13 Top thriller books like The Darkest Hours by Margaret Murphy

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The Darkest Hours

By: Margaret Murphy

3.93

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

In the darkest hours, he will come for you. Two women are missing already. Snatched by a prow…

If you liked the thriller plot in The Darkest Hours by Margaret Murphy , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Never Smile at Strangers (Strangers #1)

By: Jennifer Jaynes

3.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

When nineteen-year-old Tiffany Perron vanishes without a trace, the residents of rural Grand Trespa… read more

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2. Dig Two Graves (DS Hedley Sharpe Mysteries Book 1)

By: Helen H. Durrant

3.95

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

MEET DETECTIVE HEDLEY SHARPE IN THIS BRILLIANT NEW CRIME SERIES FULL OF STUNNING TWISTS. Chloe Tod… read more

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3. Twenty Years Buried (DI Jack MacIntosh #4)

By: Michelle Kidd

4.54

Format: 388 pages, Kindle Edition

Please note this is a revised version of the book that was previously published as Hangman’s End. … read more

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4. Sixteen Carved Pieces (DI Jack MacIntosh #3)

By: Michelle Kidd

4.52

Format: 390 pages, Kindle Edition

Billie-Rose's bloodstained body is found in the kitchen of her ground-floor flat. She's been strang… read more

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5. The Altar Girls (D.I. Lottie Parker, #13)

By: Patricia Gibney

4.46

Format: 478 pages, Kindle Edition

The little girl looked like an angel in her thin white robe, her long black hair spread around her … read more

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Cover of A Matter Of Evidence: A Black Beacons Murder Mystery (DCI Evan Warlow Crime Thriller #12) by Rhys Dylan

6. A Matter Of Evidence: A Black Beacons Murder Mystery (DCI Evan Warlow Crime Thriller #12)

By: Rhys Dylan

4.60

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

One wrong does not justify another In the desolate landscapes of SENTA, the Bannau Brycheiniog arm… read more

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7. Beware the Past (DCI Matt Ballard, #1)

By: Joy Ellis

4.35

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

One terrible case always haunted detective Matt Ballard. Now many years later, the killer seems to … read more

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8. The Son-in-Law

By: Jane E. James

3.94

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

I just met my new son-in-law . . . And he’s my ex-husband. They’re here. I watch them arrive fro… read more

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9. The Llangollen Killings (DI Ruth Hunter, #19)

By: Simon McCleave

4.57

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

DI Ruth Hunter and the Llancastell CID team investigate a murder in Llangollen read more

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10. Three Broken Bodies (DI Jack MacIntosh #5)

By: Michelle Kidd

4.41

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

Detective Jack is called out to a body on the South Bank. The victim’s hands and feet are bound, he… read more

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11. The Wrexham Killings (DI Ruth Hunter #16)

By: Simon McCleave

4.56

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

The Wrexham Killings When a young woman is discovered in Wrexham covered in someone else’s blood, i… read more

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12. I See You

By: Patricia MacDonald

4.18

Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition

How well do you know the people closest to you? Hannah, Adam and adorable young Sydney Wickes a… read more

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13. Blood Runs Deep (DI Carol Wren #5)

By: Emmy Ellis

4.39

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

Please note this book was previously published as Blood on the Shore. Meet Detective Carol Wren … read more

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14. The Chale Bay Murders (DI Andy Horton #15)

By: Pauline Rowson

4.37

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

Please note this was previously published as A Deadly Wake Meet DI Andy Horton. He’s a risk-taki… read more

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15. Suffer In Silence (Wild Fens #4)

By: Jack Cartwright

4.58

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

The deadliest secrets are hiding in plain sight... When Abigail McGowan is reported missing in a b… read more

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16. The Exchange (Hobby Lobby Mysteries)

By: Dustin Stevens

4.28

Format: 428 pages, Paperback

Battered physically and psychologically in the wake of a horrific car accident, Erika Wernick takes… read more

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17. The Image of You

By: Adele Parks

3.90

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

“Absolutely gripping, this is revenge lit at its best. Provocative and compelling. I was left breat… read more

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18. Dead Time (DCI Michael Lambert #4)

By: Matt Brolly

4.48

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

Someone is recreating murders from the past; from DCI Lambert’s pastA man is found electrocuted in … read more

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Cover of Where Did She Go? (DI Sally Parker Book 9) by M. A. Comley

19. Where Did She Go? (DI Sally Parker Book 9)

By: M. A. Comley

4.58

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

From NY Times bestselling author of the award-winning Justice series who has sold over 4 million co… read more

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20. A Question of Despair (DI Sarah Quinn Mystery #1)

By: Maureen Carter

4.11

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

They heard the mother before they saw her. Two streets away, through the open window of an unmarked… read more

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21. Next of Kin (DI Sarah Quinn Mystery #5)

By: Maureen Carter

4.22

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

Lisa Webb is beaten and left to drown in a pond days before her sixteenth birthday. It looks like s… read more

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22. Ashes of Betrayal: A Yorkshire Murder Mystery (DCI Harry Grimm Crime Thrillers Book 18)

By: David J. Gatward

4.63

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

The next thrilling instalment in the DCI Harry Grimm crime thrillers series. read more

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23. Detective Nikki Galena Books #1–5

By: Joy Ellis

4.65

Format: 1179 pages, Kindle Edition

These 5 novels are included in this box set: Book 1: CRIME ON THE FENS The town is being terror… read more

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24. The Last Throw: A Black Beacons Murder Mystery (DCI Evan Warlow Crime Thriller Book 13)

By: Rhys Dylan

4.66

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

This time, it's more than personal. Within the tranquil confines of a west Wales village, peace gi… read more

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25. A Killer of Influence (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers #20)

By: J.D. Kirk

4.76

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

What price would you pay for fame?Following a convention in the Scottish Highlands, eight social me… read more

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26. Dying Bad (DI Sarah Quinn Mystery #3)

By: Maureen Carter

4.21

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

A hardhitting Sarah Quinn police procedural. Detective Inspector Sarah Quinn and her team are not h… read more

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27. The Darkest Hours

By: Margaret Murphy

3.93

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

In the darkest hours, he will come for you. Two women are missing already. Snatched by a prow… read more

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28. Echoes on the Fens (DI Nikki Galena #15)

By: Joy Ellis

4.73

Format: 411 pages, Paperback

From multi-million-selling Joy Ellis, one of Britain’s best-loved crime writers, with over twenty n… read more

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29. Behind You

By: Mike Omer

4.13

Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition

In this gripping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Mike Omer, a woman who fled home w… read more

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Cover of Child's Play (DI Sarah Quinn #4) by Maureen Carter

30. Child's Play (DI Sarah Quinn #4)

By: Maureen Carter

4.09

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

When 16-year-old Caitlin Reynolds fails to return home from school, Detective Inspector Sarah Quinn… read more

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31. Mother Love (DI Sarah Quinn #2)

By: Maureen Carter

4.19

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

Olivia is resigned to dying. It's only a question of when, and she almost welcomes the instant of o… read more

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28 best-selling mystery books like The Wrexham Killings (DI Ruth Hunter #16) by Simon McCleave

Transform Your Habits

In Service of Death (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #17)

J.D. Kirk

4.67

Transform Your Habits

Dead Man's Hands (DCI Harry Grimm, #15)

David J. Gatward

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Death Rocks (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #21)

L.J. Ross

4.64

Transform Your Habits

No One Near (DCI Evan Warlow Crime Thriller #10)

Rhys Dylan

4.46

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