8 must-read crime books like About a Son: A Murder and A Father’s Search for Truth by David Whitehouse

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About a Son: A Murder and A Father’s Search for Truth

By: David Whitehouse

4.46

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The book that everyone will be talking about this year: a staggering work of honesty, empathy and h…

If you liked the crime plot in About a Son: A Murder and A Father’s Search for Truth by David Whitehouse , here is a list of 8 books like this:

1. The Lady In The Van

By: Alan Bennett

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Life imitates art in The Lady in the Van, the story of the itinerant Miss Shepherd, who lived in a … read more

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2. Close to Home

By: Michael Magee

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

While growing up in West Belfast, Sean does every­thing he's supposed to do. He works hard, he stud… read more

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  • audiobook
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3. In Memoriam

By: Alice Winn

4.53

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

A haunting, virtuosic debut novel about two young men who fall in love during a time of war. It'… read more

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  • audiobook
"It’s intimate."

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

"Call me Sidney,"

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

"Where’s the rest of it?"

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

"Do you believe in magic?"

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

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4. Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

By: Wendy Joseph

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Every day in the UK lives are suddenly, brutally, wickedly taken away. Victims are shot or stabbed.… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey book and David Whitehouse's About a Son: A Murder and A Father’s Search for Truth

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. 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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  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. Strong Female Character

By: Fern Brady

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A summary of my 1. I'm diagnosed with autism 20 years after telling a doctor I had it. 2. My… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"I was continually over-identifying with fiction to try and find a template for myself and my story (143)"

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"For all her flaws, my mum never raised me with dysfunctional attitudes to food or made me think I was greedy or not thin enough. She was always clear she disliked me for me."

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"It's 2022 as I write this and I'm still waiting to find someone I respect to speak openly and in detail about meltdowns. I'm really annoyed that I have to be the one to do this."

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"It made perfect sense to me that my skin was bursting open in disgusting weeping pustules. The emotions felt volcanic and I'd never been good at communicating that to people in words so now my body w…"

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

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7. Other Women

By: Emma Flint

4.16

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A husband. A wife. A lover. Each has a secret they’d kill to protect . . . From the author of Li… read more

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  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia

By: Hadley Freeman

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From Hadley Freeman, bestselling author of House of Glass , comes a “riveting” ( The New York Times… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"Life, unfortunately, is not like an ‘80s movie, in which a character has an epiphany, a triumphal rock track plays on the soundtrack, and everyone smiles at one another: roll end credits. If my teena…"

-Hadley Freeman, Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia

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9. Headshot

By: Rita Bullwinkel

3.63

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An electrifying debut novel from an “unusually gifted writer” (Lorrie Moore) about the radical inti… read more

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  • audiobook
"The desire to please people is the desire to not be singular."

-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot

"Tanya Maw's sister is two years older, the perfect age gap for wisdom transmission."

-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot

"It can be intoxicating to play a sport that requires one to look in their opponent's eyes."

-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot

"It's a warmth that she'll feel again very few times in her life. It's almost like love, but it has a surer, less desperate edge to it."

-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot

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10. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History

By: Rory Carroll

4.38

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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11. Karma: My Autobiography

By: Boy George

3.62

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

THE OFFICIAL STORY OF A MUSICAL ICON - TOLD IN FULL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS OWN WORDS'In what mig… read more

Similar categories in Boy George's Karma: My Autobiography book and David Whitehouse's About a Son: A Murder and A Father’s Search for Truth

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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12. O Brother

By: John Niven

4.64

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

John Niven’s little brother Gary was fearless, popular, stubborn, handsome, hilarious and sometimes… read more

Similar categories in John Niven's O Brother book and David Whitehouse's About a Son: A Murder and A Father’s Search for Truth

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"My mother can hold her own where foreign words are involved. The simple duo-syllable 'croissant' comes out variously as 'craw-sank', 'crass-ant', or 'crah-sint', the word seeming to have no business …"

-John Niven, O Brother

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13. Brutally Honest

By: Melanie Brown

4.06

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

The tell-all memoir from the loudest, proudest Spice Girl – and the truth behind the headlines   … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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14. As Young as This

By: Roxy Dunn

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Elliot. Joe. Tommy. Nathanael. Wren. Oliver. Malik. Zach. Frank. Patrick. Noah. These are the men M… read more

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15. Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief

By: Katriona O'Sullivan

4.61

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

As the middle of five kids growing up in dire poverty, the odds were low on Katriona O'Sullivan mak… read more

Similar categories in Katriona O'Sullivan's Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief book and David Whitehouse's About a Son: A Murder and A Father’s Search for Truth

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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16. Without Warning and Only Sometimes: Scenes from an Unpredictable Childhood

By: Kit de Waal

4.13

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

'Vivid and compelling and so moving... Kit's depiction of her parents' dynamic is both painful and … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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17. Stitched Up

By: Shahed Yousaf

4.18

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

Why would anyone want to work with thieves, murderers and rapists? Told from the inside out, th… read more

Similar categories in Shahed Yousaf's Stitched Up book and David Whitehouse's About a Son: A Murder and A Father’s Search for Truth

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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18. Arrangements in Blue

By: Amy Key

3.84

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

Arrangements in Blue elegantly honors the life lived completely by—and for—oneself. Inspired by Jon… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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19. Everything's Fine

By: Cecilia Rabess

3.56

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Everything's Fine is an utterly original and deeply moving take on an age-old question from a dazzl… read more

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  • audiobook
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20. That Peckham Boy

By: Kenny Imafidon

4.32

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For fans of  Poverty Safari  and  Skint Estate ,  That Peckham Boy  is a reallife manifesto calling… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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21. When the Dust Settles: Stories of Love, Loss and Hope from an Expert in Disaster

By: Lucy Easthope

4.31

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Professor Lucy Easthope is the UK's leading authority on recovering from disaster. She's the one th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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22. Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison

By: Alex South

4.52

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

'The men I have worked with and the staff I've worked alongside over the last ten years in prison h… read more

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  • true crime
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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23. Ashes To Admin: Tales from the Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer

By: Evie King

4.37

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

‘I’ve a body out the back for you...' Imagine having that sentence said to you. And then imagine… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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24. Will You Read This, Please?

By: Joanna Cannon

4.27

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

12 impactful stories by bestselling writers, based on the real lived experience of people who have … read more

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  • nonfiction
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25. The Examiner

By: Janice Hallett

4.06

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Told in emails, text messages, and essays, this innovative pause-resister follows a group of studen… read more

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  • crime
  • audiobook
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26. About a Son: A Murder and A Father’s Search for Truth

By: David Whitehouse

4.46

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The book that everyone will be talking about this year: a staggering work of honesty, empathy and h… read more

Similar categories in David Whitehouse's About a Son: A Murder and A Father’s Search for Truth book and David Whitehouse's About a Son: A Murder and A Father’s Search for Truth

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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27. Girls

By: Kirsty Capes

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

GIRLS follows the story of two sisters - Mattie and Nora - and the thorny relationship with their f… read more

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28. The Hotel Avocado

By: Bob Mortimer

4.21

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

Gary Thorn is struggling with a big decision. Should he stay in London, wallowing in the safety of … read more

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  • crime
  • audiobook
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29. What a Way to Go

By: Bella Mackie

3.79

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

One wealth-obsessed man – who is also dead. One status-obsessed woman – who is the perfect acces… read more

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  • crime
  • audiobook
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30. Avoidance, Drugs, Heartbreak and Dogs

By: Jordan Stephens

4.22

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

Love is a gift, isn't it? From our early childhood years to growing up and pairing off, it's a feel… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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31. What I Ate in One Year (And Related Thoughts)

By: Stanley Tucci

4.07

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From Stanley Tucci, award-winning actor and New York Times bestselling author, a deliciously unique… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook

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Barbra Streisand

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