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Books like Dead Beat

Across Subjects — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Dead Beat by Val McDermid.

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Top related books to Dead Beat

A handpicked shelf of strong matches chosen for shared themes, literary overlap, and a broader spread of voices.

Auroville Dream & Reality : an Anthology

Akash Kapur

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Cùil Lodair

Lyndsey Bowditch

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Handbook of the Irish Revival An Anthology of Irish Cultural and Political Writings 1891-1922

Declan Kiberd

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The Highway Code Facsimile of the 1935 edition

Minister/Transport

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Mie Eng Maths W Qt 1011

unknown author

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Hinkler Books

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The Lost Book of Salem

Katherine Howe

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Golspie’s Story

Margaret Wilson Grant

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Mr Tibbits’s Catholic School

Ysenda Maxtone Graham

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God’s Inspirational Promise Book

Max Lucado

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Hooked on Easy Piano Classics 3

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You’re No Spring Chicken & What’s so Funny about getting Old (Laughter for the young at heart)

Ed Fischer

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Cézanne gesucht! Roman

Peter Mayle

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Applied Science Level 2 BTEC First. Student book

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The Worst Witch Collection: All at Sea/ Strokes again / Bad Spell

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This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Dead Beat by Val McDermid. Connected by Subjects. Authors featured include Akash Kapur, Lyndsey Bowditch, Declan Kiberd, Minister/Transport, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.