19 Top crime books like The Companion by Lesley Thomson

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The Companion

By: Lesley Thomson

3.81

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Sally Robinson was obsessed with family tradition. That's why, on a scorching August day, she dragg…

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Cover of Born in a Burial Gown by Mike Craven

1. Born in a Burial Gown

By: Mike Craven

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the Crime Writer's Association 2013 Debut Dagger Detective Inspector Avison Fluke i… read more

Similar categories in Mike Craven's Born in a Burial Gown book and Lesley Thomson's The Companion

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1) by Mark Billingham

2. The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1)

By: Mark Billingham

4.11

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

The first new series in two decades from multi-award-winning international bestseller Mark Billingh… read more

Similar categories in Mark Billingham's The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1) book and Lesley Thomson's The Companion

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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3. The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway, #15)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.41

Format: 361 pages, Hardcover

The discovery of a missing woman's bones forces Ruth and Nelson to finally confront their feelings … read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway, #15) book and Lesley Thomson's The Companion

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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4. A Death in the Parish (Canon Clement, #2)

By: Richard Coles

3.90

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

It's been a few months since murder tore apart the community of Champton apart. As Canon Daniel Cl… read more

Similar categories in Richard Coles's A Death in the Parish (Canon Clement, #2) book and Lesley Thomson's The Companion

  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. 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 Lesley Thomson's The Companion

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3) by Elly Griffiths

6. Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.00

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

A murderer strikes at a school reunion--but the students are no strangers to death-- in this propul… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3) book and Lesley Thomson's The Companion

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Harbinder paces her office. She still can’t stop herself thinking, Look at me with an office big enough to pace in ."

-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

"How many times can you reminisce about school? She doesn’t think Talgarth High has ever tried to gather its former students. To be fair, it would be hard with so many of them electronically tagged."

-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

"Aren’t you a Christian though?’ She remembers a comment about St Peter’s Italian church. ‘Not really,’ says Kim. ‘I just pick the bits I like from every religion. Is there a word for that?’ ‘Heretic,…"

-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

"Gary’s made a bit of a name for himself. He’s always in the papers going on about climate change being a hoax. That’s why I was surprised ….’ ‘Surprised by what,’ prompts Harbinder because the singer…"

-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

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7. Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?

By: Nicci French

3.96

Format: 532 pages, Paperback

A nerve-tingling and atmospheric thriller from master of suspense Nicci French about two families s… read more

Similar categories in Nicci French's Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? book and Lesley Thomson's The Companion

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. A Tidy Ending

By: Joanna Cannon

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A delightfully sinister novel about a married woman living a nice, quiet suburban life—but things a… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Cannon's A Tidy Ending book and Lesley Thomson's The Companion

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. 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 Lesley Thomson's The Companion

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. 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 Lesley Thomson's The Companion

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Death and the Conjuror (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #1) by Tom   Mead

11. Death and the Conjuror (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #1)

By: Tom Mead

3.55

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A magician-turned-sleuth in pre-war London solves three impossible crimes. In 1930s London, cele… read more

Similar categories in Tom Mead's Death and the Conjuror (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #1) book and Lesley Thomson's The Companion

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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12. The Trawlerman (DS Alexandra Cupidi, #4)

By: William Shaw

4.26

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

A DOUBLE MURDER The naked corpses of Aylmer and Mary Younis are discovered in their home. The only… read more

Similar categories in William Shaw's The Trawlerman (DS Alexandra Cupidi, #4) book and Lesley Thomson's The Companion

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. Bad for Good

By: Graham Bartlett

3.95

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

How far would you go? The murder of a promising footballer and, crucially, the son of the Brigh… read more

Similar categories in Graham Bartlett's Bad for Good book and Lesley Thomson's The Companion

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. The Phoenix Ballroom

By: Ruth Hogan

4.23

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the wildly popular bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things: a heartfelt and inspiring … read more

Similar categories in Ruth Hogan's The Phoenix Ballroom book and Lesley Thomson's The Companion

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Rockpool Murder (Shell House Detectives, #3) by Emylia Hall

15. The Rockpool Murder (Shell House Detectives, #3)

By: Emylia Hall

4.43

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

A stunning Cornish house, a shocking death—can The Shell House Detectives catch a killer hiding in … read more

Similar categories in Emylia Hall's The Rockpool Murder (Shell House Detectives, #3) book and Lesley Thomson's The Companion

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Deadland (DS Alexandra Cupidi #2) by William  Shaw

16. Deadland (DS Alexandra Cupidi #2)

By: William Shaw

4.25

Format: 420 pages, Kindle Edition

The two boys never fitted in. Seventeen, the worst age, nothing to do but smoke weed; at least th… read more

Similar categories in William Shaw's Deadland (DS Alexandra Cupidi #2) book and Lesley Thomson's The Companion

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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17. Grave's End (DS Alexandra Cupidi #3)

By: William Shaw

4.27

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Protest. Rebel. Die An unidentified body is found in a freezer. No one seems to know or care wh… read more

Similar categories in William Shaw's Grave's End (DS Alexandra Cupidi #3) book and Lesley Thomson's The Companion

  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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18. Our Holiday

By: Louise Candlish

3.65

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping, twisty new thriller from the bestselling author of Our HouseTHERE’S TROUBLE IN PARADISE… read more

Similar categories in Louise Candlish's Our Holiday book and Lesley Thomson's The Companion

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. 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 Lesley Thomson's The Companion

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Companion by Lesley Thomson

20. The Companion

By: Lesley Thomson

3.81

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Sally Robinson was obsessed with family tradition. That's why, on a scorching August day, she dragg… read more

Similar categories in Lesley Thomson's The Companion book and Lesley Thomson's The Companion

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Man on Hackpen Hill (DI Silas Hart, #3) by J.S. Monroe

21. The Man on Hackpen Hill (DI Silas Hart, #3)

By: J.S. Monroe

3.89

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

'Original and brilliantly plotted, with not so much a twist but a seismic shifting of the ground un… read more

Similar categories in J.S. Monroe's The Man on Hackpen Hill (DI Silas Hart, #3) book and Lesley Thomson's The Companion

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook

21 best-selling fiction books like The Companion by Lesley Thomson

Transform Your Habits

Born in a Burial Gown

Mike Craven

3.88

Transform Your Habits

The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1)

Mark Billingham

4.11

Transform Your Habits

The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway, #15)

Elly Griffiths

4.41

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A Death in the Parish (Canon Clement, #2)

Richard Coles

3.90

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18 best-selling fiction books like Our Holiday by Louise Candlish

Transform Your Habits

The Dream Home

T.M. Logan

3.97

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Every Move You Make

C.L. Taylor

3.90

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Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?

Nicci French

3.96

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The Wrong Sister

Claire Douglas

4.09

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