10 Top crime books like She's a Killer by Kirsten McDougall

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She's a Killer

By: Kirsten McDougall

3.63

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The world’s climate is in crisis and New Zealand is being divided and reshaped by the arrival of pr…

"I’m a fan of unhappy endings. They’re more honest."

-Kirsten McDougall, She's a Killer

"The internet made you feel like something might happen."

-Kirsten McDougall, She's a Killer

"In times of crisis people look for guidance to great artists."

-Kirsten McDougall, She's a Killer

"I was capable of astral travel while looking like I was entirely present."

-Kirsten McDougall, She's a Killer

If you liked the crime plot in She's a Killer by Kirsten McDougall , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Pet

By: Catherine Chidgey

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic … read more

Similar categories in Catherine Chidgey's Pet book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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2. Pity

By: Andrew McMillan

3.71

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

The town was once a hub of industry. A place where men toiled underground in darkness, picking and … read more

Similar categories in Andrew McMillan's Pity book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • novels
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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3. Queen Macbeth

By: Val McDermid

3.77

Format: 122 pages, Kindle Edition

Shakespeare fed us the myth of the Macbeths as murderous conspirators. But now Val McDermid drags t… read more

Similar categories in Val McDermid's Queen Macbeth book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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4. Days of Innocence and Wonder

By: Lucy Treloar

3.71

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

When someone is taken away, what is left behind? All her life, Till has lived in the shadow of t… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Treloar's Days of Innocence and Wonder book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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5. Butter

By: Asako Yuzuki

3.60

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist inten… read more

Similar categories in Asako Yuzuki's Butter book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Dessert was home-made candied chestnuts, chiffon cake baked with amazake and rice flour, and cups of gingery chai. Biting into the cake, Rika discovered that it was perfectly fluffy, with a pleasing …"

-Asako Yuzuki, Butter

"Soon after, Rika heard the sizzle of butter melting in a hot frying pan. It smelt to her like life itself. Maybe because it was animal fat, there was rough, raw depth and fragrance to its smell, whic…"

-Asako Yuzuki, Butter

"Milk was originally blood. In that case, was the butter in the Babaji story actually a metaphor for all the carnage that took place under the cover of the jungle? What seemed pure, white and creamy h…"

-Asako Yuzuki, Butter

"The whipped butter had already started melting across the waffles' latticed brown surface, creating a golden trickling waterfall that pooled in their hollows. Rika bit into the dough, savoring how ju…"

-Asako Yuzuki, Butter

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6. How to Loiter in a Turf War

By: Coco Solid

4.23

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A genre-bending work of autobiographical fiction from one of Aotearoa’s fiercest and most versatile… read more

Similar categories in Coco Solid's How to Loiter in a Turf War book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • novels
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"She gives him a hurled brick wrapped up in a smile"

-Coco Solid, How to Loiter in a Turf War

"Māoridom in Aotearoa dictates that we generate prestige from manaakitanga. It is the connection and hospitality we express for those in our care but also to show all that they are our equal, they too…"

-Coco Solid, How to Loiter in a Turf War

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7. Green Dot

By: Madeleine Gray

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An irresistible and messy love story about the terrible allure of wanting something that promises n… read more

Similar categories in Madeleine Gray's Green Dot book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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8. Lioness

By: Emily Perkins

3.43

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

You know how we say we devoured a story, and also that we were consumed by it? Eating and being eat… read more

Similar categories in Emily Perkins's Lioness book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • novels
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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9. Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts

By: Josie Shapiro

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The stunning debut novel by the winner of the Allen & Unwin Commercial Fiction Prize. If you loved … read more

Similar categories in Josie Shapiro's Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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10. Greta & Valdin

By: Rebecca K. Reilly

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An irresistible and bighearted international bestseller that follows a brother and sister as they n… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca K. Reilly's Greta & Valdin book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I wonder what plant I would be, if I were a plant. Maybe something with big leaves that droop sulkily if not provided with the exact right amount of water and light."

-Rebecca K. Reilly, Greta & Valdin

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11. Poor People With Money

By: Dominic Hoey

4.03

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Monday Woolridge is a fighter with a face covered in scars and life full of debt. Her Avondale f… read more

Similar categories in Dominic Hoey's Poor People With Money book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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12. The Axeman's Carnival

By: Catherine Chidgey

4.37

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Everywhere, the birds: sparrows and skylarks and thrushes, starlings and bellbirds, fantails and pi… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Chidgey's The Axeman's Carnival book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • novels
  • fiction
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13. Amma

By: Saraid de Silva

4.45

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

Three generations. Three continents. Three sexualities. 1951. Singapore. Ten-year-old Josep… read more

Similar categories in Saraid de Silva's Amma book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • fiction
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14. The Caretaker

By: Gabriel Bergmoser

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

An isolated, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn't want to be found. A man who ma… read more

Similar categories in Gabriel Bergmoser's The Caretaker book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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15. She's a Killer

By: Kirsten McDougall

3.63

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The world’s climate is in crisis and New Zealand is being divided and reshaped by the arrival of pr… read more

Similar categories in Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
  • science fiction
"I’m a fan of unhappy endings. They’re more honest."

-Kirsten McDougall, She's a Killer

"The internet made you feel like something might happen."

-Kirsten McDougall, She's a Killer

"In times of crisis people look for guidance to great artists."

-Kirsten McDougall, She's a Killer

"I was capable of astral travel while looking like I was entirely present."

-Kirsten McDougall, She's a Killer

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16. The Final Hours of Muriel Hinchcliffe M.B.E.

By: Claire Parkin

3.65

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

Muriel, a former bestselling romantic novelist, and Ruth, a journalist, are best friends. Inseparab… read more

Similar categories in Claire Parkin's The Final Hours of Muriel Hinchcliffe M.B.E. book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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17. The Kellerby Code

By: Jonny Sweet

3.51

Format: None pages, ebook

Edward is living in a world he can't afford and to which he doesn't belong. To camouflage himself, … read more

Similar categories in Jonny Sweet's The Kellerby Code book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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18. The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1)

By: Bridget Walsh

3.95

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

The first in a sharp, witty series of Victorian mystery novels, The Tumbling Girl sees an unlikely … read more

Similar categories in Bridget Walsh's The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1) book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. Bird Life

By: Anna Smaill

3.52

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The second novel by Booker Prize-longlisted author Anna Smaill. A lyrical and ambitious exploration… read more

Similar categories in Anna Smaill's Bird Life book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • novels
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Trials of Lila Dalton by L.J. Shepherd

20. The Trials of Lila Dalton

By: L.J. Shepherd

3.00

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

I look up to find twelve strangers staring back at me… and I realize I'm the one they're waiting fo… read more

Similar categories in L.J. Shepherd's The Trials of Lila Dalton book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • mystery thriller
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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21. The Beholders

By: Hester Musson

3.62

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

SOME HOUSES ARE HAUNTED BY THE LIVING June, 1878. The body of a boy is pulled from the depths of th… read more

Similar categories in Hester Musson's The Beholders book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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22. Ghost Cities

By: Siang Lu

3.91

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

Ghost Cities – inspired by the vacant, uninhabited megacities of China – follows multiple narrative… read more

Similar categories in Siang Lu's Ghost Cities book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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23. French Windows

By: Antoine Laurain

3.72

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Bringing his trademark style and charming whimsy, Antoine Laurain’s new novel of intrigue, murder a… read more

Similar categories in Antoine Laurain's French Windows book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
  • audiobook
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24. Bodies

By: Christine Anne Foley

3.81

Format: 195 pages, Kindle Edition

You were everything I ever wanted. Johnny was my first. I was seventeen and I was only brave enough… read more

Similar categories in Christine Anne Foley's Bodies book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • fiction
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25. Deep in the Forest

By: Erina Reddan

3.55

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

What lies behind the gates of the Sanctuary? 'Urgent. Come tomorrow. Can't wait any longer.' Char… read more

Similar categories in Erina Reddan's Deep in the Forest book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • mystery
  • crime
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26. I Will Crash

By: Rebecca Watson

4.05

Format: 297 pages, Hardcover

It was a peace offering, I knew that you don't appear on someone's doorstep uninvited, saying Al… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Watson's I Will Crash book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • novels
  • fiction
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27. Three Bullets

By: Melvin Burgess

2.59

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The Bloods are in control and they’re desperate to turn Britain into the world they want to see: ri… read more

Similar categories in Melvin Burgess's Three Bullets book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • dystopia
  • audiobook
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28. Dead Animals

By: Phoebe Stuckes

3.61

Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition

There is something creeping at the edge of your vision, lingering somewhere just out of focus. All … read more

Similar categories in Phoebe Stuckes's Dead Animals book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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29. Heartsease

By: Kate Kruimink

3.59

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

I saw my mother for a long time after she died. I would see her out windows, or in the corner of my… read more

Similar categories in Kate Kruimink's Heartsease book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • fiction
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30. Woo Woo

By: Ella Baxter

3.53

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A thrilling and eccentric novel about what it means to make art as a woman, and about the powerful … read more

Similar categories in Ella Baxter's Woo Woo book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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31. Freakslaw

By: Jane Flett

3.84

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s the summer of ’97 and the repressed Scottish town of Pitlaw is itching for change. Enter the F… read more

Similar categories in Jane Flett's Freakslaw book and Kirsten McDougall's She's a Killer

  • fiction

29 must-read fiction books like She's a Killer by Kirsten McDougall

Transform Your Habits

Pet

Catherine Chidgey

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Pity

Andrew McMillan

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Queen Macbeth

Val McDermid

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Days of Innocence and Wonder

Lucy Treloar

3.71

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17 Top fiction books like The Axeman's Carnival by Catherine Chidgey

Transform Your Habits

Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

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How to Loiter in a Turf War

Coco Solid

4.23

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Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2)

Michael Bennett

3.94

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Lioness

Emily Perkins

3.43

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