15 must-read mystery thriller books like The Discourtesy of Death (Father Anselm, #5) by William Brodrick

Cover of The Discourtesy of Death (Father Anselm, #5) by William Brodrick

The Discourtesy of Death (Father Anselm, #5)

By: William Brodrick

3.62

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Father Anselm returns in the most provocative novel yet by the CWA Gold Dagger-winning author of th…

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in The Discourtesy of Death (Father Anselm, #5) by William Brodrick , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of Star Struck (Kate Brannigan, #6) by Val McDermid

1. Star Struck (Kate Brannigan, #6)

By: Val McDermid

3.80

Format: 240 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Bodyguarding had never made it to Manchester PI Kate Brannigan's wish list. But somebody's got to p… read more

Similar categories in Val McDermid's Star Struck (Kate Brannigan, #6) book and William Brodrick's The Discourtesy of Death (Father Anselm, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of A Room Full of Bones (Ruth Galloway, #4) by Elly Griffiths

2. A Room Full of Bones (Ruth Galloway, #4)

By: Elly Griffiths

3.92

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

When Ruth Galloway arrives to supervise the opening of a coffin containing the bones of a medieval … read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's A Room Full of Bones (Ruth Galloway, #4) book and William Brodrick's The Discourtesy of Death (Father Anselm, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Pop Goes the Weasel (Helen Grace, #2) by M.J. Arlidge

3. Pop Goes the Weasel (Helen Grace, #2)

By: M.J. Arlidge

4.13

Format: 426 pages, Paperback

DI Helen Grace returns in Pop Goes the Weasel, the electrifying new thriller from M. J. Arlidge. … read more

Similar categories in M.J. Arlidge's Pop Goes the Weasel (Helen Grace, #2) book and William Brodrick's The Discourtesy of Death (Father Anselm, #5)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction

4. The Keepsake (Rizzoli & Isles, #7)

By: Tess Gerritsen

0.00

Format: 400 pages,

New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen knows how to expertly dissect a brilliantly suspen… read more

Similar categories in Tess Gerritsen's The Keepsake (Rizzoli & Isles, #7) book and William Brodrick's The Discourtesy of Death (Father Anselm, #5)

5. 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

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4) book and William Brodrick's The Discourtesy of Death (Father Anselm, #5)

Cover of The Secret Hours by Mick Herron

6. The Secret Hours

By: Mick Herron

4.29

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "historical … read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's The Secret Hours book and William Brodrick's The Discourtesy of Death (Father Anselm, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"We’re the Secret Service. We’re not here to be liked."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"And you can shut your damn mouth too." "Now now. Casual profanity’s the sign of a small fucking mind."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"Come on. You can buy me breakfast." "I've already had breakfast." "So have I. What's that got to do with it?"

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"First Desk enjoyed coincidences the way she liked happy endings: outside of fiction, they were as trustworthy as a Tinder Profile."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

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7. 1979

By: Val McDermid

3.78

Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition

Hailed as Britain's Queen of Crime, Val McDermid's award-winning, internationally bestselling novel… read more

Similar categories in Val McDermid's 1979 book and William Brodrick's The Discourtesy of Death (Father Anselm, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe

8. A Terrible Kindness

By: Jo Browning Wroe

4.30

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

When we go through something impossible, someone, or something, will help us, if we let them . . . … read more

Similar categories in Jo Browning Wroe's A Terrible Kindness book and William Brodrick's The Discourtesy of Death (Father Anselm, #5)

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. The Beloved Girls

By: Harriet Evans

3.65

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

"It's a funny old house. They have this ceremony every summer . . . There's an old chapel, in the g… read more

Similar categories in Harriet Evans's The Beloved Girls book and William Brodrick's The Discourtesy of Death (Father Anselm, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24) by Ian Rankin

10. A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24)

By: Ian Rankin

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The brand-new John Rebus thriller from the #1 international bestseller Ian Rankin. John Rebus st… read more

Similar categories in Ian Rankin's A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24) book and William Brodrick's The Discourtesy of Death (Father Anselm, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of A Death in the Parish (Canon Clement, #2) by Richard  Coles

11. A Death in the Parish (Canon Clement, #2)

By: Richard Coles

3.90

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

It's been a few months since murder tore apart the community of Champton apart. As Canon Daniel Cl… read more

Similar categories in Richard Coles's A Death in the Parish (Canon Clement, #2) book and William Brodrick's The Discourtesy of Death (Father Anselm, #5)

  • british literature
  • religion
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Shell House Detectives (Shell House Detectives #1) by Emylia Hall

12. The Shell House Detectives (Shell House Detectives #1)

By: Emylia Hall

4.27

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

None read more

Similar categories in Emylia Hall's The Shell House Detectives (Shell House Detectives #1) book and William Brodrick's The Discourtesy of Death (Father Anselm, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Bad Actors (Slough House, #8) by Mick Herron

13. Bad Actors (Slough House, #8)

By: Mick Herron

4.37

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A governmental think-tank, whose remit is to curb the independence of the intelligence service, has… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Bad Actors (Slough House, #8) book and William Brodrick's The Discourtesy of Death (Father Anselm, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"Time, date, place, courtesy of social media. The old days, when you just rocked up to a car park near the stadium a few hours before kick-off, all of that was buried in history books and Channel 5 do…"

-Mick Herron, Bad Actors (Slough House, #8)

Cover of The Politician (DS Cross Mysteries, #4) by Tim  Sullivan

14. The Politician (DS Cross Mysteries, #4)

By: Tim Sullivan

4.49

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

A ransacked room. A dead politician. A burglary gone wrong – or a staged murder? THE DETECTIVE … read more

Similar categories in Tim Sullivan's The Politician (DS Cross Mysteries, #4) book and William Brodrick's The Discourtesy of Death (Father Anselm, #5)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of The Gaps by Leanne Hall

15. The Gaps

By: Leanne Hall

3.84

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

What does it mean to be the one left behind? When sixteen-year-old Yin Mitchell is abducted, the… read more

Similar categories in Leanne Hall's The Gaps book and William Brodrick's The Discourtesy of Death (Father Anselm, #5)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Death is the worst kind of silence, and I don't want to be silent."

-Leanne Hall, The Gaps

"Where do they go, those girls that accidentally fall through a gap in the universe? What's on the other side?"

-Leanne Hall, The Gaps

"Why is it so easy to override what girls and women want, what they might decide if they were given any control."

-Leanne Hall, The Gaps

"I see every fallen body on the cover of a crime novel, and I can't help thinking that everyone wants their teenage girls ruined"

-Leanne Hall, The Gaps

Cover of Lying Beside You (Cyrus Haven, #3) by Michael Robotham

16. Lying Beside You (Cyrus Haven, #3)

By: Michael Robotham

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Cyrus Haven and Evie Cormac return in Robotham’s latest page-turning, psychological thriller in thi… read more

Similar categories in Michael Robotham's Lying Beside You (Cyrus Haven, #3) book and William Brodrick's The Discourtesy of Death (Father Anselm, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Body in the Dales (Yorkshire Murder Mysteries, #1) by J.R. Ellis

17. The Body in the Dales (Yorkshire Murder Mysteries, #1)

By: J.R. Ellis

4.02

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

An unpopular victim. An impossible crime. A murderer on the loose. A body is discovered deep in … read more

Similar categories in J.R. Ellis's The Body in the Dales (Yorkshire Murder Mysteries, #1) book and William Brodrick's The Discourtesy of Death (Father Anselm, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Cuckoo by Sophie Draper

18. Cuckoo

By: Sophie Draper

3.66

Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition

There’s a stranger in your house… When her stepmother dies unexpectedly, Caro returns to her chi… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Draper's Cuckoo book and William Brodrick's The Discourtesy of Death (Father Anselm, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Discourtesy of Death (Father Anselm, #5) by William Brodrick

19. The Discourtesy of Death (Father Anselm, #5)

By: William Brodrick

3.62

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Father Anselm returns in the most provocative novel yet by the CWA Gold Dagger-winning author of th… read more

Similar categories in William Brodrick's The Discourtesy of Death (Father Anselm, #5) book and William Brodrick's The Discourtesy of Death (Father Anselm, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • religion
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • contemporary
  • crime
Cover of Dead Lions (Slough House, #2) by Mick Herron

20. Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

By: Mick Herron

4.11

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

London's Slough House is where the washed-up MI5 spies go to while away what's left of their failed… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2) book and William Brodrick's The Discourtesy of Death (Father Anselm, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"It’s a phrase, black swan,"

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

"We don’t like being out of the loop."

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

"I’m sure he’s hard at work on the archive,"

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

"Arkady Pashkin said “Why aren’t we moving?"

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

Cover of Spook Street (Slough House, #4) by Mick Herron

21. Spook Street (Slough House, #4)

By: Mick Herron

4.41

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

A shakeup at MI5 and a terrorist attack on British soil set in motion clandestine machinery known t… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Spook Street (Slough House, #4) book and William Brodrick's The Discourtesy of Death (Father Anselm, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"...What did you say?"

-Mick Herron, Spook Street (Slough House, #4)

"And me, apparently I’m “irritable"

-Mick Herron, Spook Street (Slough House, #4)

"So this is what springtime in London was like: the women in knee-length dresses of blue-and-white hoops; the men with dark jackets over sweaters in pastel shades."

-Mick Herron, Spook Street (Slough House, #4)

"A younger listener might assume Moira to be delivering these fragments down a telephone, but in fact they are directed at the papers on her desk, papers which have accumulated in the absence of Cathe…"

-Mick Herron, Spook Street (Slough House, #4)

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