13 best-selling fiction books like Innocent Blood by P.D. James

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Innocent Blood

By: None , P.D. James

3.67

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Adopted as a child into a privileged family, Philippa Palfrey fantasizes that she is the daughter o…

"Time didn't heal, but it anesthetized. The human mind could only feel so much."

-None, Innocent Blood

"The television image sanctified, conferred identity. The more familiar the face, the more to be trusted. "

-None, Innocent Blood

"Absolute nakedness was intrusive, confusing to the senses. Paradoxically, it both revealed and diminished identity."

-None, Innocent Blood

"People were excited by violence. What, after all, was the sexual act but a voluntarily endured assault, a momentary death?"

-None, Innocent Blood

If you liked the fiction plot in Innocent Blood by None, P.D. James , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of The Monster in the Box (Inspector Wexford, #22) by Ruth Rendell

1. The Monster in the Box (Inspector Wexford, #22)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.51

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The Monster in the Box takes Chief Inspector Wexford back to his days as a young policeman, and to … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Some Lie and Some Die (Inspector Wexford, #8) by Ruth Rendell

2. Some Lie and Some Die (Inspector Wexford, #8)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.74

Format: 181 pages, Hardcover

A mutilated body found at a rock festival.In spite of dire predictions, the rock festival in Kingsm… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Tether's End (Albert Campion Mystery, #16) by Margery Allingham

3. Tether's End (Albert Campion Mystery, #16)

By: Margery Allingham

3.96

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

In Hide My Eyes, private detective Albert Campion finds himself hunting down a serial killer in Lon… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Wench is Dead (Inspector Morse #8) by Colin Dexter

4. The Wench is Dead (Inspector Morse #8)

By: Colin Dexter

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Inspector Morse, recovering from an ulcer in Oxford's Radcliffe Hospital, comes across an old book … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
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  • mystery
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  • crime
  • audiobook
"He was somewhat of a loner by temperament--because though never wholly happy when alone, he was usually slightly more miserable when with other people."

-Colin Dexter, The Wench is Dead (Inspector Morse #8)

Cover of The China Governess (Albert Campion Mystery #17) by Margery Allingham

5. The China Governess (Albert Campion Mystery #17)

By: Margery Allingham

4.03

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

Timothy Kinnit, rich, handsome, well-bred, learns on the eve of his elopement, that he was adopted.… read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

6. Good Blood (Gideon Oliver, #11)

By: Aaron Elkins

2.50

Format: 62 pages, Paperback

What was supposed to be an Italian vacation for forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver and his wife … read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Vault (Inspector Wexford, #23) by Ruth Rendell

7. The Vault (Inspector Wexford, #23)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.95

Format: 161 pages, Hardcover

The twenty-fourth book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford. The… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
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  • fiction
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  • crime
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8. 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

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  • suspense
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9. No More Dying Then (Inspector Wexford, #6)

By: Ruth Rendell

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

What kind of a person would kidnap two children? That is the question that haunts Wexford when a fi… read more

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10. False Scent (Roderick Alleyn, #21)

By: Ngaio Marsh

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In a poisonous cloud of spray, the curtain falls on a drama queen. Little did beloved British actre… read more

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11. Innocent Blood

By: None , P.D. James

3.67

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Adopted as a child into a privileged family, Philippa Palfrey fantasizes that she is the daughter o… read more

Similar categories in None's Innocent Blood book and None's Innocent Blood

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Time didn't heal, but it anesthetized. The human mind could only feel so much."

-None, Innocent Blood

"The television image sanctified, conferred identity. The more familiar the face, the more to be trusted. "

-None, Innocent Blood

"Absolute nakedness was intrusive, confusing to the senses. Paradoxically, it both revealed and diminished identity."

-None, Innocent Blood

"People were excited by violence. What, after all, was the sexual act but a voluntarily endured assault, a momentary death?"

-None, Innocent Blood

Cover of The Veiled One (Inspector Wexford, #14) by Ruth Rendell

12. The Veiled One (Inspector Wexford, #14)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.88

Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Chief Inspector Wexford, injured in a car bombing, must rely on Detective Mike Burden to catch a ki… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

13. Going Wrong

By: Ruth Rendell

4.30

Format: 503 pages, Paperback

In Rendell's evocative portrayal of West London, the slums of Notting Hill Gate and the mews houses… read more

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14. The Girl Next Door

By: Ruth Rendell

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this psychologically explosive story from "one of the most remarkable novelists of her generatio… read more

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15. One Across, Two Down

By: Ruth Rendell

4.70

Format: None pages, Paperback

Two things interest Stanley Manning: crossword puzzles, and the substantial sum his wife Vera stand… read more

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16. A Sleeping Life (Inspector Wexford, #10)

By: Ruth Rendell

4.11

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

Rhoda Comfrey's death seemed unremarkable; the real mystery was her life. In A Sleeping Life, maste… read more

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17. An Unkindness of Ravens (Inspector Wexford, #13)

By: Ruth Rendell

4.11

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

Rodney Williams's disappearance seems typical to Chief Inspector Wexford -- a simple case of a man … read more

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18. No Man's Nightingale (Inspector Wexford #24)

By: Ruth Rendell

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A female vicar named Sarah Hussein is discovered strangled in her Kingsmarkham vicarage. Maxine, th… read more

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19. End in Tears (Inspector Wexford, #20)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The award-winning author of Babes in the Woods and The Rottweiler brings us another gripping Inspec… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
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  • audiobook
Cover of Element of Doubt (Inspector Thanet, #7) by Dorothy Simpson

20. Element of Doubt (Inspector Thanet, #7)

By: Dorothy Simpson

3.85

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

There’s no shortage of suspects when a body turns up in a charming English village in this mystery … read more

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  • crime
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Cover of A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33) by Donna Leon

21. A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33)

By: Donna Leon

4.05

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

In the thirty-third installment of Donna Leon’s magnificent series, Commissario Guido Brunetti conf… read more

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8 must-read audiobook books like Innocent Blood by P.D. James

Transform Your Habits

The Monster in the Box (Inspector Wexford, #22)

Ruth Rendell

3.51

Transform Your Habits

Some Lie and Some Die (Inspector Wexford, #8)

Ruth Rendell

3.74

Transform Your Habits

Tether's End (Albert Campion Mystery, #16)

Margery Allingham

3.96

Transform Your Habits

The Wench is Dead (Inspector Morse #8)

Colin Dexter

3.92

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

Transform Your Habits

Talking to Strange Men

Ruth Rendell

2.00

Transform Your Habits

Adam and Eve and Pinch Me

Ruth Rendell

4.16

Transform Your Habits

From Doon With Death (Inspector Wexford, #1)

Ruth Rendell

3.68

Transform Your Habits

A Dark-Adapted Eye

Ruth Rendell , Barbara Vine

1.00

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