7 best-selling detective books like Gently Does It by Alan Hunter

Cover of Gently Does It by Alan Hunter

Gently Does It

By: Alan Hunter

3.85

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

The last thing you need when you're on holiday is to become involved in a murder. For most people, …

If you liked the detective plot in Gently Does It by Alan Hunter , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of Wycliffe and the Guilt Edged Alibi (Wycliffe, #3) by W.J. Burley

1. Wycliffe and the Guilt Edged Alibi (Wycliffe, #3)

By: W.J. Burley

3.67

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Caroline Bryce came from the top of the social register in the tranquil town of Treen. So it was qu… read more

Similar categories in W.J. Burley's Wycliffe and the Guilt Edged Alibi (Wycliffe, #3) book and Alan Hunter's Gently Does It

  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Black Cherry Blues (Dave Robicheaux, #3) by James Lee Burke

2. Black Cherry Blues (Dave Robicheaux, #3)

By: James Lee Burke

4.16

Format: 366 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Book #3 from the series: Dave Robicheaux BACK IN THE UNDERWORLD HE TRIED TO LEAVE BEHIND Hau… read more

Similar categories in James Lee Burke's Black Cherry Blues (Dave Robicheaux, #3) book and Alan Hunter's Gently Does It

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"Colored or not, we all pick the white man's cotton."

-James Lee Burke, Black Cherry Blues (Dave Robicheaux, #3)

". . . I had found the edge. The place where you unstrap all your fastenings to the earth, to what you are what you have been, where you flame out on the edge of the spheres, and the sun and moon beco…"

-James Lee Burke, Black Cherry Blues (Dave Robicheaux, #3)

"The rain spun in the yellow arc lights over the café parking lot. It was empty inside, except for a fat Negro woman whom I could see through the service window in the kitchen, and a pretty, redheaded…"

-James Lee Burke, Black Cherry Blues (Dave Robicheaux, #3)

Cover of Last Bus to Woodstock (Inspector Morse, #1) by Colin Dexter

3. Last Bus to Woodstock (Inspector Morse, #1)

By: Colin Dexter

3.98

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

Beautiful Sylvia Kaye and another young woman had been seen hitching a ride not long before Sylvia'… read more

Similar categories in Colin Dexter's Last Bus to Woodstock (Inspector Morse, #1) book and Alan Hunter's Gently Does It

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Set in Darkness (Inspector Rebus, #11) by Ian Rankin

4. Set in Darkness (Inspector Rebus, #11)

By: Ian Rankin

3.71

Format: 656 pages, Paperback

On the eve of the first Scottish parliament in three hundred years, Edinburgh is a city rife with p… read more

Similar categories in Ian Rankin's Set in Darkness (Inspector Rebus, #11) book and Alan Hunter's Gently Does It

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Murder on the Naval Base by Behcet Kaya

5. Murder on the Naval Base

By: Behcet Kaya

5.00

Format: None pages, ebook

Beginning with a blurry account of a cold-blooded shooting of a couple, singled out while having di… read more

Similar categories in Behcet Kaya's Murder on the Naval Base book and Alan Hunter's Gently Does It

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Watchers of Time (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #5) by Charles Todd

6. Watchers of Time (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #5)

By: Charles Todd

4.13

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

In his latest novel, bestselling author Charles Todd brings his classic mystery series to a new lev… read more

Similar categories in Charles Todd's Watchers of Time (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #5) book and Alan Hunter's Gently Does It

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
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7. Gently Does It

By: Alan Hunter

3.85

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

The last thing you need when you're on holiday is to become involved in a murder. For most people, … read more

Similar categories in Alan Hunter's Gently Does It book and Alan Hunter's Gently Does It

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

8. Bad Boy (Inspector Banks, #19)

By: Peter Robinson

3.60

Format: 137 pages,

A distraught woman arrives at the Eastvale police station desperate to speak to Detective Chief Ins… read more

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9. Stalin's Ghost (Arkady Renko, #6)

By: Martin Cruz Smith

4.62

Format: None pages,

Investigator Arkady Renko, the pariah of the Moscow prosecutor's office, has been assigned the than… read more

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10. In a Dry Season (Inspector Banks, #10)

By: Peter Robinson

4.25

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

When a drought drains the local Thornfield Reservoir, uncovering a long-drowned small village and t… read more

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11. Last Seen Wearing (Inspector Morse, #2)

By: Colin Dexter

3.84

Format: 326 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Valerie Taylor has been missing since she was a sexy seventeen, more than two years ago. Inspector … read more

Similar categories in Colin Dexter's Last Seen Wearing (Inspector Morse, #2) book and Alan Hunter's Gently Does It

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"As he lay abed on Sunday, 21 September, Morse was beset by the nagging feeling that there was so much to be done if only he could summon up the mental resolve to begin."

-Colin Dexter, Last Seen Wearing (Inspector Morse, #2)

"Morse stared morosely at the blotting paper. "It's just not my sort of case, Lewis. I know it's not a very nice thing to say, but I just get on better when we've got a body - a body that died from un…"

-Colin Dexter, Last Seen Wearing (Inspector Morse, #2)

"As he lay abed on Sunday, 21 September, Morse was beset by the nagging feeling that there was so much to be done if only he could summon up the mental resolve to begin. It was like deferring a long-p…"

-Colin Dexter, Last Seen Wearing (Inspector Morse, #2)

12. Death in Holy Orders (Adam Dalgliesh, #11)

By: None , None

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

The Barnes & Noble Review A number of traditions come seamlessly together in P. D. James's Death in… read more

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13. 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 Alan Hunter's Gently Does It

  • 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

Cover of Immoral Origins (The Desire Card, #1) by Lee Matthew Goldberg

14. Immoral Origins (The Desire Card, #1)

By: Lee Matthew Goldberg

4.28

Format: 276 pages, Paperback

A PULSE-POUNDING THRILLER THAT ASKS HOW FAR WE'RE WILLING TO SHED OUR MORALS IN ORDER TO HELP THE O… read more

Similar categories in Lee Matthew Goldberg's Immoral Origins (The Desire Card, #1) book and Alan Hunter's Gently Does It

  • fiction
"Any wish fulfilled...for the right price."

-Lee Matthew Goldberg, Immoral Origins (The Desire Card, #1)

"Honey, I'm Marilyn Fucking Monroe. And don't you forget it."

-Lee Matthew Goldberg, Immoral Origins (The Desire Card, #1)

"On an unseasonably warm winter's morning, I took my first life."

-Lee Matthew Goldberg, Immoral Origins (The Desire Card, #1)

"Dream as if you will live forever. Live as if you will die today."

-Lee Matthew Goldberg, Immoral Origins (The Desire Card, #1)

Cover of Beholden (Marlowe Black Mystery, #1) by Gabriel F.W. Koch

15. Beholden (Marlowe Black Mystery, #1)

By: Gabriel F.W. Koch

4.29

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

Marlowe Black, a WWII combat veteran, walks the streets of New York with a PI license to serve just… read more

Similar categories in Gabriel F.W. Koch's Beholden (Marlowe Black Mystery, #1) book and Alan Hunter's Gently Does It

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
Cover of Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2) by Gabriel F.W. Koch

16. 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

Similar categories in Gabriel F.W. Koch's Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2) book and Alan Hunter's Gently Does It

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
"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)

"The verdict got both the fish and me off the hook."

-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)

Cover of Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1) by Behcet Kaya

17. 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

Similar categories in Behcet Kaya's Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1) book and Alan Hunter's Gently Does It

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
"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 Get Rich or Get Lucky by Max Nowaz

18. Get Rich or Get Lucky

By: Max Nowaz

4.25

Format: 276 pages, Paperback

Get Rich or Get Lucky is a gripping fantasy thriller that follows Adam who finds himself in control… read more

Similar categories in Max Nowaz's Get Rich or Get Lucky book and Alan Hunter's Gently Does It

  • fiction
"I’m fucking asking you!"

-Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

"You don’t think he’s our man?"

-Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

"Charlie said your friend’s disappeared,"

-Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

"Rachael, I don’t think this is a very good idea."

-Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

Cover of Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3) by Kyle Keyes

19. Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3)

By: Kyle Keyes

4.30

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Matching Configurations is the second sequel to Quantum Roots, a light Sci-Fi adventure story that … read more

Similar categories in Kyle Keyes's Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3) book and Alan Hunter's Gently Does It

  • fiction
"Somehow, creation manages to form without species intervention."

-Kyle Keyes, Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3)

"Most of us can find our way out of the wilderness without Moses."

-Kyle Keyes, Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3)

"Molly is not a Quaker, Jeremy. Quakers don't have tits that big."

-Kyle Keyes, Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3)

"You're not a Quaker, Jeremy. I happen to know you put beer on your cornflakes."

-Kyle Keyes, Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3)

Cover of The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) by Jacqueline Winspear

20. The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.46

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow! Psychologist and… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) book and Alan Hunter's Gently Does It

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • british literature
"You've go to get on with it, my boy. Stop feeling sorry for yourselft, because what's done is done. You can't change it, so you've got to stiffen your backbone. You've a good job, a very nice roof ov…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

Cover of Beg For Mercy (Solomon Gray, #3) by Keith Nixon

21. Beg For Mercy (Solomon Gray, #3)

By: Keith Nixon

4.17

Format: 200 pages, ebook

Two men fight to prove their innocence. A cop and a convicted murderer. One of them is lying. Fi… read more

Similar categories in Keith Nixon's Beg For Mercy (Solomon Gray, #3) book and Alan Hunter's Gently Does It

  • mystery
  • crime

16 Top fiction books like Gently Does It by Alan Hunter

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Wycliffe and the Guilt Edged Alibi (Wycliffe, #3)

W.J. Burley

3.67

Transform Your Habits

Black Cherry Blues (Dave Robicheaux, #3)

James Lee Burke

4.16

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Last Bus to Woodstock (Inspector Morse, #1)

Colin Dexter

3.98

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Set in Darkness (Inspector Rebus, #11)

Ian Rankin

3.71

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12 Top fiction books like Watchers of Time (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #5) by Charles Todd

Transform Your Habits

The Anodyne Necklace (Richard Jury, #3)

Martha Grimes

4.03

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Ashworth Hall (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt, #17)

Anne Perry , Holly Johnson

3.92

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Semper Fidelis (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #5)

Ruth Downie

3.75

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When Gods Die (Sebastian St. Cyr, #2)

C.S. Harris

4.27

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