to discover a strange doll on his doorstep. It's a rag doll made entirely of white cloth, with no face or hair or clothes. Where the eyes should be, there are two crossed stitches of black thread. Five sets of… Shares: California, Private investigators

An Incomplete Revenge Jacqueline Winspear · 2008 · ★ 4.4 · 313p · ≈ 10h · Moderate With the country in the grip of economic malaise, and worried about her business, Maisie Dobbs is relieved to accept an apparently straightforward assignment from an old friend to investigate certain matters concerning a potential land purchase. Her inquiries take her to a picturesque village in Kent during the hop-picking season, but beneath its pastoral surface she finds evidence that something… Shares: Women private investigators, Private investigators

Hunted By The Others Jess Haines · 2010 · ★ 3.6 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate In a town full of vampires, mages, and werewolves, detective work can be dangerous: “Dark and sexy . . . a paranormal treat” (Lara Adrian, New York Times–bestselling author).   Shiarra Waynest’s job was dangerous enough when her client base was strictly mortal. But ailing finances have forced her to accept a lucrative case that could save her firm—if it doesn’t kill her first.… Shares: Women private investigators, Private investigators

Q Is for Quarry Sue Grafton · 2002 · ★ 4.0 · 385p · ≈ 12h · Moderate She was a "Jane Doe," an unidentified white female whose decomposed body was discovered near a quarry off California's Highway 1. The case fell to the Santa Teresa County Sheriff's Department, but the detectives had little to go on. The woman was young, her hands were bound with a length of wire, there were multiple stab wounds, and her throat had been slashed. After months of investigation, the… Shares: Women private investigators, California, Private investigators

The Fire Rose Mercedes Lackey · 1995 · ★ 4.3 · 433p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Lackey's story of a young turn of the century female who is brought to the wilds of San Francisco to read books for a reclusive alchemist recreates the fable of the monster who wins the heart of a young woman yet forbids her to view him. For the monster here is a magician caught in a werewolf spell, and the young girl is a destitute young woman with no other choices. A retelling of Beauty and the… Shares: San Francisco, California

Stalking the Angel Robert Crais · 1989 · ★ 4.0 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Meet Elvis Cole, L.A. private eye . . . he quotes Jiminy Cricket and carries a .38. He’s a literate, wisecreacking Vietnam vet who is determined never to grow up. The blonde who walked into Cole’s office was the bestlooking woman he’d seen in weeks. The only thing that kept her from rating a perfect “10” was the briefcase on one arm and the uptight hotel magnate on the other. Bradley Warren had… Shares: California, Private investigators

Babycakes Armistead Maupin · 1984 · ★ 4.3 · 316p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Babycakes (1984) is the fourth book in the Tales of the City series by American novelist Armistead Maupin, originally serialized in the San Francisco Chronicle. Shares: San Francisco, California

The case of the Sin City sister Lynne Hinton · 2015 · 324p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "When Eve's biological sister goes missing, the nun heads to Las Vegas to track her down before it's too late. Years ago, Eve heard God's call to become a nun, but her recent stint moonlighting at her father's detective agency invigorates her so much that she's wrestling with her vocation. She's working with him on a case involving a miner in New Mexico when alarming news develops: her sister… Shares: Women private investigators, Private investigators

Degree of guilt Richard North Patterson · 1992 · ★ 4.0 · 540p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Christopher Paget is a trial lawyer with a famous past...Christopher Paget is a trial lawyer with a famous past: as a young investigator in Washington he unearthed a scandal that brought ruin to the President – and an abrupt end to his affair with journalist Mary Carelli. Now, fifteen years later, Carelli is a famous TV journalist in New York and Paget is leading a relatively tranquil life… Shares: San Francisco, California

The Maltese Falcon Dashiell Hammett · 1929 · ★ 3.9 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Classic noir. Private detective Sam Spade is hired to search for a valuable, gem-encrusted antique in the shape of a falcon. Sam Spade is hired by the fragrant Miss Wonderley to track down her sister, who has eloped with a louse called Floyd Thursby. But Miss Wonderley is in fact the beautiful and treacherous Brigid O'Shaughnessy, and when Spade's partner Miles Archer is shot while on Thursby's… Shares: San Francisco, California, Private investigators

Sure of You Armistead Maupin · 1989 · ★ 4.3 · 273p · ≈ 9h · Moderate A fiercely ambitious TV talk show host finds she must choose between national stardom in New York and a husband and child in San Francisco. Caught in the middle is their longtime friend, a gay man whose own future is even more uncertain. Wistful and compassionate, yet subversively funny, Sure of You could only come from Armistead Maupin. Shares: San Francisco, California

Further Tales of the City Armistead Maupin · 1982 · ★ 4.4 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Tales of the City is a series of novels by Armistead Maupin. Shares: San Francisco, California

Significant Others Armistead Maupin · 1987 · ★ 4.2 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate A significant other is a partner in an intimate relationship. Shares: San Francisco, California

Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith · 2000 · ★ 4.3 · 230p · ≈ 7h · Moderate In 1999 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency received two Booker Judges' Special Recommendations and was voted one of the ‘International Books of the Year and the Millennium' by the Times Literary Supplement. Tears of the Giraffe takes us further into the life of the engaging and sassy Precious Ramotswe, the owner and detective of Botswana's only Ladies' detective agency. Among her cases are… Shares: Women private investigators, Private investigators

Among the Mad Jacqueline Winspear · 2009 · 328p · ≈ 10h · Moderate It’s Christmas Eve 1931. On the way to see a client, Maisie Dobbs witnesses a man commit suicide on a busy London street. The following day, the prime minister’s office receives a letter threatening a massive loss of life if certain demands are not met—and the writer mentions Maisie by name. After being questioned and cleared by Detective Chief Superintendent Robert MacFarlane of Scotland Yard’s… Shares: Women private investigators, Private investigators

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