If you loved
Books like Laura
A gritty yet elegant descent into a detective's dangerous obsession with a murdered woman. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Laura.
- shadowy
- seductive
- tense
- noir-tinged
- 01
The Black Dahlia
James Ellroy
A feverish, pitch-black descent into mid-century Los Angeles where obsession rots the soul and justice is just another hustle.
- 02
The Lady in the Lake
Raymond Chandler · 1943
A sun-drenched descent into the moral rot of mid-century California, guided by a cynical but secretly honorable detective.
- 03
A Kiss Before Dying
Ira Levin · 1953
A chilling, perfectly engineered trap of a novel that locks you inside the mind of a charming sociopath.
- 04
In a lonely place
Dorothy B. Hughes
A dark, cynical descent into the shadowy underbelly of postwar Los Angeles, where the American Dream rots and psychological tension slowly cracks the facade.
- 05
The Thin Man
Dashiell Hammett
A sparkling, gin-soaked romp through 1930s New York where the banter is as deadly as the bullets.
- 06
Mr. Perfect
Linda Howard
A sassy girls' night out spirals into a steamy, edge-of-your-seat game of cat and mouse.
- 07
Double Indemnity
Cain, James · 1995
A breathless, sun-drenched descent into obsession, betrayal, and inevitable ruin.
- 08
Farewell, My Lovely
Raymond Chandler · 1940
A neon-lit descent into the glamorous, rotting heart of 1940s Los Angeles, guided by a cynical knight in a trench coat.
- 09
The Body in the Library
Agatha Christie
A delightfully sharp and perfectly structured puzzle box that hides dark human motives behind the veneer of polite country house society.
- 10
L.A. Confidential
James Ellroy
A relentless, staccato plunge into a neon-lit, blood-soaked underbelly where everyone is guilty of something.
- 11
The New York Trilogy
Paul Auster · 1999
A hypnotic, noir-tinged descent into the labyrinth of the self, disguised as a detective novel.
- 12
Scarpetta
Patricia Daniels Cornwell · 2008
A dark, clinically precise descent into the minds of killers and the burdened forensic experts who hunt them.
