Books like Duplicate Death by Georgette Heyer

London’s high society slicks up around a card night hosted by a social-climbing hostess. The atmosphere shatters when two guests are murdered in the same brutal way—strangled with picture wire. Inspector Hemingway is thrust into a tangled web of motive, opportunity, and misdirection. The first victim, a mysterious worldly man, and the second, a driven widow, share only one gruesome similarity. Suspicion quickly falls on Miss Beulah Birtley, fiancée of the inspector’s friend Timothy Kane, whose own history is fraught with scandal. As Kane digs deeper, the line between innocence and guilt blurs, forcing Hemingway to confront a complex mystery that keeps the stakes high. With narrow clues and conflicting evidence, Hemingway must cross paths with cunning suspects, unexpected alibis, and hidden connections to unmask the killer before the danger closes in.

First publish date: 1951