Books like Truly Devious

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson reads as fast, 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 murder & puzzle

83% genome match

One of Us Is Lying

Karen M. McManus · 2017

Both explore murder

83% genome match

The Sentence Is Death

Anthony Horowitz · 2018

Both explore murder & puzzle

69% genome match

A Red Herring Without Mustard

Alan Bradley · 2011

Both explore murder

57% genome match

Whose Body?

Dorothy L. Sayers

Both explore murder

64% genome match

The Westing Game

Ellen Raskin · 2003

Both explore murder

62% genome match

Murder Most Unladylike

Robin Stevens · 2014

Both explore boarding school

63% genome match

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone

Benjamin Stevenson · 2022

Both explore murder & puzzle

64% genome match

Good Girl, Bad Blood

Holly Jackson · 2020

Same ya feel

57% genome match

The Inheritance Games

Jennifer Lynn Barnes · 2020

Same ya feel

57% genome match

The Appeal

Janice Hallett · 2021

Both explore puzzle

61% genome match

The Decagon House Murders

Yukito Ayatsuji · 1987

Both explore murder & puzzle

60% genome match