12 best-selling historical books like Edge of the Grave (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery #1) by Robbie Morrison

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Edge of the Grave (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery #1)

By: Robbie Morrison

4.19

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Glasgow, 1932. When the son-in-law of one of the city’s wealthiest families is found floating in…

If you liked the historical plot in Edge of the Grave (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery #1) by Robbie Morrison , here is a list of 12 books like this:

1. Bloody January

By: None

3.91

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

When a teenage boy shoots a young woman dead in the middle of a busy Glasgow street and then commit… read more

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2. The Secret Hours

By: Mick Herron

4.29

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "historical … read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's The Secret Hours book and Robbie Morrison's Edge of the Grave (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"We’re the Secret Service. We’re not here to be liked."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"And you can shut your damn mouth too." "Now now. Casual profanity’s the sign of a small fucking mind."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"Come on. You can buy me breakfast." "I've already had breakfast." "So have I. What's that got to do with it?"

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"First Desk enjoyed coincidences the way she liked happy endings: outside of fiction, they were as trustworthy as a Tinder Profile."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

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3. The Detective Up Late (Sean Duffy, #7)

By: Adrian McKinty

4.39

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Slamming the door on the hellscape of 1980s Belfast, Detective Inspector Sean Duffy hopes that the … read more

Similar categories in Adrian McKinty's The Detective Up Late (Sean Duffy, #7) book and Robbie Morrison's Edge of the Grave (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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4. Squeaky Clean (Squeaky Clean, #1)

By: Callum McSorley

4.10

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

Half the Glasgow polis think DI Alison McCoist is bent. The other half just think she's a fuck-up. … read more

Similar categories in Callum McSorley's Squeaky Clean (Squeaky Clean, #1) book and Robbie Morrison's Edge of the Grave (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery #1)

  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Silver Bone (The Kyiv Mysteries, #1) by Andrey Kurkov

5. The Silver Bone (The Kyiv Mysteries, #1)

By: Andrey Kurkov

3.43

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the Ukrainian Andrey Kurkov, a perplexing mystery from a world-renowned literary master that i… read more

Similar categories in Andrey Kurkov's The Silver Bone (The Kyiv Mysteries, #1) book and Robbie Morrison's Edge of the Grave (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Edge of the Grave (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery #1) by Robbie Morrison

6. Edge of the Grave (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery #1)

By: Robbie Morrison

4.19

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Glasgow, 1932. When the son-in-law of one of the city’s wealthiest families is found floating in… read more

Similar categories in Robbie Morrison's Edge of the Grave (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery #1) book and Robbie Morrison's Edge of the Grave (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • suspense
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Heretic (Duncan McCormack #2) by Liam McIlvanney

7. The Heretic (Duncan McCormack #2)

By: Liam McIlvanney

4.24

Format: 400 pages, ebook

From the award-winning author comes a much-anticipated sequel to the Scottish Crime Book of the Yea… read more

Similar categories in Liam McIlvanney's The Heretic (Duncan McCormack #2) book and Robbie Morrison's Edge of the Grave (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery #1)

  • historical
  • suspense
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5) by Alan  Parks

8. May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5)

By: Alan Parks

4.36

Format: 372 pages, ebook

Detective Harry McCoy returns in the suspenseful, atmospheric fifth instalment in Alan Park's inter… read more

Similar categories in Alan Parks's May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5) book and Robbie Morrison's Edge of the Grave (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery #1)

  • historical
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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9. Shanghai

By: Joseph Kanon

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this dazzling thriller, New York Times bestselling author Joseph Kanon gives us his richest sett… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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10. 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 Robbie Morrison's Edge of the Grave (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery #1)

  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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11. Death Department (Thane & Moss Book 2)

By: Bill Knox

4.42

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

Every secret has its price. Return to the gritty, fog-choked streets of 1950s Glasgow in Bill Knox… read more

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12. February's Son (Harry McCoy, #2)

By: Alan Parks

4.16

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

Bodies are piling up with grisly messages carved into their chests. Rival gangs are competing for c… read more

Similar categories in Alan Parks's February's Son (Harry McCoy, #2) book and Robbie Morrison's Edge of the Grave (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery #1)

  • historical
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Quaker (Duncan McCormack #1) by Liam McIlvanney

13. The Quaker (Duncan McCormack #1)

By: Liam McIlvanney

4.10

Format: 389 pages, Paperback

The Quaker is watching you… It is 1969 and Glasgow has been brought to its knees by a serial kil… read more

Similar categories in Liam McIlvanney's The Quaker (Duncan McCormack #1) book and Robbie Morrison's Edge of the Grave (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Catchpenny by Charlie Huston

14. Catchpenny

By: Charlie Huston

3.78

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A thief who can travel through mirrors, a video game that threatens to spill out of the virtual wor… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Bobby March Will Live Forever (Harry McCoy, #3) by Alan  Parks

15. Bobby March Will Live Forever (Harry McCoy, #3)

By: Alan Parks

4.19

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

WHO IS TO BLAME WHEN NO ONE IS INNOCENT? The papers want blood.The force wants results.The law m… read more

Similar categories in Alan Parks's Bobby March Will Live Forever (Harry McCoy, #3) book and Robbie Morrison's Edge of the Grave (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery #1)

  • historical
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The April Dead (Harry McCoy, #4) by Alan  Parks

16. The April Dead (Harry McCoy, #4)

By: Alan Parks

4.28

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

When an American sailor from the Holy Loch Base goes missing, Harry McCoy is determined to find him… read more

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  • historical
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of To Die in June (Harry McCoy, #6) by Alan  Parks

17. 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 Robbie Morrison's Edge of the Grave (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery #1)

  • historical
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel by Denise Mina

18. The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel

By: Denise Mina

3.61

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Philip Marlowe is on the hunt for a missing heiress in L.A. —and up against a rival PI—in this smar… read more

Similar categories in Denise Mina's The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel book and Robbie Morrison's Edge of the Grave (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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19. The Rumor Game

By: Thomas Mullen

3.71

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A determined reporter and a reluctant FBI agent face off against fascist elements in World War II-e… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Deadline (Thane & Moss Book 1) by Bill Knox

20. Deadline (Thane & Moss Book 1)

By: Bill Knox

4.29

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

There are two sides to every story.Revisit the mean streets and smoke-filled back-alleyways of 1950… read more

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Cover of Sugar on the Bones (Hap and Leonard, #13) by Joe R. Lansdale

21. Sugar on the Bones (Hap and Leonard, #13)

By: Joe R. Lansdale

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

PI Duo Hap & Leonard investigate the untimely death of a woman whose family stood much to gain from… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

18 best-selling fiction books like Edge of the Grave (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery #1) by Robbie Morrison

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The Secret Hours

Mick Herron

4.29

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The Detective Up Late (Sean Duffy, #7)

Adrian McKinty

4.39

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Squeaky Clean (Squeaky Clean, #1)

Callum McSorley

4.10

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The Silver Bone (The Kyiv Mysteries, #1)

Andrey Kurkov

3.43

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The Gathering

C.J. Tudor

3.93

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Dead in Long Beach, California

Venita Blackburn

3.16

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Service Model

Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

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Mal Goes to War: A Novel

Edward Ashton

3.99

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