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What to read after Murder Will Speak by Penny Richards: 24 titles sharing themes of Private Investigators, Women Sleuths, Crime, and Mystery & Detective, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

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Handpicked for thematic and literary overlap — the best shelf companions to Murder Will Speak.

Hush Now, Don’t You Cry — Rhys Bowen

Hush Now, Don’t You Cry

Themes: Private Investigators • Women Sleuths • Crime

A Useful Woman — Darcie Wilde

Themes: Private Investigators • Women Sleuths • Crime

Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Investigator A Novel — Kelly Gardiner

Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Investigator A Novel

Themes: Private Investigators • Women Sleuths • Crime

Killer Chameleon — Chassie West

Killer Chameleon

Themes: Private Investigators • Women Sleuths • Crime

Westside Lights A Novel — W. M. Akers

Westside Lights A Novel — W. M. Akers

Themes: Private Investigators • Women Sleuths • Crime

Magpie Murders — Anthony Horowitz

Anthony Horowitz

Themes: Private Investigators • Women Sleuths • Crime

By a Spider’s Thread — Laura Lippman

By a Spider’s Thread

Themes: Private Investigators • Women Sleuths • Crime

This Body of Death A Lynley Novel — Elizabeth George

This Body of Death A Lynley Novel

Elizabeth George

Themes: Private Investigators • Women Sleuths • Crime

Satanic Mechanic A Tannie Maria Mystery — Sally Andrew

Satanic Mechanic A Tannie Maria Mystery

Themes: Private Investigators • Women Sleuths • Crime

Tombstone Courage — J. A. Jance

Tombstone Courage — J. A. Jance

Themes: Private Investigators • Women Sleuths • Crime

Westside A Novel — W. M. Akers

Westside A Novel — W. M. Akers

Themes: Private Investigators • Women Sleuths • Crime

The Consequences of Fear A Maisie Dobbs Novel — Jacqueline Winspear

The Consequences of Fear A Maisie Dobbs Novel

Jacqueline Winspear

Themes: Private Investigators • Women Sleuths • Crime

Overboard A V. I. Warshawski Novel — Sara Paretsky

Overboard A V. I. Warshawski Novel

Themes: Private Investigators • Women Sleuths • Crime

The Paris Apartment A Novel — Lucy Foley

The Paris Apartment A Novel

Themes: Private Investigators • Women Sleuths • Crime

The Mermaid in the Basement — Gilbert Morris

The Mermaid in the Basement

Themes: Private Investigators • Women Sleuths • Crime

Fatal Inheritance — Catherine Shaw

Fatal Inheritance

Themes: Private Investigators • Women Sleuths • Crime

What the Dead Leave Behind — Rosemary Simpson

What the Dead Leave Behind

Rosemary Simpson

Themes: Private Investigators • Women Sleuths • Crime

The Case of the Wandering Scholar — Kate Saunders

The Case of the Wandering Scholar

Themes: Private Investigators • Women Sleuths • Crime

This Body of Death An Inspector Lynley Novel — Elizabeth George

This Body of Death An Inspector Lynley Novel

Elizabeth George

Themes: Private Investigators • Women Sleuths • Crime

Dead Land A V.I. Warshawski Novel — Sara Paretsky

Dead Land A V.I. Warshawski Novel

Themes: Private Investigators • Women Sleuths • Crime

The Lightning Rod A Zig and Nola Novel — Brad Meltzer

The Lightning Rod A Zig and Nola Novel

Themes: Private Investigators • Women Sleuths • Crime

The Lady with the Gun Asks the Questions The Ultimate Miss Phryne Fisher Story Collection — Kerry Greenwood

The Lady with the Gun Asks the Questions The Ultimate Miss Phryne Fisher Story Collection

Kerry Greenwood

Themes: Private Investigators • Women Sleuths • Crime

Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night — Sophie Hannah

Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night

Themes: Private Investigators • Women Sleuths • Crime

Damage Control A Novel of Suspense — J. A. Jance

Damage Control A Novel of Suspense — J. A. Jance

Themes: Private Investigators • Women Sleuths • Crime

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for Murder Will Speak by Penny Richards — spanning Private Investigators, Women Sleuths, Crime and featuring authors such as Rhys Bowen, Darcie Wilde, Kelly Gardiner, Chassie West, and others.

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