10 Best crime books like The Tally Stick by Carl Nixon

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The Tally Stick

By: Carl Nixon

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Up on the highway, the only evidence that the Chamberlains had ever been there was two smeared tire…

If you liked the crime plot in The Tally Stick by Carl Nixon , here is a list of 10 books like this:

1. See You In September

By: Charity Norman

4.27

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

Cassy blew a collective kiss at them. 'See you in September,' she said. A throwaway line. Just word… read more

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2. 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 Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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3. Remember Me

By: Charity Norman

4.33

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

They never found Leah Parata. Not a boot, not a backpack, not a turquoise beanie. After she left me… read more

Similar categories in Charity Norman's Remember Me book and Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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4. Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2)

By: Michael Bennett

3.94

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Better the Blood, the gripping second novel in a crime series starring Māori det… read more

Similar categories in Michael Bennett's Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2) book and Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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5. 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 Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. 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 Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

  • adult
  • book club
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. One of Those Mothers

By: Megan Nicol Reed

3.66

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

The residents of Point Heed keep nice houses and sign up as parent help at the local school. Occasi… read more

Similar categories in Megan Nicol Reed's One of Those Mothers book and Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. 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 Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. Loop Tracks

By: Sue Orr

4.16

Format: 332 pages, Paperback

It’s 1978: the Auckland abortion clinic has been forced to close and sixteen-year-old Charlie has t… read more

Similar categories in Sue Orr's Loop Tracks book and Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

  • book club
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. The Doctor's Wife

By: Fiona Sussman

4.04

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

Nothing in Stan Andino's unremarkable life could prepare him for the day he discovers his wife in t… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Sussman's The Doctor's Wife book and Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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11. Altern

By: Elke Heidenreich

3.64

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

Alle wollen alt werden, niemand will es sein. Ist das nicht absurd? Das Leben lesen: Elke Heiden… read more

Similar categories in Elke Heidenreich's Altern book and Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

  • contemporary
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12. In the Clearing

By: J.P. Pomare

4.07

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

The novel behind the hit TV series The Clearing released globally on Disney+ and Hulu. Amy has… read more

Similar categories in J.P. Pomare's In the Clearing book and Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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13. The Bone Tree

By: Airana Ngarewa

3.71

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

After the death of both parents, Kauri and Black must find a way to survive in a world that doesn't… read more

Similar categories in Airana Ngarewa's The Bone Tree book and Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

  • fiction
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14. The Tally Stick

By: Carl Nixon

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Up on the highway, the only evidence that the Chamberlains had ever been there was two smeared tire… read more

Similar categories in Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick book and Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • crime
  • book club
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15. Better the Blood

By: Michael Bennett

4.01

Format: 329 pages, Hardcover

A DETECTIVE IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH Hana Westerman is a tenacious Māori detective juggling single… read more

Similar categories in Michael Bennett's Better the Blood book and Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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16. The Night She Fell

By: Eileen Merriman

3.58

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

‘When I last saw Ashleigh, she was lying in a pool of blood . . . Her eyes were open, staring sight… read more

Similar categories in Eileen Merriman's The Night She Fell book and Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

  • thriller
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17. Addressed to Greta

By: Fiona Sussman

4.18

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

‘Greta’s ears started to pop. She swallowed hard and looked out of her cabin window. The plane had … read more

Similar categories in Fiona Sussman's Addressed to Greta book and Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. Audition

By: Pip Adam

3.64

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A spaceship called Audition is hurtling through the cosmos. Squashed immobile into its largest room… read more

Similar categories in Pip Adam's Audition book and Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

  • fiction
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19. The Witching Tide

By: Margaret Meyer

3.37

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Margaret Atwood and Hilary Mantel, an immersive literary debut inspired by historica… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Meyer's The Witching Tide book and Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

  • adult
  • fiction
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20. Dice

By: Claire Baylis

3.86

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

A compelling courtroom drama, Dice is an incredibly timely exploration of how sexual violence is vi… read more

Similar categories in Claire Baylis's Dice book and Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

  • crime
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. In Her Blood

By: Nikki Crutchley

3.53

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Two missing girls, two decades apart. Only one person knows the truth ... Jac Morgan never plan… read more

Similar categories in Nikki Crutchley's In Her Blood book and Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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22. To the Sea

By: Nikki Crutchley

3.58

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Keep a secret. Tell a lie. Protect the family. At all costs. A compulsively readable suspense th… read more

Similar categories in Nikki Crutchley's To the Sea book and Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

  • thriller
  • fiction
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23. Golden Days

By: Caroline Barron

3.55

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

'Nostalgic and tender as a bruise.' - Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My NameBecky thought she'… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Barron's Golden Days book and Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

Cover of Blood On Vines (The Matakana Series Book 1) by Madeleine Eskedahl

24. Blood On Vines (The Matakana Series Book 1)

By: Madeleine Eskedahl

3.83

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

In New Zealand's Martinborough, an ex-wine maker is murdered. The precise planning and execution by… read more

Similar categories in Madeleine Eskedahl's Blood On Vines (The Matakana Series Book 1) book and Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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25. Hannah & Huia

By: Charlotte Lobb

4.67

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Hannah is in a mental health unit, in shock and rendered speechless following the sudden death of h… read more

Similar categories in Charlotte Lobb's Hannah & Huia book and Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

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26. Rings On Water (The Matakana Series)

By: Madeleine Eskedahl

3.59

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

A narcotics pick-up at sea goes horribly wrong. A man is lost overboard. A dangerous series of even… read more

Similar categories in Madeleine Eskedahl's Rings On Water (The Matakana Series) book and Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

Cover of Rings On Water (The Matakana Series Book 2) by Madeleine  Eskedahl

27. Rings On Water (The Matakana Series Book 2)

By: Madeleine Eskedahl

3.63

Format: 411 pages, Kindle Edition

A narcotics pick-up at sea goes horribly wrong. A man is lost overboard. A dangerous series of even… read more

Similar categories in Madeleine Eskedahl's Rings On Water (The Matakana Series Book 2) book and Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

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28. Savage Point (D.I. Anderson Book 1)

By: Denise Fitzpatrick

3.97

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

A killer is watching... A bride's wedding ends in tragedy when her matron of honour is brutally mur… read more

Similar categories in Denise Fitzpatrick's Savage Point (D.I. Anderson Book 1) book and Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

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29. Trophäe

By: Gaea Schoeters

4.11

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

Gaea Schoetersʼ preisgekrönter Roman ist von einer außerordentlichen erzählerischen Wucht. Die Tief… read more

Similar categories in Gaea Schoeters's Trophäe book and Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

  • thriller
  • book club
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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30. The Freedom of Birds

By: Stephanie Parkyn

3.53

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Two French storytellers and a runaway girl travel through fairytale lands, Italian theatres, and th… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Parkyn's The Freedom of Birds book and Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

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31. Brushstrokes of Memory

By: Karen McMillan

3.27

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

A novel of love, lost memories and rediscovering dreams. On her thirty-second birthday, Rebecca… read more

Similar categories in Karen McMillan's Brushstrokes of Memory book and Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick

20 Top fiction books like The Tally Stick by Carl Nixon

Transform Your Habits

Pet

Catherine Chidgey

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Remember Me

Charity Norman

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2)

Michael Bennett

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Lioness

Emily Perkins

3.43

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

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Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

Transform Your Habits

How to Loiter in a Turf War

Coco Solid

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2)

Michael Bennett

3.94

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Lioness

Emily Perkins

3.43

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