Books like The Doubly Dead Set by Elizabeth Ferrars

Two young lovers, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, form a private detective agency and are hired to locate a missing woman named Jane Finn, whose disappearance threatens post‑war Britain.

Tom Ripley is hired to travel to Italy and persuade a wayward son to return home, but he becomes obsessed with taking the boy’s life, identity and wealth.

Myron Bolitar, a sports agent, is drawn into a murder investigation involving a young tennis star and her former fiancé.

Michael Corleone returns from a three‑year exile in Sicily to re‑enter America alongside young bandit Salvatore Giuliano, whose reckless acts have upset the Sicilian Mafia.

Detective Joona Linna returns from Sweden to chase a web of homicides tied to a clandestine arms deal, blending crime investigation with thriller suspense.

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Perry Mason tackles a perplexing homicide in Los Angeles, where a frantic client and a mysterious lieutenant complicate the investigation.

Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley investigates a stabbed victim found in a London cemetery while his former colleagues uncover a sinister secret in the New Forest, revealing intertwined mysteries that threaten all involved.

Matt Hunter, a former criminal, uncovers a shocking truth that puts his freedom and love for Olivia in jeopardy.

Dana Evans, a Washington TV anchor, suspects foul play when the elite Winthrop family is killed in a series of accidents. Pursuing the truth takes her across six countries, turning her into both detective and hunted.

A detective must untangle a baffling murder case in which an amnesiac doctor discovers his pivotal alibi, while the convicted killer’s wrongful trial leaves the truth hidden and the danger still looming.

Martha Crayle takes in a young woman seeking help from the National Guild for Unmarried Mothers, only to find a stranger turned husband whose presence unravels a web of deceit that threatens her life.

A slick Perry Mason mystery where a brash heiress seeks counsel over a will that threatens her inheritance if she marries early—only to find her own groom on trial after an uncle’s murder.

Private eye C.W. Sughrue takes a job in Montana that pulls him into the decades‑old mystery of a missing woman from Haight‑Ashbury.

A gripping psychological suspense novel set in Dublin, focusing on two detectives investigating a series of murders in the woods.

When Rachel Gairdner takes off for Australia to visit her brother Ian, she expects to enjoy a well-deserved holiday in that exotic land down under. But things don't appear to be going as planned. First, her brother fails to meet her at the airport as promised, and shortly after arriving at his house, Rachel discovers that Ian has disappeared. Then, later that weekend, she awakens to find a doctor hovering over her. It seems Rachel has attempted suicide--there's even a note in what looks like her handwriting at her bedside. Realizing that she was drugged, Rachel now fears that someone is trying to kill her. But who would want to murder a twenty-nine-year-old schoolteacher from Edinburgh? Could Ian, her only living relative, somehow be involved now that Rachel has recently received a surprisingly large inheritance from their aunt? And what of the hasty departure of the Constoupolises, the seemingly friendly Greek couple from whom Ian rented a room? And the sinister-looking character named Slattery, who's been snooping around ever since Rachel arrived--is he the key to brother Ian's disappearance or the attempt on her life? All Rachel knows is that her dream vacation has suddenly turned into a terrifying nightmare...and it's only a matter of time before her mystery assassin strikes again.

Globally acclaimed general’s memoir ghostwriter Sara Marriott becomes a silent witness to a puzzling series of murders in a quiet town, when an answered phone delivers a chilling warning that turns a simple assignment into a deadly investigation.

Nigel Cleaver vacationing at his brother’s estate discovers the bodies of his brother’s wife Annabel and her half‑sister Caroline. As family secrets unravel, the killers remain hidden until a stormy night reveals the truth.

*You called the police. That was the first thing to do. You did it at once...* Yet Matthew Tierney found himself sitting in a chair, staring at the strangled body of his wife; he was paralyzed by shock, unable to reach for the telephone on a nearby table. Perhaps it was this delay in calling the police that made him a prime suspect (an airtight alibi notwithstanding) or perhaps it was the substantial inheritance that his wife had recently come into--and that was now his. Tierney, however, has a few ideas of his own about who might have wrapped a cord neatly around his wife's throat. His investigation takes him to the lovely seaside resort where she had often vacationed, and where it seems that murder, too, is now on a holiday. For Tierney's prime suspect--his wife's lover--is found dead...and evidence again points a finger directly at Matthew Tierney...