13 must-read mystery books like The Zig Zag Girl (Stephens & Mephisto, #1) by Elly Griffiths

Cover of The Zig Zag Girl (Stephens & Mephisto, #1) by Elly Griffiths

The Zig Zag Girl (Stephens & Mephisto, #1)

By: Elly Griffiths

3.65

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

Brighton, 1950. When the body of a girl is found, cut into three, Detective Inspector Edgar Step…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Zig Zag Girl (Stephens & Mephisto, #1) by Elly Griffiths , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of The Shining Skull (Wesley Peterson, #11) by Kate Ellis

1. The Shining Skull (Wesley Peterson, #11)

By: Kate Ellis

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Little Marcus Fallbrook was kidnapped in 1976 and when he never returned home, his grieving family … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical mystery
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Funeral Boat (Wesley Peterson, #4) by Kate Ellis

2. The Funeral Boat (Wesley Peterson, #4)

By: Kate Ellis

3.00

Format: 508 pages, Hardcover

When young Carl Palister unearths a skeleton on a Devon smallholding, DS Wesley Peterson and his bo… read more

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  • historical mystery
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Shadow Collector (Wesley Peterson, #17) by Kate Ellis

3. The Shadow Collector (Wesley Peterson, #17)

By: Kate Ellis

4.23

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Eighteen years ago, Lilith Benley and her mother - rumoured to be witches - were convicted of the b… read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

4. The Merchant's House (Wesley Peterson, #1)

By: Kate Ellis

3.40

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Detective Sergeant Wesley Peterson's first day finds him investigating the death of a young woman w… read more

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5. The Marriage Hearse (Wesley Peterson, #10)

By: Kate Ellis

3.91

Format: 631 pages, Paperback

When Kirsten Harbourn is found strangled and naked on her wedding day, DI Wesley Peterson makes som… read more

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6. The Armada Boy (Wesley Peterson, #2)

By: Kate Ellis

4.00

Format: 100 pages, Hardcover

Norman Openheim is an American veteran of the D Day Landings on a sentimental journey with his old … read more

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7. An Unhallowed Grave (Wesley Peterson, #3)

By: Kate Ellis

4.00

Format: 100 pages, Hardcover

When the body of a middle-aged woman is found hanging from a yew tree in Stokeworthy Churchyard, th… read more

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8. The Skeleton Room (Wesley Peterson, #7)

By: Kate Ellis

4.00

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

When workmen converting former girls' boarding school, Chadleigh Hall, into a luxury hotel discover… read more

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9. Kissing the Demons (Joe Plantagenet, #3)

By: Kate Ellis

4.40

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

A Joe Plantagenet murder mystery - Thirteen Torland Place is a house with a disturbing past. When a… read more

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10. 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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11. The Zig Zag Girl (Stephens & Mephisto, #1)

By: Elly Griffiths

3.65

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

Brighton, 1950. When the body of a girl is found, cut into three, Detective Inspector Edgar Step… read more

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

12. The Blood Pit (Wesley Peterson, #12)

By: Kate Ellis

2.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Never has DI Wesley Peterson witnessed such a bizarre crime scene. The victim, Charles Marrick, has… read more

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Cover of Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5) by Anthony Horowitz

13. 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
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2) by Robert Thorogood

14. Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

By: Robert Thorogood

3.92

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s been an enjoyable and murder-free time for Judith, Suzie and Becks – AKA the Marlow Murder Clu… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"... Feynman's technique was simple. And he claimed that it was always successful. But it' not currently working for me. Not yet. What was it? Well, when he was building the first atomic bomb, he obse…"

-Robert Thorogood, Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

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

15. 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 The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7) by Robert Galbraith

16. The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7)

By: Robert Galbraith

4.61

Format: 960 pages, Hardcover

In the seventh installment in the Strike series, Cormoran and Robin must rescue a man ensnared in t… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Wace's charm and ease of manner, his smile, his warmth, had vanished. Once before, Strike had faced a killer whose eyes, under the stress and excitement of hearing his crimes described, had become as…"

-Robert Galbraith, The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7)

Cover of The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) by Jacqueline Winspear

17. The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.46

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow! Psychologist and… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"You've go to get on with it, my boy. Stop feeling sorry for yourselft, because what's done is done. You can't change it, so you've got to stiffen your backbone. You've a good job, a very nice roof ov…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

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

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  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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  • 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 The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4) by Richard Osman

19. The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

By: Richard Osman

4.49

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
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  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"His authentic indifference seems to delight them."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I think Psychopaths wear lipstick too,' says Joyce."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I love you,' he says. Because what else is there to say?"

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"Sure,' says Ron. 'She wants to kill me. Bake her some scones."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

Cover of The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3) by Robert Thorogood

20. The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3)

By: Robert Thorogood

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The Marlow Murder Club is on the hunt for a killer... Geoffrey Lushington, Mayor of Marlow, dies su… read more

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

21. 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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  • thriller
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4.10

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3.00

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4.23

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4.29

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4.18

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4.56

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