18 books like Mystery of a Handsom Cab

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The clue of the new pin Edgar Wallace · 1923 · 214p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Tab Holland, newspaper reporter and a friend of a local police investigator, is surprised to discover that his roommate’s uncle Jesse Transmere, a wealthy miser, has been found murdered in a cellar vault locked from the inside. More surprising is the fact that Ursula Ardfern, a famous actress and new acquaintance of Tab’s, has had her plays backed by the murder victim in the past. Although he has… Shares Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction, Mystery
Death by Mummy
Death by Mummy Brittany E. Brinegar & J.E. Brinegar Shares Mystery with this book.
Murder at the Piccadilly Playhouse
Murder at the Piccadilly Playhouse C.J. Archer She was admired by women and desired by men, until jealousy and past secrets took center stage. Help Cleo and her friends solve the murder of one of London’s leading actresses.  When a hotel guest’s mistress is found dead in the stalls of the Piccadilly Playhouse, a verdict of suicide is given. Convinced his lover didn’t kill herself, Lord Rumford wants the truth uncovered. Against his… Shares Mystery
Just the Nicest Couple
Just the Nicest Couple Mary Kubica · 2023 · 495p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Jake Hayes is missing. This much is certain. At first, his wife, Nina, thinks he is blowing off steam at a friend’s house after their heated fight the night before. But then a day goes by. Two days. Five. And Jake is still nowhere to be found. Lily Scott, Nina’s friend and coworker, thinks she may have been the last to see Jake before he went missing. After Lily confesses everything to her… Shares Mystery
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose Umberto Eco, William Weaver & Richard Dixon Now available in a deluxe edition featuring never-before-seen illustrations by the author: the beloved internationally bestselling historical mystery about a brilliant monk called upon to solve a series of baffling murders in a fourteenth-century Italian abbey“Explodes with pyrotechnic inventions, literally as well as figuratively. Hold on till the end.” —New York Times“Whether you're into… Shares Mystery
A Deceptive Composition
A Deceptive Composition Anna Lee Huber Lady Kiera Darby and her dashing husband, Sebastian Gage, hope they’ve finally found peace after a tumultuous summer, but long-buried family secrets soon threaten to unravel their lives . . .October 1832. Kiera is enjoying the slower pace of the English countryside. She, Sebastian, and their infant daughter have accompanied her father-in-law, Lord Gage, home so that he can recuperate from the… Shares Mystery
The Comfort of Ghosts
The Comfort of Ghosts Jacqueline Winspear A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow!The Comfort of Ghosts completes Jacqueline Winspear’s ground-breaking and internationally bestselling series.“An outstanding historical series.”—The New York Times“Winspear is a brilliant writer, mixing the history and the mystery with the psychology of criminals and victims.”—The Historical Novel SocietyPsychologist… Shares Mystery
A Moment's Shadow
A Moment's Shadow Anna Lee Huber Violence, reprisal, and intrigue abound in post-World War I Ireland as the bloody conflict between the Irish Republican Army and the British authorities continues to escalate.  But former British Intelligence agent Verity Kent must deal with a more immediate concern—the possession of poisonous gas by a ruthless adversary . . .August 1920, Dublin, Ireland: A fraught task keeps Verity and her… Shares Mystery
The Edge of Darkness
The Edge of Darkness Vaseem Khan 'Persis Wadia, denizen of India's own Slough House' Alis Hawkins'Hugely entertaining, devilishly clever' Antonia Hodgson India, 1951. After wilfully ignoring orders, Persis Wadia, India's first female police detective, is exiled from Bombay to the wild and mountainous Naga Hills District. As India's first post-Independence election looms, and tensions rise across the country, Persis finds… Shares Mystery
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The Talleyrand Maxim Joseph Smith Fletcher · 1920 · 195p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The “Talleyrand Maxim” holds that “With time and patience, the mulberry leaf is turned into satin.” The adage has the character of guidance for life for an ambitious legal clerk, Linford Pratt. Unlike most people, he decides to take extreme measures to get what he believes is his due. Shares Mystery
Poisoned Season, A
Poisoned Season, A Tasha Alexander Shares Mystery with this book.
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Dead Men Tell No Tales E. W. Hornung · 1899 Shares Mystery with this book.
Oxford Brass
Oxford Brass Cynthia E. Hurst Truth can be stranger than fiction, as Rose Miles and Theo Stone discover when the success of Theo's first published novel leads the Milestone Investigative Agency into a case involving a packing crate with unusual contents, a runaway girl terrified into silence and a businessman with a guilty secret.'Oxford Brass' is the second book in the Milestone Agency Victorian series. Shares Mystery
The Devil's Ransom
The Devil's Ransom Brad Taylor A New York Times Bestseller!In the latest explosive thriller from New York Times bestselling author and former special forces officer Brad Taylor, Pike Logan races to stop an insidious attack orchestrated by a man who knows America’s most treasured secrets. Conducting a routine cover development trip to Tajikistan, Pike and Jennifer learn that Afghanistan has fallen, and there’s a man… Shares Mystery
A Case of Mice and Murder
A Case of Mice and Murder Sally Smith · 2024 · ★ 4.1 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate WINNER OF THE 2026 BRITISH BOOK AWARD, CRIME & THRILLER Named a Best Book of the Year by The Wall Street Journal, Library Journal, and Christian Science Monitor "I was immediately besotted . . . Brilliant." -Janice Hallett, internationally bestselling author of The Appeal When barrister Gabriel Ward steps out of his rooms at exactly two minutes to seven on a sunny May morning in… Shares Mystery
Reckless With a Bonus Excerpt
Reckless With a Bonus Excerpt Andrew Gross · 2012 For a limited time and a special price, discover Reckless, the New York Times bestselling novel by Andrew Gross, plus the first three chapters from his next novel, 15 Seconds, a thrilling, fast-paced story of a man, on the run, desperate to prove his innocence and to save his family’s lives. 15 Seconds will be available wherever books are sold July 10th. Shares Mystery
The Incendium Plot
The Incendium Plot A D Swanston 'A fantastic tale of spies, deceit and murder in the Elizabethan age' S. D. Sykes'Colourful and gripping' The TimesEngland in 1572 is a powder keg of rumour, fanaticism, treachery and dissent. All it would take is a single spark . . . In the England of Elizabeth I, the fear of plague and invasion, and the threat of insurrection are constant. As the Earl of Leicester's chief intelligencer, lawyer… Shares Mystery
The Body at Carnival Bridge
The Body at Carnival Bridge Michelle Salter Shares Mystery with this book.

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