10 Best suspense books like Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7) by Val McDermid

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Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

By: Val McDermid

4.26

Format: 452 pages, Hardcover

Val McDermid returns with DCI Karen Pirie in a new thriller of deceit and vengeance, set against th…

If you liked the suspense plot in Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7) by Val McDermid , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4) book and Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

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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

Similar categories in Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28) book and Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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3. A Stranger in the Family (Maeve Kerrigan #11)

By: Jane Casey

4.29

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Every mother's worst nightmare . . . When nine-year-old Rosalie Marshall vanished from her bed one … read more

Similar categories in Jane Casey's A Stranger in the Family (Maeve Kerrigan #11) book and Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Death Rocks (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #21) by L.J. Ross

4. Death Rocks (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #21)

By: L.J. Ross

4.64

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A COINCIDENCE...When the body of a talented photographer is found on the r… read more

Similar categories in L.J. Ross's Death Rocks (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #21) book and Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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5. 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

Similar categories in Mark Billingham's The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1) book and Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. The Teacher (DS Cross Mysteries, #6)

By: Tim Sullivan

4.51

Format: 407 pages, Kindle Edition

An eighty-year-old man is found murdered in his home. His age and standing in the community makes f… read more

Similar categories in Tim Sullivan's The Teacher (DS Cross Mysteries, #6) book and Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

  • detective
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

By: Val McDermid

4.26

Format: 452 pages, Hardcover

Val McDermid returns with DCI Karen Pirie in a new thriller of deceit and vengeance, set against th… read more

Similar categories in Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7) book and Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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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

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3) book and Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. 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 Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • 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)

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10. 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

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Last Word book and Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. 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 Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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12. Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?

By: Nicci French

3.96

Format: 532 pages, Paperback

A nerve-tingling and atmospheric thriller from master of suspense Nicci French about two families s… read more

Similar categories in Nicci French's Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? book and Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3) by Chris Hammer

13. The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3)

By: Chris Hammer

4.23

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

The latest stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and The Tilt. Chris Hammer's… read more

Similar categories in Chris Hammer's The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3) book and Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Taste of Blood (Jane Tennison #9) by Lynda La Plante

14. Taste of Blood (Jane Tennison #9)

By: Lynda La Plante

4.25

Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition

Detective Jane Tennison made a bad choice. She was the one who put in a transfer to the quiet, loca… read more

Similar categories in Lynda La Plante's Taste of Blood (Jane Tennison #9) book and Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Great Deceiver (The Brighton Mysteries, Book 7) by Elly Griffiths

15. The Great Deceiver (The Brighton Mysteries, Book 7)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

The next gripping volume in The Brighton Mysteries series by bestselling author Elly Griffiths. … read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Great Deceiver (The Brighton Mysteries, Book 7) book and Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. The Devil You Know (DS Max Craigie, #5)

By: Neil Lancaster

4.54

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

A CASE GONE COLD Six years ago, Beata Dabrowski arranged to meet her lover in Glasgow and was neve… read more

Similar categories in Neil Lancaster's The Devil You Know (DS Max Craigie, #5) book and Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

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

17. 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

Similar categories in J.D. Kirk's Where the Pieces Lie (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers Book 19) book and Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Opposite of Lonely (Skelfs #5) by Doug Johnstone

18. The Opposite of Lonely (Skelfs #5)

By: Doug Johnstone

4.14

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Even death needs company… The Skelf women are recovering from the cataclysmic events that nearly… read more

Similar categories in Doug Johnstone's The Opposite of Lonely (Skelfs #5) book and Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • scotland
  • fiction
Cover of Bridges to Burn (Detective Clare Mackay #8) by Marion Todd

19. Bridges to Burn (Detective Clare Mackay #8)

By: Marion Todd

4.34

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

DI Clare Mackay is called to Albany High, where the body of a girl has been found. A suspected suic… read more

Similar categories in Marion Todd's Bridges to Burn (Detective Clare Mackay #8) book and Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11) by Ann Cleeves

20. The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.47

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

As New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves's beloved Vera series explodes in popularity in print and … read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11) book and Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Wrong Hands (Detective Miller #2) by Mark Billingham

21. 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 Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

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

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Peter Robinson

4.09

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Jane Casey

4.29

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L.J. Ross

4.64

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Mark Billingham

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L.J. Ross

4.64

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Nick Louth

3.94

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Angela Marsons

4.54

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Neil Lancaster

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