Books like Noir
12 books with a reading profile close to Noir by Christopher Moore. Outward-looking and escapist; an easy read.
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1
Spider's Web
Also escapist · entertainment, mystery
Clarissa Hailsham-Brown, the imaginative wife of a diplomat, often invents dramatic stories to liven up her quiet life in the English countryside.
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2
They Do It with Mirrors
Also escapist · entertainment, mystery
Jane Marple visits her old friend Carrie Louise Serrocold at Stonygates, a sprawling Victorian estate that serves as a reformatory for delinquent boys.
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3
Eight Perfect Murders
Also escapist · entertainment, mystery
Malcolm Kershaw, a widowed bookstore owner in Boston, once wrote a blog post listing eight classic mystery novels featuring seemingly unsolvable, "perfect" crimes.
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4
You'll Be the Death of Me
Also escapist · entertainment, mystery
Three former friends, Ivy, Mateo, and Cal, decide to ditch class and recreate a perfect day from their shared past.
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5
The Woman in the Library
Also escapist · entertainment, mystery
In the historic Boston Public Library, a sudden scream interrupts the silence, momentarily binding four strangers sitting at the same wooden table.
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6
Guards! Guards!
Also escapist · entertainment, mystery
In the chaotic city-state of Ankh-Morpork, a secret brotherhood uses a stolen magical book to summon a noble dragon, hoping to overthrow the Patrician and install a puppet king.
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7
I See You
Also escapist · entertainment, mystery
Zoe Walker is commuting home from London when she discovers her own face in a classified advertisement in a local newspaper.
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8
THE WIDOW
by John Grisham
Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, mystery
Simon Latch practices law in a quiet Virginia town until he is formally charged with a homicide he did not commit.
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9
JUDGE STONE
by Viola Davis and James Patterson
Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, mystery
Judge Mary Stone presides over a rural courtroom in Union Springs, Alabama, where she manages a legal case tangled in local history and conflicting ethical loyalties.
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10
Behind Her Eyes
Also escapist · entertainment, mystery
Louise is a single mother working as a secretary who begins an affair with her new boss, David, a psychiatrist.
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11
Gone for Good
by Harlan Coben
Also escapist · entertainment, mystery
Will Klein’s life shattered eleven years ago when his brother, Ken, was accused of murdering a neighbor and fled.
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12
The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, mystery
Symbologist Robert Langdon investigates a murder at the Louvre Museum, where a curator’s body is surrounded by complex riddles and Fibonacci sequences.
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