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by Charlaine Harris · 2009

Book 9 of Sookie Stackhouse (Southern Vampire Mysteries)

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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Alexander McCall Smith · Adult

about 240 pages

Why: Both are mystery books.
- Mystery
What both books share
- mystery
  Dead and Gone: "Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths" (OL subject); "Fiction, mystery & detective, general" (OL subject); "mystery fiction" (WD genre); "Mystery fiction." (LoC 655)
  The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: "Mystery fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths" (OL subject); "Mystery & Detective" (OL subject); "mystery fiction" (WD genre)
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Step on a Crack
James Patterson · 2007 · Adult

about 380 pages
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Why: Both are mystery books.
- Mystery
What both books share
- mystery
  Dead and Gone: "Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths" (OL subject); "Fiction, mystery & detective, general" (OL subject); "mystery fiction" (WD genre); "Mystery fiction." (LoC 655)
  Step on a Crack: "Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural" (OL subject); "mystery fiction" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Dead and Gone; Open Library and Wikidata for Step on a Crack.
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A Is for Alibi
Sue Grafton · 1982 · Adult

about 250 pages

Why: Both are mystery books.
- Mystery
What both books share
- mystery
  Dead and Gone: "Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths" (OL subject); "Fiction, mystery & detective, general" (OL subject); "mystery fiction" (WD genre); "Mystery fiction." (LoC 655)
  A Is for Alibi: "Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths" (OL subject); "FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators" (OL subject); "FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths" (OL subject); "Mystery fiction" (OL subject)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Dead and Gone; Open Library and Wikidata for A Is for Alibi.
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First published: First published on May 5, 2009. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors: Wikidata lists the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Fantasy (2009) for this book. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own, checked November 6, 2026.

About Charlaine Harris

Born: Born in Tunica, United States, in 1951. Source: Wikidata and the place's own entry, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors: Charlaine Harris received the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original in 2002, for Dead Until Dark. Source: Wikidata, citing Fantastic Fiction, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors: Charlaine Harris received the Inkpot Award in 2010. Source: Wikidata, citing comic-con.org, checked November 6, 2026.

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