29 must-read mystery books like The Mystery of the Crooked Man by Tom Spencer

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The Mystery of the Crooked Man

By: Tom Spencer

3.72

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

A distinctive murder mystery with an unforgettably spiky protagonist, for fans of The Twyford Code,…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Mystery of the Crooked Man by Tom Spencer , here is a list of 29 books like this:

Cover of Panic (Alexander Gregory Thrillers, #5) by L.J. Ross

1. Panic (Alexander Gregory Thrillers, #5)

By: L.J. Ross

4.56

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE DCI RYAN MYSTERIESThe only way to catch a killer i… read more

Similar categories in L.J. Ross's Panic (Alexander Gregory Thrillers, #5) book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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2. The Household

By: Stacey Halls

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award, the captivating, hi… read more

Similar categories in Stacey Halls's The Household book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery
Cover of I Will Ruin You by Linwood Barclay

3. I Will Ruin You

By: Linwood Barclay

3.98

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

In the latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay, a teacher’s act of hero… read more

Similar categories in Linwood Barclay's I Will Ruin You book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of A Bitter Remedy (The Oxford Mysteries, #1) by Alis Hawkins

4. A Bitter Remedy (The Oxford Mysteries, #1)

By: Alis Hawkins

3.92

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Amongst the scholars, secrets and soporifics of Victorian Oxford, the truth can be a bitter pill to… read more

Similar categories in Alis Hawkins's A Bitter Remedy (The Oxford Mysteries, #1) book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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5. 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 Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • murder mystery
Cover of Twilight Falls (Shady Hollow, #4) by Juneau Black

6. Twilight Falls (Shady Hollow, #4)

By: Juneau Black

4.03

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

The fourth book in the Shady Hollow mystery series sees Vera embroiled in a case involving star-cro… read more

Similar categories in Juneau Black's Twilight Falls (Shady Hollow, #4) book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery
  • crime
"Coming from the city like you did, you must have been free of all that old-fashioned nonsense." - "As long as you live among others, you're never free of other ideas. That's what society means."

-Juneau Black, Twilight Falls (Shady Hollow, #4)

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7. Death in le Jardin (Follet Valley Mysteries #4)

By: Ian Moore

4.14

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of Death and Croissants comes a murder mystery perfect for fans of Rich… read more

Similar categories in Ian Moore's Death in le Jardin (Follet Valley Mysteries #4) book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery
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8. The Kellerby Code

By: Jonny Sweet

3.51

Format: None pages, ebook

Edward is living in a world he can't afford and to which he doesn't belong. To camouflage himself, … read more

Similar categories in Jonny Sweet's The Kellerby Code book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Potting Shed Murder (Hill House Vintage Murder Mystery #1) by Paula Sutton

9. The Potting Shed Murder (Hill House Vintage Murder Mystery #1)

By: Paula Sutton

3.77

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to the sleepy village of Pudding Corner, a quintessentially English haven of golden cornfie… read more

Similar categories in Paula Sutton's The Potting Shed Murder (Hill House Vintage Murder Mystery #1) book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery
  • crime
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10. A Most Unusual Demise

By: Katherine Black

4.19

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Retired librarian and bookshop owner May Morrigan lives in the affluent village of Blackheath with … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Black's A Most Unusual Demise book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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11. When We Were Silent

By: Fiona McPhillips

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An outsider threatens to expose the secrets at an elite private school in this suspenseful debut no… read more

Similar categories in Fiona McPhillips's When We Were Silent book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"I'm not here for prestige. I'm here for revenge."

-Fiona McPhillips, When We Were Silent

"The body remembers everything the mind wants to forget."

-Fiona McPhillips, When We Were Silent

"In the end, we're the ones who have to live with the stories we tell ourselves."

-Fiona McPhillips, When We Were Silent

"That was always the one thing Highfield valued more than grades, more than silverware or celebrity alumni: silence."

-Fiona McPhillips, When We Were Silent

Cover of The Mystery of the Crooked Man by Tom Spencer

12. The Mystery of the Crooked Man

By: Tom Spencer

3.72

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

A distinctive murder mystery with an unforgettably spiky protagonist, for fans of The Twyford Code,… read more

Similar categories in Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • murder mystery
Cover of Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6) by Kate Atkinson

13. Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6)

By: Kate Atkinson

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The stage is set. Marooned overnight by a snowstorm in a grand country house are a cast of characte… read more

Similar categories in Kate Atkinson's Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6) book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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14. The Suspect

By: Rob Rinder

3.96

Format: 400 pages, ebook

**THE GRIPPING SECOND NOVEL FROM ROB RINDER AND FOLLOW-UP TO NO. 1 BESTSELLER THE TRIAL**When Hanna… read more

Similar categories in Rob Rinder's The Suspect book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • murder mystery
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15. In a Place of Darkness

By: Stuart MacBride

4.38

Format: 527 pages, Kindle Edition

THE CLOCK IS TICKING...Detective Constable Angus MacVicar has just landed his dream job – transferr… read more

Similar categories in Stuart MacBride's In a Place of Darkness book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of A Good Place to Hide a Body by Laura  Marshall

16. A Good Place to Hide a Body

By: Laura Marshall

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

'Can you come round?' Dad says tremulously. 'Of course. Are you OK? Is it Mum?' 'No!' He almost s… read more

Similar categories in Laura Marshall's A Good Place to Hide a Body book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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17. The Dead Friend Project

By: Joanna Wallace

3.77

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone needs a hobby... Things haven't been going well for Beth. Her husband has left her for … read more

Similar categories in Joanna Wallace's The Dead Friend Project book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Missing Nurse (Yorkshire Murder Mysteries #1) by Roger Silverwood

18. The Missing Nurse (Yorkshire Murder Mysteries #1)

By: Roger Silverwood

3.93

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

For Inspector Michael Angel, the savage murder in an insane asylum twenty years ago marks the begin… read more

Similar categories in Roger Silverwood's The Missing Nurse (Yorkshire Murder Mysteries #1) book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • murder mystery
Cover of The Haven (Summer Suspense Mysteries, #4) by L.J. Ross

19. The Haven (Summer Suspense Mysteries, #4)

By: L.J. Ross

4.28

Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition

SOME LEGENDS NEVER DIE...Irish newsreader Isolde Malone has a face many would recognise; in fact, s… read more

Similar categories in L.J. Ross's The Haven (Summer Suspense Mysteries, #4) book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery
Cover of The Examiner by Janice Hallett

20. The Examiner

By: Janice Hallett

4.06

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Told in emails, text messages, and essays, this innovative pause-resister follows a group of studen… read more

Similar categories in Janice Hallett's The Examiner book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Pyramid Murders (Miss Clara Vale #3) by Fiona Veitch Smith

21. The Pyramid Murders (Miss Clara Vale #3)

By: Fiona Veitch Smith

4.23

Format: 300 pages, ebook

A night at the museum, a dead body and a trail to Cairo. Sounds like a case for Miss Clara Vale! … read more

Similar categories in Fiona Veitch Smith's The Pyramid Murders (Miss Clara Vale #3) book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery
  • crime
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22. Death in the Air

By: Ram Murali

4.03

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

“Glamorous, gripping, absolutely heaps of fun. I loved this.”—Lucy Foley, #1 New York Times bestsel… read more

Similar categories in Ram Murali's Death in the Air book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Summers End (A Shady Hollow Mystery, #5) by Juneau Black

23. Summers End (A Shady Hollow Mystery, #5)

By: Juneau Black

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A unique take on dark academia, featuring everyone's favorite vulpine sleuth, Vera Vixen. It's lat… read more

Similar categories in Juneau Black's Summers End (A Shady Hollow Mystery, #5) book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery
Cover of Guilty by Definition by Susie Dent

24. Guilty by Definition

By: Susie Dent

4.12

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

The debut murder mystery from the resident genius of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, Susie Dent. … read more

Similar categories in Susie Dent's Guilty by Definition book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • murder mystery
Cover of Cross Bones: The dead won't rest in the third book in this quirky crime series (The Accidental Medium 3) by Tracy Whitwell

25. Cross Bones: The dead won't rest in the third book in this quirky crime series (The Accidental Medium 3)

By: Tracy Whitwell

4.39

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

There’s a queue at her door, and not all of them are living . . .When Tanz, the accidental medium, … read more

Similar categories in Tracy Whitwell's Cross Bones: The dead won't rest in the third book in this quirky crime series (The Accidental Medium 3) book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

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26. Creation Lake

By: Rachel Kushner

3.67

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From Rachel Kushner, a Booker Prize finalist, two-time National Book Award finalist, and “one of th… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Kushner's Creation Lake book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery
  • thriller
"Charisma does not originate inside the person called "charismatic." It comes from the need of others to believe that special people exist."

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

"Plus, Lucien said, a lot of them had come from other social milieus and had tattoos from earlier lives, since people who change affinities are the same kinds of people who are attracted to the perman…"

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

"My biker and these tramps, as people who organize their life around some subculture or other: People can sometimes pretend so thoroughly that they forget they are pretending. At which point, it could…"

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

"I could sense him gathering a false hindsight that afternoon in the Place des Vosges, shaping a retrospective narrative, the thing a person tells himself about fate, about how everything had seemed f…"

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

Cover of Frankie by Graham Norton

27. Frankie

By: Graham Norton

4.53

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

Frankie Howe has lived a long life, her small flat is crammed full of art, furniture - and memories… read more

Similar categories in Graham Norton's Frankie book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

Cover of The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2) by Ben Aaronovitch

28. The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

New York City, New York. Meet Augustus Berrycloth-Young - fop, flaneur, and Englishman abroad - … read more

Similar categories in Ben Aaronovitch's The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2) book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Murder At The Allotment (Whitstable Pearl Mysteries Book 10) by Julie Wassmer

29. Murder At The Allotment (Whitstable Pearl Mysteries Book 10)

By: Julie Wassmer

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Pearl's tiny garden of Eden is transformed into a battlefield when the out of towners come to Whits… read more

Similar categories in Julie Wassmer's Murder At The Allotment (Whitstable Pearl Mysteries Book 10) book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery
Cover of The Revenge of Rita Marsh by Nilesha Chauvet

30. The Revenge of Rita Marsh

By: Nilesha Chauvet

3.32

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

Rita Marsh is a good person. By day, she runs a care home, looking after the elderly and infirm.… read more

Similar categories in Nilesha Chauvet's The Revenge of Rita Marsh book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Murder at an English Pub (Sarah Vane Mysteries #1) by Alice Castle

31. Murder at an English Pub (Sarah Vane Mysteries #1)

By: Alice Castle

3.89

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

When retired doctor Sarah Vane moves to Merstairs, she has no idea that the quaint seaside town isn… read more

Similar categories in Alice Castle's Murder at an English Pub (Sarah Vane Mysteries #1) book and Tom Spencer's The Mystery of the Crooked Man

  • mystery

21 must-read crime books like The Mystery of the Crooked Man by Tom Spencer

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Panic (Alexander Gregory Thrillers, #5)

L.J. Ross

4.56

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I Will Ruin You

Linwood Barclay

3.98

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A Bitter Remedy (The Oxford Mysteries, #1)

Alis Hawkins

3.92

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Chris Brookmyre

4.07

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The Last Word

Elly Griffiths

3.92

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Here One Moment

Liane Moriarty

4.15

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Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

Elizabeth Strout

4.46

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Chris Brookmyre

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