Books Like The Cuckoo's Calling

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Robert Glenister's of the first Cormoran Strike mystery has the lived-in, unglamorous texture of actual detective work — his Strike is gruff and credible, not heroic, and across 16 hours the celebrity investigation unfolds at the pace of someone actually sifting evidence rather than hurtling toward revelation. Nine of these picks carry high reader ratings, and the list draws from the detective-procedural tradition where the pleasure is in the methodical accumulation of detail rather than the twist.

10 books for fans of The Cuckoo's Calling

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    O homem que morreu duas vezes cover

    O homem que morreu duas vezes

    Thursday Murder Club • Book 2

    by Richard Osman, Jaime Biaggio

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    Elizabeth and her fellow retirement home detectives encounter stolen diamonds, Cold War espionage, and a corpse that seems to have died twice. Osman's second mystery deepens his characters while delivering another perfectly plotted puzzle filled with wit and unexpected twists.

    4.35 Goodreads (360.6K ratings)
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    Security Hounds Investigations Books 1-3/Tracking The Truth/Fugitive Search/Hunted On The Trail

    Security Hounds Investigations • Book 1

    by Dana Mentink

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    Search-and-rescue dogs drive these romantic mysteries, tracking missing persons through wilderness settings. Mentink combines realistic canine training details with faith-based romantic suspense across three connected cases.

    5.00 Goodreads (2 ratings)
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    Fantasy in Death / Indulgence in Death / Treachery in Death

    In Death #30-32 • Book 30

    by J.D. Robb

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    Virtual reality gaming turns deadly, luxury becomes a killer's hunting ground, and corruption threatens the NYPSD in this triple threat of futuristic police procedurals.

    4.74 Goodreads (2.7K ratings)
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    Best of "The Strand Magazine": 25 Years of Twists, Turns, and Tales from the Modern Masters of Mystery and Fiction

    by Andrew F. Gulli - editor, Lamia J. Gulli - editor

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    Twenty-five years of The Strand Magazine's finest short fiction distills masters like Jo Nesbø's Nordic noir and Ray Bradbury's imagination into bite-sized revelations. Each story represents a different flavor of literary excellence.

    4.67 Goodreads (3 ratings)
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    Calculated In Death / Thankless In Death

    In Death #36-37 • Book 37

    by J.D. Robb, Susan Ericksen

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    Two novels pair Eve Dallas hunting the killer of a respected accountant with her pursuit of a murderer who targets anyone foolish enough to help others.

    4.59 Goodreads (188 ratings)
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    Desperation in Death

    In Death • Book 55

    by J.D. Robb

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    Thirteen-year-old Dorian escapes a horrific training facility where abducted girls are broken into compliance. Eve uncovers an exploitation network that tests even her hardened detective's resolve.

    4.57 Goodreads (26.8K ratings)
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    The Valentine Cipher: A Homefront Sleuths Mystery (The Homefront Sleuths Cozy Mystery Series Book 8)

    Homefront Sleuths • Book 8

    by Anna Elliott, Charles Veley

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    Valentine's Day wedding preparations turn deadly when the village curate is murdered days before seven couples plan to wed. Elliott and Veley blend wartime tension with cozy village mystery as Harry investigates with a famous secret guest about to arrive.

    4.53 Goodreads (1.1K ratings)
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    Nora Roberts Collection 5: Midnight Bayou, Chesapeake Blue, and Birthright cover

    Nora Roberts Collection 5: Midnight Bayou, Chesapeake Blue, and Birthright

    by Nora Roberts, Sandra Burr, James Daniels, Bernadette Quigley

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    Declan Fitzgerald impulsively buys a crumbling New Orleans mansion, beginning renovations that awaken both supernatural mysteries and unexpected romance in the bayou.

    4.51 Goodreads (1.3K ratings)
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    Treachery in Death

    In Death • Book 32

    by J.D. Robb

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    What begins as a simple case of teen thugs murdering a shopkeeper exposes a network of dirty cops using their badges to run drugs and eliminate witnesses.

    4.48 Goodreads (33.4K ratings)
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    Random in Death

    In Death • Book 58

    by J.D. Robb

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    At an Avenue A concert, death strikes randomly and silently, leaving Dallas to hunt a killer who turns crowds into hunting grounds. The 58th In Death novel examines how evil hides in plain sight among innocent faces.

    4.46 Goodreads (27.1K ratings)