14 Top mystery thriller books like Dreaming of the Bones (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #5) by Deborah Crombie

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Dreaming of the Bones (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #5)

By: Deborah Crombie

3.88

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

"Deborah Crombie might be the most British of American mystery novelists," said an astute reviewer …

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in Dreaming of the Bones (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #5) by Deborah Crombie , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of For the Sake of Elena (Inspector Lynley, #5) by Elizabeth  George

1. For the Sake of Elena (Inspector Lynley, #5)

By: Elizabeth George

4.02

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

Elena Weaver was a surprise to anyone meeting her for the first time. In her clingy dresses and da… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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2. Dreaming of the Bones (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #5)

By: Deborah Crombie

3.88

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

"Deborah Crombie might be the most British of American mystery novelists," said an astute reviewer … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

3. Below the Line

By: Brian Tobin

4.33

Format: 481 pages,

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4. Graveyard (Mutant Files #3)

By: William C. Dietz

3.72

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

The national bestselling author of Redzone and the Legion of the Damned novels continues his "gripp… read more

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5. Well-Schooled in Murder (Inspector Lynley, #3)

By: Elizabeth George

3.73

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

When thirteen-year-old Matthew Whately goes missing from Bredgar Chambers, a prestigious public sch… read more

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6. A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1)

By: Elizabeth George

4.04

Format: 413 pages, Mass Market Paperback

To this day, the low, thin wail of an infant can be heard in Keldale's lush green valleys. Three hu… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

7. In Vino Veritas (Harry Vicary #5)

By: Peter Turnbull

4.43

Format: 63 pages, Hardcover

A tip-off leading to the discovery of a young woman s body throws Harry Vicary and his team into an… read more

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8. In Transit

By: Kathleen Gerard

4.04

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This series of original novels focuses primarily on romance, including all subgenres, as well as st… read more

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9. Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1)

By: Behcet Kaya

4.25

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

While enjoying his usual Friday night after dinner beer at a local restaurant, Jacques (Jack) Ludef… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
"Jack? It’s Margeaux."

-Behcet Kaya, Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1)

"Ludicrous? Seems like wherever you go, trouble follows you."

-Behcet Kaya, Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1)

"What is it about being ill and wanting to go home? This time there was no Katy to boat sit, so I left Emma out on the deck where she had access to her Emma cage. I closed up as best I could and decid…"

-Behcet Kaya, Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1)

"Darling,’ she said. ‘Darling, darling, Jack…,’ she repeated. It had an echo chamber quality. I felt dizzy and the room began turning. I grabbed the edge of the table thinking I needed to hold on to s…"

-Behcet Kaya, Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1)

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10. The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.01

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

Ann Cleeves― New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, b… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) by Tana French

12. The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

By: Tana French

4.12

Format: 467 pages, Hardcover

It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"She'll bake bread and make jam, because she likes those made her way, but she says she cooked a good meal from scratch every night of her marriage, and now if she wants to live mainly off toasted san…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

"Trey has a bone-deep mistrust of marriage or anything resembling it. She knows that Lena sometimes stays the night at Cal's place, but Lena also has a place of her own, which she can go back to whene…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

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13. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. Platinum Magic (Magic Law Book 1)

By: Bruce Davis

3.94

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

Elves, orcs, dwarves and other fantasy races are depicted in a modern society whose physics are bas… read more

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15. Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

By: Behcet Kaya

4.37

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

A shocking murder has devastated the sacred walls of Kingsley University. A student discovers the b… read more

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"Swamp."

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

"How was he murdered?"

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

"Why was bail denied?"

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

"Kowkosvki? You handling this?"

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

Cover of Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3) by Elly Griffiths

16. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • 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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17. A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18)

By: Louise Penny

4.46

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns in the eighteenth book in #1 New York Times bestseller Louis… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"They didn’t need proof. All a woman had to be was alive. Just being a woman was, in the church’s eyes, evil."

-Louise Penny, A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18)

"He look at the canvas and saw bold swirls of reds and greens and yellows and bright blues all intermingled. They formed no image, and he got no feeling. He closed his eyes and paused. When he open th…"

-Louise Penny, A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18)

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18. The Stone Circle (Ruth Galloway, #11)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.20

Format: 384 pages, ebook

In a chilling entry to the award-winning Ruth Galloway series, she and DCI Nelson are haunted by a … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.27

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr Ruth Galloway returns to the moody and beautiful landscape of North Norfolk to confront another … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Chalk Pit (Ruth Galloway #9) by Elly Griffiths

20. The Chalk Pit (Ruth Galloway #9)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.14

Format: 373 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner of the CWA Dagger in the Library Award  Praise for Elly Griffiths’ Ruth Galloway series   “G… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Libraries are the cathedrals of the modern age. All that knowledge, available for anyone to use. It’s quite a subversive thought."

-Elly Griffiths, The Chalk Pit (Ruth Galloway #9)

"Does the world really need another long essay on environmental archaeology and freshwater mollusks? Well, it's going to get one, whether it likes it or not."

-Elly Griffiths, The Chalk Pit (Ruth Galloway #9)

"His mind isn't reacting properly, plodding along the byways and cul-de-sacs because it can't face the traffic on the main highway. But when it comes to it, his life has once more become a straight ro…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Chalk Pit (Ruth Galloway #9)

"It's a long shot but we can't leave any stone unturned. Cloughie, you get onto the number plate.' It's an odd phrase, thinks Nelson, as he runs the CCTV footage one more time. He thinks of the tunnel…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Chalk Pit (Ruth Galloway #9)

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21. The Dark Angel (Ruth Galloway, #10)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.05

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

In this highly atmospheric mystery, Ruth Galloway—“a captivating amateur sleuth” (Louise Penny)—and… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Look which way the bones lie. The position tells you everything. In Christian burials, bodies are usually buried facing east, supposedly towards heaven. Sometimes priests and religious leaders are bu…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Dark Angel (Ruth Galloway, #10)

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