18 must-read thriller books like The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel by Denise Mina

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The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel

By: Denise Mina

3.61

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Philip Marlowe is on the hunt for a missing heiress in L.A. —and up against a rival PI—in this smar…

If you liked the thriller plot in The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel by Denise Mina , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of The Black-Eyed Blonde by Benjamin Black

1. The Black-Eyed Blonde

By: Benjamin Black

4.31

Format: 110 pages, Hardcover

Raymond Chandler's incomparable private eye is back, pulled by a seductive young heiress into the m… read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Black's The Black-Eyed Blonde book and Denise Mina's The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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2. The Secret Hours

By: Mick Herron

4.29

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "historical … read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's The Secret Hours book and Denise Mina's The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"We’re the Secret Service. We’re not here to be liked."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"And you can shut your damn mouth too." "Now now. Casual profanity’s the sign of a small fucking mind."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"Come on. You can buy me breakfast." "I've already had breakfast." "So have I. What's that got to do with it?"

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"First Desk enjoyed coincidences the way she liked happy endings: outside of fiction, they were as trustworthy as a Tinder Profile."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

Cover of The Enchanters by James Ellroy

3. The Enchanters

By: James Ellroy

3.73

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

James Ellroy—Demon Dog of American Letters—goes straight to the tragic heart of 1962 Hollywood with… read more

Similar categories in James Ellroy's The Enchanters book and Denise Mina's The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel

  • historical
  • noir
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1) by Mark Billingham

4. The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1)

By: Mark Billingham

4.11

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

The first new series in two decades from multi-award-winning international bestseller Mark Billingh… read more

Similar categories in Mark Billingham's The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1) book and Denise Mina's The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Detective Up Late (Sean Duffy, #7) by Adrian McKinty

5. The Detective Up Late (Sean Duffy, #7)

By: Adrian McKinty

4.39

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Slamming the door on the hellscape of 1980s Belfast, Detective Inspector Sean Duffy hopes that the … read more

Similar categories in Adrian McKinty's The Detective Up Late (Sean Duffy, #7) book and Denise Mina's The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7) by Val McDermid

6. 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 Denise Mina's The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Squeaky Clean (Squeaky Clean, #1) by Callum McSorley

7. Squeaky Clean (Squeaky Clean, #1)

By: Callum McSorley

4.10

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

Half the Glasgow polis think DI Alison McCoist is bent. The other half just think she's a fuck-up. … read more

Similar categories in Callum McSorley's Squeaky Clean (Squeaky Clean, #1) book and Denise Mina's The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Kennedy 35 (BOX 88 #3) by Charles Cumming

8. Kennedy 35 (BOX 88 #3)

By: Charles Cumming

4.25

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Veteran agent Lachlan Kite―“a spy for the 21st century” ( Daily Mail )―reckons with the fallout fro… read more

Similar categories in Charles Cumming's Kennedy 35 (BOX 88 #3) book and Denise Mina's The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel

  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Edge of the Grave (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery #1) by Robbie Morrison

9. Edge of the Grave (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery #1)

By: Robbie Morrison

4.19

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Glasgow, 1932. When the son-in-law of one of the city’s wealthiest families is found floating in… read more

Similar categories in Robbie Morrison's Edge of the Grave (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery #1) book and Denise Mina's The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Reykjavík: A Crime Story by Ragnar Jónasson

10. Reykjavík: A Crime Story

By: Ragnar Jónasson

3.66

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

With over three million copies sold worldwide, Ragnar Jónasson, along with Katrín Jakobsdóttir, bri… read more

Similar categories in Ragnar Jónasson's Reykjavík: A Crime Story book and Denise Mina's The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder Crossed Her Mind (Pentecost and Parker, #4) by Stephen Spotswood

11. Murder Crossed Her Mind (Pentecost and Parker, #4)

By: Stephen Spotswood

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The latest action-packed installment in the Nero Award-winning Pentecost & Parker Mystery series fo… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Spotswood's Murder Crossed Her Mind (Pentecost and Parker, #4) book and Denise Mina's The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Murder Wheel (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #2) by Tom   Mead

12. The Murder Wheel (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #2)

By: Tom Mead

3.57

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In London, 1938, young and idealistic lawyer Edmund Ibbs is trying to find any shred of evidence th… read more

Similar categories in Tom Mead's The Murder Wheel (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #2) book and Denise Mina's The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Only to Sleep by Lawrence Osborne

13. Only to Sleep

By: Lawrence Osborne

3.59

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

The new Philip Marlowe novel, from Lawrence Osborne, a master of the psychological thriller In t… read more

Similar categories in Lawrence Osborne's Only to Sleep book and Denise Mina's The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"There was, I thought, something calling to me from out in the dark. It came from out in the tempest, even from the lights of the fishing boats a mile out at sea. You can be called to a last effort, a…"

-Lawrence Osborne, Only to Sleep

Cover of The Cracked Mirror by Chris Brookmyre

14. The Cracked Mirror

By: Chris Brookmyre

4.07

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

FORGET WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW THIS IS NOT THAT CRIME NOVEL You know Johnny Hawke. Hard-bitten LAP… read more

Similar categories in Chris Brookmyre's The Cracked Mirror book and Denise Mina's The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of To Die in June (Harry McCoy, #6) by Alan  Parks

15. To Die in June (Harry McCoy, #6)

By: Alan Parks

4.33

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman enters a Glasgow police station to report her son missing, but no record can be found of th… read more

Similar categories in Alan Parks's To Die in June (Harry McCoy, #6) book and Denise Mina's The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel by Denise Mina

16. The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel

By: Denise Mina

3.61

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Philip Marlowe is on the hunt for a missing heiress in L.A. —and up against a rival PI—in this smar… read more

Similar categories in Denise Mina's The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel book and Denise Mina's The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • historical
  • noir
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Rumor Game by Thomas Mullen

17. The Rumor Game

By: Thomas Mullen

3.71

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A determined reporter and a reluctant FBI agent face off against fascist elements in World War II-e… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Mullen's The Rumor Game book and Denise Mina's The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Cast a Cold Eye (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery, #2) by Robbie Morrison

18. Cast a Cold Eye (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery, #2)

By: Robbie Morrison

4.34

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

In 1930s Glasgow, partners Jimmy Dreghorn and Archie McDaid face a danger that threatens to set the… read more

Similar categories in Robbie Morrison's Cast a Cold Eye (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery, #2) book and Denise Mina's The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Punishment of a Hunter (A Leningrad Confidential #1) by Yulia Yakovleva

19. Punishment of a Hunter (A Leningrad Confidential #1)

By: Yulia Yakovleva

3.58

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

1930s Leningrad. As a mood of fear cloaks the city, Investigator Vasily Zaitsev is called on to inv… read more

Similar categories in Yulia Yakovleva's Punishment of a Hunter (A Leningrad Confidential #1) book and Denise Mina's The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Viviana Valentine and the Ticking Clock (Girl Friday #3) by Emily J. Edwards

20. Viviana Valentine and the Ticking Clock (Girl Friday #3)

By: Emily J. Edwards

3.73

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

New York City, 1950. Viviana Valentine and Tommy Fortuna have a lot of resolutions for the new year… read more

Similar categories in Emily J. Edwards's Viviana Valentine and the Ticking Clock (Girl Friday #3) book and Denise Mina's The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook

20 Top fiction books like The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel by Denise Mina

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The Black-Eyed Blonde

Benjamin Black

4.31

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The Secret Hours

Mick Herron

4.29

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The Enchanters

James Ellroy

3.73

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The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1)

Mark Billingham

4.11

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A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

Deanna Raybourn

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Locked in Pursuit (Electra McDonnell #4)

Ashley Weaver

4.26

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Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord (Lady Petra Inquires, #1)

Celeste Connally

3.52

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Murder Crossed Her Mind (Pentecost and Parker, #4)

Stephen Spotswood

4.22

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