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24 titles for readers of Secrets Can Kill by Ellen Shapiro, selected for shared themes: Private Investigators, Traditional, Women Sleuths, and Suspense.

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The Collective A Novel — Alison Gaylin

The Collective A Novel

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Women Sleuths

By a Spider’s Thread — Laura Lippman

By a Spider’s Thread

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Women Sleuths

Strange Affair A Novel of Suspense — Peter Robinson

Strange Affair A Novel of Suspense

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Women Sleuths

The Skull Beneath the Skin — P.D. James

The Skull Beneath the Skin — P.D. James

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Women Sleuths

8 Days A Dee Rommel Mystery — Jule Selbo

8 Days A Dee Rommel Mystery

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Women Sleuths

The Paris Apartment A Novel — Lucy Foley

The Paris Apartment A Novel

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Women Sleuths

Dark August A Novel — Katie Tallo

Dark August A Novel

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Women Sleuths

By the Pricking of My Thumbs A Tommy and Tuppence Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition — Agatha Christie

By the Pricking of My Thumbs A Tommy and Tuppence Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Agatha Christie

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Women Sleuths

This Body of Death An Inspector Lynley Novel — Elizabeth George

This Body of Death An Inspector Lynley Novel

Elizabeth George

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Women Sleuths

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

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

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Women Sleuths

Careless Love A DCI Banks Novel — Peter Robinson

Careless Love A DCI Banks Novel

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Women Sleuths

Down Cemetery Road Zoë Boehm Thrillers 1 — Mick Herron

Down Cemetery Road Zoë Boehm Thrillers 1

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Women Sleuths

Another Thing to Fall A Novel — Laura Lippman

Another Thing to Fall A Novel

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Women Sleuths

Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night — Sophie Hannah

Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Women Sleuths

The Big Chill — Doug Johnstone

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Women Sleuths

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman — P.D. James

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman — P.D. James

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Women Sleuths

This Body of Death A Lynley Novel — Elizabeth George

This Body of Death A Lynley Novel

Elizabeth George

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Women Sleuths

The Consequences of Fear A Maisie Dobbs Novel — Jacqueline Winspear

The Consequences of Fear A Maisie Dobbs Novel

Jacqueline Winspear

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Women Sleuths

Killer Chameleon — Chassie West

Killer Chameleon

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Women Sleuths

The Secret Adversary — Agatha Christie

The Secret Adversary

Agatha Christie

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Women Sleuths

Magpie Murders — Anthony Horowitz

Anthony Horowitz

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Women Sleuths

The American Agent A Maisie Dobbs Novel — Jacqueline Winspear

The American Agent A Maisie Dobbs Novel

Jacqueline Winspear

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Women Sleuths

False Wall — Veronica Heley

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Women Sleuths

False Money — Veronica Heley

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Women Sleuths

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