Books like The devil met a lady by Stuart M. Kaminsky

Name: The devil met a lady
Author: Stuart M. Kaminsky

📘 The devil met a lady by Stuart M. Kaminsky

In this Hollywood mystery, private detective Toby Peters is assigned to guard iconic actress Bette Davis against a rag‑tag group of spies. As bodies multiply and Davis is kidnapped three times, Peters must race against time to rescue her while protecting himself from the danger that surrounds him.

First publish date: January 1995

Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator

Authors: Stuart M. Kaminsky

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 0.0 (0 community ratings)

All books by Stuart M. Kaminsky

How are these books recommended?

The books recommended for The devil met a lady by Stuart M. Kaminsky are shaped by reader interaction. Votes on how closely books relate, user ratings, and community comments all help refine these recommendations and highlight books readers genuinely find similar in theme, ideas, and overall reading experience.

Have you read any of these books?
Your votes, ratings, and comments help improve recommendations and make it easier for other readers to discover books they’ll enjoy.

Books similar to The devil met a lady (23 similar books)

📘 The Maltese Falcon

by Dashiell Hammett

Hard‑boiled detective Sam Spade races to recover a priceless, gem‑encrusted statuette while double‑crosses and danger creep from every corner.

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.4 (31 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like The Maltese Falcon

📘 Farewell, My Lovely

by Raymond Chandler

Philip Marlowe spins a hard‑boiled Los Angeles mystery that turns routine into a jewel‑caper, double murder, fortune‑teller intrigue and corruption.

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.7 (17 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Farewell, My Lovely

📘 The postman always rings twice

by James M. Cain

In "The Postman Always Rings Twice," a drifter falls for a married woman, creating a deadly love triangle that spirals into murder, betrayal, and the inevitable tragedy of a postman's cruel warning.

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.8 (17 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like The postman always rings twice

📘 The Lady in the Lake

by Raymond Chandler

Renowned detective Philip Marlowe investigates the mysterious disappearances of two wives in Los Angeles, revealing a tangled web of marriage, crime and intrigue.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (13 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like The Lady in the Lake

📘 Double indemnity

by James M. Cain

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (12 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Double indemnity

📘 The Killer Inside Me

by Jim Thompson

Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford of a small Texas town hides a dark illness that once threatened his career; now it resurfaces, threatening his peace and the town’s safety.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (5 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like The Killer Inside Me

📘 Devil's Lady

by Dawn Lindsey

The Devilish Lord Deveril Beautiful, flame-haired Miss Christina Castleford had found a way out of the shadow of scandal cast by her notorious grandmother. The eminently well-born Charles Heybridge had asked for her hand. As his wife, Christina at last would have entry into the society that so harshly had scorned her. Just one obstacle barred her way. A most formidable obstacle. The most irresistible rake in London. The man who vowed that Christina would never wed Charles, and whose weapons Christina had to defeat: outrageous rumor that found her such easy prey... and the arrow of love that Cupid loosed so skillfully at her heart....

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.0 (2 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Devil's Lady

📘 Lady with the Devil's scar

by Sophia James

Lady Isobel Dalceann, a badly disfigured noblewoman, defends her keep in the Middle Ages. When she lets a scarred mercenary, Marc de Courtenay, into her walls, danger and trust collide amid war‑worn secrets.

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.0 (1 rating)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Lady with the Devil's scar

📘 Down for the Count

by Stuart M. Kaminsky

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 rating)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Down for the Count

📘 Catch a Falling Clown

by Stuart M. Kaminsky

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 rating)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Catch a Falling Clown

📘 He Done Her Wrong

by Stuart M. Kaminsky

Toby Peters, a private investigator in Hollywood, chases a clever thief who has stolen actress Mae West’s prized autobiography. With a doomed lead, a looming asylum, and looming danger, he must recover the missing manuscript before the shadows catch up.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 rating)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like He Done Her Wrong

📘 The Howard Hughes Affair

by Stuart M. Kaminsky

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 rating)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like The Howard Hughes Affair

📘 Never Cross a Vampire

by Stuart M. Kaminsky

Private investigator Toby Peters takes on two baffling murder cases in January 1942 Hollywood, one involving Bela Lugosi and another a shooting linked to William Faulkner.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 rating)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Never Cross a Vampire

📘 Devil's Lady

by Patricia Rice

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 rating)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Devil's Lady

📘 The devil's lady

by Deborah Simmons

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.0 (1 rating)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like The devil's lady

📘 Lucifer's Lady

by Rachelle Edwards

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.0 (1 rating)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Lucifer's Lady

📘 Poor butterfly

by Stuart M. Kaminsky

In 1942 San Francisco, a murderer threatens the opera house staging Puccini’s "Madama Butterfly." Los Angeles detective Toby Peters is called in to protect the cast before the opening night.

★★★★★★★★★★ 0.0 (0 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Poor butterfly