23 Books like The Queens of Crime

The Secret Book Society

by Madeline Martin

A secret book society shields repressed Victorian women until an asylum swallows one of them.

4.07

32k+

🏙️ Victorian London 📚 Secret Book Club 🤝 Female Solidarity 📖 Reading As Resistance 💔 Abusive Marriage

The Secret Book Society 92%

A secret book society shields repressed Victorian women until an asylum swallows one of them.

by Madeline Martin 2025

4.07

32k+ ratings

🏙️ Victorian London 📚 Secret Book Club 🤝 Female Solidarity 📖 Reading As Resistance 💔 Abusive Marriage

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 95%

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

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 94%

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

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 93%

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

Cocaine Blues

by Kerry Greenwood • 1989

A poisoned heiress draws a detective into 1920s Melbourne, where high society hides a cocaine ring.

3.84

30k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🤝 Found Family 🎩 High Society Crime 🧪 Poison Investigation 🥂 Roaring Twenties

Cocaine Blues 93%

A poisoned heiress draws a detective into 1920s Melbourne, where high society hides a cocaine ring.

by Kerry Greenwood 1989

3.84

30k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🤝 Found Family 🎩 High Society Crime 🧪 Poison Investigation 🥂 Roaring Twenties

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 93%

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

A Shilling for Candles

by Josephine Tey • 1936

A film star drowns in Kent, a button accuses her friend, and Inspector Grant knows better.

3.92

10k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Social Satire 🇬🇧 1930s England

A Shilling for Candles 93%

A film star drowns in Kent, a button accuses her friend, and Inspector Grant knows better.

by Josephine Tey 1936

3.92

10k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Social Satire 🇬🇧 1930s England

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 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 92%

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 Lost Apothecary

by Sarah Penner • 2021

Her solo trip uncovers a hidden 1791 apothecary and its secret: poisons for women's revenge.

3.76

508k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔍 Historical Mystery 🗡️ Women's Revenge 🤝 Found Family 👩‍🏫 Mentor-Protege

The Lost Apothecary 92%

Her solo trip uncovers a hidden 1791 apothecary and its secret: poisons for women's revenge.

by Sarah Penner 2021

3.76

508k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔍 Historical Mystery 🗡️ Women's Revenge 🤝 Found Family 👩‍🏫 Mentor-Protege

Scandal in Babylon

by Barbara Hambly • 2021

A British scholar in 1920s Hollywood must find the killer who framed her movie-star sister-in-law.

3.77

469

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth ⚖️ Frame Up Plot 👪 Found Family 🎷 Jazz Age

Scandal in Babylon 92%

A British scholar in 1920s Hollywood must find the killer who framed her movie-star sister-in-law.

by Barbara Hambly 2021

3.77

469 ratings

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth ⚖️ Frame Up Plot 👪 Found Family 🎷 Jazz Age

Bloomsbury Girls

by Natalie Jenner • 2022

Three bookshop women in postwar London hunt a lost novel to claim ownership of the shop.

3.85

18k+

🏪 Bookshop Fiction 🇬🇧 Postwar London 👯 Female Friendship 🫂 Found Family ✊ Feminist Historical

Bloomsbury Girls 92%

Three bookshop women in postwar London hunt a lost novel to claim ownership of the shop.

by Natalie Jenner 2022

3.85

18k+ ratings

🏪 Bookshop Fiction 🇬🇧 Postwar London 👯 Female Friendship 🫂 Found Family ✊ Feminist Historical

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 92%

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 Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives

by Elizabeth Arnott • 2026

Once married to murderers, three women in 1960s California pursue a new killer the police dismiss.

3.54

18k+

🖤 Feminist Crime Fiction 👯 Female Friendship 🫂 Found Family 🔍 Criminal Profiling 🧠 Psychological Suspense

The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives Summary

The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives 92%

Once married to murderers, three women in 1960s California pursue a new killer the police dismiss.

by Elizabeth Arnott 2026

3.54

18k+ ratings

🖤 Feminist Crime Fiction 👯 Female Friendship 🫂 Found Family 🔍 Criminal Profiling 🧠 Psychological Suspense

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 92%

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

The Phoenix Crown

by Kate Quinn • 2024

In 1906 San Francisco, three women track a vanished artist into a charming patron's private asylum.

3.86

51k+

🔍 Historical Mystery 💕 Sapphic Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👯 Female Friendship 🕰️ Edwardian Era

The Phoenix Crown 91%

In 1906 San Francisco, three women track a vanished artist into a charming patron's private asylum.

by Kate Quinn 2024

3.86

51k+ ratings

🔍 Historical Mystery 💕 Sapphic Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👯 Female Friendship 🕰️ Edwardian Era

The Girl in the Green Dress

by Mariah Fredericks • 2025

A reporter in Jazz Age New York stalks a locked-room murder and the girl in green.

3.51

2k+

🎷 Jazz Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 📰 Reporter As Detective 👥 Real Historical Figures 🗽 1920s New York

The Girl in the Green Dress 91%

A reporter in Jazz Age New York stalks a locked-room murder and the girl in green.

by Mariah Fredericks 2025

3.51

2k+ ratings

🎷 Jazz Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 📰 Reporter As Detective 👥 Real Historical Figures 🗽 1920s New York

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 91%

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

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 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

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 91%

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 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 Word is Murder

by Anthony Horowitz • 2017

Six hours after she plans her funeral, a woman is murdered; a novelist shadows the case.

3.92

104k+

📖 Metafiction 🕵️ Consulting Detective 👥 Reluctant Partners 🎭 Theatrical Murder 💚 Envy As Motive

The Word is Murder 91%

Six hours after she plans her funeral, a woman is murdered; a novelist shadows the case.

by Anthony Horowitz 2017

3.92

104k+ ratings

📖 Metafiction 🕵️ Consulting Detective 👥 Reluctant Partners 🎭 Theatrical Murder 💚 Envy As Motive

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