Books like Dying for a taste by Leslie Karst

xii, 353 pages ; 18 cm

Jack Haldean, a former officer turned investigator, unravels the murder of an elderly aristocrat, the vanishing heir and missing sapphires amid the turmoil of World War I.

469 pages ; 20 cm

An amnesiac on Harris, a detective in Lewis, and a girl in Edinburgh pursue the truth behind a bludgeoned corpse and a mysterious map called Coffin Road, weaving a tense Scottish crime thriller.

In Taipei’s Ghost Month, food‑stand owner Jing‑nan investigates his high‑school girlfriend Julia’s mysterious murder, uncovering secrets that blur the line between honor and street life.

"Private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney and her friends are celebrating New Year's Eve at the party of the year, a smashing Winter White Garden party at the newly renovated King Cotton Boutique Hotel. It's a dazzling success ... until Frangelica "Sister" McFee walks through the door. Sarah Booth knew Sister in college, before Sister became a bestselling author and moved to New York, and fame and fortune don't seem to have tempered her arrogance and cruelty. Sister's latest book is a memoir about the death of her mother and brother many years ago. Now, a film about the book is in the works, and a film crew has descended upon Zinnia, Mississippi, to tell the complete story. The film crew soon realizes there may be more to the story than meets the eye--or is told in Sister's memoir--and they hire Sarah Booth to discover the absolute truth about those deaths so many years ago. But Sarah Booth quickly realizes that someone is desperate to keep the truth hidden and will go to any lengths necessary to protect a long-held secret. Carolyn Haines's next Sarah Booth Delaney novel, Sticks and Bones, is sure to delight series fans and newcomers alike"--