12 must-read detective books like Last Bus to Woodstock (Inspector Morse, #1) by Colin Dexter

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Last Bus to Woodstock (Inspector Morse, #1)

By: Colin Dexter

3.98

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

Beautiful Sylvia Kaye and another young woman had been seen hitching a ride not long before Sylvia'…

If you liked the detective plot in Last Bus to Woodstock (Inspector Morse, #1) by Colin Dexter , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of The Crow Trap (Vera Stanhope, #1) by Ann Cleeves

1. The Crow Trap (Vera Stanhope, #1)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.86

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

Vera Stanhope's first appearance was in The Crow Trap, published in 1999 and now available in a new… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Death Of A Hollow Man (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #2) by Caroline Graham

2. Death Of A Hollow Man (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #2)

By: Caroline Graham

3.88

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Actors do love their dramas, and the members of the Causton Amateur Dramatic Society are no excepti… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of A Ghost In The Machine (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #7) by Caroline Graham

3. A Ghost In The Machine (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #7)

By: Caroline Graham

3.87

Format: 411 pages, Paperback

When a bloody, pulverized body is found lying beneath the rustic timbers of an authentic torture de… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Last Bus to Woodstock (Inspector Morse, #1) by Colin Dexter

4. Last Bus to Woodstock (Inspector Morse, #1)

By: Colin Dexter

3.98

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

Beautiful Sylvia Kaye and another young woman had been seen hitching a ride not long before Sylvia'… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of A Touch Of Frost (Inspector Frost, #2) by R.D. Wingfield

5. A Touch Of Frost (Inspector Frost, #2)

By: R.D. Wingfield

4.20

Format: 42 pages, Paperback

Detective Inspector Jack Frost, offically on duty, is nevertheless determined to sneak off to a col… read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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6. Reich TV

By: Jeff Pearce

3.60

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

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Cover of A Place Of Safety (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #6) by Caroline Graham

7. A Place Of Safety (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #6)

By: Caroline Graham

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Charlie Leathers was not the most popular man in the charming English village of Ferne Basset, but … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of From Doon With Death (Inspector Wexford, #1) by Ruth Rendell

8. From Doon With Death (Inspector Wexford, #1)

By: Ruth Rendell

3.68

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Dazzling psychological suspense. Razor-sharp dialogue. Plots that catch and hold like a noose. Thes… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of La fine è nota by Leonardo Sciascia, Geoffrey Holiday Hall, Simona Modica

9. La fine è nota

By: Leonardo Sciascia , Geoffrey Holiday Hall , Simona Modica

3.90

Format: 49 pages, Paperback

<>. Alla piccola inchiesta di Sciascia, sull'autore di questo strano giallo a rebours, a ritroso (a… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14) by None, P.D. James

10. The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)

By: None , P.D. James

3.80

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are called in to investigate a murder at a private nursing ho… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Benton had a strong interest in helping to ensure that Warren's home life wasn't greatly disturbed: his wife was Cornish, and that morning Warren had arrived with six Cornish pasties of remarkable fl…"

-None, The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)

"With the death of what Sydney Smith described as rational religon and the proponents of what remains sending out such confusing and uncertain messages, all civilised people have to be ethicists. We m…"

-None, The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)

"Snapping shut his mobile, Dalgliesh reflected that murder, a unique crime for which no reparation is ever possible, imposes it own compulsions as well as it's conventions. He doubted whether Macklefi…"

-None, The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)

"The city which lay below was a charnel house built on multi-layered bones centuries older than those which lay beneath the cities of Hamburg or Dresden. Was this knowledge part of the mystery it held…"

-None, The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)

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11. Faithful Unto Death (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #5)

By: Caroline Graham

3.92

Format: 420 pages, Paperback

When bored young housewife Simone Hollingsworth misses bell-ringing practice-her latest effort to f… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Written In Blood (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #4) by Caroline Graham

12. Written In Blood (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #4)

By: Caroline Graham

4.10

Format: 40 pages,

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Gotham By Midnight, Volume 1: We Do Not Sleep (The New 52 - Gotham by Midnight, #1) by Andrea Sorrentino, Ben Templesmith, Ray Fawkes, Juan Ferreyra

13. Gotham By Midnight, Volume 1: We Do Not Sleep (The New 52 - Gotham by Midnight, #1)

By: Andrea Sorrentino , Ben Templesmith , Ray Fawkes , Juan Ferreyra

4.00

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

Spinning out of Batman Eternal, Detective Jim Corrigan aka The Spectre stars in his very own series… read more

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14. Hardcastle's Traitors (Hardcastle Mysteries #11)

By: Graham Ison , Ison

3.44

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

It is New Year's Eve 1915 and the Hardcastle family are welcoming 1916 at their home in Kennington,… read more

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  • mystery

15. A Mind to Murder (Adam Dalgliesh #2)

By: None

3.33

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

The second book to feature Scotland Yard investigator Adam Dalgliesh, A Mind To Murder is a "superb… read more

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16. Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh #1)

By: None

4.22

Format: 206 pages,

Headstrong and beautiful, the young housemaid Sally Jupp is put rudely in her place, strangled in h… read more

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17. The Black Tower (Adam Dalgliesh #5)

By: None

4.22

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

Scotland Yard Inspector Adam Dalgliesh races to solve a twisted murder in bestselling author P.D. J… read more

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18. Before the Witches (Dark Mission 0.5)

By: Karina Cooper

4.61

Format: 313 pages,

In America, they didn't care about witches. But all that was about to change. Katya Zhuvova fled a … read more

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19. The Last Detective (Peter Diamond, #1)

By: Peter Lovesey

3.48

Format: 241 pages,

A nude female floats dead in a large reservoir lake south of Bristol. To solve the "Lady of the Lak… read more

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20. In Transit

By: Kathleen Gerard

4.04

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This series of original novels focuses primarily on romance, including all subgenres, as well as st… read more

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21. Hardcastle's Quartet (Hardcastle Mysteries #12)

By: Graham Ison

4.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Accident . . . or murder? Detective Inspector Hardcastle s seemingly simple investigation turns mor… read more

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Cover of Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2) by Gabriel F.W. Koch

22. Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2)

By: Gabriel F.W. Koch

4.30

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

Then comes the brutal announcement that his pregnant fiancée has committed suicide. Marlowe simply … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Death is the ultimate test of faith."

-Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2)

"You sound like you’re enjoying my suffering."

-Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2)

"The verdict got both the fish and me off the hook."

-Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2)

"Her growing possessiveness felt both good and bad."

-Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2)

Cover of Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1) by Behcet Kaya

23. 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

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  • 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

24. 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
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery) by Susan  Rowland

25. 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

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  • 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)

Cover of O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted by A.G. Russo

26. O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

By: A.G. Russo

4.34

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

*Author "I have never used AI in my writing." A.G. RussoThe homefront, summer 1942, Brooklyn, New … read more

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  • mystery
"A uniformed cop around 6’4"

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

"You can use all the hundred dollar words you want,"

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

"She’s a cop’s wife. She understands what her husband does for a living,"

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

"When those we care about are weakest, that’s when we must be strong for them."

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

Cover of The Erkeley Shadows: A novel by Michael Wyndham Thomas

27. The Erkeley Shadows: A novel

By: Michael Wyndham Thomas

4.34

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

1967. The Summer of Love. Not for Jonathan Parry, perhaps, but certainly a time of big he and his … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"All happened so damn fast,"

-Michael Wyndham Thomas, The Erkeley Shadows: A novel

"As I reached the door, the constable said, “Good luck in Canada, son."

-Michael Wyndham Thomas, The Erkeley Shadows: A novel

"Will turned over the last words for a long time. Then he thought about the flashing message-light up in the kitchen."

-Michael Wyndham Thomas, The Erkeley Shadows: A novel

"Will turned over the last words for a long time.  Then he thought about the flashing message-light up in the kitchen."

-Michael Wyndham Thomas, The Erkeley Shadows: A novel

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

28. 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
Cover of Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series) by Behcet Kaya

29. Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

By: Behcet Kaya

4.37

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

A shocking murder has devastated the sacred walls of Kingsley University. A student discovers the b… read more

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"Swamp."

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

"Why was bail denied?"

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

"How was he murdered?"

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

"Kowkosvki? You handling this?"

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

Cover of Lost Identity (Remmich/Miller, #1) by Karl Braungart

30. Lost Identity (Remmich/Miller, #1)

By: Karl Braungart

4.28

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Paul Remmich sweated while he slept. His subconscious mind spun traitorous thoughts to control his … read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
"I must tell you, however, that if you refuse us, you face death."

-Karl Braungart, Lost Identity (Remmich/Miller, #1)

"I was told you are carrying around a USB. Is there classified information on it?"

-Karl Braungart, Lost Identity (Remmich/Miller, #1)

"I know this will be a shock as you’ve just arrived, but I have decided to resign. It seems our timing is off."

-Karl Braungart, Lost Identity (Remmich/Miller, #1)

"Captain Miller, we know that you are connected with military intelligence, and can obtain classified documents."

-Karl Braungart, Lost Identity (Remmich/Miller, #1)

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31. L’Art du meurtre

By: Chrystel Duchamp

4.09

Format: 263 pages, Paperback

Quatre victimes. Et aucun coupable. Des relations amoureuses sans lendemain. Une mère possessive… read more

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