Books like Death Comes to Pemberley
12 books with a reading profile close to Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James. Clear-cut and escapist; 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
Endless Night
Also escapist · 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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3
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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4
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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5
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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6
The Phantom of the Opera
Also clear-cut and escapist · narrative, mystery
Beneath the gilded architecture of the Palais Garnier, a disfigured man named Erik exerts control over the Paris Opera House through extortion and secret passageways.
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes
Also clear-cut · narrative, mystery
This collection compiles every mystery featuring the eccentric private investigator Sherlock Holmes and his companion, Dr.
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8
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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9
The Doings of Raffles Haw
Also clear-cut and escapist · narrative, classic literature
Raffles Haw is a reclusive chemist who discovers a method to transmute lead into gold, granting him nearly infinite wealth.
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10
Neverworld Wake
Also escapist · narrative, mystery
Beatrice and four close friends from an elite boarding school reunite a year after the death of her boyfriend, Whit, who was part of their circle.
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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
She
by H. Rider Haggard, 殷雄
Also escapist · narrative, classic literature
Horace Holly and his ward Leo Vincey travel to East Africa following a legacy left by Leo’s ancestors.
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