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12 books with a reading profile close to The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett. Escapist; a moderate read.

1

The Twyford Code

by Janice Hallett

Also escapist · entertainment, mystery

Steven Smith is an illiterate former convict who reconstructs his childhood memories through a series of voice-to-text transcripts on an old iPhone.
2

The Last Murder at the End of the World

by Stuart Turton

Also escapist · entertainment, mystery

On a remote island protected by a shimmering fog, the last hundred humans live under the guidance of three Elders.
3

The Cartographers

by Peng Shepherd

Also escapist · entertainment, mystery

Nell Young’s career as a cartographer ended after a public confrontation with her father, the legendary Dr.
4

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

by Agatha Christie

entertainment, mystery

In the quiet village of King’s Abbot, wealthy widower Roger Ackroyd is found stabbed to death in his study shortly after learning a local woman committed suicide to escape a blackmailer.
5

La tabla de Flandes

by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Also escapist · entertainment, mystery

Julia, a professional art restorer in Madrid, discovers a hidden inscription while cleaning a fifteenth-century Flemish masterpiece depicting a chess match.
6

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson

Also escapist · entertainment, mystery

Disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist receives an unusual assignment from industrialist Henrik Vanger: solve the forty-year-old disappearance of his niece, Harriet, from the family’s private island.
7

Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1: Dog and Chainsaw

by Tatsuki Fujimoto

Also escapist · entertainment, experimental

Denji is a teenager so poor that he has sold his organs and works as a devil hunter, paying off his dead father's debts to the yakuza with the help of his pet, Pochita, a small chainsaw devil.
8

Murder on the Orient Express

by Agatha Christie

Also escapist · entertainment, mystery

Stuck in a heavy snowdrift between Istanbul and Paris, the luxury Orient Express becomes the site of a brutal midnight killing.
9

Batman: The Long Halloween

by Jeph Loeb

entertainment, mystery

Set in the early days of Batman’s career, this mystery follows a year-long investigation into a serial killer known as Holiday, who murders members of the Falcone and Maroni crime families on specific calendar holidays.
10

Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas (Comics)

by Garth Ennis

Also escapist · entertainment, experimental

Jesse Custer, a disillusioned Texas preacher, becomes the accidental host to Genesis, a supernatural entity born from the illegal union of an angel and a demon.
11

Sacré Bleu

by Christopher Moore

Also escapist · entertainment, mystery

Set in nineteenth-century Paris, the story follows baker and aspiring painter Lucien Lessard as he investigates the suspicious death of Vincent van Gogh.
12

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories]

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Also escapist · entertainment, mystery

First published in 1892, this collection gathers twelve cases featuring private investigator Sherlock Holmes and his companion, Dr.

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