Books like The Word Is Murder

The Word Is Murder by Anthony Horowitz reads as witty, suspenseful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Murder on the Links

Agatha Christie · 1923

Both explore detective & murder

83% genome match

The Sentence Is Death

Anthony Horowitz · 2018

Both explore detective & meta

95% genome match

The Sign of Four

Arthur Conan Doyle

Both explore detective & investigation

71% genome match

Whose Body?

Dorothy L. Sayers

Both explore murder & detective

80% genome match

The Westing Game

Ellen Raskin · 2003

Both explore investigation & murder

74% genome match

The Naked Sun

Isaac Asimov

Both explore detective & murder

69% genome match

The After House

Mary Roberts Rinehart · 1914

Both explore murder & investigation

70% genome match

Weep No More, My Lady

Mary Higgins Clark · 1987

Both explore murder & investigation

67% genome match

The false Inspector Dew

P Lovesey · 1982

Both explore murder

74% genome match

Hercule Poirot's Christmas

Agatha Christie · 1938

Both explore detective & murder

83% genome match

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle · 1905

Both explore detective

62% genome match

Strong Poison

Dorothy L. Sayers

Both explore murder & detective

79% genome match