18 must-read thriller books like White Nights (Shetland Island, #2) by Ann Cleeves

White Nights (Shetland Island, #2)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.76

Format: 6 pages,

The electrifying follow up to the award-winningRaven Black Raven Blackreceived crime fiction's high…

If you liked the thriller plot in White Nights (Shetland Island, #2) by Ann Cleeves , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. The House at Sea's End (Ruth Galloway, #3)

By: Elly Griffiths

3.76

Format: None pages,

Forensic archeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway is back, this time investigating a gruesome World War II wa… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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2. A Room Full of Bones (Ruth Galloway, #4)

By: Elly Griffiths

3.92

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

When Ruth Galloway arrives to supervise the opening of a coffin containing the bones of a medieval … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

3. White Nights (Shetland Island, #2)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.76

Format: 6 pages,

The electrifying follow up to the award-winningRaven Black Raven Blackreceived crime fiction's high… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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4. The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway, #1)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.01

Format: 30 pages,

When she's not digging up bones or other ancient objects, quirky, tart-tongued archaeologist Ruth G… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

5. The Outcast Dead (Ruth Galloway, #6)

By: Elly Griffiths

3.60

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

"Elly Griffiths draws us all the way back to prehistoric times . . . Highly atmospheric." -- New Yo… read more

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6. The Ghost Fields (Ruth Galloway, #7)

By: Elly Griffiths

3.00

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

The chilling discovery of a downed World War II plane with a body inside leads Ruth and DCI Nelson … read more

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7. A Dying Fall (Ruth Galloway, #5)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway investigates a heart-stopping an old university friend and fel… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's A Dying Fall (Ruth Galloway, #5) book and Ann Cleeves's White Nights (Shetland Island, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"You need a break, a complete rest, recharge your batteries.' Recharge your batteries. What the hell does that mean? Nelson prides himself on not needing batteries. He's an old-fashioned, wind-up mode…"

-Elly Griffiths, A Dying Fall (Ruth Galloway, #5)

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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

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway, #15) book and Ann Cleeves's White Nights (Shetland Island, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) by Tana French

9. The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

By: Tana French

4.12

Format: 467 pages, Hardcover

It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"She'll bake bread and make jam, because she likes those made her way, but she says she cooked a good meal from scratch every night of her marriage, and now if she wants to live mainly off toasted san…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

"Trey has a bone-deep mistrust of marriage or anything resembling it. She knows that Lena sometimes stays the night at Cal's place, but Lena also has a place of her own, which she can go back to whene…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

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10. The Last Word

By: Elly Griffiths

3.92

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in The Postscript Murders, are running a detective agency in Shoreha… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Last Word book and Ann Cleeves's White Nights (Shetland Island, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. 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

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3) book and Ann Cleeves's White Nights (Shetland Island, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"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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12. The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

By: Richard Osman

4.49

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been … read more

Similar categories in Richard Osman's The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4) book and Ann Cleeves's White Nights (Shetland Island, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"His authentic indifference seems to delight them."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I think Psychopaths wear lipstick too,' says Joyce."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I love you,' he says. Because what else is there to say?"

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"Sure,' says Ron. 'She wants to kill me. Bake her some scones."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

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13. The Janus Stone (Ruth Galloway, #2)

By: Elly Griffiths

3.93

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

ASIN moved from less recent edition It’s been only a few months since archaeologist Ruth Gallowa… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Janus Stone (Ruth Galloway, #2) book and Ann Cleeves's White Nights (Shetland Island, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"You know how thick I am. I don't even eat yoghurt because it's got culture in it."

-Elly Griffiths, The Janus Stone (Ruth Galloway, #2)

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14. A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18)

By: Louise Penny

4.46

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns in the eighteenth book in #1 New York Times bestseller Louis… read more

Similar categories in Louise Penny's A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18) book and Ann Cleeves's White Nights (Shetland Island, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"They didn’t need proof. All a woman had to be was alive. Just being a woman was, in the church’s eyes, evil."

-Louise Penny, A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18)

"He look at the canvas and saw bold swirls of reds and greens and yellows and bright blues all intermingled. They formed no image, and he got no feeling. He closed his eyes and paused. When he open th…"

-Louise Penny, A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18)

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15. 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

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Stone Circle (Ruth Galloway, #11) book and Ann Cleeves's White Nights (Shetland Island, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. 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

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13) book and Ann Cleeves's White Nights (Shetland Island, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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17. 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 thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"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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18. 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 thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"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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19. 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 thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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20. 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 thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"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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21. Ann Cleeves Reading Order and Checklist: The guide to the Vera Stanhope series, Shetland novels, Two Rivers series, Inspector Ramsay books, Palmer Jones series, and standalone novels

By: Crime Curator

3.95

Format: 44 pages, Kindle Edition

UPDATED FOR 2023This book offers you a handy reading guide to the great crime novels of Ann Cleeves… read more

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3.76

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3.92

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Ann Cleeves

3.76

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Deborah Crombie

4.25

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William Kent Krueger

4.29

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Abraham Verghese

4.45

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Michael Connelly

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