Anne Perry Author Read Alikes 
 April 1, 2015
If you enjoy reading books by Anne Perry try these authors.
House of Many Shadows
by Barbara Michaels

While recuperating from head injuries, Meg Rittenhouse begins to experience terrifying visions in the old house inherited by her cousin, visions that become even more terrifying when Andy Brenner, the caretaker, begins to see them too. 
Something Borrowed, Someone Dead : An Agatha Raisin Mystery
by M. C. Beaton

Hired by the Parish councilor of a small community in the Cotswolds hills to investigate the murder of a jolly widow, Agatha Raisin learns about the victim's penchant for keeping borrowed items in a case that is complicated by village secrets and a killer who would make Agatha a next target.
City of Darkness and Light
by Rhys Bowen

Agreeing to flee New York City when her husband is targeted by a gang for his part in a high-profile arrest, Molly travels to Paris to stay with art-student friends whose disappearances are tied to the murder of a renowned Impressionist artist. 
Belle Ruin
by Martha Grimes

Discovering the crumbling remains of a once-fabulous hotel in the woods near her small home town, twelve-year-old cub reporter Emma Graham stumbles upon clues pertaining to a forty-year-old unsolved crime involving deeply buried family secrets. 
Murder on Fifth Avenue
by Victoria Thompson

High society member Felix Decker, who belongs to one of New York's oldest families, resigns himself to partnering up with Irish Catholic police detective, Frank Malloy, when a member of his private club is murdered in 19th-century Manhattan.
An Unwilling Accomplice
by Charles Todd

While home on leave, World War I battlefield nurse Bess Crawford finds her career, honor and life in jeopardy when the wounded soldier she is supposed to accompany to Buckingham Palace, where he is to be decorated by the King, commits murder and then disappears. 
Just One Evil Act
by Elizabeth George

Supporting a friend who has lost custody of his young daughter, Barbara and her partner, Inspector Thomas Lynley, are further shocked when the girl's mother reports that the child has been kidnapped as part of a plot that risks Barbara's career
Ghost Wanted : A Bailey Ruth Ghost Novel
by Carolyn G. Hart

A mystery from the author of Death at the Door finds ghostly gumshoe Bailey Ruth Raeburn investigating a prankster at Adelaide's college library whose escalating mischief is disrupting the matchmaking practices of a gentle ghost. 
Rapture in Death
by J. D. Robb

In the wake of three suicides--including a brilliant engineer, an infamous lawyer, and a controversial politician--police lieutenant Eve Dallas discovers evidence that links the three victims, and she suspects they may have been murdered
Grave Sight
by Charlaine Harris

A young woman possessing the ability to uncover the final location of a recently deceased individual and to share their last moments, Harper Connelly, aided by her manager, occasional bodyguard, and stepbrother Tolliver, uses her skill to find the dead.
To Dwell in Darkness
by Deborah Crombie

Transferred to the London borough of Camden from Scotland Yard, Superintendent Duncan Kincaid must piece together the clues in a deadly bombing at historic St. Pancras Station, while still questioning the reasons behind his transfer. 
Death in Hyde Park
by Robin Paige

When an anarchist accidentally blows himself up with a bomb intended for the royal family during the new king's coronation ceremony, Kate and Charles Sheridan join the investigation to uncover who is threatening the British crown, a plot that may involve American author Jack London.
High Country
by Nevada Barr

When four young seasonal park employees at Yosemite National Park mysteriously vanish without a trace, Anna Pigeon is sent in to work undercover at the park's historical Ahwahnee Hotel to uncover the truth. 
The Beekeeper's Apprentice : or, On the Segregation of the Queen
by Laurie R. King

Featuring a new preface, a rerelease of a debut entry in the series that introduced Sherlock Holmes's protégée Mary Russell finds her partnering the master detective in Wales, where they search for the kidnapped daughter of an American senator.
Maisie Dobbs : A Novel
by Jacqueline Winspear

In her first case, private detective Maisie Dobbs must investigate the reappearance of a dead man who turns up at a cooperative farm called the Retreat that caters to men who are recovering their health after World War I. 
Deadly Stakes : A Novel
by Judith A. Jance

Contacted to investigate the gruesome murder of a gold-digging divorcee on behalf of the woman accused of the crime, police academy-trained former reporter Ali Reynolds is simultaneously drawn into another case that could be related to hers and must stop a dangerous killer from striking again.
Hit Me : a Keller Novel
by Lawrence Block

With a new wife and a baby on the way, Keller, a.k.a. Nicholas Edwards, is done killing people for money until a phone call from Dot draws him back into the old game, taking him to Dallas to settle a domestic dispute to New York, where people might remember him. 
Eggs in a Casket
by Laura Childs

"While Petra handles the breakfast rush at the Cackleberry Club, the café's other two owners, Suzanne and Toni, head to Memorial Cemetery to help prepare for its 150th- anniversary celebration. But as they search the winding paths for the historical society tent, they discover something else out of place: the body of ex-prison warden Lester Drummond lying facedown in someone else's freshly dug grave. In the small town of Kindred, everyone knows everyone, and Lester was no exception. Suzanne knew him as the creepy guy who made unwanted advances on her friend Missy Langston. But now it appears the man was hiding a few secrets...and at least one of them was worth killing for"
My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon
by P. N. Elrod

Nine popular fantasy and paranormal romance authors celebrate marital bliss supernatural style in a collection of honeymoon tales populated by demons, vampires, shape-shifters, magic-users, and other unusual characters in an anthology featuring works by Jim Butcher, P. N. Elrod, Rachel Caine, Lilith Saintcrow, Marjorie M. Liu, and others.
The Darling Dahlias and the Silver Dollar bush
by Susan Wittig Albert

When the first batch of Darling Dollars, a temporary currency approved by the town leaders to help the struggling town of Darling survive, disappears, the Darling Dahlias investigate
Low Midnight
by Carrie Vaughn

Ex-convict Cormac Bennett and Amelia Parker, the Victorian magician living in his head, investigate an old murder in a Colorado mining town as they struggle to translate a book of magic whose secrets could prove very destructive
Behind the Shattered Glass
by Tasha Alexander

When their neighbor, a young aristocrat, is murdered, Lady Emily Hargreave and her husband Colin examine the motives of those closest to him to catch a killer amidst dark secrets and forbidden passions
Visions
by Kelley Armstrong

Estranged from Gabriel when his past mistakes come to light, Olivia Taylor-Jones receives a sinister warning in the form of a murder victim dressed to look like her and struggles to learn the truth about the victim, the role of her new home and her susceptibility to old enemies.
The Night Searchers : A Sharon McCone Mystery
by Marcia Muller

When she is hired to investigate devil worshippers performing human sacrifices in San Francisco, skeptical private detective Sharon McCone discovers what her clients are really up to and goes undercover in a treasure hunting group called The Night Searchers to find the truth. 
Revival : A Novel
by Stephen King

Years after a charismatic minister is banished in the wake of a faith-shattering tragedy, a heroin-addicted rock-and-roll guitarist from the same hometown reconnects with the man and forges a terrible pact. By the award-winning author of Under the Dome. 
Designated Daughters
by Margaret Maron

After her Aunt Rachel is found smothered with a pillow while receiving hospice care, Judge Deborah Knott investigates who would have hastened her end--and why
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