13 Best mystery books like Natural Causes (Inspector McLean, #1) by James Oswald

Cover of Natural Causes (Inspector McLean, #1) by James Oswald

Natural Causes (Inspector McLean, #1)

By: James Oswald

4.20

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Short-Listed for the prestigious Crime Writers Association (CWA) Debut Dagger prize, 'Natural Cause…

If you liked the mystery plot in Natural Causes (Inspector McLean, #1) by James Oswald , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Sprängaren (Annika Bengtzon, #4) by Liza Marklund

1. Sprängaren (Annika Bengtzon, #4)

By: Liza Marklund

3.33

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

Sodra Hammarbyhamnen. Klockan ar 03.17 pa morgonen, en vecka fore jul. En bomb odelagger Olympiasta… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Natural Causes (Inspector McLean, #1) by James Oswald

2. Natural Causes (Inspector McLean, #1)

By: James Oswald

4.20

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Short-Listed for the prestigious Crime Writers Association (CWA) Debut Dagger prize, 'Natural Cause… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Strange Affair (Inspector Banks, #15) by Peter Robinson

3. Strange Affair (Inspector Banks, #15)

By: Peter Robinson

3.65

Format: None pages, Paperback

A bullet to the brain abruptly halted a terrified young woman's desperate flight. In her pocket is … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

4. Cold Granite (Logan McRae, #1)

By: Stuart MacBride

3.97

Format: 68 pages, Paperback

DS Logan McRae and the police in Aberdeen hunt a child killer who stalks the frozen streets. Winter… read more

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5. Bad Boy (Inspector Banks, #19)

By: Peter Robinson

3.60

Format: 137 pages,

A distraught woman arrives at the Eastvale police station desperate to speak to Detective Chief Ins… read more

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6. The 7th Victim (Karen Vail, #1)

By: Alan Jacobson

2.35

Format: 62 pages, Paperback

The Dead Eyes Killer lurks in the backyard of the famed FBI Profiling Unit. His brutal murders conf… read more

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7. Broken Skin (Logan McRae, #3)

By: Stuart MacBride

4.15

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

A new Logan McRae thriller from the bestselling author of 'Cold Granite' and 'Dying Light', set in … read more

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8. Detective Inspector Huss (Inspector Huss #1)

By: Helene Tursten

3.94

Format: None pages, Paperback

Inspector Irene Huss, stationed in Goteborg, is called through the rain-drenched wintry streets to … read more

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9. The Whites

By: Richard Price , Harry Brandt

3.69

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The electrifying tale of a New York City police detective under siege-by an unsolved murder, by his… read more

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10. Whisky from Small Glasses (DCI Daley #1)

By: Denzil Meyrick , None

3.07

Format: None pages,

When the body of a young woman is washed up on an idyllic beach on the west coast of Scotland, D.C.… read more

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11. Dying Light (Logan McRae, #2)

By: Stuart MacBride

4.34

Format: None pages, Paperback

It's summertime in the Granite city: the sun is shining, the sky is blue, & people are dying. It st… read more

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Cover of Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2) by Gabriel F.W. Koch

12. Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2)

By: Gabriel F.W. Koch

4.30

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

Then comes the brutal announcement that his pregnant fiancée has committed suicide. Marlowe simply … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Death is the ultimate test of faith."

-Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2)

"You sound like you’re enjoying my suffering."

-Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2)

"Her growing possessiveness felt both good and bad."

-Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2)

"The verdict got both the fish and me off the hook."

-Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2)

Cover of Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1) by Behcet Kaya

13. Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1)

By: Behcet Kaya

4.25

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

While enjoying his usual Friday night after dinner beer at a local restaurant, Jacques (Jack) Ludef… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Jack? It’s Margeaux."

-Behcet Kaya, Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1)

"Ludicrous? Seems like wherever you go, trouble follows you."

-Behcet Kaya, Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1)

"What is it about being ill and wanting to go home? This time there was no Katy to boat sit, so I left Emma out on the deck where she had access to her Emma cage. I closed up as best I could and decid…"

-Behcet Kaya, Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1)

"Darling,’ she said. ‘Darling, darling, Jack…,’ she repeated. It had an echo chamber quality. I felt dizzy and the room began turning. I grabbed the edge of the table thinking I needed to hold on to s…"

-Behcet Kaya, Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1)

Cover of The Blood Road (Logan McRae #11) by Stuart MacBride

14. The Blood Road (Logan McRae #11)

By: Stuart MacBride

4.25

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Some things just won’t stay buried… Logan McRae’s personal history is hardly squeaky clean, but … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Night Watch (DS Max Craigie, #3) by Neil Lancaster

15. The Night Watch (DS Max Craigie, #3)

By: Neil Lancaster

4.33

Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition

He’ll watch you. A lawyer is found dead at sunrise on a lonely clifftop at Dunnet Head on the nort… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Devil You Know (DS Max Craigie, #5) by Neil Lancaster

16. The Devil You Know (DS Max Craigie, #5)

By: Neil Lancaster

4.54

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

A CASE GONE COLD Six years ago, Beata Dabrowski arranged to meet her lover in Glasgow and was neve… read more

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  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Blood Runs Cold (DS Max Craigie, #4) by Neil Lancaster

17. Blood Runs Cold (DS Max Craigie, #4)

By: Neil Lancaster

4.46

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

She was taken against her will. On her fifteenth birthday, trafficking victim Affi Smith goes fo… read more

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  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Hope Against Hope (Trevellyan & Hope, #1) by Susan B. Kelly

18. Hope Against Hope (Trevellyan & Hope, #1)

By: Susan B. Kelly

3.89

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

When someone murders Aidan Hope in his hotel room, suspicion falls on his cousin Alison, a successf… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Bury the Lead (Joe Gunther #29) by Archer Mayor

19. Bury the Lead (Joe Gunther #29)

By: Archer Mayor

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Joe Gunther and the VBI team are investigating a murder and an arson case--both potentially related… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Dead Man’s Grave (DS Max Craigie, #1) by Neil Lancaster

20. Dead Man’s Grave (DS Max Craigie, #1)

By: Neil Lancaster

4.28

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

This grave can never be opened. The head of Scotland’s most powerful crime family is brutally murd… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of No Sweet Sorrow (DCI Daley #11) by Denzil Meyrick

21. No Sweet Sorrow (DCI Daley #11)

By: Denzil Meyrick

4.39

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

A potent new drug has hit the streets of Kinloch, and DCI Daley and Scott are struggling to catch t… read more

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  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

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3.33

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4.20

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3.65

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Peter Grainger

4.18

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Randy Wayne White

3.87

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Ruth Rendell

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