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British Detective Books
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The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.05 — 303,460 ratings — published 2014
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as british-detective)
avg rating 3.85 — 879,209 ratings — published 2020
Flesh and Blood (DI Amy Winter, #4)
by (shelved 4 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.44 — 6,658 ratings — published 2021
Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
by (shelved 4 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.39 — 154,950 ratings — published 2020
All the Colours of Darkness (Inspector Banks #18)
by (shelved 4 times as british-detective)
avg rating 3.90 — 8,487 ratings — published 2008
Knots and Crosses (Inspector Rebus, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as british-detective)
avg rating 3.80 — 59,450 ratings — published 1987
Hide and Seek (Inspector Rebus, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as british-detective)
avg rating 3.83 — 26,698 ratings — published 1990
The Ink Black Heart (Cormoran Strike, #6)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.13 — 123,618 ratings — published 2022
A Room Full of Killers (DCI Matilda Darke, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.33 — 3,557 ratings — published 2017
Close to Home (DI Adam Fawley, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 51,407 ratings — published 2017
The Heron's Cry (Two Rivers, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.03 — 28,773 ratings — published 2021
Not Dark Yet (Inspector Banks, #27)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.10 — 7,465 ratings — published 2021
St. Benet's (DI Tanner #2)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.24 — 6,596 ratings — published 2019
Broadland (DI Tanner #1)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.18 — 9,583 ratings — published 2019
A Song for the Dark Times (Inspector Rebus, #23)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.12 — 21,862 ratings — published 2020
The Darkest Evening (Vera Stanhope, #9)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.27 — 26,201 ratings — published 2020
Big Sky (Jackson Brodie, #5)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 3.92 — 37,675 ratings — published 2019
The Long Call (Two Rivers, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 44,983 ratings — published 2019
Wild Fire (Shetland, #8)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.20 — 19,556 ratings — published 2018
Sherlock Holmes and the Vampire Invasion (The Great Detective in Love Book 4)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.28 — 83 ratings — published
In the Dark (DI Adam Fawley, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.17 — 23,963 ratings — published 2018
Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.25 — 193,835 ratings — published 2018
Will to Live (Detective Kay Hunter, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,463 ratings — published 2017
The Missing Husband (DCI Hanlon, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.11 — 466 ratings — published 2015
Scared to Death (Detective Kay Hunter, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 3.96 — 4,484 ratings — published 2016
The Last Straw (DCI Warren Jones #1)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,395 ratings — published 2014
The Falls (Inspector Rebus, #12)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.05 — 16,154 ratings — published 2001
Rather Be the Devil (Inspector Rebus, #21)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.09 — 15,703 ratings — published 2016
Set in Darkness (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.04 — 13,560 ratings — published 2001
Murder in the Woods (DI Skelgill Investigates, #8)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,350 ratings — published 2017
The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 3.80 — 20,170 ratings — published 2008
Locked In (Jessica Daniel, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 3.84 — 4,809 ratings — published 2011
Love You To Death (Detective Ruby Preston, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.28 — 3,636 ratings — published 2016
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 3.89 — 643,645 ratings — published 2013
Aftermath (Inspector Banks, #12)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.12 — 10,449 ratings — published 2001
Started Early, Took My Dog (Jackson Brodie, #4)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 50,228 ratings — published 2010
Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.07 — 12,318 ratings — published 1999
Exit Music (Inspector Rebus, #17)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.13 — 18,717 ratings — published 2007
Tooth and Nail (Inspector Rebus, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 21,743 ratings — published 1992
A Question of Blood (Inspector Rebus, #14)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.07 — 15,324 ratings — published 2003
Fleshmarket Close (Inspector Rebus, #15)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.01 — 15,039 ratings — published 2004
The Black Book (Inspector Rebus, #5)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 3.96 — 17,540 ratings — published 1993
Bad Boy (Inspector Banks, #19)
by (shelved 3 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.00 — 9,148 ratings — published 2010
The Bookseller (A DS Cross Thriller #7)
by (shelved 2 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.32 — 7,168 ratings — published 2025
A Test of Wills (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as british-detective)
avg rating 3.88 — 20,816 ratings — published 1994
The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)
by (shelved 2 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.17 — 18,797 ratings — published 2024
Spoken Bones (DI Fenella Sallow, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as british-detective)
avg rating 3.90 — 11,254 ratings — published 2021
Dying Wish (DCI Jeff Temple #4)
by (shelved 2 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.35 — 372 ratings — published 2015
The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7)
by (shelved 2 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.59 — 120,054 ratings — published 2023
The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as british-detective)
avg rating 4.34 — 308,598 ratings — published 2022
“To catch the bad guys, you've got to think like a bad guy - and that's why all the best detectives have a dark side...”
― The Theseus Paradox
― The Theseus Paradox
