8 Best detective books like Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26) by Kate Ellis

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Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26)

By: Kate Ellis

4.27

Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition

'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times__________________Serpent's Point in…

If you liked the detective plot in Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26) by Kate Ellis , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Sleeping in the Ground (Inspector Banks, #24)

By: Peter Robinson

4.08

Format: 336 pages, ebook

MICHAEL CONNELLY calls Peter Robinson "an author with amazing empathy, a snare-trap ear for dialogu… read more

Similar categories in Peter Robinson's Sleeping in the Ground (Inspector Banks, #24) book and Kate Ellis's Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26)

  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction
"Christmas fell upon Eastvale like a knife-wielding mugger desperate for a fix ..."

-Peter Robinson, Sleeping in the Ground (Inspector Banks, #24)

2. Sleep Like The Dead

By: Alex Gray

4.34

Format: 413 pages, Paperback

Everyone is searching for Billy Brogan and his sister, Marianne. Marianne's ex-husband, Kenneth Sco… read more

Similar categories in Alex Gray's Sleep Like The Dead book and Kate Ellis's Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26)

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3. Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

By: Val McDermid

4.26

Format: 452 pages, Hardcover

Val McDermid returns with DCI Karen Pirie in a new thriller of deceit and vengeance, set against th… read more

Similar categories in Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7) book and Kate Ellis's Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26)

  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction
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4. 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 Kate Ellis's Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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5. Burial of Ghosts

By: Ann Cleeves

3.66

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

Burial of Ghosts is a page-turning stand alone novel from Ann Cleeves, creator of the astounding Sh… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's Burial of Ghosts book and Kate Ellis's Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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6. The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway, #15)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.41

Format: 361 pages, Hardcover

The discovery of a missing woman's bones forces Ruth and Nelson to finally confront their feelings … read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway, #15) book and Kate Ellis's Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • archaeology
  • fiction
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7. The Last Word

By: Elly Griffiths

3.92

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in The Postscript Murders, are running a detective agency in Shoreha… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Last Word book and Kate Ellis's Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26)

  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction
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8. Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.00

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

A murderer strikes at a school reunion--but the students are no strangers to death-- in this propul… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3) book and Kate Ellis's Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"Harbinder paces her office. She still can’t stop herself thinking, Look at me with an office big enough to pace in ."

-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

"How many times can you reminisce about school? She doesn’t think Talgarth High has ever tried to gather its former students. To be fair, it would be hard with so many of them electronically tagged."

-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

"Aren’t you a Christian though?’ She remembers a comment about St Peter’s Italian church. ‘Not really,’ says Kim. ‘I just pick the bits I like from every religion. Is there a word for that?’ ‘Heretic,…"

-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

"Gary’s made a bit of a name for himself. He’s always in the papers going on about climate change being a hoax. That’s why I was surprised ….’ ‘Surprised by what,’ prompts Harbinder because the singer…"

-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

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9. The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.23

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Pandemic lockdowns have Ruth Galloway feeling isolated from everyone but a new neighbor—until Nelso… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14) book and Kate Ellis's Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26)

  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • archaeology
"It's a locked room mystery,' says Tony. 'Like in the books.' 'Nothing,' says Nelson, 'is like it is in the books."

-Elly Griffiths, The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)

"The churches are all closed. She was surprised how shocked she'd been to hear this news. Judy might be a lapsed Catholic, but she'd always assumed that, all her life, mass would be carrying on somewh…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)

"The air is so sweet and pure that it almost takes her breath away. It's as if nature is conspiring to make lockdown a less terrifying experience. Ruth has already noticed herself becoming interested …"

-Elly Griffiths, The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)

"There are no commuters, no children jostling for school buses, no taxis, no old men in hats driving in the centre of the road. It should feel like heaven but, as Nelson drives through the old city ga…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)

10. The Rising Tide (Vera Stanhope, #10)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

For fifty years a group of friends have been meeting regularly for reunions on Holy Island, celebra… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Rising Tide (Vera Stanhope, #10) book and Kate Ellis's Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26)

  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Questions for a Dead Man (DSI William Lorimer, #20) by Alex Gray

11. Questions for a Dead Man (DSI William Lorimer, #20)

By: Alex Gray

4.31

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

HOW DO YOU SOLVE A MURDER, WHEN ALL YOU HAVE ARE QUESTIONS? ___________ When a prominent MSP go… read more

Similar categories in Alex Gray's Questions for a Dead Man (DSI William Lorimer, #20) book and Kate Ellis's Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of When Shadows Fall (DCI Lorimer, #17) by Alex Gray

12. When Shadows Fall (DCI Lorimer, #17)

By: Alex Gray

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

When DCI Lorimer's old friend and colleague is shot dead, he is devastated by the loss. But things … read more

Similar categories in Alex Gray's When Shadows Fall (DCI Lorimer, #17) book and Kate Ellis's Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26)

  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Great Deceiver (The Brighton Mysteries, Book 7) by Elly Griffiths

13. The Great Deceiver (The Brighton Mysteries, Book 7)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

The next gripping volume in The Brighton Mysteries series by bestselling author Elly Griffiths. … read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Great Deceiver (The Brighton Mysteries, Book 7) book and Kate Ellis's Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Echo of the Dead (DCI Lorimer, #19) by Alex Gray

14. Echo of the Dead (DCI Lorimer, #19)

By: Alex Gray

4.25

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

After a stressful winter, DSI William Lorimer is enjoying some time away from Glasgow. He and his n… read more

Similar categories in Alex Gray's Echo of the Dead (DCI Lorimer, #19) book and Kate Ellis's Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26) by Kate Ellis

15. Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26)

By: Kate Ellis

4.27

Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition

'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times__________________Serpent's Point in… read more

Similar categories in Kate Ellis's Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26) book and Kate Ellis's Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26)

  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • archaeology
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16. The Longest Goodbye

By: Mari Hannah

4.44

Format: 435 pages, Kindle Edition

'My heart was in my throat' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review'Engrossed from page one' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review'This i… read more

Similar categories in Mari Hannah's The Longest Goodbye book and Kate Ellis's Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26)

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Slaughterhouse Farm (CSI Ally Dymond #2) by T. Orr Munro

17. Slaughterhouse Farm (CSI Ally Dymond #2)

By: T. Orr Munro

4.21

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

A family secret worth killing for… In the dead of night, 72-year-old Miriam Narracott is found w… read more

Similar categories in T. Orr Munro's Slaughterhouse Farm (CSI Ally Dymond #2) book and Kate Ellis's Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26)

Cover of Hangman Island: (The Isles of Scilly Mysteries, #7) by Kate Rhodes

18. Hangman Island: (The Isles of Scilly Mysteries, #7)

By: Kate Rhodes

4.30

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

THE ISLES OF SCILLY MYSTERIES #7 ‘An absolute master of pace, plotting and character’ ELLY GRIFF… read more

Similar categories in Kate Rhodes's Hangman Island: (The Isles of Scilly Mysteries, #7) book and Kate Ellis's Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26)

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Brutal Tide (DI Ben Kitto, #6) by Kate Rhodes

19. The Brutal Tide (DI Ben Kitto, #6)

By: Kate Rhodes

4.27

Format: None pages, Audiobook

REVENGE DI Ben Kitto made many enemies in his time working as an undercover officer for the Met pol… read more

Similar categories in Kate Rhodes's The Brutal Tide (DI Ben Kitto, #6) book and Kate Ellis's Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11) by Ann Cleeves

20. 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

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11) book and Kate Ellis's Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26)

  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Stained with Blood (DCI Tom Raven, #7) by M.S. Morris

21. Stained with Blood (DCI Tom Raven, #7)

By: M.S. Morris

4.56

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

A battle. A killing. An echo of history.Scarborough Castle, high on the headland, is the picturesqu… read more

Similar categories in M.S. Morris's Stained with Blood (DCI Tom Raven, #7) book and Kate Ellis's Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26)

16 Top fiction books like Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26) by Kate Ellis

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Sleeping in the Ground (Inspector Banks, #24)

Peter Robinson

4.08

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Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

Val McDermid

4.26

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The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3)

Ann Cleeves

4.01

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Burial of Ghosts

Ann Cleeves

3.66

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21 Top fiction books like The Rising Tide (Vera Stanhope, #10) by Ann Cleeves

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Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

Peter Robinson

4.09

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A Killing of Innocents (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #19)

Deborah Crombie

4.25

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Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

Anthony Horowitz

4.18

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A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24)

Ian Rankin

4.20

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