8 best-selling detective books like Blood River by Tony Cavanaugh

Cover of Blood River by Tony Cavanaugh

Blood River

By: Tony Cavanaugh

3.64

Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition

Brisbane 1999. It's hot. Stormy. Dangerous. The waters of the Brisbane River are rising. The rains …

If you liked the detective plot in Blood River by Tony Cavanaugh , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of A Terrible Beauty (Katie Maguire, #1) by Graham Masterton

1. A Terrible Beauty (Katie Maguire, #1)

By: Graham Masterton

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"There are things I need to know..." On a farm in southern Ireland, the dismembered bones of eleven… read more

Similar categories in Graham Masterton's A Terrible Beauty (Katie Maguire, #1) book and Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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2. The Dark Lake (Gemma Woodstock #1)

By: Sarah Bailey

3.58

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

Rose was lit by the sun, her beautiful face giving nothing away. Even back then, she was a mystery … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Bailey's The Dark Lake (Gemma Woodstock #1) book and Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Blackhouse (Lewis Trilogy, #1) by Peter  May

3. The Blackhouse (Lewis Trilogy, #1)

By: Peter May

4.50

Format: 87 pages,

A brutal killing takes place on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland: a land of harsh beauty and inhabitants… read more

Similar categories in Peter May's The Blackhouse (Lewis Trilogy, #1) book and Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Ashes to Ashes (Kovac and Liska, #1) by Tami Hoag

4. Ashes to Ashes (Kovac and Liska, #1)

By: Tami Hoag

4.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

He performs his profane ceremony in a wooded Minneapolis park, anointing his victims, then setting … read more

Similar categories in Tami Hoag's Ashes to Ashes (Kovac and Liska, #1) book and Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

5. The Lewis Man (The Lewis Trilogy, #2)

By: Peter May

4.36

Format: 209 pages, Hardcover

A body is recovered from a peat bog on the Isle of Lewis. The male Caucasian corpse is initially be… read more

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Cover of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran

6. Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

By: Shankari Chandran

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Cinnamon Gardens, a home for those who are lost and the stories they treasure. Cinnam… read more

Similar categories in Shankari Chandran's Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens book and Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • australia
  • fiction
Cover of The Silent Wife (Will Trent, #10) by Karin Slaughter

7. The Silent Wife (Will Trent, #10)

By: Karin Slaughter

4.23

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Pieces of Her and The Last Widow returns with another elec… read more

Similar categories in Karin Slaughter's The Silent Wife (Will Trent, #10) book and Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Toddlers are like the worst inmates. When they're not lying to your face and tearing up your shit, they're napping, pooping, or trying to think of different ways to fuck with you."

-Karin Slaughter, The Silent Wife (Will Trent, #10)

Cover of Treasure & Dirt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #1) by Chris Hammer

8. Treasure & Dirt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #1)

By: Chris Hammer

4.07

Format: 512 pages, Kindle Edition

An unputdownable thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands. In the desolate outback tow… read more

Similar categories in Chris Hammer's Treasure & Dirt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #1) book and Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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9. 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 Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • australia
  • fiction
"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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10. Black Sheep

By: Judy Nunn

4.05

Format: 512 pages, Kindle Edition

Black sheep - there's one in every family . . . Orphaned at sixteen, James Wakefield was determi… read more

Similar categories in Judy Nunn's Black Sheep book and Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • fiction
Cover of Day's End (Hirsch, #4) by Garry Disher

11. Day's End (Hirsch, #4)

By: Garry Disher

4.12

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Hirsch’s rural beat is wide. Daybreak to day’s end, dirt roads and dust. Every problem that besets … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Wake (PI Lane Holland #1) by Shelley Burr

12. Wake (PI Lane Holland #1)

By: Shelley Burr

3.99

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

'The tiny outback town of Nannine lies in the harsh red interior of Australia. Once a thriving cent… read more

Similar categories in Shelley Burr's Wake (PI Lane Holland #1) book and Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Tilt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #2) by Chris Hammer

13. The Tilt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #2)

By: Chris Hammer

4.29

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A man runs for his life in a forest. A woman plans sabotage. A body is unearthed. Newly-minted… read more

Similar categories in Chris Hammer's The Tilt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #2) book and Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Dirt Creek by Hayley Scrivenor

14. 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 Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3) by Chris Hammer

15. 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 Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Stranger Diaries (Harbinder Kaur, #1) by Elly Griffiths

16. The Stranger Diaries (Harbinder Kaur, #1)

By: Elly Griffiths

3.88

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Clare Cassidy is no stranger to murder. A high school English teacher specializing in the Gothic wr… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Stranger Diaries (Harbinder Kaur, #1) book and Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Why are Georgette Heyer's covers so naff? When you think of all the exciting things that happen - abductions, false identities, wild horseback chases - the front of the book nearly always shows a wom…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Stranger Diaries (Harbinder Kaur, #1)

Cover of Exiles (Aaron Falk, #3) by Jane Harper

17. Exiles (Aaron Falk, #3)

By: Jane Harper

4.05

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

At a busy festival site on a warm spring night, a baby lies alone in her pram, her mother vanishing… read more

Similar categories in Jane Harper's Exiles (Aaron Falk, #3) book and Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Scholar (Cormac Reilly, #2) by Dervla McTiernan

18. The Scholar (Cormac Reilly, #2)

By: Dervla McTiernan

4.05

Format: 377 pages, Paperback

When DS Cormac Reilly’s girlfriend Emma stumbles across the victim of a hit and run early one morni… read more

Similar categories in Dervla McTiernan's The Scholar (Cormac Reilly, #2) book and Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Wild Place by Christian  White

19. 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 Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Only Suspect by Louise Candlish

20. The Only Suspect

By: Louise Candlish

3.94

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

THE NEW CAUTIONARY TALE OF OBSESSION, LOVE, JEALOUSY AND DECEPTION FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLIN… read more

Similar categories in Louise Candlish's The Only Suspect book and Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Midwife Murders by James  Patterson

21. The Midwife Murders

By: James Patterson

3.59

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A missing patient is a hospital ward's worst nightmare -- until even more disappear. To Senior Midw… read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's The Midwife Murders book and Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Black River (Rose Riley, #1) by Matthew Spencer

22. Black River (Rose Riley, #1)

By: Matthew Spencer

3.92

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

A long, burning summer in Sydney. A young woman found murdered in the deserted grounds of an elite … read more

Similar categories in Matthew Spencer's Black River (Rose Riley, #1) book and Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Way It Is Now by Garry Disher

23. The Way It Is Now

By: Garry Disher

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Set in a beach-shack town an hour from Melbourne, The Way It Is Now tells the story of a burnt-out … read more

Similar categories in Garry Disher's The Way It Is Now book and Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Rush by Michelle Prak

24. The Rush

By: Michelle Prak

3.73

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In this riveting psychological thriller—perfect for fans of Jane Harper’s The Survivors and Erica F… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Prak's The Rush book and Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The War Widow (Billie Walker Mystery, #1) by Tara Moss

25. The War Widow (Billie Walker Mystery, #1)

By: Tara Moss

3.76

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The war may be officially over, but journalist Billie Walker's search for a missing young immigrant… read more

Similar categories in Tara Moss's The War Widow (Billie Walker Mystery, #1) book and Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Billie was hoping to get these two alive but was feeling rapidly less stuck on the idea."

-Tara Moss, The War Widow (Billie Walker Mystery, #1)

"I’ll find out whatever I can about this Frank. Would the girls go to the police if they were in danger, do you think?"

-Tara Moss, The War Widow (Billie Walker Mystery, #1)

"And as for returning to work as a reporter—something she’d given considerable thought to before taking over her father’s inquiry agency—the Sydney newspapers had dismissed most of their women reporte…"

-Tara Moss, The War Widow (Billie Walker Mystery, #1)

Cover of The Lying Room by Nicci French

26. The Lying Room

By: Nicci French

3.61

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

It should have been just a mid-life fling. A guilty indiscretion that Neve Connolly could have weat… read more

Similar categories in Nicci French's The Lying Room book and Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Half Brother by Christine  Keighery

27. The Half Brother

By: Christine Keighery

3.43

Format: None pages, ebook

The bonds of sisterhood were unbreakable. Until him. Hannah and Stef have always been there for … read more

Similar categories in Christine Keighery's The Half Brother book and Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Where the Dead Go (Gemma Woodstock #3) by Sarah   Bailey

28. Where the Dead Go (Gemma Woodstock #3)

By: Sarah Bailey

3.94

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Four years after the events of Into the Night, DS Gemma Woodstock is on the trail of a missing girl… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Bailey's Where the Dead Go (Gemma Woodstock #3) book and Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Stoning (DS George Manolis, #1) by Peter Papathanasiou

29. The Stoning (DS George Manolis, #1)

By: Peter Papathanasiou

3.88

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

A small town in outback Australia wakes to a crime of medieval savagery. A local schoolteacher i… read more

Similar categories in Peter Papathanasiou's The Stoning (DS George Manolis, #1) book and Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Blood River by Tony Cavanaugh

30. Blood River

By: Tony Cavanaugh

3.64

Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition

Brisbane 1999. It's hot. Stormy. Dangerous. The waters of the Brisbane River are rising. The rains … read more

Similar categories in Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River book and Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Creeper by Margaret Hickey

31. 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 Tony Cavanaugh's Blood River

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

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3.85

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3.58

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Peter May

4.50

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4.57

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Brianna Labuskes

4.09

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Lisa Gray

3.96

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Chad Zunker

4.05

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Dreda Say Mitchell

3.86

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