13 Best mystery books like Wrong Time, Wrong Place by Simon Kernick

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Wrong Time, Wrong Place

By: Simon Kernick

4.12

Format: 428 pages, Paperback

Have you ever been in the wrong place at the wrong time? You are hiking in the Scottish highlands w…

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1. The Double Clue: And Other Hercule Poirot Stories

By: Agatha Christie , Sophie Hannah , None

3.71

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

A perfect introduction to Agatha Christie - four of the best Hercule Poirot stories, chosen for the… read more

Similar categories in Agatha Christie's The Double Clue: And Other Hercule Poirot Stories book and Simon Kernick's Wrong Time, Wrong Place

  • mystery thriller
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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2. Hello Mum

By: Bernardine Evaristo

3.69

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

It's a hot summer afternoon. Tension is in the air. A gang of youths on bikes gathers outside a chi… read more

Similar categories in Bernardine Evaristo's Hello Mum book and Simon Kernick's Wrong Time, Wrong Place

  • short stories
  • crime
  • fiction
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3. Blackout

By: Emily Barr

3.76

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

A tense and chilling Quick Read from the queen of psychological suspense. You wake up in a stran… read more

Similar categories in Emily Barr's Blackout book and Simon Kernick's Wrong Time, Wrong Place

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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4. Sawbones

By: Stuart MacBride

3.66

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

A serial killer is on the loose, kidnapping girls off the street and torturing them to death. But t… read more

Similar categories in Stuart MacBride's Sawbones book and Simon Kernick's Wrong Time, Wrong Place

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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5. Wrong Time, Wrong Place

By: Simon Kernick

4.12

Format: 428 pages, Paperback

Have you ever been in the wrong place at the wrong time? You are hiking in the Scottish highlands w… read more

Similar categories in Simon Kernick's Wrong Time, Wrong Place book and Simon Kernick's Wrong Time, Wrong Place

  • mystery thriller
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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6. The Escape

By: Lynda La Plante

3.61

Format: 523 pages,

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Similar categories in Lynda La Plante's The Escape book and Simon Kernick's Wrong Time, Wrong Place

  • crime
  • short stories

7. One False Move (Quick Reads 2017)

By: Dreda Say Mitchell

4.62

Format: 290 pages,

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8. Pictures Or It Didn't Happen (Spilling CID, #8.5)

By: Sophie Hannah

4.11

Format: 14 pages,

Would you trust a complete stranger? After Chloe and her daughter Freya are rescued from disaster b… read more

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9. Dead Man Talking

By: Roddy Doyle

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

Pat had been best friends with Joe Murphy since they were kids. But years ago they had a fight. A b… read more

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10. The Kiss

By: Santa Montefiore

3.69

Format: 125 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes your biggest mistake can also be a blessing . . .Madison has always known she had a diffe… read more

Similar categories in Santa Montefiore's The Kiss book and Simon Kernick's Wrong Time, Wrong Place

  • short stories
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11. Blind Spot

By: Paula Hawkins

3.27

Format: 125 pages, Kindle Edition

'How can you say things like this? How can you be so blind?' Since they were kids, Edie, Jake an… read more

Similar categories in Paula Hawkins's Blind Spot book and Simon Kernick's Wrong Time, Wrong Place

  • mystery thriller
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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12. The Swimmer

By: Graham Norton

3.86

Format: 82 pages, Kindle Edition

Quick Reads 2022 Helen is a retired teacher living on the Irish coast. She enjoys the peace and qu… read more

Similar categories in Graham Norton's The Swimmer book and Simon Kernick's Wrong Time, Wrong Place

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • crime
  • fiction
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13. The Black Mountain

By: Kate Mosse

3.66

Format: 136 pages, Kindle Edition

The Black Mountain is a Quick Read short story from bestselling author Kate Mosse. It is May, 17… read more

Similar categories in Kate Mosse's The Black Mountain book and Simon Kernick's Wrong Time, Wrong Place

  • short stories
  • fiction
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14. Those People Next Door

By: Kia Abdullah

3.61

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A Quick Reads story from award winning author Kia Abdullah ‘Abdullah’s legal thrillers make John… read more

Similar categories in Kia Abdullah's Those People Next Door book and Simon Kernick's Wrong Time, Wrong Place

  • thriller
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15. The Skylight

By: Louise Candlish

3.75

Format: None pages, Audiobook

They can’t see her, but she can see them… Simone has a secret. She likes to stand at her bathroom w… read more

Similar categories in Louise Candlish's The Skylight book and Simon Kernick's Wrong Time, Wrong Place

  • mystery thriller
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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16. Wish You Were Dead (Roy Grace, #17.5)

By: Peter James

3.71

Format: 97 pages, Kindle Edition

Wish You Were Dead is a Quick Read short story from bestselling author Peter James.Roy Grace and hi… read more

Similar categories in Peter James's Wish You Were Dead (Roy Grace, #17.5) book and Simon Kernick's Wrong Time, Wrong Place

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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17. The Cutting Season

By: M.W. Craven

4.11

Format: 105 pages, Kindle Edition

Poe's just hanging around on a Saturday afternoon... Dangling from a hook in a meat packing plan… read more

Similar categories in M.W. Craven's The Cutting Season book and Simon Kernick's Wrong Time, Wrong Place

  • mystery thriller
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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18. A Fresh Start (Quick Reads) (Quick Reads 2020)

By: Fanny Blake

3.62

Format: 128 pages, Kindle Edition

From wronged wives to nosy neighbours, from distant dads to new-found family, from secrets to lies,… read more

Similar categories in Fanny Blake's A Fresh Start (Quick Reads) (Quick Reads 2020) book and Simon Kernick's Wrong Time, Wrong Place

  • short stories
  • fiction
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19. Six Foot Six

By: Kit de Waal

3.69

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

A funny and heart-warming novella by the internationally bestselling author of My Name is Leon read more

Similar categories in Kit de Waal's Six Foot Six book and Simon Kernick's Wrong Time, Wrong Place

  • short stories
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20. The Donor

By: Clare Mackintosh

3.86

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

She gave you everything. But what does she want in return?When Lizzie's daughter Meg is given a lif… read more

Similar categories in Clare Mackintosh's The Donor book and Simon Kernick's Wrong Time, Wrong Place

  • mystery thriller
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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21. Witness

By: Alex Wheatle

3.23

Format: 86 pages, Paperback

To tell the truth? Or protect his family? Cornell is having a bad time. Kicked out of secondary sc… read more

Similar categories in Alex Wheatle's Witness book and Simon Kernick's Wrong Time, Wrong Place

  • crime
  • short stories
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22. The Four

By: Ellie Keel

3.40

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

"I don’t regret what we did. And I would do it all again." Each of the four had, for their own r… read more

Similar categories in Ellie Keel's The Four book and Simon Kernick's Wrong Time, Wrong Place

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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23. The Jealousy Man

By: Jo Nesbø

3.65

Format: 504 pages, Kindle Edition

JO NESBØ SIGUE SIENDO EL REY DE LA NOVELA NEGRA INTERNACIONAL Y CON EL HOMBRE CELOSO VOLVERÁ A SORP… read more

Similar categories in Jo Nesbø's The Jealousy Man book and Simon Kernick's Wrong Time, Wrong Place

  • mystery thriller
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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24. Darkness Rising (Harry Virdee, #0.5)

By: A.A. Dhand

3.68

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Detective Inspector Harry Virdee has a lot on his plate. His team is facing government cuts, tensio… read more

Similar categories in A.A. Dhand's Darkness Rising (Harry Virdee, #0.5) book and Simon Kernick's Wrong Time, Wrong Place

  • short stories
  • crime
  • fiction
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25. The Replacement Centre

By: Fflur Dafydd

3.38

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Set in a slightly alternative reality, when a husband or wife in the community dies the grieving pa… read more

Similar categories in Fflur Dafydd's The Replacement Centre book and Simon Kernick's Wrong Time, Wrong Place

  • fiction
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26. Saving the Day

By: Katie Fforde

3.63

Format: 92 pages, Paperback

She has only one chance to turn her life around... Allie is bored with her job and starting to w… read more

Similar categories in Katie Fforde's Saving the Day book and Simon Kernick's Wrong Time, Wrong Place

  • short stories
  • fiction
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27. The Little Dreams of Lara Cliffe: Quick Reads 2020

By: Milly Johnson

3.94

Format: 87 pages, Kindle Edition

*** From the  bestselling author of The Magnificent Mrs Mayhew *** It only takes one small step to … read more

Similar categories in Milly Johnson's The Little Dreams of Lara Cliffe: Quick Reads 2020 book and Simon Kernick's Wrong Time, Wrong Place

  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Cut Off (Quick Reads) by Mark Billingham

28. Cut Off (Quick Reads)

By: Mark Billingham

3.50

Format: 71 pages, Kindle Edition

Step into a thrilling Quick Read from number one bestselling crime fiction author Mark Billingham.I… read more

Similar categories in Mark Billingham's Cut Off (Quick Reads) book and Simon Kernick's Wrong Time, Wrong Place

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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29. Quick Reads This Is Going To Hurt: An Easy To Read Version Of The Bestselling Book

By: Francesca Main

4.36

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

This is not a new book but a specially adapted version of Adam Kay's bestseller This is Going to Hu… read more

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30. Clean Break

By: Tammy Cohen

3.89

Format: 95 pages, Kindle Edition

Marriage is complicated, especially for Kate. Her husband Jack has a temper on him, and has been an… read more

Similar categories in Tammy Cohen's Clean Break book and Simon Kernick's Wrong Time, Wrong Place

  • thriller
  • crime
  • short stories
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31. Without Warning and Only Sometimes: Quick Reads 2024

By: Kit de Waal

3.33

Format: 98 pages, Kindle Edition

Kit de Waal and her brother and sisters had a hard childhood in the West Midlands. Her Irish mother… read more

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20 Top fiction books like Wrong Time, Wrong Place by Simon Kernick

Transform Your Habits

The Double Clue: And Other Hercule Poirot Stories

Agatha Christie , Sophie Hannah , None

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Hello Mum

Bernardine Evaristo

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Blackout

Emily Barr

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Sawbones

Stuart MacBride

3.66

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21 Top fiction books like Saving the Day by Katie Fforde

Transform Your Habits

The Double Clue: And Other Hercule Poirot Stories

Agatha Christie , Sophie Hannah , None

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Hello Mum

Bernardine Evaristo

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Too Good To Be True (Shetland Island, #6.2)

Ann Cleeves

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Wrong Time, Wrong Place

Simon Kernick

4.12

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