10 best-selling true crime books like Barrenjoey Road by Neil Mercer

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Barrenjoey Road

By: Neil Mercer

3.60

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping expose of a notorious cold case 1978. An idyllic beachside community. A series of abduc…

If you liked the true crime plot in Barrenjoey Road by Neil Mercer , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Lola in the Mirror

By: Trent Dalton

4.41

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from inter… read more

Similar categories in Trent Dalton's Lola in the Mirror book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • crime
  • audiobook
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2. The Murder Rule

By: Dervla McTiernan

3.67

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

For fans of the compulsive psychological suspense of Ruth Ware and Tana French, a mother daughter s… read more

Similar categories in Dervla McTiernan's The Murder Rule book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • crime
  • audiobook
"Because it has to be done. Because if you see something like this, and you can fix it, then it’s your mess to clean up."

-Dervla McTiernan, The Murder Rule

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3. Honeybee

By: Craig Silvey

4.40

Format: 421 pages, Paperback

Late in the night, fourteen-year-old Sam Watson steps onto a quiet overpass, climbs over the rail a… read more

Similar categories in Craig Silvey's Honeybee book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • audiobook
"And I’m not wrong, I’m me. And I don’t want to be invisible anymore. I want people to see who I am"

-Craig Silvey, Honeybee

"I wasn't cold, but I was shivering when I walked onto the Clayton Road overpass. I wasn't scared either, even when I climbed over the rail. I didn't feel much of anything."

-Craig Silvey, Honeybee

"When we don’t think we’re worth much, we find ways to make our world small. We don’t allow ourselves to hope because we’ve already excepted failure. And this pattern of thinking often determines the …"

-Craig Silvey, Honeybee

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4. Dirt Creek

By: Hayley Scrivenor

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Esther disappears on the way home from school in a small town in rural Austral… read more

Similar categories in Hayley Scrivenor's Dirt Creek book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3)

By: Chris Hammer

4.23

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

The latest stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and The Tilt. Chris Hammer's… read more

Similar categories in Chris Hammer's The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3) book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

By: Richard Shepherd

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

As the UK's top forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd has spent a lifetime uncovering the secre… read more

Similar categories in Richard Shepherd's Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
"Although it is my job to be certain, I was unable that day, and am still unable, to escape a greater certainty: that there are always other possibilities."

-Richard Shepherd, Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

"Truth is based upon knowledge. So, of course, it can be compromised by incomplete knowledge. As a doctor I sought truth through facts. As a pathologist I was now learning that truth could be directly…"

-Richard Shepherd, Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

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7. The Mother

By: Jane Caro

3.96

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Just like the garden, the fuse box, the bills, bin night and blown light bulbs, this was just somet… read more

Similar categories in Jane Caro's The Mother book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • crime
  • audiobook
"There's no need to charm your mother, she thought. Which is both a compliment and a burden."

-Jane Caro, The Mother

"The pall bearers were holding Pete's coffin, waiting to walk down the aisle—just like bridesmaids. The music began and they started to move, trying to keep pace with David Bowie's 'Changes'."

-Jane Caro, The Mother

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8. Canticle Creek (Jesse Redpath #1)

By: Adrian Hyland

3.84

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Two bodies. One long hot summer. A town that will never be the same. When Adam Lawson’s wrecked … read more

Similar categories in Adrian Hyland's Canticle Creek (Jesse Redpath #1) book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. Wild Place

By: Christian White

3.83

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

In the summer of 1989, a local teen goes missing from the idyllic suburb of Camp Hill in Australia.… read more

Similar categories in Christian White's Wild Place book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. Caught in the Act

By: Courtney Act

4.10

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

Boy, girl, artist, advocate. Courtney is more than the sum of her parts. Meet Shane Jenek. Raised … read more

Similar categories in Courtney Act's Caught in the Act book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Green Dot

By: Madeleine Gray

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An irresistible and messy love story about the terrible allure of wanting something that promises n… read more

Similar categories in Madeleine Gray's Green Dot book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • audiobook
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12. Badness

By: Gary Jubelin

4.08

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

The sequel to the #1 Bestseller I Catch Killers As a cop, I used to sit on one side of the inte… read more

Similar categories in Gary Jubelin's Badness book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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13. Love Objects

By: Emily Maguire

3.76

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A stunning, simply told story of great compassion and insight, from the author of the Stella Prize-… read more

Similar categories in Emily Maguire's Love Objects book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • audiobook
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14. Did I Ever Tell You This?

By: Sam Neill

4.06

Format: 398 pages, Hardcover

In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tell… read more

Similar categories in Sam Neill's Did I Ever Tell You This? book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. The Gap: A paramedic’s summer on the edge

By: Benjamin Gilmour

4.42

Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition

In this riveting memoir, Gilmour recounts the call-outs that summer: some dangerous, some gruesome,… read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Gilmour's The Gap: A paramedic’s summer on the edge book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. Home Before Night

By: J.P. Pomare

3.38

Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio

As the third wave of the virus hits, all inhabitants of Melbourne are given until 8pm to get to the… read more

Similar categories in J.P. Pomare's Home Before Night book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • crime
  • audiobook
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17. Eggshell Skull

By: Bri Lee

4.36

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

EGGSHELL SKULL: A well-established legal doctrine that a defendant must 'take their victim as they … read more

Similar categories in Bri Lee's Eggshell Skull book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
"The ugly parts of my life kept crashing into the beautiful ones."

-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull

"Finally feminist enough to realise I was all out of fucks to give"

-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull

"Finally feminist enough to realise I was all out of ducks to give."

-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull

"Only skinny enough when starving, only successful enough when exhausted."

-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull

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18. In the Clearing

By: J.P. Pomare

4.07

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

The novel behind the hit TV series The Clearing released globally on Disney+ and Hulu. Amy has… read more

Similar categories in J.P. Pomare's In the Clearing book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. The Widow of Walcha

By: Emma Partridge

4.23

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The Widow of Walcha is a shocking true story about death, love and lies in the small NSW town of Wa… read more

Similar categories in Emma Partridge's The Widow of Walcha book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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20. The Teacher's Pet

By: Hedley Thomas

4.14

Format: 619 pages, Kindle Edition

If you thought you knew the story of The Teacher's Pet, get ready to be shocked. Hedley Thomas take… read more

Similar categories in Hedley Thomas's The Teacher's Pet book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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21. The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire

By: Chloe Hooper

4.05

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

On the scorching February day in 2009 that became known as Black Saturday, a man lit two fires in V… read more

Similar categories in Chloe Hooper's The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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22. Stalking Claremont: Inside the Hunt for a Serial Killer

By: Bret Christian

4.14

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

One young woman missing, two found murdered -- the gripping true story of Australia's longest-runni… read more

Similar categories in Bret Christian's Stalking Claremont: Inside the Hunt for a Serial Killer book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Bloodtree River (Calico Mountain #1) by Sarah Barrie

23. Bloodtree River (Calico Mountain #1)

By: Sarah Barrie

4.19

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of the bestselling Hunters Ridge series comes this stand-alone twisty rural suspens… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Barrie's Bloodtree River (Calico Mountain #1) book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • crime
  • audiobook
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24. The Lost Girls

By: Ava Benny-Morrison

4.21

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The chilling true story of the heinous murder of Karlie Pearce-Stevenson and daughter Khandalyce a… read more

Similar categories in Ava Benny-Morrison's The Lost Girls book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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25. Hudson Fysh

By: Grantlee Kieza

4.45

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary life of the Gallipoli veteran and WWI Flying Corp gunner who founded Qantas and g… read more

Similar categories in Grantlee Kieza's Hudson Fysh book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

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26. My Mother, a Serial Killer

By: Hazel Baron

3.54

Format: 240 pages, Unknown Binding

A gripping and shocking story of a serial killer mother, and the brave daughter who brought her to … read more

Similar categories in Hazel Baron's My Mother, a Serial Killer book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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27. Deadman's Track (Calico Mountain #3)

By: Sarah Barrie

4.03

Format: 416 pages, ebook

Alone in the wilderness, they are picked off one by one ... Gripping, a standalone romantic thrille… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Barrie's Deadman's Track (Calico Mountain #3) book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • crime
  • audiobook
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28. Barrenjoey Road

By: Neil Mercer

3.60

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping expose of a notorious cold case 1978. An idyllic beachside community. A series of abduc… read more

Similar categories in Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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29. The Creeper

By: Margaret Hickey

4.18

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

Victim ... or killer?For the last decade, the small mountain town of Edenville in Victoria’s high c… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Hickey's The Creeper book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • crime
  • audiobook
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30. Girl Falling

By: Hayley Scrivenor

3.53

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Why would my best friend want to destroy my life?Finn and her best friend, Daphne, have grown up to… read more

Similar categories in Hayley Scrivenor's Girl Falling book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • crime
  • audiobook
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31. The Ledge

By: Christian White

4.39

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

When human remains are discovered in the forests of regional Victoria, the police are baffled, the … read more

Similar categories in Christian White's The Ledge book and Neil Mercer's Barrenjoey Road

  • crime
  • audiobook

30 Top audiobook books like Barrenjoey Road by Neil Mercer

Transform Your Habits

Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

Transform Your Habits

The Murder Rule

Dervla McTiernan

3.67

Transform Your Habits

Honeybee

Craig Silvey

4.40

Transform Your Habits

Dirt Creek

Hayley Scrivenor

3.83

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21 Best audiobook books like Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee

Transform Your Habits

Consent Laid Bare: Sex, Entitlement & the Distortion of Desire

Chanel Contos

4.56

Transform Your Habits

Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Honeybee

Craig Silvey

4.40

Transform Your Habits

Bite Back: Feminism, Media, Politics, and Our Power to Change It All

Hannah Ferguson

4.29

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