Books like The Moonstone
12 books with a reading profile close to The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. 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
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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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
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
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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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
The Shadow of the Wind
narrative, mystery
In 1945 Barcelona, a young boy named Daniel Sempere is initiated into the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, a hidden labyrinthine library.
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10
Child's History of England (Annotated and Illustrated)
by Charles Dickens, Toby Davidson
narrative, classic literature
In this work, Charles Dickens provides a chronological narrative of English history spanning from the ancient Roman invasions under Julius Caesar to the seventeenth-century Glorious Revolution.
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11
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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12
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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