Books like Why We Die by Mick Herron

Cayce Pollard, a logo‑conscious consultant in London, becomes embroiled in a global hunt for a mysterious filmmaker dubbed the "garage Kubrick" after discovering fragmented footage online.

A Soviet nuclear submarine marked for defection slips into the Atlantic, sparking a high‑stakes pursuit by the United States and the Soviet Union in this tense Cold War thriller.

Private detective Cordelia Gray protects fading star Clarissa Lisle on the island of Courcy, where poisoned letters and Shakespearean riddles threaten a planned cinematic comeback.

When a body from the River Tyne turns out to be private detective Zoë Boehm, reporter Sarah Tucker finds herself hunting clues that may reveal whether the mystery woman died by suicide or fell victim to a long‑ago case. With former partner Gerard Inchon's shadow looming, danger follows each unanswered question.

A heartwarming and suspenseful story about a clever and compassionate detective in Botswana.

A gripping mystery set in London during the 1920s as Maisie Dobbs investigates a brutal murder of a street vendor.

John le Carré’s Cold‑War spy thriller follows British agent Alec Leamas as he takes one last perilous assignment to outwit East German intelligence.

Irene Adler, the famed American opera singer who once outwitted Sherlock Holmes, steps into a new mystery where her keen detective skills rescue barrister Godfrey Norton and force a showdown with the legendary detective himself.

When Ali’s parents lose their life savings in a Ponzi scheme, her father becomes a suspect after a double homicide, and Ali and her husband fight to clear his name and bring justice to victims, including a cold‑blooded killer.

Amory Ames, a stylish detective, works with her husband Milo to solve a jewelry theft and a murder at a masked ball in 1930s London.

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.