8 must-read murder mystery books like Last Seen Wearing (Inspector Morse, #2) by Colin Dexter

Cover of Last Seen Wearing (Inspector Morse, #2) by Colin Dexter

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 …

"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)

"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 unnatural causes. That's all I ask. And we haven't got a body."

-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 unnatural causes. That's all I ask. And we haven't got a body."

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

If you liked the murder mystery plot in Last Seen Wearing (Inspector Morse, #2) by Colin Dexter , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Misterioso (A-gruppen/Intercrime, #1) by John Lee, Arne Dahl, Maike Dörries

1. Misterioso (A-gruppen/Intercrime, #1)

By: John Lee , Arne Dahl , Maike Dörries

3.63

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Kaum ist Paul Hjelm, Inspektor der Stockholmer Polizei, zur Sondereinheit für besonders schwierige … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Innocent Graves (Inspector Banks, #8) by Peter Robinson

2. Innocent Graves (Inspector Banks, #8)

By: Peter Robinson

4.01

Format: 400 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When last seen alive, sixteen-year-old Deborah Harrison was on her way home from school. Her friend… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of First Frost (Detective Jack Frost Prequel, #1) by James Henry

3. First Frost (Detective Jack Frost Prequel, #1)

By: James Henry

4.05

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

It's Denton, 1981. Britain is in recession, the IRA is becoming increasingly active and the country… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of A Certain Justice (Adam Dalgliesh, #10) by None

4. A Certain Justice (Adam Dalgliesh, #10)

By: None

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

It begins, dramatically enough, with a trial for murder. The distinguished criminal lawyer Venetia … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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5. Death Of A Hollow Man (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #2)

By: Caroline Graham

3.88

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Actors do love their dramas, and the members of the Causton Amateur Dramatic Society are no excepti… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Ghost In The Machine (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #7) by Caroline Graham

6. A Ghost In The Machine (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #7)

By: Caroline Graham

3.87

Format: 411 pages, Paperback

When a bloody, pulverized body is found lying beneath the rustic timbers of an authentic torture de… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of A Touch Of Frost (Inspector Frost, #2) by R.D. Wingfield

7. A Touch Of Frost (Inspector Frost, #2)

By: R.D. Wingfield

4.20

Format: 42 pages, Paperback

Detective Inspector Jack Frost, offically on duty, is nevertheless determined to sneak off to a col… read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Cabal (Aurelio Zen, #3) by Michael Dibdin

8. Cabal (Aurelio Zen, #3)

By: Michael Dibdin

3.94

Format: None pages, Paperback

Inspector Aurelio Zen is back and facing the biggest mystery of his professional career. Drawn into… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of A Place Of Safety (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #6) by Caroline Graham

9. A Place Of Safety (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #6)

By: Caroline Graham

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Charlie Leathers was not the most popular man in the charming English village of Ferne Basset, but … read more

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

10. Below the Line

By: Brian Tobin

4.33

Format: 481 pages,

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Cover of Close to Home (Inspector Banks, #13) by Peter Robinson

11. Close to Home (Inspector Banks, #13)

By: Peter Robinson

2.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

The past returns to haunt Chief Inspector Alan Banks in this harrowing novel of suspense from New Y… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14) by None, P.D. James

12. The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)

By: None , P.D. James

3.80

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are called in to investigate a murder at a private nursing ho… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Benton had a strong interest in helping to ensure that Warren's home life wasn't greatly disturbed: his wife was Cornish, and that morning Warren had arrived with six Cornish pasties of remarkable fl…"

-None, The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)

"With the death of what Sydney Smith described as rational religon and the proponents of what remains sending out such confusing and uncertain messages, all civilised people have to be ethicists. We m…"

-None, The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)

"Snapping shut his mobile, Dalgliesh reflected that murder, a unique crime for which no reparation is ever possible, imposes it own compulsions as well as it's conventions. He doubted whether Macklefi…"

-None, The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)

"The city which lay below was a charnel house built on multi-layered bones centuries older than those which lay beneath the cities of Hamburg or Dresden. Was this knowledge part of the mystery it held…"

-None, The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)

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13. Faithful Unto Death (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #5)

By: Caroline Graham

3.92

Format: 420 pages, Paperback

When bored young housewife Simone Hollingsworth misses bell-ringing practice-her latest effort to f… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • police
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Written In Blood (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #4) by Caroline Graham

14. Written In Blood (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #4)

By: Caroline Graham

4.10

Format: 40 pages,

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

15. 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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16. The Black Tower (Adam Dalgliesh #5)

By: None

4.22

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

Scotland Yard Inspector Adam Dalgliesh races to solve a twisted murder in bestselling author P.D. J… read more

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17. Night Frost (Inspector Frost, #3)

By: R.D. Wingfield

3.00

Format: None pages,

While the local police succumb to a flu epidemic and the unsolved crimes pile up, a tired and demor… read more

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18. Death In Disguise (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #3)

By: Caroline Graham

3.92

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

The Lodge of the Golden Windhorse has provided the citizens of Compton Dando with splendid fodder f… read more

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Cover of Last Seen Wearing (Inspector Morse, #2) by Colin Dexter

19. 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 Colin Dexter's Last Seen Wearing (Inspector Morse, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • police
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"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)

20. The Lighthouse (Adam Dalgliesh #13)

By: None

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

A secure and secluded retreat for the rich and powerful becomes the setting for an unsettling serie… read more

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Cover of Death of an Expert Witness (Adam Dalgliesh, #6) by None, P.D. James

21. Death of an Expert Witness (Adam Dalgliesh, #6)

By: None , P.D. James

3.94

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

Dr. Lorrimer appeared to be the picture of a bloodless, coldly efficient scientist. Only when his b… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"I used to think that we can have almost anything we want from life, that it's just a question of organization. But now I'm beginning to think that we have to make a choice more often than we'd like. …"

-None, Death of an Expert Witness (Adam Dalgliesh, #6)

22. 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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23. Wasted Years (Charles Resnick, #5)

By: John Harvey

3.00

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

A series of brutal robberies takes Detective Inspector Charlie Resnick back ten years. To a time wh… read more

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24. Puppet for a Corpse

By: Dorothy Simpson

3.06

Format: 405 pages,

A doctor's apparent suicide sets off alarm bells for Detective Inspector Thanet, "a shrewd yet comp… read more

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25. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted by A.G. Russo

26. O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

By: A.G. Russo

4.34

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

*Author "I have never used AI in my writing." A.G. RussoThe homefront, summer 1942, Brooklyn, New … read more

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  • mystery
"A uniformed cop around 6’4"

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

"You can use all the hundred dollar words you want,"

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

"She’s a cop’s wife. She understands what her husband does for a living,"

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

"When those we care about are weakest, that’s when we must be strong for them."

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

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27. Killing Johnny Miracle

By: J.K. Franko

4.39

Format: None pages, Paperback

Johnny Miracle is in love... but not with his wife. He's going to divorce Mary, and he has leverage… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
"Pretty isn’t permanent."

-J.K. Franko, Killing Johnny Miracle

"It’s a divorce, not cancer."

-J.K. Franko, Killing Johnny Miracle

"Blood only flows in one direction."

-J.K. Franko, Killing Johnny Miracle

"The snake you don’t kill today may kill you tomorrow."

-J.K. Franko, Killing Johnny Miracle

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28. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series) by Behcet Kaya

29. Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

By: Behcet Kaya

4.37

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

A shocking murder has devastated the sacred walls of Kingsley University. A student discovers the b… read more

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"Swamp."

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

"Why was bail denied?"

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

"How was he murdered?"

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

"Kowkosvki? You handling this?"

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

30. The Rising Tide (Vera Stanhope, #10)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

For fifty years a group of friends have been meeting regularly for reunions on Holy Island, celebra… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Old Success (Richard Jury, #25) by Martha Grimes

31. The Old Success (Richard Jury, #25)

By: Martha Grimes

3.66

Format: 243 pages, Hardcover

When the body of a French woman washes up on a wild inlet off the Cornish coast, Brian Macalvie, di… read more

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

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4.01

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