13 Top thriller books like The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8) by Elly Griffiths

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The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

By: Elly Griffiths

3.97

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

Known as England’s Nazareth, the medieval town of Little Walsingham is famous for religious apparit…

"He might be living on mice, but Chesterton does not look like an animal who is governed by his appetites. He's an ascetic, if Cathbad ever saw one."

-Elly Griffiths, The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

"Nelson is glad to see a handler and her dog coming towards him. The recognises the woman as Jan Adams, famous in Norfolk for having won several medals for bravery. Her dog, a beautiful long-haired German Shepherd is a bit of a celebrity too. What was his name again? "Barney" says Jan in answer to his question. "What's going on?" Nelson explains about the attack. Barney looks at him, head on one side, as if her too might be about to ask a question."

-Elly Griffiths, The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

"Nelson's first thought is that Father Hennessey looks as bad as he does. The priest is still an intimidating presence, with his rugby player's shoulders and boxer's nose, but his eyes are shadowed and he looks as if he hasn't slept. He puts his hat on the floor and accepts a cup of coffee. 'I'm giving up coffee for Lent,' he says. 'Better make the most of it.' 'This stuff's enough to make you give up coffee for life,' says Nelson. 'I should know. I've drunk about a gallon of it.' Father Hennessey smiles and drinks his coffee in silence for a few minutes."

-Elly Griffiths, The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

"As Ruth only knows one priest (one male priest that is) she's not that surprised to find Father Hennessey waiting for her at one of the long tables, a cappucino in front of him. 'Hallo Ruth, sorry to call in on you like this.' 'That's OK.' 'Are you going to get yourself a drink? This coffee's really very good. It's truly terrible, the stuff they serve at the police station.' 'I know.' Ruth has had her own experience of Nelson's coffee. She wonders if it's a way of torturing suspects until they confess. In contrast, the coffee at the university is excellent. Ruth gets herself an espresso. She thinks that she is going to need the energy. She has a feeling that, like the visit from Nelson all those years ago, this conversation is going to complicate her life."

-Elly Griffiths, The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

If you liked the thriller plot in The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8) by Elly Griffiths , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Dit solen aldrig når (Anki Karlsson, #3)

By: Marianne Cedervall

3.43

Format: 297 pages, Hardcover

I Mullvalds socken på Gotland spirar våren och Anki Karlsson njuter av livet som pensionär och häst… read more

Similar categories in Marianne Cedervall's Dit solen aldrig når (Anki Karlsson, #3) book and Elly Griffiths's The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

  • crime
  • audiobook
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2. The Crow Trap (Vera Stanhope, #1)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.86

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

Vera Stanhope's first appearance was in The Crow Trap, published in 1999 and now available in a new… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Crow Trap (Vera Stanhope, #1) book and Elly Griffiths's The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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3. Telling Tales (Vera Stanhope, #2)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

It has been ten years since Jeanie Long was charged with the murder of fifteen-year-old Abigail Man… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's Telling Tales (Vera Stanhope, #2) book and Elly Griffiths's The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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4. Harbour Street (Vera Stanhope, #6)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.15

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Harbour Street is the sixth book in Ann Cleeves' crime novel series VERA - which is a major TV dete… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's Harbour Street (Vera Stanhope, #6) book and Elly Griffiths's The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"He was never very good at talking about feelings. He'd been on his own for so long that it was as if he'd had to learn a new language"

-Ann Cleeves, Harbour Street (Vera Stanhope, #6)

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5. A Share in Death (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #1)

By: Deborah Crombie

0.00

Format: 194 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A week's holiday in a luxurious Yorkshire time-share is just what Scotland Yard's Superintendent Du… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Crombie's A Share in Death (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #1) book and Elly Griffiths's The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. All Shall Be Well (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #2)

By: Deborah Crombie

0.00

Format: 194 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Perhaps it is a blessing when Jasmine Dent dies in her sleep. At long last an end has come to the s… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Crombie's All Shall Be Well (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #2) book and Elly Griffiths's The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

7. The Merchant's House (Wesley Peterson, #1)

By: Kate Ellis

3.40

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Detective Sergeant Wesley Peterson's first day finds him investigating the death of a young woman w… read more

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8. The Glass Room (Vera Stanhope, #5)

By: Ann Cleeves

2.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

DI Vera Stanhope is not one to make friends easily, but her hippy neighbours keep her well-supplied… read more

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9. Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair … read more

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10. Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Ha… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Horowitz's Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5) book and Elly Griffiths's The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

By: Robert Thorogood

3.92

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s been an enjoyable and murder-free time for Judith, Suzie and Becks – AKA the Marlow Murder Clu… read more

Similar categories in Robert Thorogood's Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2) book and Elly Griffiths's The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"... Feynman's technique was simple. And he claimed that it was always successful. But it' not currently working for me. Not yet. What was it? Well, when he was building the first atomic bomb, he obse…"

-Robert Thorogood, Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

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12. Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series)

By: Carolyn M. Bowen

4.36

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

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Similar categories in Carolyn M. Bowen's Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series) book and Elly Griffiths's The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

  • contemporary
"He wanted a stiff drink to get through the evening, for he knew they’d be wailing, and her family coming unglued."

-Carolyn M. Bowen, Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series)

"Elpidio sensed that David had more to say but was holding back due to their friendship. He wondered why David had gone along with Emiliana's seemingly impulsive ideas."

-Carolyn M. Bowen, Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series)

"He didn't want to give the cartel any time to persuade Emiliana into accepting a more enticing offer. He had reservations about her loyalty and feared she might make a deal without Elpidio's consent."

-Carolyn M. Bowen, Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series)

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13. The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.01

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

Ann Cleeves― New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, b… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3) book and Elly Griffiths's The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7)

By: Robert Galbraith

4.61

Format: 960 pages, Hardcover

In the seventh installment in the Strike series, Cormoran and Robin must rescue a man ensnared in t… read more

Similar categories in Robert Galbraith's The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7) book and Elly Griffiths's The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Wace's charm and ease of manner, his smile, his warmth, had vanished. Once before, Strike had faced a killer whose eyes, under the stress and excitement of hearing his crimes described, had become as…"

-Robert Galbraith, The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7)

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15. The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.46

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow! Psychologist and… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) book and Elly Griffiths's The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"You've go to get on with it, my boy. Stop feeling sorry for yourselft, because what's done is done. You can't change it, so you've got to stiffen your backbone. You've a good job, a very nice roof ov…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

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16. The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

By: Tana French

4.12

Format: 467 pages, Hardcover

It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is… read more

Similar categories in Tana French's The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) book and Elly Griffiths's The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"She'll bake bread and make jam, because she likes those made her way, but she says she cooked a good meal from scratch every night of her marriage, and now if she wants to live mainly off toasted san…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

"Trey has a bone-deep mistrust of marriage or anything resembling it. She knows that Lena sometimes stays the night at Cal's place, but Lena also has a place of her own, which she can go back to whene…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

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17. The Long Call (Two Rivers, #1)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.95

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

In North Devon, where two rivers converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outsi… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Long Call (Two Rivers, #1) book and Elly Griffiths's The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"His thoughts were wheeling and dipping like the gulls over the estuary, groping for an explanation, feeling at last he was making sense of what lie behind Walden's death..."

-Ann Cleeves, The Long Call (Two Rivers, #1)

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18. The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

By: Richard Osman

4.49

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been … read more

Similar categories in Richard Osman's The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4) book and Elly Griffiths's The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"His authentic indifference seems to delight them."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I think Psychopaths wear lipstick too,' says Joyce."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I love you,' he says. Because what else is there to say?"

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"Sure,' says Ron. 'She wants to kill me. Bake her some scones."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

Cover of The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3) by Robert Thorogood

19. The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3)

By: Robert Thorogood

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The Marlow Murder Club is on the hunt for a killer... Geoffrey Lushington, Mayor of Marlow, dies su… read more

Similar categories in Robert Thorogood's The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3) book and Elly Griffiths's The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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20. The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

By: Elly Griffiths

3.97

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

Known as England’s Nazareth, the medieval town of Little Walsingham is famous for religious apparit… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8) book and Elly Griffiths's The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • archaeology
  • audiobook
"He might be living on mice, but Chesterton does not look like an animal who is governed by his appetites. He's an ascetic, if Cathbad ever saw one."

-Elly Griffiths, The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

"Nelson is glad to see a handler and her dog coming towards him. The recognises the woman as Jan Adams, famous in Norfolk for having won several medals for bravery. Her dog, a beautiful long-haired Ge…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

"Nelson's first thought is that Father Hennessey looks as bad as he does. The priest is still an intimidating presence, with his rugby player's shoulders and boxer's nose, but his eyes are shadowed an…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

"As Ruth only knows one priest (one male priest that is) she's not that surprised to find Father Hennessey waiting for her at one of the long tables, a cappucino in front of him. 'Hallo Ruth, sorry to…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

Cover of The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11) by Ann Cleeves

21. The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.47

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

As New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves's beloved Vera series explodes in popularity in print and … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

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4.09

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4.15

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4.18

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4.29

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4.18

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