19 must-read crime books like The First 48 Hours by Simon Kernick

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The First 48 Hours

By: Simon Kernick

4.20

Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition

THE FIRST 48 HOURS ARE CRITICAL... AND THE CLOCK IS TICKING A COP NEEDS TO CRACK A DEADLY CASE …

If you liked the crime plot in The First 48 Hours by Simon Kernick , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. Ten Seconds (Ben Harper #3)

By: Robert Gold

4.14

Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition

After a tense birthday celebration in Haddley, journalist Ben Harper watches his boss, Madeline, ge… read more

Similar categories in Robert Gold's Ten Seconds (Ben Harper #3) book and Simon Kernick's The First 48 Hours

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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2. The First 48 Hours

By: Simon Kernick

4.20

Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition

THE FIRST 48 HOURS ARE CRITICAL... AND THE CLOCK IS TICKING A COP NEEDS TO CRACK A DEADLY CASE … read more

Similar categories in Simon Kernick's The First 48 Hours book and Simon Kernick's The First 48 Hours

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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3. The Dream Home

By: T.M. Logan

3.97

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

IF YOU HAD NEVER OPENED THE DOOR, YOUR FAMILY WOULD BE SAFE . . . THE UNMISSABLE NEW THRILLER FR… read more

Similar categories in T.M. Logan's The Dream Home book and Simon Kernick's The First 48 Hours

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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4. Every Move You Make

By: C.L. Taylor

3.90

Format: 422 pages, Kindle Edition

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer… Alexandra, Lucy, Bridget, River and Natalie. Fi… read more

Similar categories in C.L. Taylor's Every Move You Make book and Simon Kernick's The First 48 Hours

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Stop Them Dead (Roy Grace #19) by Peter James

5. Stop Them Dead (Roy Grace #19)

By: Peter James

4.35

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A ruthless crime. A race against time. When a young farmer confronts intruders in the middle of … read more

Similar categories in Peter James's Stop Them Dead (Roy Grace #19) book and Simon Kernick's The First 48 Hours

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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6. They Thought I Was Dead: Sandy's Story

By: Peter James

4.18

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

'One of the best British crime writers, and therefore one of the best in the world' - Lee ChildPete… read more

Similar categories in Peter James's They Thought I Was Dead: Sandy's Story book and Simon Kernick's The First 48 Hours

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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7. The Fake Wife

By: Sharon J. Bolton

3.96

Format: 368 pages, ebook

Olive Anderson is dining alone at a hotel when a glamourous stranger joins her table, pretending to… read more

Similar categories in Sharon J. Bolton's The Fake Wife book and Simon Kernick's The First 48 Hours

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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8. The Mercy Chair (Washington Poe #6)

By: M.W. Craven

4.63

Format: 485 pages, Kindle Edition

Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin . . . Washington Poe has a story to tell. And he… read more

Similar categories in M.W. Craven's The Mercy Chair (Washington Poe #6) book and Simon Kernick's The First 48 Hours

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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9. For Our Sins (Inspector McLean #13)

By: James Oswald

4.42

Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition

The wages of sin is death. The partial collapse of a disused Edinburgh church reveals a dead bod… read more

Similar categories in James Oswald's For Our Sins (Inspector McLean #13) book and Simon Kernick's The First 48 Hours

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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10. Blood Debt (Victor the Assassin, #11)

By: Tom Wood

4.41

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

They want an eye for an eye. He'll fight until the last drop is spilled.The incredible latest novel… read more

Similar categories in Tom Wood's Blood Debt (Victor the Assassin, #11) book and Simon Kernick's The First 48 Hours

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Kill List (Inspector Anjelica Henley, #3) by Nadine Matheson

11. The Kill List (Inspector Anjelica Henley, #3)

By: Nadine Matheson

4.34

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

He will come for them, one by one… Five shocking murders Twenty-five years ago, DCI Harry Rhimes … read more

Similar categories in Nadine Matheson's The Kill List (Inspector Anjelica Henley, #3) book and Simon Kernick's The First 48 Hours

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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12. The Wrong Child

By: M.J. Arlidge

4.35

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A MOTHER WITH A DARK SECRET. A DAUGHTER DYING TO TELL . . . When 3-month-old Max is abducted, h… read more

Similar categories in M.J. Arlidge's The Wrong Child book and Simon Kernick's The First 48 Hours

  • thriller
  • crime
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13. Vengeance Is Mine

By: Michael Wood

4.12

Format: 596 pages, Audible Audio

A standalone thriller from the author of the DCI Matilda Darke crime series. Perfect for fans of St… read more

Similar categories in Michael Wood's Vengeance Is Mine book and Simon Kernick's The First 48 Hours

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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14. The Game

By: Martin Kemp

3.63

Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose … A British icon delivers a powerful blockbuster in an exh… read more

Similar categories in Martin Kemp's The Game book and Simon Kernick's The First 48 Hours

  • thriller
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15. Private Monaco (Private #19)

By: James Patterson

4.28

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

The clock is ticking. To save her life you must take another. When Jack Morgan is invited to … read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's Private Monaco (Private #19) book and Simon Kernick's The First 48 Hours

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Wrong Hands (Detective Miller #2) by Mark Billingham

16. The Wrong Hands (Detective Miller #2)

By: Mark Billingham

4.41

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

This is one case Detective Miller won't want to open . . . The second rip-roaring mystery from m… read more

Similar categories in Mark Billingham's The Wrong Hands (Detective Miller #2) book and Simon Kernick's The First 48 Hours

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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17. In a Place of Darkness

By: Stuart MacBride

4.38

Format: 527 pages, Kindle Edition

THE CLOCK IS TICKING...Detective Constable Angus MacVicar has just landed his dream job – transferr… read more

Similar categories in Stuart MacBride's In a Place of Darkness book and Simon Kernick's The First 48 Hours

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Cold Case (DI Alex Finn) by Will Shindler

18. The Cold Case (DI Alex Finn)

By: Will Shindler

4.40

Format: 371 pages, Kindle Edition

The brand-new gripping thriller in Will Shindler's acclaimed DI Alex Finn series - available to… read more

Similar categories in Will Shindler's The Cold Case (DI Alex Finn) book and Simon Kernick's The First 48 Hours

  • thriller
Cover of The Missing Family (David Raker, #13) by Tim Weaver

19. The Missing Family (David Raker, #13)

By: Tim Weaver

4.50

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

One family... On a beautiful summer's day, at a remote lake in the middle of Dartmoor, three membe… read more

Similar categories in Tim Weaver's The Missing Family (David Raker, #13) book and Simon Kernick's The First 48 Hours

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Witness 8 (Eddie Flynn #8) by Steve Cavanagh

20. Witness 8 (Eddie Flynn #8)

By: Steve Cavanagh

4.41

Format: 421 pages, Kindle Edition

Ruby Johnson is a nanny and maid to wealthy families in Manhattan's West 74th Street. She knows th… read more

Similar categories in Steve Cavanagh's Witness 8 (Eddie Flynn #8) book and Simon Kernick's The First 48 Hours

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of I Died on a Tuesday by Jane Corry

21. I Died on a Tuesday

By: Jane Corry

4.00

Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition

THERE’S THE STORY EVERYONE BELIEVES . . . The victim: Eighteen-year-old Janie leaving home for … read more

Similar categories in Jane Corry's I Died on a Tuesday book and Simon Kernick's The First 48 Hours

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction

18 best-selling fiction books like The First 48 Hours by Simon Kernick

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Ten Seconds (Ben Harper #3)

Robert Gold

4.14

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The First 48 Hours

Simon Kernick

4.20

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The Dream Home

T.M. Logan

3.97

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Every Move You Make

C.L. Taylor

3.90

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4.22

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The Mercy Chair (Washington Poe #6)

M.W. Craven

4.63

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The Kill List (Inspector Anjelica Henley, #3)

Nadine Matheson

4.34

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4.07

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