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24 books recommended for fans of Taking Eve by Iris Johansen, tied together by themes of Women Sleuths, Women, Suspense, and Mystery & Detective.

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Top related books to Taking Eve

Handpicked for thematic and literary overlap — the best shelf companions to Taking Eve.

Smokescreen — Iris Johansen

Themes: Women Sleuths • Women • Suspense

In the Blink of an Eye — Jo Callaghan

In the Blink of an Eye

Themes: Women Sleuths • Women • Suspense

This Girl’s a Killer A Novel — Emma C. Wells

This Girl’s a Killer A Novel

Themes: Women Sleuths • Women • Suspense

What You Leave Behind A Novel — Wanda Michelle Morris

What You Leave Behind A Novel

Wanda Michelle Morris

Themes: Women Sleuths • Women • Suspense

For Better and Worse — Margot Hunt

For Better and Worse

Themes: Women Sleuths • Women • Suspense

Saving Max — Antoinette van Heugten

Antoinette Van Heugten

Themes: Women Sleuths • Women • Suspense

Lily White A Novel — Susan Isaacs

Lily White A Novel

Themes: Women Sleuths • Women • Suspense

The Hunting Party A Novel — Lucy Foley

The Hunting Party A Novel

Themes: Women Sleuths • Women • Suspense

All Good People Here — Ashley Flowers

All Good People Here

Themes: Women Sleuths • Women • Suspense

Marrow Island — Alexis M. Smith

Alexis M. Smith

Themes: Women Sleuths • Women • Suspense

The Change A Good Morning America Book Club Pick — Kirsten Miller

The Change A Good Morning America Book Club Pick

Themes: Women Sleuths • Women • Suspense

Hard to Kill A Jane Smith Thriller — James Patterson

Hard to Kill A Jane Smith Thriller

James Patterson

Themes: Women Sleuths • Women • Suspense

After She’d Gone — Alex Dahl

After She’d Gone

Themes: Women Sleuths • Women • Suspense

Watch Me Die — Erica Spindler

Themes: Women Sleuths • Women • Suspense

Where Secrets Stay — CherAnn Wright

Where Secrets Stay

Themes: Women Sleuths • Women • Suspense

The Mistake I Made The Basis for the TV Series DEEP WATER — Paula Daly

The Mistake I Made The Basis for the TV Series DEEP WATER

Themes: Women Sleuths • Women • Suspense

The Third Sister — Sara Blaedel

The Third Sister

Themes: Women Sleuths • Women • Suspense

Death at Greenway A Novel — Lori Rader-Day

Death at Greenway A Novel

Themes: Women Sleuths • Women • Suspense

Silent Words — Joan M. Drury

Themes: Women Sleuths • Women • Suspense

The Perfect Mother A Novel — Nina Darnton

The Perfect Mother A Novel

Themes: Women Sleuths • Women • Suspense

Sugar and Salt A Novel — Susan Wiggs

Sugar and Salt A Novel

Themes: Women Sleuths • Women • Suspense

The Midwife Murders — James Patterson

The Midwife Murders

James Patterson

Themes: Women Sleuths • Women • Suspense

A Ghost of Caribou A Novel of Suspense — Alice Henderson

A Ghost of Caribou A Novel of Suspense

Alice Henderson

Themes: Women Sleuths • Women • Suspense

Cat Deck the Halls A Joe Grey Mystery — Shirley Rousseau Murphy

Cat Deck the Halls A Joe Grey Mystery

Shirley Rousseau Murphy

Themes: Women Sleuths • Women • Suspense

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Taking Eve by Iris Johansen. Connected by Women Sleuths, Women, Suspense. Authors featured include Iris Johansen, Jo Callaghan, Emma C. Wells, Wanda Michelle Morris, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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