13 Best crime books like A New Lease of Death (Inspector Wexford, #2) by Ruth Rendell

Cover of A New Lease of Death (Inspector Wexford, #2) by Ruth Rendell

A New Lease of Death (Inspector Wexford, #2)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.63

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

It's impossible to forget the violent bludgeoning to death of an elderly lady in her home. Even mor…

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Cover of Heat (87th Precinct, #35) by Ed McBain

1. Heat (87th Precinct, #35)

By: Ed McBain

3.91

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

While he investigates a questionable suicide, Detective Bert Kling begins to buckle under from the … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Orders from Berlin (Inspector Trave, #3) by Simon Tolkien

2. Orders from Berlin (Inspector Trave, #3)

By: Simon Tolkien

3.63

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A compelling thriller laced with Simon Tolkien's signature writing style.It’s September of 1940. Fr… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin (Maigret #10) by Georges Simenon, Siân Reynolds

3. The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin (Maigret #10)

By: Georges Simenon , Siân Reynolds

3.72

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

The city of Simenon's youth comes to life in this new translation of this disturbing novel set in L… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of In Her Sights by Robin Perini

4. In Her Sights

By: Robin Perini

5.00

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

Jasmine "Jazz" Parker, Jefferson County SWAT's only female sniper, can thread the eye of a needle w… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Death Is Now My Neighbor (Inspector Morse, #12) by Colin Dexter

5. Death Is Now My Neighbor (Inspector Morse, #12)

By: Colin Dexter

3.98

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

The peaceful quadrangle of Lonsdale College seems remote from the shocks of the outside world - suc… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories (Jeeves, #0.5) by P.G. Wodehouse

6. The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories (Jeeves, #0.5)

By: P.G. Wodehouse

4.16

Format: 347 pages,

This collection of short stories is a good example of early Wodehouse. It is here that Jeeves makes… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Cherry Bomb (Jack Daniels Mystery, #6) by J.A. Konrath

7. Cherry Bomb (Jack Daniels Mystery, #6)

By: J.A. Konrath

3.75

Format: 272 pages,

At the end of Fuzzy Navel, J. A. Konrath surprised listeners with an agonizing cliff-hanger: One of… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Bones and Silence (Dalziel & Pascoe, #11) by Reginald Hill

8. Bones and Silence (Dalziel & Pascoe, #11)

By: Reginald Hill

4.03

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

One woman dead and one threatening to die set Yorkshire's police superintendent Dalziel and Inspect… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Pictures of Perfection (Dalziel & Pascoe, #14) by Reginald Hill

9. Pictures of Perfection (Dalziel & Pascoe, #14)

By: Reginald Hill

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Reginald Hill's ironic humor, polished prose, and keen insight have placed him squarely alongside s… read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Recalled to Life (Dalziel & Pascoe, #13) by Reginald Hill

10. Recalled to Life (Dalziel & Pascoe, #13)

By: Reginald Hill

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

It was a crime of passion in onc of England's great houses, an open-and-shut case. But thirty years… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Shadows in the Street (Simon Serrailler, #5) by Susan         Hill

11. The Shadows in the Street (Simon Serrailler, #5)

By: Susan Hill

4.00

Format: 45 pages, Hardcover

Simon Serrailler is on sabbatical on a Scottish island, recovering from an exhausting murder invest… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Death in Ecstasy (Roderick Alleyn, #4) by Ngaio Marsh

12. Death in Ecstasy (Roderick Alleyn, #4)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.77

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When lovely Cara Quayne dropped dead to the floor after drinking the ritual wine at the House of th… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Look here,' said Nigel suddenly, 'let's pretend it's a detective novel. Where would we be by this time? About halfway through, I should think. Well, who's your pick' 'I am invariably gulled by detect…"

-Ngaio Marsh, Death in Ecstasy (Roderick Alleyn, #4)

Cover of A New Lease of Death (Inspector Wexford, #2) by Ruth Rendell

13. A New Lease of Death (Inspector Wexford, #2)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.63

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

It's impossible to forget the violent bludgeoning to death of an elderly lady in her home. Even mor… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Rendell's A New Lease of Death (Inspector Wexford, #2) book and Ruth Rendell's A New Lease of Death (Inspector Wexford, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
  • audiobook

14. A Mind to Murder (Adam Dalgliesh #2)

By: None

3.33

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

The second book to feature Scotland Yard investigator Adam Dalgliesh, A Mind To Murder is a "superb… read more

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15. The Deepest Grave (Fiona Griffiths ,#6)

By: Harry Bingham

3.37

Format: 200 pages,

An ancient battle. A dead researcher. And a very modern crime. It's been more than a year since Det… read more

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16. Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh #1)

By: None

4.22

Format: 206 pages,

Headstrong and beautiful, the young housemaid Sally Jupp is put rudely in her place, strangled in h… read more

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17. Murder In Thrall (New Scotland Yard/Doyle and Acton, #1)

By: Anne Cleeland

4.42

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From Anne Cleeland comes the first in a captivating new mystery series, following the perilous expl… read more

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18. The Inspector and Silence (Inspector Van Veeteren #5)

By: Håkan Nesser

3.67

Format: 348 pages, Paperback

Dass er spannende Geschichten erzahlen kann, deren Auflosung auch Kenner des Genres unerwartet trif… read more

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19. Unnatural Causes (Adam Dalgliesh #3)

By: None

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

AN ADAM DALGLIESH MYSTERY Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh had been looking forward to a quiet holiday… read more

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20. The Seagull (Vera Stanhope #8)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A visit to her local prison brings DI Vera Stanhope face to face with an old enemy: former detectiv… read more

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21. The Con Man (87th Precinct, #4)

By: Ed McBain

2.18

Format: 166 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A con man is plying his trade on the streets of Isola: conning a domestic for pocket change, busine… read more

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22. 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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23. The Killing Floor (P Division, #9)

By: Peter Turnbull

4.29

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

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24. The Dark Winter (Aector McAvoy, #1)

By: David Mark

3.86

Format: 157 pages, Hardcover

McAvoy lets his mind drift back to the chaos and bloodshed in the square. To that moment when the m… read more

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Cover of The Trial of Joe Harlan Junior (Talion #0.5) by J.K. Franko

25. The Trial of Joe Harlan Junior (Talion #0.5)

By: J.K. Franko

4.33

Format: 101 pages, Kindle Edition

What would you do if the law failed you? The college Halloween party was supposed to be a night… read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction
"From the start, I told you! We should’a just handled this ourselves. You should’ve handled it the way my daddy would’ve."

-J.K. Franko, The Trial of Joe Harlan Junior (Talion #0.5)

"And I looked out at the dog, and McCoy trying to cradle her in one arm and cut the rope with t’other, and I said, ‘What goes around, comes around, daddy.’ “And he just smiled. A wicked smile. And he …"

-J.K. Franko, The Trial of Joe Harlan Junior (Talion #0.5)

"It was golden hour in Tarrytown. An incandescent sun cast long shadows that pointed in unison toward nightfall. Birds sang. But their melodies were drowned out by crescendos of cicadas’ chattering. N…"

-J.K. Franko, The Trial of Joe Harlan Junior (Talion #0.5)

Cover of O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted by A.G. Russo

26. 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

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  • mystery
  • novels
"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 Killing Johnny Miracle by J.K. Franko

27. Killing Johnny Miracle

By: J.K. Franko

4.39

Format: None pages, Paperback

Johnny Miracle is in love... but not with his wife. He's going to divorce Mary, and he has leverage… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
"Pretty isn’t permanent."

-J.K. Franko, Killing Johnny Miracle

"It’s a divorce, not cancer."

-J.K. Franko, Killing Johnny Miracle

"Blood only flows in one direction."

-J.K. Franko, Killing Johnny Miracle

"The snake you don’t kill today may kill you tomorrow."

-J.K. Franko, Killing Johnny Miracle

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

28. 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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  • novels
"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)

Cover of The Fells (Detectives Donovan & Young, #1) by Cath Staincliffe

29. The Fells (Detectives Donovan & Young, #1)

By: Cath Staincliffe

4.30

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

‘It’s brilliant! Buy it!’ Ann CleevesYorkshire Dales, Summer 1997. Vicky Mott slips out the door of… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Tennison (Tennison, #1) by Lynda La Plante

30. Tennison (Tennison, #1)

By: Lynda La Plante

4.01

Format: 576 pages, Paperback

From the award-winning writer of PRIME SUSPECT: Tennison comes a brilliant new crime thriller. 1… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Wycliffe and the Winsor Blue (Wycliffe, #14) by W.J. Burley

31. Wycliffe and the Winsor Blue (Wycliffe, #14)

By: W.J. Burley

3.76

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

A mysterious death in the Cornish art world - and a murder investigation for Chief Superintendent W… read more

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  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction

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3.63

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Georges Simenon , Siân Reynolds

3.72

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5.00

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4.32

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Andri E. Elia

4.36

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Susan Rowland

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