Recommendations based on N is for Nooseby Sue Grafton

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  1. M is for Malice

    by Sue Grafton
    Kinsey Millhone is on the hunt for a killer as she investigates the mysterious disappearance of a woman.

    In January 1986, Tasha Howard hires her cousin Kinsey Millhone to find an heir of the wealthy Malek family. When patriarch Bader Malek died, everyone assumed his $40 million estate would be split ... (Wikipedia)

  2. J is for Judgment

    by Sue Grafton
    Amateur detective Kinsey Millhone investigates a murder with a tangled web of suspects.

    July 1984 contains two surprises for Kinsey Millhone, both connected to her past. First, California Fidelity Insurance reappears in her life in the form of Mac Voorhies, who wants her help with a ... (Wikipedia)

  3. F is for Fugitive

    by Sue Grafton
    Private investigator Kinsey Millhone races to uncover the truth behind a murder and a fugitive on the run.

    Henry Pitts is having Kinsey's garage apartment rebuilt after it was destroyed in the events of the previous novel . Royce Fowler wants the detective to exonerate his son of the murder of Jean ... (Wikipedia)

  4. Seven Up

    by Janet Evanovich
    Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter, is back with her quirky family and friends to solve another mystery. This time, it involves a missing man and a stolen delivery truck.

    Stephanie 's latest quarry is Eddie DeChooch, a septuagenarian semi-retired mobster who was arrested for smuggling cigarettes into New Jersey from Richmond, Virginia . Stephanie finds him in a state ... (Wikipedia)

  5. Three to Get Deadly

    by Janet Evanovich
    Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter, is on the hunt for a cop killer and a missing witness. Chaos ensues.

    Stephanie is on the trail of beloved Moses Bedemier , a mild-mannered man who runs an ice-cream parlor/candy store in the Burg . Mo is an upstanding citizen with ties to almost every family in ... (Wikipedia)

  6. 1st to Die

    by James Patterson
    Four female friends team up to catch a killer preying on newlyweds.

    Four crime-solving friends face off against a killer in San Francisco in the Women's Murder Club novel that started James Patterson's thrilling series. Each one holds a piece of the puzzle: Lindsay ... (Goodreads)

  7. Vengeance in Death

    by J.D. Robb
    Detective Eve Dallas solves a gruesome murder, uncovering a deadly conspiracy.

    He is an expert with the latest technology...a madman with the mind of a genius and the heart of a killer. He quietly stalks his prey. Then he haunts the police with cryptic riddles about the crimes ... (Goodreads)

  8. Fatal Voyage

    by Kathy Reichs
    A cold case is reopened, leading to a thrilling web of secrets and murder.

    A plane crash in the mountains of North Carolina and an unidentified severed foot found in the vicinity lead Brennan and would-be lover Detective Andrew Ryan to investigate a mysterious cult. The ... (Wikipedia)

  9. Turbo Twenty-Three

    by Janet Evanovich
    Adventure-filled mystery of a bounty hunter on the hunt for a gang of criminals.

    In the heart of Trenton, N.J., a killer is out to make sure someone gets his just desserts. Larry Virgil skipped out on his latest court date after he was arrested for hijacking an eighteen-wheeler ... (Goodreads)

  10. Naked in Death

    by J.D. Robb
    A murder investigation set in a futuristic New York City, uncovering secrets about a criminal ring.

    In 2058, Eve Dallas, Lieutenant in the NYPSD (New York Police and Security Department) Homicide division, is tasked with finding the culprit who killed Sharon DeBlass, a licensed companion (that is, ... (Wikipedia)

  11. Indemnity Only

    by Sara Paretsky
    Private investigator V.I. Warshawski takes on a case involving a missing person and uncovers a web of corruption and danger.

    Meeting an anonymous client late on a sizzling summer night is asking for trouble. But trouble is Chicago private eye V.I. Warshawski's specialty. Her client says he's the prominent banker, John ... (Goodreads)

  12. The 8th Confession

    by James Patterson
    An NYPD Detective and her partner investigate a series of gruesome murders.

    Stacey Glenn, a dropout girl from the high society is convicted of multiple counts of murder by Yuki Castellano - the lawyer of the Murder Club. Glenn is killed and beheaded once she arrives in ... (Wikipedia)

  13. The Client

    by John Grisham
    A young boy is thrust into a legal battle, as he tries to protect himself and his family.

    Boyd Boyette, a United States Senator from Louisiana, goes missing. Because of his vocal opposition to a proposed major toxic landfill project by a company known to be Mafia-backed, murder is ... (Wikipedia)

  14. Point of Origin

    by Patricia Cornwell
    An FBI agent investigates a string of arson cases, uncovering a mysterious criminal.

    Dr Kay Scarpetta, Virginia Chief Medical Examiner and consulting pathologist for the federal law enforcement agency ATF , is called out to a farmhouse in Virginia that has been destroyed by fire. In ... (Wikipedia)

  15. Friends, Lovers, Chocolate

    by Alexander McCall Smith
    Isabel Dalhousie, philosopher and amateur sleuth, navigates the complexities of love and loss while solving a mystery involving a rare manuscript.

    ISABEL DALHOUSIE - Book 2 Nothing captures the charm of Edinburgh like the bestselling Isabel Dalhousie series of novels featuring the insatiably curious philosopher and woman detective. Whether ... (Goodreads)

  16. Postmortem

    by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
    Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner, investigates a serial killer in Richmond, Virginia.

    The novel opens as Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner for the Commonwealth of Virginia, receives an early-morning call from Sergeant Pete Marino, a homicide detective at the Richmond Police ... (Wikipedia)

  17. Déjà Dead

    by Kathy Reichs
    An action-packed mystery featuring a female forensic anthropologist as she investigates a series of mysterious murders.

    When the meticulously dismembered body of a woman is discovered in the ground of an abandoned monastery in Montreal , Canada , which is too "decomposed for standard autopsy ", an anthropologist is ... (Wikipedia)

  18. 15th Affair

    by James Patterson
    Detective Lindsay Boxer investigates a string of murders while dealing with personal turmoil. Fast-paced thriller with unexpected twists and turns.

    Detective Lindsay Boxer chases an elusive, possibly very dangerous suspect-her husband. , Lindsay Boxer has a beautiful baby daughter and a husband she loves unconditionally. The police detective has ... (Barnes & Noble)

  19. The Enemy

    by Lee Child
    A retired military cop is tasked with finding a missing American soldier in Iraq.

    In the last hours of 1989, Major Gen. Kenneth Kramer dies of a heart attack in a seedy North Carolina motel, apparently while in the company of a prostitute. MP Maj. Jack Reacher investigates and ... (Wikipedia)

  20. Silent Prey

    by John Sandford
    A crime thriller following an investigation by detective Lucas Davenport.

    His guards slain, the brilliant yet insane pathologist of 'Eyes of Prey" flees to New York, there to continue his research into aspects of death. Carefully, Michael Bekker conducts his experiments, ... (Goodreads)

  21. The Innocent

    by Harlan Coben
    A man's life is turned upside down when he becomes entangled in a web of lies and deceit after a murder in Berlin.

    You never meant to kill him….One night, Matt Hunter innocently tried to break up a fight—and ended up a killer. Now, nine years later, he’s an ex-con who takes nothing for granted. His wife, Olivia, ... (Goodreads)

  22. The Kalahari Typing School for Men

    by Alexander McCall Smith
    Mma Ramotswe's detective agency faces new challenges as she takes on a case of a missing person and navigates the complexities of love.

    Mma Ramotswe talks with her fiance Mr JLB. Matekoni about the future of her assistant, Mma Makutsi, who seems to have difficulty finding suitable men. Later the two women discuss the same topic. At ... (Wikipedia)

  23. Gone for Good

    by Harlan Coben
    A man's search for the truth about his brother's disappearance, uncovering a dark conspiracy.

    As a boy, Will Klein had a hero: his older brother, Ken. Then, on a warm suburban night in the Kleins' affluent New Jersey neighborhood, a young woman–a girl Will had once loved--was found brutally ... (Goodreads)

  24. The Sixth Man

    by David Baldacci
    A murder mystery set in the world of college basketball, as two brothers work to uncover the truth.

    Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are called to help Edgar Roy, an alleged serial killer awaiting trial. Roy faces almost certain conviction. Roy’s attorney, Sean’s friend and mentor Ted Bergin, is set ... (Wikipedia)

  25. The Camel Club

    by David Baldacci
    A group of conspiracy theorists investigate a series of mysterious events, uncovering secrets at the highest levels of government.

    The exciting beginning of a talked-about series. Existing at the fringes of Washington D.C., the Club consists of four eccentric members. Led by a mysterious man known as "Oliver Stone," they study ... (Goodreads)

  26. The Chamber

    by John Grisham
    A lawyer's battle to uncover the truth behind a long-concealed crime.

    In 1967, in Greenville, Mississippi , the office of Jewish lawyer Marvin Kramer is bombed, injuring Kramer and killing his two young sons. Sam Cayhall, a member of the Ku Klux Klan , is identified, ... (Wikipedia)

  27. Valley of the Dolls

    by Jacqueline Susann
    Three women's pursuit of fame and fortune, their struggles with addiction and ambition.

    In 1945, beautiful ingenue Anne Welles moves to New York to start a new life, seeking to escape the ennui of her hometown of Lawrenceville, Massachusetts . She quickly finds employment as a secretary ... (Wikipedia)

  28. Tripwire

    by Lee Child
    A retired military cop is drawn into a tangled web of intrigue, uncovering a deadly conspiracy.

    The prologue describes Victor Truman "Hook" Hobie's carefully planned escape route in the event of somebody discovering his "really big, well-guarded secret". His "early-warning system" consists of ... (Wikipedia)

  29. The Street Lawyer

    by John Grisham
    A successful lawyer's life changes when he is held hostage by a homeless man. He becomes a street lawyer, fighting for justice for the underprivileged.

    A homeless man, identifying himself only as "Mister," enters the offices of the powerful Washington D.C. law firm Drake & Sweeney and takes many of the lawyers hostage while angrily demanding ... (Wikipedia)

  30. Judgment in Death

    by J.D. Robb
    Detective Eve Dallas investigates a series of mysterious murders in New York City.

    'She stood in Purgatory and studied death. The blood and the gore of it, the ferocity of its glee. It had come to this place with the wilful temper of a child, full of heat and passion and careless ... (Goodreads)