14 Top thriller books like The Slow Roll by Simon Lendrum

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The Slow Roll

By: Simon Lendrum

3.81

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

It seemed a simple request. ”Can you find my daughter who has run away?” But for professional gambl…

If you liked the thriller plot in The Slow Roll by Simon Lendrum , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of Bound (Sam Shephard #4) by Vanda Symon

1. Bound (Sam Shephard #4)

By: Vanda Symon

4.13

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

A brutal home invasion shocks the nation. A man is murdered, his wife bound, gagged and left to wat… read more

Similar categories in Vanda Symon's Bound (Sam Shephard #4) book and Simon Lendrum's The Slow Roll

  • thriller
  • crime

2. Christine Falls (Quirke #1)

By: John Banville , Benjamin Black

3.53

Format: 320 pages,

In the debut crime novel from the Booker-winning author, a Dublin pathologist follows the corpse of… read more

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3. Lola in the Mirror

By: Trent Dalton

4.41

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from inter… read more

Similar categories in Trent Dalton's Lola in the Mirror book and Simon Lendrum's The Slow Roll

  • crime
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4. Lone Wolf (Orphan X, #9)

By: Gregg Hurwitz

4.37

Format: 389 pages, Kindle Edition

Once a black book government assassin known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak left the program, went deep und… read more

Similar categories in Gregg Hurwitz's Lone Wolf (Orphan X, #9) book and Simon Lendrum's The Slow Roll

  • thriller
  • crime
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5. Water

By: John Boyne

4.33

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the local… read more

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6. The Sugar Palace

By: Fiona McIntosh

3.89

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

One woman’s ambition Sydney, 1925: When Grace Fairweather meets the irresistible Londoner Alfie Swe… read more

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7. Paper Cage

By: Tom Baragwanath

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This prizewinning debut from New Zealand novelist Tom Baragwanath is both a nail-biting thrill-ride… read more

Similar categories in Tom Baragwanath's Paper Cage book and Simon Lendrum's The Slow Roll

  • thriller
  • crime
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8. The Year of the Locust

By: Terry Hayes

3.57

Format: 652 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Utterly gripping, elegantly written... most definitely worth the wait’ Observer'Ticks all the boxe… read more

Similar categories in Terry Hayes's The Year of the Locust book and Simon Lendrum's The Slow Roll

  • thriller
  • crime
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9. Pet

By: Catherine Chidgey

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic … read more

Similar categories in Catherine Chidgey's Pet book and Simon Lendrum's The Slow Roll

  • thriller
  • crime
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10. Remember Me

By: Charity Norman

4.33

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

They never found Leah Parata. Not a boot, not a backpack, not a turquoise beanie. After she left me… read more

Similar categories in Charity Norman's Remember Me book and Simon Lendrum's The Slow Roll

  • thriller
  • crime
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11. The Bookseller at the End of the World

By: Ruth Shaw

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A rich, immersive, funny and heartbreaking memoir of the charming bookseller who runs two tiny book… read more

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"My mother, more than anyone, knew why I lived such a high-risk life. She gave me the freedom to run."

-Ruth Shaw, The Bookseller at the End of the World

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12. The Coast Road

By: Alan Murrin

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant and heartbreaking debut novel set in the 1990s in a claustrophobic coast town. With divo… read more

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13. Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2)

By: Michael Bennett

3.94

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Better the Blood, the gripping second novel in a crime series starring Māori det… read more

Similar categories in Michael Bennett's Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2) book and Simon Lendrum's The Slow Roll

  • thriller
  • crime
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14. Lioness

By: Emily Perkins

3.43

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

You know how we say we devoured a story, and also that we were consumed by it? Eating and being eat… read more

Similar categories in Emily Perkins's Lioness book and Simon Lendrum's The Slow Roll

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15. Did I Ever Tell You This?

By: Sam Neill

4.06

Format: 398 pages, Hardcover

In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tell… read more

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16. Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts

By: Josie Shapiro

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The stunning debut novel by the winner of the Allen & Unwin Commercial Fiction Prize. If you loved … read more

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17. The Axeman's Carnival

By: Catherine Chidgey

4.37

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Everywhere, the birds: sparrows and skylarks and thrushes, starlings and bellbirds, fantails and pi… read more

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18. The Doctor's Wife

By: Fiona Sussman

4.04

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

Nothing in Stan Andino's unremarkable life could prepare him for the day he discovers his wife in t… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Sussman's The Doctor's Wife book and Simon Lendrum's The Slow Roll

  • thriller
  • crime
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19. Home Before Night

By: J.P. Pomare

3.38

Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio

As the third wave of the virus hits, all inhabitants of Melbourne are given until 8pm to get to the… read more

Similar categories in J.P. Pomare's Home Before Night book and Simon Lendrum's The Slow Roll

  • thriller
  • crime
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20. Auē

By: Becky Manawatu

4.50

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Taukiri was born into sorrow. Auē can be heard in the sound of the sea he loves and hates, and in t… read more

Similar categories in Becky Manawatu's Auē book and Simon Lendrum's The Slow Roll

  • crime
"I thought how many terrible words there were, and how when they were let loose in the world, they sucked up all the air around them."

-Becky Manawatu, Auē

Cover of Foul Play (DCI Jack Hawksworth #5) by Fiona McIntosh

21. Foul Play (DCI Jack Hawksworth #5)

By: Fiona McIntosh

4.09

Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition

Superstar footballer Luca Bruni is being blackmailed for a night of lust he swears he didn’t partic… read more

Similar categories in Fiona McIntosh's Foul Play (DCI Jack Hawksworth #5) book and Simon Lendrum's The Slow Roll

  • thriller
  • crime
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22. Better the Blood

By: Michael Bennett

4.01

Format: 329 pages, Hardcover

A DETECTIVE IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH Hana Westerman is a tenacious Māori detective juggling single… read more

Similar categories in Michael Bennett's Better the Blood book and Simon Lendrum's The Slow Roll

  • thriller
  • crime
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23. Dark Ride

By: Lou Berney

3.81

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes the person you least expect is just the hero you need Twenty-one-year-old Hardy “Hardl… read more

Similar categories in Lou Berney's Dark Ride book and Simon Lendrum's The Slow Roll

  • thriller
  • crime
"This is not the plot twist that my life required. I wish I’d never noticed those kids on the bench. I wish I’d never walked over. I wish, most of all, that I existed in a version of the multiverse wh…"

-Lou Berney, Dark Ride

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24. The Deck

By: Fiona Farrell

3.95

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

What is the point of inventing stories when reality eclipses imagination? A little way off in the f… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Farrell's The Deck book and Simon Lendrum's The Slow Roll

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25. His Favourite Graves

By: Paul Cleave

4.20

Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition

Desperate for reward money – and to rescue his marriage – an embattled sheriff takes incalculable r… read more

Similar categories in Paul Cleave's His Favourite Graves book and Simon Lendrum's The Slow Roll

  • thriller
  • crime
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26. Dice

By: Claire Baylis

3.86

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

A compelling courtroom drama, Dice is an incredibly timely exploration of how sexual violence is vi… read more

Similar categories in Claire Baylis's Dice book and Simon Lendrum's The Slow Roll

  • crime
Cover of The Slow Roll by Simon Lendrum

27. The Slow Roll

By: Simon Lendrum

3.81

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

It seemed a simple request. ”Can you find my daughter who has run away?” But for professional gambl… read more

Similar categories in Simon Lendrum's The Slow Roll book and Simon Lendrum's The Slow Roll

  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Expectant (Sam Shephard #5) by Vanda Symon

28. Expectant (Sam Shephard #5)

By: Vanda Symon

4.19

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

A killer targeting pregnant women. A detective expecting her first baby… The shocking murder … read more

Similar categories in Vanda Symon's Expectant (Sam Shephard #5) book and Simon Lendrum's The Slow Roll

  • crime
Cover of The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone by Gareth Ward

29. The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone

By: Gareth Ward

4.11

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

“When we opened Sherlock Tomes people warned us that we’d made a terrible mistake. People warned us… read more

Similar categories in Gareth Ward's The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone book and Simon Lendrum's The Slow Roll

  • crime
Cover of A Life Less Punishing: 13 Ways to Love the Life You've Got by Matt  Heath

30. A Life Less Punishing: 13 Ways to Love the Life You've Got

By: Matt Heath

4.33

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Why is it that no matter how good things get, we still feel dissatisfied? A few years ago, Matt Hea… read more

Similar categories in Matt Heath's A Life Less Punishing: 13 Ways to Love the Life You've Got book and Simon Lendrum's The Slow Roll

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31. Double Jeopardy

By: Stef Harris

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Frank Winter is an ex-cop, a former hard-boiled Boston detective with a soft centre living in curmu… read more

Similar categories in Stef Harris's Double Jeopardy book and Simon Lendrum's The Slow Roll

  • crime

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Vanda Symon

4.13

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Trent Dalton

4.41

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Gregg Hurwitz

4.37

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Tom Baragwanath

3.68

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Trent Dalton

4.41

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4.23

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Michael Bennett

3.94

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Emily Perkins

3.43

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