13 must-read mystery thriller books like The Birdwatcher by William Shaw

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The Birdwatcher

By: William Shaw

3.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Police Sergeant William South has a good reason to shy away from murder investigations: he is a mur…

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in The Birdwatcher by William Shaw , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of The Birdwatcher by William  Shaw

1. The Birdwatcher

By: William Shaw

3.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Police Sergeant William South has a good reason to shy away from murder investigations: he is a mur… read more

Similar categories in William Shaw's The Birdwatcher book and William Shaw's The Birdwatcher

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Stranger in the Family (Maeve Kerrigan #11) by Jane Casey

2. A Stranger in the Family (Maeve Kerrigan #11)

By: Jane Casey

4.29

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Every mother's worst nightmare . . . When nine-year-old Rosalie Marshall vanished from her bed one … read more

Similar categories in Jane Casey's A Stranger in the Family (Maeve Kerrigan #11) book and William Shaw's The Birdwatcher

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1) by Mark Billingham

3. The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1)

By: Mark Billingham

4.11

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

The first new series in two decades from multi-award-winning international bestseller Mark Billingh… read more

Similar categories in Mark Billingham's The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1) book and William Shaw's The Birdwatcher

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7) by Val McDermid

4. Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

By: Val McDermid

4.26

Format: 452 pages, Hardcover

Val McDermid returns with DCI Karen Pirie in a new thriller of deceit and vengeance, set against th… read more

Similar categories in Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7) book and William Shaw's The Birdwatcher

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3) by Ann Cleeves

5. 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

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3) book and William Shaw's The Birdwatcher

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Burial of Ghosts by Ann Cleeves

6. Burial of Ghosts

By: Ann Cleeves

3.66

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

Burial of Ghosts is a page-turning stand alone novel from Ann Cleeves, creator of the astounding Sh… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's Burial of Ghosts book and William Shaw's The Birdwatcher

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway, #15) by Elly Griffiths

7. The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway, #15)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.41

Format: 361 pages, Hardcover

The discovery of a missing woman's bones forces Ruth and Nelson to finally confront their feelings … read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway, #15) book and William Shaw's The Birdwatcher

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. The Last Word

By: Elly Griffiths

3.92

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in The Postscript Murders, are running a detective agency in Shoreha… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Last Word book and William Shaw's The Birdwatcher

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3) by Elly Griffiths

9. Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.00

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

A murderer strikes at a school reunion--but the students are no strangers to death-- in this propul… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3) book and William Shaw's The Birdwatcher

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Harbinder paces her office. She still can’t stop herself thinking, Look at me with an office big enough to pace in ."

-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

"How many times can you reminisce about school? She doesn’t think Talgarth High has ever tried to gather its former students. To be fair, it would be hard with so many of them electronically tagged."

-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

"Aren’t you a Christian though?’ She remembers a comment about St Peter’s Italian church. ‘Not really,’ says Kim. ‘I just pick the bits I like from every religion. Is there a word for that?’ ‘Heretic,…"

-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

"Gary’s made a bit of a name for himself. He’s always in the papers going on about climate change being a hoax. That’s why I was surprised ….’ ‘Surprised by what,’ prompts Harbinder because the singer…"

-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

Cover of The Great Deceiver (The Brighton Mysteries, Book 7) by Elly Griffiths

10. The Great Deceiver (The Brighton Mysteries, Book 7)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

The next gripping volume in The Brighton Mysteries series by bestselling author Elly Griffiths. … read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Great Deceiver (The Brighton Mysteries, Book 7) book and William Shaw's The Birdwatcher

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Broken Afternoon (DI Ryan Wilkins, #2) by Simon Mason

11. The Broken Afternoon (DI Ryan Wilkins, #2)

By: Simon Mason

4.33

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

A four-year-old girl goes missing in plain sight outside her nursery in Oxford, a middle-class, aff… read more

Similar categories in Simon Mason's The Broken Afternoon (DI Ryan Wilkins, #2) book and William Shaw's The Birdwatcher

  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of One Summer in Tuscany: The perfect holiday read - full of sun, romance and surprises by Domenica de Rosa

12. One Summer in Tuscany: The perfect holiday read - full of sun, romance and surprises

By: Domenica de Rosa

3.77

Format: 388 pages, Kindle Edition

Perfect holiday reading from Domenica de Rosa, author of the bestselling Dr Ruth Galloway series un… read more

Similar categories in Domenica de Rosa's One Summer in Tuscany: The perfect holiday read - full of sun, romance and surprises book and William Shaw's The Birdwatcher

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Leave No Trace (Kat and Lock, #2) by Jo  Callaghan

13. Leave No Trace (Kat and Lock, #2)

By: Jo Callaghan

4.31

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

DCS Kat Frank and AIDE Lock return in the provocative new thriller from the author of In the Blink … read more

Similar categories in Jo Callaghan's Leave No Trace (Kat and Lock, #2) book and William Shaw's The Birdwatcher

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Goodbye (David Raker, #12) by Tim Weaver

14. The Last Goodbye (David Raker, #12)

By: Tim Weaver

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

TWO DISAPPEARANCESAt the country's newest theme park, Tom Preacher and his son Leo are queuing for … read more

Similar categories in Tim Weaver's The Last Goodbye (David Raker, #12) book and William Shaw's The Birdwatcher

  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Dark Matter (The Skelfs, #1) by Doug Johnstone

15. A Dark Matter (The Skelfs, #1)

By: Doug Johnstone

3.94

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Three generations of women from the Skelfs family take over the family funeral home and PI business… read more

Similar categories in Doug Johnstone's A Dark Matter (The Skelfs, #1) book and William Shaw's The Birdwatcher

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"It's hard to stay alive, but sometimes it's the only choice we have."

-Doug Johnstone, A Dark Matter (The Skelfs, #1)

"There was no escaping this, she was part of it, linked to everyone here, everyone on the planet, drowning in sorrow, sinking in sadness, looking for a reason to keep going."

-Doug Johnstone, A Dark Matter (The Skelfs, #1)

"There were an infinite number of pathways your life could take. How do any of us really know what to do with our lives? And how, after seventy years, do we know whether it was all a waste of time?"

-Doug Johnstone, A Dark Matter (The Skelfs, #1)

"It's about finding out who you are', he said eventually. He pointed out of the window. 'Without any distractions. Without anyone else getting in the way. Finding out what kind of person you want to b…"

-Doug Johnstone, A Dark Matter (The Skelfs, #1)

Cover of The Opposite of Lonely (Skelfs #5) by Doug Johnstone

16. The Opposite of Lonely (Skelfs #5)

By: Doug Johnstone

4.14

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Even death needs company… The Skelf women are recovering from the cataclysmic events that nearly… read more

Similar categories in Doug Johnstone's The Opposite of Lonely (Skelfs #5) book and William Shaw's The Birdwatcher

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Lost and Never Found  (DI Wilkins Mysteries #3) by Simon Mason

17. Lost and Never Found (DI Wilkins Mysteries #3)

By: Simon Mason

4.35

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

'Ryan and Ray go from strength to strength, and this, their third outing, is the best yet. Simon Ma… read more

Similar categories in Simon Mason's Lost and Never Found (DI Wilkins Mysteries #3) book and William Shaw's The Birdwatcher

  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Mystery of Yew Tree House (The Detective's Daughter Book 9) by Lesley Thomson

18. The Mystery of Yew Tree House (The Detective's Daughter Book 9)

By: Lesley Thomson

3.86

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

A TIMES 2023 CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR'Lesley Thomson at her considerable best - you'll laugh, you'll… read more

Similar categories in Lesley Thomson's The Mystery of Yew Tree House (The Detective's Daughter Book 9) book and William Shaw's The Birdwatcher

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Sixth Lie (Mallory Dawson, #2) by Sarah  Ward

19. The Sixth Lie (Mallory Dawson, #2)

By: Sarah Ward

3.80

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

On New Year's Eve 2010, Huw Jones disappeared from his bedroom while his father and five friends we… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Ward's The Sixth Lie (Mallory Dawson, #2) book and William Shaw's The Birdwatcher

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Ex-Wife (DS Cross Chronicles) by Tim  Sullivan

20. The Ex-Wife (DS Cross Chronicles)

By: Tim Sullivan

4.03

Format: 37 pages, Kindle Edition

An exclusive short story from the DS Cross Thriller series, based on a true case. A cold case. A… read more

Similar categories in Tim Sullivan's The Ex-Wife (DS Cross Chronicles) book and William Shaw's The Birdwatcher

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Detective (Kamil Rahman, #3) by Ajay Chowdhury

21. The Detective (Kamil Rahman, #3)

By: Ajay Chowdhury

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From Ajay Chowdhury, the award-winning author of THE WAITER, comes the thrilling new Kamil Rahman m… read more

Similar categories in Ajay Chowdhury's The Detective (Kamil Rahman, #3) book and William Shaw's The Birdwatcher

  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction

20 Top fiction books like The Birdwatcher by William Shaw

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The Birdwatcher

William Shaw

3.33

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A Stranger in the Family (Maeve Kerrigan #11)

Jane Casey

4.29

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The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1)

Mark Billingham

4.11

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Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

Val McDermid

4.26

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17 Top fiction books like The Great Deceiver (The Brighton Mysteries, Book 7) by Elly Griffiths

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Watching the Ghosts (Joe Plantagent, #4)

Kate Ellis

4.13

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The Eternal City

Domenica de Rosa

3.00

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The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1)

Mark Billingham

4.11

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Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

Val McDermid

4.26

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