19 must-read mystery books like The Naming of the Dead (Inspector Rebus, #16) by Ian Rankin

Cover of The Naming of the Dead (Inspector Rebus, #16) by Ian Rankin

The Naming of the Dead (Inspector Rebus, #16)

By: Ian Rankin

3.71

Format: 656 pages, Hardcover

The leaders of the free world descend on Scotland for an international conference, and every cop in…

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Cover of Original Sin (Adam Dalgliesh, #9) by None, P.D. James

1. Original Sin (Adam Dalgliesh, #9)

By: None , P.D. James

3.90

Format: 511 pages, Paperback

The literary world is shaken when a murder takes place at the Peverell Press, an old-established pu… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Daniel supposed he had a secret life. Most people did; it was hardly possible to live without one."

-None, Original Sin (Adam Dalgliesh, #9)

Cover of Snow Angels (Inspector Kari Vaara, #1) by James  Thompson

2. Snow Angels (Inspector Kari Vaara, #1)

By: James Thompson

3.68

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

SNOW ANGELS is a chilling and resonant debut from author James Thompson. Kaamos: Just before C… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Years ago, when I was working on my master's thesis, I went to New York for a semester as an exchange student. What struck me most was the sky. On that side of the world, so far away from the North P…"

-James Thompson, Snow Angels (Inspector Kari Vaara, #1)

Cover of Blind Sight (Kathleen Mallory, #12) by Carol O'Connell

3. Blind Sight (Kathleen Mallory, #12)

By: Carol O'Connell

4.11

Format: None pages,

A blind child and a Catholic nun disappear from a city sidewalk in plain sight of onlookers. There,… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Last Bus to Woodstock (Inspector Morse, #1) by Colin Dexter

4. Last Bus to Woodstock (Inspector Morse, #1)

By: Colin Dexter

3.98

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

Beautiful Sylvia Kaye and another young woman had been seen hitching a ride not long before Sylvia'… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Blood Hunt by Ian Rankin, Jack Harvey

5. Blood Hunt

By: Ian Rankin , Jack Harvey

4.03

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

As a former soldier, Gordon Reeve knows something about killing. So despite the fact that the death… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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6. Bleeding Hearts

By: Ian Rankin , Jack Harvey

3.71

Format: 656 pages, Hardcover

Michael Weston is paid well to do his work and ask no questions. When you're a professional assassi… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Naming of the Dead (Inspector Rebus, #16) by Ian Rankin

7. The Naming of the Dead (Inspector Rebus, #16)

By: Ian Rankin

3.71

Format: 656 pages, Hardcover

The leaders of the free world descend on Scotland for an international conference, and every cop in… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Witch Hunt by Ian Rankin, Jack Harvey

8. Witch Hunt

By: Ian Rankin , Jack Harvey

4.00

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

Witch - infamous, clever, invisible, assassin. Interpol have tried and failed to find her. Now the … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Skeleton Road (Inspector Karen Pirie, #3) by Val McDermid

9. The Skeleton Road (Inspector Karen Pirie, #3)

By: Val McDermid

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling new novel from one of the world's most celebrated crime writers proves that the past ca… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Missing and the Dead (Logan McRae, #9) by Stuart MacBride

10. The Missing and the Dead (Logan McRae, #9)

By: Stuart MacBride

2.74

Format: None pages, Hardcover

One mistake can cost you everything... When you catch a twisted killer there should be a reward, ri… read more

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  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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11. One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night

By: Christopher Brookmyre

4.71

Format: 595 pages, Paperback

The occasion: high school reunion. The place: an oil rig converted into a tourist resort. The outco… read more

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  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Blind Eye (Logan McRae, #5) by Stuart MacBride

12. Blind Eye (Logan McRae, #5)

By: Stuart MacBride

4.33

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

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  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

13. The Papers of Tony Veitch (Jack Laidlaw, #2)

By: William McIlvanney

3.61

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

The dying words of an alcoholic tramp set Jack Laidlaw onto the trail of a certain Tony Veitch, a y… read more

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14. Friend of the Devil (Inspector Banks, #17)

By: Peter Robinson

4.33

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

As Banks and Annie dig into the past to uncover connections in two cases, they find themselves deal… read more

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15. Piece of My Heart (Inspector Banks, #16)

By: Peter Robinson

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

1969... In an era of free love and rebellion, a dead body is discovered among the detritus of a rec… read more

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16. Before She Dies (Bill Gastner Mystery, #4)

By: Steven F. Havill

3.97

Format: 12 pages, Paperback

When Posadas Register reporter Linda Real barely survives her nighttime patrol with one of Undershe… read more

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17. Abattoir Blues (Inspector Banks, #22)

By: Peter Robinson

4.37

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

Published in the United Kingdom and Canada as Abattoir Blues Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks i… read more

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18. Blood at the Root (Inspector Banks, #9)

By: Peter Robinson

5.00

Format: 30 pages, Paperback

New York Timesbestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Peter Robinson brings us a tantalizing tal… read more

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19. Dead Water (Shetland Island, #5)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Ann Cleeves returns to her critically acclaimed Shetland Island series with this stunning mystery f… read more

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20. Children of the Revolution (Inspector Banks, #21)

By: Peter Robinson

4.48

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A disgraced college lecturer is found murdered with PS5,000 in his pocket on a disused railway line… read more

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21. A Darker Domain (Inspector Karen Pirie, #2)

By: Val McDermid

4.48

Format: None pages, Hardcover

1984, Fife. Heiress Catriona Maclennan Grant & her baby son are kidnapped. The ransom payoff goes h… read more

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22. Out of Bounds (Inspector Karen Pirie, #4)

By: Val McDermid

3.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Internationally bestselling author Val McDermid is one of our finest crime writers, whose gripping,… read more

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23. Bloody January

By: None

3.91

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

When a teenage boy shoots a young woman dead in the middle of a busy Glasgow street and then commit… read more

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24. The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

By: Susan Rowland

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Former Archivist Mary Wandwalker hates bringing bad news. Nevertheless, she confirms to her alma ma… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"The fire on the mountain."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"The Alchemy Scroll works on the heart,"

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"You can’t set fires, Anna. Never again. Promise."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"She stabbed the earth with her big fork as if she could make Cookie Mac’s blood sprout from it."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

Cover of O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted by A.G. Russo

25. O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

By: A.G. Russo

4.34

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

*Author "I have never used AI in my writing." A.G. RussoThe homefront, summer 1942, Brooklyn, New … read more

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  • mystery
"A uniformed cop around 6’4"

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

"You can use all the hundred dollar words you want,"

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

"She’s a cop’s wife. She understands what her husband does for a living,"

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

"When those we care about are weakest, that’s when we must be strong for them."

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

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26. Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

By: Val McDermid

4.26

Format: 452 pages, Hardcover

Val McDermid returns with DCI Karen Pirie in a new thriller of deceit and vengeance, set against th… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3) by Ann Cleeves

27. 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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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of London Rules (Slough House, #5) by Mick Herron

28. London Rules (Slough House, #5)

By: Mick Herron

4.34

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

The fifth entry in CWA Gold dagger-winning Slough House series.London Rules might not be written do… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"hate crime pollutes the soul, but only the souls of those who commit it"

-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)

"you're all crazy," Flyte said. "we prefer the term"Alternatively sane"."

-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)

"Conspiracy theory is bloomed at the rate of one hundred and forty characters a second."

-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)

"He eyed her critically. "You look like all your birthdays came at once." "I look happy to you?" "No, old. Am I the only one round here speaks English?"

-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)

Cover of Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series) by Behcet Kaya

29. Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

By: Behcet Kaya

4.37

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

A shocking murder has devastated the sacred walls of Kingsley University. A student discovers the b… read more

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"Swamp."

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

"How was he murdered?"

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

"Why was bail denied?"

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

"Kowkosvki? You handling this?"

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

Cover of The Dark Remains by William McIlvanney

30. The Dark Remains

By: William McIlvanney

3.84

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

In this scorching crime prequel, New York Times best-selling author Ian Rankin and Scottish crime-w… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"The law's not about justice. It's a system we've put in place because we can't have justice."

-William McIlvanney, The Dark Remains

Cover of The Conditions of Unconditional Love (Isabel Dalhousie, #15) by Alexander McCall Smith

31. The Conditions of Unconditional Love (Isabel Dalhousie, #15)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

4.19

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this latest installment of the beloved Isabel Dalhousie series, Isabel finds herself navigating … read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • scotland
  • fiction

18 must-read fiction books like The Naming of the Dead (Inspector Rebus, #16) by Ian Rankin

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Original Sin (Adam Dalgliesh, #9)

None , P.D. James

3.90

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Snow Angels (Inspector Kari Vaara, #1)

James Thompson

3.68

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Blind Sight (Kathleen Mallory, #12)

Carol O'Connell

4.11

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Last Bus to Woodstock (Inspector Morse, #1)

Colin Dexter

3.98

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The Seventh Spark: Volume One – Knights of the Trinity

J.B. Lion

4.32

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Andri E. Elia

4.36

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Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

Susan Rowland

4.33

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K. Ritz

4.33

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