Books like Murder on the hour by Elizabeth J. Duncan

Miss Jane Marple investigates the mysterious shooting of magistrate Colonel Protheroe in St. Mary Mead, uncovering secrets that ordinary villagers could not.

On a luxury Nile cruise, the glamorous Linnet Ridgeway is found murdered, and intrepid detective Hercule Poirot must uncover the truth amid intrigue, secrets, and false leads.

When an U.S. senator and a victim in Amsterdam are murdered, FBI forensic artist Sydney Fitzpatrick uncovers a conspiracy that could unleash a worldwide plague.

In the mining town of Llanelen, the corpse of Glenda Roberts spurs a murder investigation that pits local sleuth Penny Brannigan against a skeptical police force amid secrets tied to a former slate mine turned tourist attraction.

"Local artist and amateur sleuth Penny Brannigan has been spending her summer painting the exterior and views of the once-lovely Gwrych Castle, now in a heartbreaking state of disrepair. A privately owned castellated country house of jaw dropping scale, the gorgeous house located just outside of Penny's picturesque Welsh town has been sadly neglected for decades. Penny is thrilled when she hears local Mark Baker is leading a team of enthusiastic volunteers to restore the castle grounds and formal gardens to their former grandeur. But there are always disagreements about how everything should be done, and it's not long before they turn deadly. Penny is horrified to discover the body of an overbearing volunteer who had opposed Mark at every turn. Convinced that Mark is innocent, Penny enlists the help of keen gardener Gareth Davies, recently retired from the North Wales Police Service. She asks that he join the volunteer brigade, so Gareth dons a hi-vis jacket, picks up a spade and picks up a few clues, too. Asked to examine watercolor paintings of the estate gardens from the 1920s, Penny is surprised to find a few clues of her own. Could the 90-year-old paintings really hold the keys to a present-day murder? Murder is for Keeps is the latest book in this charming traditional mystery series from Elizabeth J. Duncan"--

International agent Kate Shackleton escorts the India Office to investigate the disappearance of Maharajah Narayan, whose body is soon found on the Bolton Abbey estate, triggering a deadly hunt for a vanished diamond.

When a beauty queen disappears on her wedding day in the market town of Llanelen, ex‑Canadian manicurist Penny Brannigan takes the case in hand, turning funeral gossip into a gritty investigation into murder and missing‑person mystery in North Wales.

Paddy Meehan, a Scottish reporter, uncovers a brutal murder after a bribe and a tainted police case. With deadline looming, she must expose the truth before her career and life are threatened.

At a black‑tie gala celebrating a rare eighteenth‑century Chinese teahouse, Charleston’s charming mystery sleuth Theodosia Browning discovers donor Edgar Webster dead behind a photo booth. With her boyfriend Max a PR lead turned suspect, she must untangle a web of philanthropy, art and murder.

In the quiet post‑War England of 1926, a missing quarry mason sparks a mystery that draws the keen eye of young detective Kate Shackleton and her investigating mother, Mary Jane, whose own secrets may hold the key to the truth.