29 Best fiction books like A Legacy of Bones by Doug Burgess

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A Legacy of Bones

By: Doug Burgess

3.60

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Some legacies are best abandoned... A well-placed stick of TNT ignites a full-blown investigatio…

If you liked the fiction plot in A Legacy of Bones by Doug Burgess , here is a list of 29 books like this:

1. Vinland Saga, Omnibus 1

By: Makoto Yukimura

4.09

Format: 315 pages,

For honor & vengeance As a child, Thorfinn sat at the feet of the great Leif Ericson and thrilled t… read more

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2. The Paleontologist

By: Luke Dumas

3.53

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

A haunted paleontologist returns to the museum where his sister was abducted years earlier and is f… read more

Similar categories in Luke Dumas's The Paleontologist book and Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
"He had understood that, like the site of a nuclear tragedy, the place was uninhabitable for him now."

-Luke Dumas, The Paleontologist

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3. Unnatural History (Alex Delaware #38)

By: Jonathan Kellerman

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The most enduring detectives in American crime fiction are back in this electrifying thrillerof art… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Kellerman's Unnatural History (Alex Delaware #38) book and Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones

  • mystery
  • fiction
"Maybe attorneys attend schools where grades are based on how many word you put out."

-Jonathan Kellerman, Unnatural History (Alex Delaware #38)

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4. The Last Murder at the End of the World

By: Stuart Turton

3.68

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Devil and the Dark Wat… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Turton's The Last Murder at the End of the World book and Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
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5. The Drift

By: C.J. Tudor

3.71

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Three ordinary people risk everything for a chance at redemption in this audacious, utterly grippin… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Tudor's The Drift book and Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
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6. Dead of Winter

By: Darcy Coates

3.85

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

From bestselling author Darcy Coates comes Dead of Winter, a remote cabin in the snowy wilderness t… read more

Similar categories in Darcy Coates's Dead of Winter book and Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
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7. The Sanctuary (Kørner and Werner, #5)

By: Katrine Engberg

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From internationally bestselling author Katrine Engberg, the series that is a “gripping addition to… read more

Similar categories in Katrine Engberg's The Sanctuary (Kørner and Werner, #5) book and Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones

  • mystery
  • fiction
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8. 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics

By: Bruce Goldfarb

3.69

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The story of the Gilded Age Chicago heiress who revolutionized forensic death investigation. As the… read more

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9. Flags on the Bayou

By: James Lee Burke

3.98

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times-bestselling author James Lee Burke comes a novel set in Civil War-era Louisiana… read more

Similar categories in James Lee Burke's Flags on the Bayou book and Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. Christmas Presents

By: Lisa Unger

3.65

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Instead of presents this Christmas, one true crime podcaster is opening up a cold case…When true cr… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Unger's Christmas Presents book and Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
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11. Northwoods

By: Amy Pease

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The dark underbelly of an idyllic Midwestern resort town is revealed in the aftermath of a murder w… read more

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  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
"Besides, I have my pepper spray." When his expression turned skeptical, she looked at him as if he was utterly clueless. "I'm from Chicago," she said, slowly, as if explaining something to a backward…"

-Amy Pease, Northwoods

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12. A Better World

By: Sarah Langan

3.63

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The author of Good Neighbors, “one of the creepiest, most unnerving deconstructions of American sub… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Langan's A Better World book and Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones

  • mystery
  • fiction
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13. And Then She Fell

By: Alicia Elliott

3.90

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A mind-bending, razor-sharp look at motherhood and mental health that follows a young Indigenous wo… read more

Similar categories in Alicia Elliott's And Then She Fell book and Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
"Nothing I do is done solely for me. Everything is done to elevate Steve or Dawn, in some way. I'm an afterthought in my own life."

-Alicia Elliott, And Then She Fell

"A part of me wants to cry at this small request, because I know what that longing is like, what it means. I won't be there forever, but I will be there for her. For her sister. For her mother. I'll b…"

-Alicia Elliott, And Then She Fell

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14. The Twelve Days of Murder

By: Andreina Cordani

3.68

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Eight friends created the exclusive Masquerade Murder Society while in college. The murders they so… read more

Similar categories in Andreina Cordani's The Twelve Days of Murder book and Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones

  • mystery
  • fiction
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15. Devil’s Delight (Agatha Raisin, #33)

By: M.C. Beaton

3.83

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Beloved New York Times bestseller M.C. Beaton's cranky, crafty Agatha Raisin—the star of her own hi… read more

Similar categories in M.C. Beaton's Devil’s Delight (Agatha Raisin, #33) book and Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones

  • mystery
  • fiction
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16. A Death in Door County (Monster Hunter Mystery, #1)

By: Annelise Ryan

3.64

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A Wisconsin bookstore owner and cryptozoologist is asked to investigate a series of deaths that jus… read more

Similar categories in Annelise Ryan's A Death in Door County (Monster Hunter Mystery, #1) book and Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
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17. Mastering the Art of French Murder (An American In Paris, #1)

By: Colleen Cambridge

3.64

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Marie Benedict, Nita Prose, and of course, Julia Child, will adore thi… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Cambridge's Mastering the Art of French Murder (An American In Paris, #1) book and Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"If I could fix an airplane engine, I could roast a chicken. It couldn't be that difficult, could it? Yes. Yes, it could."

-Colleen Cambridge, Mastering the Art of French Murder (An American In Paris, #1)

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18. 'Twas the Bite Before Christmas (Andy Carpenter, #28)

By: David Rosenfelt

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In National Bestseller David Rosenfelt’s ‘Twas the Bite Before Christmas, all through the Carpenter… read more

Similar categories in David Rosenfelt's 'Twas the Bite Before Christmas (Andy Carpenter, #28) book and Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones

  • mystery
  • fiction
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19. What Wild Women Do

By: Karma Brown

3.76

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Two women's lives unexpectedly intertwine in this intriguing dual timeline novel from the #1 intern… read more

Similar categories in Karma Brown's What Wild Women Do book and Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. Neferura

By: Malayna Evans

3.61

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

For readers of The Wolf Den and Kaikeyi comes the thrilling tale of the forgotten daughter of a leg… read more

Similar categories in Malayna Evans's Neferura book and Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Perhaps you feel you've no choices, or perhaps you believe everything has been decided for you. But when it feels like you have no alternatives, you must create them. If you're creative enough, optio…"

-Malayna Evans, Neferura

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21. You Know What You Did

By: K.T. Nguyen

3.38

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

EDITORIAL REVIEWS A People Magazine Best Book of April 2024 | “The Most Anticipated Crime Fiction … read more

Similar categories in K.T. Nguyen's You Know What You Did book and Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
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22. Midnight on Beacon Street

By: Emily Ruth Verona

2.88

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A suspenseful and entertaining debut thriller—and love letter to vintage horror movies—in which a t… read more

Similar categories in Emily Ruth Verona's Midnight on Beacon Street book and Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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23. The Clinic

By: Cate Quinn

3.52

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

From the critically acclaimed author of Black Widows comes a thriller set in a remote rehab clinic … read more

Similar categories in Cate Quinn's The Clinic book and Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
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24. The Skeleton Key

By: Erin Kelly

3.78

Format: 512 pages, Kindle Edition

THIS REUNION WILL TEAR A FAMILY APART... Summer, 2021. Nell has come home at her family's insist… read more

Similar categories in Erin Kelly's The Skeleton Key book and Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of No Strangers Here (County Kerry Mystery, #1) by Carlene O'Connor

25. No Strangers Here (County Kerry Mystery, #1)

By: Carlene O'Connor

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

On a rocky beach in the southwest of Ireland, the body of Johnny O’Reilly, sixty-nine years old and… read more

Similar categories in Carlene O'Connor's No Strangers Here (County Kerry Mystery, #1) book and Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones

  • mystery
  • fiction
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26. Hemlock Island

By: Kelley Armstrong

3.45

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

A standalone horror novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong. Laney Kilp… read more

Similar categories in Kelley Armstrong's Hemlock Island book and Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
"Something as brief as our marriage should die like a roman candle. One blaze of glory, imprinted on the retina for a few moments and then fading. This wasn’t that. This was a flash fire, and I am sca…"

-Kelley Armstrong, Hemlock Island

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27. This Is How We End Things

By: R.J. Jacobs

3.49

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

Riley Sager meets If We Were Villains in a compelling new psychological thriller by RJ Jacobs, foll… read more

Similar categories in R.J. Jacobs's This Is How We End Things book and Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of Down the Hatch (Agatha Raisin #32) by M.C. Beaton

28. Down the Hatch (Agatha Raisin #32)

By: M.C. Beaton

3.81

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Beloved New York Times bestseller M. C. Beaton's cranky, crafty Agatha Raisin--the star of her own … read more

Similar categories in M.C. Beaton's Down the Hatch (Agatha Raisin #32) book and Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
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29. Night Will Find You

By: Julia Heaberlin

3.97

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A scientist with a special gift riles a wasp's nest of conspiracy theories while investigating a co… read more

Similar categories in Julia Heaberlin's Night Will Find You book and Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
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30. A Legacy of Bones

By: Doug Burgess

3.60

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Some legacies are best abandoned... A well-placed stick of TNT ignites a full-blown investigatio… read more

Similar categories in Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones book and Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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31. Smothermoss

By: Alisa Alering

3.57

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A haunting, imaginative, and twisting tale of two sisters and the menacing, unexplained forces that… read more

Similar categories in Alisa Alering's Smothermoss book and Doug Burgess's A Legacy of Bones

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

21 must-read adult books like A Legacy of Bones by Doug Burgess

Transform Your Habits

The Paleontologist

Luke Dumas

3.53

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The Last Murder at the End of the World

Stuart Turton

3.68

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The Drift

C.J. Tudor

3.71

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Dead of Winter

Darcy Coates

3.85

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21 Best fiction books like Neferura by Malayna Evans

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Herc

Phoenicia Rogerson

3.53

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Medea

Eilish Quin

3.84

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Lilith

Nikki Marmery

3.61

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Song of the Huntress

Lucy Holland

3.76

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