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Explore 24 books like That Old Black Magic by Paul Sinor — a handpicked selection united by Private Investigators, Espionage, Suspense, and Mystery & Detective.

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

Standing in the Shadows — Peter Robinson

Standing in the Shadows

Themes: Private Investigators • Espionage • Suspense

The Lightning Rod A Zig and Nola Novel — Brad Meltzer

The Lightning Rod A Zig and Nola Novel

Themes: Private Investigators • Espionage • Suspense

The Redbreast — Jo Nesbo

Themes: Private Investigators • Espionage • Suspense

Camino Ghosts — John Grisham

Themes: Private Investigators • Espionage • Suspense

The Butcher’s Daughter A Foundlings Novel — Wendy Corsi Staub

The Butcher’s Daughter A Foundlings Novel

Wendy Corsi Staub

Themes: Private Investigators • Espionage • Suspense

The Standoff — Scott Blade

Themes: Private Investigators • Espionage • Suspense

Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night — Sophie Hannah

Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night

Themes: Private Investigators • Espionage • Suspense

Saving Sophie A Novel — Ronald H. Balson

Saving Sophie A Novel

Ronald H. Balson

Themes: Private Investigators • Espionage • Suspense

Executive Privilege A Novel — Phillip Margolin

Executive Privilege A Novel

Phillip Margolin

Themes: Private Investigators • Espionage • Suspense

Hour Game: King and Maxwell Book 2 — David Baldacci

Hour Game: King and Maxwell Book 2

Themes: Private Investigators • Espionage • Suspense

Poison Lilies A Novel — Katie Tallo

Poison Lilies A Novel

Themes: Private Investigators • Espionage • Suspense

The President’s Henchman — Joseph Flynn

The President’s Henchman

Themes: Private Investigators • Espionage • Suspense

Nemesis — Jo Nesbo

Themes: Private Investigators • Espionage • Suspense

Dead in a Week A Forensic Instincts / Zermatt Group Thriller — Andrea Kane

Dead in a Week A Forensic Instincts / Zermatt Group Thriller

Themes: Private Investigators • Espionage • Suspense

Not Dark Yet A DCI Banks Novel — Peter Robinson

Not Dark Yet A DCI Banks Novel

Themes: Private Investigators • Espionage • Suspense

The Spy — Clive Cussler

Themes: Private Investigators • Espionage • Suspense

The Sentence is Death — Anthony Horowitz

The Sentence is Death

Anthony Horowitz

Themes: Private Investigators • Espionage • Suspense

The Bricklayer — Noah Boyd

Themes: Private Investigators • Espionage • Suspense

The Midnight Caller — Scott Blade

The Midnight Caller

Themes: Private Investigators • Espionage • Suspense

The Cutting Edge — Jeffery Deaver

The Cutting Edge

Themes: Private Investigators • Espionage • Suspense

Private: Gold — James Patterson

James Patterson

Themes: Private Investigators • Espionage • Suspense

Sexton Blake on the Home Front — Mark Hodder

Sexton Blake on the Home Front

Themes: Private Investigators • Espionage • Mystery & Detective

Independence Square Arkady Renko in Ukraine — Martin Cruz Smith

Independence Square Arkady Renko in Ukraine

Martin Cruz Smith

Themes: Private Investigators • Espionage • Mystery & Detective

The Lightning Rod A Zig and Nola Novel. Book 2 — Brad Meltzer

The Lightning Rod A Zig and Nola Novel. Book 2

Themes: Private Investigators • Espionage • Mystery & Detective

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Private Investigators, Espionage, Suspense — the same threads that run through That Old Black Magic by Paul Sinor. Among the authors featured: Peter Robinson, Brad Meltzer, Jo Nesbo, John Grisham, and others.

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