26 must-read crime books like The Bone Jar (Detective Lew Kirby, #1) by S.W. Kane

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The Bone Jar (Detective Lew Kirby, #1)

By: S.W. Kane

3.94

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

Two murders. An abandoned asylum. Will a mysterious former patient help untangle the dark truth? …

"it was so quiet. Reckon I’d have heard an ant shit."

-S.W. Kane, The Bone Jar (Detective Lew Kirby, #1)

"it was so quiet. Reckon I’d have heard an ant shit."

-S.W. Kane, The Bone Jar (Detective Lew Kirby, #1)

If you liked the crime plot in The Bone Jar (Detective Lew Kirby, #1) by S.W. Kane , here is a list of 26 books like this:

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1. Dead Embers (DCI Michael Lambert #3)

By: Matt Brolly

3.95

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

An explosive fire. A double murder. And that's just the start... When DCI Michael Lambertis called … read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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2. From the Cradle

By: Louise Voss , Mark Edwards

4.13

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The first child was taken from her house. The second from his mother's car. The third from her own … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

3. Dark Murder (DI Greco, #1)

By: Helen H. Durrant

0.00

Format: None pages,

A gripping new detective series from a best-selling crime writer A woman is found dead by a canal .… read more

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Cover of The One That Got Away (DI Heather Filson, #1) by J.D. Kirk

4. The One That Got Away (DI Heather Filson, #1)

By: J.D. Kirk

4.43

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

What if your worst enemy was your only hope? When a fifteen-year-old girl fails to make it home … read more

Similar categories in J.D. Kirk's The One That Got Away (DI Heather Filson, #1) book and S.W. Kane's The Bone Jar (Detective Lew Kirby, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. The Bone Jar (Detective Lew Kirby, #1)

By: S.W. Kane

3.94

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

Two murders. An abandoned asylum. Will a mysterious former patient help untangle the dark truth? … read more

Similar categories in S.W. Kane's The Bone Jar (Detective Lew Kirby, #1) book and S.W. Kane's The Bone Jar (Detective Lew Kirby, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"it was so quiet. Reckon I’d have heard an ant shit."

-S.W. Kane, The Bone Jar (Detective Lew Kirby, #1)

Cover of Long Time Dead (Detective Sheridan Holler, #1) by T.M.  Payne

6. Long Time Dead (Detective Sheridan Holler, #1)

By: T.M. Payne

4.26

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

DI Sheridan Holler is used to solving crimes on Liverpool’s streets, but after a decayed corpse tur… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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7. The Harbour Lights Mystery (Shell House Detectives #2)

By: Emylia Hall

4.34

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

As The Shell House Detectives try to solve a family mystery, their investigation runs dangerously c… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. The Shell House Detectives (Shell House Detectives #1)

By: Emylia Hall

4.27

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

None read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Unseen Sister (Detective Kat Ballantyne, #2) by Andy Maslen

9. The Unseen Sister (Detective Kat Ballantyne, #2)

By: Andy Maslen

4.30

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

For DS Kat Ballantyne, finding the murderer might mean looking closer to home. DS Kat Ballantyne is… read more

Similar categories in Andy Maslen's The Unseen Sister (Detective Kat Ballantyne, #2) book and S.W. Kane's The Bone Jar (Detective Lew Kirby, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of In the Silence (Anna Scavolini, #1) by M.R. Mackenzie

10. In the Silence (Anna Scavolini, #1)

By: M.R. Mackenzie

4.00

Format: 389 pages, Kindle Edition

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE AND LONGLISTED FOR THE MCILVANNEY PRIZE, 2019 An… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Seventh Girl (Detective Kat Ballantyne, #1) by Andy Maslen

11. The Seventh Girl (Detective Kat Ballantyne, #1)

By: Andy Maslen

4.11

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

She thought he was gone. She was wrong. Fifteen years ago a serial killer was on a rampage murderi… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Where the Pieces Lie (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers Book 19) by J.D. Kirk

12. Where the Pieces Lie (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers Book 19)

By: J.D. Kirk

4.59

Format: 388 pages, Kindle Edition

Experience the pulse-pounding new thriller from multi-million selling Scottish crime fiction author… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. The Islanders

By: Caroline Mitchell

4.05

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

She thinks the island will keep her safe—she is wrong. Traumatised by the death of a child in her … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. The Last Guest House

By: Caroline Mitchell

3.81

Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition

Guest House Rules No smoking in the rooms. No loud music. No phones No leaving your room afte… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"The rooms are always gloomy, like the lights are too lazy to shine bright."

-Caroline Mitchell, The Last Guest House

"I stretch my arms wide, blinking three times to make sense of the clock beside my bed. I've been asleep for a whole hour, dreaming of escaping this place. I'm too old to believe in princes, but a sma…"

-Caroline Mitchell, The Last Guest House

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15. The Darkest Water

By: Mark Edwards

4.13

Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition

In this chilling thriller from the bestselling author of Keep Her Secret, if you don’t take your da… read more

Similar categories in Mark Edwards's The Darkest Water book and S.W. Kane's The Bone Jar (Detective Lew Kirby, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. The Alliance

By: Matt Brolly

4.08

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

Four cities, four killers, four murders. The Alliance is just getting started. When four unconnecte… read more

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  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Anglesey Blue (DI Tudor Manx #1) by Dylan H. Jones

17. Anglesey Blue (DI Tudor Manx #1)

By: Dylan H. Jones

4.10

Format: 438 pages, Kindle Edition

Longlisted for the Guardian’s prestigious readers’ choice award, Not the Booker Prize. Meet DI T… read more

Similar categories in Dylan H. Jones's Anglesey Blue (DI Tudor Manx #1) book and S.W. Kane's The Bone Jar (Detective Lew Kirby, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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18. The Vanishing of Class 3B

By: Jackie Kabler

3.92

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

One spring morning, a bus full of children and their teachers from a Cotswolds primary school head … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. The List (Martha Munro Crime Mysteries #1)

By: Michael Leese

4.08

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

It was just an ordinary Wednesday lunchtime when Detective Martha Munro’s life changed forever. … read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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20. Murder at Merewood Hospital

By: Michelle Salter

4.09

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

The patients survived the Great War only to face a new danger… In 1916, Sister Helen Hopgood was… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
Cover of Dead in the Water (Cullen & Bain #5) by Ed James

21. Dead in the Water (Cullen & Bain #5)

By: Ed James

3.81

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

The ghosts of the past stay dead. Don't they? Ten years ago, a case brought two cops together an… read more

Similar categories in Ed James's Dead in the Water (Cullen & Bain #5) book and S.W. Kane's The Bone Jar (Detective Lew Kirby, #1)

  • mystery
Cover of The Snow Angel (Detectives von Klint and Berg, #1) by Anki Edvinsson

22. The Snow Angel (Detectives von Klint and Berg, #1)

By: Anki Edvinsson

3.99

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

A teenage suicide. A murdered pharmacist. A missing girl. Is the obvious connection the right one? … read more

Similar categories in Anki Edvinsson's The Snow Angel (Detectives von Klint and Berg, #1) book and S.W. Kane's The Bone Jar (Detective Lew Kirby, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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23. The Coldest Case (Kate Hanson #1)

By: A.J. Cross

4.04

Format: 488 pages, Kindle Edition

Please note this book was previously published as Gone in Seconds. For five years, the remains o… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Cross's The Coldest Case (Kate Hanson #1) book and S.W. Kane's The Bone Jar (Detective Lew Kirby, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Murder Takes Root (The Gardener Mysteries #2) by Rosie Sandler

24. Murder Takes Root (The Gardener Mysteries #2)

By: Rosie Sandler

4.18

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

Steph is excited to get her hands stuck into her latest gardening project. This time, she's been co… read more

Similar categories in Rosie Sandler's Murder Takes Root (The Gardener Mysteries #2) book and S.W. Kane's The Bone Jar (Detective Lew Kirby, #1)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Blood and Guts (DS Vicky Dodds, #1) by Ed James

25. Blood and Guts (DS Vicky Dodds, #1)

By: Ed James

3.92

Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition

Christmas Eve. A dead teenager, another missing. One hell of a case. Settling down for a nice Ch… read more

Similar categories in Ed James's Blood and Guts (DS Vicky Dodds, #1) book and S.W. Kane's The Bone Jar (Detective Lew Kirby, #1)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Creepy Crawly (DI Jake Sawyer, #1) by Andrew  Lowe

26. Creepy Crawly (DI Jake Sawyer, #1)

By: Andrew Lowe

4.29

Format: 438 pages, Kindle Edition

"Just because you don't feel fear, it doesn't mean you shouldn't be afraid."DI JAKE SAWYER is the b… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Lowe's Creepy Crawly (DI Jake Sawyer, #1) book and S.W. Kane's The Bone Jar (Detective Lew Kirby, #1)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Murder on Oxford Lane (Detectives Roy & Roscoe #1) by Tony   Bassett

27. Murder on Oxford Lane (Detectives Roy & Roscoe #1)

By: Tony Bassett

4.14

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

The peace of a Midlands village is upset when local businessman Harry Bowers doesn’t return from ch… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
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28. Into the Darkness

By: Sibel Hodge

4.33

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

The Missing… In a hidden basement, eighteen-year-old Toni is held captive and no one can hear her … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"The trouble was, no one thought about the victims any more. It was all about human rights for the criminal. Injustice was the name of the game now."

-Sibel Hodge, Into the Darkness

"It was a mistake, that’s all. A stupid, stupid mistake. We all make them–it doesn’t matter if it’s a calculated risk or a split-second decision, but sometimes we’re only one step away from disaster."

-Sibel Hodge, Into the Darkness

"Why did some people do those things? Because there have always been doers. Right back to the beginning of time, evil has existed in human form. But the followers interested me, too. Why did some peop…"

-Sibel Hodge, Into the Darkness

"I don’t know why I’ve always been interested in the evil things people do. I’m not alone, I know that. People who devour true crime stories. People who watch the horrors on the news every day or read…"

-Sibel Hodge, Into the Darkness

Cover of The Silent Wife (Detective Kat Ballantyne, #3) by Andy Maslen

29. The Silent Wife (Detective Kat Ballantyne, #3)

By: Andy Maslen

4.49

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

Her career on the line and an innocent woman charged with murder. Can she save them both? As bog… read more

Similar categories in Andy Maslen's The Silent Wife (Detective Kat Ballantyne, #3) book and S.W. Kane's The Bone Jar (Detective Lew Kirby, #1)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Venom in the Blood (Dr Vanessa Marwood #1) by Tracy Buchanan

30. Venom in the Blood (Dr Vanessa Marwood #1)

By: Tracy Buchanan

4.02

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

I stand and admire the bodies before me, mere moments from taking their final breaths. So glorious … read more

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Cover of Forgotten Bones: The start of an addictive crime series from Wes Markin (Whitby's Forgotten Victims Book 1) by Wes Markin

31. Forgotten Bones: The start of an addictive crime series from Wes Markin (Whitby's Forgotten Victims Book 1)

By: Wes Markin

4.57

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

The first in a new series from bestselling crime author, Wes Markin! To Detective Chief Inspector … read more

Similar categories in Wes Markin's Forgotten Bones: The start of an addictive crime series from Wes Markin (Whitby's Forgotten Victims Book 1) book and S.W. Kane's The Bone Jar (Detective Lew Kirby, #1)

  • crime

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Matt Brolly

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4.13

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J.D. Kirk

4.43

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Shana Frost

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Frances Lloyd

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