18 books like The beautiful cigar girl

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Crimes by Moonlight Charlaine Harris · 2010 · ★ 3.6 · 437p · ≈ 14h · Moderate An all-new mystery anthology edited and featuring a new story by #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris Nighttime is the perfect time for the perfect crime. #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris edits and contributes an all-new story-set in her Sookie Stackhouse universe-to this anthology from the Mystery Writers of America. Other authors include:Steve BrewerDana… Shares: American Detective and mystery stories, Mystery

The Magnolia Palace Fiona Davis · 2022 · ★ 4.0 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue, returns with a tantalizing novel about the secrets, betrayal, and murder within one of New York City's most impressive Gilded Age mansions.Eight months since losing her mother in the Spanish flu outbreak of 1919, twenty-one-year-old Lillian Carter's life has completely fallen apart. For… Shares: New york, American literature

The Simple Art of Murder Raymond Chandler · 1950 · ★ 4.1 · 533p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Shares: American Detective and mystery stories, History and criticism, Mystery Shares: American Detective and mystery stories, History and criticism, Mystery

Ghosts Owen Davies · 2010 · 1440p · ≈ 48h · Moderate Reveals changing perceptions of ghosts at different social levels from the Reformation through to the twentieth century in Britain and America. This five-volume set focuses on the key published debates that emerged in each century, and illustrates the range of literary formats that reported or discussed ghosts. Shares: Sources, History

Crimes of Passion Howard Engel · 2001 · 239p · ≈ 7h · Moderate The very term "crimes of passion" evokes deep-seated, atavistic responses in everyone's heart. These are the crimes that are born in the emotional core of women and men who are pushed to do the unthinkable. There are never - well, hardly ever - any of the crass considerations of financial gain, no taint of reward; only release. These crimes are direct responses to betrayal, to broken hearts and… Shares: True Crime, Murder, History

The Mysterious Key And What It Opened Louisa May Alcott · 2004 · ★ 3.6 · 76p · ≈ 2h · Moderate An early romantic mystery story by the author of LITTLE WOMEN and LITTLE MEN. Shares: American literature, Mystery

Murder at Crossways Alyssa Maxwell · 2019 · ★ 4.1 · 402p · ≈ 13h · Moderate For fans of HBO’s The Gilded Age, explore the dark side of the alluring world of America’s 19th century elite in this gripping series of riveting mysteries… In late August 1898, reporter Emma Cross attends the final fête of the Newport social season and discovers the party's over for a visiting prince . . . The approaching end of summer means it's time for the Harvest Festival, the last big event… Shares: American literature, Mystery

The Last Mona Lisa Jonathan Santlofer · 2021 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate ONE OF PEOPLE MAGAZINE’S BEST BOOKS OF SUMMER!"Unstoppable what-happens-next momentum."—Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author"A deliciously tense read."—Ruth Ware, #1 New York Times bestselling authorFrom award-winning crime writer and celebrated artist Jonathan Santlofer comes an enthralling tale about the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre, the forgeries that appeared… Shares: American literature, Mystery

Murder at the Opera D. M. Quincy · 2019 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate When a nobleman's mistress is gunned down on the steps of the Covent Garden opera house, brilliant adventurer Atlas Catesby discovers a sinister family connection that compels him to investigate.London, 1815. Amateur sleuth Atlas Catesby is about to discover the dark side of the bright lights. His long-awaited night at the opera with Lady Lilliana ends abruptly when a notorious courtesan is shot… Shares: American literature, Mystery

Murder at Kingscote Alyssa Maxwell · 2020 · ★ 4.5 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Moderate For fans of HBO’sThe Gilded Age, explore the dark side of the alluring world of America’s 19th century elite in this gripping series of riveting mysteries…In late nineteenth-century Newport, Rhode Island, journalist Emma Cross discovers the newest form of transportation has become the newest type of murder weapon . . . On a clear July day in 1899, the salty ocean breeze along Bellevue Avenue… Shares: American literature, Mystery

The Vanishing Man Charles Finch · 2019 · ★ 4.5 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Moderate “Fiction readers who crush on blue-blooded British detectives will fall hard for Victorian-era sleuth Charles Lenox." —The Washington PostFrom the critically acclaimed and USA Today bestselling author Charles Finch comes The Vanishing Man, a prequel to his Charles Lenox Victorian series, in which the theft of an antique painting sends Detective Lenox on a hunt for a criminal mastermind.London,… Shares: American literature, Mystery

Fortune Favors the Dead Stephen Spotswood · 2020 · ★ 4.4 · 344p · ≈ 11h · Moderate A wildly charming and fast-paced mystery written with all the panache of the hardboiled classics, Fortune Favors the Dead introduces Pentecost and Parker, an audacious new detective duo for the ages.“Razor-sharp style, tons of flair, a snappy sense of humor, and all the most satisfying elements of a really good noir novel, plus plenty of original twists of its own.”—Tana French, bestselling… Shares: American literature, Mystery

All Out War Sean Parnell · 2019 · ★ 4.3 · 496p · ≈ 16h · Moderate “Eric Steele and author Sean Parnell are the real deal.”— Lee ChildSpecial operative Eric Steele, introduced in Man of War, is on the hunt for a formidable Russian terrorist in this high-intensity tale of international intrigue from the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Outlaw Platoon.Badly injured while stopping a rogue agent from obtaining weapons of mass destruction, elite… Shares: American literature, Mystery

Murder at Queen's Landing Andrea Penrose · 2020 · ★ 4.5 · 344p · ≈ 11h · Moderate The many strands of a dark mystery entangle Lady Charlotte Sloane and the Earl of Wrexford in a dangerous web of secrets and lies that will call into question how much they really know about the people they hold dear—and about each other . . . When Lady Cordelia, a brilliant mathematician, and her brother, Lord Woodbridge, disappear from London, rumors swirl concerning fraudulent bank loans and a… Shares: American literature, Mystery

The Late Mrs. Willoughby Claudia Gray · 2023 · ★ 3.9 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate The suspenseful sequel to The Murder of Mr. Wickham, which sees Jonathan Darcy and Juliet Tilney reunited, and with another mystery to solve: the dreadful poisoning of the scoundrel Willoughby's new wife.“An absolute page-turner full of well-plotted mystery and hints of simmering romance.... More of the Jane Austen characters we love (as well as those we love to hate).” —Mia P. Manansala,… Shares: American literature, Mystery

Who Will Remember C. S. Harris · 2025 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate The macabre murder of a prominent nobleman throws an already unsettled London into chaos in this electrifying new historical mystery by the USA Today bestselling author of What Cannot Be Said.August 1816. England is in the grip of what will become known as the Year Without a Summer. Facing the twin crises of a harvest-destroying volcanic winter and the economic disruption caused by the end of the… Shares: American literature, Mystery

Down Range Taylor Moore · 2021 · ★ 4.5 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate “A riveting thriller with a family in crisis at the core. It's my kind of book.” —Brad Taylor, bestselling author of American TraitorIn this action-packed debut thriller for fans of C. J. Box and Jack Carr, DEA agent Garrett Kohl fights to protect his home on the Texas High Plains when a vicious criminal enterprise comes after his familyFrom a former CIA intelligence officer and… Shares: American literature, Mystery

Arkangel James Rollins · 2024 · ★ 4.5 · 528p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Currently in development as a TV series from Amazon MGM Studios, a story of a thrilling hunt around the globe, pitting nation against nation, as ancient myths of a lost continent prove all too real—the latest novel in the bestselling Sigma Force series from James Rollins, #1 New York Times master of international thrillers A New York Times Bestseller!The execution of a Vatican… Shares: American literature, Mystery

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