16 best-selling mystery books like Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10) by Ian Rankin

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Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10)

By: Ian Rankin

3.71

Format: 656 pages, Paperback

When an author is successful as Rankin has been with his tough and idiomatic Scottish thrillers, a …

If you liked the mystery plot in Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10) by Ian Rankin , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. The Last Temptation (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #3)

By: Val McDermid

4.02

Format: 496 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Coming to terms over her breakup with criminal profiler Dr. Tony Hill, Chief Inspector Carol Jordan… read more

Similar categories in Val McDermid's The Last Temptation (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #3) book and Ian Rankin's Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"You are Tadeusz Radecki? I am in the right place?' 'I know who I am. What I want to know is who you are."

-Val McDermid, The Last Temptation (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #3)

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2. Dead Man's Time (Roy Grace, #9)

By: Peter James

4.17

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In Dead Man's Time, the latest from international bestselling author Peter James, Roy Grace finds h… read more

Similar categories in Peter James's Dead Man's Time (Roy Grace, #9) book and Ian Rankin's Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Distant Echo (Inspector Karen Pirie, #1) by Val McDermid

3. The Distant Echo (Inspector Karen Pirie, #1)

By: Val McDermid

3.68

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

Bestselling, award-winning author Val McDermid delivers her most stunning story yet inThe Distant E… read more

Similar categories in Val McDermid's The Distant Echo (Inspector Karen Pirie, #1) book and Ian Rankin's Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10)

  • mystery thriller
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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4. 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

Similar categories in Ian Rankin's Blood Hunt book and Ian Rankin's Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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5. 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

Similar categories in Ian Rankin's Bleeding Hearts book and Ian Rankin's Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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6. Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10)

By: Ian Rankin

3.71

Format: 656 pages, Paperback

When an author is successful as Rankin has been with his tough and idiomatic Scottish thrillers, a … read more

Similar categories in Ian Rankin's Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10) book and Ian Rankin's Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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7. A Face in the Crowd (Prime Suspect, #2)

By: Lynda La Plante

3.76

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

In the dark night of the soul . . . . If Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison hadn't been a woma… read more

Similar categories in Lynda La Plante's A Face in the Crowd (Prime Suspect, #2) book and Ian Rankin's Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10)

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

Similar categories in Ian Rankin's Witch Hunt book and Ian Rankin's Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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9. Red Bones (Shetland Island, #3)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.97

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

An island shrouded in mist and a community with secrets buried in the past . . . When a young archa… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's Red Bones (Shetland Island, #3) book and Ian Rankin's Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10)

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

10. The Mermaids Singing (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #1)

By: Val McDermid

3.66

Format: 325 pages,

Val McDermid stunned readers and critics alike with the publication of her brilliant thriller,A PLA… read more

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11. 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

Similar categories in Peter Robinson's Children of the Revolution (Inspector Banks, #21) book and Ian Rankin's Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10)

12. Fever of the Bone (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #6)

By: Val McDermid

3.46

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Meet Tony Hill's most twisted adversary - a killer with a shopping list of victims, a killer unmove… read more

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13. Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

By: Peter Robinson

4.09

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The 28th twisting installment in the DCI Alan Banks mystery series that Stephen King calls "the bes… read more

Similar categories in Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28) book and Ian Rankin's Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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14. 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 Ian Rankin's Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"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

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15. 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

Similar categories in Susan Rowland's The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery) book and Ian Rankin's Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10)

  • 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)

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16. The Trial of Joe Harlan Junior (Talion #0.5)

By: J.K. Franko

4.33

Format: 101 pages, Kindle Edition

What would you do if the law failed you? The college Halloween party was supposed to be a night… read more

Similar categories in J.K. Franko's The Trial of Joe Harlan Junior (Talion #0.5) book and Ian Rankin's Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10)

  • thriller
  • fiction
"From the start, I told you! We should’a just handled this ourselves. You should’ve handled it the way my daddy would’ve."

-J.K. Franko, The Trial of Joe Harlan Junior (Talion #0.5)

"And I looked out at the dog, and McCoy trying to cradle her in one arm and cut the rope with t’other, and I said, ‘What goes around, comes around, daddy.’ “And he just smiled. A wicked smile. And he …"

-J.K. Franko, The Trial of Joe Harlan Junior (Talion #0.5)

"It was golden hour in Tarrytown. An incandescent sun cast long shadows that pointed in unison toward nightfall. Birds sang. But their melodies were drowned out by crescendos of cicadas’ chattering. N…"

-J.K. Franko, The Trial of Joe Harlan Junior (Talion #0.5)

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17. 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

Similar categories in A.G. Russo's O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted book and Ian Rankin's Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10)

  • 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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18. 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

Similar categories in Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7) book and Ian Rankin's Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series) by Behcet Kaya

19. 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

Similar categories in Behcet Kaya's Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series) book and Ian Rankin's Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10)

"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)

20. The Rising Tide (Vera Stanhope, #10)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

For fifty years a group of friends have been meeting regularly for reunions on Holy Island, celebra… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Rising Tide (Vera Stanhope, #10) book and Ian Rankin's Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Still Life (Inspector Karen Pirie, #6) by Val McDermid

21. Still Life (Inspector Karen Pirie, #6)

By: Val McDermid

4.21

Format: 436 pages, Hardcover

From internationally bestselling author Val McDermid comes a propulsive new Karen Pirie thriller th… read more

Similar categories in Val McDermid's Still Life (Inspector Karen Pirie, #6) book and Ian Rankin's Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"A cold case was a story, constructed piece by piece. Sometimes the pieces arrived in the wrong order so it made no sense at first...at the end, if you found all the pieces, you had a coherent tale. S…"

-Val McDermid, Still Life (Inspector Karen Pirie, #6)

16 must-read fiction books like Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10) by Ian Rankin

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Val McDermid

4.02

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Peter James

4.17

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The Distant Echo (Inspector Karen Pirie, #1)

Val McDermid

3.68

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Ian Rankin , Jack Harvey

4.03

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Elly Griffiths

3.76

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A Room Full of Bones (Ruth Galloway, #4)

Elly Griffiths

3.92

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The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway, #1)

Elly Griffiths

4.01

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Red Bones (Shetland Island, #3)

Ann Cleeves

3.97

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