18 best-selling mystery books like Unsolved London Murders: The 1920s and 1930s by Jonathan Oates

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Unsolved London Murders: The 1920s and 1930s

By: Jonathan Oates

3.60

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

Unsolved crimes have a special fascination, none more so than unsolved murders. The shock of the cr…

If you liked the mystery plot in Unsolved London Murders: The 1920s and 1930s by Jonathan Oates , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. Dreamer

By: Peter James

3.34

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Een jonge vrouw wordt vele jaren na een gruwelijke ervaring in haar jeugd geteisterd door nachtmerr… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
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2. Jack the Ripper's Streets of Terror: Life During the Reign of Victorian London's Most Brutal Killer

By: Rupert Matthews

4.06

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

This is a new take on the Jack the Ripper story. Focusing on the people who lived through the Rippe… read more

Similar categories in Rupert Matthews's Jack the Ripper's Streets of Terror: Life During the Reign of Victorian London's Most Brutal Killer book and Jonathan Oates's Unsolved London Murders: The 1920s and 1930s

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime

3. Heresy (Giordano Bruno, #1)

By: S.J. Parris

3.55

Format: 288 pages,

Masterfully blending true events with fiction, this blockbuster historical thriller delivers a page… read more

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4. 1888: London Murders in the Year of the Ripper

By: Peter Stubley

3.57

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In 1888 Jack the Ripper made the headlines with a series of horrific murders that remain unsolved t… read more

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5. The Taking

By: Dean Koontz

3.33

Format: 300 pages,

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Dean Koontz's "Odd Apocalypse." In one of the most daz… read more

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6. Graves on the Fens (DI Nikki Galena #14)

By: Joy Ellis

4.58

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

It arrives in the morning. An old-fashioned airmail envelope addressed to Detective Nikki Galena. I… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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7. The Heron's Cry (Two Rivers, #2)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.05

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coastline. Detective Matthe… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
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8. The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway, #15)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.41

Format: 361 pages, Hardcover

The discovery of a missing woman's bones forces Ruth and Nelson to finally confront their feelings … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
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9. Murder Before Evensong (Canon Clement, #1)

By: Richard Coles

3.32

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Canon Daniel Clement is Rector of Champton. He has been there for eight years, living at the Rector… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
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10. Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.00

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

A murderer strikes at a school reunion--but the students are no strangers to death-- in this propul… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
"Harbinder paces her office. She still can’t stop herself thinking, Look at me with an office big enough to pace in ."

-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

"How many times can you reminisce about school? She doesn’t think Talgarth High has ever tried to gather its former students. To be fair, it would be hard with so many of them electronically tagged."

-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

"Aren’t you a Christian though?’ She remembers a comment about St Peter’s Italian church. ‘Not really,’ says Kim. ‘I just pick the bits I like from every religion. Is there a word for that?’ ‘Heretic,…"

-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

"Gary’s made a bit of a name for himself. He’s always in the papers going on about climate change being a hoax. That’s why I was surprised ….’ ‘Surprised by what,’ prompts Harbinder because the singer…"

-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

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11. The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.23

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Pandemic lockdowns have Ruth Galloway feeling isolated from everyone but a new neighbor—until Nelso… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
"It's a locked room mystery,' says Tony. 'Like in the books.' 'Nothing,' says Nelson, 'is like it is in the books."

-Elly Griffiths, The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)

"The churches are all closed. She was surprised how shocked she'd been to hear this news. Judy might be a lapsed Catholic, but she'd always assumed that, all her life, mass would be carrying on somewh…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)

"The air is so sweet and pure that it almost takes her breath away. It's as if nature is conspiring to make lockdown a less terrifying experience. Ruth has already noticed herself becoming interested …"

-Elly Griffiths, The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)

"There are no commuters, no children jostling for school buses, no taxis, no old men in hats driving in the centre of the road. It should feel like heaven but, as Nelson drives through the old city ga…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)

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12. The Seven Ages of Death

By: Richard Shepherd

4.38

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Conducting many thousands of post-mortems has given Dr Richard Shepherd the opportunity to examine … read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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13. The Stone Circle (Ruth Galloway, #11)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.20

Format: 384 pages, ebook

In a chilling entry to the award-winning Ruth Galloway series, she and DCI Nelson are haunted by a … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
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14. The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.27

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr Ruth Galloway returns to the moody and beautiful landscape of North Norfolk to confront another … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
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15. The Shadows

By: Alex North

3.74

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

"This is absorbing, headlong reading, a play on classic horror with an inventiveness of its own... … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
"I don't care if you ever think about me at all. I'll think about you instead."

-Alex North, The Shadows

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16. The Chalk Pit (Ruth Galloway #9)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.14

Format: 373 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner of the CWA Dagger in the Library Award  Praise for Elly Griffiths’ Ruth Galloway series   “G… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
"Libraries are the cathedrals of the modern age. All that knowledge, available for anyone to use. It’s quite a subversive thought."

-Elly Griffiths, The Chalk Pit (Ruth Galloway #9)

"Does the world really need another long essay on environmental archaeology and freshwater mollusks? Well, it's going to get one, whether it likes it or not."

-Elly Griffiths, The Chalk Pit (Ruth Galloway #9)

"His mind isn't reacting properly, plodding along the byways and cul-de-sacs because it can't face the traffic on the main highway. But when it comes to it, his life has once more become a straight ro…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Chalk Pit (Ruth Galloway #9)

"It's a long shot but we can't leave any stone unturned. Cloughie, you get onto the number plate.' It's an odd phrase, thinks Nelson, as he runs the CCTV footage one more time. He thinks of the tunnel…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Chalk Pit (Ruth Galloway #9)

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17. The Dark Angel (Ruth Galloway, #10)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.05

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

In this highly atmospheric mystery, Ruth Galloway—“a captivating amateur sleuth” (Louise Penny)—and… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
"Look which way the bones lie. The position tells you everything. In Christian burials, bodies are usually buried facing east, supposedly towards heaven. Sometimes priests and religious leaders are bu…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Dark Angel (Ruth Galloway, #10)

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18. The Lantern Men (Ruth Galloway, #12)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.20

Format: 373 pages, Kindle Edition

Forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway changed her life—until a convicted killer tells her that four … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
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19. The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

By: Elly Griffiths

3.97

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

Known as England’s Nazareth, the medieval town of Little Walsingham is famous for religious apparit… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
"He might be living on mice, but Chesterton does not look like an animal who is governed by his appetites. He's an ascetic, if Cathbad ever saw one."

-Elly Griffiths, The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

"Nelson is glad to see a handler and her dog coming towards him. The recognises the woman as Jan Adams, famous in Norfolk for having won several medals for bravery. Her dog, a beautiful long-haired Ge…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

"Nelson's first thought is that Father Hennessey looks as bad as he does. The priest is still an intimidating presence, with his rugby player's shoulders and boxer's nose, but his eyes are shadowed an…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

"As Ruth only knows one priest (one male priest that is) she's not that surprised to find Father Hennessey waiting for her at one of the long tables, a cappucino in front of him. 'Hallo Ruth, sorry to…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

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20. The Clinic

By: Cate Quinn

3.52

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

From the critically acclaimed author of Black Widows comes a thriller set in a remote rehab clinic … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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21. Hidden on the Fens (DI Nikki Galena, #11)

By: Joy Ellis

4.49

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

Detective Joseph Easter’s daughter discovers a cottage hidden in some trees on a large fenland farm… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
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22. Secrets on the Fens (DI Nikki Galena, #12)

By: Joy Ellis

4.41

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

One moonlit night, the bodies of two young people are discovered lying entwined on a blanket in the… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
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23. Murder Most Vile Volume 36: 18 Shocking True Crime Cases of Murder and Mayhem

By: Robert Keller

4.36

Format: 136 pages, Kindle Edition

Bizarre! Shocking! Horrific! Depraved!18 Shocking True Crime Murder Cases From Around The World, in… read more

Similar categories in Robert Keller's Murder Most Vile Volume 36: 18 Shocking True Crime Cases of Murder and Mayhem book and Jonathan Oates's Unsolved London Murders: The 1920s and 1930s

  • true crime
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24. Unsolved London Murders: The 1920s and 1930s

By: Jonathan Oates

3.60

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

Unsolved crimes have a special fascination, none more so than unsolved murders. The shock of the cr… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Oates's Unsolved London Murders: The 1920s and 1930s book and Jonathan Oates's Unsolved London Murders: The 1920s and 1930s

  • history
  • true crime
  • british literature
  • research
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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25. Remarkable Journeys of the Second World War: A Collection of Untold Stories

By: Victoria Panton Bacon

3.92

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

Inspired by conversations with many veterans following the publication of her grandfather's wartime… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

19 must-read crime books like Unsolved London Murders: The 1920s and 1930s by Jonathan Oates

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Dreamer

Peter James

3.34

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Graves on the Fens (DI Nikki Galena #14)

Joy Ellis

4.58

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The Heron's Cry (Two Rivers, #2)

Ann Cleeves

4.05

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The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway, #15)

Elly Griffiths

4.41

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The Crow Trap (Vera Stanhope, #1)

Ann Cleeves

3.86

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Harbour Street (Vera Stanhope, #6)

Ann Cleeves

4.15

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A Share in Death (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #1)

Deborah Crombie

0.00

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The Funeral Boat (Wesley Peterson, #4)

Kate Ellis

3.00

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