10 books for fans of The Witch Elm
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The Keeper
Cal Hooper • Book 3
by Tana French
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Irish village secrets reach their breaking point in the concluding chapter of Cal's story. French's atmospheric writing and complex character development culminate in this highly anticipated series finale.
★ 4.33 Goodreads (870 ratings) - 2
The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY
by John Joseph Adams, Stephen King, Robert J. Sawyer, Michael Moorcock, Sharyn McCrumb, Stephen Baxter, Anne Perry, Barbara Hambly, Tanith Lee, Neil Gaiman, Rob Rogers, Naomi Novik, Anthony Burgess, Dominic Green, Laurie R. King, Barbara Roden, Tim Lebbon, Peter Tremayne, Bradley H. Sinor, Edward D. Hoch, Vonda N. McIntyre, Darrell Schweitzer, Mary Robinette Kowal, H. Paul Jeffers, Geoffrey A. Landis, Amy Myers, Chris Roden, Tony Pi, Chris Roberson, Mark Valentine
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Holmes ventures beyond Victorian London into horror, science fiction, and fantasy realms crafted by modern masters like Stephen King and Neil Gaiman. Each story tests the detective's methods against supernatural and futuristic mysteries.
★ 4.39 Goodreads (22.7K ratings) - 3
Sherlock
by Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat
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Handpicked by the BBC Sherlock creators, these nineteen tales trace Holmes from his debut in A Study in Scarlet to late classics like The Dying Detective, offering the essential canon that shaped television's most famous consulting detective.
★ 4.33 Goodreads (457 ratings) - 4
Career of Evil
Cormoran Strike • Book 3
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A severed leg delivered to their office sends Strike and Robin hunting through four dangerous suspects from Strike's past, each with motive to terrorize the detective agency.
★ 4.22 Goodreads (231.1K ratings) - 5
The Punishment She Deserves
Inspector Lynley • Book 20
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When Ludlow's respected deacon dies in custody after being arrested for a serious crime, Lynley and Havers discover that this quiet medieval town harbors dark secrets worth killing to protect.
★ 4.19 Goodreads (19.0K ratings) - 6
Brimstone
Pendergast • Book 5
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
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Art critic Jeremy Grove dies in a locked room, his body impossibly hot, claw marks burned into the wall—the first of several identical, seemingly demonic murders.
★ 4.15 Goodreads (43.6K ratings) - 7
Sycamore Row
Jake Brigance • Book 2
by John Grisham
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Grisham brings back Jake Brigance to defend a handwritten will leaving millions to a black maid, igniting racial tensions in a case that threatens to destroy his career and family.
★ 4.10 Goodreads (141.1K ratings) - 8
The Lake House
by Kate Morton, Unknown Author
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During a lavish 1933 midsummer celebration, the Edevane family loses a child so devastating they abandon their estate forever—until a detective stumbles upon it decades later.
★ 4.08 Goodreads (131.8K ratings) - 9
The Alienist
Laszlo Kreizler and John Schuyler Moore • Book 1
by Caleb Carr
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Victorian-era criminal profiling meets gritty historical detail as Dr. Kreizler applies his controversial theories about the criminal mind to catch a child murderer stalking Manhattan's underbelly.
★ 4.06 Goodreads (182.1K ratings) - 10
This Body of Death
Inspector Lynley • Book 16
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A body discovered in a London cemetery gives ambitious DI Isabelle Ardery her chance to prove herself, but she needs the grieving Inspector Lynley's expertise to succeed.
★ 4.06 Goodreads (19.8K ratings)