11 Best mystery thriller books like The Distant Dead (The Detective's Daughter #8) by Lesley Thomson

Cover of The Distant Dead (The Detective's Daughter #8) by Lesley Thomson

The Distant Dead (The Detective's Daughter #8)

By: Lesley Thomson

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Cleaner-turned-detective Stella Darnell connects a murder in Tewkesbury Abbey to a decades-old myst…

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in The Distant Dead (The Detective's Daughter #8) by Lesley Thomson , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of The Healers (Inspector Ramsay, #5) by Ann Cleeves

1. The Healers (Inspector Ramsay, #5)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.76

Format: None pages, Paperback

The local New Age health center was making a killing. Two stranglings lead Inspector Stephen Ramsay… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Healers (Inspector Ramsay, #5) book and Lesley Thomson's The Distant Dead (The Detective's Daughter #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Birdwatcher by William  Shaw

2. The Birdwatcher

By: William Shaw

3.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Police Sergeant William South has a good reason to shy away from murder investigations: he is a mur… read more

Similar categories in William Shaw's The Birdwatcher book and Lesley Thomson's The Distant Dead (The Detective's Daughter #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

3. Vivian Apple Needs a Miracle (Vivian Apple, #2)

By: Katie Coyle

4.31

Format: 66 pages, Hardcover

"GET ANGRY. We should all be so pissed at the Church of America that we're willing to break our han… read more

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4. A Bird In The Hand (George & Molly Palmer-Jones, #1)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.48

Format: 208 pages,

From the author of Shetland and Vera In England's birdwatching paradise, a new breed has been sight… read more

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5. Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair … read more

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Cover of The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1) by Mark Billingham

6. 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 Distant Dead (The Detective's Daughter #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Household by Stacey Halls

7. The Household

By: Stacey Halls

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award, the captivating, hi… read more

Similar categories in Stacey Halls's The Household book and Lesley Thomson's The Distant Dead (The Detective's Daughter #8)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway, #15) by Elly Griffiths

8. 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 Distant Dead (The Detective's Daughter #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Last Word by Elly Griffiths

9. 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 Distant Dead (The Detective's Daughter #8)

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

10. 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 Distant Dead (The Detective's Daughter #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Fall by Louise Jensen

11. The Fall

By: Louise Jensen

3.84

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

She promised she wouldn’t tell. They made sure she couldn’t… At her surprise 40th birthday party… read more

Similar categories in Louise Jensen's The Fall book and Lesley Thomson's The Distant Dead (The Detective's Daughter #8)

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

12. 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 Distant Dead (The Detective's Daughter #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Broken Light by Joanne Harris

13. Broken Light

By: Joanne Harris

3.88

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Bernie Moon is feeling invisible. She's given her life to other people - her husband, her son, her … read more

Similar categories in Joanne Harris's Broken Light book and Lesley Thomson's The Distant Dead (The Detective's Daughter #8)

  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Trawlerman (DS Alexandra Cupidi, #4) by William  Shaw

14. 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 Distant Dead (The Detective's Daughter #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Cairn (Cumbria Crime #3) by Rachel McLean

15. The Cairn (Cumbria Crime #3)

By: Rachel McLean

4.47

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

DI Zoe Finch has survived her first winter in Cumbria CID. She’s learning to trust her team, even … read more

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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 Distant Dead (The Detective's Daughter #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of A Dry Spell by Clare Chambers

17. A Dry Spell

By: Clare Chambers

3.91

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

From the highly-acclaimed author of SMALL PLEASURES - WINNER of the 2022 British Book Awards Page-T… read more

Similar categories in Clare Chambers's A Dry Spell book and Lesley Thomson's The Distant Dead (The Detective's Daughter #8)

  • fiction
Cover of The Missing Family (David Raker, #13) by Tim Weaver

18. The Missing Family (David Raker, #13)

By: Tim Weaver

4.50

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

One family... On a beautiful summer's day, at a remote lake in the middle of Dartmoor, three membe… read more

Similar categories in Tim Weaver's The Missing Family (David Raker, #13) book and Lesley Thomson's The Distant Dead (The Detective's Daughter #8)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Distant Dead (The Detective's Daughter #8) by Lesley Thomson

19. The Distant Dead (The Detective's Daughter #8)

By: Lesley Thomson

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Cleaner-turned-detective Stella Darnell connects a murder in Tewkesbury Abbey to a decades-old myst… read more

Similar categories in Lesley Thomson's The Distant Dead (The Detective's Daughter #8) book and Lesley Thomson's The Distant Dead (The Detective's Daughter #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Power and Treachery (McBride & Tanner #3) by Rachel McLean

20. Power and Treachery (McBride & Tanner #3)

By: Rachel McLean

4.41

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

Friday, 6am. Three powerful people die simultaneously at a luxury estate on the banks of Loch Lomon… read more

Similar categories in Rachel McLean's Power and Treachery (McBride & Tanner #3) book and Lesley Thomson's The Distant Dead (The Detective's Daughter #8)

Cover of Leave No Trace (Detective Karen Hart, #9) by D.S. Butler

21. Leave No Trace (Detective Karen Hart, #9)

By: D.S. Butler

4.50

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

Three boys were taken and murdered fifteen years ago. The killer is in jail. So why is history repe… read more

Similar categories in D.S. Butler's Leave No Trace (Detective Karen Hart, #9) book and Lesley Thomson's The Distant Dead (The Detective's Daughter #8)

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction

16 Best fiction books like The Distant Dead (The Detective's Daughter #8) by Lesley Thomson

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The Healers (Inspector Ramsay, #5)

Ann Cleeves

3.76

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The Birdwatcher

William Shaw

3.33

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The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1)

Mark Billingham

4.11

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Stacey Halls

3.94

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Kate Ellis

4.13

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The Eternal City

Domenica de Rosa

3.00

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The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1)

Mark Billingham

4.11

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Val McDermid

4.26

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