19 must-read fiction books like Smoke and Mirrors (Stephens & Mephisto Mystery, #2) by Elly Griffiths

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Smoke and Mirrors (Stephens & Mephisto Mystery, #2)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Chilling murder in the world of 1950s theatre - another case for DI Stephens and Max Mephisto. Brig…

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1. The Mermaid's Scream (Wesley Peterson #21)

By: Kate Ellis

4.13

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Why did Wynn Staniland, a legend in the literary world, suddenly become a recluse in the 1980s? Mos… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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2. The Shining Skull (Wesley Peterson, #11)

By: Kate Ellis

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Little Marcus Fallbrook was kidnapped in 1976 and when he never returned home, his grieving family … read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Harbour Street (Vera Stanhope, #6) by Ann Cleeves

3. Harbour Street (Vera Stanhope, #6)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.15

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Harbour Street is the sixth book in Ann Cleeves' crime novel series VERA - which is a major TV dete… read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"He was never very good at talking about feelings. He'd been on his own for so long that it was as if he'd had to learn a new language"

-Ann Cleeves, Harbour Street (Vera Stanhope, #6)

Cover of The Funeral Boat (Wesley Peterson, #4) by Kate Ellis

4. The Funeral Boat (Wesley Peterson, #4)

By: Kate Ellis

3.00

Format: 508 pages, Hardcover

When young Carl Palister unearths a skeleton on a Devon smallholding, DS Wesley Peterson and his bo… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
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5. Smoke and Mirrors (Stephens & Mephisto Mystery, #2)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Chilling murder in the world of 1950s theatre - another case for DI Stephens and Max Mephisto. Brig… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. The Flesh Tailor (Wesley Peterson, #14)

By: Kate Ellis

3.16

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Bone Garden (Wesley Peterson, #5) by Kate Ellis

7. The Bone Garden (Wesley Peterson, #5)

By: Kate Ellis

2.78

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

An excavation at the lost gardens of Earlsacre Hall is called to a halt when a skeleton is discover… read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Cadaver Game (Wesley Peterson, #16) by Kate Ellis

8. The Cadaver Game (Wesley Peterson, #16)

By: Kate Ellis

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When the decaying body of a murdered woman is discovered, DI Peterson has difficulties establishing… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Shadow Collector (Wesley Peterson, #17) by Kate Ellis

9. The Shadow Collector (Wesley Peterson, #17)

By: Kate Ellis

4.23

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Eighteen years ago, Lilith Benley and her mother - rumoured to be witches - were convicted of the b… read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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10. The Eternal City

By: Domenica de Rosa

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The De Angelis sisters - holier-than-thou Anna, bohemian, beautiful Maria and tomboy Gaby - have al… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Shroud Maker (Wesley Peterson, #18) by Kate Ellis

11. The Shroud Maker (Wesley Peterson, #18)

By: Kate Ellis

4.38

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A grisly find, a faceless enemy--will history repeat itself once again in the 18th Wesley Peterson … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

12. A Painted Doom (Wesley Peterson, #6)

By: Kate Ellis

3.72

Format: 395 pages, Paperback

Teenager Lewis Hoxworthy discovers a disturbing painting in a medieval barn; a discovery which exci… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature

13. A Cursed Inheritance (Wesley Peterson, #9)

By: Kate Ellis

4.31

Format: 1056 pages, Paperback

The brutal massacre of the Harford family at Potwoolstan Hall in Devon in 1985 shocked the country … read more

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14. The Plague Maiden (Wesley Peterson, #8)

By: Kate Ellis

3.95

Format: 315 pages, Paperback

When a letter arrives at Tradmouth police station, addressed to a DCI Norbert it causes quite a sti… read more

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15. The Merchant's House (Wesley Peterson, #1)

By: Kate Ellis

3.40

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Detective Sergeant Wesley Peterson's first day finds him investigating the death of a young woman w… read more

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16. The Moth Catcher (Vera Stanhope #7)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.26

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This case was different from anything Vera had ever worked before. Two bodies, connected but not ly… read more

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17. The House of Eyes (Wesley Peterson, #20)

By: Kate Ellis

4.04

Format: 156 pages,

When Darren Hatman reports his daughter missing, DI Wesley Peterson isn't too concerned. Leanne Hat… read more

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18. The Death Season (Wesley Peterson, #19)

By: Kate Ellis

3.68

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Detective Wesley Peterson investigates another mysterious and deathly case on his 19th adventure in… read more

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19. The Marriage Hearse (Wesley Peterson, #10)

By: Kate Ellis

3.91

Format: 631 pages, Paperback

When Kirsten Harbourn is found strangled and naked on her wedding day, DI Wesley Peterson makes som… read more

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20. The Armada Boy (Wesley Peterson, #2)

By: Kate Ellis

4.00

Format: 100 pages, Hardcover

Norman Openheim is an American veteran of the D Day Landings on a sentimental journey with his old … read more

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21. An Unhallowed Grave (Wesley Peterson, #3)

By: Kate Ellis

4.00

Format: 100 pages, Hardcover

When the body of a middle-aged woman is found hanging from a yew tree in Stokeworthy Churchyard, th… read more

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22. The Skeleton Room (Wesley Peterson, #7)

By: Kate Ellis

4.00

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

When workmen converting former girls' boarding school, Chadleigh Hall, into a luxury hotel discover… read more

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23. The Seagull (Vera Stanhope #8)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A visit to her local prison brings DI Vera Stanhope face to face with an old enemy: former detectiv… read more

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24. The Blood Pit (Wesley Peterson, #12)

By: Kate Ellis

2.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Never has DI Wesley Peterson witnessed such a bizarre crime scene. The victim, Charles Marrick, has… read more

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Cover of Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5) by Anthony Horowitz

25. Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Ha… read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3) by Ann Cleeves

26. 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

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) by Jacqueline Winspear

27. The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.46

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow! Psychologist and… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"You've go to get on with it, my boy. Stop feeling sorry for yourselft, because what's done is done. You can't change it, so you've got to stiffen your backbone. You've a good job, a very nice roof ov…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

Cover of The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) by Tana French

28. The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

By: Tana French

4.12

Format: 467 pages, Hardcover

It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"She'll bake bread and make jam, because she likes those made her way, but she says she cooked a good meal from scratch every night of her marriage, and now if she wants to live mainly off toasted san…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

"Trey has a bone-deep mistrust of marriage or anything resembling it. She knows that Lena sometimes stays the night at Cal's place, but Lena also has a place of her own, which she can go back to whene…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

Cover of The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4) by Richard Osman

29. The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

By: Richard Osman

4.49

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"His authentic indifference seems to delight them."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I think Psychopaths wear lipstick too,' says Joyce."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I love you,' he says. Because what else is there to say?"

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"Sure,' says Ron. 'She wants to kill me. Bake her some scones."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

Cover of The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3) by Robert Thorogood

30. The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3)

By: Robert Thorogood

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The Marlow Murder Club is on the hunt for a killer... Geoffrey Lushington, Mayor of Marlow, dies su… read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

31. 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

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

9 Top audiobook books like Smoke and Mirrors (Stephens & Mephisto Mystery, #2) by Elly Griffiths

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Ann Cleeves

4.15

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Smoke and Mirrors (Stephens & Mephisto Mystery, #2)

Elly Griffiths

4.33

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Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

Anthony Horowitz

4.18

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Ann Cleeves

4.01

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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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