10 must-read thriller books like A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1) by Elizabeth George

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A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1)

By: Elizabeth George

4.04

Format: 413 pages, Mass Market Paperback

To this day, the low, thin wail of an infant can be heard in Keldale's lush green valleys. Three hu…

If you liked the thriller plot in A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1) by Elizabeth George , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of Mourn Not Your Dead (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #4) by Deborah Crombie

1. Mourn Not Your Dead (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #4)

By: Deborah Crombie

4.05

Format: 310 pages, Mass Market Paperback

An important and powerful policeman has been murdered, bludgeoned to death in his own kitchen. Few… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Crombie's Mourn Not Your Dead (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #4) book and Elizabeth George's A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Share in Death (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #1) by Deborah Crombie

2. A Share in Death (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #1)

By: Deborah Crombie

0.00

Format: 194 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A week's holiday in a luxurious Yorkshire time-share is just what Scotland Yard's Superintendent Du… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Leave the Grave Green (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #3) by Deborah Crombie

3. Leave the Grave Green (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #3)

By: Deborah Crombie

0.00

Format: 194 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When a body is found floating in the Thames river lock one damp and dreary morning, Superintendent … read more

Similar categories in Deborah Crombie's Leave the Grave Green (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #3) book and Elizabeth George's A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of All Shall Be Well (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #2) by Deborah Crombie

4. All Shall Be Well (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #2)

By: Deborah Crombie

0.00

Format: 194 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Perhaps it is a blessing when Jasmine Dent dies in her sleep. At long last an end has come to the s… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Crombie's All Shall Be Well (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #2) book and Elizabeth George's A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. Dreaming of the Bones (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #5)

By: Deborah Crombie

3.88

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

"Deborah Crombie might be the most British of American mystery novelists," said an astute reviewer … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. From Doon With Death (Inspector Wexford, #1)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.68

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Dazzling psychological suspense. Razor-sharp dialogue. Plots that catch and hold like a noose. Thes… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Rendell's From Doon With Death (Inspector Wexford, #1) book and Elizabeth George's A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Finer End (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #7) by Deborah Crombie

7. A Finer End (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #7)

By: Deborah Crombie

4.12

Format: 543 pages, Paperback

Scotland Yard Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his partner Sergeant Gemma James return i… read more

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

8. Now May You Weep (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #9)

By: Deborah Crombie

3.37

Format: None pages, Paperback

A gripping story of family rivalry, romance and sinister deeds, set in the haunting Scottish Highla… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. The Sound of Broken Glass (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #15)

By: Deborah Crombie

4.35

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the past . . . On a blisteringly hot August afternoon in Crystal Palace, once home to the tragic… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Crombie's The Sound of Broken Glass (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #15) book and Elizabeth George's A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1)

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

10. Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh #1)

By: None

4.22

Format: 206 pages,

Headstrong and beautiful, the young housemaid Sally Jupp is put rudely in her place, strangled in h… read more

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11. And Justice There Is None (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #8)

By: Deborah Crombie

3.97

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Award-winning author Deborah Crombie has elevated the modern mystery novel to new heights of human … read more

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Cover of A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1) by Elizabeth  George

12. A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1)

By: Elizabeth George

4.04

Format: 413 pages, Mass Market Paperback

To this day, the low, thin wail of an infant can be heard in Keldale's lush green valleys. Three hu… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth George's A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1) book and Elizabeth George's A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1)

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

13. Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair … read more

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

14. 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 Elizabeth George's A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"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)

"Her growing possessiveness felt both good and bad."

-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)

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

15. 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 Elizabeth George's A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"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 Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series) by Carolyn M. Bowen

16. Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series)

By: Carolyn M. Bowen

4.36

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

None read more

Similar categories in Carolyn M. Bowen's Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series) book and Elizabeth George's A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1)

"He wanted a stiff drink to get through the evening, for he knew they’d be wailing, and her family coming unglued."

-Carolyn M. Bowen, Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series)

"Elpidio sensed that David had more to say but was holding back due to their friendship. He wondered why David had gone along with Emiliana's seemingly impulsive ideas."

-Carolyn M. Bowen, Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series)

"He didn't want to give the cartel any time to persuade Emiliana into accepting a more enticing offer. He had reservations about her loyalty and feared she might make a deal without Elpidio's consent."

-Carolyn M. Bowen, Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series)

Cover of The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3) by Ann Cleeves

17. 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 Elizabeth George's A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) by Tana French

18. 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 Elizabeth George's A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • 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)

Cover of A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #15) by Louise Penny

19. A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #15)

By: Louise Penny

4.30

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

Catastrophic spring flooding, blistering attacks in the media, and a mysterious disappearance greet… read more

Similar categories in Louise Penny's A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #15) book and Elizabeth George's A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Consequences,"

-Louise Penny, A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #15)

"Civility. How can we expect it if we don't give it?"

-Louise Penny, A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #15)

"It was, he knew, a sign of End of Days. Ruth refusing booze."

-Louise Penny, A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #15)

"Chief Inspector Gamache’s says there are ‘four sentences that lead to wisdom: I don’t know. I need help. I’m sorry. I was wrong."

-Louise Penny, A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #15)

Cover of A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18) by Louise Penny

20. A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18)

By: Louise Penny

4.46

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns in the eighteenth book in #1 New York Times bestseller Louis… read more

Similar categories in Louise Penny's A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18) book and Elizabeth George's A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"They didn’t need proof. All a woman had to be was alive. Just being a woman was, in the church’s eyes, evil."

-Louise Penny, A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18)

"He look at the canvas and saw bold swirls of reds and greens and yellows and bright blues all intermingled. They formed no image, and he got no feeling. He closed his eyes and paused. When he open th…"

-Louise Penny, A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18)

Cover of The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13) by Elly Griffiths

21. The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.27

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr Ruth Galloway returns to the moody and beautiful landscape of North Norfolk to confront another … read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13) book and Elizabeth George's A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1)

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

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