9 must-read contemporary books like Kid Got Shot (The Garvie Smith Mysteries Book 2) by Simon Mason

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Kid Got Shot (The Garvie Smith Mysteries Book 2)

By: Simon Mason

4.00

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

Garvie's exams have started, but so has another mystery. A kid got shot last night, a kid from Garv…

If you liked the contemporary plot in Kid Got Shot (The Garvie Smith Mysteries Book 2) by Simon Mason , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

By: Mick Herron

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

CWA Gold Dagger winner Mick Herron's debut novel introduces Sarah Tucker, whose search for a missin… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1) book and Simon Mason's Kid Got Shot (The Garvie Smith Mysteries Book 2)

  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction
"He had never really lost his youth; he just kept it in a small room off the landing."

-Mick Herron, Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

"So she was waiting for the lecture; prolonged silence always led to the lecture. It was the last thing Sarah needed, and a list of the first things would have filled a book: a hug, a bath, an ear, so…"

-Mick Herron, Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

"On discovering a fire, the instructions ran, shout Fire and try to put it out. It was useful, heart-of the matter advice, and could be extended almost indefinitely in any direction. On discovering yo…"

-Mick Herron, Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

2. The Last Voice You Hear (The Oxford Investigations, #2)

By: Mick Herron

3.90

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Zoe Boehm doesn't do death. It's a rule. Yet here she is--in this new ambitious detective novel fro… read more

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3. Draekora

By: Lynette Noni

3.50

Format: None pages,

"I swear by the stars that you and the others slain tonight will be the first of many. Of that you … read more

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Cover of The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1) by Mark Billingham

4. The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1)

By: Mark Billingham

4.11

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

The first new series in two decades from multi-award-winning international bestseller Mark Billingh… read more

Similar categories in Mark Billingham's The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1) book and Simon Mason's Kid Got Shot (The Garvie Smith Mysteries Book 2)

  • detective
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
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5. The Scarlet Papers

By: Matthew Richardson

4.33

Format: 567 pages, Kindle Edition

VIENNA, 1946: A brilliant German scientist snatched from the ruins of Nazi Europe. MOSCOW, 1964:… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Richardson's The Scarlet Papers book and Simon Mason's Kid Got Shot (The Garvie Smith Mysteries Book 2)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of My Father's House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy, #1) by Joseph O'Connor

6. My Father's House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy, #1)

By: Joseph O'Connor

4.05

Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition

From the best-selling author of Star of the Sea, a WWII-era “great escape” novel set in the Vatican… read more

Similar categories in Joseph O'Connor's My Father's House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy, #1) book and Simon Mason's Kid Got Shot (The Garvie Smith Mysteries Book 2)

  • fiction
"Life schools you the way no catechism will."

-Joseph O'Connor, My Father's House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy, #1)

"There are times when we must permit one another to lie."

-Joseph O'Connor, My Father's House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy, #1)

"I was singing in Belfast the night the Luftwaffe firebombed the theatre. That's what you call a mixed review."

-Joseph O'Connor, My Father's House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy, #1)

"A religiously minded kid will often be good at lying awake all night because you need an imagination if you're going to believe."

-Joseph O'Connor, My Father's House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy, #1)

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7. Munich Wolf

By: Rory Clements

4.24

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

The gripping new 2024 thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The English Führer. In t… read more

Similar categories in Rory Clements's Munich Wolf book and Simon Mason's Kid Got Shot (The Garvie Smith Mysteries Book 2)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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8. The Reappearance of Rachel Price

By: Holly Jackson

4.13

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A new true-crime fueled mystery thriller about a girl determined to uncover the shocking truth abou… read more

Similar categories in Holly Jackson's The Reappearance of Rachel Price book and Simon Mason's Kid Got Shot (The Garvie Smith Mysteries Book 2)

  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
"Family first", Bel said. Not a threat, but a promise."

-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price

"The people who loved you, the ones who really cared, they would always come back. Sometimes, they even came back from the dead."

-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price

"They hadn't had time to say one word to each other, which was fine, because it was hard to be rude to someone with just one word."

-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price

"A little insensitive", she whispered, loud enough that Bel and Carter could hear. "Giving the man with dementia a book called The Memory Thief."

-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price

Cover of This Lie Will Kill You by Chelsea Pitcher

9. This Lie Will Kill You

By: Chelsea Pitcher

3.18

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

“Will keep readers on edge from start to finish.” — Kirkus Reviews Tell the truth. Or face the con… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Pitcher's This Lie Will Kill You book and Simon Mason's Kid Got Shot (The Garvie Smith Mysteries Book 2)

  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
"Let go of the doll. The goddess too. Then she was herself. A girl with pale blue eyes and freckles on the nose. A long jagged scar across her heart and a chasm that kept her from happiness."

-Chelsea Pitcher, This Lie Will Kill You

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10. Death in a Lonely Place (Jake Jackson #2)

By: Stig Abell

3.94

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Former London detective Jake Jackson—introduced in the acclaimed mystery Death Under a Little Sky—f… read more

Similar categories in Stig Abell's Death in a Lonely Place (Jake Jackson #2) book and Simon Mason's Kid Got Shot (The Garvie Smith Mysteries Book 2)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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11. Past Perfect Life

By: Elizabeth Eulberg

3.78

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

Small-town Wisconsin high school senior Allison Smith loves her life the way it is-spending quality… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Eulberg's Past Perfect Life book and Simon Mason's Kid Got Shot (The Garvie Smith Mysteries Book 2)

  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • contemporary
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12. Hell Breaks Loose

By: Derek Landy

3.99

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Travel back to 1703 with Skulduggery Pleasant in this standalone novel featuring all your favourite… read more

Similar categories in Derek Landy's Hell Breaks Loose book and Simon Mason's Kid Got Shot (The Garvie Smith Mysteries Book 2)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
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13. Five Little Liars

By: Amanda K. Morgan

3.27

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

I Know What You Did Last Summer meets One of Us is Lying in this fast-paced suspense thriller follo… read more

Similar categories in Amanda K. Morgan's Five Little Liars book and Simon Mason's Kid Got Shot (The Garvie Smith Mysteries Book 2)

  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of All of This Is True by Lygia Day Peñaflor

14. All of This Is True

By: Lygia Day Peñaflor

3.33

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Miri Tan loved the book Undertow like it was a living being. So when she and her friends went to a … read more

Similar categories in Lygia Day Peñaflor's All of This Is True book and Simon Mason's Kid Got Shot (The Garvie Smith Mysteries Book 2)

  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
Cover of F.O.X.E.S. (S.T.A.G.S. #3) by M.A. Bennett

15. F.O.X.E.S. (S.T.A.G.S. #3)

By: M.A. Bennett

4.01

Format: 388 pages, Paperback

Greer has just recovered from her terrifying experience during the STAGS play. Was she really put o… read more

Similar categories in M.A. Bennett's F.O.X.E.S. (S.T.A.G.S. #3) book and Simon Mason's Kid Got Shot (The Garvie Smith Mysteries Book 2)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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16. With This Kiss

By: Carrie Hope Fletcher

3.57

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

When their lips touch, will she seal his fate? From the outside, Lorelai is an ordinary young wo… read more

Similar categories in Carrie Hope Fletcher's With This Kiss book and Simon Mason's Kid Got Shot (The Garvie Smith Mysteries Book 2)

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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17. The Waiter (Kamil Rahman, #1)

By: Ajay Chowdhury

3.78

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Kamil Rahman, disgraced detective, turned waiter, is about to find himself embroiled in a case that… read more

Similar categories in Ajay Chowdhury's The Waiter (Kamil Rahman, #1) book and Simon Mason's Kid Got Shot (The Garvie Smith Mysteries Book 2)

  • detective
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
  • book club
Cover of Kid Got Shot (The Garvie Smith Mysteries Book 2) by Simon Mason

18. Kid Got Shot (The Garvie Smith Mysteries Book 2)

By: Simon Mason

4.00

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

Garvie's exams have started, but so has another mystery. A kid got shot last night, a kid from Garv… read more

Similar categories in Simon Mason's Kid Got Shot (The Garvie Smith Mysteries Book 2) book and Simon Mason's Kid Got Shot (The Garvie Smith Mysteries Book 2)

  • detective
  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • contemporary
  • family
  • crime
  • book club
  • mystery
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19. Precipice

By: Robert Harris

4.23

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the… read more

Similar categories in Robert Harris's Precipice book and Simon Mason's Kid Got Shot (The Garvie Smith Mysteries Book 2)

  • fiction
"There were twelve deliveries a day in London in 1914. It would be in his hands by mid-afternoon. Pg5"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"The worst crises in politics always occurred, in his experience, when two unrelated problems struck at once. The difficulties weren’t doubled, or even squared, but cubed. Pg345"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"Major Hankey, secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, was brought in by Bongie, and placed in front of him on the table the large red and blue leather-bound volume known as the War Book, he o…"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

Cover of The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3) by Pat Barker

20. The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3)

By: Pat Barker

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The follow-up to Pat Barker's Number One bestseller THE WOMEN OF TROY Continuing the story of th… read more

Similar categories in Pat Barker's The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3) book and Simon Mason's Kid Got Shot (The Garvie Smith Mysteries Book 2)

  • fiction
Cover of Midnight in Vienna by Jane Thynne

21. Midnight in Vienna

By: Jane Thynne

4.13

Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition

Historical espionage at its very best. Set in 1938 in London and Vienna, a tense and atmospheric th… read more

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4.33

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Mary Watson

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Josh Silver

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