20 must-read thriller books like The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1) by Adrian McKinty, Gerard Doyle

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The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

By: Adrian McKinty , Gerard Doyle

3.92

Format: 11 pages, Audio CD

Northern Ireland, spring 1981. Hunger strikes, riots, power cuts, a homophobic serial killer with a…

"Johnnie Walker in the tea, Jim Beam in the coffee"

-Adrian McKinty, The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

"more guilt, guilt, guilt. That's the Irish condition."

-Adrian McKinty, The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

"Who do you think's after you, Shane, my lad? Or is it just the dark you're afeared of?"

-Adrian McKinty, The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

"The minutes ticked past. This is why peelers need a book. A wee paperback to stick in your pocket."

-Adrian McKinty, The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

If you liked the thriller plot in The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1) by Adrian McKinty, Gerard Doyle , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of Collusion (Jack Lennon Investigations #2) by Stuart Neville

1. Collusion (Jack Lennon Investigations #2)

By: Stuart Neville

3.94

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

A merciless assassin stalks Belfast and Detective Inspector Jack Lennon has been assigned to the ca… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Neville's Collusion (Jack Lennon Investigations #2) book and Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • ireland
  • irish literature
Cover of Green Hell (Jack Taylor, #11) by Ken Bruen

2. Green Hell (Jack Taylor, #11)

By: Ken Bruen

3.54

Format: 230 pages, Audio CD

Ireland's master of poetic crime fiction, called "an Irish treasure" by Shelf Awareness, spins a ne… read more

Similar categories in Ken Bruen's Green Hell (Jack Taylor, #11) book and Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • ireland
  • irish literature
Cover of Purgatory (Jack Taylor, #10) by Ken Bruen

3. Purgatory (Jack Taylor, #10)

By: Ken Bruen

4.20

Format: 240 pages,

Recovering from the severe mental and physical wounds inflicted from his recent past, Jack Taylor h… read more

Similar categories in Ken Bruen's Purgatory (Jack Taylor, #10) book and Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • ireland
  • irish literature

4. The Ghosts of Belfast (Jack Lennon Investigations #1)

By: Stuart Neville

3.76

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Stuart Neville has written not jut a superb thriller but a significant work of literature which exp… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Neville's The Ghosts of Belfast (Jack Lennon Investigations #1) book and Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

5. The Emerald Lie (Jack Taylor, #12)

By: Ken Bruen

2.92

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Ken Bruen, the "Godfather of the modern Irish crime novel" (Irish Independent), is beloved for his … read more

Similar categories in Ken Bruen's The Emerald Lie (Jack Taylor, #12) book and Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

6. Vengeance (Quirke #5)

By: John Banville , Benjamin Black

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A bizarre suicide leads to a scandal and then still more blood, as one of our most brilliant crime … read more

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7. Borderlands (Inspector Devlin, #1)

By: Brian McGilloway

2.75

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The corpse of local teenager Angela Cashell is found on the Tyrone-Donegal border, between the Nort… read more

Similar categories in Brian McGilloway's Borderlands (Inspector Devlin, #1) book and Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

8. Headstone (Jack Taylor, #9)

By: Ken Bruen

3.23

Format: 304 pages,

Some people help the less fortunate. Others kill them. Evil has many guises. Jack Taylor has encou… read more

Similar categories in Ken Bruen's Headstone (Jack Taylor, #9) book and Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

9. 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

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4) book and Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

Cover of The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1) by Adrian McKinty, Gerard Doyle

10. The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

By: Adrian McKinty , Gerard Doyle

3.92

Format: 11 pages, Audio CD

Northern Ireland, spring 1981. Hunger strikes, riots, power cuts, a homophobic serial killer with a… read more

Similar categories in Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1) book and Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
"Johnnie Walker in the tea, Jim Beam in the coffee"

-Adrian McKinty, The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

"more guilt, guilt, guilt. That's the Irish condition."

-Adrian McKinty, The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

"Who do you think's after you, Shane, my lad? Or is it just the dark you're afeared of?"

-Adrian McKinty, The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

"The minutes ticked past. This is why peelers need a book. A wee paperback to stick in your pocket."

-Adrian McKinty, The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

11. The Dramatist (Jack Taylor, #4)

By: Ken Bruen

3.81

Format: None pages,

Seems impossible but Jack Taylor is sober--off booze and pills, and nearly off cigarettes. One reas… read more

Similar categories in Ken Bruen's The Dramatist (Jack Taylor, #4) book and Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

12. Gallows Lane (Inspector Devlin, #2)

By: Brian McGilloway

4.25

Format: 179 pages, Paperback

Taking its title from the name of the road down which condemned Donegal criminals were once led, 'G… read more

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13. The Devil (Jack Taylor, #8)

By: Ken Bruen

4.18

Format: 578 pages, Paperback

America - the land of opportunity, a place where economic prosperity beckons: - but not for PI Jack… read more

Similar categories in Ken Bruen's The Devil (Jack Taylor, #8) book and Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

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14. The Secret Hours

By: Mick Herron

4.29

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "historical … read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's The Secret Hours book and Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"We’re the Secret Service. We’re not here to be liked."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"And you can shut your damn mouth too." "Now now. Casual profanity’s the sign of a small fucking mind."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"Come on. You can buy me breakfast." "I've already had breakfast." "So have I. What's that got to do with it?"

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"First Desk enjoyed coincidences the way she liked happy endings: outside of fiction, they were as trustworthy as a Tinder Profile."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

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 Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #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 Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5) by Anthony Horowitz

16. 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 Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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17. The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

By: Susan Rowland

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Former Archivist Mary Wandwalker hates bringing bad news. Nevertheless, she confirms to her alma ma… read more

Similar categories in Susan Rowland's The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery) book and Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"The fire on the mountain."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"The Alchemy Scroll works on the heart,"

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"You can’t set fires, Anna. Never again. Promise."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"She stabbed the earth with her big fork as if she could make Cookie Mac’s blood sprout from it."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

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18. Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

By: Michael Connelly

4.56

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning ar… read more

Similar categories in Michael Connelly's Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7) book and Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. All the Sinners Bleed

By: S.A. Cosby

4.24

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

A Black sheriff. A serial killer. A small town ready to combust. Titus Crown is the first Black … read more

Similar categories in S.A. Cosby's All the Sinners Bleed book and Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"In the former capital of the confederacy, equalities surest foothold was found on the autopsy table."

-S.A. Cosby, All the Sinners Bleed

"It occurred to him that no place was more confused about it's past or more terrified of the future than the South."

-S.A. Cosby, All the Sinners Bleed

Cover of City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3) by Don Winslow

20. City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3)

By: Don Winslow

4.42

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love. Danny Ryan is rich. Beyond … read more

Similar categories in Don Winslow's City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3) book and Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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21. 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 Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7) by Robert Galbraith

22. 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

Similar categories in Robert Galbraith's The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7) book and Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • 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 Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) by Tana French

23. 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 Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • 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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24. 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 Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of City of Dreams (Danny Ryan #2) by Don Winslow

25. City of Dreams (Danny Ryan #2)

By: Don Winslow

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Hollywood. The city where dreams are made. On the losing side of a bloody East Coast crime w… read more

Similar categories in Don Winslow's City of Dreams (Danny Ryan #2) book and Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane

26. Small Mercies

By: Dennis Lehane

4.29

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed New York Times bestselling writer returns with a masterpiece to rival Mystic River —a… read more

Similar categories in Dennis Lehane's Small Mercies book and Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Galway Girl (Jack Taylor #15) by Ken Bruen

27. Galway Girl (Jack Taylor #15)

By: Ken Bruen

3.79

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

Jack Taylor has never quite been able get his life together, but now he has truly hit rock bottom. … read more

Similar categories in Ken Bruen's Galway Girl (Jack Taylor #15) book and Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
Cover of In the Galway Silence (Jack Taylor, #14) by Ken Bruen

28. In the Galway Silence (Jack Taylor, #14)

By: Ken Bruen

3.79

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

After much tragedy and violence, Jack Taylor has at long last landed at contentment. Of course, he … read more

Similar categories in Ken Bruen's In the Galway Silence (Jack Taylor, #14) book and Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • ireland
  • irish literature
Cover of Trust Her by Flynn Berry

29. Trust Her

By: Flynn Berry

3.91

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Two sisters find they can't outrun their past in the riveting new thriller from the New York Times … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
Cover of Bird Spotting in a Small Town by Sophie Morton-Thomas

30. Bird Spotting in a Small Town

By: Sophie Morton-Thomas

3.64

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

My feet are itching to walk to the shore, to leave the kids again, to sit with the birds and preten… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Morton-Thomas's Bird Spotting in a Small Town book and Adrian McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

  • audiobook

18 must-read mystery thriller books like The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1) by Adrian McKinty, Gerard Doyle

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Stuart Neville

3.94

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The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)

Adrian McKinty , Gerard Doyle

3.92

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The Secret Hours

Mick Herron

4.29

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Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1)

Behcet Kaya

4.25

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The Secret Hours

Mick Herron

4.29

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Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

Anthony Horowitz

4.18

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Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

Michael Connelly

4.56

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The Exchange

John Grisham

3.69

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