1979
By: Val McDermid
3.78
Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition
Hailed as Britain's Queen of Crime, Val McDermid's award-winning, internationally bestselling novel…
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1. 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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2. Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)
By: Peter Robinson
4.09
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The 28th twisting installment in the DCI Alan Banks mystery series that Stephen King calls "the bes… read more
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3. The Heron's Cry (Two Rivers, #2)
By: Ann Cleeves
4.05
Format: 382 pages, Hardcover
North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coastline. Detective Matthe… read more
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4. 1979
By: Val McDermid
3.78
Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition
Hailed as Britain's Queen of Crime, Val McDermid's award-winning, internationally bestselling novel… read more
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5. 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
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- scotland
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6. 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
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7. A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24)
By: Ian Rankin
4.20
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The brand-new John Rebus thriller from the #1 international bestseller Ian Rankin. John Rebus st… read more
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8. 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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9. A Winter Grave
By: Peter May
4.07
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
It is the year 2051. Warnings of climate catastrophe have been ignored, and vast areas of the plane… read more
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10. 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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"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)
11. The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway, #15)
By: Elly Griffiths
4.41
Format: 361 pages, Hardcover
The discovery of a missing woman's bones forces Ruth and Nelson to finally confront their feelings … read more
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12. Murder Before Evensong (Canon Clement, #1)
By: Richard Coles
3.32
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
Canon Daniel Clement is Rector of Champton. He has been there for eight years, living at the Rector… read more
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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
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14. Squeaky Clean (Squeaky Clean, #1)
By: Callum McSorley
4.10
Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition
Half the Glasgow polis think DI Alison McCoist is bent. The other half just think she's a fuck-up. … read more
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15. Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)
By: Elly Griffiths
4.00
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
A murderer strikes at a school reunion--but the students are no strangers to death-- in this propul… read more
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"Harbinder paces her office. She still can’t stop herself thinking, Look at me with an office big enough to pace in ."-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)
"How many times can you reminisce about school? She doesn’t think Talgarth High has ever tried to gather its former students. To be fair, it would be hard with so many of them electronically tagged."-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)
"Aren’t you a Christian though?’ She remembers a comment about St Peter’s Italian church. ‘Not really,’ says Kim. ‘I just pick the bits I like from every religion. Is there a word for that?’ ‘Heretic,…"-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)
"Gary’s made a bit of a name for himself. He’s always in the papers going on about climate change being a hoax. That’s why I was surprised ….’ ‘Surprised by what,’ prompts Harbinder because the singer…"-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)
16. The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)
By: Elly Griffiths
4.23
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Pandemic lockdowns have Ruth Galloway feeling isolated from everyone but a new neighbor—until Nelso… read more
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"It's a locked room mystery,' says Tony. 'Like in the books.' 'Nothing,' says Nelson, 'is like it is in the books."-Elly Griffiths, The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)
"The churches are all closed. She was surprised how shocked she'd been to hear this news. Judy might be a lapsed Catholic, but she'd always assumed that, all her life, mass would be carrying on somewh…"-Elly Griffiths, The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)
"The air is so sweet and pure that it almost takes her breath away. It's as if nature is conspiring to make lockdown a less terrifying experience. Ruth has already noticed herself becoming interested …"-Elly Griffiths, The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)
"There are no commuters, no children jostling for school buses, no taxis, no old men in hats driving in the centre of the road. It should feel like heaven but, as Nelson drives through the old city ga…"-Elly Griffiths, The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)
17. The Dark Remains
By: William McIlvanney
3.84
Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition
In this scorching crime prequel, New York Times best-selling author Ian Rankin and Scottish crime-w… read more
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"The law's not about justice. It's a system we've put in place because we can't have justice."-William McIlvanney, The Dark Remains
18. 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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"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)
19. 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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20. The Murder Book (Tom Thorne #18)
By: Mark Billingham
4.22
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Tom Thorne finally has it all. In Nicola Tanner and Phil Hendricks, Thorne has good friends by h… read more
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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
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