30 Best crime books like The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5) by Claire Askew

Cover of The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5) by Claire Askew

The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

By: Claire Askew

4.11

Format: 379 pages, Kindle Edition

DI Helen Birch is recovering from major surgery, housebound and exceptionally bored. Her boss, DCI …

If you liked the crime plot in The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5) by Claire Askew , here is a list of 30 books like this:

Cover of A Stranger in the Family (Maeve Kerrigan #11) by Jane Casey

1. A Stranger in the Family (Maeve Kerrigan #11)

By: Jane Casey

4.29

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Every mother's worst nightmare . . . When nine-year-old Rosalie Marshall vanished from her bed one … read more

Similar categories in Jane Casey's A Stranger in the Family (Maeve Kerrigan #11) book and Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of All of Us Are Broken by Fiona Cummins

2. All of Us Are Broken

By: Fiona Cummins

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s been a long time since the Hardwicke family has been on holiday. But thirteen-year-old Galen h… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Cummins's All of Us Are Broken book and Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

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

3. 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 Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7) by Val McDermid

4. 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 Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Stop Them Dead (Roy Grace #19) by Peter James

5. Stop Them Dead (Roy Grace #19)

By: Peter James

4.35

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A ruthless crime. A race against time. When a young farmer confronts intruders in the middle of … read more

Similar categories in Peter James's Stop Them Dead (Roy Grace #19) book and Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? by Nicci French

6. 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 Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Every Smile You Fake by Dorothy Koomson

7. Every Smile You Fake

By: Dorothy Koomson

3.98

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

'Master of the jaw-dropping twist' S MAGAZINE *Pre-order the thrilling new novel from Dorothy Ko… read more

Similar categories in Dorothy Koomson's Every Smile You Fake book and Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Questions for a Dead Man (DSI William Lorimer, #20) by Alex Gray

8. Questions for a Dead Man (DSI William Lorimer, #20)

By: Alex Gray

4.31

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

HOW DO YOU SOLVE A MURDER, WHEN ALL YOU HAVE ARE QUESTIONS? ___________ When a prominent MSP go… read more

Similar categories in Alex Gray's Questions for a Dead Man (DSI William Lorimer, #20) book and Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Voices of the Dead (Raven, Fisher and Simpson #4) by Ambrose Parry

9. Voices of the Dead (Raven, Fisher and Simpson #4)

By: Ambrose Parry

4.28

Format: 416 pages, ebook

1854 marks the dawn of a scientific age. Queen Victoria delivers a healthy heir after receiving chl… read more

Similar categories in Ambrose Parry's Voices of the Dead (Raven, Fisher and Simpson #4) book and Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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10. A Bird in Winter

By: Louise Doughty

3.68

Format: None pages, ebook

Bird is a woman on the run. One minute, she's in a meeting in her office in Birmingham - the next, … read more

Similar categories in Louise Doughty's A Bird in Winter book and Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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11. A Song of Me and You

By: Mike Gayle

3.95

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

Helen and Ben parted as heartbroken 18-year-olds and went their very separate ways.Twenty years lat… read more

Similar categories in Mike Gayle's A Song of Me and You book and Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

  • fiction
Cover of The Broken Afternoon (DI Ryan Wilkins, #2) by Simon Mason

12. The Broken Afternoon (DI Ryan Wilkins, #2)

By: Simon Mason

4.33

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

A four-year-old girl goes missing in plain sight outside her nursery in Oxford, a middle-class, aff… read more

Similar categories in Simon Mason's The Broken Afternoon (DI Ryan Wilkins, #2) book and Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Blood Runs Cold (DS Max Craigie, #4) by Neil Lancaster

13. Blood Runs Cold (DS Max Craigie, #4)

By: Neil Lancaster

4.46

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

She was taken against her will. On her fifteenth birthday, trafficking victim Affi Smith goes fo… read more

Similar categories in Neil Lancaster's Blood Runs Cold (DS Max Craigie, #4) book and Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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14. Don't Look Back

By: Jo Spain

3.91

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

The explosive, unforgettable new thriller from Jo Spain For one week, everything in Luke Miller'… read more

Similar categories in Jo Spain's Don't Look Back book and Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of A Game of Lies (DC Morgan, #2) by Clare Mackintosh

15. A Game of Lies (DC Morgan, #2)

By: Clare Mackintosh

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

They say the camera never lies. But on this show, you can't trust anything you see. Stranded in… read more

Similar categories in Clare Mackintosh's A Game of Lies (DC Morgan, #2) book and Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Last Goodbye (David Raker, #12) by Tim Weaver

16. The Last Goodbye (David Raker, #12)

By: Tim Weaver

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

TWO DISAPPEARANCESAt the country's newest theme park, Tom Preacher and his son Leo are queuing for … read more

Similar categories in Tim Weaver's The Last Goodbye (David Raker, #12) book and Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Death Under a Little Sky (Jake Jackson #1) by Stig Abell

17. Death Under a Little Sky (Jake Jackson #1)

By: Stig Abell

3.72

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A detective ready for a new life…For years, Jake Jackson has been a high-flying detective in London… read more

Similar categories in Stig Abell's Death Under a Little Sky (Jake Jackson #1) book and Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Wild Coast (Rhona MacLeod #17) by Lin Anderson

18. The Wild Coast (Rhona MacLeod #17)

By: Lin Anderson

4.26

Format: 458 pages, Kindle Edition

A remote shoreline. A lethal killer.The height of summer in Scotland. Small west-coast campsites ar… read more

Similar categories in Lin Anderson's The Wild Coast (Rhona MacLeod #17) book and Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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19. Black Thorn

By: Sarah Hilary

3.20

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

Blackthorn Ashes was meant to be their forever home. For the first six families moving into the exc… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Hilary's Black Thorn book and Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of A Killer in the Family (DCI Jonah Sheens, #5) by Gytha Lodge

20. A Killer in the Family (DCI Jonah Sheens, #5)

By: Gytha Lodge

3.90

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A woman uploads her DNA online, searching for her father--but the man who contacts her is Detective… read more

Similar categories in Gytha Lodge's A Killer in the Family (DCI Jonah Sheens, #5) book and Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Opposite of Lonely (Skelfs #5) by Doug Johnstone

21. The Opposite of Lonely (Skelfs #5)

By: Doug Johnstone

4.14

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Even death needs company… The Skelf women are recovering from the cataclysmic events that nearly… read more

Similar categories in Doug Johnstone's The Opposite of Lonely (Skelfs #5) book and Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

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

22. 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 Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Bridges to Burn (Detective Clare Mackay #8) by Marion Todd

23. Bridges to Burn (Detective Clare Mackay #8)

By: Marion Todd

4.34

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

DI Clare Mackay is called to Albany High, where the body of a girl has been found. A suspected suic… read more

Similar categories in Marion Todd's Bridges to Burn (Detective Clare Mackay #8) book and Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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24. Three Little Birds

By: Sam Blake

3.78

Format: 480 pages, ebook

Two decades of secrets. One shocking discovery... When a skull is found in Lough Coyne, facial r… read more

Similar categories in Sam Blake's Three Little Birds book and Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of A Blind Eye (D.I. Clare Mackay, #7) by Marion Todd

25. A Blind Eye (D.I. Clare Mackay, #7)

By: Marion Todd

4.33

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Can DI Clare Mackay unravel a dead man’s secrets? Harry Richards, local Solicitor. Found in his … read more

Similar categories in Marion Todd's A Blind Eye (D.I. Clare Mackay, #7) book and Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

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

26. 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 Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

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

27. 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 Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Flesh and Blood (DS Aector McAvoy, #11) by David  Mark

28. Flesh and Blood (DS Aector McAvoy, #11)

By: David Mark

3.99

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

DS Aector McAvoy is on a well-deserved family holiday when the news reaches him that he's been atta… read more

Similar categories in David Mark's Flesh and Blood (DS Aector McAvoy, #11) book and Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of In a Place of Darkness by Stuart MacBride

29. In a Place of Darkness

By: Stuart MacBride

4.38

Format: 527 pages, Kindle Edition

THE CLOCK IS TICKING...Detective Constable Angus MacVicar has just landed his dream job – transferr… read more

Similar categories in Stuart MacBride's In a Place of Darkness book and Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5) by Claire Askew

30. The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

By: Claire Askew

4.11

Format: 379 pages, Kindle Edition

DI Helen Birch is recovering from major surgery, housebound and exceptionally bored. Her boss, DCI … read more

Similar categories in Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5) book and Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of I Died on a Tuesday by Jane Corry

31. I Died on a Tuesday

By: Jane Corry

4.00

Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition

THERE’S THE STORY EVERYONE BELIEVES . . . The victim: Eighteen-year-old Janie leaving home for … read more

Similar categories in Jane Corry's I Died on a Tuesday book and Claire Askew's The Dead Don't Speak (DI Birch, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction

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