Books like Murder in Moscow by Andrew Garve

When Belgian detective Hercule Poirot returns to the English village of King's Abbot, he confronts the murder of industrialist Roger Ackroyd, unraveling a web of family secrets and hidden motives that reveal the culprit was nobody he expected.

Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic detective tale follows Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as they investigate the legend of an undead hound on Dartmoor, revealing secrets that threaten a family’s legacy.

Ira Levin’s psychological thriller follows a World War II veteran who becomes an ambitious and ruthless killer, using his cunning mind to settle his emotions and ascend a powerful family’s business empire.

Agatha Christie’s 1961 mystery follows detective Ariadne Oliver at the isolated Pale Horse inn, where a brutal crime and supernatural signs weave a gripping tale of murder and intrigue.

In Egypt, a sleepless dreamer uncovers a mysterious web of secrets, weaving intrigue and suspense into a haunting literary exploration that leads to a chilling climax.

A Texas Ranger and a group of paranormal investigators solve a case of murder and disappearance in San Antonio.

A rural justice battle against illegal immigration and race relations in North Carolina

"How a society defines crimes and prosecutes criminals illuminates its cultural values, social norms, and political expectations. In Murder Most Russian, Louise McReynolds uses a fascinating series of murders and subsequent trials that took place in the wake of the 1864 legal reforms enacted by Tsar Alexander II to understand the impact of these reforms on Russian society before the Revolution of 1917. For the first time in Russian history, the accused were placed in the hands of juries of common citizens in courtrooms that were open to the press. Drawing on a wide array of sources, McReynolds reconstructs murders that gripped Russian society, from the case of Andrei Gilevich, who advertised for a personal secretary and beheaded the respondent as a way of perpetrating insurance fraud, to the beating death of Marianna Time at the hands of two young aristocrats who hoped to steal her diamond earrings"--Publisher's Web site.

Margaret Maron's mystery, Slow Dollar, follows fictional judge Deborah Knott as she navigates a North Carolina case that turns to the intrigue of a circus.

Uncommon Clay follows Deborah Knott, a woman judge in North Carolina, as she delves into the pottery scene while navigating mystery and detective work.

In Margaret Maron's atmospheric thriller 'Storm Track,' Judge Deborah Knott faces a chilling murder mystery amid an impending North Carolina hurricane, blending legal intrigue with atmospheric suspense.

Lieutenant Sigrid Harald investigates the murder of a relic of New York's Gilded Age in this atmospheric police procedural mystery set in Gramercy Park.

Murder in Moscow follows Jessica Fletcher, a famed detective, as she investigates a mystery that takes her from Napa Valley's vineyards to an enigmatic crime scene.