Books like Death in the Stocks

Death in the Stocks by Georgette Heyer reads as witty, charming. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Busman's honeymoon

Dorothy L. Sayers · 1937

Shares the detective + vornate thread

71% genome match

A Blunt Instrument

Georgette Heyer · 1938

Shares the detective + vornate thread

73% genome match

Death of a Peer

Ngaio Marsh · 1940

Shares the detective + vornate thread

72% genome match

The hollow man

John Dickson Carr · 1935

Shares the detective + vornate thread

69% genome match

The Lighthouse

P. D. James · 2005

Shares the detective + vornate thread

69% genome match

The secret of Father Brown

Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1927

Shares the detective + vornate thread

69% genome match

The Sittaford Mystery

Agatha Christie · 1931

Shares the detective thread

69% genome match

Death Is Now My Neighbour

Colin Dexter · 1900

Shares the detective + vornate thread

69% genome match

Justice Hall

Laurie R. King · 2002

Shares the detective + vornate thread

69% genome match

Unnatural Death

Dorothy L. Sayers · 1927

Shares the detective + vornate thread

69% genome match

Death in a White Tie

Ngaio Marsh · 1938

Shares the detective + vornate thread

69% genome match

Five Little Pigs

Agatha Christie · 1942

Shares the detective thread

69% genome match