21 Top crime books like Crack Down & Clean Break (Kate Brannigan Mysteries, #3 & #4) by Val McDermid

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Crack Down & Clean Break (Kate Brannigan Mysteries, #3 & #4)

By: Val McDermid

4.04

Format: 629 pages, Kindle Edition

There was only one reason Manchester-based private eye Kate Brannigan was prepared to let her boyfr…

If you liked the crime plot in Crack Down & Clean Break (Kate Brannigan Mysteries, #3 & #4) by Val McDermid , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. The Seeker (Damian Seeker, #1)

By: S.G. MacLean

4.12

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

London, 1657, the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. No one knows where Damian Seeker originated from… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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2. The Fountain Overflows

By: Rebecca West , Andrea Barrett

3.70

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

The lives of the talented Aubrey children have long been clouded by their father's genius for insta… read more

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"You must always believe that life is as extraordinary as music says it is."

-Rebecca West, The Fountain Overflows

"but it is not what one does so much as the way that while one does it time runs past forever."

-Rebecca West, The Fountain Overflows

"She understood children, and knew that they were adults handicapped by a humiliating disguise and had their adult qualities within them."

-Rebecca West, The Fountain Overflows

"Now, he told me, I could see what humanity was worth. It could form the conception of justice, but could not trust its flesh to provide judges. Whatever it started was likely to end in old men raving…"

-Rebecca West, The Fountain Overflows

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3. Harvest

By: Tess Gerritsen

3.56

Format: 336 pages,

Medical resident Dr. Abby Matteo is elated when the elite cardiac transplant team at Boston's Baysi… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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4. Pictures of Perfection (Dalziel & Pascoe, #14)

By: Reginald Hill

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Reginald Hill's ironic humor, polished prose, and keen insight have placed him squarely alongside s… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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5. Old Flames (Inspector Troy, #2)

By: John Lawton

4.30

Format: None pages, Paperback

Brilliantly evoking the intrigue of the Cold War and 1950s London, John Lawtons thrilling sequel to… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime

6. Death in a Strange Country (Commissario Brunetti, #2)

By: Donna Leon

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In Death in a Strange CountryCommissario Guido Brunetti confronts a grisly sight when the body of a… read more

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7. A Test of Wills (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #1)

By: Charles Todd

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1919, Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge remains haunted by World War I, where he was forced t… read more

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8. An April Shroud (Dalziel & Pascoe, #4)

By: Reginald Hill

2.35

Format: 62 pages, Paperback

After seeing inspector Pascoe off for his honeymoon with a few ill-chosen words, Superintendent And… read more

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9. Thunderstruck

By: Erik Larson

3.77

Format: 463 pages, Hardcover

The interwoven stories of two men whose lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal cases o… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime

10. 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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11. I Am the Only Running Footman (Richard Jury, #8)

By: Martha Grimes

2.83

Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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12. A Pale Horse (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #10)

By: Charles Todd

3.45

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

In the ruins of Yorkshire's Fountains Abbey lies the body of a man wrapped in a cloak, the face cov… read more

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13. Lost Birds (A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito #27)

By: Anne Hillerman

4.29

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

“Anne Hillerman is a star.”—J. A. Jance, New York Times bestselling author From New York Times bes… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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14. The Bookseller of Inverness

By: S.G. MacLean

4.08

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

After Culloden, Iain MacGillivray was left for dead on Drumossie Moor. Wounded, his face brutally s… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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15. Night Shadows (Forbidden Iceland #3)

By: Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

3.98

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

Icelandic detective Elma faces mortal danger as she investigates the death of a young man in a myst… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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16. The Ghost Orchid (Alex Delaware, #39)

By: Jonathan Kellerman

4.21

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis confront a baffling, vicious double homicide … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20) by Craig Johnson

17. First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20)

By: Craig Johnson

4.37

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

Following the events of The Longmire Defense, we return to find Walt and our familiar cast of chara… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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18. Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas

By: Mick Herron

4.13

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

At last in one volume: the collected Slough House spy novellas, including the never-before-publishe… read more

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  • mystery
"Well don't talk to me when I'm not listening. It's a waste of everyone's time."

-Mick Herron, Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas

"Shut up. Now, ordinarily the reason I make you run up those stairs is I don't like you and I want you to die. But today, as it happens, I've a job for you."

-Mick Herron, Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas

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19. This Is What Happened

By: Mick Herron

3.42

Format: 263 pages, Hardcover

From CWA Gold Dagger winner Mick Herron comes a shocking, twisted novel of psychological suspense a… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime

20. The Rising Tide (Vera Stanhope, #10)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

For fifty years a group of friends have been meeting regularly for reunions on Holy Island, celebra… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Rising Tide (Vera Stanhope, #10) book and Val McDermid's Crack Down & Clean Break (Kate Brannigan Mysteries, #3 & #4)

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of White as Snow (An Áróra Investigation, #3) by Lilja Sigurðardóttir

21. White as Snow (An Áróra Investigation, #3)

By: Lilja Sigurðardóttir

4.11

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

Daníel and Áróra hunt a brutal killer when a shipping container with the bodies of five women is fo… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of A Fatal Lie (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #23) by Charles Todd

22. A Fatal Lie (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #23)

By: Charles Todd

4.01

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In one of his most puzzling cases, Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge must delve deep into a dead… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of A Divided Loyalty (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #22) by Charles Todd

23. A Divided Loyalty (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #22)

By: Charles Todd

4.20

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

Scotland Yard detective Ian Rutledge is assigned one of the most baffling investigations of his car… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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24. The Berlin Exchange

By: Joseph Kanon

3.88

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From “the most accomplished spy novelist working today” ( The Sunday Times , London), a “heart-poun… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of The Darkness (Hidden Iceland #1) by Ragnar Jónasson

25. The Darkness (Hidden Iceland #1)

By: Ragnar Jónasson

3.53

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

Spanning the icy streets of Reykjavik, the Icelandic highlands and cold, isolated fjords, The Darkn… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
"It was as if her life had been brought to a full stop: she couldn't look forward, couldn't picture what tomorrow night bring."

-Ragnar Jónasson, The Darkness (Hidden Iceland #1)

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26. Betrayal

By: Lilja Sigurðardóttir

3.89

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

Burned out and traumatised by her horrifying experiences around the world, aid worker Úrsula has re… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of A Game of Fear (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #24) by Charles Todd

27. A Game of Fear (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #24)

By: Charles Todd

4.27

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this newest installment of the acclaimed New York Times bestselling series, Scotland Yard’s Ian … read more

Similar categories in Charles Todd's A Game of Fear (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #24) book and Val McDermid's Crack Down & Clean Break (Kate Brannigan Mysteries, #3 & #4)

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of A Traitor Among Us (Elena Standish #5) by Anne Perry

28. A Traitor Among Us (Elena Standish #5)

By: Anne Perry

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Elena Standish investigates the murder of a fellow MI6 agent near the country estate of one of Engl… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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29. Crack Down & Clean Break (Kate Brannigan Mysteries, #3 & #4)

By: Val McDermid

4.04

Format: 629 pages, Kindle Edition

There was only one reason Manchester-based private eye Kate Brannigan was prepared to let her boyfr… read more

Similar categories in Val McDermid's Crack Down & Clean Break (Kate Brannigan Mysteries, #3 & #4) book and Val McDermid's Crack Down & Clean Break (Kate Brannigan Mysteries, #3 & #4)

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of A Death in Cornwall (Gabriel Allon, #24) by Daniel Silva

30. A Death in Cornwall (Gabriel Allon, #24)

By: Daniel Silva

4.42

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

A brutal murder, a missing masterpiece, a mystery only Gabriel Allon can solve… Acclaimed #1 Ne… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Deadly Tides at Mont-Saint-Michel (Sandrine Perrot - The Brittany Mystery Series Book 3) by Christophe Villain

31. Deadly Tides at Mont-Saint-Michel (Sandrine Perrot - The Brittany Mystery Series Book 3)

By: Christophe Villain

4.31

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

A dead woman loved by all.Instead of spending a pleasant day with Léon on the coast and at Le Mont-… read more

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23 Top mystery books like Crack Down & Clean Break (Kate Brannigan Mysteries, #3 & #4) by Val McDermid

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The Seeker (Damian Seeker, #1)

S.G. MacLean

4.12

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Harvest

Tess Gerritsen

3.56

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Pictures of Perfection (Dalziel & Pascoe, #14)

Reginald Hill

4.00

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Old Flames (Inspector Troy, #2)

John Lawton

4.30

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Snare (Reykjavik Noir Trilogy, #1)

Quentin Bates , Lilja Sigurðardóttir

3.80

The Silence of the Sea (Þóra Guðmundsdóttir, #6)

Yrsa Sigurdardottir

4.08

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Cold as Hell (An Áróra Investigation, #1)

Lilja Sigurðardóttir

3.73

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Arr (Alexander Blix & Emma Ramm, #4)

Jørn Lier Horst

4.13

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