29 must-read fiction books like Cry Baby (Tom Thorne, #17) by Mark Billingham

Cover of Cry Baby (Tom Thorne, #17) by Mark Billingham

Cry Baby (Tom Thorne, #17)

By: Mark Billingham

4.19

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In the summer of 1996, two boys run from a playground into the adjoining woods, but only one comes …

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Cover of Hide and Seek (Helen Grace, #6) by M.J. Arlidge

1. Hide and Seek (Helen Grace, #6)

By: M.J. Arlidge

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Prison is no place for a detective Helen Grace was one of the country's best police investigators.… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

2. Ghost Watch (Vin Cooper, #4)

By: David Rollins

4.07

Format: 213 pages, Paperback

Special Agent Vin Cooper is feeling reckless. He volunteers for the dumbest and most dangerous job … read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction

3. Kick Back (Kate Brannigan, #2)

By: Val McDermid

3.86

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

'Kate Brannigan is truly welcome. Hot on one-liners, Chinese food, tabloid papers and Thai boxing, … read more

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Cover of Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28) by Peter Robinson

4. 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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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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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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  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24) by Ian Rankin

6. 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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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7) by Val McDermid

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

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Picture You Dead (Roy Grace, #18) by Peter James

8. Picture You Dead (Roy Grace, #18)

By: Peter James

4.21

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

Harry and Freya, an ordinary couple, dreamed for years of finding something priceless buried amongs… read more

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  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Only the Dead Can Tell (DCI Lorimer, #15) by Alex Gray

9. Only the Dead Can Tell (DCI Lorimer, #15)

By: Alex Gray

4.17

Format: 420 pages, Kindle Edition

'You think he killed his wife?'Don't you?'When Dorothy Guildford is found stabbed to death in her h… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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10. 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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  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Cry Baby (Tom Thorne, #17) by Mark Billingham

11. Cry Baby (Tom Thorne, #17)

By: Mark Billingham

4.19

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In the summer of 1996, two boys run from a playground into the adjoining woods, but only one comes … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Stop Them Dead (Roy Grace #19) by Peter James

12. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Left You Dead (Roy Grace, #17) by Peter James

13. Left You Dead (Roy Grace, #17)

By: Peter James

4.35

Format: 508 pages, Kindle Edition

NO BODY. NO TRACE. NO CRIME? Niall and Eden Paternoster start their Sunday the same way they al… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of They Thought I Was Dead: Sandy's Story by Peter James

14. 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

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  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Blood Road (Logan McRae #11) by Stuart MacBride

15. The Blood Road (Logan McRae #11)

By: Stuart MacBride

4.25

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Some things just won’t stay buried… Logan McRae’s personal history is hardly squeaky clean, but … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Questions for a Dead Man (DSI William Lorimer, #20) by Alex Gray

16. Questions for a Dead Man (DSI William Lorimer, #20)

By: Alex Gray

4.31

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

HOW DO YOU SOLVE A MURDER, WHEN ALL YOU HAVE ARE QUESTIONS? ___________ When a prominent MSP go… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Burnt Island (DI Ben Kitto, #3) by Kate Rhodes

17. Burnt Island (DI Ben Kitto, #3)

By: Kate Rhodes

4.02

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

INTRUDERS HERE ARE BOUND TO DIE As the sun sets on St Agnes on bonfire night, a man’s charred bo… read more

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  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Goodbye (David Raker, #12) by Tim Weaver

18. The Last Goodbye (David Raker, #12)

By: Tim Weaver

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

TWO DISAPPEARANCESAt the country's newest theme park, Tom Preacher and his son Leo are queuing for … read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. Good Cop Bad Cop

By: Simon Kernick

4.18

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

Undercover cop Chris Sketty became a hero when he almost died trying to stop the most brutal terror… read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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20. No Less The Devil

By: Stuart MacBride

3.59

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

'We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.'It's been seventeen months since the B… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Find Them Dead (Roy Grace, #16) by Peter James

21. Find Them Dead (Roy Grace, #16)

By: Peter James

4.00

Format: 561 pages, Kindle Edition

Roy Grace, creation of the award-winning author Peter James, unearths a powerful criminal network i… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Lost and Never Found  (DI Wilkins Mysteries #3) by Simon Mason

22. Lost and Never Found (DI Wilkins Mysteries #3)

By: Simon Mason

4.35

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

'Ryan and Ray go from strength to strength, and this, their third outing, is the best yet. Simon Ma… read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Dead at First Sight (Roy Grace, #15) by Peter James

23. Dead at First Sight (Roy Grace, #15)

By: Peter James

4.14

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

A man waits at London Airport for Ingrid Ostermann, the love of his life, to arrive. Across the Atl… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Wild Swimmers (DS Alexandra Cupidi, #5) by William  Shaw

24. The Wild Swimmers (DS Alexandra Cupidi, #5)

By: William Shaw

4.30

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

If only Alexandra Cupidi had turned south instead of north, she would have found the dead woman. … read more

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  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Dead If You Don't (Roy Grace, #14) by Peter James

25. Dead If You Don't (Roy Grace, #14)

By: Peter James

4.16

Format: 430 pages, Kindle Edition

A PARENT'S WORST NIGHTMARE IS GRACE'S DEADLIEST CASE . . .Roy Grace, creation of the CWA Diamond Da… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Grave's End (DS Alexandra Cupidi #3) by William  Shaw

26. Grave's End (DS Alexandra Cupidi #3)

By: William Shaw

4.27

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Protest. Rebel. Die An unidentified body is found in a freezer. No one seems to know or care wh… read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Devil's Table (DI Ben Kitto, #5) by Kate Rhodes

27. Devil's Table (DI Ben Kitto, #5)

By: Kate Rhodes

4.14

Format: None pages, Audiobook

When a young child goes missing on the Isles of Scilly, the community rushes to help DI Ben Kitto … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Kill a Stranger by Simon Kernick

28. Kill a Stranger

By: Simon Kernick

3.82

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

They took your fiancée. They framed you for murder. You're given one chance to save her. To clea… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Coming to Find You by Jane Corry

29. Coming to Find You

By: Jane Corry

3.66

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Nancy's mother and stepfather have been brutally killed, and after a trial that gripped the nation,… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Forget Me Not (Helen Grace, #12) by M.J. Arlidge

30. Forget Me Not (Helen Grace, #12)

By: M.J. Arlidge

4.46

Format: 456 pages, Kindle Edition

As a feud between drug gangs grips the city, a desperate mother begs DI Helen Grace to help find he… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Wimbledon by Sue Barker

31. Wimbledon

By: Sue Barker

4.27

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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