18 books like Lady in the Lake

The Redbreast
The Redbreast Jo Nesbø · 2007 · ★ 4.5 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Don’t Miss the Netflix series Detective Hole, based on Jo Nesbo’s Harry Hole series, premiering March 26, 2026!“An elegant and complex thriller….Harrowingly beautiful.” —New York Times Book Review“The Redbreast certainly ranks with the best of current American crime fiction.” —Washington PostJo Nesbø, the New York Times bestselling author of The Snowman, has solidified his spot as one of the most… Shares Police, Investigation, Murder
Murder at the Breakers
Murder at the Breakers Alyssa Maxwell · 2014 · ★ 3.8 · 347p · ≈ 11h · Moderate "When a series of murders threaten Princess Elizabeth's safety, her musician, Kate, sets out to find the killer"-- Shares Reporters and reporting, Women journalists, Investigation, Murder
Murder at Chateau sur Mer
Murder at Chateau sur Mer Alyssa Maxwell · 2017 · 291p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Covering a polo match for the Observer, Emmas job is to take note of the real players off the field -- Newports well-bred elite. But the fashionable façade is breached when a woman in gaudy clothing creates a scene demanding to speak to the wife of Senator George Wetmoreuntil she is escorted off the grounds by the police. The next morning, police detective Jesse Whyte asks Emma to meet him at the… Shares Reporters and reporting, Women journalists, Investigation, Murder
Murder at Beechwood
Murder at Beechwood Alyssa Maxwell · 2015 · ★ 4.5 · 332p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Having turned down the proposal of Derrick Andrews, Emma Cross has no imminent plans for matrimony--let alone motherhood. But when she discovers an infant left on her doorstep, she naturally takes the child into her care. Using her influence as a cousin to the Vanderbilts and a society page reporter for the "Newport Observer", Emma launches a discreet search for the baby's mother. But as Emma… Shares Reporters and reporting, Women journalists, Investigation, Murder
Broken Harbor
Broken Harbor Tana French · 2012 · ★ 4.0 · 450p · ≈ 15h · Moderate The mesmerizing fourth novel of the Dublin murder squad by New York Times bestselling author Tana French Mick "Scorcher" Kennedy, the brash cop from Tana French’s bestselling Faithful Place, plays by the book and plays hard. That’s what’s made him the Murder squad’s top detective—and that’s what puts the biggest case of the year into his hands. On one of the half-built, half-abandoned… Shares Police, Investigation, New York Times reviewed, Murder
A Burial at Sea
A Burial at Sea Charles Finch · 2011 · 314p · ≈ 10h · Moderate In March 1873 aristocratic sleuth Charles Lenox undertakes a delicate espionage mission to Egypt, where five British agents have been killed, apparently by the French. But soon after Charles's ship sets sail, the captain calls on him to dust off his deductive skills when a crew member is murdered and left eviscerated on the deck. Shares Investigation, Murder
Murder at Rough Point
Murder at Rough Point Alyssa Maxwell · 2016 · ★ 4.0 · 299p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In glittering Newport, Rhode Island, at the close of the nineteenth century, status is everything. But despite being a poorer relation to the venerable Vanderbilts, Emma Cross has shaped her own identity--as a reporter and a sleuth. Fancies and Fashion reporter Emma Cross is sent by the Newport Observer to cover an elite house party at Rough Point, the "cottage" owned by her distant cousin… Shares Reporters and reporting, Women journalists, Investigation, Murder
Murder at Marble House
Murder at Marble House Alyssa Maxwell · 2014 · ★ 4.5 · 333p · ≈ 11h · Moderate With the dawn of the twentieth century on the horizon, the fortunes of the venerable Vanderbilt family still shine brightly in the glittering high society of Newport, Rhode Island. But when a potential scandal strikes, the Vanderbilts turn to cousin and society page reporter Emma Cross to solve a murder of a fortune teller and the disappearance of Consuelo Vanderbilt. Shares Reporters and reporting, Women journalists, Investigation, Murder
Cover of Sharp Objects
Sharp Objects Gillian Flynn · 2006 · ★ 4.0 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Moderate WICKED above her hipbone, GIRL across her heart Words are like a road map to reporter Camille Preaker's troubled past. Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, Camille's first assignment from the second-rate daily paper where she works brings her reluctantly back to her hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls.NASTY on her kneecap, BABYDOLL on her legSince she left town eight years… Shares Women journalists, Crimes against, Investigation, Murder
Cover of A Reporter's Life
A Reporter's Life Walter Cronkite · 1996 · 637p · ≈ 21h · Challenging Walter Cronkite gives an account of his personal life as that of a reporter and T.V. newscaster. Shares Journalists, New York Times reviewed
Cover of Swimsuit
Swimsuit James Patterson · 1997 · ★ 3.7 · 356p · ≈ 11h · Moderate THE BEACH...A breathtakingly beautiful supermodel disappears from a swimsuit photo shoot at the most glamorous hotel in Hawaii. Only hours after she goes missing, Kim McDaniels's parents receive a terrifying phone call. Fearing the worst, they board the first flight to Maui and begin the hunt for their daughter....WILL NEVER BE...Ex-cop Ben Hawkins, now a reporter for the L.A. Times, gets the… Shares Reporters and reporting, Journalists, Crimes against, Investigation
Murder on Black Swan Lane
Murder on Black Swan Lane Andrea Penrose · 2017 · ★ 4.0 · 355p · ≈ 11h · Moderate The Earl of Wrexford possesses a brilliant scientific mind, but boredom and pride lead him to reckless behavior. He does not suffer fools gladly. So when pompous, pious Reverend Josiah Holworthy publicly condemns him for debauchery, Wrexford unsheathes his rapier-sharp wit and strikes back. As their war of words escalates, Londons most popular satirical cartoonist, A.J. Quill, skewers them both.… Shares Crimes against, Investigation, Murder
Cover of Perfect murder, perfect town
Perfect murder, perfect town Lawrence Schiller · 1999 · ★ 4.0 · 621p · ≈ 20h · Challenging In Perfect Murder, Perfect Town, Lawrence Schiller thoroughly recreates every aspect of the complex case of the death of JonBenet Ramsey. A brilliant portrait of an inscrutable family thrust under the spotlight of public suspicion and an affluent, tranquil city torn apart by a crime it couldn't handle, Perfect Murder, Perfect Town uncovers the mysteries that have bewildered the nation.Why were… Shares Homicide, Crimes against, Investigation, Murder
Cover of The King of Diamonds
The King of Diamonds Simon Tolkien · 2011 · ★ 4.2 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate David Swain has spent two years of his life sentence for murdering the lover of his ex-girlfriend, Katya Osman. On the night he escapes from prison, Katya is found murdered in her uncle's home. Inspector Trave heads the manhunt for David, but his personal life becomes entangled in case because his ex-wife his having an affair with Katya's uncle. Shares Police, Investigation, Murder
City of Bones
City of Bones Michael Connelly · 2002 · ★ 4.5 · 396p · ≈ 13h · Moderate On New Year's Day, a dog finds a bone in the Hollywood Hills--and unearths a murder committed more than twenty years earlier. It's a cold case, but for Detective Harry Bosch, it stirs up memories of his childhood as an orphan. He can't let it go. As the investigation takes Bosch deeper into the past, a beautiful rookie cop brings him alive in the present. No official warning can break them… Shares Crimes against, Police, Investigation, New York Times reviewed
Cover of Resurrection Men Double Sided A2 Poster
Resurrection Men Double Sided A2 Poster Ian Rankin · 2001 · ★ 4.0 · 440p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Sent to a rehabilitation school after a serious mistake, Inspector John Rebus discovers that among his fellow "resurrection men" are a group of classmates plotting a drug heist and joins forces with his protTgT, Detective Sergeant Siobhan Clarke to investigate ties to an art dealer's murder, a crime that could lead to scandal and danger at the highest level of law enforcement. 50,000 first… Shares Police, New York Times reviewed
The Day of the Owl
The Day of the Owl Leonardo Sciascia · 1984 · 124p · ≈ 4h · Moderate A man is shot dead as he runs to catch the bus in the piazza of a small Sicilian town. Captain Bellodi, the detective on the case, is new to his job and determined to prove himself. Bellodi suspects the Mafia, and his suspicions grow when he finds himself up against an apparently unbreachable wall of silence. A surprise turn puts him on the track of a series of nasty crimes. But all the while… Shares Police, Investigation, Murder
Cover of Beau Death
Beau Death P Lovesey · 2018 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Shares Police, Investigation, Murder with this book.

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