30 must-read mystery books like Afraid of the Light by Alex North

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Afraid of the Light

By: Alex North

3.75

Format: 121 pages, Kindle Edition

Some people are scared of the dark. But it’s the light that exposes the secrets. A young boy wit…

If you liked the mystery plot in Afraid of the Light by Alex North , here is a list of 30 books like this:

Cover of Blood Water Falls (DCI Duncan Bone #2) by T.G. Reid

1. Blood Water Falls (DCI Duncan Bone #2)

By: T.G. Reid

4.19

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

A death through a lens. When the brutally murdered body of a local geography teacher is discover… read more

Similar categories in T.G. Reid's Blood Water Falls (DCI Duncan Bone #2) book and Alex North's Afraid of the Light

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Charity Shop Detective Agency (The Charity Shop Detective Agency, #1) by Peter  Boland

2. The Charity Shop Detective Agency (The Charity Shop Detective Agency, #1)

By: Peter Boland

3.94

Format: 371 pages, Kindle Edition

Fiona, Sue and Daisy, three retired ladies who volunteer at the local charity shop, Dogs Need Nice … read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Fearless (Ben Koenig, #1) by M.W. Craven

3. Fearless (Ben Koenig, #1)

By: M.W. Craven

4.10

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The first thrilling Ben Koenig book from The Sunday Times bestselling author of Dead Ground and The… read more

Similar categories in M.W. Craven's Fearless (Ben Koenig, #1) book and Alex North's Afraid of the Light

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Swamp Spies (Miss Fortune Mysteries #26) by Jana Deleon

4. Swamp Spies (Miss Fortune Mysteries #26)

By: Jana Deleon

4.66

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

Things have reached a critical point in the Middle East. Carter agreed to serve as a consultant for… read more

Similar categories in Jana Deleon's Swamp Spies (Miss Fortune Mysteries #26) book and Alex North's Afraid of the Light

  • mystery
  • fiction
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5. Every Move You Make

By: C.L. Taylor

3.90

Format: 422 pages, Kindle Edition

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer… Alexandra, Lucy, Bridget, River and Natalie. Fi… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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6. The Last Resort

By: Susi Holliday

3.29

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

Seven strangers. Seven secrets. One perfect crime. When Amelia is invited to an all-expenses-pai… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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7. An Assassination on the Agenda (Lady Hardcastle Mystery, #11)

By: T.E. Kinsey

4.53

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

They’re hoping this visit is a return journey—but it might be a one-way ticket to murder. July 1… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"Chap's been shot in the Tramway Centre." "Nasty place to be shot," I said. "I wouldn't want to be shot in the Tramway Centre."

-T.E. Kinsey, An Assassination on the Agenda (Lady Hardcastle Mystery, #11)

"Hello Sim, dear," said Lady Hardcastle. "We've come to see your body." Dr. Gosling laughed. "I say, that's rather forward of you, Em. I had no idea you felt that way."

-T.E. Kinsey, An Assassination on the Agenda (Lady Hardcastle Mystery, #11)

Cover of A Fire at the Exhibition (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #10) by T.E. Kinsey

8. A Fire at the Exhibition (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #10)

By: T.E. Kinsey

4.50

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

May 1912. After the previous year’s deadly heatwave, it’s been an uneventful spring in Littleton Co… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
"Butts are for rainwater, my little Baumkuchen"

-T.E. Kinsey, A Fire at the Exhibition (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #10)

"Perhaps we should all just accept the peculiarities of the world and the people in it."

-T.E. Kinsey, A Fire at the Exhibition (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #10)

"One doesn't have to toil to be enraged at the system that requires it of others. Unfairness and injustice affect us all."

-T.E. Kinsey, A Fire at the Exhibition (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #10)

"Wherever I've been, people have thought I've been up to something nefarious," she said. "A single woman in possession of a profitable business must be in want of locking up."

-T.E. Kinsey, A Fire at the Exhibition (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #10)

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9. 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

Similar categories in Robert Thorogood's The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3) book and Alex North's Afraid of the Light

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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10. The Mercy Chair (Washington Poe #6)

By: M.W. Craven

4.63

Format: 485 pages, Kindle Edition

Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin . . . Washington Poe has a story to tell. And he… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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11. The Fine Art of Invisible Detection

By: Robert Goddard

3.97

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The no. 1 ebook from the Sunday Times bestseller 'He's the high priest of plot ... deftly woven, bu… read more

Similar categories in Robert Goddard's The Fine Art of Invisible Detection book and Alex North's Afraid of the Light

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of A Baffling Murder at the Midsummer Ball (A Dizzy Heights Mystery, #2) by T.E. Kinsey

12. A Baffling Murder at the Midsummer Ball (A Dizzy Heights Mystery, #2)

By: T.E. Kinsey

4.28

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

A locked room. A mysterious death. Just another gig for the Dizzy Heights. When London’s finest … read more

Similar categories in T.E. Kinsey's A Baffling Murder at the Midsummer Ball (A Dizzy Heights Mystery, #2) book and Alex North's Afraid of the Light

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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13. Deadly Animals

By: Marie Tierney

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Finding a dead body is not normal. But Ava is not a normal teenager. In this chilling debut mystery… read more

Similar categories in Marie Tierney's Deadly Animals book and Alex North's Afraid of the Light

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Dinner Lady Detectives (Dinner Lady Detectives, #1) by Hannah Hendy

14. The Dinner Lady Detectives (Dinner Lady Detectives, #1)

By: Hannah Hendy

3.27

Format: 290 pages, ebook

Murder is a dish best served ice cold... Margery and Clementine are enjoying a peaceful middle-a… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Hendy's The Dinner Lady Detectives (Dinner Lady Detectives, #1) book and Alex North's Afraid of the Light

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of A Very English Murder (A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, #1) by Verity Bright

15. A Very English Murder (A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, #1)

By: Verity Bright

3.92

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

Move over Miss Marple, there’s a new sleuth in town! Meet Eleanor Swift: distinguished adventurer, … read more

Similar categories in Verity Bright's A Very English Murder (A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, #1) book and Alex North's Afraid of the Light

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Shadows of Men (Sam Wyndham, #5) by Abir  Mukherjee

16. The Shadows of Men (Sam Wyndham, #5)

By: Abir Mukherjee

4.30

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

Calcutta, 1923.When a Hindu theologian is found murdered in his home, the city is on the brink of a… read more

Similar categories in Abir Mukherjee's The Shadows of Men (Sam Wyndham, #5) book and Alex North's Afraid of the Light

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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17. House of Correction

By: Nicci French

3.81

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

‘So,’ said Mora Piozzi, her lawyer, looking down at her laptop. ‘In brief: you are charged with the… read more

Similar categories in Nicci French's House of Correction book and Alex North's Afraid of the Light

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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18. Tell Me an Ending

By: Jo Harkin

3.64

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

What if you didn't have to live with your worst memories? Across the world, thousands of people … read more

Similar categories in Jo Harkin's Tell Me an Ending book and Alex North's Afraid of the Light

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
"Where does the human regret live? Police stations, hospitals. Courtrooms. Hotel bedrooms- bedrooms in general. They should advertise on pillowcases."

-Jo Harkin, Tell Me an Ending

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19. Hide and Seek

By: Andrea Mara

4.15

Format: 337 pages, Paperback

CLOSE YOUR EYESThe game of hide and seek is over, everyone has gone home, but little Lily Murphy ha… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Mara's Hide and Seek book and Alex North's Afraid of the Light

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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20. His Other Wife

By: Nicole Trope

4.03

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

»WOW! Ich sitze hier um 2:30 Uhr morgens, nachdem ich dieses Buch an einem Abend gelesen habe … Ich… read more

Similar categories in Nicole Trope's His Other Wife book and Alex North's Afraid of the Light

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds (A Dizzy Heights Mystery #1) by T.E. Kinsey

21. The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds (A Dizzy Heights Mystery #1)

By: T.E. Kinsey

3.90

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

Missing diamonds. Mysterious deaths. And all that jazz. London, 1925. With their band the Dizzy He… read more

Similar categories in T.E. Kinsey's The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds (A Dizzy Heights Mystery #1) book and Alex North's Afraid of the Light

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of OverLondon (Over London Book 1) by George  Penney

22. OverLondon (Over London Book 1)

By: George Penney

4.13

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

“A delightful romp, chock-full of wonderfully bonkers ideas.” C.K. (Caimh) McDonnell, author of The… read more

Similar categories in George Penney's OverLondon (Over London Book 1) book and Alex North's Afraid of the Light

  • mystery
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23. Finding Sophie

By: Imran Mahmood

3.68

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Two parents, desperate to find their missing daughter, stand accused of murder. How far will they g… read more

Similar categories in Imran Mahmood's Finding Sophie book and Alex North's Afraid of the Light

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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24. The Lost Wife

By: Georgina Lees

3.66

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

You always underestimated me and I always overestimated you. Maybe that was our problem. A woma… read more

Similar categories in Georgina Lees's The Lost Wife book and Alex North's Afraid of the Light

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Death at the Dance (A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, #2) by Verity Bright

25. Death at the Dance (A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, #2)

By: Verity Bright

4.19

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

England, 1920. Lady Eleanor Swift, adventurer extraordinaire and reluctant amateur detective, is ta… read more

Similar categories in Verity Bright's Death at the Dance (A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, #2) book and Alex North's Afraid of the Light

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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26. The Clockwork Girl

By: Anna Mazzola

3.91

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A intoxicating and darkly immersive story of obsession, illusion and the price of freedom, from the… read more

Similar categories in Anna Mazzola's The Clockwork Girl book and Alex North's Afraid of the Light

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Lilith by Eric Rickstad

27. Lilith

By: Eric Rickstad

3.96

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of I Am Not Who You Think I Am—a New… read more

Similar categories in Eric Rickstad's Lilith book and Alex North's Afraid of the Light

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"I find no comfort in it, eternity, everlasting life. When I am dead, I will be gone, and I will never know I existed. I will not know I ever was. Just as when I am asleep, I do not know I exist or ev…"

-Eric Rickstad, Lilith

Cover of An Unfortunate Christmas Murder (Dinner Lady Detectives, #2) by Hannah Hendy

28. An Unfortunate Christmas Murder (Dinner Lady Detectives, #2)

By: Hannah Hendy

3.44

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Tis the season for gold, frankincense and murder… It’s winter in the small town of Dewstow, and… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Hendy's An Unfortunate Christmas Murder (Dinner Lady Detectives, #2) book and Alex North's Afraid of the Light

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Afraid of the Light by Alex North

29. Afraid of the Light

By: Alex North

3.75

Format: 121 pages, Kindle Edition

Some people are scared of the dark. But it’s the light that exposes the secrets. A young boy wit… read more

Similar categories in Alex North's Afraid of the Light book and Alex North's Afraid of the Light

  • mystery thriller
  • short story collection
  • collections
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Afraid of the Christmas Lights: An Anthology of Crime Stories by Miranda Jewess

30. Afraid of the Christmas Lights: An Anthology of Crime Stories

By: Miranda Jewess

3.82

Format: 195 pages, Kindle Edition

Festive Shorts from the Biggest Stars in Crime Fiction read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Afraid of the Shadows by Victoria Selman

31. Afraid of the Shadows

By: Victoria Selman

3.96

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

All profits will be donated to Barnardo’s children charity SPOOKY SHORTS FROM THE BIGGEST STARS … read more

Similar categories in Victoria Selman's Afraid of the Shadows book and Alex North's Afraid of the Light

  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller

30 Top fiction books like Afraid of the Light by Alex North

Transform Your Habits

Blood Water Falls (DCI Duncan Bone #2)

T.G. Reid

4.19

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The Charity Shop Detective Agency (The Charity Shop Detective Agency, #1)

Peter Boland

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Fearless (Ben Koenig, #1)

M.W. Craven

4.10

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Swamp Spies (Miss Fortune Mysteries #26)

Jana Deleon

4.66

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18 best-selling fiction books like Death at the Dance (A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, #2) by Verity Bright

Transform Your Habits

Murder at the Dolphin Hotel (Miss Underhay Mysteries #1)

Helena Dixon

4.09

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An Assassination on the Agenda (Lady Hardcastle Mystery, #11)

T.E. Kinsey

4.53

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A Fire at the Exhibition (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #10)

T.E. Kinsey

4.50

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Murder at the Island Hotel (Miss Underhay #15)

Helena Dixon

4.39

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