20 Best mystery books like Second Violin (Inspector Troy, #6) by John Lawton

Second Violin (Inspector Troy, #6)

By: John Lawton

3.92

Format: None pages, Hardcover

1940. London is under siege by German bombers - and its own prejudices and paranoias. The last thin…

If you liked the mystery plot in Second Violin (Inspector Troy, #6) by John Lawton , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of A Man Without Breath (Bernard Gunther, #9) by Philip Kerr

1. A Man Without Breath (Bernard Gunther, #9)

By: Philip Kerr

4.10

Format: 136 pages,

From the national bestselling author of Prague Fatale, a powerful new thriller that returns Bernie … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

2. The Good Assassin (George Mueller #2)

By: Paul Vidich

3.96

Format: 425 pages, Hardcover

Former CIA Agent George Mueller arrives in Havana in August 1958--the last months before the fall o… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

3. Second Violin (Inspector Troy, #6)

By: John Lawton

3.92

Format: None pages, Hardcover

1940. London is under siege by German bombers - and its own prejudices and paranoias. The last thin… read more

Similar categories in John Lawton's Second Violin (Inspector Troy, #6) book and John Lawton's Second Violin (Inspector Troy, #6)

  • historical mystery
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

4. A Foreign Country (Thomas Kell, #1)

By: Charles Cumming

3.92

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally acclaimed, New York Timesbestselling author of The Trinity Six,comes a com… read more

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5. The Secret Hours

By: Mick Herron

4.29

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "historical … read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's The Secret Hours book and John Lawton's Second Violin (Inspector Troy, #6)

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"We’re the Secret Service. We’re not here to be liked."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"And you can shut your damn mouth too." "Now now. Casual profanity’s the sign of a small fucking mind."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"Come on. You can buy me breakfast." "I've already had breakfast." "So have I. What's that got to do with it?"

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"First Desk enjoyed coincidences the way she liked happy endings: outside of fiction, they were as trustworthy as a Tinder Profile."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

Cover of Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7) by Michael    Connelly

6. Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

By: Michael Connelly

4.56

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning ar… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1) by Charles Cumming

7. BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1)

By: Charles Cumming

4.07

Format: 482 pages, Paperback

An organisation that doesn’t exist. A spy that can’t be caught. 1989: The fall of the Berlin … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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8. The Scarlet Papers

By: Matthew Richardson

4.33

Format: 567 pages, Kindle Edition

VIENNA, 1946: A brilliant German scientist snatched from the ruins of Nazi Europe. MOSCOW, 1964:… read more

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  • historical mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller

9. The Insider (Solomon Vine, #2)

By: Matthew Richardson

4.20

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

The thrilling novel of espionage and murder set in the dark heart of Westminster, from the UK's mos… read more

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  • thriller
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10. Union Station

By: David Downing

3.82

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

In this fascinating historical thriller, a British journalist (and former spy) is adrift in McCarth… read more

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  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Clete (Dave Robicheaux, #24) by James Lee Burke

11. Clete (Dave Robicheaux, #24)

By: James Lee Burke

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

James Lee Burke returns to his bestselling Dave Robicheaux series, bringing Dave’s partner and frie… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Independence Square (Arkady Renko, #10) by Martin Cruz Smith

12. Independence Square (Arkady Renko, #10)

By: Martin Cruz Smith

4.00

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Detective Arkaday Renko risks his life when he heads to Ukraine shortly before the Russian invasion… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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13. Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas

By: Mick Herron

4.13

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

At last in one volume: the collected Slough House spy novellas, including the never-before-publishe… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
"Well don't talk to me when I'm not listening. It's a waste of everyone's time."

-Mick Herron, Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas

"Shut up. Now, ordinarily the reason I make you run up those stairs is I don't like you and I want you to die. But today, as it happens, I've a job for you."

-Mick Herron, Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas

Cover of A Spy Alone by Charles    Beaumont

14. A Spy Alone

By: Charles Beaumont

4.14

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

'This is first class' The Times 'A stunning debut' Maxim Jakubowski, Crime Time ‘A marvellously con… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Agent in the Shadows (The Wolf Pack Spies #3) by Alex Gerlis

15. Agent in the Shadows (The Wolf Pack Spies #3)

By: Alex Gerlis

4.41

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

June, 1943. In Lyon, the capital of the French resistance, a secret meeting is held under orders fr… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. Winter Work

By: Dan Fesperman

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

"Winter Work is an exhilarating spy thriller set in East Germany after the fall of Berlin Wall, abo… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Kennedy 35 (BOX 88 #3) by Charles Cumming

17. Kennedy 35 (BOX 88 #3)

By: Charles Cumming

4.25

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Veteran agent Lachlan Kite―“a spy for the 21st century” ( Daily Mail )―reckons with the fallout fro… read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Agent in Peril (The Wolf Pack Spies #2) by Alex Gerlis

18. Agent in Peril (The Wolf Pack Spies #2)

By: Alex Gerlis

4.27

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

To what lengths will the British go to smuggle a secret weapon into Nazi Germany? An unmissable Sec… read more

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  • world war ii
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Moscow X (Damascus Station #2) by David McCloskey

19. Moscow X (Damascus Station #2)

By: David McCloskey

4.30

Format: 454 pages, Hardcover

A daring CIA operation threatens chaos in the Kremlin. But can Langley trust the Russian at its cen… read more

Similar categories in David McCloskey's Moscow X (Damascus Station #2) book and John Lawton's Second Violin (Inspector Troy, #6)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
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20. Shanghai

By: Joseph Kanon

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this dazzling thriller, New York Times bestselling author Joseph Kanon gives us his richest sett… read more

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  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Escape from Estonia: A Cold War espionage thriller (Alex Kovacs thriller series Book 11) by Richard Wake

21. Escape from Estonia: A Cold War espionage thriller (Alex Kovacs thriller series Book 11)

By: Richard Wake

4.20

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

THE WAR IS OVER, BUT THE FIGHT CONTINUES.In the latest book in the Alex Kovacs thriller series, the… read more

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Cover of Betrayal In Berlin: A Spy Story by Noel Hynd

22. Betrayal In Berlin: A Spy Story

By: Noel Hynd

4.38

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

In this, the fourth installment of Noel Hynd’s hugely popular Flowers from Berlin series, William T… read more

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  • world war ii
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23. Return to Berlin: A Spy Story

By: Noel Hynd

4.46

Format: 537 pages, Kindle Edition

'Return to Berlin' is the long-awaited sequel to Noel Hynd’s classic million-selling espionage nove… read more

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  • world war ii
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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24. My Friends

By: Hisham Matar

4.34

Format: 399 pages, Hardcover

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Return , a luminous novel of friendship, family, and … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"A vast distance exists between a protester and his slogan; the entire history of politics exists in that gap."

-Hisham Matar, My Friends

"For a writer, exile is prison, a severing from the source, and so, courageous or not, he dies in front of our eyes."

-Hisham Matar, My Friends

"She was older and all the more beautiful, had the weary tiredness of one who, in surrendering to her life, was ennobled by it."

-Hisham Matar, My Friends

"I walked off feeling an emptiness well up inside me. It seemed, for all the emptiness that it was, a presence. It made me want to run away, dive deeper into myself, into that cold desolation, to the …"

-Hisham Matar, My Friends

Cover of Revolt In Berlin: Part One: A Spy Story by Noel Hynd

25. Revolt In Berlin: Part One: A Spy Story

By: Noel Hynd

4.39

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

“Revolt in Part One” is the fifth book in Noel Hynd’s ‘Flowers From Berlin’ series.It is the early… read more

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Cover of My Name Is Nobody (Solomon Vine, #1) by Matthew Richardson

26. My Name Is Nobody (Solomon Vine, #1)

By: Matthew Richardson

3.95

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

A breathless, gripping must-read for fans of Terry Hayes' I Am Pilgrim and James Swallow's Nomad'I … read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Adrift in Istanbul (Alex Kovacs #9) by Richard Wake

27. Adrift in Istanbul (Alex Kovacs #9)

By: Richard Wake

4.25

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

In a city perched between East and West, and with the Cold War growing colder every day, people are… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15) by Will Thomas

28. Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15)

By: Will Thomas

4.10

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Private Enquiry agent Cyrus Barker, along with his partner Thomas Llewelyn, has a long, accomplishe… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Every Spy a Traitor (The Double Agent series Book 1) by Alex Gerlis

29. Every Spy a Traitor (The Double Agent series Book 1)

By: Alex Gerlis

4.11

Format: 397 pages, Kindle Edition

'Gerlis is at the top of his game' Paul Vidich, author of Beirut Station 'Utterly gripping and sta… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Vienna at Nightfall (Alex Kovacs, #1) by Richard Wake

30. Vienna at Nightfall (Alex Kovacs, #1)

By: Richard Wake

4.10

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

It is the late 1930s in Europe and the darkness is gathering. The Nazis are marching, both inside A… read more

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  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Bucharest Unbound (Alex Kovacs 12) by Richard Wake

31. Bucharest Unbound (Alex Kovacs 12)

By: Richard Wake

4.28

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

ALEX KOVACS IS BACK, DESPERATELY TRYING NOT TO BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS HIM. Or, rather, the hand … read more

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3.92

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