50 Books like Estudio en escarlata / La señal de los cuatro

The Cold Cold Ground

by Adrian McKinty

In 1981 Belfast, a Catholic detective tracks a killer swapping the severed hands of gay men.

3.91

16k+

🔍 Police Procedural 🇮🇪 Northern Ireland Troubles 🌧️ Political Noir 🕵️ State Conspiracy ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

The Cold Cold Ground 90%

In 1981 Belfast, a Catholic detective tracks a killer swapping the severed hands of gay men.

by Adrian McKinty 2012

3.91

16k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 🇮🇪 Northern Ireland Troubles 🌧️ Political Noir 🕵️ State Conspiracy ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

The Darwin Affair

by Timothy Mason • 2019

A detective hunting a royal assassin uncovers a conspiracy bent on destroying Charles Darwin.

3.66

11k+

🕵️ Victorian Detective 📜 Historical Conspiracy 👮 Disgraced Detective 🎭 Disfigured Villain 🌑 Gothic Undertones

The Darwin Affair 94%

A detective hunting a royal assassin uncovers a conspiracy bent on destroying Charles Darwin.

by Timothy Mason 2019

3.66

11k+ ratings

🕵️ Victorian Detective 📜 Historical Conspiracy 👮 Disgraced Detective 🎭 Disfigured Villain 🌑 Gothic Undertones

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

by Agatha Christie • 1920

A wealthy matriarch is poisoned in her locked bedroom, and a Belgian detective finds only motives.

4.00

516k+

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🏡 Country House Murder 🔒 Locked Room Puzzle ☠️ Poison Mystery 🕵️‍♂️ Detective Duo

The Mysterious Affair at Styles 93%

A wealthy matriarch is poisoned in her locked bedroom, and a Belgian detective finds only motives.

by Agatha Christie 1920

4.00

516k+ ratings

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🏡 Country House Murder 🔒 Locked Room Puzzle ☠️ Poison Mystery 🕵️‍♂️ Detective Duo

The Black Country

by Alex Grecian • 2013

A missing family. A sinking village. Two Scotland Yard detectives and a bogeyman locals believe in.

3.74

7k+

🔍 Victorian Mystery 🌲 Folk Horror Atmosphere 🏘️ Village Secrets ⛏️ Mining Community 👧 Creepy Children

The Black Country 92%

A missing family. A sinking village. Two Scotland Yard detectives and a bogeyman locals believe in.

by Alex Grecian 2013

3.74

7k+ ratings

🔍 Victorian Mystery 🌲 Folk Horror Atmosphere 🏘️ Village Secrets ⛏️ Mining Community 👧 Creepy Children

Bleak House

by Charles Dickens • 1853

A lawsuit devours fortunes for generations as an orphaned girl uncovers the secret of her birth.

4.02

115k+

🏛️ Legal Satire 🔍 Secret Parentage 🗣️ Dual Narration 💼 Doomed Inheritance 🥀 Fallen Woman

Bleak House 92%

A lawsuit devours fortunes for generations as an orphaned girl uncovers the secret of her birth.

by Charles Dickens 1853

4.02

115k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Satire 🔍 Secret Parentage 🗣️ Dual Narration 💼 Doomed Inheritance 🥀 Fallen Woman

Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker

by Patricia Meredith • 2021

A beheading forces a masked thief and a detective to hunt a killer in a Spokane mansion.

4.06

190

🔍 Historical Whodunit 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🎭 Masked Thief 👥 Detective Duo ⚙️ Eccentric Inventor

Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker Summary

Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker 92%

A beheading forces a masked thief and a detective to hunt a killer in a Spokane mansion.

by Patricia Meredith 2021

4.06

190 ratings

🔍 Historical Whodunit 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🎭 Masked Thief 👥 Detective Duo ⚙️ Eccentric Inventor

Cards on the Table

by Agatha Christie • 1936

Poirot joins four killers for bridge. Their host is dead before the last card is dealt.

3.96

75k+

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Closed Circle Suspects 🧠 Psychological Detection 🎩 Eccentric Detective 📝 False Confession

Cards on the Table 92%

Poirot joins four killers for bridge. Their host is dead before the last card is dealt.

by Agatha Christie 1936

3.96

75k+ ratings

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Closed Circle Suspects 🧠 Psychological Detection 🎩 Eccentric Detective 📝 False Confession

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins • 1859

A moonlit heath, a frantic stranger, a drawing master: snared in a plot to steal an heiress's life.

4.02

168k+

🎭 Sensation Fiction 🏚️ Victorian Gothic 👥 DoppelgäNger 🏥 Unjust Asylum 🔍 Amateur Detective

The Woman in White 92%

A moonlit heath, a frantic stranger, a drawing master: snared in a plot to steal an heiress's life.

by Wilkie Collins 1859

4.02

168k+ ratings

🎭 Sensation Fiction 🏚️ Victorian Gothic 👥 DoppelgäNger 🏥 Unjust Asylum 🔍 Amateur Detective

Around the World in Eighty Days

by Jules Verne • 1872

A London gentleman wagers everything on circling the globe in eighty days, tailed by a detective.

3.95

286k+

🎩 Victorian Adventure ⏱️ Race Against Clock 🤝 Unlikely Companions 😐 Stoic Protagonist 🕵️ Mistaken Identity Chase

Around the World in Eighty Days 92%

A London gentleman wagers everything on circling the globe in eighty days, tailed by a detective.

by Jules Verne 1872

3.95

286k+ ratings

🎩 Victorian Adventure ⏱️ Race Against Clock 🤝 Unlikely Companions 😐 Stoic Protagonist 🕵️ Mistaken Identity Chase

The Mystery of the Yellow Room

by Gaston Leroux • 2006

A young reporter arrives at an isolated chateau to solve an attack inside a locked room.

3.65

15k+

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🕵️ Hidden Identity 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏰 Isolated Estate

The Mystery of the Yellow Room 92%

A young reporter arrives at an isolated chateau to solve an attack inside a locked room.

by Gaston Leroux 2006

3.65

15k+ ratings

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🕵️ Hidden Identity 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏰 Isolated Estate

Murder in Constantinople

by A.E. Goldin • 2024

A Jewish tailor finds his dead lover alive. Her trail ends at the Sultan’s palace.

3.44

651

🕎 Jewish Historical Mystery 🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🎭 False Identity ✈️ Exile And Diaspora 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere

Murder in Constantinople 92%

A Jewish tailor finds his dead lover alive. Her trail ends at the Sultan’s palace.

by A.E. Goldin 2024

3.44

651 ratings

🕎 Jewish Historical Mystery 🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🎭 False Identity ✈️ Exile And Diaspora 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere

The Case of the Missing Marquess

by Nancy Springer • 2006

Enola Holmes follows her missing mother's cipher into London, where a marquess has been kidnapped.

3.78

45k+

🕵️ Girl Detective 🎩 Victorian London 🔍 Sherlock Holmes Adjacent 🏃 Runaway Protagonist 📜 Encoded Messages

The Case of the Missing Marquess Summary

The Case of the Missing Marquess 91%

Enola Holmes follows her missing mother's cipher into London, where a marquess has been kidnapped.

by Nancy Springer 2006

3.78

45k+ ratings

🕵️ Girl Detective 🎩 Victorian London 🔍 Sherlock Holmes Adjacent 🏃 Runaway Protagonist 📜 Encoded Messages

The Body in the Dales

by J.R. Ellis • 2017

A London detective's first day in Yorkshire: a body in a cave, a village thick with secrets.

4.02

30k+

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Detective Duo 🕳️ Cave Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets ✉️ Blackmail

The Body in the Dales 91%

A London detective's first day in Yorkshire: a body in a cave, a village thick with secrets.

by J.R. Ellis 2017

4.02

30k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Detective Duo 🕳️ Cave Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets ✉️ Blackmail

Hercule Poirot's Silent Night

by Sophie Hannah • 2023

Trapped in a crumbling Norfolk house at Christmas, Poirot hunts a killer who targets happy men.

3.68

12k+

👑 Golden Age Mystery 🏠 Country House Murder 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 🗝️ Family Secrets

Hercule Poirot's Silent Night 91%

Trapped in a crumbling Norfolk house at Christmas, Poirot hunts a killer who targets happy men.

by Sophie Hannah 2023

3.68

12k+ ratings

👑 Golden Age Mystery 🏠 Country House Murder 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 🗝️ Family Secrets

The Murder at the Vicarage

by Agatha Christie • 1930

A tyrant colonel lies shot in the vicarage study. Everyone in the village had a reason.

4.04

219k+

🏘️ Village Murder Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏡 English Village 🤫 Small Town Secrets

The Murder at the Vicarage 91%

A tyrant colonel lies shot in the vicarage study. Everyone in the village had a reason.

by Agatha Christie 1930

4.04

219k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Murder Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏡 English Village 🤫 Small Town Secrets

The Birdcage Murders

by Karen Baugh Menuhin • 2022

Diamond dust kills a lord. The dinner guests all lost someone in a massacre twelve years ago.

4.55

3k+

🏚️ Closed Circle Mystery 🎩 Golden Age Whodunit 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth Duo ⚖️ Collective Revenge 💋 Femme Fatale

The Birdcage Murders 91%

Diamond dust kills a lord. The dinner guests all lost someone in a massacre twelve years ago.

by Karen Baugh Menuhin 2022

4.55

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Closed Circle Mystery 🎩 Golden Age Whodunit 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth Duo ⚖️ Collective Revenge 💋 Femme Fatale

The Seven Dials Mystery

by Agatha Christie • 1929

A prank, a death, a missing clock. A socialite steps into a masked society's deadly conspiracy.

3.78

44k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏰 Country House Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Secret Society 🖤 Hidden Villain

The Seven Dials Mystery 91%

A prank, a death, a missing clock. A socialite steps into a masked society's deadly conspiracy.

by Agatha Christie 1929

3.78

44k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏰 Country House Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Secret Society 🖤 Hidden Villain

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

by Edgar Allan Poe • 2014

Two women murdered in a locked Paris flat: an eccentric recluse reads the impossible clues.

3.79

45k+

💀 Impossible Crime 🎩 Eccentric Detective 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere 🗼 19th Century Paris 👂 Unreliable Witnesses

The Murders in the Rue Morgue 93%

Two women murdered in a locked Paris flat: an eccentric recluse reads the impossible clues.

by Edgar Allan Poe 2014

3.79

45k+ ratings

💀 Impossible Crime 🎩 Eccentric Detective 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere 🗼 19th Century Paris 👂 Unreliable Witnesses

The Secret Adversary

by Agatha Christie • 1922

Penniless in London, two friends stumble into a conspiracy of spies, impostors, and a stolen treaty.

3.84

72k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤝 Crime Solving Duo 💕 Partners To Lovers 🏙️ Post-Wwi London

The Secret Adversary 93%

Penniless in London, two friends stumble into a conspiracy of spies, impostors, and a stolen treaty.

by Agatha Christie 1922

3.84

72k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤝 Crime Solving Duo 💕 Partners To Lovers 🏙️ Post-Wwi London

Still Life

by Louise Penny

An antique arrow kills a retired teacher in a Quebec village where no one locks their doors.

3.90

288k+

🏘️ Cozy Village Mystery 🫂 Found Family 🎩 Gentleman Detective 📚 Literary Cozy 🤫 Small-Town Secrets

Still Life 90%

An antique arrow kills a retired teacher in a Quebec village where no one locks their doors.

by Louise Penny 2005

3.90

288k+ ratings

🏘️ Cozy Village Mystery 🫂 Found Family 🎩 Gentleman Detective 📚 Literary Cozy 🤫 Small-Town Secrets

The Mysterious Mr. Quin

by Agatha Christie • 1930

At country house parties, a quiet gentleman and a spectral stranger reconstruct buried crimes.

3.74

18k+

👀 Armchair Detective 🏠 Country House Mystery 📚 Golden Age Mystery 🔮 Supernatural Sleuthing 🥂 Secrets At A House Party

The Mysterious Mr. Quin 91%

At country house parties, a quiet gentleman and a spectral stranger reconstruct buried crimes.

by Agatha Christie 1930

3.74

18k+ ratings

👀 Armchair Detective 🏠 Country House Mystery 📚 Golden Age Mystery 🔮 Supernatural Sleuthing 🥂 Secrets At A House Party

The Man in the Brown Suit

by Agatha Christie • 1924

A Tube death and a cryptic note send a woman hunting stolen diamonds across the ocean.

3.95

127k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💎 Jewel Heist 🚢 Shipboard Mystery 🌍 International Intrigue

The Man in the Brown Suit 91%

A Tube death and a cryptic note send a woman hunting stolen diamonds across the ocean.

by Agatha Christie 1924

3.95

127k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💎 Jewel Heist 🚢 Shipboard Mystery 🌍 International Intrigue

Stalking Jack the Ripper

by Kerri Maniscalco • 2016

In Victorian London, a forensic student hunts the Ripper, and the evidence points to her family.

3.92

183k+

🔎 Forensic Investigation 🕰️ Victorian Gothic Mystery 🤝 Unlikely Duo 🔐 Family Secrets 🧪 Macabre Experiments

Stalking Jack the Ripper 91%

In Victorian London, a forensic student hunts the Ripper, and the evidence points to her family.

by Kerri Maniscalco 2016

3.92

183k+ ratings

🔎 Forensic Investigation 🕰️ Victorian Gothic Mystery 🤝 Unlikely Duo 🔐 Family Secrets 🧪 Macabre Experiments

The Sittaford Mystery

by Agatha Christie • 1931

A snowbound séance predicts murder. The suspect's fiancée knows the police have the wrong man.

3.77

32k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏠 Country House Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 👻 SéAnce ❄️ Snowbound Isolation

The Sittaford Mystery 91%

A snowbound séance predicts murder. The suspect's fiancée knows the police have the wrong man.

by Agatha Christie 1931

3.77

32k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏠 Country House Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 👻 SéAnce ❄️ Snowbound Isolation

The Luminaries

by Eleanor Catton • 2013

Thirteen strangers in a gold-rush town keep secrets, but a dead hermit's fortune won't stay buried.

3.75

87k+

⛏️ Gold Rush 🕯️ Victorian Mystery 👥 Doppelgangers 🫂 Found Family 🎭 False Identities

The Luminaries 91%

Thirteen strangers in a gold-rush town keep secrets, but a dead hermit's fortune won't stay buried.

by Eleanor Catton 2013

3.75

87k+ ratings

⛏️ Gold Rush 🕯️ Victorian Mystery 👥 Doppelgangers 🫂 Found Family 🎭 False Identities

The Chase

by Clive Cussler • 2007

A detective hunts a disguise artist whose bank heists kill without witnesses in the Old West.

4.00

20k+

🔍 Cat And Mouse Pursuit 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🕵️ Wealthy Detective 👥 Sibling Accomplices 🔬 Early Forensics

The Chase 91%

A detective hunts a disguise artist whose bank heists kill without witnesses in the Old West.

by Clive Cussler 2007

4.00

20k+ ratings

🔍 Cat And Mouse Pursuit 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🕵️ Wealthy Detective 👥 Sibling Accomplices 🔬 Early Forensics

In the Market for Murder

by T.E. Kinsey • 2015

A farmer dies in his pie. A lady sleuth and her maid sift village grudges for the poisoner.

4.12

17k+

🕵️ Lady Detective Duo 👒 Edwardian Mystery 🏘️ Village Secrets 🍄 Poison Murder 🏡 Quirky Village

In the Market for Murder 91%

A farmer dies in his pie. A lady sleuth and her maid sift village grudges for the poisoner.

by T.E. Kinsey 2015

4.12

17k+ ratings

🕵️ Lady Detective Duo 👒 Edwardian Mystery 🏘️ Village Secrets 🍄 Poison Murder 🏡 Quirky Village

Mariah Mundi and the Ghost Diamonds

by G.P. Taylor • 2007

Guests combust at his hotel. A golden-fingered boy races a secret society for cursed diamonds.

3.99

197

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy 🕵️ Secret Society Plot 💎 Cursed Treasure Quest ⚡ Apprentice Magician 🌊 Gothic Seaside

Mariah Mundi and the Ghost Diamonds Summary

Mariah Mundi and the Ghost Diamonds 91%

Guests combust at his hotel. A golden-fingered boy races a secret society for cursed diamonds.

by G.P. Taylor 2007

3.99

197 ratings

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy 🕵️ Secret Society Plot 💎 Cursed Treasure Quest ⚡ Apprentice Magician 🌊 Gothic Seaside

Lord John and the Hand of Devils

by Diana Gabaldon • 2007

A gay officer goes undercover in a secret society where every suspect has been his lover.

3.93

21k+

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Protagonist 🕯️ Secret Society 🎩 Gentleman Detective 👻 Occult Rumors

Lord John and the Hand of Devils Summary

Lord John and the Hand of Devils 91%

A gay officer goes undercover in a secret society where every suspect has been his lover.

by Diana Gabaldon 2007

3.93

21k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Protagonist 🕯️ Secret Society 🎩 Gentleman Detective 👻 Occult Rumors

The Final Problem

by Arturo Pérez-Reverte • 2023

An actor famous for playing a sleuth is stranded on an island with a locked-room killer.

3.65

10k+

🧩 Locked-Room Mystery 🕵️ Holmesian Pastiche 🎭 Meta Fiction 👤 Identity Swap ⚖️ Ambiguous Justice

The Final Problem 91%

An actor famous for playing a sleuth is stranded on an island with a locked-room killer.

by Arturo Pérez-Reverte 2023

3.65

10k+ ratings

🧩 Locked-Room Mystery 🕵️ Holmesian Pastiche 🎭 Meta Fiction 👤 Identity Swap ⚖️ Ambiguous Justice

The Body in the Library

by Agatha Christie • 2018

A corpse in a colonel's library draws Miss Marple into a village's hidden web of lies.

3.76

1k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👵 Elderly Detective 🎭 Mistaken Identity

The Body in the Library 91%

A corpse in a colonel's library draws Miss Marple into a village's hidden web of lies.

by Agatha Christie 2018

3.76

1k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👵 Elderly Detective 🎭 Mistaken Identity

Arsène Lupin, le bouchon de cristal - Texte abrégé

by Maurice Leblanc • 1912

Six weeks to the guillotine: Arsène Lupin must hunt a missing stopper that hides a political bomb.

3.93

2k+

🎩 Gentleman Thief 🔮 Heist Gone Wrong 🗳️ Political Blackmail 💔 Mother's Sacrifice ⏳ Ticking Clock

Arsène Lupin, le bouchon de cristal - Texte abrégé Summary

Arsène Lupin, le bouchon de cristal - Texte abrégé 91%

Six weeks to the guillotine: Arsène Lupin must hunt a missing stopper that hides a political bomb.

by Maurice Leblanc 1912

3.93

2k+ ratings

🎩 Gentleman Thief 🔮 Heist Gone Wrong 🗳️ Political Blackmail 💔 Mother's Sacrifice ⏳ Ticking Clock

The Imposter's Inheritance

by C.J. Archer • 2020

When a magical coronet disappears, a watch magician follows the clues into London's secret trade.

4.04

8k+

🕰️ Victorian Fantasy 🔍 Married Sleuths 💎 Magical Heist 🫂 Found Family 👑 Secret Heir

The Imposter's Inheritance 91%

When a magical coronet disappears, a watch magician follows the clues into London's secret trade.

by C.J. Archer 2020

4.04

8k+ ratings

🕰️ Victorian Fantasy 🔍 Married Sleuths 💎 Magical Heist 🫂 Found Family 👑 Secret Heir

A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons

by Kate Khavari • 2022

A 1920s botanist hunts a dinner-party poisoner among cutthroat London scholars to clear her mentor.

3.52

23k+

🎓 Academic Mystery 🕰️ Historical Whodunit 🔍 Amateur Female Sleuth 🔬 Woman In Science 💕 Slow Burn Romance

A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons Summary

A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons 91%

A 1920s botanist hunts a dinner-party poisoner among cutthroat London scholars to clear her mentor.

by Kate Khavari 2022

3.52

23k+ ratings

🎓 Academic Mystery 🕰️ Historical Whodunit 🔍 Amateur Female Sleuth 🔬 Woman In Science 💕 Slow Burn Romance

Fingersmith

by Sarah Waters

A pickpocket poses as a lady's maid to help swindle an heiress, then falls for her.

4.02

120k+

🕯️ Victorian Gothic 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forbidden Love 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🃏 Con Artists

Fingersmith 90%

A pickpocket poses as a lady's maid to help swindle an heiress, then falls for her.

by Sarah Waters 2002

4.02

120k+ ratings

🕯️ Victorian Gothic 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forbidden Love 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🃏 Con Artists

A Perilous Undertaking

by Deanna Raybourn • 2017

A lepidopterist and her partner race through London's vice dens to prove a condemned man innocent.

4.09

35k+

🕵️ Victorian Murder Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth Duo 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🔬 Female Scientist Lead 💬 Witty Banter

A Perilous Undertaking 92%

A lepidopterist and her partner race through London's vice dens to prove a condemned man innocent.

by Deanna Raybourn 2017

4.09

35k+ ratings

🕵️ Victorian Murder Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth Duo 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🔬 Female Scientist Lead 💬 Witty Banter

The Frozen People

by Elly Griffiths • 2025

Sent to 1850 to solve a murder, a detective is stranded with no way home.

3.89

16k+

🕰️ Time Travel Mystery ⚰️ Victorian Murder 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 📜 Dual Timeline 🚔 Framed For Murder

The Frozen People 92%

Sent to 1850 to solve a murder, a detective is stranded with no way home.

by Elly Griffiths 2025

3.89

16k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Mystery ⚰️ Victorian Murder 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 📜 Dual Timeline 🚔 Framed For Murder

The Stand

by Stephen King • 1978

Ten strangers are lured to an island and killed one by one, following a nursery rhyme.

4.35

853k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island 🎶 Nursery Rhyme Murders 🎲 Deadly Game ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

The Stand 90%

Ten strangers are lured to an island and killed one by one, following a nursery rhyme.

by Stephen King 1978

4.35

853k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island 🎶 Nursery Rhyme Murders 🎲 Deadly Game ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Murder at Holly House

by Denzil Meyrick • 2023

A hapless detective banished to a snowbound village unearths a chimney corpse and a coup.

3.20

11k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🏰 Country House Mystery 🕵️ Bumbling Detective 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Murder at Holly House 90%

A hapless detective banished to a snowbound village unearths a chimney corpse and a coup.

by Denzil Meyrick 2023

3.20

11k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🏰 Country House Mystery 🕵️ Bumbling Detective 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Behold a Pale Horse

by Milton William Cooper • 1991

A detective uncovers a murder ring that fakes natural deaths with mind control and rare poison.

3.85

6k+

🕵️ Psychological Mystery 🔫 Crime Thriller 🧪 Murder By Poison 🕴️ Criminal Mastermind 🎭 Psychological Warfare

Behold a Pale Horse 90%

A detective uncovers a murder ring that fakes natural deaths with mind control and rare poison.

by Milton William Cooper 1991

3.85

6k+ ratings

🕵️ Psychological Mystery 🔫 Crime Thriller 🧪 Murder By Poison 🕴️ Criminal Mastermind 🎭 Psychological Warfare

The Turnglass

by Gareth Rubin • 2023

A doctor uncovers a woman sealed behind glass whose silence guards a family's darkest crimes.

3.46

7k+

🔀 Dual Timeline Mystery 🕯️ Literary Gothic 🔐 Generational Secrets 📖 Book Within A Book ⛓️ Inherited Guilt

The Turnglass 90%

A doctor uncovers a woman sealed behind glass whose silence guards a family's darkest crimes.

by Gareth Rubin 2023

3.46

7k+ ratings

🔀 Dual Timeline Mystery 🕯️ Literary Gothic 🔐 Generational Secrets 📖 Book Within A Book ⛓️ Inherited Guilt

Rules for Ruin

by Mimi Matthews • 2025

An orphan spy must destroy a politician. The slum-born king she's falling for needs him alive.

3.95

6k+

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🏙️ Victorian London ⚖️ Women's Rights 🏚️ Rookery Underworld 🕵️ Undercover Mission

Rules for Ruin 90%

An orphan spy must destroy a politician. The slum-born king she's falling for needs him alive.

by Mimi Matthews 2025

3.95

6k+ ratings

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🏙️ Victorian London ⚖️ Women's Rights 🏚️ Rookery Underworld 🕵️ Undercover Mission

The Flaw in All Magic

by Ben S. Dobson • 2017

An expelled scholar without magic returns to campus: someone has died inside an impenetrable ward.

4.11

3k+

🔍 Magical Whodunit ⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 🧠 Magicless Hero 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🤝 Reluctant Partners

The Flaw in All Magic 90%

An expelled scholar without magic returns to campus: someone has died inside an impenetrable ward.

by Ben S. Dobson 2017

4.11

3k+ ratings

🔍 Magical Whodunit ⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 🧠 Magicless Hero 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🤝 Reluctant Partners

Revelation

by C.J. Sansom • 2008

A Tudor lawyer hunts a serial killer staging murders modeled on the Bible's apocalyptic plagues.

4.37

28k+

📜 Tudor Mystery ✝️ Religious Fanaticism 🔪 Ritual Murder 🌋 Apocalyptic Prophecy 🎭 Master Of Disguise

Revelation 90%

A Tudor lawyer hunts a serial killer staging murders modeled on the Bible's apocalyptic plagues.

by C.J. Sansom 2008

4.37

28k+ ratings

📜 Tudor Mystery ✝️ Religious Fanaticism 🔪 Ritual Murder 🌋 Apocalyptic Prophecy 🎭 Master Of Disguise

Beekeeping for Beginners

by Laurie R. King • 2011

1915: a despairing Holmes meets a brilliant, hunted girl who gives him a reason to live.

4.13

5k+

🕵️ Sherlock Holmes Pastiche 🤝 Unlikely Mentorship 🔍 Apprentice Detective 🎖️ World War I England 🌱 Quiet Renewal

Beekeeping for Beginners 90%

1915: a despairing Holmes meets a brilliant, hunted girl who gives him a reason to live.

by Laurie R. King 2011

4.13

5k+ ratings

🕵️ Sherlock Holmes Pastiche 🤝 Unlikely Mentorship 🔍 Apprentice Detective 🎖️ World War I England 🌱 Quiet Renewal

The Queens of Crime

by Marie Benedict • 2025

Five mystery novelists secretly solve a nurse's locked-room murder that the police buried.

3.80

29k+

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 📚 Real Authors As Characters 👩‍⚖️ Women Sleuths 🤫 Secret Society 🗝️ Locked Room Puzzle

The Queens of Crime 90%

Five mystery novelists secretly solve a nurse's locked-room murder that the police buried.

by Marie Benedict 2025

3.80

29k+ ratings

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 📚 Real Authors As Characters 👩‍⚖️ Women Sleuths 🤫 Secret Society 🗝️ Locked Room Puzzle

The Cuckoo's Calling

by Robert Galbraith • 2013

A broke PI investigates a supermodel's death ruled suicide. Her brother hired him to prove murder.

3.89

630k+

🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 🎖️ War Veteran Protagonist 💎 High Society Murder 🔍 Investigative Duo 🗣️ Unreliable Witnesses

The Cuckoo's Calling 90%

A broke PI investigates a supermodel's death ruled suicide. Her brother hired him to prove murder.

by Robert Galbraith 2013

3.89

630k+ ratings

🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 🎖️ War Veteran Protagonist 💎 High Society Murder 🔍 Investigative Duo 🗣️ Unreliable Witnesses

Death of an Earl

by G.G. Vandagriff • 2021

An Oxford poet must clear her fiancé's sister-in-law of murdering an earl.

4.27

1k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🎓 Oxford Academia 🏰 English Manor Murder 🇬🇧 Pre War England

Death of an Earl 90%

An Oxford poet must clear her fiancé's sister-in-law of murdering an earl.

by G.G. Vandagriff 2021

4.27

1k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🎓 Oxford Academia 🏰 English Manor Murder 🇬🇧 Pre War England

Olivia Twist

by Lorie Langdon • 2018

She survived as Oliver Twist. Now a society lady, the thief who knew her secret is back.

3.88

4k+

🌀 Gender-Swapped Retelling 🏙️ Victorian London 🎭 Secret Identity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🗡️ Rogue With A Heart

Olivia Twist 90%

She survived as Oliver Twist. Now a society lady, the thief who knew her secret is back.

by Lorie Langdon 2018

3.88

4k+ ratings

🌀 Gender-Swapped Retelling 🏙️ Victorian London 🎭 Secret Identity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🗡️ Rogue With A Heart

A Great Deliverance

by Elizabeth George • 1988

A beheading in Yorkshire, a mute confession sends two detectives into a family's darkest secrets.

4.03

52k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🎩 Aristocratic Detective 🤝 Unlikely Partners 🔒 Dark Family Secrets 🏘️ English Village Murder

A Great Deliverance 90%

A beheading in Yorkshire, a mute confession sends two detectives into a family's darkest secrets.

by Elizabeth George 1988

4.03

52k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🎩 Aristocratic Detective 🤝 Unlikely Partners 🔒 Dark Family Secrets 🏘️ English Village Murder

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