15 must-read crime books like The Long Shadow by Anne Buist

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The Long Shadow

By: Anne Buist

3.49

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

Write down something about yourself, as a mother, that worries you. Psychologist Isabel Harris h…

If you liked the crime plot in The Long Shadow by Anne Buist , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of Suspect (Joseph O'Loughlin, #1) by Michael Robotham

1. Suspect (Joseph O'Loughlin, #1)

By: Michael Robotham

4.20

Format: 42 pages,

London psychiatrist Joseph O'Loughlin seems to have the perfect life. He has a beautiful wife, an a… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime

2. The Dovekeepers

By: Alice Hoffman

4.11

Format: 40 pages,

Over five years in the writing, The Dovekeepers is Alice Hoffman's most ambitious and mesmerizing n… read more

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3. The Bookbinder

By: Pip Williams

4.07

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more

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"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

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

4. 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

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  • thriller
  • crime
  • murder mystery
Cover of The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill

5. The Mystery Writer

By: Sulari Gentill

3.42

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A literary thriller about an aspiring writer who meets and falls in love with her literary idol—onl… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
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6. Stone Yard Devotional

By: Charlotte Wood

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A deeply moving novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be 'good', from the award-winn… read more

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7. Safe Haven

By: Shankari Chandran

4.18

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The new novel from the Miles Franklin award-winning author of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens. It was… read more

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8. Two Steps Forward

By: Graeme Simsion

3.73

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Rosie Project comes a story of taking chances and… read more

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"I learned that it is important to know not only what to hold on to and what to let go of, but what to go back for."

-Graeme Simsion, Two Steps Forward

"I had begun to realise how much I'd adapted to Keith's needs and preferences. Just small stuff: what time we went to bed, which side I slept on, not cooking cauliflower. Allowances and adaptions anyo…"

-Graeme Simsion, Two Steps Forward

"I had no idea what they sang. I guessed it was all in Latin, but some words could have been French. I didn't need to understand the words to have them touch me. I don't know whether it was the acoust…"

-Graeme Simsion, Two Steps Forward

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9. Sanctuary

By: Garry Disher

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A thrilling new standalone set in regional SA, from one of Australia's most esteemed crime authors.… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
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10. 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

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  • psychological thriller
  • crime
  • thriller
"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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11. After Story

By: Larissa Behrendt

4.07

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

When Indigenous lawyer Jasmine decides to take her mother Della on a tour of England's most revered… read more

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Cover of Broken Bay (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti, #3) by Margaret Hickey

12. Broken Bay (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti, #3)

By: Margaret Hickey

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Old loyalties and decades-long feuds rise to the surface in this stunning crime novel, set in a spe… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
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13. The Angry Women's Choir

By: Meg Bignell

4.07

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

By the acclaimed author of Welcome To Nowhere River comes a heart-warming and uplifting story about… read more

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14. The Hummingbird Effect

By: Kate Mildenhall

3.60

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An epic, kaleidoscopic story of four women connected across time and place by an invisible thread a… read more

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15. Gone

By: Glenna Thomson

3.97

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

A missing girl ... a cold case ... a sister who won’t give up … 'I was there on the day Rebecca … read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Cutters End (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #1) by Margaret Hickey

16. Cutters End (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #1)

By: Margaret Hickey

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A scintillating crime thriller, set in the South Australian outback town of Cutters End. A mysterio… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
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17. The Cryptic Clue (The Tea Ladies, #2)

By: Amanda Hampson

3.91

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Look who's back in hot water! The highly anticipated new novel in The Tea Ladies cosy crime series,… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Hampson's The Cryptic Clue (The Tea Ladies, #2) book and Anne Buist's The Long Shadow

  • crime
Cover of The Registrar by Neela Janakiramanan

18. The Registrar

By: Neela Janakiramanan

4.05

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Sometimes in hospital people die - but not all of them should. A moving, addictive debut novel for … read more

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19. It Takes a Town

By: Aoife Clifford

3.63

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

So many people had reason to hate her, but did anyone have reason to kill her?   Everyone dies fa… read more

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  • crime
  • murder mystery
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20. The Revenge Club

By: Kathy Lette

3.39

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

When the odds are against you, it's time to get even.Matilda, Jo, Penny and Cressy are all women at… read more

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21. Sidelines

By: Karen Viggers

3.68

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A teenage sports game descends into a brawl after a controversial line call in a fast-paced contemp… read more

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22. Infinite Splendours

By: Sofie Laguna

3.80

Format: 433 pages, Paperback

Lawrence is a bright, kind and talented boy of ten years old when he is groomed and … read more

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23. Two Steps Onward

By: Graeme Simsion

3.47

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Three years after life got in the way of their long-distance relationship, Californian illustrator … read more

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24. The Night Whistler (Mick Goodenough, #1)

By: Greg Woodland

4.03

Format: 385 pages, Paperback

It’s 1966. Hal and his little brother, newly arrived in Moorabool with their parents, are exploring… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
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25. The Honeyeater

By: Jessie Tu

3.59

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

A wildly inventive follow up to the acclaimed bestseller A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing, winner… read more

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26. 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

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  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Long Shadow by Anne Buist

27. The Long Shadow

By: Anne Buist

3.49

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

Write down something about yourself, as a mother, that worries you. Psychologist Isabel Harris h… read more

Similar categories in Anne Buist's The Long Shadow book and Anne Buist's The Long Shadow

  • psychological thriller
  • crime
  • thriller
  • murder mystery
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28. Shadows of Winter Robins

By: Louise Wolhuter

4.19

Format: 346 pages, Paperback

Sometimes you must shine a light on the dark places to see what was always there​. Winter Robin… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
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29. Home Truths

By: Charity Norman

4.36

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Livia Denby is on trial for attempted murder. The jury have reached a verdict. Two years earlier, L… read more

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  • thriller
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30. Tilda Is Visible

By: Jane Tara

4.02

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A woman starts to disappear—literally—in midlife, and only then begins to discover herself in this … read more

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"Support groups are like bras – some aren’t that supportive."

-Jane Tara, Tilda Is Visible

"Once we’ve grown used to the weight of loss and the impermanence of everything, something shifts."

-Jane Tara, Tilda Is Visible

"How the world sees us, how other people see us is meaningless. What’s important is how we see ourselves. We must be visible to ourselves."

-Jane Tara, Tilda Is Visible

Cover of The Valley (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #4) by Chris Hammer

31. The Valley (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #4)

By: Chris Hammer

4.36

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The latest stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and The Seven.Nell Buchanan … read more

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  • crime

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Michael Robotham

4.20

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4.07

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3.42

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3.95

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4.00

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Cobi van Baars

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