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If you loved Ambush by Colleen Coble, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Amateur Sleuth, Christian, Suspense, and Mystery & Detective.

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Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

I Think I Was Murdered — Colleen Coble

I Think I Was Murdered

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Christian • Suspense

North of the Killing Hand — Joni M. Fisher

North of the Killing Hand

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Christian • Suspense

Smoke Screen — Terri Blackstock

Terri Blackstock

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Christian • Suspense

Three — Ted Dekker

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Christian • Suspense

The Body in the Wake A Faith Fairchild Mystery — Katherine Hall Page

The Body in the Wake A Faith Fairchild Mystery

Katherine Hall Page

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Christian • Suspense

Fallout — Carrie Stuart Parks

Carrie Stuart Parks

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Christian • Suspense

The Lost Years — Mary Higgins Clark

Mary Higgins Clark

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Christian • Suspense

Trial and Error — Robert Whitlow

Trial and Error

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Christian • Suspense

Fragments of Fear — Carrie Stuart Parks

Fragments of Fear

Carrie Stuart Parks

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Christian • Suspense

Waking Hours — Lis Wiehl

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Christian • Suspense

Intervention — Terri Blackstock

Terri Blackstock

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Christian • Suspense

Dying for Revenge The Lady Doc Murders – Book One — Barbara Golder

Dying for Revenge The Lady Doc Murders – Book One

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Christian • Suspense

Whispers in the Reading Room — Shelley Shepard Gray

Whispers in the Reading Room

Shelley Shepard Gray

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Christian • Suspense

Chasing Fireflies A Novel of Discovery — Charles Martin

Chasing Fireflies A Novel of Discovery

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Christian • Suspense

False Wall — Veronica Heley

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Christian • Suspense

We All Begin As Strangers A Gripping Novel about Dark Secrets in an English Village — Harriet Cummings

We All Begin As Strangers A Gripping Novel about Dark Secrets in an English Village

Harriet Cummings

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Christian • Suspense

Murder by Suspicion — Veronica Heley

Murder by Suspicion

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Christian • Suspense

The Rare Jewel of Everleigh Wheaton — Susan L. Tuttle

The Rare Jewel of Everleigh Wheaton

Susan L. Tuttle

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Christian • Suspense

The Letter Tree — Rachel Fordham

The Letter Tree

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Christian • Mystery & Detective

Envy — Sandra Brown

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Suspense • Mystery & Detective

Small Pleasures — Clare Chambers

Small Pleasures

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Suspense • Mystery & Detective

Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions — Mario Giordano

Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Suspense • Mystery & Detective

Water Like a Stone — Deborah Crombie

Water Like a Stone

Deborah Crombie

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Suspense • Mystery & Detective

Swiped A Novel — L.M. Chilton

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Suspense • Mystery & Detective

If Ambush by Colleen Coble is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Amateur Sleuth, Christian, Suspense and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Colleen Coble, Joni M. Fisher, Terri Blackstock, Ted Dekker, and others.

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