26 Best thriller books like May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5) by Alan Parks

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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…

If you liked the thriller plot in May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5) by Alan Parks , here is a list of 26 books like this:

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1. Where the Dead Men Go

By: Liam McIlvanney , Liam McIlvahney

3.84

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

After three years in the wilderness, hardboiled reporter Gerry Conway is back at his desk at the Gl… read more

Similar categories in Liam McIlvanney's Where the Dead Men Go book and Alan Parks's May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction

2. All the Colours of the Town

By: Liam McIlvanney

4.50

Format: None pages, ebook

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3. The Papers of Tony Veitch (Jack Laidlaw, #2)

By: William McIlvanney

3.61

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

The dying words of an alcoholic tramp set Jack Laidlaw onto the trail of a certain Tony Veitch, a y… read more

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4. Strange Loyalties (Jack Laidlaw, #3)

By: William McIlvanney

4.14

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

Detective Laidlaw investigates a case that hits home-his brother's seemingly random death. read more

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5. Laidlaw (Jack Laidlaw, #1)

By: William McIlvanney

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

The unorthodox, complex, sardonically humorous, intriguing policeman Jack Laidlaw makes his debut i… read more

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6. 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 Alan Parks's May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
"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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7. 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 Alan Parks's May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5)

  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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8. 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

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  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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9. 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

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  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24) by Ian Rankin

10. 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 Alan Parks's May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5)

  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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11. 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 Alan Parks's May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5)

  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
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12. The Dark Remains

By: William McIlvanney

3.84

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

In this scorching crime prequel, New York Times best-selling author Ian Rankin and Scottish crime-w… read more

Similar categories in William McIlvanney's The Dark Remains book and Alan Parks's May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5)

  • detective
  • historical
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"The law's not about justice. It's a system we've put in place because we can't have justice."

-William McIlvanney, The Dark Remains

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13. 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 Alan Parks's May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5)

  • historical
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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14. To the Dogs

By: Louise Welsh

3.71

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

A TIMES BEST NEW CRIME FICTION OF THE MONTHJim Brennan is flying high. Against all odds, he is a bi… read more

Similar categories in Louise Welsh's To the Dogs book and Alan Parks's May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5)

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

15. 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 Alan Parks's May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5)

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

16. 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 Alan Parks's May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5)

  • detective
  • historical
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
Cover of The Broken Afternoon (DI Ryan Wilkins, #2) by Simon Mason

17. The Broken Afternoon (DI Ryan Wilkins, #2)

By: Simon Mason

4.33

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

A four-year-old girl goes missing in plain sight outside her nursery in Oxford, a middle-class, aff… read more

Similar categories in Simon Mason's The Broken Afternoon (DI Ryan Wilkins, #2) book and Alan Parks's May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of A Killing in November (DI Ryan Wilkins, #1) by Simon Mason

18. A Killing in November (DI Ryan Wilkins, #1)

By: Simon Mason

4.16

Format: 352 pages, ebook

Ryan Wilkins grew up on a trailer park, a member of what many people would call the criminal classe… read more

Similar categories in Simon Mason's A Killing in November (DI Ryan Wilkins, #1) book and Alan Parks's May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5)

  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Night Watch (DS Max Craigie, #3) by Neil Lancaster

19. The Night Watch (DS Max Craigie, #3)

By: Neil Lancaster

4.33

Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition

He’ll watch you. A lawyer is found dead at sunrise on a lonely clifftop at Dunnet Head on the nort… read more

Similar categories in Neil Lancaster's The Night Watch (DS Max Craigie, #3) book and Alan Parks's May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5)

  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Devil You Know (DS Max Craigie, #5) by Neil Lancaster

20. 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 Alan Parks's May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5)

  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Blood Runs Cold (DS Max Craigie, #4) by Neil Lancaster

21. Blood Runs Cold (DS Max Craigie, #4)

By: Neil Lancaster

4.46

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

She was taken against her will. On her fifteenth birthday, trafficking victim Affi Smith goes fo… read more

Similar categories in Neil Lancaster's Blood Runs Cold (DS Max Craigie, #4) book and Alan Parks's May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5)

  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Shifty's Boys by Chris Offutt

22. Shifty's Boys

By: Chris Offutt

4.10

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

Army cop-turned-small-town-investigator Mick Hardin returns to the Kentucky hills in this second vi… read more

Similar categories in Chris Offutt's Shifty's Boys book and Alan Parks's May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Devil Stone (DCI Christine Caplan #1) by Caro Ramsay

23. The Devil Stone (DCI Christine Caplan #1)

By: Caro Ramsay

4.04

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A macabre massacre of a wealthy family brings DCI Christine Caplan to the Highlands in her first th… read more

Similar categories in Caro Ramsay's The Devil Stone (DCI Christine Caplan #1) book and Alan Parks's May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5)

  • detective
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Wild Coast (Rhona MacLeod #17) by Lin Anderson

24. The Wild Coast (Rhona MacLeod #17)

By: Lin Anderson

4.26

Format: 458 pages, Kindle Edition

A remote shoreline. A lethal killer.The height of summer in Scotland. Small west-coast campsites ar… read more

Similar categories in Lin Anderson's The Wild Coast (Rhona MacLeod #17) book and Alan Parks's May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5)

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

25. 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 Alan Parks's May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5)

  • historical
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of No Less The Devil by Stuart MacBride

26. No Less The Devil

By: Stuart MacBride

3.59

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

'We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.'It's been seventeen months since the B… read more

Similar categories in Stuart MacBride's No Less The Devil book and Alan Parks's May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5)

  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
Cover of The Opposite of Lonely (Skelfs #5) by Doug Johnstone

27. The Opposite of Lonely (Skelfs #5)

By: Doug Johnstone

4.14

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Even death needs company… The Skelf women are recovering from the cataclysmic events that nearly… read more

Similar categories in Doug Johnstone's The Opposite of Lonely (Skelfs #5) book and Alan Parks's May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • scotland
  • fiction
Cover of No Sweet Sorrow (DCI Daley #11) by Denzil Meyrick

28. No Sweet Sorrow (DCI Daley #11)

By: Denzil Meyrick

4.39

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

A potent new drug has hit the streets of Kinloch, and DCI Daley and Scott are struggling to catch t… read more

Similar categories in Denzil Meyrick's No Sweet Sorrow (DCI Daley #11) book and Alan Parks's May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5)

  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Death of Remembrance (DCI Daley #10) by Denzil Meyrick

29. The Death of Remembrance (DCI Daley #10)

By: Denzil Meyrick

4.36

Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition

The ghosts of the past will not be silenced. Glasgow, 1983, and a beat constable walks away from… read more

Similar categories in Denzil Meyrick's The Death of Remembrance (DCI Daley #10) book and Alan Parks's May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5)

  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Cast a Cold Eye (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery, #2) by Robbie Morrison

30. Cast a Cold Eye (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery, #2)

By: Robbie Morrison

4.34

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

In 1930s Glasgow, partners Jimmy Dreghorn and Archie McDaid face a danger that threatens to set the… read more

Similar categories in Robbie Morrison's Cast a Cold Eye (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery, #2) book and Alan Parks's May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5)

  • historical
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Black Hearts (The Skelfs #4) by Doug Johnstone

31. 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 Alan Parks's May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5)

  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

27 best-selling fiction books like May God Forgive (Harry McCoy, #5) by Alan Parks

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Where the Dead Men Go

Liam McIlvanney , Liam McIlvahney

3.84

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The Secret Hours

Mick Herron

4.29

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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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20 Best fiction books like A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24) by Ian Rankin

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Blood Hunt

Ian Rankin , Jack Harvey

4.03

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Bleeding Hearts

Ian Rankin , Jack Harvey

3.71

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Witch Hunt

Ian Rankin , Jack Harvey

4.00

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Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

Peter Robinson

4.09

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