Books like Corpus Christmas by Margaret Maron

A charming and clever women detective, Precious Ramotswe, solves mysteries in Botswana's small town of Midsomin, South Africa, from 1986 to 1997, facing dangers and love in the process. The novel is beloved by readers worldwide for its clever dialogue and characters who are as flawed as the rest of us. The book is a bestseller and has been translated into 45 languages, including Polish, German, and Japanese, among others. It was also voted one of the International Books of the Year and the Millennium by the Times Literary Supplement.

During a festive Christmas Eve, the wealthy Simeon Lee is found murdered. Hercule Poirot applies his keen deduction to uncover the killer and prevent further tragedy.

After the Yellowstone catastrophe, people flee Earth to countless parallel worlds. Sally, Joshua, and Lobsang join a rescue effort, then are drawn into a high‑stakes expedition across the Long Mars, while a Navy commander explores the far edges of the Long Earth, and a community of post‑humans called the Next sparks conflict.

Armand Gamache follows a mysterious map to uncover a buried crime in Three Pines, entangling him with Cadet Amelia Choquet and a vanished professor, forcing a reckoning of secrets and guilt.

Eve Dallas returns to her New York precinct for a birthday party, only to confront a long‑suppressed killer from her past—Julie Dockport—whose plan spirals into a deadly, personal showdown.

Eve Dallas races against time to protect a 9‑year‑old witness after a brutal family massacre in 2059 New York City.

Isabel "Izzy" Spellman, a witty 28‑year‑old private investigator, runs the chaotic Spellman Investigations firm in San Francisco, turning family drama into comic detective work.

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec investigates a surprising death in the quiet village of Three Pines, uncovering a sinister truth beneath the seeming hunting accident.

Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and partner Barbara Havers trail a serial killer in London, confronting race politics and police turmoil while hunting the psychopath who strikes in a ruthless pattern.

A former IRA hit man, haunted by the ghosts of the 12 he killed, seeks redemption by targeting the men who ordered him. Amid political intrigue, he draws a forbidden attraction that threatens his quest for peace.

During a Christmas party in rural North Carolina, a tragic car wreck turns the holiday gathering into a deadly investigation as Sheriff Deputy Dwight Bryant and Judge Deborah Knott race to uncover who killed a young cheerleader before more lives are lost.

Two New York detectives find themselves tangled up in the kidnapping of a father and his driver, adding to the complexity of their investigation and putting their own lives at risk.

Lt. Peter Decker is stunned when a relative is found murdered in a Manhattan hotel and his niece disappears. Racing across the country, he dives into New York's underworld, confronting crime, secrets, and his own faith.

A burned Southwark warehouse, a missing hospital administrator, and a terrified nine‑year‑old weave together in London’s darkest corners as detective Gemma James and former partner Duncan Kincaid confront crime, abduction, and hidden truths.

When Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy summons Sarah Brandt, a midwife, to the home of famed healer Edmund Blackwell, she finds the doctor dead and his wife in labor, uncovering a dark mystery as the birth’s outcome threatens both a baby and a city.

In his wickedly brilliant first novel, Debut Dagger Award winner Alan Bradley introduces one of the most singular and engaging heroines in recent fiction: eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison. It is the summer of 1950--and a series of inexplicable events has struck Buckshaw, the decaying English mansion that Flavia's family calls home. A dead bird is found on the doorstep, a postage stamp bizarrely pinned to its beak. Hours later, Flavia finds a man lying in the cucumber patch and watches him as he takes his dying breath. For Flavia, who is both appalled and delighted, life begins in earnest when murder comes to Buckshaw. "I wish I could say I was afraid, but I wasn't. Quite the contrary. This was by far the most interesting thing that had ever happened to me in my entire life."To Flavia the investigation is the stuff of science: full of possibilities, contradictions, and connections. Soon her father, a man raising his three daughters alone, is seized, accused of murder. And in a police cell, during a violent thunderstorm, Colonel de Luce tells his daughter an astounding story--of a schoolboy friendship turned ugly, of a priceless object that vanished in a bizarre and brazen act of thievery, of a Latin teacher who flung himself to his death from the school's tower thirty years before. Now Flavia is armed with more than enough knowledge to tie two distant deaths together, to examine new suspects, and begin a search that will lead her all the way to the King of England himself. Of this much the girl is sure: her father is innocent of murder--but protecting her and her sisters from something even worse....An enthralling mystery, a piercing depiction of class and society, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is a masterfully told tale of deceptions--and a rich literary delight.From the Hardcover edition.

After two patrons are murdered on successive nights at a play, detective Kathy Mallory investigates the killings and mystery chalkboard messages backstage.

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.

In Margaret Maron's atmospheric thriller 'Storm Track,' Judge Deborah Knott faces a chilling murder mystery amid an impending North Carolina hurricane, blending legal intrigue with atmospheric suspense.

First‑year LAPD rookie Cynthia Decker faces a terrifying stalker while juggling a car‑jacking investigation, all while keeping her growing danger hidden from her father Peter and stepmother Rina.

Detective Blain Kent races to protect a secretive widow who may be the target of a cold‑blooded killer, uncovering a buried identity tied to a notorious crime boss before Christmas.