14 must-read fiction books like Naming the Bones by Louise Welsh, Welsh

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Naming the Bones

By: Louise Welsh , Welsh

3.32

Format: None pages, Paperback

Professor Murray Watson is rather a sad sack. His family, his career, his affair...not even drinkin…

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Cover of Hide and Seek (Inspector Rebus, #2) by Ian Rankin

1. Hide and Seek (Inspector Rebus, #2)

By: Ian Rankin

3.83

Format: 210 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A junkie lies dead in an Edinburgh squat. Just another dead addict, until John Rebus begins to chip… read more

Similar categories in Ian Rankin's Hide and Seek (Inspector Rebus, #2) book and Louise Welsh's Naming the Bones

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Let It Bleed (Inspector Rebus, #7) by Ian Rankin

2. Let It Bleed (Inspector Rebus, #7)

By: Ian Rankin

4.26

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

In the dark days and biting windstorms of an Edinburgh winter, two drop-out kids dive off the tower… read more

Similar categories in Ian Rankin's Let It Bleed (Inspector Rebus, #7) book and Louise Welsh's Naming the Bones

  • mystery thriller
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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3. The Garden Party and Other Stories

By: Katherine Mansfield , Lorna Sage

3.97

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

Written during the final stages of her illness, "The Garden Party and Other Stories" is full of a s… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Mansfield's The Garden Party and Other Stories book and Louise Welsh's Naming the Bones

  • fiction
Cover of Mortal Causes (Inspector Rebus, #6) by Ian Rankin

4. Mortal Causes (Inspector Rebus, #6)

By: Ian Rankin

3.77

Format: 67 pages, Paperback

Underneath the cobbled streets of Edinburgh's old Town are medieval stone cellars where a man could… read more

Similar categories in Ian Rankin's Mortal Causes (Inspector Rebus, #6) book and Louise Welsh's Naming the Bones

  • mystery thriller
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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5. The Bullet Trick

By: Louise Welsh

4.18

Format: 407 pages, Paperback

When conjurer William Wilson gets booked for a string of cabaret gigs in Berlin, he's hoping his lu… read more

Similar categories in Louise Welsh's The Bullet Trick book and Louise Welsh's Naming the Bones

  • british literature
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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6. The Hanging Garden (Inspector Rebus, #9)

By: Ian Rankin

4.42

Format: 718 pages, Paperback

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  • mystery thriller
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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7. Naming the Bones

By: Louise Welsh , Welsh

3.32

Format: None pages, Paperback

Professor Murray Watson is rather a sad sack. His family, his career, his affair...not even drinkin… read more

Similar categories in Louise Welsh's Naming the Bones book and Louise Welsh's Naming the Bones

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime

8. The Girl on the Stairs

By: Louise Welsh

3.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Jane Logan is a stranger to Berlin and she finds the city alive and echoing with the ghosts of its … read more

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9. The Black Book (Inspector Rebus, #5)

By: Ian Rankin

3.97

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Five years ago, a mysterious fire burned Edinburgh's seed Central Hotel to ashes. Long-forgotten an… read more

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10. A Lovely Way to Burn (Plague Times, #1)

By: Louise Welsh

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

It doesn't look like murder in a city full of death. A pandemic called 'The Sweats' is sweeping the… read more

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11. Tooth and Nail (Inspector Rebus, #3)

By: Ian Rankin

4.00

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

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12. The Cutting Room

By: Louise Welsh

4.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Rilke, a dissolute and promiscuous auctioneer, comes across a collection of highly disturbing … read more

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13. Strip Jack (Inspector Rebus, #4)

By: Ian Rankin

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

When respected MP Gregor Jack is caught in a police raid on an Edinburgh brothel and his flamboyant… read more

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14. Eleven Liars (Ben Harper, #2)

By: Robert Gold

4.05

Format: 430 pages, Hardcover

Journalist Ben Harper is on his way home when he sees the flames in the churchyard. The derelict co… read more

Similar categories in Robert Gold's Eleven Liars (Ben Harper, #2) book and Louise Welsh's Naming the Bones

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3) by Ann Cleeves

15. The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.01

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

Ann Cleeves― New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, b… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3) book and Louise Welsh's Naming the Bones

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
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16. A Winter Grave

By: Peter May

4.07

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

It is the year 2051. Warnings of climate catastrophe have been ignored, and vast areas of the plane… read more

Similar categories in Peter May's A Winter Grave book and Louise Welsh's Naming the Bones

  • mystery
  • crime
  • scotland
  • fiction
Cover of Judas 62 (BOX 88, #2) by Charles Cumming

17. Judas 62 (BOX 88, #2)

By: Charles Cumming

4.23

Format: 502 pages, Hardcover

The second book in Charles Cumming’s gripping new thriller series surrounding BOX 88 – a covert int… read more

Similar categories in Charles Cumming's Judas 62 (BOX 88, #2) book and Louise Welsh's Naming the Bones

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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18. The Second Cut

By: Louise Welsh

3.96

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

Auctioneer Rilke has been trying to stay out of trouble, keeping his life more or less respectable.… read more

Similar categories in Louise Welsh's The Second Cut book and Louise Welsh's Naming the Bones

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of In the Blink of An Eye (Kat and Lock, #1) by Jo  Callaghan

19. In the Blink of An Eye (Kat and Lock, #1)

By: Jo Callaghan

4.22

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In the UK, someone is reported missing every 90 seconds. Just gone. Vanished. In the blink of an ey… read more

Similar categories in Jo Callaghan's In the Blink of An Eye (Kat and Lock, #1) book and Louise Welsh's Naming the Bones

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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20. The Book of Beginnings

By: Sally Page

4.24

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From the author of the phenomenal bestseller The Keeper of Stories, comes the next uplifting story … read more

Similar categories in Sally Page's The Book of Beginnings book and Louise Welsh's Naming the Bones

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Princes in the Tower: Solving History's Greatest Cold Case by Philippa Langley

21. The Princes in the Tower: Solving History's Greatest Cold Case

By: Philippa Langley

3.67

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

In 1483, Edward V (age twelve) and his brother Richard, Duke of York (age nine), disappeared from t… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature

14 must-read fiction books like Naming the Bones by Louise Welsh, Welsh

Transform Your Habits

Hide and Seek (Inspector Rebus, #2)

Ian Rankin

3.83

Transform Your Habits

Let It Bleed (Inspector Rebus, #7)

Ian Rankin

4.26

Transform Your Habits

The Garden Party and Other Stories

Katherine Mansfield , Lorna Sage

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Mortal Causes (Inspector Rebus, #6)

Ian Rankin

3.77

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19 best-selling fiction books like Eleven Liars (Ben Harper, #2) by Robert Gold

Transform Your Habits

Eye For An Eye

M.J. Arlidge

4.09

Transform Your Habits

The Mother

T.M. Logan

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The Dream Home

T.M. Logan

3.97

Transform Your Habits

For the Last Time

Heidi Perks

3.92

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