14 must-read mystery books like The Complaints by Ian Rankin

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The Complaints

By: Ian Rankin

3.50

Format: 93 pages, Hardcover

Nobody likes The Complaints--they're the cops who investigate other cops. It's a department known w…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Complaints by Ian Rankin , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of Blood Hunt by Ian Rankin, Jack Harvey

1. Blood Hunt

By: Ian Rankin , Jack Harvey

4.03

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

As a former soldier, Gordon Reeve knows something about killing. So despite the fact that the death… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Bleeding Hearts by Ian Rankin, Jack Harvey

2. Bleeding Hearts

By: Ian Rankin , Jack Harvey

3.71

Format: 656 pages, Hardcover

Michael Weston is paid well to do his work and ask no questions. When you're a professional assassi… read more

Similar categories in Ian Rankin's Bleeding Hearts book and Ian Rankin's The Complaints

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Witch Hunt by Ian Rankin, Jack Harvey

3. Witch Hunt

By: Ian Rankin , Jack Harvey

4.00

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

Witch - infamous, clever, invisible, assassin. Interpol have tried and failed to find her. Now the … read more

Similar categories in Ian Rankin's Witch Hunt book and Ian Rankin's The Complaints

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Skeleton Road (Inspector Karen Pirie, #3) by Val McDermid

4. The Skeleton Road (Inspector Karen Pirie, #3)

By: Val McDermid

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling new novel from one of the world's most celebrated crime writers proves that the past ca… read more

Similar categories in Val McDermid's The Skeleton Road (Inspector Karen Pirie, #3) book and Ian Rankin's The Complaints

  • mystery thriller
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Shadow Unit 6 by Elizabeth Bear, Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, Leah Bobet, Kyle Cassidy

5. Shadow Unit 6

By: Elizabeth Bear , Emma Bull , Will Shetterly , Leah Bobet , Kyle Cassidy

4.06

Format: 344 pages,

The FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit hunts humanity's worst nightmares. But there are nightmares huma… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Bear's Shadow Unit 6 book and Ian Rankin's The Complaints

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Complaints by Ian Rankin

6. The Complaints

By: Ian Rankin

3.50

Format: 93 pages, Hardcover

Nobody likes The Complaints--they're the cops who investigate other cops. It's a department known w… read more

Similar categories in Ian Rankin's The Complaints book and Ian Rankin's The Complaints

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Hardcastle's Obsession (Hardcastle Mysteries #9) by Graham Ison

7. Hardcastle's Obsession (Hardcastle Mysteries #9)

By: Graham Ison

3.51

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The new mystery featuring Detective Inspector Hardcastle in this popular First World War series - S… read more

Similar categories in Graham Ison's Hardcastle's Obsession (Hardcastle Mysteries #9) book and Ian Rankin's The Complaints

  • mystery

8. Graveyard Shift

By: Michael F. Haspil

3.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Police procedurals go supernatural in this gritty urban fantasy debut Alex Menkaure, former pharao… read more

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9. The Abomination (The Carnivia Trilogy, #1)

By: Jonathan Holt

3.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When the clock strikes midnight on the feast day of La Befana, Venice is aglow as a cascade of glit… read more

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10. The Three Witches and The Master

By: Max Nowaz

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

When a beautiful naked woman Eve, unexpectedly turns up at his back door, Adam, an amateur wizard, … read more

Similar categories in Max Nowaz's The Three Witches and The Master book and Ian Rankin's The Complaints

  • fiction
"Where’s my uncle?"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"You can’t escape me, I’m coming for you soon,"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"I haven’t got a clue why his bones disintegrated, but look at the bright side,"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"He desperately tried to think of a story to explain his involvement in her sudden appearance, without mentioning the book of magic in his possession. "

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

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11. Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

By: Yvonne Korshak

4.29

Format: 557 pages, Kindle Edition

STEP ASIDE, ANTONY AND PERICLES AND ASPASIA —THE LOVE STORY THAT SHAPED HISTORY Two lovers cres… read more

Similar categories in Yvonne Korshak's Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece book and Ian Rankin's The Complaints

  • fiction
"Temples are for the gods,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"But  Phidias was better than most men since he made beautiful sculptures. He was even making one of her—well, he called it “Athena,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

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

Similar categories in Gabriel F.W. Koch's Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2) book and Ian Rankin's The Complaints

  • 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 Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery) by Susan  Rowland

14. The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

By: Susan Rowland

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Former Archivist Mary Wandwalker hates bringing bad news. Nevertheless, she confirms to her alma ma… read more

Similar categories in Susan Rowland's The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery) book and Ian Rankin's The Complaints

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"The fire on the mountain."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"The Alchemy Scroll works on the heart,"

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"You can’t set fires, Anna. Never again. Promise."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"She stabbed the earth with her big fork as if she could make Cookie Mac’s blood sprout from it."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

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15. O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

By: A.G. Russo

4.34

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

*Author "I have never used AI in my writing." A.G. RussoThe homefront, summer 1942, Brooklyn, New … read more

Similar categories in A.G. Russo's O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted book and Ian Rankin's The Complaints

  • mystery
"A uniformed cop around 6’4"

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

"You can use all the hundred dollar words you want,"

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

"She’s a cop’s wife. She understands what her husband does for a living,"

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

"When those we care about are weakest, that’s when we must be strong for them."

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

Cover of Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series) by Behcet Kaya

16. Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

By: Behcet Kaya

4.37

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

A shocking murder has devastated the sacred walls of Kingsley University. A student discovers the b… read more

Similar categories in Behcet Kaya's Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series) book and Ian Rankin's The Complaints

"Swamp."

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

"How was he murdered?"

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

"Why was bail denied?"

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

"Kowkosvki? You handling this?"

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

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17. The Dark Remains

By: William McIlvanney

3.84

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

In this scorching crime prequel, New York Times best-selling author Ian Rankin and Scottish crime-w… read more

Similar categories in William McIlvanney's The Dark Remains book and Ian Rankin's The Complaints

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"The law's not about justice. It's a system we've put in place because we can't have justice."

-William McIlvanney, The Dark Remains

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18. The Best of Elizabeth Bear

By: Elizabeth Bear

4.04

Format: 574 pages, Hardcover

From the start of her career, Elizabeth Bear has been one of the most distinctive voices in modern … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Bear's The Best of Elizabeth Bear book and Ian Rankin's The Complaints

  • fiction
"If you get killed,"

-Elizabeth Bear, The Best of Elizabeth Bear

"Blood tastes like the ocean."

-Elizabeth Bear, The Best of Elizabeth Bear

"The University on Aphrodite,"

-Elizabeth Bear, The Best of Elizabeth Bear

"The only discord is your discord."

-Elizabeth Bear, The Best of Elizabeth Bear

Cover of Mr. Glamour by Richard Godwin

19. Mr. Glamour

By: Richard Godwin

3.93

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

Something dark is preying on the glitz of the glamour set. Chief Inspector Jackson Flare and his pa… read more

Similar categories in Richard Godwin's Mr. Glamour book and Ian Rankin's The Complaints

  • fiction
Cover of EVO by Diane  May

20. EVO

By: Diane May

4.03

Format: None pages, Kindle, Nook, Kobo, ebook

A covert CIA operation that involves genetic engineering. A serial killer nicknamed "The Hypnotist… read more

Similar categories in Diane May's EVO book and Ian Rankin's The Complaints

  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"In his opinion, men fell into four categories: the gorgeous scoundrels, who had half of the female population swooning at their feet; the handsome good guys, who also encountered no difficulties in f…"

-Diane May, EVO

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