Books like Armadale
12 books with a reading profile close to Armadale by Wilkie Collins. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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1
The Maltese Falcon
narrative, mystery
In San Francisco, private investigator Sam Spade enters a labyrinth of deception after his partner is killed while tailing a man for a mysterious client, Brigid O'Shaughnessy.
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2
Crooked House
narrative, mystery
Aristide Leonides, a wealthy Greek businessman, dies from a fatal injection of eserine rather than his usual insulin.
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3
The Moonstone
narrative, mystery
Rachel Verinder inherits a large yellow diamond known as the Moonstone on her eighteenth birthday, only for the jewel to vanish from her Yorkshire estate that same night.
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4
Death Comes to Pemberley
by P.D. James
narrative, mystery
Six years after Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy marry, their preparations for the annual Lady Anne’s ball at Pemberley are upended by a sudden crisis.
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5
Endless Night
narrative, mystery
Michael Rogers, a working-class drifter with expensive tastes, meets wealthy American heiress Ellie Goodman at a cursed plot of land known as Gipsy’s Acre.
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6
Tokyo Express
narrative, mystery
In a quiet bay off the coast of Kyushu, the bodies of a government official and a young waitress are discovered.
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7
The Woman in White
narrative, mystery
The story begins when drawing master Walter Hartright encounters a distressed woman dressed entirely in white on a moonlit road to London.
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8
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
narrative, mystery
This collection compiles every mystery featuring the eccentric private investigator Sherlock Holmes and his companion, Dr.
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9
Lady Audley's secret
mystery, classic literature
Lucy Graham, a governess with golden curls and a mysterious past, marries the wealthy widower Sir Michael Audley to secure her social standing.
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10
The Daughter of Time
narrative, mystery
Bedridden in a hospital with a broken leg, Scotland Yard Inspector Alan Grant grows restless and turns his investigative skills toward the historical mystery of King Richard III.
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11
The Clockmaker's Daughter
by Kate Morton
narrative, mystery
In the summer of 1862, a group of young artists led by Edward Radcliffe arrives at Birchwood Manor on the banks of the Thames.
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12
Master Humphrey's Clock
narrative, classic literature
Master Humphrey, a lonely gentleman living in London, keeps a collection of old manuscripts hidden inside the case of his grandfather clock.
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