Best British Crime Fiction

1.
The Burning (Maeve Kerrigan, #1)
The Burning (Maeve Kerrigan, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 14,086 ratings
2.
Magpie Murders (Susan Ryeland, #1)
Magpie Murders (Susan Ryeland, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 157,052 ratings
3.
The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway, #1)
The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 63,486 ratings
4.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,670 ratings
5.
The Blood Doctor
The Blood Doctor 3.52 avg rating — 1,931 ratings
6.
Cold Granite (Logan McRae, #1)
Cold Granite (Logan McRae, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 22,729 ratings
7.
Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12)
Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12) 4.20 avg rating — 31,532 ratings
8.
St Oda's Bones (DI Collins, #2)
St Oda's Bones (DI Collins, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
9.
The Chapter of St Cloud (DI Collins, #1)
The Chapter of St Cloud (DI Collins, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings
10.
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 482,290 ratings
11.
The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14)
The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh, #14) 3.81 avg rating — 19,182 ratings
12.
Rivers of London (Rivers of London, #1)
Rivers of London (Rivers of London, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 143,936 ratings
13.
The Yard (Scotland Yard's Murder Squad, #1)
The Yard (Scotland Yard's Murder Squad, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 16,921 ratings
14.
Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London #2)
Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London #2) 4.08 avg rating — 71,501 ratings
15.
The Wire In The Blood (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #2)
The Wire In The Blood (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #2) 4.16 avg rating — 19,922 ratings
15.
The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5)
The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5) 3.89 avg rating — 37,190 ratings
17.
Pictures Of Perfection (Dalziel & Pascoe, #14)
Pictures Of Perfection (Dalziel & Pascoe, #14) 4.09 avg rating — 1,631 ratings
18.
A Room Full of Bones (Ruth Galloway Mysteries, #4)
A Room Full of Bones (Ruth Galloway Mysteries, #4) 3.92 avg rating — 29,903 ratings
19.
Started Early, Took My Dog (Jackson Brodie, #4)
Started Early, Took My Dog (Jackson Brodie, #4) 3.93 avg rating — 47,508 ratings
20.
Broken Skin (Logan McRae, #3)
Broken Skin (Logan McRae, #3) 4.17 avg rating — 10,243 ratings
21.
The Moving Finger (Miss Marple, #3)
The Moving Finger (Miss Marple, #3) 3.86 avg rating — 55,326 ratings
22.
The Murder Room (Adam Dalgliesh, #12)
The Murder Room (Adam Dalgliesh, #12) 3.86 avg rating — 15,529 ratings
22.
The Girl on the Train
The Girl on the Train 3.96 avg rating — 3,202,117 ratings
22.
Bones And Silence (Dalziel & Pascoe, #11)
Bones And Silence (Dalziel & Pascoe, #11) 4.03 avg rating — 3,031 ratings
25.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 484,591 ratings
26.
The Lighthouse (Adam Dalgliesh, #13)
The Lighthouse (Adam Dalgliesh, #13) 3.86 avg rating — 18,947 ratings
26.
Close to the Bone (Logan McRae, #8)
Close to the Bone (Logan McRae, #8) 4.15 avg rating — 5,885 ratings
28.
Case Histories (Jackson Brodie, #1)
Case Histories (Jackson Brodie, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 119,773 ratings
29.
Devices And Desires (Adam Dalgliesh, #8)
Devices And Desires (Adam Dalgliesh, #8) 3.96 avg rating — 15,139 ratings
29.
The Mermaids Singing (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #1)
The Mermaids Singing (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 26,961 ratings
31.
Blind Eye (Logan McRae, #5)
Blind Eye (Logan McRae, #5) 4.13 avg rating — 8,567 ratings
32.
The Last Girl (Maeve Kerrigan, #3)
The Last Girl (Maeve Kerrigan, #3) 3.97 avg rating — 7,479 ratings
33.
The Reckoning (Maeve Kerrigan, #2)
The Reckoning (Maeve Kerrigan, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 8,906 ratings
34.
Dying Light (Logan McRae, #2)
Dying Light (Logan McRae, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 11,888 ratings
35.
Anatomy of Evil (Barker & Llewelyn, #7)
Anatomy of Evil (Barker & Llewelyn, #7) 4.09 avg rating — 2,325 ratings
36.
Red Bones (Shetland, #3)
Red Bones (Shetland, #3) 4.01 avg rating — 25,293 ratings
37.
Twelve Days of Winter: Crime at Christmas
Twelve Days of Winter: Crime at Christmas 3.74 avg rating — 1,276 ratings
38.
Death Walks the Woods
Death Walks the Woods really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 523 ratings
39.
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (Cordelia Gray, #1)
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (Cordelia Gray, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 20,012 ratings
40.
A Certain Justice (Adam Dalgliesh, #10)
A Certain Justice (Adam Dalgliesh, #10) 3.95 avg rating — 11,787 ratings
40.
Whose Body?
Whose Body? 3.83 avg rating — 59,869 ratings
42.
The Sittaford Mystery
The Sittaford Mystery 3.77 avg rating — 28,815 ratings
42.
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #3)
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #3) 3.82 avg rating — 122,081 ratings
44.
Into the Water
Into the Water 3.59 avg rating — 412,919 ratings
45.
Partners in Crime (Logan McRae #6.5-#7.5)
Partners in Crime (Logan McRae #6.5-#7.5) 4.01 avg rating — 1,558 ratings
45.
Cat Among the Pigeons (Hercule Poirot, #36)
Cat Among the Pigeons (Hercule Poirot, #36) 3.86 avg rating — 48,520 ratings
47.
Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3)
Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3) 4.15 avg rating — 62,622 ratings
48.
Broken Homes (Peter Grant, #4)
Broken Homes (Peter Grant, #4) 4.16 avg rating — 53,445 ratings
48.
The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey, #11)
The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey, #11) 4.03 avg rating — 21,051 ratings
50.
A Taste For Death
A Taste For Death 4.02 avg rating — 16,388 ratings
51.
Foxglove Summer (Rivers of London, #5)
Foxglove Summer (Rivers of London, #5) 4.21 avg rating — 48,142 ratings
52.
The Crow Trap (Vera Stanhope, #1)
The Crow Trap (Vera Stanhope, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 30,884 ratings
53.
The Missing and the Dead (Logan McRae, #9)
The Missing and the Dead (Logan McRae, #9) 4.19 avg rating — 5,143 ratings
54.
One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2)
One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 17,570 ratings
55.
Flesh House (Logan McRae, #4)
Flesh House (Logan McRae, #4) 4.12 avg rating — 9,383 ratings
56.
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1)
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 120,540 ratings
57.
Necessary as Blood (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #13)
Necessary as Blood (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #13) 4.19 avg rating — 9,074 ratings
58.
Shatter The Bones (Logan McRae, #7)
Shatter The Bones (Logan McRae, #7) 4.21 avg rating — 6,922 ratings
59.
Dark Blood (Logan McRae, #6)
Dark Blood (Logan McRae, #6) 4.12 avg rating — 6,862 ratings
60.
Hidden Depths (Vera Stanhope, #3)
Hidden Depths (Vera Stanhope, #3) 4.08 avg rating — 17,089 ratings
61.
Silent Voices (Vera Stanhope, #4)
Silent Voices (Vera Stanhope, #4) 4.11 avg rating — 17,210 ratings
62.
Telling Tales (Vera Stanhope, #2)
Telling Tales (Vera Stanhope, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 20,053 ratings
62.
The Blackhouse (Lewis Trilogy, #1)
The Blackhouse (Lewis Trilogy, #1)
by: Peter May
4.09 avg rating — 43,445 ratings
64.
Some Danger Involved (Barker & Llewelyn, #1)
Some Danger Involved (Barker & Llewelyn, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 9,025 ratings
65.
Princess Elizabeth's Spy (Maggie Hope Mystery, #2)
Princess Elizabeth's Spy (Maggie Hope Mystery, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 18,322 ratings
66.
The Lewis Man (Lewis Trilogy, #2)
The Lewis Man (Lewis Trilogy, #2)
by: Peter May
4.22 avg rating — 29,202 ratings
67.
Road Rage (Inspector Wexford, #17)
Road Rage (Inspector Wexford, #17) 3.81 avg rating — 3,887 ratings
68.
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 287,365 ratings
69.
Dead Water (Shetland, #5)
Dead Water (Shetland, #5) 4.12 avg rating — 20,124 ratings
70.
Prime Suspect (Prime Suspect, #1)
Prime Suspect (Prime Suspect, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 5,932 ratings
71.
Blue Lightning (Shetland, #4)
Blue Lightning (Shetland, #4) 4.12 avg rating — 22,102 ratings
72.
White Nights (Shetland, #2)
White Nights (Shetland, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 32,137 ratings
73.
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 613,874 ratings
74.
The Secret Keeper
The Secret Keeper 4.16 avg rating — 171,020 ratings
75.
Ways to Die in Glasgow (Sam Ireland Mysteries #1)
Ways to Die in Glasgow (Sam Ireland Mysteries #1) 3.86 avg rating — 2,565 ratings
75.
A Place of Execution
A Place of Execution 4.14 avg rating — 18,493 ratings
75.
Murder Underground (Watson Sisters, #1)
Murder Underground (Watson Sisters, #1) 3.34 avg rating — 1,646 ratings
78.
Rebecca: The Making of a Hollywood Classic
Rebecca: The Making of a Hollywood Classic 3.77 avg rating — 39 ratings
78.
A Christmas Homecoming (Christmas Stories, #9)
A Christmas Homecoming (Christmas Stories, #9) 3.52 avg rating — 2,203 ratings
78.
Acid Row
Acid Row 3.74 avg rating — 4,643 ratings
78.
The Attenbury Emeralds (Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane, #3)
The Attenbury Emeralds (Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane, #3) 3.96 avg rating — 3,914 ratings
78.
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (Miss Marple, #8)
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (Miss Marple, #8) 3.96 avg rating — 52,604 ratings
83.
Crippen
Crippen 3.98 avg rating — 3,765 ratings
83.
Turnstone
Turnstone 3.73 avg rating — 1,036 ratings
83.
The Boomerang Clue
The Boomerang Clue 3.91 avg rating — 38,446 ratings
83.
Quite Ugly One Morning (Jack Parlabane, #1)
Quite Ugly One Morning (Jack Parlabane, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 9,223 ratings
83.
Nemesis (Miss Marple, #11)
Nemesis (Miss Marple, #11) 3.87 avg rating — 43,229 ratings
88.
Death Wore White (DI Peter Shaw & DS George Valentine #1)
Death Wore White (DI Peter Shaw & DS George Valentine #1)
by: Jim Kelly
3.71 avg rating — 1,091 ratings
88.
They Do It With Mirrors (Miss Marple, #5)
They Do It With Mirrors (Miss Marple, #5) 3.78 avg rating — 43,860 ratings
88.
The Stranger Diaries (Harbinder Kaur #1)
The Stranger Diaries (Harbinder Kaur #1) 3.87 avg rating — 41,480 ratings
91.
4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)
4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7) 3.97 avg rating — 73,579 ratings
92.
Unnatural Causes (Adam Dalgliesh #3)
Unnatural Causes (Adam Dalgliesh #3) 3.89 avg rating — 17,194 ratings
92.
Halfhead
Halfhead 3.69 avg rating — 1,554 ratings
92.
The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6)
The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6) 3.88 avg rating — 78,574 ratings
95.
A Mind To Murder (Adam Dalgliesh, #2)
A Mind To Murder (Adam Dalgliesh, #2) 3.80 avg rating — 15,308 ratings
95.
A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #2)
A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 27,350 ratings
95.
A Plague on Both Your Houses (Matthew Bartholomew, #1)
A Plague on Both Your Houses (Matthew Bartholomew, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 4,837 ratings
95.
The Golden Ball and Other Stories
The Golden Ball and Other Stories 4.02 avg rating — 8,958 ratings
95.
Elephants Can Remember (Hercule Poirot, #42)
Elephants Can Remember (Hercule Poirot, #42) 3.66 avg rating — 47,134 ratings
100.
Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh #1)
Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh #1) 3.91 avg rating — 41,168 ratings
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