13 must-read crime books like Needless Alley by Natalie Marlow

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Needless Alley

By: Natalie Marlow

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Birmingham, 1933. Private enquiry agent William Garrett, a man damaged by a dark childhood spen…

If you liked the crime plot in Needless Alley by Natalie Marlow , here is a list of 13 books like this:

1. The Doctor of Thessaly

By: Anne Zouroudi

3.75

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

A jilted bride weeps on an empty beach. A local doctor is attacked in an isolated churchyard. Troub… read more

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2. Bournville

By: Jonathan Coe

3.81

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling, award-winning author of Middle England comes a profoundly moving, brutally fu… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Coe's Bournville book and Natalie Marlow's Needless Alley

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. In the Blink of An Eye (Kat and Lock, #1)

By: Jo Callaghan

4.22

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In the UK, someone is reported missing every 90 seconds. Just gone. Vanished. In the blink of an ey… read more

Similar categories in Jo Callaghan's In the Blink of An Eye (Kat and Lock, #1) book and Natalie Marlow's Needless Alley

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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4. Munich Wolf

By: Rory Clements

4.24

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

The gripping new 2024 thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The English Führer. In t… read more

Similar categories in Rory Clements's Munich Wolf book and Natalie Marlow's Needless Alley

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Death of a Lesser God (Malabar House, #4) by Vaseem Khan

5. Death of a Lesser God (Malabar House, #4)

By: Vaseem Khan

4.25

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

*** SHORTLISTED FOR HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR at the FINGERPRINT AWARDS ***In the fourth rip-roa… read more

Similar categories in Vaseem Khan's Death of a Lesser God (Malabar House, #4) book and Natalie Marlow's Needless Alley

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Great Deceiver (The Brighton Mysteries, Book 7) by Elly Griffiths

6. The Great Deceiver (The Brighton Mysteries, Book 7)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

The next gripping volume in The Brighton Mysteries series by bestselling author Elly Griffiths. … read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Great Deceiver (The Brighton Mysteries, Book 7) book and Natalie Marlow's Needless Alley

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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7. The Fells (Detectives Donovan & Young, #1)

By: Cath Staincliffe

4.30

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

‘It’s brilliant! Buy it!’ Ann CleevesYorkshire Dales, Summer 1997. Vicky Mott slips out the door of… read more

Similar categories in Cath Staincliffe's The Fells (Detectives Donovan & Young, #1) book and Natalie Marlow's Needless Alley

  • mystery
  • fiction
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8. Hunted

By: Abir Mukherjee

3.90

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A breakout thriller from an “enthralling” and award-winning writer: can two parents find their lost… read more

Similar categories in Abir Mukherjee's Hunted book and Natalie Marlow's Needless Alley

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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9. Beirut Station: Two Lives of a Spy

By: Paul Vidich

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A stunning new espionage novel by a master of the genre, Beirut Station follows a young female CIA … read more

Similar categories in Paul Vidich's Beirut Station: Two Lives of a Spy book and Natalie Marlow's Needless Alley

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. Little Siberia

By: Antti Tuomainen

3.66

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

A man with dark thoughts on his mind is racing along the remote snowy roads of Hurmevaara in Finlan… read more

Similar categories in Antti Tuomainen's Little Siberia book and Natalie Marlow's Needless Alley

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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11. Murder at the Monastery (Canon Clement Mystery #3)

By: Richard Coles

3.87

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

Daniel Clement has suffered a secret humiliation and to recover, takes respite at the monastery whe… read more

Similar categories in Richard Coles's Murder at the Monastery (Canon Clement Mystery #3) book and Natalie Marlow's Needless Alley

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. Without Warning and Only Sometimes: Scenes from an Unpredictable Childhood

By: Kit de Waal

4.13

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

'Vivid and compelling and so moving... Kit's depiction of her parents' dynamic is both painful and … read more

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13. 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 Natalie Marlow's Needless Alley

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of To Die in June (Harry McCoy, #6) by Alan  Parks

14. To Die in June (Harry McCoy, #6)

By: Alan Parks

4.33

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman enters a Glasgow police station to report her son missing, but no record can be found of th… read more

Similar categories in Alan Parks's To Die in June (Harry McCoy, #6) book and Natalie Marlow's Needless Alley

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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15. Saltblood

By: Francesca De Tores

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In a rented room outside Plymouth in 1685, a daughter is born as her half-brother is dying. Her mot… read more

Similar categories in Francesca De Tores's Saltblood book and Natalie Marlow's Needless Alley

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. The Burial Plot

By: Elizabeth Macneal

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory, The Burial Plot is an unstoppable his… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Macneal's The Burial Plot book and Natalie Marlow's Needless Alley

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Cast a Cold Eye (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery, #2) by Robbie Morrison

17. Cast a Cold Eye (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery, #2)

By: Robbie Morrison

4.34

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

In 1930s Glasgow, partners Jimmy Dreghorn and Archie McDaid face a danger that threatens to set the… read more

Similar categories in Robbie Morrison's Cast a Cold Eye (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery, #2) book and Natalie Marlow's Needless Alley

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Wrong Hands (Detective Miller #2) by Mark Billingham

18. The Wrong Hands (Detective Miller #2)

By: Mark Billingham

4.41

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

This is one case Detective Miller won't want to open . . . The second rip-roaring mystery from m… read more

Similar categories in Mark Billingham's The Wrong Hands (Detective Miller #2) book and Natalie Marlow's Needless Alley

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Vine Street by Dominic Nolan

19. Vine Street

By: Dominic Nolan

4.43

Format: 592 pages, Kindle Edition

SOHO, 1935. SERGEANT LEON GEATS' PATCH. A snarling, skull-cracking misanthrope, Geats marshals … read more

Similar categories in Dominic Nolan's Vine Street book and Natalie Marlow's Needless Alley

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Needless Alley by Natalie Marlow

20. Needless Alley

By: Natalie Marlow

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Birmingham, 1933. Private enquiry agent William Garrett, a man damaged by a dark childhood spen… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Marlow's Needless Alley book and Natalie Marlow's Needless Alley

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

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Bournville

Jonathan Coe

3.81

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In the Blink of An Eye (Kat and Lock, #1)

Jo Callaghan

4.22

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Munich Wolf

Rory Clements

4.24

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Death of a Lesser God (Malabar House, #4)

Vaseem Khan

4.25

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Prophet Song

Paul Lynch

4.10

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Caledonian Road

Andrew O'Hagan

3.96

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Old God's Time

Sebastian Barry

3.85

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Jennie Godfrey

4.29

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