Read-alikes and related books

Books like Murder by Matchlight

Readers who finished Murder by Matchlight by E. C. R. Lorac and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Traditional, Police Procedural, World War II, and 20th Century.

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Top related books to Murder by Matchlight

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

A Divided Loyalty

Charles Todd

Themes: Traditional • Police Procedural • World War II

Death in Captivity A Second World War Mystery

Michael Gilbert

Themes: Traditional • World War II • 20th Century

Mr Campion’s War

Mike Ripley

Themes: Traditional • Police Procedural • World War II

A Drink Before the War The First Kenzie and Gennaro Novel

Dennis Lehane

Themes: Traditional • Police Procedural • Crime

Poirot Investigates

Agatha Christie

Themes: Traditional • Police Procedural • Crime

Inspector French and the Sea Mystery

Freeman Wills Crofts

Themes: Traditional • Police Procedural • Crime

Death of Anton

Alan Melville

Themes: Traditional • Police Procedural • Crime

Thirteen Guests

Joseph Jefferson Farjeon

Themes: Traditional • Police Procedural • Crime

The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories

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Themes: Traditional • Police Procedural • Crime

#10

The Seven Dials Mystery

Agatha Christie

Themes: Traditional • Police Procedural • Crime

#11

The Body in the Dumb River

George Bellairs

Themes: Traditional • Police Procedural • Crime

#12

A Sunlit Weapon

Jacqueline Winspear

Themes: Traditional • World War II • 20th Century

#13

Sexton Blake on the Home Front

Mark Hodder

Themes: Traditional • World War II • 20th Century

#14

Death at Greenway A Novel

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Themes: Traditional • World War II • 20th Century

#15

The Shadow District A Thriller

Arnaldur Indridason

Themes: Police Procedural • World War II • 20th Century

#16

Murder Before Evensong

Richard Coles

Themes: Traditional • World War II • 20th Century

#17

Bruno, Chief of Police

Martin Walker

Themes: Police Procedural • World War II • 20th Century

#18

The Redbreast

Jo Nesbo

Themes: Police Procedural • World War II • 20th Century

#19

The Golden Keel

Desmond Bagley

Themes: Traditional • World War II • 20th Century

#20

Money in the Morgue: the New Inspector Alleyn Mystery

Ngaio Marsh

Themes: Traditional • Police Procedural • Crime

#21

The Hollow Needle Further Adventures of Arsène Lupin

Maurice Leblanc

Themes: Traditional • 20th Century • Crime

#22

Last Ditch

Ngaio Marsh

Themes: Traditional • Police Procedural • Crime

#23

The Man Who Was Thursday

G. K. Chesterton

Themes: Traditional • Police Procedural • Crime

#24

An American Tragedy

Theodore Dreiser

Themes: Traditional • 20th Century • Crime

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for Murder by Matchlight by E. C. R. Lorac — spanning Traditional, Police Procedural, World War II and featuring authors such as Charles Todd, Michael Gilbert, Mike Ripley, Dennis Lehane, and others.