Books like The gentle art of murder by Jeanne M. Dams

After Sir Edward Grey is murdered, his widow Julia partners with private investigator Nicholas Brisbane to uncover the brutal truth behind his death, confronting London’s hidden dangers and her own painful revelations.

American widow Dorothy Martin, 60, lives in an English village and, after a Christmas service, discovers the body of the local canon. Her unconventional hat style and curious nature spark a sleuth partnership with the widowed chief constable.

American Dorothy Martin and her husband uncover a mysterious death on Alderney, turning a holiday into a suspenseful investigation of cold‑blooded murder on a picturesque English Channel island.

Three co‑owners of the Cackleberry Club Café investigate the murder of milk farmer Mike Mullen, turning their culinary partnership into a crime‑scene investigation as they chase the killer through New York’s dairy backstreets.

Kate, a woman‑sleuth, is hired to find a missing daughter in 1950s England, a task complicated by a ghostly library, a strangled librarian’s corpse, and a suspicious Italian organ grinder, forcing her to uncover the true murderer.

American Anglophile Dorothy Martin tackles a tricky puzzle in the historic university town of Cambridge. Dorothy Martin isn't overly enthusiastic when her husband, retired police detective Alan Nesbitt, invites her to accompany him to a conference in Cambridge, picturing cramped student accommodation. But St. Stephen's turns out to be recently renovated, and, bolstered by en suite facilities, Dorothy is looking forward to exploring the historic and beautiful city. It is not long, though, before disaster strikes: lost in the maze of college buildings, Dorothy stumbles into a laboratory...and is shocked to find what looks like a pool of blood on the floor. She flees, to fetch help, but when Alan checks it out, there is nothing to be found. Was she mistaken? Or has a terrible crime been committed? Dorothy, who can never resist a puzzle, determines to find out.

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.