17 Top mystery thriller books like The Girls on the Shore (Two Rivers, #2.5) by Ann Cleeves

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The Girls on the Shore (Two Rivers, #2.5)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.40

Format: 36 pages, Kindle Edition

Ann Cleeves returns with a darkly delicious short story, "The Girls on the Shore", featuring DI Mat…

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in The Girls on the Shore (Two Rivers, #2.5) by Ann Cleeves , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of Smoke and Mirrors (Stephens & Mephisto Mystery, #2) by Elly Griffiths

1. Smoke and Mirrors (Stephens & Mephisto Mystery, #2)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Chilling murder in the world of 1950s theatre - another case for DI Stephens and Max Mephisto. Brig… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's Smoke and Mirrors (Stephens & Mephisto Mystery, #2) book and Ann Cleeves's The Girls on the Shore (Two Rivers, #2.5)

  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

2. Blackwater

By: Conn Iggulden

4.03

Format: None pages, Paperback

A dark, chilling psychological thriller from the number one bestselling author of the Emperor serie… read more

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3. The Outcast Dead (Ruth Galloway, #6)

By: Elly Griffiths

3.60

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

"Elly Griffiths draws us all the way back to prehistoric times . . . Highly atmospheric." -- New Yo… read more

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4. The Ghost Fields (Ruth Galloway, #7)

By: Elly Griffiths

3.00

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

The chilling discovery of a downed World War II plane with a body inside leads Ruth and DCI Nelson … read more

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5. A Dying Fall (Ruth Galloway, #5)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway investigates a heart-stopping an old university friend and fel… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's A Dying Fall (Ruth Galloway, #5) book and Ann Cleeves's The Girls on the Shore (Two Rivers, #2.5)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"You need a break, a complete rest, recharge your batteries.' Recharge your batteries. What the hell does that mean? Nelson prides himself on not needing batteries. He's an old-fashioned, wind-up mode…"

-Elly Griffiths, A Dying Fall (Ruth Galloway, #5)

Cover of The Midnight Hour (The Brighton Mysteries, #6) by Elly Griffiths

6. The Midnight Hour (The Brighton Mysteries, #6)

By: Elly Griffiths

3.98

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

The sixth gripping Brighton-based mystery from the bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway Serie… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Midnight Hour (The Brighton Mysteries, #6) book and Ann Cleeves's The Girls on the Shore (Two Rivers, #2.5)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • 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 Ann Cleeves's The Girls on the Shore (Two Rivers, #2.5)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway, #15)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.41

Format: 361 pages, Hardcover

The discovery of a missing woman's bones forces Ruth and Nelson to finally confront their feelings … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.46

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow! Psychologist and… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) book and Ann Cleeves's The Girls on the Shore (Two Rivers, #2.5)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"You've go to get on with it, my boy. Stop feeling sorry for yourselft, because what's done is done. You can't change it, so you've got to stiffen your backbone. You've a good job, a very nice roof ov…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

Cover of The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) by Tana French

10. The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

By: Tana French

4.12

Format: 467 pages, Hardcover

It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"She'll bake bread and make jam, because she likes those made her way, but she says she cooked a good meal from scratch every night of her marriage, and now if she wants to live mainly off toasted san…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

"Trey has a bone-deep mistrust of marriage or anything resembling it. She knows that Lena sometimes stays the night at Cal's place, but Lena also has a place of her own, which she can go back to whene…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

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11. 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 Ann Cleeves's The Girls on the Shore (Two Rivers, #2.5)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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12. The Girls on the Shore (Two Rivers, #2.5)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.40

Format: 36 pages, Kindle Edition

Ann Cleeves returns with a darkly delicious short story, "The Girls on the Shore", featuring DI Mat… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Girls on the Shore (Two Rivers, #2.5) book and Ann Cleeves's The Girls on the Shore (Two Rivers, #2.5)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3) by Elly Griffiths

13. Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.00

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

A murderer strikes at a school reunion--but the students are no strangers to death-- in this propul… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Harbinder paces her office. She still can’t stop herself thinking, Look at me with an office big enough to pace in ."

-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

"How many times can you reminisce about school? She doesn’t think Talgarth High has ever tried to gather its former students. To be fair, it would be hard with so many of them electronically tagged."

-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

"Aren’t you a Christian though?’ She remembers a comment about St Peter’s Italian church. ‘Not really,’ says Kim. ‘I just pick the bits I like from every religion. Is there a word for that?’ ‘Heretic,…"

-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

"Gary’s made a bit of a name for himself. He’s always in the papers going on about climate change being a hoax. That’s why I was surprised ….’ ‘Surprised by what,’ prompts Harbinder because the singer…"

-Elly Griffiths, Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)

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14. The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.23

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Pandemic lockdowns have Ruth Galloway feeling isolated from everyone but a new neighbor—until Nelso… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14) book and Ann Cleeves's The Girls on the Shore (Two Rivers, #2.5)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"It's a locked room mystery,' says Tony. 'Like in the books.' 'Nothing,' says Nelson, 'is like it is in the books."

-Elly Griffiths, The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)

"The churches are all closed. She was surprised how shocked she'd been to hear this news. Judy might be a lapsed Catholic, but she'd always assumed that, all her life, mass would be carrying on somewh…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)

"The air is so sweet and pure that it almost takes her breath away. It's as if nature is conspiring to make lockdown a less terrifying experience. Ruth has already noticed herself becoming interested …"

-Elly Griffiths, The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)

"There are no commuters, no children jostling for school buses, no taxis, no old men in hats driving in the centre of the road. It should feel like heaven but, as Nelson drives through the old city ga…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)

Cover of The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4) by Richard Osman

15. The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

By: Richard Osman

4.49

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"His authentic indifference seems to delight them."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I think Psychopaths wear lipstick too,' says Joyce."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I love you,' he says. Because what else is there to say?"

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"Sure,' says Ron. 'She wants to kill me. Bake her some scones."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

Cover of The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3) by Robert Thorogood

16. The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3)

By: Robert Thorogood

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The Marlow Murder Club is on the hunt for a killer... Geoffrey Lushington, Mayor of Marlow, dies su… read more

Similar categories in Robert Thorogood's The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3) book and Ann Cleeves's The Girls on the Shore (Two Rivers, #2.5)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Stone Circle (Ruth Galloway, #11) by Elly Griffiths

17. The Stone Circle (Ruth Galloway, #11)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.20

Format: 384 pages, ebook

In a chilling entry to the award-winning Ruth Galloway series, she and DCI Nelson are haunted by a … read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Stone Circle (Ruth Galloway, #11) book and Ann Cleeves's The Girls on the Shore (Two Rivers, #2.5)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13) by Elly Griffiths

18. The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.27

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr Ruth Galloway returns to the moody and beautiful landscape of North Norfolk to confront another … read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13) book and Ann Cleeves's The Girls on the Shore (Two Rivers, #2.5)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Dark Angel (Ruth Galloway, #10) by Elly Griffiths

19. The Dark Angel (Ruth Galloway, #10)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.05

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

In this highly atmospheric mystery, Ruth Galloway—“a captivating amateur sleuth” (Louise Penny)—and… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Look which way the bones lie. The position tells you everything. In Christian burials, bodies are usually buried facing east, supposedly towards heaven. Sometimes priests and religious leaders are bu…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Dark Angel (Ruth Galloway, #10)

Cover of Now You See Them (The Brighton Mysteries, #5) by Elly Griffiths

20. Now You See Them (The Brighton Mysteries, #5)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.07

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The fifth gripping Brighton-based mystery from the bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway serie… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's Now You See Them (The Brighton Mysteries, #5) book and Ann Cleeves's The Girls on the Shore (Two Rivers, #2.5)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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21. The Man in Black: Stories

By: Elly Griffiths

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This bumper collection of short stories by the No 1 bestselling author features all her best-loved … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

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