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Books like Dead Simple

One Lost Soul
by J.M. Dalgliesh • 2019
A teen found dead on a Norfolk beach draws a detective into her family's long-held lies.
4.08
24k+
🔍 Police Procedural🏘️ Small Town Secrets🌊 English Seaside
One Lost Soul Summary
One Lost Soul 95%
A teen found dead on a Norfolk beach draws a detective into her family's long-held lies.
by J.M. Dalgliesh 2019
4.08
24k+ ratings
🔍 Police Procedural🏘️ Small Town Secrets🌊 English Seaside
Truth or Dare
by M.J. Arlidge • 2022
A besieged detective hunts the link behind a wave of motiveless murders in a crumbling port city.
4.18
10k+
🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective🛋️ Therapist Villain👮 Police Corruption
Truth or Dare Summary
Truth or Dare 94%
A besieged detective hunts the link behind a wave of motiveless murders in a crumbling port city.
by M.J. Arlidge 2022
4.18
10k+ ratings
🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective🛋️ Therapist Villain👮 Police Corruption
Corn Dolls
by K.T. Galloway • 2021
A child vanishes, a corn doll appears. The therapist called in has her own missing sister.
4.30
2k+
🕵️ British Crime Thriller👮 Police Procedural🔍 Missing Child
Corn Dolls Summary
Corn Dolls 93%
A child vanishes, a corn doll appears. The therapist called in has her own missing sister.
by K.T. Galloway 2021
4.30
2k+ ratings
🕵️ British Crime Thriller👮 Police Procedural🔍 Missing Child
The Dark Hours
by David J. Gatward • 2023
A murder game, a real corpse, a blizzard. Everyone trapped inside is a suspect.
4.48
6k+
🔒 Locked Room Mystery👮 Police Procedural🎭 Murder Game Gone Wrong
The Dark Hours Summary
The Dark Hours 93%
A murder game, a real corpse, a blizzard. Everyone trapped inside is a suspect.
by David J. Gatward 2023
4.48
6k+ ratings
🔒 Locked Room Mystery👮 Police Procedural🎭 Murder Game Gone Wrong
Land Rites
by Andy Maslen • 2021
A severed hand in a badger sett leads a haunted DI to a noble family's dark secrets.
4.39
6k+
👮 Police Procedural🌾 Rural Crime🔬 Forensic Investigation
Land Rites Summary
Land Rites 93%
A severed hand in a badger sett leads a haunted DI to a noble family's dark secrets.
by Andy Maslen 2021
4.39
6k+ ratings
👮 Police Procedural🌾 Rural Crime🔬 Forensic Investigation
Her Last Move
by John Marrs • 2018
Two detectives with broken lives hunt a killer who marks his victims by their buried sins.
4.05
26k+
👮 Police Procedural🔪 Serial Killer Hunt💔 Damaged Detectives
Her Last Move Summary
Her Last Move 93%
Two detectives with broken lives hunt a killer who marks his victims by their buried sins.
by John Marrs 2018
4.05
26k+ ratings
👮 Police Procedural🔪 Serial Killer Hunt💔 Damaged Detectives
Cat And Mouse
by M.J. Arlidge • 2022
A home invasion turns fatal. A detective hunted by a stalker must now catch a serial killer.
4.21
9k+
🚔 Police Procedural🏠 Domestic Thriller🚪 Home Invasion
Cat And Mouse Summary
Cat And Mouse 93%
A home invasion turns fatal. A detective hunted by a stalker must now catch a serial killer.
by M.J. Arlidge 2022
4.21
9k+ ratings
🚔 Police Procedural🏠 Domestic Thriller🚪 Home Invasion
The Red Shore
by William Shaw • 2025
His sister lost at sea, a detective shields her son as a coastal town buries its crimes.
4.24
958
🔍 Police Procedural🛡️ Reluctant Guardian👫 Estranged Siblings
The Red Shore Summary
The Red Shore 93%
His sister lost at sea, a detective shields her son as a coastal town buries its crimes.
by William Shaw 2025
4.24
958 ratings
🔍 Police Procedural🛡️ Reluctant Guardian👫 Estranged Siblings
Black Bear Alibi
by J.C. Fuller • 2019
A staged bear attack hides a murder on an island where everyone knows the killer.
4.15
2k+
🏘️ Small Town Mystery🚔 Police Procedural🤝 Unlikely Partners
Black Bear Alibi Summary
Black Bear Alibi 93%
A staged bear attack hides a murder on an island where everyone knows the killer.
by J.C. Fuller 2019
4.15
2k+ ratings
🏘️ Small Town Mystery🚔 Police Procedural🤝 Unlikely Partners
Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues
by Michael Brandman • 2011
Jesse Stone fights a car-theft ring in Paradise while his L.A. past rides east for revenge.
4.12
13k+
🏘️ Small Town Mystery👮 Police Procedural🥃 Haunted Detective
Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues Summary
Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues 93%
Jesse Stone fights a car-theft ring in Paradise while his L.A. past rides east for revenge.
by Michael Brandman 2011
4.12
13k+ ratings
🏘️ Small Town Mystery👮 Police Procedural🥃 Haunted Detective
Orchid Beach
by Stuart Woods • 1998
An ex-Army major turned Florida deputy finds her boss shot and a killer behind guarded gates.
4.05
14k+
🚔 Police Procedural🏡 Small Town Mystery🐕 Canine Sidekick
Orchid Beach Summary
Orchid Beach 93%
An ex-Army major turned Florida deputy finds her boss shot and a killer behind guarded gates.
by Stuart Woods 1998
4.05
14k+ ratings
🚔 Police Procedural🏡 Small Town Mystery🐕 Canine Sidekick
Don't Let Him In
by Lisa Jewell • 2025
A woman investigates her mother's charming new boyfriend and uncovers a trail of dead wives.
3.75
265k+
🏠 Domestic Thriller🎭 Serial Conman🔗 Coercive Control
Don't Let Him In Summary
Don't Let Him In 92%
A woman investigates her mother's charming new boyfriend and uncovers a trail of dead wives.
by Lisa Jewell 2025
3.75
265k+ ratings
🏠 Domestic Thriller🎭 Serial Conman🔗 Coercive Control
Ragdoll
by Daniel Cole • 2017
A stitched corpse and a list of six names: a disgraced detective is the last.
3.87
25k+
🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller👮 Police Procedural💔 Haunted Detective
Ragdoll Summary
Ragdoll 92%
A stitched corpse and a list of six names: a disgraced detective is the last.
by Daniel Cole 2017
3.87
25k+ ratings
🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller👮 Police Procedural💔 Haunted Detective
The Mercy Chair
by M.W. Craven • 2024
A ritual stoning in Cumbria draws a detective into a cult that made torture feel like salvation.
4.55
8k+
🚔 Police Procedural🔍 Cult Investigation🖤 Traumatized Detective
The Mercy Chair Summary
The Mercy Chair 92%
A ritual stoning in Cumbria draws a detective into a cult that made torture feel like salvation.
by M.W. Craven 2024
4.55
8k+ ratings
🚔 Police Procedural🔍 Cult Investigation🖤 Traumatized Detective
Do No Evil
by M.S. Morris • 2020
A detective's Oxford reunion begins with a friend's murder and eyes in the soup.
4.34
4k+
🔍 Police Procedural🔒 Closed Circle Mystery📚 Dark Academia
Do No Evil Summary
Do No Evil 92%
A detective's Oxford reunion begins with a friend's murder and eyes in the soup.
by M.S. Morris 2020
4.34
4k+ ratings
🔍 Police Procedural🔒 Closed Circle Mystery📚 Dark Academia
Dark of the Moon
by John Sandford • 2007
A wealthy man's ritual murder pulls an investigator into a small town's forty-year-old cover-up.
4.00
43k+
🏘️ Small Town Murder👮 Police Procedural🔪 Serial Killer
Dark of the Moon Summary
Dark of the Moon 92%
A wealthy man's ritual murder pulls an investigator into a small town's forty-year-old cover-up.
by John Sandford 2007
4.00
43k+ ratings
🏘️ Small Town Murder👮 Police Procedural🔪 Serial Killer
Vanishing Girls
by Lisa Regan • 2018
A suspended detective chases a whispered name into a town where girls vanish into silence.
4.19
29k+
🏛️ Police Procedural🏘️ Small Town Crime👮‍♀️ Female Detective
Vanishing Girls Summary
Vanishing Girls 92%
A suspended detective chases a whispered name into a town where girls vanish into silence.
by Lisa Regan 2018
4.19
29k+ ratings
🏛️ Police Procedural🏘️ Small Town Crime👮‍♀️ Female Detective
Don't Swipe Right
by L.M. Chilton • 2023
A heartbroken barista swipes for distraction, but someone is killing every man she matches with.
3.49
15k+
🎭 Dark Comedy Mystery📱 Online Dating Thriller💔 Best Friend Betrayal
Don't Swipe Right Summary
Don't Swipe Right 92%
A heartbroken barista swipes for distraction, but someone is killing every man she matches with.
by L.M. Chilton 2023
3.49
15k+ ratings
🎭 Dark Comedy Mystery📱 Online Dating Thriller💔 Best Friend Betrayal
Think of a Number
by John Verdon • 2010
Letters predict his thoughts, then murder. A retired detective decodes a staged crime scene.
3.88
40k+
🧠 Psychological Thriller👮 Police Procedural🔍 Reluctant Investigator
Think of a Number Summary
Think of a Number 92%
Letters predict his thoughts, then murder. A retired detective decodes a staged crime scene.
by John Verdon 2010
3.88
40k+ ratings
🧠 Psychological Thriller👮 Police Procedural🔍 Reluctant Investigator
Just Another Missing Person
by Gillian McAllister • 2023
Blackmailed over her daughter's crime, a detective frames an innocent man for a disappearance.
3.62
101k+
🚔 Police Procedural🔍 Missing Person Case🎭 Stolen Identity
Just Another Missing Person Summary
Just Another Missing Person 92%
Blackmailed over her daughter's crime, a detective frames an innocent man for a disappearance.
by Gillian McAllister 2023
3.62
101k+ ratings
🚔 Police Procedural🔍 Missing Person Case🎭 Stolen Identity
The Body in the Dales
by J.R. Ellis • 2017
A London detective's first day in Yorkshire: a body in a cave, a village thick with secrets.
4.02
30k+
👮 Police Procedural🕵️ Detective Duo🕳️ Cave Mystery
The Body in the Dales Summary
The Body in the Dales 92%
A London detective's first day in Yorkshire: a body in a cave, a village thick with secrets.
by J.R. Ellis 2017
4.02
30k+ ratings
👮 Police Procedural🕵️ Detective Duo🕳️ Cave Mystery
The Midnight Feast
by Lucy Foley • 2024
A luxury hotel on the Dorset coast. A fire. A body. And the woods are watching.
3.57
296k+
🏚️ Folk Horror🔒 Locked Room Mystery⚔️ Locals Vs Outsiders
The Midnight Feast Summary
The Midnight Feast 92%
A luxury hotel on the Dorset coast. A fire. A body. And the woods are watching.
by Lucy Foley 2024
3.57
296k+ ratings
🏚️ Folk Horror🔒 Locked Room Mystery⚔️ Locals Vs Outsiders
Ironwood
by Michael Connelly • 2026
A Catalina stakeout kills a deputy. The detective in charge chases a killer wearing a badge.
4.41
21k+
🚔 Police Procedural📁 Cold Case Investigation🔪 Serial Killer Hunt
Ironwood Summary
Ironwood 92%
A Catalina stakeout kills a deputy. The detective in charge chases a killer wearing a badge.
by Michael Connelly 2026
4.41
21k+ ratings
🚔 Police Procedural📁 Cold Case Investigation🔪 Serial Killer Hunt
The Word is Murder
by Anthony Horowitz • 2017
Six hours after she plans her funeral, a woman is murdered; a novelist shadows the case.
3.92
104k+
📖 Metafiction🕵️ Consulting Detective👥 Reluctant Partners
The Word is Murder Summary
The Word is Murder 92%
Six hours after she plans her funeral, a woman is murdered; a novelist shadows the case.
by Anthony Horowitz 2017
3.92
104k+ ratings
📖 Metafiction🕵️ Consulting Detective👥 Reluctant Partners
Le Manuscrit inachevé
by Franck Thilliez • 2018
When a thriller writer's daughter vanishes, clues are hidden inside her own unfinished novel.
4.18
11k+
🖤 French Noir📖 Metafictional Thriller👮 Police Procedural
Le Manuscrit inachevé Summary
Le Manuscrit inachevé 92%
When a thriller writer's daughter vanishes, clues are hidden inside her own unfinished novel.
by Franck Thilliez 2018
4.18
11k+ ratings
🖤 French Noir📖 Metafictional Thriller👮 Police Procedural
Pop Goes the Weasel
by M.J. Arlidge • 2014
When hearts arrive on doorsteps, a detective with her own violent past must find the killer.
4.13
29k+
👮 Police Procedural🔪 Serial Killer Thriller🕵️ Female Detective
Pop Goes the Weasel Summary
Pop Goes the Weasel 92%
When hearts arrive on doorsteps, a detective with her own violent past must find the killer.
by M.J. Arlidge 2014
4.13
29k+ ratings
👮 Police Procedural🔪 Serial Killer Thriller🕵️ Female Detective
When the Evil Waits
by M.J. Lee • 2021
A haunted detective tracks a child killer who posed a body in a locked-down Manchester wood.
4.43
2k+
🔍 Police Procedural💔 Damaged Detective🔎 Missing Child Case
When the Evil Waits Summary
When the Evil Waits 92%
A haunted detective tracks a child killer who posed a body in a locked-down Manchester wood.
by M.J. Lee 2021
4.43
2k+ ratings
🔍 Police Procedural💔 Damaged Detective🔎 Missing Child Case
New Girl in the Falls
by Elle Gray • 2023
A grieving FBI agent takes shelter as a small-town sheriff, but a killer's obsession follows.
4.40
12k+
🔪 Serial Killer🏘️ Small Town Mystery🔍 Police Procedural
New Girl in the Falls Summary
New Girl in the Falls 92%
A grieving FBI agent takes shelter as a small-town sheriff, but a killer's obsession follows.
by Elle Gray 2023
4.40
12k+ ratings
🔪 Serial Killer🏘️ Small Town Mystery🔍 Police Procedural
The Cuckoo's Calling
by Robert Galbraith • 2013
A broke PI investigates a supermodel's death ruled suicide. Her brother hired him to prove murder.
3.89
630k+
🕵️ Hardboiled Detective🎖️ War Veteran Protagonist💎 High Society Murder
The Cuckoo's Calling Summary
The Cuckoo's Calling 92%
A broke PI investigates a supermodel's death ruled suicide. Her brother hired him to prove murder.
by Robert Galbraith 2013
3.89
630k+ ratings
🕵️ Hardboiled Detective🎖️ War Veteran Protagonist💎 High Society Murder
The Death of Mrs. Westaway
by Ruth Ware • 2018
Crushed by debt, a tarot reader fakes an inheritance claim and enters a mansion built on murder.
3.79
202k+
🏚️ Modern Gothic🔒 Family Secrets🎭 False Identity
The Death of Mrs. Westaway Summary
The Death of Mrs. Westaway 92%
Crushed by debt, a tarot reader fakes an inheritance claim and enters a mansion built on murder.
by Ruth Ware 2018
3.79
202k+ ratings
🏚️ Modern Gothic🔒 Family Secrets🎭 False Identity
Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?
by Nicci French • 2024
A mother of four vanishes before Christmas, and for thirty years her village stays silent.
3.96
22k+
🕵️ Cold Case Mystery🎙️ True Crime Podcast👤 Missing Woman
Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? Summary
Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? 92%
A mother of four vanishes before Christmas, and for thirty years her village stays silent.
by Nicci French 2024
3.96
22k+ ratings
🕵️ Cold Case Mystery🎙️ True Crime Podcast👤 Missing Woman
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