18 Top mystery books like The Crocodile Bird by Ruth Rendell

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The Crocodile Bird

By: Ruth Rendell

3.40

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A mother and a daughter live quietly in the rustic gatehouse of Shrove House, an isolated British e…

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Cover of Miss Silver Deals With Death (Miss Silver, #6) by Patricia Wentworth

1. Miss Silver Deals With Death (Miss Silver, #6)

By: Patricia Wentworth

4.04

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

When her fiancé, Giles Armitage, is lost at sea in the middle of the Second World War, Meade Underw… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Wentworth's Miss Silver Deals With Death (Miss Silver, #6) book and Ruth Rendell's The Crocodile Bird

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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2. The Anodyne Necklace (Richard Jury, #3)

By: Martha Grimes

4.03

Format: 310 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A severed finger found at the scene of a baffling murder in the village of Littlebourne leads local… read more

Similar categories in Martha Grimes's The Anodyne Necklace (Richard Jury, #3) book and Ruth Rendell's The Crocodile Bird

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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3. The Child's Child

By: Barbara Vine

3.17

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

From three-time Edgar Award–winning mystery writer Ruth Rendell, writing here under her Barbara Vin… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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4. Anna's Book

By: Barbara Vine

4.05

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Anna is a young Danish woman living in London at the turn of the century. Homesick and lonely for h… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Vine's Anna's Book book and Ruth Rendell's The Crocodile Bird

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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5. The Brimstone Wedding

By: Ruth Rendell , Barbara Vine

4.03

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Jenny's marriage is loveless, and she is having an affair. She works at an old people's home, where… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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6. King Solomon's Carpet

By: Ruth Rendell , Barbara Vine

4.00

Format: None pages,

King Solomon's magic carpet is the London Underground, running past the disused old school building… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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7. The Blood Doctor

By: Ruth Rendell , Barbara Vine

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When Martin Nanther, Hereditary Peer in the House of Lords, is choosing the subject of his next bio… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Rendell's The Blood Doctor book and Ruth Rendell's The Crocodile Bird

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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8. Late Checkout (DCI Kenny Murrain Book 1)

By: Alex Walters

4.04

Format: 288 pages,

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Similar categories in Alex Walters's Late Checkout (DCI Kenny Murrain Book 1) book and Ruth Rendell's The Crocodile Bird

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Dead Wrong (Calladine & Bayliss, #1) by Helen H. Durrant

9. Dead Wrong (Calladine & Bayliss, #1)

By: Helen H. Durrant

3.90

Format: 49 pages,

A bag of severed fingers is found in the playground by a rough housing estate Police partners, D.I.… read more

Similar categories in Helen H. Durrant's Dead Wrong (Calladine & Bayliss, #1) book and Ruth Rendell's The Crocodile Bird

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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10. A Fatal Inversion

By: Ruth Rendell , Barbara Vine

4.08

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

A Fatal Inversion - a classic thriller from the queen of crime Barbara Vine 'An absolute winner ...… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Rendell's A Fatal Inversion book and Ruth Rendell's The Crocodile Bird

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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11. The House of Stairs

By: Barbara Vine

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

The House of Stairs - an unputdownable crime classic from bestselling author Barbara Vine Lizzie ha… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of No Night is Too Long by Ruth Rendell, Barbara Vine

12. No Night is Too Long

By: Ruth Rendell , Barbara Vine

3.71

Format: None pages, Paperback

Tim thought he'd gotten away with it. For months after the murder off the Alaskan coast he'd heard … read more

Similar categories in Ruth Rendell's No Night is Too Long book and Ruth Rendell's The Crocodile Bird

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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13. A Dark-Adapted Eye

By: Ruth Rendell , Barbara Vine

1.00

Format: 96 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When Faith Severn's aunt was hanged for murder, the reason behind her dark deed died with her. For … read more

Similar categories in Ruth Rendell's A Dark-Adapted Eye book and Ruth Rendell's The Crocodile Bird

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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14. The Chimney Sweeper's Boy

By: Ruth Rendell , Barbara Vine

4.19

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Writing as Barbara Vine, Britain's preeminent mystery novelist Ruth Rendell crafts literary suspens… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Rendell's The Chimney Sweeper's Boy book and Ruth Rendell's The Crocodile Bird

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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15. The Crocodile Bird

By: Ruth Rendell

3.40

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A mother and a daughter live quietly in the rustic gatehouse of Shrove House, an isolated British e… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Rendell's The Crocodile Bird book and Ruth Rendell's The Crocodile Bird

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Minotaur by Barbara Vine

16. The Minotaur

By: Barbara Vine

3.50

Format: 142 pages,

Kirstin Kvist is 24 wanneer ze Zweden verlaat om in Engeland te gaan werken. Via haar vriend komt z… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Vine's The Minotaur book and Ruth Rendell's The Crocodile Bird

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

17. Grasshopper

By: Ruth Rendell , Barbara Vine

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

"They have sent me here because of what happened on the pylon." When Clodagh Brown writes these wor… read more

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18. The Sacred Well Murders

By: Susan Rowland

4.30

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A simple job turns deadly when Mary Wandwalker, novice detective, is hired to chaperone a young Ame… read more

Similar categories in Susan Rowland's The Sacred Well Murders book and Ruth Rendell's The Crocodile Bird

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
"Take it away,"

-Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

"I EAT THE DARK"

-Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

"So, Mr. Jeffreys,"

-Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

"Wife of Lir eat horse."

-Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

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19. Far from the Tree

By: Rob Parker

3.78

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Brendan Foley has worked to balance the responsibilities of a demanding job and a troublesome famil… read more

Similar categories in Rob Parker's Far from the Tree book and Ruth Rendell's The Crocodile Bird

  • crime
Cover of My Better Half by M.M. Boulder

20. My Better Half

By: M.M. Boulder

3.94

Format: None pages, None

Lucille Stevenson has a secret... Attacked at home by an unknown assailant, meek Lucille Stevenson… read more

Similar categories in M.M. Boulder's My Better Half book and Ruth Rendell's The Crocodile Bird

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Maze of Spies (Brianna Dagger, #1) by Vin Strong

21. Maze of Spies (Brianna Dagger, #1)

By: Vin Strong

3.72

Format: 164 pages, Kindle Edition

“The story ending is well done and this book and author should be a definite read for you.”--Review… read more

Similar categories in Vin Strong's Maze of Spies (Brianna Dagger, #1) book and Ruth Rendell's The Crocodile Bird

  • mystery
  • thriller

18 best-selling fiction books like The Crocodile Bird by Ruth Rendell

Transform Your Habits

Miss Silver Deals With Death (Miss Silver, #6)

Patricia Wentworth

4.04

Transform Your Habits

The Anodyne Necklace (Richard Jury, #3)

Martha Grimes

4.03

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The Child's Child

Barbara Vine

3.17

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Anna's Book

Barbara Vine

4.05

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8 Best fiction books like A Dark-Adapted Eye by Ruth Rendell, Barbara Vine

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Talking to Strange Men

Ruth Rendell

2.00

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Adam and Eve and Pinch Me

Ruth Rendell

4.16

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From Doon With Death (Inspector Wexford, #1)

Ruth Rendell

3.68

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A Dark-Adapted Eye

Ruth Rendell , Barbara Vine

1.00

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