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Readers who finished Codeword Crime by Chris Reynolds and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Graphic Novels, Private Investigators, Mystery, and Mystery, Thriller & Suspense.

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

Kill or Be Killed Compendium — Ed Brubaker

Kill or Be Killed Compendium

Themes: Graphic Novels • Mystery • Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd — Agatha Christie

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Agatha Christie

Themes: Graphic Novels • Mystery • Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Excursion to Tindari (Inspector Montalbano mysteries) — Andrea Camilleri

Excursion to Tindari (Inspector Montalbano mysteries)

Andrea Camilleri

Themes: Graphic Novels • Mystery • Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

The Stranger in the Lifeboat CD: A Novel — Mitch Albom

The Stranger in the Lifeboat CD: A Novel

Themes: Graphic Novels • Mystery • Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Murder Trail A Cash Madigan Mystery — Bruce Cassiday

Murder Trail A Cash Madigan Mystery

Themes: Private Investigators • Mystery • Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Silent as the Grave A Sloane Monroe Prequel — CHERYL. BRADSHAW

Silent as the Grave A Sloane Monroe Prequel — CHERYL. BRADSHAW

Cheryl Bradshaw

Themes: Private Investigators • Mystery • Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

The Queen City Detective Agency A Novel — Snowden Wright

The Queen City Detective Agency A Novel

Themes: Private Investigators • Mystery • Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Blind to Midnight A Nick Ryan Novel — Reed Farrel Coleman

Blind to Midnight A Nick Ryan Novel

Reed Farrel Coleman

Themes: Private Investigators • Mystery • Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

The Girl Under the Bridge A San Francisco Mystery — Fred Zackel

The Girl Under the Bridge A San Francisco Mystery

Themes: Private Investigators • Mystery • Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Closer Than You Know — Debra Webb

Closer Than You Know

Themes: Private Investigators • Mystery • Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

The Bluest Night — Aaron Philip Clark

The Bluest Night

Aaron Philip Clark

Themes: Private Investigators • Mystery • Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Ghosts and Madmen A Gripping Conspiracy Thriller — James Tarr

Ghosts and Madmen A Gripping Conspiracy Thriller

Themes: Private Investigators • Mystery • Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Murder on Sex Island A Luella van Horn Mystery — Jo Firestone

Murder on Sex Island A Luella van Horn Mystery

Themes: Private Investigators • Mystery • Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Low Flying — John Reynolds

Themes: Private Investigators • Mystery • Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

A Farewell to Arfs A Chet & Bernie Mystery — Spencer Quinn

A Farewell to Arfs A Chet & Bernie Mystery

Themes: Private Investigators • Mystery • Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Holmes, Margaret and Poe A Holmes, Margaret and Poe Mystery — James Patterson

Holmes, Margaret and Poe A Holmes, Margaret and Poe Mystery

James Patterson

Themes: Private Investigators • Mystery • Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

The Big Empty — Robert Crais

Themes: Private Investigators • Mystery • Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Death in a Harsh Land Large Print — Shannon Work

Death in a Harsh Land Large Print

Themes: Private Investigators • Mystery • Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Moonlight Rises — Vincent Zandri

Moonlight Rises

Themes: Private Investigators • Mystery • Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

The Case of the Long-Lost Lover — Jacqueline Diamond

The Case of the Long-Lost Lover

Jacqueline Diamond

Themes: Private Investigators • Mystery • Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

A Criminal Can’t Change His Aura — Kelly Hashway

A Criminal Can’t Change His Aura

Themes: Private Investigators • Mystery • Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Nobody’s Fool — Harlan Coben

Nobody’s Fool

Themes: Private Investigators • Mystery • Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Scar the Sky A Novel — J. Todd Scott

Scar the Sky A Novel

Themes: Private Investigators • Mystery • Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Last Call — TRAVIS. TOUGAW

Themes: Private Investigators • Mystery • Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Graphic Novels, Private Investigators, Mystery — the same threads that run through Codeword Crime by Chris Reynolds. Among the authors featured: Ed Brubaker, Agatha Christie, Andrea Camilleri, Mitch Albom, and others.

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