Books like The case of the velvet claws

The case of the velvet claws by Erle Stanley Gardner reads as suspenseful, cunning. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Le parfum de la dame en noir

Gaston Leroux · 1908

Shares the unreliable + academia thread

74% genome match

The Best American Mystery Stories 2000

Donald E. Westlake · 2000

Shares the unreliable + academia thread

70% genome match

The Case of the Curious Bride

Erle Stanley Gardner · 1934

Shares the unreliable thread

79% genome match

The daffodil murder

Edgar Wallace · 1921

Shares the unreliable + academia thread

74% genome match

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Patricia Highsmith · 1955

Shares the unreliable + heist thread

69% genome match

Mystery of a Handsom Cab

Fergus Hume · 1887

Shares the unreliable + academia thread

74% genome match

After dark, and other stories

Wilkie Collins · 1856

Shares the unreliable + academia thread

74% genome match

Presumed Innocent

Scott Turow · 1987

Shares the unreliable + heist thread

69% genome match

The Hound of Death and Other Stories [12 stories]

Agatha Christie · 1933

Shares the unreliable + academia thread

70% genome match

R is for Ricochet (Kinsey Millhone, #18)

Sue Grafton · 2004

Shares the academia thread

71% genome match

Farewell, My Lovely

Raymond Chandler · 1940

Shares the academia thread

69% genome match

The Golden Spiders

Rex Stout · 1953

Shares the academia thread

69% genome match