13 best-selling crime books like The Less Dead by Denise Mina

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The Less Dead

By: Denise Mina

3.43

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

Margot is having a thirtysomething crisis: She's burning out at work, a public-health practice; she…

If you liked the crime plot in The Less Dead by Denise Mina , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of The Seasoning by Manon Steffan Ros

1. The Seasoning

By: Manon Steffan Ros

3.10

Format: 151 pages, Paperback

On my eightieth birthday, Jonathan gave me a notebook. Hard-backed with brown and pale yellow marbl… read more

Similar categories in Manon Steffan Ros's The Seasoning book and Denise Mina's The Less Dead

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. My Shit Life So Far

By: Frankie Boyle

3.59

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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Similar categories in Frankie Boyle's My Shit Life So Far book and Denise Mina's The Less Dead

  • scotland

3. Död joker (Hanne Wilhelmsen, #5)

By: Anne Holt

4.14

Format: 222 pages, Hardcover

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4. Kim Novak badade aldrig i Genesarets sjö

By: Håkan Nesser

4.27

Format: 224 pages, paperback

En sommar i Narke i borjan av 60-talet. "Det blir en hard sommar", sager den 14-arige Eriks far. Oc… 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. 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 Denise Mina's The Less Dead

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. 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

Similar categories in Tana French's The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) book and Denise Mina's The Less Dead

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • 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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8. The Second Cut

By: Louise Welsh

3.96

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

Auctioneer Rilke has been trying to stay out of trouble, keeping his life more or less respectable.… read more

Similar categories in Louise Welsh's The Second Cut book and Denise Mina's The Less Dead

  • mystery thriller
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Less Dead by Denise Mina

9. The Less Dead

By: Denise Mina

3.43

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

Margot is having a thirtysomething crisis: She's burning out at work, a public-health practice; she… read more

Similar categories in Denise Mina's The Less Dead book and Denise Mina's The Less Dead

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of 1989 (Allie Burns, #2) by Val McDermid

10. 1989 (Allie Burns, #2)

By: Val McDermid

3.88

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In the new installment to her historical crime series that began with 1979, internationally bestsel… read more

Similar categories in Val McDermid's 1989 (Allie Burns, #2) book and Denise Mina's The Less Dead

  • mystery thriller
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Norrskensnatten (Kiruna-trilogin #2) by Anna Kuru

11. Norrskensnatten (Kiruna-trilogin #2)

By: Anna Kuru

3.28

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

När vintern börjar släppa sitt grepp om gruvstaden Kiruna vaknar allt till liv. Bilmekanikern Allis… read more

Similar categories in Anna Kuru's Norrskensnatten (Kiruna-trilogin #2) book and Denise Mina's The Less Dead

  • fiction
Cover of The Cage: the brand new Bob Skinner mystery by Quintin Jardine

12. The Cage: the brand new Bob Skinner mystery

By: Quintin Jardine

4.34

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

The latest Bob Skinner mystery from the legendary Quintin Jardine.'The legendary Quintin Jardine . … read more

Similar categories in Quintin Jardine's The Cage: the brand new Bob Skinner mystery book and Denise Mina's The Less Dead

  • crime
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13. The Party House

By: Lin Anderson

3.47

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

The Party House by Lin Anderson is a deeply atmospheric psychological thriller set in the Scottish … read more

Similar categories in Lin Anderson's The Party House book and Denise Mina's The Less Dead

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. A Dark Matter (The Skelfs, #1)

By: Doug Johnstone

3.94

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Three generations of women from the Skelfs family take over the family funeral home and PI business… read more

Similar categories in Doug Johnstone's A Dark Matter (The Skelfs, #1) book and Denise Mina's The Less Dead

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"It's hard to stay alive, but sometimes it's the only choice we have."

-Doug Johnstone, A Dark Matter (The Skelfs, #1)

"There was no escaping this, she was part of it, linked to everyone here, everyone on the planet, drowning in sorrow, sinking in sadness, looking for a reason to keep going."

-Doug Johnstone, A Dark Matter (The Skelfs, #1)

"There were an infinite number of pathways your life could take. How do any of us really know what to do with our lives? And how, after seventy years, do we know whether it was all a waste of time?"

-Doug Johnstone, A Dark Matter (The Skelfs, #1)

"It's about finding out who you are', he said eventually. He pointed out of the window. 'Without any distractions. Without anyone else getting in the way. Finding out what kind of person you want to b…"

-Doug Johnstone, A Dark Matter (The Skelfs, #1)

Cover of To Die in June (Harry McCoy, #6) by Alan  Parks

15. To Die in June (Harry McCoy, #6)

By: Alan Parks

4.33

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman enters a Glasgow police station to report her son missing, but no record can be found of th… read more

Similar categories in Alan Parks's To Die in June (Harry McCoy, #6) book and Denise Mina's The Less Dead

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

16. 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 Denise Mina's The Less Dead

  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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17. Thirty Days of Darkness

By: Jenny Lund Madsen

3.49

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

A Danish literary author is challenged to write a crime novel in thirty days, travelling to a small… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Lund Madsen's Thirty Days of Darkness book and Denise Mina's The Less Dead

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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18. The Lost Boys (DS Cross Chronicles, #1)

By: Tim Sullivan

4.37

Format: 44 pages, Kindle Edition

An exclusive short story from the DS Cross Thriller series. DS George Cross's father, Raymond, alw… read more

Similar categories in Tim Sullivan's The Lost Boys (DS Cross Chronicles, #1) book and Denise Mina's The Less Dead

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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19. Gryningsjakten (Kiruna-trilogin #3)

By: Anna Kuru

3.32

Format: 235 pages, Hardcover

Det är med blandade känslor Allis kliver av planet i Kiruna efter sin semesterresa. Hon har sett fr… read more

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20. Den första frosten

By: Anna Kuru

3.08

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Allis kan inte glömma det flämtande ljudet av hur hans lungor töms på luft. Så fort hon blundar på … read more

Similar categories in Anna Kuru's Den första frosten book and Denise Mina's The Less Dead

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
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21. The Empty Room

By: Brian McGilloway

3.98

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

She opened a Pandora's box of betrayal and deceit Pandora - Dora - Conlon wakes one morning to d… read more

Similar categories in Brian McGilloway's The Empty Room book and Denise Mina's The Less Dead

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • mystery thriller

14 best-selling fiction books like The Less Dead by Denise Mina

Transform Your Habits

The Seasoning

Manon Steffan Ros

3.10

Transform Your Habits

Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

Val McDermid

4.26

Transform Your Habits

The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

Tana French

4.12

Transform Your Habits

The Second Cut

Louise Welsh

3.96

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14 best-selling fiction books like Bridges to Burn (Detective Clare Mackay #8) by Marion Todd

Transform Your Habits

Death Rocks (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #21)

L.J. Ross

4.64

Transform Your Habits

The Two Deaths of Ruth Lyle (Detective Jan Talantire #1)

Nick Louth

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Guilty Mothers (DI Kim Stone, #20)

Angela Marsons

4.54

Transform Your Habits

The Devil You Know (DS Max Craigie, #5)

Neil Lancaster

4.54

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