Books like The Maltese Falcon
12 books with a reading profile close to The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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1
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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2
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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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
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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5
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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6
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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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
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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9
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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10
The Doings of Raffles Haw
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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11
The Phantom of the Opera
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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12
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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