23 must-read mystery books like A Handful of Ash (Shetland Sailing Mysteries #3) by Marsali Taylor

Cover of A Handful of Ash (Shetland Sailing Mysteries #3) by Marsali Taylor

A Handful of Ash (Shetland Sailing Mysteries #3)

By: Marsali Taylor

4.14

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Liveaboard skipper and amateur sleuth Cass Lynch is busy at marine college in Scalloway, until one …

If you liked the mystery plot in A Handful of Ash (Shetland Sailing Mysteries #3) by Marsali Taylor , here is a list of 23 books like this:

Cover of None but the Dead (Rhona Macleod #11) by Lin Anderson

1. None but the Dead (Rhona Macleod #11)

By: Lin Anderson

4.17

Format: None pages,

None but the Dead is the thrilling eleventh book in Lin Anderson's Rhona MacLeod series. Sanday, on… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • scotland
  • fiction
Cover of A Grave Denied (Kate Shugak, #13) by Dana Stabenow

2. A Grave Denied (Kate Shugak, #13)

By: Dana Stabenow

4.35

Format: None pages,

Everyone knew that Len Dreyer was a handyman for hire in the Park. But no one knew anything else ab… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction

3. The Special Dead (Rhona MacLeod #10)

By: Lin Anderson

3.50

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

When Mark Howitt is invited back to Leila's flat and ordered to strip, he thinks he's about to have… read more

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4. Follow the Dead (Rhona Macleod Book #12)

By: Lin Anderson

4.31

Format: 66 pages,

"Follow the Deadis the thrilling twelfth book in Lin Anderson's Rhona MacLeod series. On holiday in… read more

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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

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6. The Dead of Winter

By: Stuart MacBride

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

It was supposed to be an easy job.All Detective Constable Edward Reekie had to do was pick up a dyi… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • scotland
  • fiction
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7. A Winter Grave

By: Peter May

4.07

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

It is the year 2051. Warnings of climate catastrophe have been ignored, and vast areas of the plane… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • scotland
  • fiction
Cover of The Light Remains (DCI Evan Warlow Crime Thriller #11) by Rhys Dylan

8. The Light Remains (DCI Evan Warlow Crime Thriller #11)

By: Rhys Dylan

4.59

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

The games people play… When a revered sports legend falls victim to a brutal home invasion, a na… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Dead Man of Storr (The Misty Isle #2) by J.M. Dalgliesh

9. The Dead Man of Storr (The Misty Isle #2)

By: J.M. Dalgliesh

4.39

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

When the owner of a Portree gallery is found dead, lying in the snow at the foot of the Storr, D.I.… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • scotland
  • fiction

10. 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

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Talisker Dead (The Misty Isle #3) by J.M. Dalgliesh

11. The Talisker Dead (The Misty Isle #3)

By: J.M. Dalgliesh

4.43

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

Pulling on the threads of your past... is enough to kill you... When a teenage islander goes mis… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • scotland
  • fiction
Cover of A Long Time Dead (The Misty Isle, #1) by J.M. Dalgliesh

12. A Long Time Dead (The Misty Isle, #1)

By: J.M. Dalgliesh

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

You can’t stay dead forever… A group of high school students gather on the Isle of Skye’s remote C… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • scotland
  • fiction
Cover of The Brewery Murders (Yorkshire Murder Mysteries #9) by J.R. Ellis

13. The Brewery Murders (Yorkshire Murder Mysteries #9)

By: J.R. Ellis

4.38

Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition

An award-winning beer worth killing for. Can DCI Oldroyd find the killer before last orders? Ste… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Comforts of Home (Simon Serrailler, #9) by Susan         Hill

14. The Comforts of Home (Simon Serrailler, #9)

By: Susan Hill

3.98

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

Recovering on a remote Scottish island, his peace doesn’t last long. He is pulled in to a murder in… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • scotland
  • fiction
Cover of The Harbour (Cumbria Crime Book 1) by Rachel McLean

15. The Harbour (Cumbria Crime Book 1)

By: Rachel McLean

4.45

Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition

DI Zoe Finch has a lot on her plate. New job, new team, new county. And on day one, she’s plunged … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Next in Line (D.I. Clare Mackay, #5) by Marion Todd

16. Next in Line (D.I. Clare Mackay, #5)

By: Marion Todd

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

A murder victim with celebrity connections spells trouble for DI Clare Mackay... Gabrielle Fox i… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • scotland
  • fiction
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17. The Cairn (Cumbria Crime #3)

By: Rachel McLean

4.47

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

DI Zoe Finch has survived her first winter in Cumbria CID. She’s learning to trust her team, even … read more

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18. The Killing Tide (Rhona MacLeod #16)

By: Lin Anderson

4.11

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

The Killing Tide by Lin Anderson sees forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod investigating a mysterious a… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • scotland
  • fiction
Cover of Time for the Dead (Rhona MacLeod #14) by Lin Anderson

19. Time for the Dead (Rhona MacLeod #14)

By: Lin Anderson

4.11

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod investigate a brutal series of killings on Scotland's Isle of Skye… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • scotland
  • fiction
Cover of The Peat Dead (Inspector Angus Blue Book 1) by Allan  Martin

20. The Peat Dead (Inspector Angus Blue Book 1)

By: Allan Martin

4.06

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

On the Scottish Hebridean Island of Islay, five corpses are dug up by a peat-cutter. All of them ha… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • scotland
  • fiction
Cover of The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11) by Ann Cleeves

21. The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.47

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

As New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves's beloved Vera series explodes in popularity in print and … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Sins of the Dead  (Rhona Macleod #13) by Lin Anderson

22. Sins of the Dead (Rhona Macleod #13)

By: Lin Anderson

4.21

Format: 467 pages, Hardcover

While illegally street racing in the underground tunnels of Glasgow, four Harley-Davidson riders ma… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • scotland
  • fiction
Cover of The Innocent Dead (Rhona MacLeod #15) by Lin Anderson

23. The Innocent Dead (Rhona MacLeod #15)

By: Lin Anderson

4.24

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

None read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • scotland
  • fiction
Cover of The Cuillin Dead (The Misty Isle, #4) by J.M. Dalgliesh

24. The Cuillin Dead (The Misty Isle, #4)

By: J.M. Dalgliesh

4.43

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

Life is full of choices. Death... is chosen for you...When the body of a missing tourist is discove… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • scotland
  • fiction
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25. The Dead of Oban: An Inspector Angus Blue mystery

By: Allan Martin

4.12

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

"…a book to die for, a gripping, international crime thriller” - Andrew J GreigLurking behind the p… read more

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26. The Dead of Jura

By: Allan Martin

4.38

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

Marion Todd - “A ‘must read’ for fans of Scottish crime fiction”Olga Wojtas - “Subtle, complex and … read more

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27. A Handful of Ash (Shetland Sailing Mysteries #3)

By: Marsali Taylor

4.14

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Liveaboard skipper and amateur sleuth Cass Lynch is busy at marine college in Scalloway, until one … read more

Similar categories in Marsali Taylor's A Handful of Ash (Shetland Sailing Mysteries #3) book and Marsali Taylor's A Handful of Ash (Shetland Sailing Mysteries #3)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • scotland
  • fiction
Cover of Poison Garden (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #22) by L.J. Ross

28. Poison Garden (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #22)

By: L.J. Ross

4.73

Format: 311 pages, Kindle Edition

FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLAND AND THE COVEThe clock is ticking…For Detective Chief … read more

Similar categories in L.J. Ross's Poison Garden (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #22) book and Marsali Taylor's A Handful of Ash (Shetland Sailing Mysteries #3)

  • crime
Cover of The Black Loch (Lewis Trilogy, #4) by Peter  May

29. The Black Loch (Lewis Trilogy, #4)

By: Peter May

4.37

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

THE RETURN OF FIN MACLEOD, PETER MAY'S MUCH-LOVED HERO OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING LEWIS TRILO… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • scotland
  • fiction
Cover of Dragon's Breath (DCI Evan Warlow #14) by Rhys Dylan

30. Dragon's Breath (DCI Evan Warlow #14)

By: Rhys Dylan

4.70

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

In the mountains, some secrets are deadlier than the storms. A man wanders lost on a filthy nigh… read more

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Cover of Midnight and Blue (An Inspector Rebus, #25) by Ian Rankin

31. Midnight and Blue (An Inspector Rebus, #25)

By: Ian Rankin

4.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

John Rebus spent his life as a detective putting Edinburgh’s most deadly criminals behind bars.Now,… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • scotland
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