30 must-read crime books like The Others by Mark Brandi

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The Others

By: Mark Brandi

3.72

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

On his eleventh birthday, Jacob's father gives him a diary. To write about things that happen. Abou…

If you liked the crime plot in The Others by Mark Brandi , here is a list of 30 books like this:

Cover of Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton

1. Lola in the Mirror

By: Trent Dalton

4.41

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from inter… read more

Similar categories in Trent Dalton's Lola in the Mirror book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • australia
  • crime
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. The Drowning

By: Bryan Brown

3.56

Format: 288 pages, ebook

With sales of over 16,000 copies of Sweet Jimmy , Bryan Brown's distinctive storytelling voice cont… read more

Similar categories in Bryan Brown's The Drowning book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • thriller
  • australia
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Day's End (Hirsch, #4) by Garry Disher

3. Day's End (Hirsch, #4)

By: Garry Disher

4.12

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Hirsch’s rural beat is wide. Daybreak to day’s end, dirt roads and dust. Every problem that besets … read more

Similar categories in Garry Disher's Day's End (Hirsch, #4) book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • crime
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4. Women & Children

By: Tony Birch

4.22

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

It's 1965 and Joe Cluny is living in a working-class suburb with his mum, Marion, and sister, Ruby,… read more

Similar categories in Tony Birch's Women & Children book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • australia
  • fiction
Cover of The Tilt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #2) by Chris Hammer

5. The Tilt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #2)

By: Chris Hammer

4.29

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A man runs for his life in a forest. A woman plans sabotage. A body is unearthed. Newly-minted… read more

Similar categories in Chris Hammer's The Tilt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #2) book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3) by Chris Hammer

6. The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3)

By: Chris Hammer

4.23

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

The latest stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and The Tilt. Chris Hammer's… read more

Similar categories in Chris Hammer's The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3) book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • crime
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7. Sanctuary

By: Garry Disher

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A thrilling new standalone set in regional SA, from one of Australia's most esteemed crime authors.… read more

Similar categories in Garry Disher's Sanctuary book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Broken Bay (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti, #3) by Margaret Hickey

8. Broken Bay (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti, #3)

By: Margaret Hickey

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Old loyalties and decades-long feuds rise to the surface in this stunning crime novel, set in a spe… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Hickey's Broken Bay (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti, #3) book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan

9. What Happened to Nina?

By: Dervla McTiernan

4.11

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

10 hours, 50 minutes From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Murder Rule comes an… read more

Similar categories in Dervla McTiernan's What Happened to Nina? book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • crime
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10. Clarke

By: Holly Throsby

3.88

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A compelling new novel from the bestselling author of Goodwood and Cedar Valley. 'Clarke is illu… read more

Similar categories in Holly Throsby's Clarke book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • crime
"He was so stocky. He was like a wheelie bin."

-Holly Throsby, Clarke

"Leelee?’ ‘Yes, Joe?’ ‘Would you still love me if I was a donkey?’ Leonie said, ‘Sweetheart, I’d love you no matter what you were. If you turned into a donkey, I’d just find us a house with a big barn…"

-Holly Throsby, Clarke

Cover of Taken (Detective Kate Miles, #2) by Dinuka McKenzie

11. Taken (Detective Kate Miles, #2)

By: Dinuka McKenzie

4.00

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

'Dinuka McKenzie has talent to burn' Dervla McTiernan A parent's worst nightmare. A case that's … read more

Similar categories in Dinuka McKenzie's Taken (Detective Kate Miles, #2) book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • crime
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12. Gone

By: Glenna Thomson

3.97

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

A missing girl ... a cold case ... a sister who won’t give up … 'I was there on the day Rebecca … read more

Similar categories in Glenna Thomson's Gone book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • thriller
  • australia
  • crime
  • fiction
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13. The Wiregrass (Jesse Redpath #2)

By: Adrian Hyland

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A murder made to look like an accident. A disgraced cop trying to forget his past. Nash Baker was… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Hyland's The Wiregrass (Jesse Redpath #2) book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • thriller
  • australia
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Cutters End (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #1) by Margaret Hickey

14. Cutters End (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #1)

By: Margaret Hickey

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A scintillating crime thriller, set in the South Australian outback town of Cutters End. A mysterio… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Hickey's Cutters End (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #1) book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • crime
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15. Murder Town

By: Shelley Burr

3.72

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Gemma Guillory knows her once-charming town is now remembered for one reason, and one reason only. … read more

Similar categories in Shelley Burr's Murder Town book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • crime
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16. The Liars

By: Petronella McGovern

3.84

Format: 407 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of Six Minutes and The Good Teacher comes a compelling family drama of … read more

Similar categories in Petronella McGovern's The Liars book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • crime
"There’s more to development than money…Think of how a child develops. Learns to walk, talk. Grows up. Gets a bit smarter every day. That’s development too. It’s time for Kinton Bay to grow up. Get sm…"

-Petronella McGovern, The Liars

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17. The House of Now and Then

By: Jo Dixon

4.15

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

You should leave the past in the past ... or should you? A vividly told, jaw-droppingly twisty and … read more

Similar categories in Jo Dixon's The House of Now and Then book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Red Dirt Road (Detective Dana Russo, #3) by S.R. White

18. Red Dirt Road (Detective Dana Russo, #3)

By: S.R. White

3.93

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

One outback town. Two puzzling murders. Fifty suspects. In Unamurra, a drought-scarred, one-pu… read more

Similar categories in S.R. White's Red Dirt Road (Detective Dana Russo, #3) book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Hermit (Detective Dana Russo, #1) by S.R. White

19. Hermit (Detective Dana Russo, #1)

By: S.R. White

3.69

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

After a puzzling death in the wild bushlands of Australia, detective Dana Russo has just hours to i… read more

Similar categories in S.R. White's Hermit (Detective Dana Russo, #1) book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Retribution (Lexi Winter #2) by Sarah Barrie

20. Retribution (Lexi Winter #2)

By: Sarah Barrie

4.17

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Once a vigilante, she's now a cop ... but she still plays by her own rules. A fast-paced, suspensef… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Barrie's Retribution (Lexi Winter #2) book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • thriller
  • crime
  • australia
  • contemporary
Cover of The Torrent (Detective Kate Miles, #1) by Dinuka McKenzie

21. The Torrent (Detective Kate Miles, #1)

By: Dinuka McKenzie

3.90

Format: 333 pages, Paperback

A loving husband lost to devastating summer floods. A teenage girl injured during a robbery. Two se… read more

Similar categories in Dinuka McKenzie's The Torrent (Detective Kate Miles, #1) book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Stone Town (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #2) by Margaret Hickey

22. Stone Town (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #2)

By: Margaret Hickey

4.07

Format: 409 pages, Paperback

Stone Town is captivating new rural crime drama from the author of the bestselling Cutters End. … read more

Similar categories in Margaret Hickey's Stone Town (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #2) book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • crime
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23. A Shadow at the Door

By: Jo Dixon

3.84

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The House of Now and Then comes a vividly portrayed story that revea… read more

Similar categories in Jo Dixon's A Shadow at the Door book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • crime
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24. The Rush

By: Michelle Prak

3.73

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In this riveting psychological thriller—perfect for fans of Jane Harper’s The Survivors and Erica F… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Prak's The Rush book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Tipping Point (Detective Kate Miles #3) by Dinuka McKenzie

25. Tipping Point (Detective Kate Miles #3)

By: Dinuka McKenzie

4.06

Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition

A suicide. A shooting. And a reckoning, decades in the making. The must-read new Detective Kate M… read more

Similar categories in Dinuka McKenzie's Tipping Point (Detective Kate Miles #3) book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • australia
  • crime
  • fiction
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26. Conviction

By: Frank Chalmers

3.73

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A town ruled by fear. A cop who won't be broken. A pulse-pounding debut thriller that pulls no punc… read more

Similar categories in Frank Chalmers's Conviction book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • thriller
  • australia
  • crime
  • fiction
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27. The Fall Between

By: Darcy Tindale

3.93

Format: 336 pages, ebook

On a hot November morning, the first body lies in a cattle trough . . . It will be another two hour… read more

Similar categories in Darcy Tindale's The Fall Between book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • crime
Cover of Body of Lies (Gemma Woodstock #4) by Sarah   Bailey

28. Body of Lies (Gemma Woodstock #4)

By: Sarah Bailey

3.91

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

DS Gemma Woodstock returns to Smithson in a mysterious new thriller from the bestselling author of … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Bailey's Body of Lies (Gemma Woodstock #4) book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Others by Mark Brandi

29. The Others

By: Mark Brandi

3.72

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

On his eleventh birthday, Jacob's father gives him a diary. To write about things that happen. Abou… read more

Similar categories in Mark Brandi's The Others book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • mystery thriller
  • mental health
  • australia
  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Prisoner (Detective Dana Russo, #2) by S.R. White

30. Prisoner (Detective Dana Russo, #2)

By: S.R. White

3.92

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

24 HOURS AFTER LEAVING HIS CELL HE WAS DEAD. CAN SHE FIND OUT WHY?'S. R. White is the real deal.' C… read more

Similar categories in S.R. White's Prisoner (Detective Dana Russo, #2) book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • thriller
  • crime
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31. Lowbridge

By: Lucy Campbell

3.83

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Where everybody knows everyone, how can somebody just disappear? A missing girl. Decades of silenc… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Campbell's Lowbridge book and Mark Brandi's The Others

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • crime

29 Top fiction books like The Others by Mark Brandi

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Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

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The Drowning

Bryan Brown

3.56

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Day's End (Hirsch, #4)

Garry Disher

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Women & Children

Tony Birch

4.22

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Listen for the Lie

Amy Tintera

4.13

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Alex Finlay

3.79

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Darling Girls

Sally Hepworth

4.04

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