Books like Head of a traveler by Nicholas Blake

Alicia Berenson, a celebrated painter, shoots her husband Gabriel and then falls silent, becoming a media sensation. In North London’s Grove secure unit, psychotherapist Theo Faber devotes himself to uncovering why she became the Silent Patient and his own true motives.

In an elite New England college, a charismatic classics professor lures a group of eccentric students into obsessive study, leading them from intellectual curiosity to corruption, betrayal, and ultimately murder.

In wartime Britain, a secret‑service hero returns to the Ministry of Morale, where the beautiful Nita Prince drinks poison from a coffee cup amid a tangled affair with her lover, the director, and his brother‑in‑law.

Legendary WWI ace Fergus O’Brien faces a cruel prophecy when letters predict his murder on Boxing Day, prompting a festive trap that ends in his death and a detective’s race to solve the crime amid smoldering attraction.

A former executive is given a chance to rewrite his life through seven pivotal moments in history, where he receives timeless lessons on success from figures like Abraham Lincoln, King Solomon, and Anne Frank.

A new holiday camp in Wonderland is terrorised by the self‑proclaimed ‘Mad Hatter’, and private detective Nigel Strangeways is hired to uncover the culprit behind the cruel practical jokes.

Two sisters stay with Aunt Serena on Staten Island and become intrigued by the house’s gloomy charm, Norman’s cold demeanor, and a phantom stagecoach that appears on rainy nights.

Detective Nigel Strangeways visits Maiden Astbury for a literary society, only to find a drowned brewery dog and a boiled body in a vat—prompting a grim investigation that intertwines village secrets and old university ties.

Frank Cairnes, a popular detective novelist, turns his investigative skills to a personal tragedy: hunting the runaway driver who killed his son Martin.

A gripping psychological suspense novel set in Dublin, focusing on two detectives investigating a series of murders in the woods.

A gripping mystery story following teenage girls grappling with personal tragedy and the pursuit of justice in a small English town.

Roman d'humour Pour se réconcilier avec sa soeur Angela, Richard a l'idée saugrenue de l'inviter à passer des vacances au pays de Galles en compagnie de sa petite famille. Mais dans ce coin du bout du monde, il pleut sans discontinuer, le premier village est à des kilomètres, et les portables ne fonctionnent pas ! Quatre adultes, trois ados et un enfant, qui se connaissent à peine, se retrouvent coincés là pour une semaine. Jeux de société, conversations de circonstances, promenades... En apparence, la cohabitation semble bien se dérouler. Mais intérieurement, chacun rumine de vieux griefs. De toute part on fomente des alliances, des conquêtes et des trahisons... avant de prôner la réconciliation. Bref, le bonheur des vacances en famille. Une brillante comédie de moeurs, un regard irrésistible sur les relations familiales, où l'on retrouve la patte de l'auteur du Bizarre Incident du chien pendant la nuit. [4e de couv.]

At Sudeley Hall, a Sports Day tragedy triggers a murder investigation led by Nigel Strangeways, whose uncle is Scotland Yard’s Assistant Commissioner.