12 best-selling crime books like The Pembrokeshire Murders by Steve Wilkins

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The Pembrokeshire Murders

By: Steve Wilkins

4.11

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

The dramatic and compelling account of how a serial killer was finally unmasked after evading justi…

If you liked the crime plot in The Pembrokeshire Murders by Steve Wilkins , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. Empty Cradles

By: Margaret Humphreys

4.26

Format: 383 pages, Paperback

In 1986 Margaret Humphreys, a Nottingham social worker, investigated the case of a woman who claime… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • british literature
Cover of The Crow Trap (Vera Stanhope, #1) by Ann Cleeves

2. The Crow Trap (Vera Stanhope, #1)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.86

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

Vera Stanhope's first appearance was in The Crow Trap, published in 1999 and now available in a new… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • british literature
Cover of Keep the Home Fires Burning (Keep the Home Fires Burning #1) by None, S. Block

3. Keep the Home Fires Burning (Keep the Home Fires Burning #1)

By: None , S. Block

4.00

Format: 494 pages, Paperback

In Britain's darkest hour, an extraordinary community of women strives to protect the Home Front. W… read more

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  • british literature
"Children just need love," Sarah had said. "It doesn't always matter from whom."

-None, Keep the Home Fires Burning (Keep the Home Fires Burning #1)

"We form an opinion about someone based on what we see. But what they reveal of themselves is merely a fragment. The rest is out of view, below the surface…" Erica Campbell"

-None, Keep the Home Fires Burning (Keep the Home Fires Burning #1)

"Without the process of death, we can't have new life. Death ensures the world doesn't become too crowded with people, and plants and animals to the point where everything becomes old and clogged up a…"

-None, Keep the Home Fires Burning (Keep the Home Fires Burning #1)

"Without the process of death," he'd said, smiling, "we can't have new life. Death ensures the world doesn't become too crowded with people, and plants and animals to the point where everything become…"

-None, Keep the Home Fires Burning (Keep the Home Fires Burning #1)

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4. The Red Dahlia (Anna Travis, #2)

By: Lynda La Plante

4.14

Format: 485 pages, Hardcover

Detective Anna Travis is working on a murder case that has created a media frenzy. The victim, Loui… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • british literature
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5. Field of Blood (Paddy Meehan, #1)

By: Denise Mina

3.82

Format: 456 pages, Paperback

Set in Glasgow in 1981, a time of hunger strikes, riots and unemployment that decimated the old ind… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Ah, the meek. Playing the long game. Sneaky bastards."

-Denise Mina, Field of Blood (Paddy Meehan, #1)

"The policemen had clearly been there all morning: four big white tea mugs from the canteen were drained and drip-stained, red-and-gold wrappers from caramel log biscuits were folded into interesting …"

-Denise Mina, Field of Blood (Paddy Meehan, #1)

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6. The Velvet Hours

By: Alyson Richman

3.84

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

As Paris teeters on the edge of the German occupation, a young French woman closes the door to her … read more

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7. The Hundred-Foot Journey

By: Richard C. Morais

4.18

Format: None pages,

The Hundred-Foot Journey is the story of Hassan Haji, a boy from Mumbai who embarks, along with his… read more

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8. Stormbird (Wars of the Roses, #1)

By: Conn Iggulden

4.33

Format: 25 pages, Hardcover

King Henry V - the great Lion of England - is long dead. In 1437, after years of regency, the pious… read more

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  • british literature

9. Escape from Evil: Married at 17 to a Serial Killer, She's One Victim Who Escaped

By: None

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Cathy was just 16 when she met a charming older man called Peter Tobin. He became first controlling… read more

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10. Getting Rid Of Matthew

By: Jane Fallon

3.56

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

When Matthew, Helen's lover of the past four years, finally decides to leave his wife Sophie (and t… read more

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11. Where Does It Hurt?: What the Junior Doctor Did Next

By: None

3.74

Format: 646 pages, Paperback

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12. Time of Death (Tom Thorne,#13)

By: Mark Billingham

4.02

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

Time Of Death... The Missing Two schoolgirls are abducted in the small, dying Warwickshire town of … read more

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13. What a Shame

By: Abigail Bergstrom

3.49

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The idea of a curse was divisive, but the assertion that I had, for some time now, been 'laden with… read more

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Cover of Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs by Amanda Lamb

14. Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs

By: Amanda Lamb

4.01

Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition

A perfect life. A perfect lie. When Nancy Cooper moved from Canada to Cary, North Carolina with he… read more

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  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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15. The Princes in the Tower: Solving History's Greatest Cold Case

By: Philippa Langley

3.67

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

In 1483, Edward V (age twelve) and his brother Richard, Duke of York (age nine), disappeared from t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • true crime
  • british literature
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16. The Murder of Katherine Brown: A Shocking True Crime Story

By: Rod Kackley

3.44

Format: 69 pages, Kindle Edition

Step into the heart-pounding world of The Murder of Katherine A Shocking True Crime Story, where f… read more

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  • true crime
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17. The Invincible Miss Cust

By: Penny Haw

4.19

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

Must-read historical fiction for fans of Marie Benedict and Tracey Enerson Wood, based on the real … read more

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  • british literature
Cover of Chums: How A Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over The UK by Simon Kuper

18. Chums: How A Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over The UK

By: Simon Kuper

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, David Cameron, George Osborne, Theresa May, Dominic Cummings, Daniel H… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • british literature
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19. The Killing Habit (Tom Thorne, #15)

By: Mark Billingham

4.13

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From “one of the most consistently entertaining, insightful crime writers working today” (Gillian F… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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20. Inside the Mind of Jeffrey Dahmer: The Cannibal Killer

By: Christopher Berry Dee

3.39

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Sunday Times bestselling author Christopher Berry-Dee is the man who talks to serial killers. A wor… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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21. The Sleep of Reason: The James Bulger Case

By: David James Smith

4.08

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

Friday, 12th February, 1993. Two outwardly unremarkable ten-year-old boys began the day by playing … read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • british literature
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of Hunting Evil: Inside the Ipswich Serial Murders by Paul  Harrison

22. Hunting Evil: Inside the Ipswich Serial Murders

By: Paul Harrison

3.85

Format: 301 pages, Paperback

The murder of five women in late 2006 shocked the nation and kept many of us glued to our TV screen… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Manhunt: The Night Stalker: Now a major TV drama starring Martin Clunes by Colin Sutton

23. Manhunt: The Night Stalker: Now a major TV drama starring Martin Clunes

By: Colin Sutton

4.22

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

SECOND IN THE MANHUNT SERIES - NOW A MAJOR TV DRAMA STARRING MARTIN CLUNES What does it take to ca… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • history
  • true crime
Cover of Bundy: Portrait of a Serial Killer by Robert Keller

24. Bundy: Portrait of a Serial Killer

By: Robert Keller

3.92

Format: 155 pages, Kindle Edition

Theodore Robert Bundy is America’s most infamous serial killer, the horribly depraved sex slayer of… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6) by Kate Atkinson

25. Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6)

By: Kate Atkinson

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The stage is set. Marooned overnight by a snowstorm in a grand country house are a cast of characte… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • british literature
Cover of Conspiracy: A History of B*llocks Theories, and How Not to Fall for Them by Tom   Phillips

26. Conspiracy: A History of B*llocks Theories, and How Not to Fall for Them

By: Tom Phillips

3.78

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Satanic Panic to the anti-vaxx movement, the moon landing to Pizzagate, it's always been h… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Pembrokeshire Murders by Steve  Wilkins

27. The Pembrokeshire Murders

By: Steve Wilkins

4.11

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

The dramatic and compelling account of how a serial killer was finally unmasked after evading justi… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • british literature
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Unbelievable Crimes Volume Three: Macabre Yet Unknown True Crime Stories by Daniela Airlie

28. Unbelievable Crimes Volume Three: Macabre Yet Unknown True Crime Stories

By: Daniela Airlie

4.27

Format: 110 pages, Kindle Edition

Take a journey with me into the depths of human malice in Unbelievable Crimes Volume Three. In thi… read more

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29. Poor Little Sick Girls

By: Ione Gamble

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Wellness is oppressive, self-love is a trap, hustling is a health risk, and it's all the patriarchy… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Tiger Tiger: His Life as It's Never Been Told Before by James  Patterson

30. Tiger Tiger: His Life as It's Never Been Told Before

By: James Patterson

4.02

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The impossible life of Tiger Woods—how did he become the GOAT, and what drove him to fall so specta… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Lucy Letby - The Complete Story by Katherine Smith

31. Lucy Letby - The Complete Story

By: Katherine Smith

3.32

Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition

In August, 2023, Lucy Letby was sentenced to life imprisonment with a whole life order, the most se… read more

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3.67

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Simon Kuper

3.98

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4.18

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4.53

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