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Louise Penny Author Read Alikes September 2, 2015 |
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If you enjoy reading books by Louise Penny try these authors.
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To Dwell in Darkness by Deborah CrombieTransferred to the London borough of Camden from Scotland Yard, Superintendent Duncan Kincaid must piece together the clues in a deadly bombing at historic St. Pancras Station, while still questioning the reasons behind his transfer.
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In the Bleak Midwinter : A Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Novel by Julia Spencer-FlemingClare Fergusson, the first female priest of an Episcopal church in Millers Kill, New York, finds herself immersed in murder when a newborn baby is abandoned and a young mother is brutally slain, forcing her to dig deeply into the town's secrets
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Leaving Everything Most Loved : A Novel by Jacqueline WinspearWhen the brother of an Indian woman whose body was found in a south London canal asks her to investigate his sister's death, Maisie Dobbs enters into a dangerously colorful and exotic world, which takes her in an unexpected new direction.
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Children of the Revolution : An Inspector Banks Novel by Peter RobinsonWhen a disgraced college lecturer is found dead on an abandoned railway line with 5,000 pounds in his pocket, Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks risks his career to find the truth about this man who attended a university that was a hotbed of militant protest and divisive, bitter politics.
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By Its Cover by Donna LeonInvestigating the thefts of rare book pages from a prestigious Venetian library, Commissario Guido Brunetti is stymied by numerous possible suspects and the murder of a seemingly harmless theologian.
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A Question of Honor by Charles ToddWhile tending to the wounded on the battlefields of France during World War I, Bess Crawford discovers that the officer who killed five people in India and England is still alive, and, setting out clear her father's name, instead makes a horrific discovery that changes everything.
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Faithful Place by Tana FrenchPlanning to run away with his girlfriend to London in the hopes of escaping poverty, Frank concludes he has been dumped when Rosie fails to join him and is astonished when Rosie's suitcase and evidence of foul play are discovered more than 20 years later.
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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie : A Flavia de Luce Mystery by C. Alan BradleyEleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, begins her adventure when a dead bird is found on the doorstep of her family's mansion in the summer of 1950, thus propelling her into a mystery that involves an investigation into a man's murder where her father is the main suspect.
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The Janus Stone by Elly GriffithsInvestigating the discovery of a murdered child on a demolition site, pregnant archaeologist Ruth Galloway teams up with Detective Harry Nelson to discern the victim’s identity before realizing that she is being targeted by a dangerous assailant.
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Believing the Lie : An Inspector Lynley Novel by Elizabeth GeorgeGoing undercover to investigate the death of a drowning victim at the request of the man's wealthy and influential uncle, Inspector Thomas Lynley uncovers dark secrets in his client's family while one of Lynley's partners, Deborah St. James, becomes increasingly obsessed with a chief suspect's wife.
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Life After Life : A Novel by Kate AtkinsonThe award-winning author of Behind the Scenes at the Museum follows the experiences of a woman who after being born on a snowy night in 1910 repeated dies and reincarnates into the same life to correct missteps and ultimately save the world.
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Red Bones : A Thriller by Ann CleevesIn the aftermath of a young archaeologist's discovery of human remains that may be modern, Jimmy Perez is called in to investigate a case that is further complicated by the subsequent murder of an elderly woman.
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Death Comes to Pemberley by P. D JamesPemberley is thrown into chaos after Elizabeth Bennett's disgraced sister Lydia arrives and announces that her husband Wickham has been murdered
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The Mist in the Mirror : A Novel by Susan HillIn an attempt to learn more about the great pioneering traveller Conrad Vane, gentleman adventurer Sir James Monmouth sets off for the remote Kittiscar Hall where the supernatural takes hold and binds their lives together in a way he could have never imagined.
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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen SimonsonForced to confront the realities of life in the 21st century when he falls in love with widowed Pakistani descendant Mrs. Ali, a retired Major Pettigrew finds the relationship challenged by local prejudices that view Mrs. Ali, a Cambridge native, as a perpetual foreigner.
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The Coroner's Lunch by Colin CotterillSeventy-two-year-old Dr. Siri Paiboun, a coroner in Laos, confronts shamans, dreams, conversations with the dead, and an international cover-up, in his attempts to solve a series of murders of Vietnamese soldiers and the wife of a party leader
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An Old Betrayal : A Charles Lenox Mystery by Charles FinchDrawn back into his old profession, Charles Lenox, a Member of Parliament, investigates the killing of an innocuous country squire and discovers that this murder is only the first step in a deadly plan to destroy England's monarchy
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The Water's Edge by Karin FossumWhen a couple discovers the body of a boy and sees a man limping away from the scene, Inspectors Konrad Sejer and Jakob Skarre make inquiries throughout the community of Solberglia and find the case complicated by another boy's disappearance and the couple's marital tensions.
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The Drop : A Novel by Michael ConnellyLAPD detective Harry Bosch simultaneously investigates a killer who has been operating undetected for 30 years and a political conspiracy that has its origins in his police department in this new thriller.
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City of Darkness and Light by Rhys BowenAgreeing to flee New York City when her husband is targeted by a gang for his part in a high-profile arrest, Molly travels to Paris to stay with art-student friends whose disappearances are tied to the murder of a renowned Impressionist artist. .
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Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom FranklinAfrican-American Constable Silas Jones must confront his white former friend Larry Ott, who has lived under suspicion for 20 years since a girl disappeared while on a date with him, after another girl disappears and Larry is blamed once again. .
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The Beekeeper's Apprentice : or, On the Segregation of the Queen by Laurie R. KingFeaturing a new preface, a rerelease of a debut entry in the series that introduced Sherlock Holmes's protégée Mary Russell finds her partnering the master detective in Wales, where they search for the kidnapped daughter of an American senator.
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A Demon Summer : a Max Tudor Novel by G. M. MallietInvestigating what appears to be an attempt on the life of the reviled earl of Lislelivet, former MI5 agent turned vicar Max Tudor interrupts wedding plans and concludes that the event was accidental before a body is discovered in the cloister well.
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Full Dark House by Christopher FowlerWhen a bomb claims the life of John May's detective partner of more than half a century, May becomes convinced that the key to the killer's identity lies in his first case together with his partner
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The Black Cat : A Richard Jury Mystery by Martha GrimesStruggling with guilt three months after his lover's tragic auto accident, Richard Jury becomes deeply suspicious when he is requested for a murder case out of his jurisdiction involving a shy local librarian who is also recognized as a posh city escort
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The Vault : An Inspector Wexford Novel by Ruth RendellWhen four bodies are discovered in the same underground sewer 12 years after the events of A Sight for Sore Eyes, former Chief Inspector Wexford is pulled out of retirement to follow a complex trail to the original murders only to have his life thrown into turmoil by a devastating personal tragedy.
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The Last Kashmiri Rose by Barbara CleverlyAfter a half a decade in which the wife of an officer in the Bengal Grays has died violently each March, investigators find themselves probing the bizarre coincidences that link the deaths as they pursue a dangerous serial killer
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The End of the Wasp Season by Denise MinaDetective Inspector Alex Morrow uncovers clues in the savage murder of a young woman in a wealthy suburb of Glasgow that may ultimately be linked to the suicide of a notorious millionaire banker a hundred miles away
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The Impossible Dead by Ian RankinMalcolm Fox, a member of the Internal Affairs department that roots out dirty and compromised cops, investigates a neighboring police force and finds a trail that leads to the suicide of a prominent politician and activist
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Learning to Swim : A Novel by Sara J. HenryWitnessing a small boy being thrown into the middle of Lake Champlain, Troy Chance rescues the child only to discover that he had been kidnapped and is at the center of a bizarre and violent plot
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Gone Girl : A Novel by Gillian FlynnWhen a beautiful woman goes missing on her fifth wedding anniversary, her diary reveals hidden turmoil in her marriage and a mysterious illness; while her husband, desperate to clear himself of suspicion, realizes that something more disturbing than murder may have occurred.
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The Light Between Oceans : A Novel by M. L. StedmanMoving his young bride to an isolated lighthouse home on Australia's Janus Rock where the couple suffers miscarriages and a stillbirth, Tom allows his wife to claim an infant who has washed up on the shore only to witness a rift in their marriage that is further complicated by a search by the baby's desperate mother.
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The Burgess Boys : A Novel by Elizabeth StroutCatalyzed by a nephew's thoughtless prank, a pair of brothers confront painful psychological issues surrounding the freak accident that killed their father when they were boys, a loss linked to a heartbreaking deception that shaped their personal and professional lives.
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The English Girl : A Novel by Daniel SilvaThe wayward son of Israeli intelligence, Allon is plunged into a high stakes game of murder, espionage and corruption after a beautiful young British woman vanishes on the island of Corsica, which threatens to destroy a prime minister's career.
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Never Go Back : A Jack Reacher Novel
by Lee Child
A latest novel of suspense by the best-selling author of Worth Dying For finds Jack Reacher arriving in Virginia in the hopes of contacting the woman he spoke with on the phone in 61 Hours only to be drafted back into the Army, where he confronts life-changing elements from his past.
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Lucifer's Tears by James ThompsonA follow-up to Snow Angels finds Kari Vaara physically and psychologically scarred a year after the Sufia Elmi case and investigating a 90-year-old national hero for suspected war crimes, an effort that is complicated by the murder of a Russian businessman's wife.
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Bones of the Lost by Kathy ReichsWhile examining a bundle of Peruvian dog mummies confiscated by U.S. Customs and dealing with personal turmoil, forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan finds herself in the center of a human trafficking conspiracy when she investigates the murder of a teenage girl.
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