8 best-selling british literature books like The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11) by Ann Cleeves

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The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.47

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

As New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves's beloved Vera series explodes in popularity in print and …

If you liked the british literature plot in The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11) by Ann Cleeves , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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

1. 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

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) book and Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • 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)

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2. The Last Word

By: Elly Griffiths

3.92

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in The Postscript Murders, are running a detective agency in Shoreha… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Last Word book and Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5) by Elizabeth Strout

3. Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

By: Elizabeth Strout

4.46

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friend… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Strout's Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5) book and Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
"...Bob caught a glimpse of himself in the store window that was right there. He was startled. Who was that tall older man? Was that him? A sense of bewilderment came to him. He turned away, then turn…"

-Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

Cover of Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #23) by Kathy Reichs

4. Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #23)

By: Kathy Reichs

4.18

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

It’s never easy working fire scenes.   Called to Washington, DC to analyse the victims of a mysteri… read more

Similar categories in Kathy Reichs's Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #23) book and Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20) by William Kent Krueger

5. Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20)

By: William Kent Krueger

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A disappearance and a dead body put Cork O’Connor’s family in the crosshairs of a killer in the twe… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20) book and Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

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

6. 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 Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11) by Ann Cleeves

7. The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.47

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

As New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves's beloved Vera series explodes in popularity in print and … read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11) book and Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. The Man in Black: Stories

By: Elly Griffiths

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This bumper collection of short stories by the No 1 bestselling author features all her best-loved … read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Man in Black: Stories book and Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33) by Donna Leon

9. A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33)

By: Donna Leon

4.05

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

In the thirty-third installment of Donna Leon’s magnificent series, Commissario Guido Brunetti conf… read more

Similar categories in Donna Leon's A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33) book and Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cuillin Dead (The Misty Isle, #4) by J.M. Dalgliesh

10. The Cuillin Dead (The Misty Isle, #4)

By: J.M. Dalgliesh

4.43

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

Life is full of choices. Death... is chosen for you...When the body of a missing tourist is discove… read more

Similar categories in J.M. Dalgliesh's The Cuillin Dead (The Misty Isle, #4) book and Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11) by Alan Bradley

11. What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11)

By: Alan Bradley

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the absence of adult supervision, Flavia has taken on the mentorship of her “pestilent” younger … read more

Similar categories in Alan Bradley's What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11) book and Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1) by Richard Osman

12. We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1)

By: Richard Osman

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A brand new series. An iconic new detective duo. And a puzzling new murder to solve... Steve Whe… read more

Similar categories in Richard Osman's We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1) book and Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. Death at the Sanatorium

By: Ragnar Jónasson

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Fresh off his career-changing standalone co-written with Icelandic PM, Reykjavík, #1 Icelandic best… read more

Similar categories in Ragnar Jónasson's Death at the Sanatorium book and Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Late Lord Thorpe (D.C. Smith #11) by Peter Grainger

14. The Late Lord Thorpe (D.C. Smith #11)

By: Peter Grainger

4.70

Format: 455 pages, Kindle Edition

This is DC Smith’s third investigation with the Diver and Diver Associates agency. They have been a… read more

Similar categories in Peter Grainger's The Late Lord Thorpe (D.C. Smith #11) book and Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

  • mystery
  • british literature
Cover of Coffin Island (Wesley Peterson) by Kate Ellis

15. Coffin Island (Wesley Peterson)

By: Kate Ellis

4.46

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Despite many years living in South Devon, DI Wesley Peterson has never visited the tiny island of S… read more

Similar categories in Kate Ellis's Coffin Island (Wesley Peterson) book and Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Lost Coast (Clay Edison, #5) by Jonathan Kellerman

16. The Lost Coast (Clay Edison, #5)

By: Jonathan Kellerman

4.09

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The gripping new Clay Edison thriller from the bestselling father-son team who write "brilliant, pa… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Kellerman's The Lost Coast (Clay Edison, #5) book and Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of A Killer of Influence (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers #20) by J.D. Kirk

17. A Killer of Influence (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers #20)

By: J.D. Kirk

4.76

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

What price would you pay for fame?Following a convention in the Scottish Highlands, eight social me… read more

Similar categories in J.D. Kirk's A Killer of Influence (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers #20) book and Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Living is A Problem (The Skelfs Book 6) by Doug Johnstone

18. Living is A Problem (The Skelfs Book 6)

By: Doug Johnstone

4.55

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

Drones, gangland vendettas, a missing choir singer, disturbances in the cemetery, PTSD, panpsychism… read more

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Cover of The Black Loch (Lewis Trilogy, #4) by Peter  May

19. The Black Loch (Lewis Trilogy, #4)

By: Peter May

4.37

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

THE RETURN OF FIN MACLEOD, PETER MAY'S MUCH-LOVED HERO OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING LEWIS TRILO… read more

Similar categories in Peter May's The Black Loch (Lewis Trilogy, #4) book and Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Grave in the Woods (Bruno, Chief of Police #17) by Martin  Walker

20. A Grave in the Woods (Bruno, Chief of Police #17)

By: Martin Walker

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Another entertaining and enlightening entry in the Bruno, Chief of Police series, featuring an arch… read more

Similar categories in Martin Walker's A Grave in the Woods (Bruno, Chief of Police #17) book and Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of One of Us Is Dead (Roy Grace, #21) by Peter James

21. One of Us Is Dead (Roy Grace, #21)

By: Peter James

4.53

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Hunting him would be murder . . .When James Taylor arrives late for a funeral, he has to stand at t… read more

Similar categories in Peter James's One of Us Is Dead (Roy Grace, #21) book and Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

19 best-selling fiction books like The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11) by Ann Cleeves

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The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

Jacqueline Winspear

4.46

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The Last Word

Elly Griffiths

3.92

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Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

Elizabeth Strout

4.46

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Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #23)

Kathy Reichs

4.18

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21 best-selling fiction books like Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6) by Kate Atkinson

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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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The Cracked Mirror

Chris Brookmyre

4.07

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