Read-alikes and related books

Books like Stealing the Countess

If you loved Stealing the Countess by David Housewright, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Hard-Boiled, Private Investigators, Criminology, and Crime.

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Top related books to Stealing the Countess

Each title here shares meaningful common ground with Stealing the Countess — in theme, mood, or literary style.

Unidentified Woman #15

David Housewright

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Criminology

The Waiting

Michael Connelly

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Criminology

The Unsolved Murder of Adam Walsh Book One: Did Jeffrey Dahmer kidnap Adam Walsh?

Arthur Jay Harris

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Criminology

Sisterhoods

Linda Regan

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Criminology • Crime

The Reckoning

John Grisham

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

The Best Assassination in the Nation

Joshua Cohen

Themes: Private Investigators • Criminology • Crime

Central City

Indy Perro

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Criminology • Crime

Sheehan’s Dog

Les Roberts

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Criminology • Crime

The Loneliest Places

Keith Edward Vaughn

Themes: Private Investigators • Criminology • Crime

#10

Gates’ Bookstore

Jamila A. Stone

Themes: Private Investigators • Criminology • Crime

#11

Buried at the Lake

Dan Petrosini

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Criminology • Crime

#12

Blood Business

Barbara Nadel

Themes: Private Investigators • Criminology • Crime

#13

The Gods of Guilt

Michael Connelly

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Criminology • Crime

#14

The Reckoning The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller

John Grisham

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

#15

The Shades Dripped Red A Nick Montaigne Mystery

Peter Kurtz

Themes: Private Investigators • Criminology • Crime

#16

The Workers of Iniquity A C.T. Ferguson Crime Novel

Tom Fowler

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

#17

Potter’s Field

Rob Hart

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

#18

Sacred A Kenzie and Gennaro Novel

Dennis Lehane

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

#19

K is for Killer

Sue Grafton

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

#20

Early Autumn

Robert B. Parker

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

#21

The Night Man

Jørn Lier Horst

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

#22

Lethal White

Robert Galbraith

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

#23

Mike Hammer: Murder Never Knocks A Mike Hammer Novel

Mickey Spillane

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

#24

Cold in July

Joe R. Lansdale

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Hard-Boiled, Private Investigators, Criminology — the same threads that run through Stealing the Countess by David Housewright. Among the authors featured: David Housewright, Michael Connelly, Arthur Jay Harris, Linda Regan, and others.