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Books like When Did You See Her Last?
A delightfully gloomy, deadpan noir that invites you to wander through a fading town where every answer only leads to more bewildering questions. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with When Did You See Her Last?.
- foggy
- noir-tinged
- quirky
- mildly ominous
- 01
Who Could That Be at this Hour?
Lemony Snicket
A delightfully deadpan, noir-soaked mystery that teaches you to question everything, especially the adults in charge.
- 02
Shouldn't you be in school?
Lemony Snicket
A delightfully deadpan, fog-drenched noir that invites you to question everything you are told.
- 03
The night she disappeared
April Henry
A tense, guilt-laced mystery that races against the clock to uncover a missing teen's fate.
- 04
A Red Herring Without Mustard
C. Alan Bradley
A delightfully macabre romp through a 1950s English village, led by a poison-obsessed eleven-year-old with a razor-sharp wit.
- 05
1-800-Where-R-You
Meg Cabot
A snarky, fast-paced romp about a tough-as-nails teenager who accidentally acquires a superpower and wants absolutely nothing to do with it.
- 06
The Vanishing Stair (Truly Devious Book 2)
Maureen Johnson
A chilly, clever puzzle-box of a mystery where the ghosts of a 1930s tragedy bleed dangerously into the present.
- 07
The Case of the Missing Marquess (Enola Holmes, #1)
Nancy Springer
A spirited, puzzle-filled romp through Victorian London alongside a fiercely independent heroine who refuses to be sidelined by her famous older brothers.
- 08
The girl who was supposed to die
April Henry
A breathless, frantic sprint through the dark as you try to outrun killers you don't remember.
- 09
Truly Devious
Maureen Johnson
A chilly, atmospheric puzzle-box of a mystery where true crime obsession meets eccentric boarding school secrets.
- 10
Curious case of the ransom riddler
Kyla Steinkraus
A ticking-clock puzzle-hunt filled with quirky clues, teamwork, and the distinct smell of rotten eggs.
- 11
Timmy Failure
Stephan Pastis
A delightfully absurd, deadpan romp through the mind of a spectacularly oblivious kid detective and his polar bear partner.
- 12
Two Can Keep a Secret
Karen M. McManus
A twisty, claustrophobic dive into a picture-perfect town where everyone is lying and the past refuses to stay buried.
