27 Best thriller books like The Translator by Harriet Crawley

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The Translator

By: Harriet Crawley

4.04

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

• "A classic thriller of the new Cold War." Antony Beevor, author of Stalingrad• A taut, highly top…

If you liked the thriller plot in The Translator by Harriet Crawley , here is a list of 27 books like this:

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1. Caledonian Road

By: Andrew O'Hagan

3.96

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

A biting portrait of British class, politics, and money told through five interconnected families a… read more

Similar categories in Andrew O'Hagan's Caledonian Road book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • fiction
  • british literature
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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 Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • thriller
"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 Moscow Exile (Joe Wilderness #4) by John Lawton

3. Moscow Exile (Joe Wilderness #4)

By: John Lawton

4.07

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Moscow Blues begins in Washington, D.C., in the fragile postwar period where the Red Scare is growi… read more

Similar categories in John Lawton's Moscow Exile (Joe Wilderness #4) book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • espionage
  • russia
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Man in the Corduroy Suit (Discipline Files, #3) by James Wolff

4. The Man in the Corduroy Suit (Discipline Files, #3)

By: James Wolff

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

“A wonderful, artful, absorbing espionage novel.” Adam Brookes, author of Night HeronThe story of a… read more

Similar categories in James Wolff's The Man in the Corduroy Suit (Discipline Files, #3) book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1) by David McCloskey

5. Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

By: David McCloskey

4.21

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

CIA case officer Sam Joseph is dispatched to Paris to recruit Syrian Palace official Mariam Haddad.… read more

Similar categories in David McCloskey's Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1) book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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6. The Year of the Locust

By: Terry Hayes

3.57

Format: 652 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Utterly gripping, elegantly written... most definitely worth the wait’ Observer'Ticks all the boxe… read more

Similar categories in Terry Hayes's The Year of the Locust book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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7. The Scarlet Papers

By: Matthew Richardson

4.33

Format: 567 pages, Kindle Edition

VIENNA, 1946: A brilliant German scientist snatched from the ruins of Nazi Europe. MOSCOW, 1964:… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Richardson's The Scarlet Papers book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction

8. The Insider (Solomon Vine, #2)

By: Matthew Richardson

4.20

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

The thrilling novel of espionage and murder set in the dark heart of Westminster, from the UK's mos… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Richardson's The Insider (Solomon Vine, #2) book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • espionage
  • thriller
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9. The Seventh Son

By: Sebastian Faulks

3.60

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

A CHILD WILL BE BORN WHO WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING When a young woman named Talissa answers an adve… read more

Similar categories in Sebastian Faulks's The Seventh Son book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • fiction
Cover of A Spy Alone by Charles    Beaumont

10. A Spy Alone

By: Charles Beaumont

4.14

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

'This is first class' The Times 'A stunning debut' Maxim Jakubowski, Crime Time ‘A marvellously con… read more

Similar categories in Charles Beaumont's A Spy Alone book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

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

11. 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 Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of Moscow X (Damascus Station #2) by David McCloskey

12. Moscow X (Damascus Station #2)

By: David McCloskey

4.30

Format: 454 pages, Hardcover

A daring CIA operation threatens chaos in the Kremlin. But can Langley trust the Russian at its cen… read more

Similar categories in David McCloskey's Moscow X (Damascus Station #2) book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • russia
  • fiction
  • thriller
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13. Munich Wolf

By: Rory Clements

4.24

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

The gripping new 2024 thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The English Führer. In t… read more

Similar categories in Rory Clements's Munich Wolf book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Fine Art of Uncanny Prediction by Robert Goddard

14. The Fine Art of Uncanny Prediction

By: Robert Goddard

4.31

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Umiko Wada never set out to be a private detective, let alone become the one-woman operation behind… read more

Similar categories in Robert Goddard's The Fine Art of Uncanny Prediction book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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15. The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou

By: Eleni Kyriacou

4.18

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

**Selected for BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club 2023** THEY HAVE TOLD SO MANY LIES ABOUT ME. … read more

Similar categories in Eleni Kyriacou's The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Broken Afternoon (DI Ryan Wilkins, #2) by Simon Mason

16. The Broken Afternoon (DI Ryan Wilkins, #2)

By: Simon Mason

4.33

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

A four-year-old girl goes missing in plain sight outside her nursery in Oxford, a middle-class, aff… read more

Similar categories in Simon Mason's The Broken Afternoon (DI Ryan Wilkins, #2) book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • british literature
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17. A Killing in November (DI Ryan Wilkins, #1)

By: Simon Mason

4.16

Format: 352 pages, ebook

Ryan Wilkins grew up on a trailer park, a member of what many people would call the criminal classe… read more

Similar categories in Simon Mason's A Killing in November (DI Ryan Wilkins, #1) book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • british literature
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18. Hunted

By: Abir Mukherjee

3.90

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A breakout thriller from an “enthralling” and award-winning writer: can two parents find their lost… read more

Similar categories in Abir Mukherjee's Hunted book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Beirut Station: Two Lives of a Spy by Paul Vidich

19. Beirut Station: Two Lives of a Spy

By: Paul Vidich

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A stunning new espionage novel by a master of the genre, Beirut Station follows a young female CIA … read more

Similar categories in Paul Vidich's Beirut Station: Two Lives of a Spy book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of White Fox (Alexander Vasin #3) by Owen Matthews

20. White Fox (Alexander Vasin #3)

By: Owen Matthews

4.10

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

1963. In a desolate Russian penal colony, the radio blares the news of the assassination of Preside… read more

Similar categories in Owen Matthews's White Fox (Alexander Vasin #3) book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • espionage
  • russia
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Black Sun (Alexander Vasin #1) by Owen Matthews

21. Black Sun (Alexander Vasin #1)

By: Owen Matthews

3.93

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

'One of the best thrillers of recent years . . . a tour-de-force. It drips with authenticity from e… read more

Similar categories in Owen Matthews's Black Sun (Alexander Vasin #1) book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • russia
  • fiction
  • thriller
Cover of Red Traitor (Alexander Vasin #2) by Owen Matthews

22. Red Traitor (Alexander Vasin #2)

By: Owen Matthews

4.15

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An electrifying new thriller set during the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, seen from a bone-ch… read more

Similar categories in Owen Matthews's Red Traitor (Alexander Vasin #2) book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • russia
  • fiction
  • thriller
Cover of My Name Is Nobody (Solomon Vine, #1) by Matthew Richardson

23. My Name Is Nobody (Solomon Vine, #1)

By: Matthew Richardson

3.95

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

A breathless, gripping must-read for fans of Terry Hayes' I Am Pilgrim and James Swallow's Nomad'I … read more

Similar categories in Matthew Richardson's My Name Is Nobody (Solomon Vine, #1) book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Old Enemy (Paul Samson #3) by Henry Porter

24. The Old Enemy (Paul Samson #3)

By: Henry Porter

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Paul Samson is living in London and picking up some extra work for a private security company when … read more

Similar categories in Henry Porter's The Old Enemy (Paul Samson #3) book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Every Spy a Traitor (The Double Agent series Book 1) by Alex Gerlis

25. Every Spy a Traitor (The Double Agent series Book 1)

By: Alex Gerlis

4.11

Format: 397 pages, Kindle Edition

'Gerlis is at the top of his game' Paul Vidich, author of Beirut Station 'Utterly gripping and sta… read more

Similar categories in Alex Gerlis's Every Spy a Traitor (The Double Agent series Book 1) book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Lost and Never Found  (DI Wilkins Mysteries #3) by Simon Mason

26. Lost and Never Found (DI Wilkins Mysteries #3)

By: Simon Mason

4.35

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

'Ryan and Ray go from strength to strength, and this, their third outing, is the best yet. Simon Ma… read more

Similar categories in Simon Mason's Lost and Never Found (DI Wilkins Mysteries #3) book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of A Shadow Intelligence (Elliot Kane, #1) by Oliver Harris

27. A Shadow Intelligence (Elliot Kane, #1)

By: Oliver Harris

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

There is a dark side to MI6 that needs men like Elliot Kane—volatile, inquisitive, free-floating—in… read more

Similar categories in Oliver Harris's A Shadow Intelligence (Elliot Kane, #1) book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • thriller
Cover of The Cook (Kamil Rahman, #2) by Ajay Chowdhury

28. The Cook (Kamil Rahman, #2)

By: Ajay Chowdhury

3.90

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

'A refreshing and welcome addition to the world of detective fiction' Abir Mukherjee'A real surpris… read more

Similar categories in Ajay Chowdhury's The Cook (Kamil Rahman, #2) book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Thirty Days of Darkness by Jenny Lund Madsen

29. Thirty Days of Darkness

By: Jenny Lund Madsen

3.49

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

A Danish literary author is challenged to write a crime novel in thirty days, travelling to a small… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Lund Madsen's Thirty Days of Darkness book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Translator by Harriet Crawley

30. The Translator

By: Harriet Crawley

4.04

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

• "A classic thriller of the new Cold War." Antony Beevor, author of Stalingrad• A taut, highly top… read more

Similar categories in Harriet Crawley's The Translator book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • russia
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • thriller
Cover of The Best Revenge (Jonas Merrick series) by Gerald Seymour

31. The Best Revenge (Jonas Merrick series)

By: Gerald Seymour

4.40

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

On the Mongolian steppes a general in the People's Liberation Army stakes his career, and his life,… read more

Similar categories in Gerald Seymour's The Best Revenge (Jonas Merrick series) book and Harriet Crawley's The Translator

  • espionage
  • fiction

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Andrew O'Hagan

3.96

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Mick Herron

4.29

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John Lawton

4.07

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James Wolff

4.16

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Paul Vidich

3.96

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Mick Herron

4.29

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David Ignatius

4.10

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