8 best-selling mystery thriller books like The Impossible Dead by Ian Rankin

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The Impossible Dead

By: Ian Rankin

4.83

Format: 28 pages, Hardcover

The Complaints: that's the name given to the Internal Affairs department who seek out dirty and com…

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1. Aftermath (Hennessey & Yellich, #21)

By: Peter Turnbull

3.66

Format: 185 pages, Hardcover

The latest Hennessey and Yellich mystery When five corpses in various states of decomposition are … read more

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  • mystery
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2. 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
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3. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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4. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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5. The Impossible Dead

By: Ian Rankin

4.83

Format: 28 pages, Hardcover

The Complaints: that's the name given to the Internal Affairs department who seek out dirty and com… read more

Similar categories in Ian Rankin's The Impossible Dead book and Ian Rankin's The Impossible Dead

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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6. Real Murder (Lovers in Crime, #2)

By: Lauren Carr

3.86

Format: None pages,

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  • mystery
  • fiction

7. Graveyard (Mutant Files #3)

By: William C. Dietz

3.72

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

The national bestselling author of Redzone and the Legion of the Damned novels continues his "gripp… read more

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8. Before the Witches (Dark Mission 0.5)

By: Karina Cooper

4.61

Format: 313 pages,

In America, they didn't care about witches. But all that was about to change. Katya Zhuvova fled a … read more

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9. River of Darkness (John Madden, #1)

By: Rennie Airth

4.01

Format: None pages, Paperback

In a quiet and picturesque English countryside where people are still recuperating from the ravages… read more

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10. Past Reason Hated (Inspector Banks, #5)

By: Peter Robinson

3.61

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

From New York Timesbestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Peter Robinson comes this gripping th… read more

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11. The Papers of Tony Veitch (Jack Laidlaw, #2)

By: William McIlvanney

3.61

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

The dying words of an alcoholic tramp set Jack Laidlaw onto the trail of a certain Tony Veitch, a y… read more

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12. Laidlaw (Jack Laidlaw, #1)

By: William McIlvanney

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

The unorthodox, complex, sardonically humorous, intriguing policeman Jack Laidlaw makes his debut i… read more

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13. All the Colours of Darkness (Inspector Banks, #18)

By: Peter Robinson

3.75

Format: 320 pages,

A beautiful June day in the Yorkshire Dales, and a group of children are spending the last of their… read more

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14. An Advancement of Learning (Dalziel & Pascoe, #2)

By: Reginald Hill

3.88

Format: 192 pages,

Lecturers having it away with students, midnight romps among the sand dunes, these fit in pretty we… read more

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15. 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

16. 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 Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3) by Ann Cleeves

17. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Platinum Magic (Magic Law Book 1) by Bruce Davis

18. Platinum Magic (Magic Law Book 1)

By: Bruce Davis

3.94

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

Elves, orcs, dwarves and other fantasy races are depicted in a modern society whose physics are bas… read more

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19. 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

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"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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20. 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

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  • 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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21. Redline

By: Neal Holman

3.68

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

MARS. The near future-ish. For now, mostly a military base, a place where people like Superintenden… read more

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  • crime
  • fiction

10 best-selling fiction books like The Impossible Dead by Ian Rankin

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Blood Hunt

Ian Rankin , Jack Harvey

4.03

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Bleeding Hearts

Ian Rankin , Jack Harvey

3.71

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Witch Hunt

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4.00

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Ian Rankin

4.83

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Julia Spencer-Fleming

3.85

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Kwei Quartey

3.78

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Linda Castillo

4.18

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J.D. Robb

4.27

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