Books like The devil to pay by Ellery Queen

A locked‑in murder on the Orient Express forces detective Hercule Poirot to unravel a mystery among a diverse group of passengers during a snowbound night.

A threatened inheritance, a clandestine affair, and a shocking murder thrust Hercule Poirot into a tangled web of guilt, deceit and intrigue.

In the tranquil village of Lymstock, a sudden wave of poison-pen letters turns the community into a web of suspicion and tragedy. When a desperate situation rises, an unlikely hero arrives to restore order.

Julian Cotter, a man with a lethal presence and a Doberman, appears on a secluded beach as Emelina Stratton runs before a storm. He claims to be a Mafia kingpin, offering help for the price of an I.O.U. and forcing Emmy into an unforgiving bargain.

In Regency London, Sidonie Saint‑Godard teaches etiquette by day, but as the Black Angel she robs wealthy men to aid the oppressed; when she steals from the despotic Marquess of Devellyn, she faces the exact penalty she warned him of.

Private Investigator Mattie Sullivan uncovers the truth about her murdered mother in Boston's gritty South Side neighborhood while trying to find closure and peace for her siblings and grandmother.

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

During a mountain vacation, Ellery Queen and his father are trapped by a forest fire at a remote cabin where a doctor, his family, and unusual guests—including conjoined twins—meet a deadly mystery. Queen must solve twin murders while fending off flames.

A spellbinding novel of contemporary romantic suspense--the unforgettable story of a woman caught between love and vengeance... Manhattan attorney Claire Green is haunted by the brutal murder of her twin sister Zoe in a dangerous revenge scheme that soon implicates Claire. Claire's only hope of clearing her name is to bring her sister's murderer to justice on her own...before a second killer strikes. But someone else is dogging Claire's trail: relentless F.B.I. agent Liam Jameson, who has tracked her to New Orleans. With her own life threatened, Claire reluctantly joins forces with the enigmatic Jameson. Distrust quickly flames into desire. As Mardi Gras builds to fever pitch, they are inexorably drawn into a shadowy world where impeccable tradition cloaks deadly secrets and where no one--not Claire nor even Jameson--is safe from the shocking truth...

A Civil War veteran turned novelist becomes an unlikely detective in Edwardian London, confronting serial murders that expose the city's hidden horrors.

A vampire‑phoenix, Ivan Drake, must decide whether to take the Book of All Spells from the witch Dez Merevech or spare her life, as a demon’s claim on his soul and a looming war between witches and vampires threaten the paranormal realm.

Ellery Queen investigates a Christmas‑time murder marked by a series of miniature gifts, discovering their hidden meaning only decades later to finally solve the case.

When a mysterious man is found dead in a hotel anteroom, a wealthy publisher’s social circle becomes a tangled web of secrets, jewels, and stolen stamps. Ellery Queen must untangle the bizarre clues to reveal the killer.

When Mrs. French is found dead in her department store’s showroom, Detective Ellery Queen and his father must untangle a web of corporate intrigue and familial secrets to uncover the killer hidden behind the glamorous façade of New York’s most celebrated retail empire.

Ellery Queen and his father investigate the mysterious disappearance of a Greek art dealer’s will, uncovering clues tied to a strangled ex‑convict, color‑blindness, a shredded will, and a tiny typing mistake.

Professor Charles Grimaud is challenged by a stranger who claims to have risen from his own coffin. When the stranger dies violently during a snowstorm, Dr. Gideon Fell investigates a killer who leaves no footprints.

It’s Christmas in Chicago, and Inspector Richard Queen is enjoying a busman’s holiday at a conference on gangland violence—but his son, amateur sleuth Ellery, is bored silly. Until, that is, Ellery reads of an unusual killing in rural Arroyo, West Virginia: A schoolmaster has been found beheaded and crucified. Ellery hustles his father into his roadster and heads east, since there is nothing he’d like better for Christmas than a juicy, gruesome puzzle. When the Queens arrive in Arroyo, they learn that the victim was an eccentric atheist, but not the sort to make enemies. What initially looks to be the work of a sadistic cult turns out to be something far more sinister. In the months ahead, more victims will turn up all over the world—all killed in the same horrifying manner. It will take several bodies before Queen divines the clue that unlocks the mystery of the Christmas crucifixion.

A Rhode Island bookshop, rumored to be haunted, becomes the scene of a murder when a bestselling author dies during a signing. The store’s enigmatic ghost may hold the key to solving the crime.

A bookshop owner discovers a Poe collection rumored to hide a secret code to buried treasure, but every purchaser meets a deadly fate. She enlists a resident ghost detective to unravel the mystery.

In the second act of a theatre production, a blackmailer is found murdered in the back row. Inspector Queen and his son Ellery investigate, focusing on the victim’s missing top hat.