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    "parsed_content": "What to ReadFind Your Next BookFantasyScience FictionThrillersRomanceAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTLove Agatha Christie? Read These Books Next.If you\u2019ve devoured all of the Queen of Crime\u2019s whodunits, here are more twisty mysteries that may satisfy your craving.Share full articleCredit...The New York TimesBy Sadie SteinPublished Sept. 23, 2026Updated Sept. 24, 2026, 9:14 a.m. ETSee more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra m\u00e1s de nuestra cobertura en los resultados de b\u00fasqueda. Add The New York Times on GoogleAgrega The New York Times en Google Agatha Christie may have penned 66 detective novels in her long and illustrious career, but for many readers, enough is never enough. Fear not: Many wonderful writers have followed in Christie\u2019s elegant footsteps. Here are just a few.If you\u2019re looking for another Miss MarpleImageImageAgnes Sharp and the Wedding to Die Forby Leonie Swann (2026)A Murder for Miss Hortenseby Mel Pennant (2025)Jane herself is back on the case this fall in \u201cMurder at the Grand Alpine Hotel,\u201d the first authorized Marple mystery, by the thriller writer Lucy Foley. But if you\u2019re craving even more unassumingly canny sleuths, I\u2019ve got options for you.In \u201cAgnes Sharp and the Wedding to Die For,\u201d Swann transports us to Sunset Hall, a rambling English house shared by a group of octogenarians. When one of the residents gets engaged, someone begins sending her poison pen letters that threaten to derail the festive occasion. Enter the aptly named Agnes Sharp \u2014 who may have her doubts about the marriage, but whose instinct is always right when it comes to crime.Then there\u2019s Pennant\u2019s \u201cA Murder for Miss Hortense,\u201d which finds the titular Jamaican \u00e9migr\u00e9e enjoying her golden years in England by housekeeping, gardening, baking \u2014 and avoiding thinking about a painful incident from her past. But when an old acquaintance turns up dead, Miss Hortense has to re-engage with the world, put aside her resentments and use her skills as a retired nurse to get justice.Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readAgnes Sharp and the Wedding to Die For Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readA Murder for Miss Hortense Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTIf you\u2019d like more St. Mary Mead, but with cranberriesImageThe Cape Cod Mysteryby Phoebe Atwood Taylor (1931)They don\u2019t call Asey Mayo \u201cthe codfish Sherlock Holmes\u201d for nothing: When a sleazy journalist is murdered while summering on the Cape, it\u2019s up to Mayo, the local eccentric, to discover which of the victim\u2019s many enemies is responsible. Come for the crime, stay for the glorious vintage color. The Cape Cod Mystery Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readIf you want a twist on a classic Christie formulaImageTea on Sundayby Lettice Cooper (1973)\u201cOn a cold winter\u2019s afternoon, Alberta Mansbridge waits at a table set with teacups for eight, musing over her guests.\u201d But when those guests arrive, the acid-tongued heiress doesn\u2019t answer the door, and police soon find her dead. Cooper\u2019s take on the locked-room mystery is as psychologically penetrating as it is ingenious.Tea on Sunday Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readIf you love a wintry country house murderImageAn English Murderby Cyril Hare (1951)Warbeck Hall is fully decked for Christmas, down to a rapidly accumulating blanket of snow, with holiday celebrations in full swing. But things become considerably less merry when one of the party dies \u2014 and the phone lines go down in the storm. Suddenly, everyone is a suspect (including, naturally, the butler).An English Murder Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readIf village mysteries are your jamImageSergeant Cluff Stands Firmby Gil North (1960)The taciturn Sergeant Cluff, who presides over his insular Yorkshire town, knows all of its residents, customs and secrets. In this, his first outing, Cluff investigates the apparent suicide of a local woman who has scandalized her neighbors by marrying a much younger man. A moody, shadowy northern story with a complex protagonist.Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readIf you crave an erudite sleuthImageThus Was Adonis Murderedby Sarah Caudwell (1981)Tax fraud and art law may seem like unlikely subjects for a thriller, but in this classic tale, we learn just how dangerous cooking the books can be. Julia Larwood, a young barrister, travels to Venice with her boyfriend for what should be a romantic art lovers\u2019 tour. But the sojourn soon turns deadly, and Julia learns that nothing and no one is who they seem \u2014 including the Inland Revenue.Thus Was Adonis Murdered Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readIf you enjoy extremely unlikely murder weaponsImageMurder As a Fine Artby Carol Carnac (1953)When a civil servant at the Ministry of Fine Arts is crushed by a marble bust \u2014 the third in a string of accidental deaths \u2014 it\u2019s time to call in Scotland Yard. Inspector Julian Rivers has seen plenty over the years, but even he\u2019s not ready for the web of bureaucracy and hypocrisy he encounters here.Murder as a Fine Art Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readIf you love bodies in librariesImageDead in the Morningby Margaret Yorke (1970)Patrick Grant is an eccentric Oxford don with a passion for historical crime. But when he travels to the country for the weekend (what could go wrong?), the housekeeper at a neighboring estate turns up dead, putting his theoretical knowledge to the test.Dead in the Morning Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readIf you\u2019re in the mood for a poison-pen mysteryImageMidsummer Murderby Cecil Wills (1956)Not to be confused with the similar-sounding, and equally murderous, Midsomer series, Wills\u2019s rather moodier novel takes place in the cathedral city of Storminster, where the Reverend Selwyn Sneddicombe sets to solving who is behind the poison pen letters \u2014 and the deaths \u2014 that have roiled his congregation.Midsummer Murder Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readIf you crave an inheritance squabble turned deadlyImageSuddenly at His Residenceby Christianna Brand (1946)The peevish Sir Richard may have been fond of periodically disinheriting family members, but would one of them be irritated enough to murder him? The case falls to Inspector Cockrill, who soon gets drawn into a whirlwind of family secrets, resentments and not-so-idle wealth.Suddenly at His Residence Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readIf you like deadly party gamesImageInk Ribbon Redby Alex Pavesi (2025)For his 30th birthday, Anatol invites five of his closest (or, at least, oldest) friends to a country estate to play an elaborate murder-mystery game. As you might guess, things take a turn for the bloody \u2014 but you\u2019re here for the twisty plotting and ingenious resolution.Ink Ribbon Red Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT",
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