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Rivers of London, in order

A Metropolitan Police constable who can also arrest a ghost, if the paperwork allows for it. Publication order is the right order - the magic system and Peter's world both build book by book.

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@luke·
Rivers of London
Moon Over Soho
Whispers Under Ground
Broken Homes

Cormoran Strike, in order

A one-legged war veteran turned private detective and the assistant who becomes his partner. Best read in order - the relationship is the spine, the cases are the ribs.

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@luke·
The Cuckoo's Calling
The Silkworm
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Lethal White

A cosy mystery starter shelf

A body, a village, and someone thoroughly unqualified to investigate who does it anyway. Nobody here is in real danger - that's the whole point.

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@luke·
The Thursday Murder Club
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
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The Marlow Murder Club

If The God of the Woods hooked you

A summer camp, a missing girl, and a family with more buried history than it's letting on. Slow-burn mysteries where the setting does as much work as the plot.

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@luke·
In the Woods
Long Bright River
North Woods
Big Little Lies

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