9 best-selling mystery thriller books like The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14) by Elly Griffiths

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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…

"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 somewhere. Thinking of the silent churches, the unconsumed communion wafers, the empty chalices, makes her feel strangely panicky."

-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 in the tracks left by the foxes and watching the progression of the blossom on her tree. She leaves food out for the birds and has secretly named a crow Corbym."

-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 gates, he's reminded of science fiction films where towns have been taken over by lizard people or filled with replicants. If this is the future, he doesn't like it."

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

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14) by Elly Griffiths , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Dit solen aldrig når (Anki Karlsson, #3)

By: Marianne Cedervall

3.43

Format: 297 pages, Hardcover

I Mullvalds socken på Gotland spirar våren och Anki Karlsson njuter av livet som pensionär och häst… read more

Similar categories in Marianne Cedervall's Dit solen aldrig når (Anki Karlsson, #3) book and Elly Griffiths's The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)

  • crime
  • audiobook
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2. The Funeral Boat (Wesley Peterson, #4)

By: Kate Ellis

3.00

Format: 508 pages, Hardcover

When young Carl Palister unearths a skeleton on a Devon smallholding, DS Wesley Peterson and his bo… read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • archaeology
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3. The Bone Garden (Wesley Peterson, #5)

By: Kate Ellis

2.78

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

An excavation at the lost gardens of Earlsacre Hall is called to a halt when a skeleton is discover… read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • archaeology

4. The Merchant's House (Wesley Peterson, #1)

By: Kate Ellis

3.40

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Detective Sergeant Wesley Peterson's first day finds him investigating the death of a young woman w… read more

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5. 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

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6. A Killing of Innocents (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #19)

By: Deborah Crombie

4.25

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestseller Deborah Crombie returns with a new novel focusing on Scotland Yard detect… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. 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
  • contemporary
  • 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

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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

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  • 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)

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10. 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 Elly Griffiths's The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • archaeology
  • 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

11. 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

Similar categories in Richard Osman's The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4) book and Elly Griffiths's The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)

  • 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)

12. The Rising Tide (Vera Stanhope, #10)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

For fifty years a group of friends have been meeting regularly for reunions on Holy Island, celebra… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18)

By: Louise Penny

4.46

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns in the eighteenth book in #1 New York Times bestseller Louis… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"They didn’t need proof. All a woman had to be was alive. Just being a woman was, in the church’s eyes, evil."

-Louise Penny, A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18)

"He look at the canvas and saw bold swirls of reds and greens and yellows and bright blues all intermingled. They formed no image, and he got no feeling. He closed his eyes and paused. When he open th…"

-Louise Penny, A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18)

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14. Løgner (En Signe Christiansen og Martin Juncker-krimi, #5)

By: Kim Faber

3.90

Format: 416 pages, ebook

Robert Danius har i syv år siddet fængslet for drabet på en 11-årig dreng, da nye oplysninger får h… read more

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  • crime
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15. Blodigt bryllup (Anne-Maj Mortensen-serien, #5)

By: Anna Grue

3.56

Format: 157 pages, Hardcover

En geskæftig kvinde findes død under forberedelserne til et bryllup på en herregård. Og der er ikke… read more

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  • crime
Cover of Fremmed (En Rebekka Holm-krimi, #10) by Julie Hastrup

16. Fremmed (En Rebekka Holm-krimi, #10)

By: Julie Hastrup

3.84

Format: 445 pages, Hardcover

Den danske billedkunstner Estrid Mørk findes hængt i sit hjem på Isle of Skye, og det lokale politi… read more

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17. Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26)

By: Kate Ellis

4.27

Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition

'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times__________________Serpent's Point in… read more

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  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • archaeology
Cover of Dødens sommer (Rolando Benito serien, #17) by Inger Gammelgaard Madsen

18. Dødens sommer (Rolando Benito serien, #17)

By: Inger Gammelgaard Madsen

4.18

Format: 378 pages, Paperback

Politikommissær Rolando Benito fra Østjyllands Politi har købt sommerhus ved kysten i Ebeltoft med … read more

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19. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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20. Budbringeren

By: Elsebeth Egholm

3.68

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Gribende roman kombinerer kærlighed og spænding. Anna bor og arbejder i udlandet, da hendes tvil… read more

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21. Ulykkens år

By: Thomas Rydahl

3.96

Format: 448 pages, None

1874. En frostklar morgen i april ankommer 18-årige Oda til Egeskov Slot for at begynde sit nye liv… read more

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