10 must-read mystery books like Mohammed Maguire by Colin Bateman

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Mohammed Maguire

By: Colin Bateman

4.67

Format: 88 pages,

A dark and bleakly funny fable from the author of Divorcing Jack.

If you liked the mystery plot in Mohammed Maguire by Colin Bateman , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. The Second Coming

By: John Niven

3.70

Format: None pages, Paperback

GOD'S COMING - LOOK BUSY! God really is coming, and he is going to be pissed. Having left his son i… read more

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  • fiction
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2. Brighton Rock

By: J.M. Coetzee , Graham Greene

3.73

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has kill… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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3. Holding

By: Graham Norton

3.21

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Graham Norton's masterful debut is an intelligently crafted story of love, secrets and loss. The re… read more

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  • mystery
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • fiction
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4. Mohammed Maguire

By: Colin Bateman

4.67

Format: 88 pages,

A dark and bleakly funny fable from the author of Divorcing Jack. read more

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  • mystery
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • fiction

5. Broken Harbor (Dublin Murder Squad #4)

By: Tana French

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A New York Times bestseller and quintessential Tana French thriller--a damaged hero, an unspeakable… read more

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6. Driving Big Davie

By: Colin Bateman

3.17

Format: 55 pages, Paperback

For many years Dan Starkey has been a journalist of some repute - mainly ill. Now he is back with h… read more

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7. A Man With One of Those Faces (The Dublin Trilogy Book 1)

By: Caimh McDonnell

3.28

Format: 5 pages,

The First time somebody tried to kill him was an accident. The second time was deliberate. Now Paul… read more

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8. The Dare

By: John Boyne

3.94

Format: None pages, Paperback

At the start of his school holidays, Danny Delaney is looking forward to a trouble-free summer. But… read more

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9. Close to Home

By: Michael Magee

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

While growing up in West Belfast, Sean does every­thing he's supposed to do. He works hard, he stud… read more

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  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • fiction
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10. The Familiars

By: Stacey Halls

3.88

Format: 420 pages, Hardcover

Young Fleetwood Shuttleworth, a noblewoman, is with child again. None of her previous pregnancies h… read more

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  • fiction
"Respect is earned, not demanded."

-Stacey Halls, The Familiars

"Loyalty is earned, not demanded."

-Stacey Halls, The Familiars

"Si el diablo es pobreza, hambre y dolor, entonces sí, creo que lo conocen."

-Stacey Halls, The Familiars

"Egy leánygyermek élete ugyanaz, mint egy feleségé – épp csak egy másik férfi mondja meg, mit csinálj."

-Stacey Halls, The Familiars

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11. The Mad Women's Ball

By: Victoria Mas

3.78

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A literary historical novel detailing the horrors faced by institutionalized women in 19th century … read more

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  • fiction
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-Victoria Mas, The Mad Women's Ball

"As long as men have pricks, all the evil in this world will go on existing."

-Victoria Mas, The Mad Women's Ball

"Lekarz zawsze uważa, że wie lepiej niż pacjent, a mężczyzna zawsze uważa, że wie lepiej niż kobieta."

-Victoria Mas, The Mad Women's Ball

"Although madness in men is not the same as that in women: men use it against others; women turn it in on themselves."

-Victoria Mas, The Mad Women's Ball

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12. How to Kill Your Family

By: Bella Mackie

3.54

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

I have killed several people (some brutally, others calmly) and yet I currently languish in jail fo… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"How little men promise. How much we grasp at it."

-Bella Mackie, How to Kill Your Family

"Ah, mental health. The get-out clause for all bad behaviour."

-Bella Mackie, How to Kill Your Family

"Never yearn for the light that some men will shine on you for the briefest of moments. Snuff it out instead."

-Bella Mackie, How to Kill Your Family

"Men like women being vulnerable. They like to feel we might need help, despite any surface-level confidence."

-Bella Mackie, How to Kill Your Family

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13. Little Wing

By: Freya North

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Little Wing is the powerful story of two families over three generations. In the 1960s, a pregna… read more

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  • fiction
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14. Cat Lady

By: Dawn O'Porter

3.89

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

CAT LADY [n.] Single, independent, crazy, aloof, on-the-shelf, lives alone... It’s safer for … read more

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  • fiction
"People who hate cats are like atheists, they cannot get through a conversation without telling you their views. There is such a righteousness that comes with it. You tell someone you have a cat, and …"

-Dawn O'Porter, Cat Lady

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15. The Swimmer

By: Graham Norton

3.86

Format: 82 pages, Kindle Edition

Quick Reads 2022 Helen is a retired teacher living on the Irish coast. She enjoys the peace and qu… read more

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  • mystery
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • fiction
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16. Pandora

By: Susan Stokes-Chapman

3.67

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

London, 1799. Dora Blake, an aspiring jewelry artist, lives with her odious uncle atop her late par… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"but since when did gratitude mean the acceptance of rage?"

-Susan Stokes-Chapman, Pandora

"It amazes him how much money rich people seem happy to waste on entertainment for one mere evening."

-Susan Stokes-Chapman, Pandora

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17. Let Me In

By: Claire McGowan

4.10

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of What You Did comes the story of a young couple who are about to disc… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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18. The Chalk Pit (Ruth Galloway #9)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.14

Format: 373 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner of the CWA Dagger in the Library Award  Praise for Elly Griffiths’ Ruth Galloway series   “G… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"Libraries are the cathedrals of the modern age. All that knowledge, available for anyone to use. It’s quite a subversive thought."

-Elly Griffiths, The Chalk Pit (Ruth Galloway #9)

"Does the world really need another long essay on environmental archaeology and freshwater mollusks? Well, it's going to get one, whether it likes it or not."

-Elly Griffiths, The Chalk Pit (Ruth Galloway #9)

"His mind isn't reacting properly, plodding along the byways and cul-de-sacs because it can't face the traffic on the main highway. But when it comes to it, his life has once more become a straight ro…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Chalk Pit (Ruth Galloway #9)

"It's a long shot but we can't leave any stone unturned. Cloughie, you get onto the number plate.' It's an odd phrase, thinks Nelson, as he runs the CCTV footage one more time. He thinks of the tunnel…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Chalk Pit (Ruth Galloway #9)

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19. The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

By: Elly Griffiths

3.97

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

Known as England’s Nazareth, the medieval town of Little Walsingham is famous for religious apparit… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"He might be living on mice, but Chesterton does not look like an animal who is governed by his appetites. He's an ascetic, if Cathbad ever saw one."

-Elly Griffiths, The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

"Nelson is glad to see a handler and her dog coming towards him. The recognises the woman as Jan Adams, famous in Norfolk for having won several medals for bravery. Her dog, a beautiful long-haired Ge…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

"Nelson's first thought is that Father Hennessey looks as bad as he does. The priest is still an intimidating presence, with his rugby player's shoulders and boxer's nose, but his eyes are shadowed an…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

"As Ruth only knows one priest (one male priest that is) she's not that surprised to find Father Hennessey waiting for her at one of the long tables, a cappucino in front of him. 'Hallo Ruth, sorry to…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)

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20. Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir

By: Séamas O'Reilly

4.13

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

A heart-warming and hilarious family memoir of growing up as one of eleven children raised by a sin… read more

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  • ireland
  • irish literature
"Ann was as steady as rain and implacable as taxes. The kind of strong rooted Donegal woman you could imagine blithely tutting if her hair caught fire."

-Séamas O'Reilly, Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir

"It was this story, delivered in Robert's signature south Derry monotone, that had my dad in literal and figurative stitches in the amputation ward. Despite being a Catholic who loved and admired Pope…"

-Séamas O'Reilly, Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir

"It seems blasphemous that my mother's death even existed in the same reality as those moments that subsequently came to define my youth; taking the long way home from Nixon's Corner so I could listen…"

-Séamas O'Reilly, Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir

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21. The Cut

By: Chris Brookmyre

4.09

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Millie Spark can kill anyone. A special effects make-up artist, her talent is to create realistic s… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction

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