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Readers who finished A Very Lively Murder by Katy Watson and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Traditional, Women Sleuths, Crime, and Mystery & Detective.

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Themes: Traditional • Women Sleuths • Crime

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Themes: Traditional • Women Sleuths • Crime

Dead Wrong A Novel of Suspense — J. A. Jance

Dead Wrong A Novel of Suspense — J. A. Jance

Themes: Traditional • Women Sleuths • Crime

This Body of Death An Inspector Lynley Novel — Elizabeth George

This Body of Death An Inspector Lynley Novel

Elizabeth George

Themes: Traditional • Women Sleuths • Crime

The Paris Apartment A Novel — Lucy Foley

The Paris Apartment A Novel

Themes: Traditional • Women Sleuths • Crime

Picked to Die — Sheila Connolly

Sheila Connolly

Themes: Traditional • Women Sleuths • Crime

Death in Avignon A Penelope Kite Novel — Serena Kent

Death in Avignon A Penelope Kite Novel

Themes: Traditional • Women Sleuths • Crime

The Locked Room A Mystery — Elly Griffiths

The Locked Room A Mystery

Themes: Traditional • Women Sleuths • Crime

An Expert in Murder A New Mystery Featuring Josephine Tey — Nicola Upson

An Expert in Murder A New Mystery Featuring Josephine Tey

Themes: Traditional • Women Sleuths • Crime

The Stranger Diaries A Mystery — Elly Griffiths

The Stranger Diaries A Mystery

Themes: Traditional • Women Sleuths • Crime

A Woman Unknown — Frances Brody

A Woman Unknown

Themes: Traditional • Women Sleuths • Crime

By a Spider’s Thread — Laura Lippman

By a Spider’s Thread

Themes: Traditional • Women Sleuths • Crime

A Christmas Party A Seasonal Murder Mystery/Envious Casca — Georgette Heyer

A Christmas Party A Seasonal Murder Mystery/Envious Casca

Georgette Heyer

Themes: Traditional • Women Sleuths • Crime

Miss Marple’s Final Cases — Agatha Christie

Miss Marple’s Final Cases

Agatha Christie

Themes: Traditional • Women Sleuths • Crime

Moonflower Murders A Novel — Anthony Horowitz

Moonflower Murders A Novel

Anthony Horowitz

Themes: Traditional • Women Sleuths • Crime

A Sunlit Weapon — Jacqueline Winspear

A Sunlit Weapon

Jacqueline Winspear

Themes: Traditional • Women Sleuths • Crime

No Good Deeds A Tess Monaghan Novel — Laura Lippman

No Good Deeds A Tess Monaghan Novel

Themes: Traditional • Women Sleuths • Crime

Tangled Roots — Marcia Dutton Talley

Marcia Dutton Talley

Themes: Traditional • Women Sleuths • Crime

Folly — Stella Cameron

Themes: Traditional • Women Sleuths • Crime

Strange Affair A Novel of Suspense — Peter Robinson

Strange Affair A Novel of Suspense

Themes: Traditional • Women Sleuths • Crime

The Third Eye — Jackie Adams

Themes: Traditional • Women Sleuths • Crime

With No One As Witness — Elizabeth George

With No One As Witness

Elizabeth George

Themes: Traditional • Women Sleuths • Crime

The Collective A Novel — Alison Gaylin

The Collective A Novel

Themes: Traditional • Women Sleuths • Crime

Shed No Tears A Novel — Caz Frear

Shed No Tears A Novel

Themes: Traditional • Women Sleuths • Crime

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