7 Best scotland books like 1989 (Allie Burns, #2) by Val McDermid

Cover of 1989 (Allie Burns, #2) by Val McDermid

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…

If you liked the scotland plot in 1989 (Allie Burns, #2) by Val McDermid , here is a list of 7 books like this:

1. 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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2. 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

Similar categories in Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28) book and Val McDermid's 1989 (Allie Burns, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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3. 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

Similar categories in Stuart MacBride's The Dead of Winter book and Val McDermid's 1989 (Allie Burns, #2)

  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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4. The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1)

By: Mark Billingham

4.11

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

The first new series in two decades from multi-award-winning international bestseller Mark Billingh… read more

Similar categories in Mark Billingham's The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1) book and Val McDermid's 1989 (Allie Burns, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. 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

Similar categories in Ian Rankin's A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24) book and Val McDermid's 1989 (Allie Burns, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. 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

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3) book and Val McDermid's 1989 (Allie Burns, #2)

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

Similar categories in Peter James's Picture You Dead (Roy Grace, #18) book and Val McDermid's 1989 (Allie Burns, #2)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. 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

Similar categories in Peter May's A Winter Grave book and Val McDermid's 1989 (Allie Burns, #2)

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

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway, #15) book and Val McDermid's 1989 (Allie Burns, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. 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

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

11. 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

Similar categories in Peter James's Stop Them Dead (Roy Grace #19) book and Val McDermid's 1989 (Allie Burns, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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12. 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 Val McDermid's 1989 (Allie Burns, #2)

  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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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

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3) book and Val McDermid's 1989 (Allie Burns, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • 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 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 Val McDermid's 1989 (Allie Burns, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • 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)

15. 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

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Rising Tide (Vera Stanhope, #10) book and Val McDermid's 1989 (Allie Burns, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of 1989 (Allie Burns, #2) by Val McDermid

16. 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 Val McDermid's 1989 (Allie Burns, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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17. 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

Similar categories in Alex Gray's Questions for a Dead Man (DSI William Lorimer, #20) book and Val McDermid's 1989 (Allie Burns, #2)

  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Great Deceiver (The Brighton Mysteries, Book 7) by Elly Griffiths

18. The Great Deceiver (The Brighton Mysteries, Book 7)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

The next gripping volume in The Brighton Mysteries series by bestselling author Elly Griffiths. … read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Great Deceiver (The Brighton Mysteries, Book 7) book and Val McDermid's 1989 (Allie Burns, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Murder Book (Tom Thorne #18) by Mark Billingham

19. The Murder Book (Tom Thorne #18)

By: Mark Billingham

4.22

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Tom Thorne finally has it all. In Nicola Tanner and Phil Hendricks, Thorne has good friends by h… read more

Similar categories in Mark Billingham's The Murder Book (Tom Thorne #18) book and Val McDermid's 1989 (Allie Burns, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Black Hearts (The Skelfs #4) by Doug Johnstone

20. Black Hearts (The Skelfs #4)

By: Doug Johnstone

4.09

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

Death is just the beginning… The Skelf women live in the shadow of death every day, running the… read more

Similar categories in Doug Johnstone's Black Hearts (The Skelfs #4) book and Val McDermid's 1989 (Allie Burns, #2)

  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Wrong Hands (Detective Miller #2) by Mark Billingham

21. The Wrong Hands (Detective Miller #2)

By: Mark Billingham

4.41

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

This is one case Detective Miller won't want to open . . . The second rip-roaring mystery from m… read more

Similar categories in Mark Billingham's The Wrong Hands (Detective Miller #2) book and Val McDermid's 1989 (Allie Burns, #2)

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

20 Top fiction books like 1989 (Allie Burns, #2) by Val McDermid

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Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

Peter Robinson

4.09

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The Dead of Winter

Stuart MacBride

3.81

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The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1)

Mark Billingham

4.11

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A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24)

Ian Rankin

4.20

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21 Top fiction books like The Rising Tide (Vera Stanhope, #10) by Ann Cleeves

Transform Your Habits

Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

Peter Robinson

4.09

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

Deborah Crombie

4.25

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Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

Anthony Horowitz

4.18

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A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24)

Ian Rankin

4.20

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