13 Top crime books like Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3) by Mick Herron

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Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3)

By: Mick Herron

4.05

Format: 318 pages, Hardcover

When Tim Whitby checks into a hotel, he's not intending to check out again — but then he meets Katr…

"Women choose men hoping they'll change. Men choose women hoping they won't."

-Mick Herron, Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3)

"Women choose men hoping they'll change. Men choose women hoping they won't."

-Mick Herron, Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3)

"Don't. Don't do anything. Just go. Now." It was always possible that if you very quickly told a man four times to do something, he'd get the message."

-Mick Herron, Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3)

"Don't. Don't do anything. Just go. Now." It was always possible that if you very quickly told a man four times to do something, he'd get the message."

-Mick Herron, Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3)

If you liked the crime plot in Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3) by Mick Herron , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3)

By: Mick Herron

4.05

Format: 318 pages, Hardcover

When Tim Whitby checks into a hotel, he's not intending to check out again — but then he meets Katr… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3) book and Mick Herron's Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Women choose men hoping they'll change. Men choose women hoping they won't."

-Mick Herron, Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3)

"Don't. Don't do anything. Just go. Now." It was always possible that if you very quickly told a man four times to do something, he'd get the message."

-Mick Herron, Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3)

2. A Colder War (Thomas Kell, #2)

By: Charles Cumming

4.50

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

A COLDER WAR, Cumming returns with MI6 agent Tom Kell (A Foreign Country), in a tour de force that … read more

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3. The Trinity Six

By: Charles Cumming

3.37

Format: 204 pages,

The most closely-guarded secret of the Cold War is about to be exposed - the identity of a SIXTH me… read more

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4. The Sacred Art of Stealing

By: Christopher Brookmyre

4.02

Format: 424 pages, Paperback

Let us prey ... The press tend to talk about bank robberies as being daring, ingenious and audaciou… read more

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5. Caledonian Road

By: Andrew O'Hagan

3.96

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

A biting portrait of British class, politics, and money told through five interconnected families a… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • british literature
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6. Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Ha… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Horowitz's Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5) book and Mick Herron's Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. The Dead of Winter

By: Stuart MacBride

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

It was supposed to be an easy job.All Detective Constable Edward Reekie had to do was pick up a dyi… read more

Similar categories in Stuart MacBride's The Dead of Winter book and Mick Herron's Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3)

  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. 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 Mick Herron's Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. 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

Similar categories in Matthew Richardson's The Scarlet Papers book and Mick Herron's Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3)

  • espionage
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook

10. 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

Similar categories in Matthew Richardson's The Insider (Solomon Vine, #2) book and Mick Herron's Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3)

  • espionage
  • thriller
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11. 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 Mick Herron's Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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12. The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

By: Tana French

4.12

Format: 467 pages, Hardcover

It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is… read more

Similar categories in Tana French's The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) book and Mick Herron's Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"She'll bake bread and make jam, because she likes those made her way, but she says she cooked a good meal from scratch every night of her marriage, and now if she wants to live mainly off toasted san…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

"Trey has a bone-deep mistrust of marriage or anything resembling it. She knows that Lena sometimes stays the night at Cal's place, but Lena also has a place of her own, which she can go back to whene…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

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13. 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 Mick Herron's Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3)

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

Similar categories in Charles Beaumont's A Spy Alone book and Mick Herron's Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3)

  • espionage
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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15. 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

Similar categories in Charles Cumming's Kennedy 35 (BOX 88 #3) book and Mick Herron's Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3)

  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of Moscow X (Damascus Station #2) by David McCloskey

16. 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 Mick Herron's Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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17. Sanctuary

By: Garry Disher

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A thrilling new standalone set in regional SA, from one of Australia's most esteemed crime authors.… read more

Similar categories in Garry Disher's Sanctuary book and Mick Herron's Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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18. 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 Mick Herron's Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3)

  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of My Name Is Nobody (Solomon Vine, #1) by Matthew Richardson

19. 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

Similar categories in Matthew Richardson's My Name Is Nobody (Solomon Vine, #1) book and Mick Herron's Why We Die (The Oxford Investigations, #3)

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

20. 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

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Cast a Cold Eye (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery, #2) by Robbie Morrison

21. Cast a Cold Eye (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery, #2)

By: Robbie Morrison

4.34

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

In 1930s Glasgow, partners Jimmy Dreghorn and Archie McDaid face a danger that threatens to set the… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction

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4.18

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