Books like The Woman in White
12 books with a reading profile close to The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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1
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
entertainment, narrative
This collection compiles every mystery featuring the eccentric private investigator Sherlock Holmes and his companion, Dr.
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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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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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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
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.
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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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Ordeal by Innocence
entertainment, mystery
Jacko Argyle dies in prison while serving a life sentence for the murder of his adoptive mother, Rachel.
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Batman: The Long Halloween
by Jeph Loeb
entertainment, narrative
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.
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9
Ivanhoe
by Walter Scott
entertainment, narrative
Set in twelfth-century England, the story follows Wilfred of Ivanhoe, a Saxon knight returning from the Crusades to a land fractured by ethnic tension.
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10
The Cartographers
entertainment, narrative
Nell Young’s career as a cartographer ended after a public confrontation with her father, the legendary Dr.
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11
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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The Three Musketeers
entertainment, narrative
D’Artagnan, a headstrong provincial nobleman, arrives in 17th-century Paris hoping to join the elite guard of King Louis XIII.
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